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Power just came back on. Direct TV is connecting to the satellite, checking settings and doing its thing. Oh goody! Now I can watch the last half of the move with no idea of the first half. Oh well. I’d rather deal with power outages than live in town.
Hope it's back on again soon and your movie will show again.
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To straighten the panel more... get a piece of plywood.. or some boards wider than the tires on the truck... or tractor... lay them on the panel with the bend part up... and slowly drive up on it so the weight of the vehicle or tractor will mash it down flat.. works best on hard concrete or asphalt.. or a good hard driveway... plywood works better as it is a wider board to lay across the whole thing...and you can criss-cross the driving on it to get it flatter than just a narrower board... the hardest part is getting started on it and not "pushing the plywood" instead of going up on it... back tractor tires work best to slowly back up on it as they will climb up better than a flat smooth vehicle tire... then you can flip the panel over to get the ends flattened more too...
You should write a book.
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Power came back on last night but there was only 45 minutes left of the movie. It rained a lot. I'll go out at daylight to see how much is in the rain gauge. I just bought new rubber boots, the old ones had cracks in them, but were ok to wear in the morning dew. I'll break out the new ones this morning. The ground ought to be softened up enough to use son's tractor to pull the railroad crossties out of the ground.
New neighbors with the 3 boys have been packing all weekend. They texted that they have to go this morning to rent a trailer to load heavy stuff that wouldn't fit in the U-Haul truck. They probably won't get here until late afternoon. Or maybe tomorrow. They thought they would get loaded up on Friday, be here Saturday........nope. This is Sunday and they still gotta pack more stuff.
Church this morning, I actually know what day it is. Last Sunday I was so tired I missed the adult class, barely made it to Church for the sermon. I didn't know what day it was.
I started a thread last night for the new horse, on my phone. On Thanksgiving day I finally came up with a name for him
www.backyardherds.com
New neighbors with the 3 boys have been packing all weekend. They texted that they have to go this morning to rent a trailer to load heavy stuff that wouldn't fit in the U-Haul truck. They probably won't get here until late afternoon. Or maybe tomorrow. They thought they would get loaded up on Friday, be here Saturday........nope. This is Sunday and they still gotta pack more stuff.
Church this morning, I actually know what day it is. Last Sunday I was so tired I missed the adult class, barely made it to Church for the sermon. I didn't know what day it was.
I started a thread last night for the new horse, on my phone. On Thanksgiving day I finally came up with a name for him
Maximus
I got a horse on November 19, 2025. It’s been a week and 3 days. He is an 11 year old throroughbred gelding, 16.1 hands high. His owner is in kidney failure and wanted a good home for him. My youngest granddaughter was taking riding lessons from her. My daughter called me and asked if I wanted a...
www.backyardherds.com
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Today is…… TUESDAY!! Yeah, it’s Tuesday, I had to remind myself by looking at the calendar on my phone. My new neighbors Charles and Holly and their 3 boys are finally my new neighbors. What an eventful day/night!
They thought they would load up on Friday, be here Saturday. Nope. They thought they’d finish and be here Sunday. Nope. Monday! They were coming Monday! ETA 2:00, then 2;30, they stopped in Crockett to eat, texted me at 2:54 to say they were on Dukes Road! It all went downhill from there.
First let me say that I got 1 1/2” rain on Saturday night. Monday last I looked at the rain gauge at almost 3 PM, there was 2” in the rain gauge. Dukes Road is a dirt and crushed rock road. It gets sloppy. The big U-Haul just slid sideways off the road and wound up in the ditch. No problem, son would bring his tractor!
The road is narrow there, no room for 2 vehicles to pass. Someone has to pull over before they go down that stretch of road to let the other person get by or back up. Courtesy goes a long way here. Road was totally blocked. Back wheels, one set in the ditch, one set spinning in the sir. No traction. Truck was sitting on the frame and the transmission. Son’s tractor couldn’t drag that loaded behemoth out. Oh, and truck was pulling a loaded flatbed trailer.
Charles called AAA for a wrecker. Of course he was in a dead zone, so that made it even more fun. Wrecker called him, they didn’t have anything big enough. More sketchy phone calls. Nobody could get by, people were coming home from work. Michael showed up in his logging truck.
He had to back around the bend to get out of the way of the wrecker that hopefully was coming. More phone calls.
Charles moved their car and U-Haul trailer on a tiny piece of road that went to a gate. Their 2 dogs were in the car.
It was a miserable rain, cold, mud, the boys were having a blast as only kids can do. There was nothing I or Holly could do, so I suggested that I take them in the mule, to my house. She gladly accepted and we went to my house. We all left muddy boots and tennis shoes in the utility room. I wouldn’t let the boys sit on the sofa, they were muddy. I gave the dining chairs to sit on and turned the TV to a kid show.
Son called. Could I come get Charles’s dad? Yep. I picked him up, also a neighbor lady coming home from work and I took her home. They both left their trucks.
No wrecker was coming. It was going to take a skid steer.
I made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the boys, Holly and Charles’s dad. Iced tea, milk for the little one. The skid steer showed up, dragged the U-Haul out of the ditch. They had to drop the trailer. Then back up to it and re-hitch it up. Then the skid steer dragged the truck past a few other places, to their driveway and Charles drove it up to their house.
Michael the logger had a friend show up so they sat there drinking, without a care in the world. Nobody was mad, it was all taken in stride and Charles got to meet a lot of neighbors. They were able to hug the other side of the road and get by the big wallowed hole. Except for Rob and his wife. Rob didn’t follow the ruts made by everyone else, no, he went straight and slid off in the hole. Michael and his friend offered to pull him out but he was mad and said he’d go get his tractor. He drove the neighbor lady’s truck to her, walked to his place, went back on his tractor and pulled his truck out.
The county employee lives around on the paved road and he came by right after all this mess started. He grades the road. Needless to say, it was a big sloppy mess. Son said he came back later and said the county would be laying down rock today.
I took Holly and the boys to their new home. Son and I stayed to help get mattresses in the house. He, Charles and his dad unloaded stuff, getting to the mattresses. Holly and I took them at the door and took them to bedrooms. Other stuff came off the truck in their search for the mattresses. Holly was smart enough to pack suitcases with clothes. No sheets or blankets were found, they were up on the front of the truck.
I packed a supply kit for them, loaf of bread, Cheezits crackers, dishwashing liquid for washing hands, a pan and spatula for making grilled cheese sandwiches ( forgot the butter and cheese in refrigerator at my house) roll of paper towels, paper plates, chips, red solo cups. I’ll take the cheese and butter this morning, plus add water pancake mix, syrup and more paper plates.
Welcome HOME Charles, Holly and boys!
They thought they would load up on Friday, be here Saturday. Nope. They thought they’d finish and be here Sunday. Nope. Monday! They were coming Monday! ETA 2:00, then 2;30, they stopped in Crockett to eat, texted me at 2:54 to say they were on Dukes Road! It all went downhill from there.
First let me say that I got 1 1/2” rain on Saturday night. Monday last I looked at the rain gauge at almost 3 PM, there was 2” in the rain gauge. Dukes Road is a dirt and crushed rock road. It gets sloppy. The big U-Haul just slid sideways off the road and wound up in the ditch. No problem, son would bring his tractor!
The road is narrow there, no room for 2 vehicles to pass. Someone has to pull over before they go down that stretch of road to let the other person get by or back up. Courtesy goes a long way here. Road was totally blocked. Back wheels, one set in the ditch, one set spinning in the sir. No traction. Truck was sitting on the frame and the transmission. Son’s tractor couldn’t drag that loaded behemoth out. Oh, and truck was pulling a loaded flatbed trailer.
Charles called AAA for a wrecker. Of course he was in a dead zone, so that made it even more fun. Wrecker called him, they didn’t have anything big enough. More sketchy phone calls. Nobody could get by, people were coming home from work. Michael showed up in his logging truck.
He had to back around the bend to get out of the way of the wrecker that hopefully was coming. More phone calls.
Charles moved their car and U-Haul trailer on a tiny piece of road that went to a gate. Their 2 dogs were in the car.
It was a miserable rain, cold, mud, the boys were having a blast as only kids can do. There was nothing I or Holly could do, so I suggested that I take them in the mule, to my house. She gladly accepted and we went to my house. We all left muddy boots and tennis shoes in the utility room. I wouldn’t let the boys sit on the sofa, they were muddy. I gave the dining chairs to sit on and turned the TV to a kid show.
Son called. Could I come get Charles’s dad? Yep. I picked him up, also a neighbor lady coming home from work and I took her home. They both left their trucks.
No wrecker was coming. It was going to take a skid steer.
I made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the boys, Holly and Charles’s dad. Iced tea, milk for the little one. The skid steer showed up, dragged the U-Haul out of the ditch. They had to drop the trailer. Then back up to it and re-hitch it up. Then the skid steer dragged the truck past a few other places, to their driveway and Charles drove it up to their house.
Michael the logger had a friend show up so they sat there drinking, without a care in the world. Nobody was mad, it was all taken in stride and Charles got to meet a lot of neighbors. They were able to hug the other side of the road and get by the big wallowed hole. Except for Rob and his wife. Rob didn’t follow the ruts made by everyone else, no, he went straight and slid off in the hole. Michael and his friend offered to pull him out but he was mad and said he’d go get his tractor. He drove the neighbor lady’s truck to her, walked to his place, went back on his tractor and pulled his truck out.
The county employee lives around on the paved road and he came by right after all this mess started. He grades the road. Needless to say, it was a big sloppy mess. Son said he came back later and said the county would be laying down rock today.
I took Holly and the boys to their new home. Son and I stayed to help get mattresses in the house. He, Charles and his dad unloaded stuff, getting to the mattresses. Holly and I took them at the door and took them to bedrooms. Other stuff came off the truck in their search for the mattresses. Holly was smart enough to pack suitcases with clothes. No sheets or blankets were found, they were up on the front of the truck.
I packed a supply kit for them, loaf of bread, Cheezits crackers, dishwashing liquid for washing hands, a pan and spatula for making grilled cheese sandwiches ( forgot the butter and cheese in refrigerator at my house) roll of paper towels, paper plates, chips, red solo cups. I’ll take the cheese and butter this morning, plus add water pancake mix, syrup and more paper plates.
Welcome HOME Charles, Holly and boys!
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They unhooked the trailer, but waited for the skid steer. Son didn't want to be the one dragging the guts out of a rented truck. Charles had bought the insurance, let him use it.
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What a welcome home -- had to chuckle, even tho a real frustrating mess. This was a hard first lesson on country roads! Those ditches suck you in and roads are narrow -- even my paved ones in some places are so narrow you hold your breath. There's 3" of wet berm before a 2' ditch!! No maneuvering.
Good -- they met neighbors and most understood the road issues.
Such a rude awakening for their new " dream home" 
You better get them pantry ready for the inevitable winter "stuck in place" days. This is way different than city life 
Good -- they met neighbors and most understood the road issues.
Such a rude awakening for their new " dream home" You better get them pantry ready for the inevitable winter "stuck in place" days. This is way different than city life 
