Two Months

To retirement...
Will try to keep up with everyone, but I may fall behind as we pack and clean and such.

Our middle son has been accident prone all his life.
All our boys were diagnosed ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) when they were little, but grew out of it for the most part.

Being military, we moved around a lot. Our oldest boy was born in Alaska. Our middle son in Nebraska, and our youngest in Okinawa, Japan.
I used to wonder where they got it. But I'm pretty sure I know. The ADHD came from hubby. He can't sit through a show (but he can sit through a movie) without flipping channels. He doesn't like commercials. He has missed parts of shows we were watching, because of flipping channels and picking up the middle of something else.

And he can't relax for more than an hour (except at the movies) without needing to get up and do something. Or at least be doing something while he is sitting.

The accident prone? That comes from me, haha.
We put a new trailer hitch on the back of my car, which I of course promptly walked in to.
Getting in or out of the car, I often bump my head or my shins because the running board is bigger than I'm used to. And my legs are to short to step past it.
I tend to trip on shadows, or my own feet.

More than once I have felt my guardian angel with me.

Today I was painting the trailer. I had just painted the railing and was leaning down to paint a low spot. So what did I do? I laid my arm on the wet paint.
Not once, not twice, but three different times.

Got a busy couple of weeks ahead. Granddaughter's birthday, packing. medical appointments of various kinds. Movers coming to give estimates.

A quick trip to the farm to pick up a car we left there last trip.
A chimney sweep coming to clean our chimney...

It has taken me all day to finish this post!

I want to post some flower pictures. Sorry for the quality. My phone camera has a scratch on the lens. Don't ask me how because I don't know.
This is a bush on our fence. Hubby says it smells like honeysuckle, but doesn't look like it.
All I know is our yard smells wonderful right now. :o)

Hope you all have a blessed week! ♥

For Leontien

*hugs* and God bless, Leontien. ♥

Don't you think these make good curtains?

I don't like pink, but when I hung these in the kitchen our last trip, I thought wow, I like these. So the first time I get to think of having time for homemaker type stuff. I am going to try my hand at making them into curtains. :o)

I got them at Wal Mart. They're twin bed sheets. They were $4 a package.
Haven't been saying a lot about our last trip.
We also found out they took a small battery charger.

We always weave some of these (I call them snake locks because of the 'head')

And pair them with some of these:

through our equipment. The tractor, attachments, and such that we store in the garage.
We run a chain, roughly half inch links, through the spare propane tanks for the trailer, and padlock that. We're glad we do, now.
We did call the sheriff and report the thefts. And between Wally World and Lowes, hubby was able to make a new power cord for the trailer.

And I realize I'm rambling so I think I'm going to get dressed and plant some seeds.
These.

Hope you are all having a wonderful day. ♥

Farm Friday

Taken Tuesday morning, 3 April, before we left. As I said, it was a very short trip.



Sorry about the volume. Recorded it on my phone. You may need to turn it up a bit.

I think it will be safe for all viewers.

Have a blessed weekend!

Georgia Farm Woman?

Anyone know what happened to Pam's blog? It used to be here: georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com Now it's not there.

Someone on a yahoo list I belong to was looking for metal nesting boxes and I was going to point her to Farm Man's boxes and the blog isn't there. :o(

Hope you all have a wonderful day. ♥

Friday Farm post

We got to the farm Saturday afternoon. This is what we found.

The Johnson Grass wasn't too bad yet.

We also found this.

Now let's see if I can get this to work...



Sorry about the fingers. Don't watch if you get dizzy easily. It was my first try at a video and I am obviously clueless, haha!

There will be more to follow on this topic.

Hope you all have a wonderful, blessed weekend! :o)

March Farm trip

So we left on the 30th of March after hubby got off work. He decided he had vapors and came home a little after noon. ;o)
We packed the rest of the bags that don't go in the truck until we are ready to leave.
I forgot to check my list. :o| And forgot to pack the camera.
We had to come home before we had gone three blocks, to get the controller for our winch.
And I still didn't notice the camera sitting on the couch.
*sigh*
So all the pictures were taken with my phone. I've noticed a couple of things about that.
1. They tend to be washed out or blurry. (Several of the photos in my new header were taken with my phone and prove this point.
2. My fingers like to get in the way.


Anyway, we got back on the road. Had a very light lunch so that we could stop in Fayetteville for Popeye's Chicken!
I forget where we stopped for fuel, but hubby realized that the trailer (our blue one that I call a cargo trailer) had a hub over heating. Probably a bearing going bad.

So we stopped in Florence South Carolina, at the Agri Supply there. We love this store. I wish they had more of them. We like them better than Tractor Supply for sure!

We got there about an hour before they were due to close. A couple guys mentioned that we did not want to stay there overnight because it's a very bad area for crime. So we kept the truck locked and my hubby's gun ready while we worked. Just in case.

Anyway, Agri Supply had what we needed to do a temporary fix for the trailer.

Including the ramps. :o)

The tools are ours though. We always travel with a toolbox. Or 2, if you count the one on the bed of the truck.

After we got the bearing and wheel back on, we got back on the road. Hubby added grease to the bearing whenever we stopped for anything.
We drove all night, as we often do. Drank a lot of coffee and ate a lot of Sunflower seeds. ;o)

We also stopped at Lea's for lunch before we got to the farm. We pretty much always eat at least one meal there every trip.
It's a small place with plain food, but we like it. :o)

We got to the farm about 2 PM and I'll save that for another post.
Hope you're all having a wonderful day!

Happy Easter!

Will try to do a real post soon, but for now I leave you with some pictures of sunset at a rest stop on I-20.

We're home.

Have a bit to talk about, but not today.
I forgot my camera. :o(
Hopefully my phone worked. If so, I will have pictures and maybe a couple videos to share. We shall see. ;o)
I have much catching up to do, but it will take some time, sorry.
Hope you all have a safe, wonderful, Blessed Easter weekend! ♥