Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

Whats meant to be will be. It will all work out.

My mother in law lives in KY, outside of Lexington. Beautiful place. We like to go visit in the spring. Hope everything works out for you.

I hope the sale of your place goes ok for you, whichever buyer it is. It is stressful enough without some one being a jerk.

How is it going @Latestarter?

Well, I've played an every-other-day game of phone tag with the jerk potential buyer and haven't spoken to him yet. Since it's the 6th and there's no contract, I have to say closing on the 10th is not gonna happen. I have the gut feeling that the guy is gonna be a wash out, no problem. SO... I'll just continue spiffying up the place and get it listed.

Spent all day Wednesday outside doing yard work (mowing, weed whacking, chain saw work, trash/wood/log hauling) and had intended to finish it up yesterday... Well, it was hot - mid 80s, I only slept for 2 hours the previous night, and I was tired and sore, so ended up spending the day yesterday in the recliner sweating... I really hate being immobile and sweating... So, since it's supposed to be back in the 80s again today, I went ahead and hooked up the swamp cooler and got that working Ahhhhhhhh... Have a couple of house fans going as well to ensure air movement throughout, and the house will be perfectly acceptable! The dogs are enjoying it... they're laying right in the main air flow and snoring Wish I didn't need to run up the electric and water bill, but I'll take that over sweating any day! I'm thinking my choice of KY over TX might have been well thought out

So, I think I'm about to go drag out the lawn tractor and go finish up the mowing before the real heat of the day hits. I have more chain saw work to do, but don't really feel like playing lumber jack today. Maybe later this evening...

Since I don't have a contract, I guess I'll just leave this journal for a while until I have one and can continue the journey it's supposed to be logging/sharing...

Some of us took 3 or more years to get to their farm so you might as well join us.

I cannot believe the weather reversal. You have been in the 80's and we have had a high in the 60's for the last several days with night time temps in the 40's.

That's alright Latestarter.......when you're freezing your tail off in Kentucky and up to your neck in snow, we'll be outside playing in the sunshine. When it does snow, it's generally gone in 3 days. The Texas heat? That's what air conditioners are for. Go out in the early mornings and get everything done. Spring, winter, fall are fabulous. Summer, great for gardens and hay.

She's right!

Well, got rambunctious this evening and decided after all the yard work it was about time to get that burn pile reduced. The first problem is the pile isn't located where I can burn it, so I have to move it from the pile, about 25 feet over, then burn it. I also had a stack of 2 year old rotted/falling apart pallets that needed burning. They were the cheap ones with pressboard stringers and cheap plywood tops. We had a T-storm develop as it was moving past us so sprinkles and very cloudy. Not too much wind and just about perfect for burning. Had quite a burn going for several hours!

The pile is about 1/2 gone, & all the pallets are burned. I did earn another dumb $hIT award in the process... It was dark and I wasn't thinking and was pulling these pallets bare handed... So all of a sudden I feel this severe burning sting right below and between the junction of my middle and ring finger on my right hand palm. So I stop what I'm doing and head back to the house to see and sure enough I have a dark spot with a "donut" of white around it. I soaked it with vinegar and ran it under cold water for a bit, took a couple of benedryl, and now I'm gonna hope for the best. I couldn't see what got me when it happened but am pretty sure it was a spider. I found many black widow cocoons in the pallet bottoms (after being bit and actually looking) and just hope that's not what got me... The donut is gone now, as is the dark sting spot but the entire area about the size of a penny is a little swollen and it's not "sore", but I can feel that I got stung there. Hoping to not wake up tomorrow morning to major necrotic tissue...

Hopefully, this weather will carry through to tomorrow and I can get the rest of it burned. Supposed to have rain moving in tomorrow.

Hope your hand is doing okay