Oh it's getting so difficult............

Well the other day, the Bus and I were talking. When we got done, I realized we have reached THAT STAGE....... yep, we are there.

Don't know what I'm talking about...... you're too young and you will understand when you get to be our age.


Yep, we talked for ten minutes......

his med problems, my med problems, what we're doing about it.....

standing around talking about our medical conditions.... that's another sign of old age...............

LOL

It's always good when I have the opportunity to talk with the Bus, means we are both still alive and kicking.............

Got get em

and celebrate life

tom

Why is she mad at me???

So the Barngoddess1 is mad at me this evening. I haven't figured out why yet.

Maybe has something to do with the ads I have on Craig's List and my response to emails sent in reply to the ads.

So I let everyone out there in never-never land decide.......
was I wrong, or just having fun, or whatever.


Here is the ad from Craig's List.

springfield craigslist > for sale / wanted > farm & garden
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miscategorized


prohibited


spam/overpost


best of craigslist

Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally! Beware any deal involving Western Union, Moneygram, wire transfer, cashier check, money order, shipping, escrow, or any promise of transaction protection/certification/guarantee. More info
Stagecoach - $3500 (Marionville, MO)

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Date: 2011-06-10, 11:36AM CDT
Reply to: sale-zsbaq-2432322465@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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A 5/8 scale WORKING stagecoach, set up for miniature horses or mules in the range of 35 to 37 inches tall.

Can be pulled with a team of two, or add two more for a four up hitch.

Has the works:
Hydraulic brakes on rear wheels
Two team poles, with eveners
Window flaps that roll down
Back boot with cover

Has taken first every time it was in a parade or show.

This ad is for the stagecoach only, the team and harness have been sold.

Email to take a look at it.

Due to scammers, I am hesitant to spend time on the phone or the computer describing it or sending a "whole bunch of photos". Come take a look.

Scammers, if you want to sell for me, give me $5000 and you can sell it for me. All others interested, price is $3,500.00

Located just west of Marionville MO. If you don't know where Marionville is, go to Mapquest.com and search for it.





Location: Marionville, MO
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

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So the email I get today has just this in the text
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"Where is it"

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So being the good kind person I am, and being of the Gentleman Farmers blood, I answered with this:


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It's in the garage.

Too nice to leave in the hay barn or stable.

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So why am I in the dog house, I answered his question and gave him more info than he asked for.


NOW IT GETS BETTER.

I have the round pen on Craigs List also, just got an email with the same question from a different person

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Where is it?

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So my reply is:


It's in the middle field between the hay barn and the stable.



If someone sends me an email asking if it is still for sale, I think I will reply "yes" and leave it at that.


good by and have a good laugh on people out there.

I've been too busy

Yeah, I hear all about the Bus complaining that he is busy....
yeah he has a role in life that I don't want....
He has to find ole pictures of the two of us when we were younger and full of vim and vigor ready to track lifes problems:


he has to keep track of Bozo,

he has to enjoy the water,


he has to keep on top of what is happening in the Ozarks (so guys like me don't have to)....
yeah the Bus has been busy.

But heck, I've been busy toooooo............ It ain't easy being the only one in our family that is 61 years old!!!

It ain't easy having younger family members telephone me and ask if "the old man" is there.

It ain't easy supervising this motley crew:


It ain't easy being on Longroof's blog, and him showing me sitting down.... yeah the first time I sit down all day, and he takes my picture...... LOL


It sure ain't easy being upstaged by this blonde bombshell, who has the same birthdate as I, but is a lot younger... Happy birthday Carri



It ain't easy trying to play Mario when I have these two telling me to watch out for that tree...........


It ain't easy spending the day with the youngest sibling, enjoying just walking around and talking, looking at this and that, and of course .... sitting and resting


It ain't easy selling stuff, nope it ain't easy when you are kind of emotionally attached..... but all good things must come to an end....
So like Bozo, I can say 'SOLD, SOLD, SOLD, SOLD'




Yes that is correct, Saturday brought a young family from Crane to our farm. Just wanting to look at the team they have heard so much about. So the Barngoddess1 got to say 'SOLD, SOLD, SOLD, SOLD'.

ALAS, poor little Joan, Walker and Aidan were left high and dry, with no help in sight.....

No horses to pull the stage coach.....
CAUSE THEY ARE 'SOLD, SOLD, SOLD, SOLD'

Hey I bet I could have her run and get elected to Congress, afterall she is getting good at the SOLD, SOLD, SOLD, SOLD, thing........

Yep, the Barngoddess1 sold the team (all four of them) and the harness to that young family.

But the hardest job I've been tasked with this weekend, is working with city folk putting up fencing...... yeah.... city folks ain't too bad.... they are easier to work with than Bozo, because they worked and didn't stand around with their hands in their pockets tgrying to get face time on the T and V,
yep here they are......

pictures taken from a moving tractor are never in focus...... duh

So a better shot of the two city folk working........



And a pick of their final product...



pretty good job of fence building....
and to think they were coming by to pick up a lawn roller......
Thanks Greg and Joan, you both saved me a couple hours of work. Hear tell the hardest part of fence building is putting clips on the wire. Heck, I bought a new clip setter, but guess they couldn't figure out how to use it...... LOL

Again, a great weekend was spend celebrating life with friends.

Also: Please keep in your prayers the Jeep's mother in law, she had a cerebral bleed this morning at the airport in Orlando and is presently in intensive care at one of the best Hospital there. She is doing ok, but keep her in mind.

So that ends my day...... time to sit back and play Mario on the big screen.

Aloha
tom

Saturday VS Sunday Weather

Saturday was a perfect day. AS the Longroof would say - A perfect Chamber Day.

Sunday was great until around 5 pm, then all hell broke loose. We spent a hour in the tornado shelter as the storm that nailed Joplin passed overhead and went off to the southwest.

St John's Hospital in Joplin took almost a direct hit, and judging from the pictures on the Weather Channel, the whole area around St John's has been devastated. Joplin is calling for all Doctors, Nurses, Fireman and Medics to come and help out.

We are staying here to help out the mid Ozarks if needed. As I type this, more tornadoes are breaking out along the MO Ark line heading east.

The Bus is in Rockaway, hope the storms go south of him.

After exiting the shelter, I grabbed the camera and shot a few pics of the weather.
Here they are>

IGNORE THE DATE IN THE PICS, IT IS 5/22/2011, I HAVEN'T LEARNED HOW TO CHANGE DATE ON CAMERA.

looking northwest:

Same group northwest:

these are all looking southeast, notice the rainbow?

It was perfect!!!!!

Can't say enough about today.... It was just perfect!

To the Longrooffan and the Jeep down there in Blue Hair land - well you both missed a perfect chamber day here in SW MO. Dawned perfect, temp was perfect, people around us were perfect.....
just one of the best days I've had in a long time.

Kevin and Michelle, along with son Travis, came down from KC area last night, and we had a great evening.
Then this morning, awoke around 7:30, and hit the ground running. Finally at dusk today I collapsed, exhausted, but happy.

The barngoddess1 put on a heck of a country farm breakfast...



Got the wiring from Steph's house to the stable fixed. Kevin and Travis were the instigators of that project ... we three even made a trip to my favorite home improvement store "Lowe's", with a stop at my favorite home farm store "Orschleins", and then back home.

Got the disc moved from the pond area to the back yard, and then onto the trailer. Kevin was nice enough to bring my trailer back and we sent it back to KC with the disc firmly chained down.

Now my trailer and my chains and my chain boomers are in the KC area. Sounds like an excuse for the Barngoddess1 and I to take a trip to KC.

Then in the midst of the above.... some how I got JC and her friend Isik (Heck I can't remember his name more less how to spell it, but ISIK is close enough) to power wash the inside of the horse trailer. Seems Derek and I took the cows to the vet last weekend and did the dehorn and castrate thing, but failed to clean up the mess thereafter. But ISIK and JC did a great job cleaning out the trailer.
Thanks to the Bus for the use of his spare power washer - I think).

This motley crew was great in helping all day


if you noticed correctly, everyone was up and working, except this ole Horsefarmer, sitting down on the job again.

Oh forgot to mention... while Kevin and Travis and I went to Lowe's, Derek and Steph were busy moving this pile of tin to the trailer, and then on to the scrap yard. I had advertised it for sale on Craigs, and D & S gave me the best price.



Now let it be known that I did sell my grand-daughter's Super C farmall tractor. Unfortunately the motor had seized up, with water in the oil, and a number of other problems, it was deemed the best place for the Super C was somewhere else. So poor JC, who is seen driving her rig, isn't sad, she got part of the profits.



Anyway, JC and ISIK were done with the trailer and looking for something to do, so you now me....DELEGATE....

So the two of them went to work powerwashing the back of the homestead. They both did an excellent job.



And when they quit, this ole Horsefarmer went to work powerwashing the concrete patio, so they could go to the drivein movie... chaperoned by her mom and Derek and his two boys of course.

So thanks to Derek and Stephanie, the metal is gone, the pallets it was on is at the burn pile. The stable again has lights thanks to Kevin and Travis. The back of the house, along with the horse trailer, is now clean, thanks to ISIK and JC.

OH yeah, the PTO generator that powers the farmstead in case of power outages, now has a new power board ($750) and is fine tuned to the tractor ready for any outages we might have, thanks to Mark.

Oh yeah, Derek and Travis also found time to mow the grass. I even stole some time on the mower to mow around the front of the place.... although I now realize the two of them left me the mowing where the water was..... I got splashed good a couple times... but that was fun too.

And it is 12:55 am, and I awoke with the shoulders on fire, the back feels like a vise is turning on it, and generally having too many aches and pains.......
but it sure was fun getting everything done today.

I now know what the Gentleman Farmer meant when he said he was having a slow day....
it was the day after a great day of getting things done.

So thanks to all, and to all,

well, I'm going to try to get back to sleep so later today I can accomplish a lot more that need to be done.

OH I almost forgot.......
earlier this week was a full moon and JC and I were busy playing Mario when we realized it was a full moon. So we stopped mid game, got her telescope and went to the back deck to take a viewing. Well we had a blast. Telescope that cost $20 at a flea market, and cost of two batteries, worker flawlessly. JC and I got to see the moon full blown That's the moon over the telescope (not a reflection of the flash) AND I think I saw footsteps, but that is a different story.


So we await the next full moon to verify whether I saw foot prints or not>......


Later all, and we sure did Celebrate Life today.

tom

LEE FAMILY ORIGIN AND COAT OF ARMS

Just a little trivia to spice your day. I came across this info while searching for something else, and now my day will not be complete without passing it on:

Motto: Ne Incantus futuri
Not guarded against the future

Arms: Gules, a fesse chequy orange and azure between ten billets argent, four
in chief, three, two and one in base.

Crest: On a staff raguly, lying fesseways, a squirrell sejant proper cracking
a nut, from the dexter end of the staff a hazel branch vert, fructed or.(sic)

The origin of the Lee family stems from Reginald de la Lee who was of Norman ancestry and made his home in the English village of Scropshire in 1195.

Members of the Lee family attained distinction in the important posts they held through the centuries. Among them were no less than eight High Sheriffs of Shropshire from 1201 to 1639.

One of the early settlers bearing this name was Richard Lee of Shropshire who established his home in Virginia in 1640.

Persons bearing this name can be justly proud of their heritage. Among the prominent people of the family who have played important roles in our history were Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee who were signers of the Declaration of Independens. "Light Horse Harry" Lee for his brilliant military exploits during the American Revolution and last, but not least, General Robert E. Lee, beloved Confererate General during the Civil War.

Their descendants can be found today in all parts of our land and are well represented in the arts and professions as well as in the world of business.


This was behind the family crest that Mom and Dad had hanging in their house for years.

So Lee Family... be proud and enjoy today.

tom

A short trip

Thursday, 4/28/2011

Left Daytona Beach Fl at 0800 CDT enroute home.

Did the LongRoofFan thing by taking US 40 east to US 27 North, then US 19 north to Interstate 10.
Sorry, after 45 minutes visiting Tractor Supply in Chiefland (so the barngoddess1 can have her walk time) we ended up spending another hour at WallyWorld while the left rear tire had a large screw removed and patched.

Then driving the other side of Perry, we hit the rain.
I almost stopped it was so heavy and so thick on the road, but crawled onward with flashers on leading a pack of other travelers.

after 45 minutes in the rain, we called it quits and hit the Interstate highway system.

At 5:30 we are still in Florida, so pulled off to hit a campground 1/2 mile off the interstate.
Good news, not interstate traffic noise.

Now to rest and get the heater working, it is to be 40 tonight.

AND WE'RE STILL IN FLORIDA...... DANGED THIS IS A BIG STATE.

later