Baymule’s Journal

[Ridgetop]

Did you have the fried catfish and fried okra? The day we were there they apologized for the okra - that it was not absolutely fresh! But so good!!!

They have a sheep auction there. The people in the office said that if the sheep we brought in were good that they would notify the regular sheep buyers the next time that we would be bringing to the sale. I thought that was pretty good. However, Elkhart may be too far away from your new place to bring lambs.

 

[Baymule]

Nah, Elkhart won't be too far away. It will be closer than Emory, which will be 2 1/2 to 3 hours away. I'll be going to livestock auctions to see what I can find. San Angelo will be 5 hours away, they are having a replacement auction in March, consigning breeding stock only in groups of 20. With your fine flock, that may be of interest to you. Not this year, but maybe next year we could go to that just to observe. I won't have the production to take any to that sale.

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I'm exhausted. I'm limping on both knees, back to lurching around like a staggering drunk. I can't stop yet. It's getting empty in here, there is little stuff in the back bedroom, I'll get that cleared out and refinish that floor and the hallway this week. Son is coming with his cousin's tilt trailer today to get the small portable building, it's 8'x16'. I have a tall metal cabinet, a long wood cabinet on rollers and 2 small single cabinets in the big building at the sheep barn. Probably not this week, but maybe next week, I'll dig them out and take to Groveton to put in this small building for stacking all, well, not ALL my crap in it.

I'll go down there to block up the building one day this week and take a cooler of meat to stuff in one of the freezers. I emptied one freezer, partially emptied another and stuffed it all in a 3rd freezer here. Took two coolers, and just threw it in the two freezers. I'll need to organize it and make room for all the meat. There is probably a good 3 coolers worth of meat and vegetables in the one freezer here.

I need to arrange as best as I can, the stuff we took yesterday. Some of it is placed, some not. There is stuff on the kitchen counter out of a freezer that didn't make the trip, I didn't deem it important, but it's gotta go, so will have to clean up that mess.

I didn't even drop the stock trailer last night, gotta do that this morning, clean out the spot where I have the hay bales set, get the kitchen cleaned up, maybe sweep floors, somewhere in there, lay around in a comatose state.

Move more stuff Saturday. Hopefully empty the house except for a recliner that I can sleep in while I finish refinishing the floors.

I may have to throw up some cow panel pens for sheep and dogs until I get better fencing done for them.

Just caught a flash of something out of the corner of my eye, looked out window in time to see Trip jump the second fence on his way OUT and he's gone! I have diabolical plans for that dog.........

 

[Baymule]

NO WAY!!! I just saw Trip jump BACK IN!!! he cleared two fences again, to sneak back in here and look all innocent. I went outside and he ran to me, tail waving, smiling, very pleased with himself about hoodwinking me. But I'm on to his tricks now! Not much I can do about it until I move. I'll be building him a pen with horse panels, he can't jump them!

I'm now guessing that he has been jumping out while I'm gone to Groveton, gallivanting around, chasing deer and having himself a big time. Then jumping back in, to greet me at the gate when I get home. But when Robert comes over here to feed for me, Trip is always IN the fence. Brilliant dog. Too smart for his own good, but I gotta admire his craftiness.

 

[Baymule]

Oh, I didn't realize that Carson knew and understood a certain word. When Trip jumped OUT, I went outside and hollered for him, to no avail. I yelled A$$HOLE and Carson dropped his head, tucked his tail and acted scolded. I had to apologize to Carson and reassure him that I wasn't yelling at HIM and that HE wasn't the a$$hole.

 

[Ridgetop]

Trip is definitely smart. But jumping out then back in in Groveton will be a death sentence. Not only because of the road, but no one knows you or him and he might get shot while running. I wonder if we could rig up some sort of perimeter thing with a shock collar like people use with buried wire. Maybe we could string the wire on his pen fence. ???

You need to take a break for those knees. I know you wanted to get the sale done with that lovely new to BYH family, but I really wanted to be back there to help you. At least wait to unpack al your boxes till we get there so I can help you with that. And hanging pix etc. If you can't get the floors done in the old house before we get back, I can help with those too. Once there we will get the fencing for the sheep up fast, and the sheds. I am moving some doctor appointments, so we won't have to rush back the end of February.

The trailer comes home on Monday and I will be getting it packed immediately. I am stacking the toolboxes ready to load too. We have multiple battery operated Bosch drills and always keep extra batteries on the charger when working. When one runs down, immediate replacement and keep working.

Getting so tired and in so much pain is not good though. You can catch this darn Covid again. Our friends down the hill took a couple months to tour around the US looking for a place to buy and move. On the trip they both got Covid. Jeff thinks they had Omicron. After hearing how sick everyone in our house was Jeff thinks we might have had Delta. With so many types out there now, you really need to keep up on your elderberry and zinc treatments. If you can't find your cold packs for the knees, use bags of frozen peas or corn.

 

[Baymule]

Son left about 45 minutes ago with building. He got a speeding ticket in Gun Barrel City, a speed trap on Highway 155. He was going to go a different route going back with the building, but cop called him, he didn’t give son’s driver license back to him. Son has to go back that way now. The tilt trailer tilt motor didn’t half work, had to give it some lifting help with tractor. Robert showed up about that time and pitched in.

Son will drop building, make a 3 hour trip to take trailer back, then 3 hour trip back to his RV so he can go to bed and go to work tomorrow. My son loves me!

 

[Baymule]

@Ridgetop I’m taking a break today, feet up, knees straight, in recliner. Just warmed up leftover cheesy grits and shrimp from The Stockman Cafe at auction barn in Elkhart.

Half of furniture is gone out of Lindale house, it has that dirty behind the furniture look to it. It needs at least sweeping! There’s 3 loads of clean clothes on my bed, we moved washer dryer. Last night I just moved clothes over and crawled in bed. LOL Is there a prize for I DONT CARE?

I’ll bounce back tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder to go take my vitamins. Got elderberry syrup in refrigerator.

 

[Ridgetop]

So glad you are taking a break. Still a lot to do so no need to rush things. You don't want to get sick with stuff halfway between 2 houses!

DS3 and family are planning a trip to Texas in July to wander around and look at different areas. We will also be coming back then. We can help while you have your knee replacement around traveling with them. They want to see our new place and also visit Elkhart area, etc. deciding if they want to move back. It will be a cut in income for them, but $$$ isn't everything, although it is certainly SOMETHING!

 

[Baymule]

@Lstewart86 and her husband dropped a super nice cargo trailer here this evening. They are coming Friday to load it and Saturday we'll take it to Groveton and unload.

I'm thinking drag out all my receipts tomorrow and try to get my taxes ready for the CPA. Going to be rainy this week, off and on. Planning to go to Groveton Tuesday, take a cooler of meat, rearrange the freezers and put meat in one. I want to block up that building so it will be ready to put stuff in on Saturday.

 

[Hideaway Pines]

@Baymule you need to rest up, take care of yourself. Pace yourself so you don't overdo it. I am glad you got as much done this weekend as you did, but man take care of your knees and your health.

We took this weekend to catch up on things around out place. After being down with Covid for two weeks things around here needed some TLC for sure. but man it feels good to have the house cleaned after everything, even opened up the windows to air out our place - just hate being sick.

Let me know when you want help at your place, I can schedule a day to come to Goveton and help you too! Had to chuckle at your story about Tripp, what a smart dog- too smart for his own good though.