Baymule
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That sure does look nice. Shade! No more hot sun beating down on you, Teresa and the sheep.
Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal
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CntryBoy777
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That will be really nice to handle the sheep in and keep ya out of the sun, when it is hot....and shelter if ya get caught out in a downpour....
.....I've got caught in the goathouse before...
.....I've got caught in the goathouse before...
B&B Happy goats
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Looks like your plan came together ! Congradulations, hope it makes life easier for all 
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Mike CHS
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Just working down there putting everything back together was a whole lot more comfortable considering the time of day.
Bruce
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Mike CHS
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Sure. I was almost 15 and found myself hanging out with a bunch of 19-25 year olds. These guys were into stealing and stripping cars for $. I didn't actually do anything other than be around them but they had a car in a garage across the alley from our house. If caught I would have been in as much trouble as them whether I actually did anything or not. The police showed up one day and was telling Mom that they had reason to believe some men were using that garage (which belonged to one of their Grandfather) and the police wanted to use our kitchen area to stake out the garage.
I went into the living room where the phone was and called one of the guys and told them what was going on. When I hung up and turned around my Mom was standing in the doorway with a look I had never seen before. She didn't say a word but went to the phone and called my uncle who owned a pool hall and package store on the Missouri/Arkansas state line. They had talked to Mom about my possibly going to live with them when I had gotten into several fights the year earlier so she asked if that offer was still open. It was and I was down there the next day and it was without doubt the best thing that had happened in my life up to that point.
I went into the living room where the phone was and called one of the guys and told them what was going on. When I hung up and turned around my Mom was standing in the doorway with a look I had never seen before. She didn't say a word but went to the phone and called my uncle who owned a pool hall and package store on the Missouri/Arkansas state line. They had talked to Mom about my possibly going to live with them when I had gotten into several fights the year earlier so she asked if that offer was still open. It was and I was down there the next day and it was without doubt the best thing that had happened in my life up to that point.
Bruce
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Oh my, I can only imagine the look on your mother's face. Sure glad it worked out at your Uncle's!
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Mike CHS
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If I had stayed in St. Louis there is no telling how my story would have ended but probably not good. I had some good teachers that tried to get me in some programs that helped kids in that part of the city (not a good place) and I wasn't a bad kid but I had a tendency to want to be part of the group. Those kind of kids usually get lead down the wrong path so the move was good.
Campbell had then (and still does according to the sign) has just under 2000 people and nothing to do back then to get in trouble. Being a city boy enrolling in a country school had a few adventures but I learned pretty quick that they were good people and most became and still are good friends. In a couple of years I went from almost going to the juvenile detention center at Booneville to Student Council President so it worked OK.
My uncle was a pretty smart man and made sure I stayed busy. I got hired by every farm customer he had that needed a big strong young man to do every farm labor bit imaginable but it made me want a farm some day which stayed with me.
I really didn't mean to write a book but that move is what made the rest of my life very enjoyable compared to what it could and probably would have been.
Campbell had then (and still does according to the sign) has just under 2000 people and nothing to do back then to get in trouble. Being a city boy enrolling in a country school had a few adventures but I learned pretty quick that they were good people and most became and still are good friends. In a couple of years I went from almost going to the juvenile detention center at Booneville to Student Council President so it worked OK.
My uncle was a pretty smart man and made sure I stayed busy. I got hired by every farm customer he had that needed a big strong young man to do every farm labor bit imaginable but it made me want a farm some day which stayed with me.
I really didn't mean to write a book but that move is what made the rest of my life very enjoyable compared to what it could and probably would have been.
B&B Happy goats
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Change can be good, and in your case it was perfect, ......loving mom........smart uncle .... equals a good guy named Mike with a fantastic farm .....I love happy endings ....you done good dude 
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Mike CHS
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Change can be good, and in your case it was perfect, ......loving mom........smart uncle .... equals a good guy named Mike with a fantastic farm .....I love happy endings ....you done good dude
It worked for me and I have tried to pay it forward knowing how close I came to being completely different.
