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Baymule
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I don’t think she would do that. Maybe at some point FEMA will finally get their act together and buy her out.
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Mini Horses
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When, next flood??? 
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Baymule
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Who knows? She’s moving in on June 11. If she’s happy, I’m happy for her.When, next flood???
Problem is, her house is under senior citizen exemption, plus veteran exemption and homestead exemption. Taxes haven’t gone up in 20 years. She has a well, so no water bill, no HOA dues, only electricity and trash pick up. In the meantime, property taxes have exploded to the stratosphere. The little house she’s in now, taxes are $10,000 a year. Everything she looked at, the cost of living there is more than she can afford.
Houston is on low land, lots of places flood, the streets flood all the time. Conroe, where she lives, floods. Not all over, but in lots of places. One house she’s and her husband had literally fell into the San Jancinto River. They didn’t own it then thank goodness. So if it doesn’t bother her, go home Sis. Go back where she is happy. Her husband died in that house, his ashes are scattered there. Someday, I guess hers will be scattered there too.
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The auction was busy! Over 600 sheep and goats were sold! That’s the most I’ve ever seen! The front 2 rows were buyers. I sandwiched myself between 2 of them on the front row. One was from Oklahoma and bought for 4 people/places. The auctioneer knew him and asked which one to put the goats/sheep under. The place was packed with sellers and buyers, not an empty seat, I’ve never seen it so full. There were people sitting on the raised platform in front of the front row. I couldn’t stretch out my legs or I’d be kicking a couple of guys in the butt. @Ridgetop you should’ve see it! Crazy!
The same buyer bought most of mine, it was so fast and furious that I couldn’t keep up! The sheep and goats go before the cattle and 9 to 11 is the time allotted for them. Many times there is time left over. The run horses through after sheep and goats, before cattle. Usually not many and most go to kill buyers. I didn’t stay for that, the sheep and goats lasted until 12:00! I got my check in my hot little hand and headed home.
My truck is still leaking oil. The shop fixed a leak, but not this one. There was droplets of oil blow all over the front and fenders on my stock trailer. Well, crap.
My AC started blowing hot too. It does that periodically, makes for a miserable summer drive.
With hot air and oil fumes that I couldn’t breathe, windows were down for fresh air! I found a good classic rock n roll radio station and cranked it up. Wind blowing my hair into tangles, singing along with the songs and beating time on the steering wheel, I hauled A$$ for home. I stopped in Crockett and washed out the trailer. Got home at 4:00, exhausted. BUT I was out of feed, so got in car and went to Atwoods in Lufkin for 2 bags of all stock and my monthly 3 bags of dog food. I only unloaded 1 bag of all stock, rest is still in the car.
I’m teaching the children class Sunday school this morning, other teacher is out of town. I doubt that I’ll do much this afternoon, I just don’t care.
Oh, I talked to the auctioneer before the sale to let him know that I brought 8 commercial Katahdin ewes, average age 4 months, all twins, a couple of triplets and out of registered rams. He took down the numbers. Fat lot of good that did. It was so wild and crazy, he called out ONE number and it was a RAM! He said, there’s one, then he told the crowd that they were commercial lambs, a lady brought them in, all out of registered stock and only one in the whole bunch were actually mine. And they were all rams! Oh well, I tried. I’m happy with what they brought, they are gone and I have a check to deposit in my farm account.
The same buyer bought most of mine, it was so fast and furious that I couldn’t keep up! The sheep and goats go before the cattle and 9 to 11 is the time allotted for them. Many times there is time left over. The run horses through after sheep and goats, before cattle. Usually not many and most go to kill buyers. I didn’t stay for that, the sheep and goats lasted until 12:00! I got my check in my hot little hand and headed home.
My truck is still leaking oil. The shop fixed a leak, but not this one. There was droplets of oil blow all over the front and fenders on my stock trailer. Well, crap.
My AC started blowing hot too. It does that periodically, makes for a miserable summer drive.
With hot air and oil fumes that I couldn’t breathe, windows were down for fresh air! I found a good classic rock n roll radio station and cranked it up. Wind blowing my hair into tangles, singing along with the songs and beating time on the steering wheel, I hauled A$$ for home. I stopped in Crockett and washed out the trailer. Got home at 4:00, exhausted. BUT I was out of feed, so got in car and went to Atwoods in Lufkin for 2 bags of all stock and my monthly 3 bags of dog food. I only unloaded 1 bag of all stock, rest is still in the car.
I’m teaching the children class Sunday school this morning, other teacher is out of town. I doubt that I’ll do much this afternoon, I just don’t care.
Oh, I talked to the auctioneer before the sale to let him know that I brought 8 commercial Katahdin ewes, average age 4 months, all twins, a couple of triplets and out of registered rams. He took down the numbers. Fat lot of good that did. It was so wild and crazy, he called out ONE number and it was a RAM! He said, there’s one, then he told the crowd that they were commercial lambs, a lady brought them in, all out of registered stock and only one in the whole bunch were actually mine. And they were all rams! Oh well, I tried. I’m happy with what they brought, they are gone and I have a check to deposit in my farm account.
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Baymule
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This was once my sister’s house some 30 years ago. The San Jacinto River ate away at the bank until it fell in the river. It once had a beautiful yard stretching out to the river, we had lots of good times there. It was beautiful. They sold it after a flood that went up to the second story. Then they bought the house she is moving back into now…….. near the San Jacinto River. Where else would they live? LOL
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Baymule
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Go to YouTube and do a search for San Jacinto River. You will get a real good idea of how mighty a river can be. Many drownings, thousands of flooded homes.
Watching that man standing on the back porch while the river below is crumbling the foundation is scarey.
Margali
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Scary! If you are going to live where it floods build for it. If we end up moving back to Houston area, our house will be Hawaii style. Elevated and rated for a hurricane!
rachels.haven
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Nothing like a river to remind you that you are a small, insignificant mortal and nothing is more constant and immortal than change. Your poor sister got no breaks on the flooding thing.
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Baymule
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Naw….. that’s just plain stupid.
