Hey all,
As everyone on my list knows our driveway is a half mile long.
Today a person came to solicited us to buy books and donate them to a hospital so they could earn money to go to London. Never heard of any of the hospitals of choice...
It didn't add up for me, his collage type cloths. He seemed too old. Mentioning a neighbor that I didn't know, his "grand parents"....
He had tattoos on his knuckles and all over his arms and legs. Didn't seem to fit with his Seersucker shorts and knit Polo top.......
I told him that I wanted his name and phone number and wanted some kind of ID. Oh, it was back at his car at his grandparents house.......
Only one order form, a brochure that seemed never to have been handled before, this was his second trip down the driveway? What are you out for exercise?
OK, give me your name and phone number, I am calling the Resident State Trooper to see if he knows anything of you.......or your grandparents.....
Believe me when I tell you by the time I called the local dispatch for the police, Dave was turning the truck around and we went to see exactly where he was..........yup almost gone........
A silver Ford Van Large style with Texas plates......seemed to have helped him get away.
If you want more details feel free to call or message back. Just be so careful. I don't know why he picked us. All I can think of is that my daughter had walked out with one of the dogs to get the mail today and they could have seen her. Maybe not. We will be locking the door and taking keys out of the vehicles for a long time to come.
My daughter has now been lectured again not to open the door to strangers even with the dogs barking by her side like mad. I told her if his hand can fit in the door they can grab you.! Horrible to think about and she is terrified now. All for the best. We must keep the children safe. So sorry to spoil and innocent childhood, better to be on guard than not to have a childhood at all...
He may have been scoping out the houses to see which one looked right. There have been many burglaries in surrounding towns.......
I won't forget his face, the cloths he wore, the "expensive watch".....supposedly, you have an expensive watch? Why are you selling books and magazines? For all I know the watch is a fake......looking him dead in the eyes.........wouldn't write his name on my message book........wouldn't shake my hand........nor look me in the eyes any more.
Yup, I'm scared now.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Where ya been.......
So yes I have been busy.
Fair last weekend. One cow completely freaked out the other placed second out of two. Still paid for the gas to get her there and the girl who showed her had fun. Both children enjoyed the weekend staying with the 4-H leader who is a gem unto her own.
Still working on the roof every other step. Going crazy trying to keep up. I am not in bed until 11 and now I can't get out of bed until 6. Go figure. A little more help would be appreciated. I guess all I have to do is ask since when I do the help arrives. OK, maybe it's not always the kind of help I need but it is help none the less.
No fair this weekend but there is still the roof and the weather looks good after tomorrow for a while so we can button up the front. The sky lights ordered for the last section of roof have yet to come in. I guess we could start with just three but if the differ in manufacture, well, I would like all six to match.
UPS packages lost and not found. That will take some time. Other items bought on line still not arrived that were sent USPS. I don't know maybe postage should go up again so I can wait longer with every price hike.
Chickens harvested, pigs delivered, payment yet to be made.....
It is getting to me oh well I think I will find a cool one take a sip and then off to take a power nap before I make cheese, the pizza, evening animal care and shingle clean up before the start of tomorrow.
Fair last weekend. One cow completely freaked out the other placed second out of two. Still paid for the gas to get her there and the girl who showed her had fun. Both children enjoyed the weekend staying with the 4-H leader who is a gem unto her own.
Still working on the roof every other step. Going crazy trying to keep up. I am not in bed until 11 and now I can't get out of bed until 6. Go figure. A little more help would be appreciated. I guess all I have to do is ask since when I do the help arrives. OK, maybe it's not always the kind of help I need but it is help none the less.
No fair this weekend but there is still the roof and the weather looks good after tomorrow for a while so we can button up the front. The sky lights ordered for the last section of roof have yet to come in. I guess we could start with just three but if the differ in manufacture, well, I would like all six to match.
UPS packages lost and not found. That will take some time. Other items bought on line still not arrived that were sent USPS. I don't know maybe postage should go up again so I can wait longer with every price hike.
Chickens harvested, pigs delivered, payment yet to be made.....
It is getting to me oh well I think I will find a cool one take a sip and then off to take a power nap before I make cheese, the pizza, evening animal care and shingle clean up before the start of tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Archaic times
With the roof being replaced smoothly I figure it's time to remove some of the waste that is accumulating. Pretty simple, just call the carting company order the correct size container and off it goes...........ah if life were so easy for me.......once again welcome to the "VORTEX THAT IS DONNA"
Me-I telephone the first company on the list:
"Hello, I need a container"
Jerk- "What size of container are you looking for and what are you putting in it?"
Me- "We are re-roofing so spent shingles and some nails" (of course if you don't know me I am going to recycle the aluminum myself and make a few pennies)
Jerk-"Well how large a job is it?"
Me-"It's a 60 square job so I think right now I need about a 6-8 yard container and I am wondering how much they would be?"
Jerk-" Where is the house located?" (Oh crap when he finds out there goes the price)
Me- (my town since I haven't pulled a permit I won't mention it now).
Jerk-"WOW how large is the house for sixty square 10,000 square feet at least"
Me-"Now don't get carried away. The house has a twelve pitch and the house isn't even half that size. "
Jerk-"Well you need at least a 20 if not 30 yard container for all that mess, it's going to cost you many thousands of dollars"(see he found out the town and now the price just went up)
Me- "I know what I am speaking about. (of course I have been in construction for over...... not to age my self several decades) I am telling you I only need a 10 maybe 12 yard at best if I clean out the garage and basement......"
Jerk- "LISTEN LADY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT, YOU NEED A REALLY LARGE CONTAINER, ITS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE"
ME- " I appreciate what your saying but looking at the pile of rubble it is only at best four yards now. Maybe you should go and (At this point I was going to say the lumber yard to see what 60 square look like but I didn't get the CHANCE).
Jerk- "What the f*$#K are you talking about, you don't know what the H*%#l you need, I'M TELLING YOU WHAT THE F*&&^^K YOU NEED AND IT IS A HUGE CONTAINER!!!!!"
Me- Speechless for once....
Jerk-"YOU NEED TO CALL ANOTHER F%&**NG HAULING COMPANY!!!!! CLICK
I must say that I have run into this type of neanderthal thinking in the past usually with older vehicle salesman, but to be bombarded with foul language by the what I would have imagined was the owner of the company left me dumbfound. I don't think men believe that there are woman who know what they are talking about when it comes to construction. I have be lucky enough to be taught by the best and have used my knowledge on a great many projects and have more experience than I would like to admit so that no one asks me to do jobs for them.
I had a cold hard slap of reality again this morning and it really set my britches to smoldering. Since I am such a large person in real life people give me respect that I have grown accustomed to. When using the phone they can not see my laser eyes burning holes into their little pea brains putting the fear of the attack of the Amazon, who will with her aura just melt you into the sniveling mud sucking squid dick that you truly are. Now with that said I can't say I feel much better, I do know that someday I will meet this person face to face and will in no uncertain terms tell him where the dog died. Because I can always count on fate and destiny to help me through. God gives me the strength to control myself so I don't pummel them into the ground and wipe my feet on their eye brows.
On another note, my daughter is healing well and is into a soft neck collar for another 3 weeks using the hard collar when she is around the animals. No tag playing or rough housing yet.
The boy has unplugged from the head set and has turned human again. I think maybe our parents were correct that the more that we listen to others the less we are of ourselves.
Enough rambling for one day, Slurp.....mmmmmm......I feel much more relaxed now......
Me-I telephone the first company on the list:
"Hello, I need a container"
Jerk- "What size of container are you looking for and what are you putting in it?"
Me- "We are re-roofing so spent shingles and some nails" (of course if you don't know me I am going to recycle the aluminum myself and make a few pennies)
Jerk-"Well how large a job is it?"
Me-"It's a 60 square job so I think right now I need about a 6-8 yard container and I am wondering how much they would be?"
Jerk-" Where is the house located?" (Oh crap when he finds out there goes the price)
Me- (my town since I haven't pulled a permit I won't mention it now).
Jerk-"WOW how large is the house for sixty square 10,000 square feet at least"
Me-"Now don't get carried away. The house has a twelve pitch and the house isn't even half that size. "
Jerk-"Well you need at least a 20 if not 30 yard container for all that mess, it's going to cost you many thousands of dollars"(see he found out the town and now the price just went up)
Me- "I know what I am speaking about. (of course I have been in construction for over...... not to age my self several decades) I am telling you I only need a 10 maybe 12 yard at best if I clean out the garage and basement......"
Jerk- "LISTEN LADY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT, YOU NEED A REALLY LARGE CONTAINER, ITS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE"
ME- " I appreciate what your saying but looking at the pile of rubble it is only at best four yards now. Maybe you should go and (At this point I was going to say the lumber yard to see what 60 square look like but I didn't get the CHANCE).
Jerk- "What the f*$#K are you talking about, you don't know what the H*%#l you need, I'M TELLING YOU WHAT THE F*&&^^K YOU NEED AND IT IS A HUGE CONTAINER!!!!!"
Me- Speechless for once....
Jerk-"YOU NEED TO CALL ANOTHER F%&**NG HAULING COMPANY!!!!! CLICK
I must say that I have run into this type of neanderthal thinking in the past usually with older vehicle salesman, but to be bombarded with foul language by the what I would have imagined was the owner of the company left me dumbfound. I don't think men believe that there are woman who know what they are talking about when it comes to construction. I have be lucky enough to be taught by the best and have used my knowledge on a great many projects and have more experience than I would like to admit so that no one asks me to do jobs for them.
I had a cold hard slap of reality again this morning and it really set my britches to smoldering. Since I am such a large person in real life people give me respect that I have grown accustomed to. When using the phone they can not see my laser eyes burning holes into their little pea brains putting the fear of the attack of the Amazon, who will with her aura just melt you into the sniveling mud sucking squid dick that you truly are. Now with that said I can't say I feel much better, I do know that someday I will meet this person face to face and will in no uncertain terms tell him where the dog died. Because I can always count on fate and destiny to help me through. God gives me the strength to control myself so I don't pummel them into the ground and wipe my feet on their eye brows.
On another note, my daughter is healing well and is into a soft neck collar for another 3 weeks using the hard collar when she is around the animals. No tag playing or rough housing yet.
The boy has unplugged from the head set and has turned human again. I think maybe our parents were correct that the more that we listen to others the less we are of ourselves.
Enough rambling for one day, Slurp.....mmmmmm......I feel much more relaxed now......
Sunday, August 3, 2008
ARE YOU CRAZY....
So I'm off to pick up a buckling for goat breeding that I had actually purchased last year and I asked my husband to help me put one crate in the back of the truck.
Just put the cap on he says that way you won't have to worry about rain or anything. No, I say. I just need the one crate.
So on goes the cap and home I come with two goats (lucky that it is not four......he doesn't know how tempted I was with the payment plan offered!).
Why are there two? What are you kidding me?
Even with the visit I make it home in 6 hours. I can see how tired he is from working on the roof and just let it all slide by with the vodka and soda I was handed. My how smooth that went down. May I have another?
What do you mean there are evening chores to do? After the second cocktail I will swagger down to take care of all those lost souls.......after all I did finish late again this morning.
No, I just realized that I don't have to harvest 30 chickens this week it can wait a week. Just as well they aren't quite big enough.
Slurp......mmmmmmmm..........oh I suppose..........
Just put the cap on he says that way you won't have to worry about rain or anything. No, I say. I just need the one crate.
So on goes the cap and home I come with two goats (lucky that it is not four......he doesn't know how tempted I was with the payment plan offered!).
Why are there two? What are you kidding me?
Even with the visit I make it home in 6 hours. I can see how tired he is from working on the roof and just let it all slide by with the vodka and soda I was handed. My how smooth that went down. May I have another?
What do you mean there are evening chores to do? After the second cocktail I will swagger down to take care of all those lost souls.......after all I did finish late again this morning.
No, I just realized that I don't have to harvest 30 chickens this week it can wait a week. Just as well they aren't quite big enough.
Slurp......mmmmmmmm..........oh I suppose..........
Friday, August 1, 2008
The roof continues......
Another day, another bit of vortex chaos.
Good news for everyone, the young lad is off to Vermont for a few days. That will relieve us of his teenage mood. I am sure we are luckier than most, he is not terrible yet, then again he is only 13 and we have a way to go. Since his sister fractured her nose and neck, my son has had to cover for her. He was at the route of the accident so a lesson learned is long lived in payment. He does need some time off since he really didn't realize just how helpful his sister is.
My daughter is consistent as being her angel self but is starting to get more active. A relief and a curse at the same time. She wants to be more active and I know she is feeling better but I don't want her to loose ground on her healing process.
Her neck is stiff and sore to move, "then don't do that". She is having fun being the water girl and Mom's all around right hand at this point. Reminding me of all I am forgetting to do. Yes I am finding it difficult to remember all that needs to be done:
Coffee, no breakfast,
Morning animals care-2.5-3 hours
Up to the roof 4-6 hours
Hit the ground for lunch, yes I have to make it,
Hey make dinner before you go back up,
Onto the roof for another 4 hrs,
Plate out dinner, grab a tootsie pop,
Evening animal care 2.5 -3 hours
In between all that get the bills paid, laundry, keep the troops entertained and coordinate farm business, keep up with family and friends via phone, and finally just pass out.
Shower, you bet. Stinky is not my middle name.
Good news for everyone, the young lad is off to Vermont for a few days. That will relieve us of his teenage mood. I am sure we are luckier than most, he is not terrible yet, then again he is only 13 and we have a way to go. Since his sister fractured her nose and neck, my son has had to cover for her. He was at the route of the accident so a lesson learned is long lived in payment. He does need some time off since he really didn't realize just how helpful his sister is.
My daughter is consistent as being her angel self but is starting to get more active. A relief and a curse at the same time. She wants to be more active and I know she is feeling better but I don't want her to loose ground on her healing process.
Her neck is stiff and sore to move, "then don't do that". She is having fun being the water girl and Mom's all around right hand at this point. Reminding me of all I am forgetting to do. Yes I am finding it difficult to remember all that needs to be done:
Coffee, no breakfast,
Morning animals care-2.5-3 hours
Up to the roof 4-6 hours
Hit the ground for lunch, yes I have to make it,
Hey make dinner before you go back up,
Onto the roof for another 4 hrs,
Plate out dinner, grab a tootsie pop,
Evening animal care 2.5 -3 hours
In between all that get the bills paid, laundry, keep the troops entertained and coordinate farm business, keep up with family and friends via phone, and finally just pass out.
Shower, you bet. Stinky is not my middle name.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
It's time
Well the 4-H expo was tremendous fun. I felt it would be the last fair of the season since I am so harried between doing the regular farm duties as well as helping with the roof. My husband has become fearful of heights which makes me the point or edge girl. Doesn't bother me but it makes for a long day between unloading hay wagons that weren't expected between rain drops, getting animals and children packed up to bring to the fair, keeping the house and bills in order, there isn't even enough time to breathe.
I must confess that the group we go to the fairs with has seen fit not to be bothered by my children hanging around with them. It is very kind and I still feel I am taking advantage of the whole situation. I have been told repeatedly that the children are not a bother and it entertains their children also but I still feel bad. I must say that my son is emerging from his cocoon and is participating more. Maybe it is because I am away that he is taking control over his world. I expected him to show some autonomy and it is finally here. He worked really hard on his 4-H project and the ribbon he was awarded was better than any A he could have gotten from school. I am very proud of both of my children.
My daughter deserves a round of applause since she participated with a fractured nose and neck, wearing and uncomfortable plastic brace. What a trooper.
A huge thank you to all involved for keeping an eye on the two of them. They truly enjoyed themselves.
Now off to bed before I pass out......
I must confess that the group we go to the fairs with has seen fit not to be bothered by my children hanging around with them. It is very kind and I still feel I am taking advantage of the whole situation. I have been told repeatedly that the children are not a bother and it entertains their children also but I still feel bad. I must say that my son is emerging from his cocoon and is participating more. Maybe it is because I am away that he is taking control over his world. I expected him to show some autonomy and it is finally here. He worked really hard on his 4-H project and the ribbon he was awarded was better than any A he could have gotten from school. I am very proud of both of my children.
My daughter deserves a round of applause since she participated with a fractured nose and neck, wearing and uncomfortable plastic brace. What a trooper.
A huge thank you to all involved for keeping an eye on the two of them. They truly enjoyed themselves.
Now off to bed before I pass out......
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Nap Time
Oh the joy of a simple nap. I usually take power naps that last from 10 min. to about a half hour. Yesterday was no exception. I thought I would sleep for at least an hour but 15 min. in I awoke refreshed and ready to continue my day.
What I really need to do is get into bed before midnight every night and it would probably work wonders for me. I am always trying to do just one more thing every day and I seem to be getting less and less sleep. So now my mantra will be put off for tomorrow what I should have done today.
I am looking forward to nap time today.......if the phone doesn't ring or if the kids stay away from me or if the dogs don't start barking at the wind........
What I really need to do is get into bed before midnight every night and it would probably work wonders for me. I am always trying to do just one more thing every day and I seem to be getting less and less sleep. So now my mantra will be put off for tomorrow what I should have done today.
I am looking forward to nap time today.......if the phone doesn't ring or if the kids stay away from me or if the dogs don't start barking at the wind........
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