MISSED A DAY. BUILDING LIKE CRAZY, BUT FOUND A MISTAKE ON THE PARTS. THAT PUTS EVERYTHING ON HOLD. NEED TO GET A DEVIATION. NOT GOOD.
YESTERDAY STARTED MUD SEASON. WE ARE ALL WALKING IN SLUSH AND WATER. RUNNING WATER. NO MUD YET, THE GROUND IS STILL FROZEN. IN THE MORNING THE WATER IS FROZEN AND WE ALL SKATE ON THE ICE. BY AFTERNOON WE'RE BACK TO THE SLUSH. IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE SHOULD GET INTO THE DEEP MUD DAYS.
WENT TO A TOWNSHIP MEETING LAST NIGHT AND WHEN I GOT HOME BOOTS WAS DOWN BY THE GULLY DOING A CONSTANT BARAGE OF BARKING. A DEER WOULD HAVE LEFT, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN A VARMINT, OR POSSIBLY A BEAR. WITH THE SNOW MELTING, ALL THOSE COZY LITTLE RODENT DENS BEGIN TO FILL WITH COLD WATER. PRETTY SOON THEY HAVE TO WAKE UP AND FIND A NEW HOME.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
MARCH 10 2008
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?? ITS 6:30 AND STILL DARK. WHAT DID I SAVE?? I FEAR THE POLITICIANS ARE SELLING ME SOMETHING; MUST BE FOR MY OWN GOOD! HAVE TO BURN THE PHONE LINE THIS MORNING, THE AGE OF VOICE MAIL (COMMUNICATION). SUPPOSEDLY THEY'LL CALL BACK, BUT I'LL EITHER BE ON THE NEXT VOICE MAIL OR HAVE GONE OUT TO WORK. HAVE TO PANIC ON RR PARTS TODAY AND TOMORROW. FINISH EARLY. THE MUD IS COMING. BUT, WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE MUD SEASON TO GET TO THE GREEN SEASON.
MARCH 9 2008
A LITTLE LESS THAN ZERO THIS MORNING. DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MUD TODAY. SUNDAY. A DAY OF REST AND DOMESTICS. PROBABLY SHOULD START GOING TO CHURCH AGAIN SOME DAY. THE LORD AND I HAVE DISCUSSIONS CONSTANTLY, SO I DON'T THINK HE MISSES ME TOO BADLY ON SUNDAY. A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY. BOOTS HAS PARKED THE COON OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN WINDOW, PROBABLY JUST DROPPED IT THERE AND WENT OFF TO CHASE SOMETHING ELSE. IT DID HAVE A LIGHT COVERING OF SNOW SO IT MUST HAVE SNOWED LAST NIGHT.
LATER IN THE MORNING I LOOKED OUT THE KITCHEN WINDOW AND THERE WERE TWO CARCASES LYING IN THE SNOW. BOOTS WAS FLAT OUT ON HIS SIDE, SOUND ASLEEP.
WE DID ACCOUNTING UNTIL WE WERE AT AN IMPASSE. NEED TO CALL CHECKMAGIC, (PRINTS ALL OUR ACCOUNTS ON BLANK CHECK PAPER) TO GET MORE MAGIC , AND INTUIT TO FIGURE HOW TO PUT SOME OF THE MORE COMPLEX STATEMENTS IN.
DELETED THE ELLAWISC.COM WEBSITE, NEED TO DEVELOP THE NEW ONE. WILL HAVE TO INCORPORATE THE NEW LOGO TOM SENT. WILL HAVE TO FIGURE WHAT TO SAY. WHEN YOU CLICK ONTO THE WEBSITE, WHAT DO I WANT TO STICK INTO YOUR FACE. I NEED TO GRAB YOUR ATTENTION AND STIMULATE YOUR CURIOSITY. I NEED TO HAVE YOU RECOGNIZE 4 OR 5 LINKS AND HAVE THEM PRESENTED WELL ENOUGH TO MAKE IT A DIFFICULT DECISION AS TO WHICH LINK TO GO TO FIRST.
WOW!! SPENT THE WHOLE DAY INSIDE.
LATER IN THE MORNING I LOOKED OUT THE KITCHEN WINDOW AND THERE WERE TWO CARCASES LYING IN THE SNOW. BOOTS WAS FLAT OUT ON HIS SIDE, SOUND ASLEEP.
WE DID ACCOUNTING UNTIL WE WERE AT AN IMPASSE. NEED TO CALL CHECKMAGIC, (PRINTS ALL OUR ACCOUNTS ON BLANK CHECK PAPER) TO GET MORE MAGIC , AND INTUIT TO FIGURE HOW TO PUT SOME OF THE MORE COMPLEX STATEMENTS IN.
DELETED THE ELLAWISC.COM WEBSITE, NEED TO DEVELOP THE NEW ONE. WILL HAVE TO INCORPORATE THE NEW LOGO TOM SENT. WILL HAVE TO FIGURE WHAT TO SAY. WHEN YOU CLICK ONTO THE WEBSITE, WHAT DO I WANT TO STICK INTO YOUR FACE. I NEED TO GRAB YOUR ATTENTION AND STIMULATE YOUR CURIOSITY. I NEED TO HAVE YOU RECOGNIZE 4 OR 5 LINKS AND HAVE THEM PRESENTED WELL ENOUGH TO MAKE IT A DIFFICULT DECISION AS TO WHICH LINK TO GO TO FIRST.
WOW!! SPENT THE WHOLE DAY INSIDE.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
MARCH 8 2008
ELEVEN BELOW THIS MORNING... THE SNOW IS CRUNCHING WHEN YOU WALK. HAD TO LEAVE BY 7 AM TO GET TO A CONFERENCE AT UW RIVER FALLS. ONE OF THE BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS HAS A TITLE STONE "STATE NORMAL SCHOOL" IN THE 1890'S. DAD AND HIS SIBLINGS WENT TO A NORMAL SCHOOL IN NORTH DAKOTA I BELIEVE. I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT A NORMAL SCHOOL WAS. DID THEY HAVE ABNORMAL SCHOOLS?? MOTHER WAS IN A SKILLED CARE FACILITY FOR A WHILE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE ARE UNSKILLED CARE FACILITIES?? OR ARE THEY JUST BRAGGING?
THE CONFERENCE WENT VERY WELL. CHRIS, OUR OLD FORESTER, WAS THERE TO GIVE A TALK. SAW PEOPLE I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT. ONE SUCH GENTLEMAN, JIM, GAVE A PRESENTATION ON WETLANDS. AFTER THE CONFERENCE I STOPPED TO TALK TO HIM, ASKED IF HE WORKED IN PEPIN COUNTY, HE SAID YES. WE TALKED A SHORT WHILE, AND EXCHANGED CARDS. HE STUDIED MY CARD FOR A MINUTE AND SAID I KNOW THAT NAME. OH OH! HE SAID I HAVE A THICK FILE ON YOU. HOLY COW WHAT COULD THIS BE? HE SAID YOU HAD A GET TOGETHER ON YOUR FARM LAST YEAR THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF, AND I COULDN'T MAKE IT. DAN HAD SENT ME ALL KINDS OF DATA AND INFORMATION WHICH I STILL HAVE ON FILE. LORD WHAT A SMALL WORLD. HE'LL BE OUT LATER THIS SPRING.
WENT SHOPPING AND CAME HOME
THE CONFERENCE WENT VERY WELL. CHRIS, OUR OLD FORESTER, WAS THERE TO GIVE A TALK. SAW PEOPLE I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT. ONE SUCH GENTLEMAN, JIM, GAVE A PRESENTATION ON WETLANDS. AFTER THE CONFERENCE I STOPPED TO TALK TO HIM, ASKED IF HE WORKED IN PEPIN COUNTY, HE SAID YES. WE TALKED A SHORT WHILE, AND EXCHANGED CARDS. HE STUDIED MY CARD FOR A MINUTE AND SAID I KNOW THAT NAME. OH OH! HE SAID I HAVE A THICK FILE ON YOU. HOLY COW WHAT COULD THIS BE? HE SAID YOU HAD A GET TOGETHER ON YOUR FARM LAST YEAR THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF, AND I COULDN'T MAKE IT. DAN HAD SENT ME ALL KINDS OF DATA AND INFORMATION WHICH I STILL HAVE ON FILE. LORD WHAT A SMALL WORLD. HE'LL BE OUT LATER THIS SPRING.
WENT SHOPPING AND CAME HOME
Friday, March 7, 2008
MARCH 7 2008
DIDN'T WARM UP MUCH LATELY, IT WAS JUST BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. SNOW STILL SQUEAKS WHEN YOU WALK. THOSE POOR PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I SAID. THEIR LOSS! IT'S SUNNY AND CRISP. A GOOD DAY TO WORK ON THE ACCOUNTING. THIS MORNING WE GOT THE SOFTWARE WORKING TO PRINT CHECKS FROM MULTIPLE COMPANIES ON BLANK CHECK PAPER. PRETTY NEAT! PRINT THE CHECKS FOR EACH COMPANY TO FILE, THEN PRINT THE FILE. PRINT THE CO NAME, THE BANK NAME. BANK ROUTING, CHECK NO'S ETC. NO PREPRINTED CHECKS!!! WONDERFUL.
PAT CALLED ME IN TO SEE AN EAGLE IN THE CALF PASTURE, EATING SOMETHING, (THERE'S A DEAD CALF OUT FURTHER) AND A VULTURE (HAS A RED HEAD) SWOOPING DOWN EVERY NOW AND THEN AT THE EAGLE. BY THE TIME I GOT IN, THE VULTURE WAS GONE. BOOTS WAS BUSY TOSSING HIS RACCOON IN THE AIR TO PLAY CATC
H.
I TRIED TO GET A PICTURE, BUT AS SOON AS I SQUEAKED THE DOOR HE WAS GONE LIKE A SHOT OUT PAST THE GARAGE AND UP IN FRONT OF THE MACHINE SHED. HE 'S ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPRESS ME.
I WATCHED THE EAGLE FOR A WHILE, THERE HAD TO BE 30 OR MORE TURKEYS GLEANING THE CORN FROM THE CALF POOP ALL OVER THE FIELD. THE CALVES , TURKEYS, EAGLES, DOG ETC ALL SEEM TO GET ALONG TOGETHER. THAT IS UNTIL BOOTS REMEMBERS IT'S REALLY FUN TO CHASE ANYTHING THAT MOVES. THE RACE IS ON!
TOM SENT SOME REALLY NICE SHOO-FLY LOGOS TO BEGIN TO TIE THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TOGETHER. I NEED TO GET HELP TO FINISH THE NORTH HOME (HURLBERT HOUSE). NEED TO PLAN SOME HIKING TRAILS, NEED TO RESTORE THE MAIN POND, TRENCH IN WATERERS, FROST SEED THE PASTURES, STRAIGHTEN AND REPAIR THE FENCES WHEN THE FROST GOES OUT. OH WELL, ALWAYS THINGS TO DO. IN A FEW WEEKS WE NEED TO SELL CALVES.
I MET WITH DAN, SOME UW EAU CLAIRE TEACHERS AND SOME DIRECTORS OF ROUND HILL A WEEK OR SO AGO. TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. ANYHOW, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AT UWEC ON APRIL 10 WITH MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE LOWER CHIPPEWA RIVER FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY WITHOUT DESTROYING IT. IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT ENJOYABLE. NEED TO FIND SOME MORE INTERESTED LAND OWNERS (ADDITIONAL).
PAT CALLED ME IN TO SEE AN EAGLE IN THE CALF PASTURE, EATING SOMETHING, (THERE'S A DEAD CALF OUT FURTHER) AND A VULTURE (HAS A RED HEAD) SWOOPING DOWN EVERY NOW AND THEN AT THE EAGLE. BY THE TIME I GOT IN, THE VULTURE WAS GONE. BOOTS WAS BUSY TOSSING HIS RACCOON IN THE AIR TO PLAY CATC
H.I TRIED TO GET A PICTURE, BUT AS SOON AS I SQUEAKED THE DOOR HE WAS GONE LIKE A SHOT OUT PAST THE GARAGE AND UP IN FRONT OF THE MACHINE SHED. HE 'S ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPRESS ME.
I WATCHED THE EAGLE FOR A WHILE, THERE HAD TO BE 30 OR MORE TURKEYS GLEANING THE CORN FROM THE CALF POOP ALL OVER THE FIELD. THE CALVES , TURKEYS, EAGLES, DOG ETC ALL SEEM TO GET ALONG TOGETHER. THAT IS UNTIL BOOTS REMEMBERS IT'S REALLY FUN TO CHASE ANYTHING THAT MOVES. THE RACE IS ON!
TOM SENT SOME REALLY NICE SHOO-FLY LOGOS TO BEGIN TO TIE THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TOGETHER. I NEED TO GET HELP TO FINISH THE NORTH HOME (HURLBERT HOUSE). NEED TO PLAN SOME HIKING TRAILS, NEED TO RESTORE THE MAIN POND, TRENCH IN WATERERS, FROST SEED THE PASTURES, STRAIGHTEN AND REPAIR THE FENCES WHEN THE FROST GOES OUT. OH WELL, ALWAYS THINGS TO DO. IN A FEW WEEKS WE NEED TO SELL CALVES.
I MET WITH DAN, SOME UW EAU CLAIRE TEACHERS AND SOME DIRECTORS OF ROUND HILL A WEEK OR SO AGO. TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. ANYHOW, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AT UWEC ON APRIL 10 WITH MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THE LOWER CHIPPEWA RIVER FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY WITHOUT DESTROYING IT. IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT ENJOYABLE. NEED TO FIND SOME MORE INTERESTED LAND OWNERS (ADDITIONAL).
Thursday, March 6, 2008
MARCH 6 2008
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WARM TODAY, MAYBE ALMOST 30. IT'S PAT'S DAY TO GO SHOPPING. I HAVE TO STAY HOME AND PAINT PARTS FOR OUR RAIL ROAD PARTS ORDER. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THEM DONE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. MUST SHIP BY FRIDAY.
PRETTY SOON IT WILL BE MUD SEASON. THAT'S A MESS. BUT AFTER TH
E SNOW MELT AND THE SPRING RAINS AND FEEDING COWS IN ANKLE DEEP MUD (THERE ANKLE ABOUT A FOOT) SPRING WILL BE HERE. THEN SHORTLY WE'LL HEAR THE CHIRPING OF THE YOUNG. BIRDS ARE A PAIN, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY BUILDING NESTS WHERE THEY DON'T BELONG (SEE PICTURE). BUT USUALLY WE CAN PUT UP WITH THEM, WORK AROUND THEM, CLEAN UP AFTER THEM, AND GENERALLY ENJOY THE GIFT OF NEW LIFE THE LORD PROVIDES US. AND AT NO COST.
THE DAYS ARE DEFINITELY GETTING LONGER, AND THE NIGHTS SHORTER, BUT THE SNOW STILL SQUEAKS WHEN YOU WALK. I STILL SEEM TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND FIND ANOTHER MIRACULOUS DAY TO ENJOY. ISN'T LIFE GREAT!!
PRETTY SOON IT WILL BE MUD SEASON. THAT'S A MESS. BUT AFTER TH
E SNOW MELT AND THE SPRING RAINS AND FEEDING COWS IN ANKLE DEEP MUD (THERE ANKLE ABOUT A FOOT) SPRING WILL BE HERE. THEN SHORTLY WE'LL HEAR THE CHIRPING OF THE YOUNG. BIRDS ARE A PAIN, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY BUILDING NESTS WHERE THEY DON'T BELONG (SEE PICTURE). BUT USUALLY WE CAN PUT UP WITH THEM, WORK AROUND THEM, CLEAN UP AFTER THEM, AND GENERALLY ENJOY THE GIFT OF NEW LIFE THE LORD PROVIDES US. AND AT NO COST.THE DAYS ARE DEFINITELY GETTING LONGER, AND THE NIGHTS SHORTER, BUT THE SNOW STILL SQUEAKS WHEN YOU WALK. I STILL SEEM TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND FIND ANOTHER MIRACULOUS DAY TO ENJOY. ISN'T LIFE GREAT!!
march 5 2008
IT'S SNOWING!!! BEAUTIFUL DAY THE LORD MAKES FANTASTIC THINGS HAPPEN. PETE AND I FED COWS & CALVES. HAD TO CUT PLASTIC AND PULL IT BACK ON THE SILAGE BAG. SNOWED LIGHTLY ALL DAY, PARTS BAGS ARRIVED, PAT ADJUSTED HER BACK ON THE DRIVEWAY (NOT RECOMMENDED) DIDN'T EVEN MAKE A SNOW ANGEL WHILE SHE WAS DOWN. PACKAGED THE DUAL SENSOR BRACKETS
PICTURE OF THE DRIVE IN THE WINTER TIME.
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