. Yeah, wrangling appliance & vehicle breakdowns is a picnic compared to a houseful of young kids!!! 
New freezer, same model, is $1069.00 on sale right now with delivery! DS1 is arranging it now. He will also arrange for the locker people to keep the meat in the locker until Lowes delivers the freezer arrives on November 5. 
We will keep the old freezer for air tight storage of feed in the barn. We will cannibalize the baskets in the old freezer for use in the new one. 
The trees are being trimed except for the main neright outside the porch which is the one we definitely wanted trimmed because of the danger of branches falling on the roof during a winter storm. It apparently has a hornet's nest in it so the trimmers want to come back when it is cold to do it. It only took them a year to get here this time (our first call was last winter) s wh knows when they wil be back. Not paying full amount of bid until that tree is done. Also need the 2 trees on the drive way (native Pecan and Redwood) that are rotting taken down. With them gone we can gravel that area and use it for guest parking. 
These kids don't know how to work. The upshot was when DH said he was watching them not working, DS2 said he was. DH said he didn't have photographic proof and GS2 said he should film them to prove it! I told DH that our kids would have gotten a smack up the side of the head for that bit of snotty talk. DS2 said to fire them which DH did. DS2 also said that he and his siblings would have gotten swift retribution for sass like that. DH called DD1 who was not sympathetic but had told me a couple weeks earlier that she knew her kids did not have a work ethic. At the same time she suggested that DH and I give the grandchildren college money - $1000 each every year. Not happening. We paid for our kids, they got scholarships and worked through school. No grandparent money.
Where did I put those tranquilizers?
We are switching to a PPO but need to find a good GP as well as all the specialists we have to see now.
I know, more tranquilizers! DH just called Galin and they are checking her over now. Something is causing her electrical not to charge but if that is so wouldn't she have stopped working on the trip back from TX? Or was the radio cutting out to conserve electrical charge? Sadly, Galpin has bee going down hille in the service department for several years ever since Burt retired. Burt Boeckman who owned Galpin Motors was a bear on good service. His theory was that giving customers good auto service would keep them coming back to buy cars and keep them loyal. Now their service sucks.
. I told him that DS2 said he would do it this weekend and I said we would get GS1 and GS2 to come help lift. The last 10' section of the sheep panels may be too top heavy to go in the truck bed. but I am tired of living in 2 locations! Time to get as much as possible back there, particularly furniture. Still have 50 bales of alfalfa here to move later, the last 2 corral covers, and a number of 6 x 10 and 6 x 12 kennel panels. And 2 large chests of horse tack, 2 saddles, saddle stands, etc.
DH amended his statement to say that they had popped the hood and looked at the batteries and said they "looked ok"! The rest of the drive home was loudly silent. When we arrived at home, DH said he would have words with Galpin about not checking the batteries BEFORE ordering the alternator. Without speaking I unwedged myself from the midget Prius, went in and took several aspirin. Major headache from traffic, stress, etc.
Elizabeth polishing her boots for the competition. I remember my kids doing that - DS1 didn't get all the polish off the boots and the day of the show his paint horse ended up with black stripes across his sides. Wouldn't have shown so much in a western saddle class, but he was in a hnter/jumper class with an English saddle! LOL
Elizabeth on left 
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