BOOOOOOOOOOO!

Man must work from sun to sun but woman's work is never done. Any body agree? That's so very true in my neck of the woods. We've been working every night and weekends on the road, getting home around 10:00, then my work starts up again and his ends on the couch for a well earned snooze. I'm proud of him anyway, he's out there getting the job done, a little at a time. There's not a lazy bone in his body, but I do wish he'd slow down and let me rest anyway.
I'm back, I forgot I was in the middle of making tea, loading the dishwasher, laying out Timmy's cloths for tomorrow, hunting up a couple pictures, getting Tims bath, putting groceries away, cleaning up supper mess that we hurried off and left, gathering up a few things for tomorrow that I don't want to forget, plugged the pool in so it could circulate a bit, forgot the eggs out in the truck so had to go back out there, need I say more?
Sure do miss Aunt Marge. I stopped in at Moms tonight and it was too quiet over there. I Miss her laugh and the sisterly banter between her and Mom.
I gotta get with it while the night is still young, talk to ya later.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Tim and 2nd cousin



















1. Sarah's longhorn
2. Tim & 2nd cousin
4.Flying 'or the river
5. Cowboy Up
6. Papaw & Gracie May
7. More road


Worked last Friday at the lodge all day then had to fill in down at Ms. Bea's from 4:00 when I got off work at the lodge to Sunday morning @ 11:00. Went straight to Ruth's church to pick up Timmy then we went over to the farm where Hubby was working. We pitched in and helped fill up the 18 ft. trailer for the 2nd time and haul it down to daddy's with the tractor with me bringing up the rear in case we lost a piece of wood on the road, it was so full. Went back to the farm and picked up and piled up tree tops and branches. Did some more dozing and cutting up trees. Built a small, little fire and roasted weinies and marshmallows. Back up about an hour. Kenny stopped to add water to the radiator on the dozer, Timmy jumped up on the track to watch and grabbed ahold of the HOT exhaust pipe. Ouch, ouch big time. He jumped down crying, came to me and took hold of my arm, let loose and grabbed it again, crying too hard to talk. He didn't say any thing but I put 2 & 2 together and figured it out. I guess he thought I could feel the heat in his hand. We ran to the cooler and got a handful of ice to hold. Normally we wouldn't have had the ice but I had just come from the store and had bought wieners and didn't want them to spoil so got a bag of ice to put them on. I put some old, expired burn ointment on his hand that we had in a first aid kit in the tool box but he kept crying and said it burnt worse so we wiped it off. Gave him a wet wash cloth to hold with ice in it and it quieted him down some. It was soooooooo hot and humid, he sat down in a lawn chair and fell into a fitfull sleep for a few minutes but kept whimpering and shaking his hand. The pain wasn't letting up so we went down to Moms and tried a couple things and they didn't help. We then tried 'oil of oregano' and within 20 minutes he was o.k. and started to use his hand. That is powerful stuff. Everyone needs a bottle of it to keep on hand. His finger print area on all five fingers was burnt and white but they never got blistered. He never complained any more about it after that. Anyway, I was away from home for three days without a change of cloths or a toothbrush, Yuck. Got home about 10:30 that night and boy did a shower feel good.
Sister-in-law, Timmy and I went to Sams on Monday. Treated her to some cash that I had made at Bea's and she was ever so grateful to have some 'shopping' money. Stopped at Wal-mart for a few things then hurried on to Grantsburg to take her home. I hurried home, got there just before hubby did, made him a turkey sandwich and we were off to the farm again. We picked up more sticks and branches and added them to the humungus brush pile. We all three jumped on the dozer, went a piece and picked up a big culvert, chained it to the side of the dozer and took it to it's rightful resting place. Hubby then proceeded to doze till dark while Timmy played in the dirt in the pond runoff ditch while I tried to catch 40 winks over the noise of the dozer. He finally quit when it got too dark to see and we headed home. It rained today, thank God, we needed it, or we'd have been back over there after supper. Besides, Kenny got called back to work at 8:oo and didn't get back home till 12:30. This took so long that it's now 2:30 so I'm outa here, good night.

Good golly, Miss Molly, It's midnight, already. Just wanted to answer your question Sharon. You probably know the answer by now, but I just read it last night. Sarah went to Texas to spend a week on Lori's ranch. She has some good pictures, maybe she'll post them on here sometime.
Yes, wish you were here to eat blueberries, they are delicious. I just finished making 3 1/2 pints of blueberry jam and it's gooood!
Timmy and I went to English today, picked up Sarah Beth and we went over to the farm. We started loading wood and nearly filled the 18 foot trailer in no time. We didn't get it all picked up but it was going time and we were TIRED TO THE BONE. Gave Sarah Beth $5.00 for helping so good and promised them a cold popsicle when we got home. Kenny don't know it yet, we won't tell till he gets over there and sees it loaded. He will be greatly surprised. I even started the tractor and drove it and the trailer around the hill and through the woods to pick up more wood. Never did that before either, never drove it, except for a few feet when Hubby was standing there telling me what to do. It felt kinda good. I just don't want him thinking I know enough about it to have to go out and mow the fields or something of the sort.
Here's a few pictures of the road about a week ago. It is now sown in grass seed except for the driving area awaiting gravel.
I have to go to work tomorrow, up at the lodge. She wants me to help cook for her company, family reunion. Gotta getta shower and get to bed. Nighty Nite.

Still kicking,barely, at times.

It's been so long that I hardly remember how to do this anymore. I shouldn't be on here at 1:45 am but gotta say ' boo ' once in a while.
Kenny finally got home about 10:30 tonight, he's been at his work for the last 28 hours. Said it started to rain at 7:oo this morning and he was ever so glad because he needed a nap. Said he slept 15 minutes before he was disturbed and that was enough to get him through the day. He was called in last night on July 4, because of the storm. He had worked outside all day over at the farm in the hotttttt sun spreading hay over the newly sown grass seed and fertilizer. He and Timmy rode his big tractor down to moms to get the 18 ft. trailer to fill it up with just cut fire wood. He was so very hot, mom made him a turkey sandwich and some of her homemade icecream. Hooked on to the trailer and away he went, back up to the farm to load wood. He no sooner got started and it started to rain so he had to HURRY and get out of there because it is all freshly dozed dirt and on a hill. He hurried through the gap and had to stop and put the gap back up. Got a running go [by now it was slick] and tried to make it out onto the blacktop but a car came over the rise and he had to abort the the run just at the edge of the road. Had to back up and make another run for it but it was really slick now and this attempt failed also. Finally the front tires hit the blacktop and away he went, on up the road. I was on my way there to help load wood, we met on the road, I gave him Timmy, said he was going home, we couldn't work in the rain and mud. Glory Be! He needed a rest. I went back down to Moms to get my blueberries. Pulled in the drive and stopped at the house, it was raining and I was soooo very sleepy so I layed my head back and went to sleep. Woke up a couple times when the thunder rolled then went back to sleep. Didn't even think about Kenny being on call and he and Timmy home alone. Next thing I knew, the car door opened and Daddy was standing there under the umbrella, said Kenny wanted me to call him, he had to leave for work. He had to find someplace to leave Timmy and I couldn't get there in time, it's a 30 minute drive from Mom's to our house. He ended up leaving the dirty little feller at the elderly neighbors, we've never left him there before. I got my blueberries and headed home. Tim was dirty because Kenny had him all day over at the farm helping him. He also got to play in the mud and a little stream of muddy water, great fun to him but great consternation to me. He gets so dirty that he has to ride home with Kenny in the pickup, tooooo dirty to get near the car. And his cloths, Oh dear! There's no soap on the market that would get them clean, Kenny's too. Mom and I spent the day picking 54 lbs of blueberries at the Blueberry Farm in New Salisberry. That's why Tim was with Kenny all day. One day last week, Sarah, Sarah Beth Timmy and another girl picked blueberries while I sat 2 hours in the denist chair getting a 'post and core' in preparation for a 'crown'. Left the denist and went to the patch, picked about an hour and by then, they were more then ready to quit. We picked around 60 lbs. that day. I hope to go back another day to have some to eat fresh. They are hanging ripe by the hand full. You just cant pick fast enough, they are everywhere you look, pulling the branches over thy are so heavy with fruit. It's hard to leave the patch, there are so many, just begging to be picked.
Back to the farm. We've been working every spare minute over there, trying to get a road built over the hills and jully's to get to the spot we want to put up a metal building. The semi won't bring it unless we have a rocked road leading to the location. Once we get the road built, we have to get the foundation built in a hurry because they deliver in September and the road isn't finished yet. The overtime Kenny just put in will help to buy gravel. Someone gave us 50 bales of straw and we have all the old hay we need to cover the grass seed. Now we are working on getting all the trees cut up that were dozed down for the road. The tree mess is right where we need to continue with the road.
Nuff said, it's 2:45 and I still have to spell check this. Good Morning.