Saturday August 20th 2011

This morning it isn’t really cool but it sure is humid!  The dew is really heavy this morning.  Hate to walk on the grass it is so wet.

I had started a fire around the stump and the large piece that I had cut off the stump probably five days ago and it is still smoldering!  The stump and the large piece are getting smaller so I started another fire next to the last piece from the tree, it isn’t nearly as big as the other and it is still smoldering so hopefully it will be gone in a couple of days then I can figure out how to get that part of the yard leveled out and looking a little bit better.

Work went pretty good today, a little slow but ended up having a pretty good day.  I fed Bo and let him out three or four times and Mark and Kim made it back about 6PM, give or take a few minutes.  Got a picture of Kim with Bo…

He was sure glad to see them, I don’t think he like staying there by himself.

Linda fixed another pizza…..looks good…

Tastes good too!

I had to take a picture of an Okra blossom.  I think they are pretty… If you look just behind the blossom there is an Okra and the bunch to the left is going to be more blossoms…

I guess each blossom has an Okra behind it.  Sometimes I have to take the dead blossom off the Okra itself.  I really like Okra, really different.

We made plans to go to church with Don and Peggy tomorrow at Miner Baptist Church then go to the Chinese Buffet.  I think the last time we were there it was with them also, been a couple of years.

Got out of work on time tonight.  Oh I forgot, since I got a new lawn mower Linda got to get a new Kindle (electronic book reader).  We worked on it tonight and I downloaded a few books for her except that I’m not sure if what I downloaded is actually a book or just one chapter of a book, I think I will stick to the paper version.

Quiet night tonight, not a lot of time when I get off at 7PM.  Worked on the computer getting her books downloaded and then figure it was time for bed… Night Y’all…

Friday August 19th 2011

This morning I wanted to go to town to get Sparky a different kind of food. He seems to like eating grass clods from the mower.  Not sure if it is good for him but that’s what he goes for when he goes outside.

We filled up with gas in town and went to the cheapest place I could find and it was $3.38 a gallon.  It is going down slowly and probably won’t go down very far.

Work was slow today but it was OK.  Don and Peggy came in about 2:30PM for a little visit…

We worked with Don and Peggy about 10 years ago and we have stopped to see them out in California a couple of times and when they were back here we visited with them.  They are from Northern IL and lived about thirty miles from where I grew up.  We enjoy their company, we seem to be on the same wave length.  (Don and Peggy bought a house in CA)

I had to feed Bo, the dog, at five and take him out.  I think he would rather be home.  I let him out just before I left at 7PM so hopefully he will be good the rest of the night.

When I got home I decided to look in the garden.  Picked a bunch of zucchini and some yellow squash.  Found a rather odd yellow squash…

Linda isn’t really smiling maybe because I am going to give the odd squash away??  I’ve never seen a double one and it’s on a single vine.

I took a picture of the Kubota lawn mower that I spend about two days a week on…

This is just a forty eight inch mower but it sure does a good job and it just keeps on running!

Not to much going on tonight, I took the zucchini and yellow squash over to Larry’s and they liked them, hopefully they will come in handy.

Going to watch a little TV tonight and will probably take a little nap on the sofa… Night Y’all…

Thursday August 18th 2011

Beautiful morning, kind of cool and breezy but will probably get kind of warm, not to worry though I think it will be OK.

Mark wasn’t at work again this morning but Bo, their dog was.  Not sure if they have left yet or they have something else going on.  No one was waiting so I put a sign in the window saying “be back at 1PM”.  (They are taking Grant to Springfield MO for college).

I stopped and asked Meirlen and he didn’t know anything either. Oh well, I have work to do so while I was getting ready I let Bo out for a little bit.  Filled the mower with gas and greased it so I am about ready.  I put Bo back inside and took off.  Every thing went well for about forty five minutes then I had a flat tire.  I am about as far away from the shop as I can get so I have to walk back, get the things I need, take the golf cart back, repair the tire, return the golf cart and probably walk back again. Luckily Grant was there (after my second trip) to take me back to the mower.  Guess what?? The tire stayed up the rest of the day!  Guess the green slime does work pretty good!

I had to go get a container of gas after lunch so I could finish mowing. After about five hours my rear end started to get a little sore so I had to get off a few times to stretch.  The seat isn’t the most comfortable seat in the world but then I get sore sitting in the car after a few hours.

After I got home I thought I would mow the lawn but Daniel had different plans.  He wanted to move his gigantic TV which was on rollers so it wasn’t to bad but I think it is a 52” projection TV and it stands almost five feet tall and probably five feet wide and two feet thick and probably weighs in at 150 pounds or more.  I could lift one end and fortunately it rolled almost everywhere, had to lift it over door jams(?), I can’t remember then name of the part under the door, getting old I guess. (Thresh hold!!)

Got a picture of Daniel and Kiley’s new abode…

The bushes on the right side are dying and they used to be where the trailer is sitting now.  I think Daniel is going to plant something different there.

Well, I didn’t get to finish mowing, the clouds were coming in fast and there is a lot of lightning so I decided to wait until next week.  It doesn’t really look all that bad I just wanted to use the new mower.

The corn field across the road is starting to turn now, fall is on it’s way and corn picking time will be here shortly.  There are some fields that look like they are almost ready now…

This field looks pretty good, it was irrigated and I think it will probably have a very good yield.

Linda fixed some cheese and potato Pirogue's with pizza sauce.  I think they were very good.  We have never had them before, they look like ravioli’s to me.  Don’t taste like them though.

Well, I think I’m about finished for today, it was hot today and I’m kind of tired so I guess it’s bed time..Night Y’all…

Wednesday August 17th 2011

It is cloudy and cool, looks like it could rain.  If it rains I won’t be mowing today, but wait, the clouds are starting to give way to blue sky!  Guess I’m going to mow today. It is supposed to start getting warm today but that is OK I don’t mind the warm weather.

When I got to work the office was locked and the lights were off!  Mark is never late!  I tried calling him and couldn’t get an answer.  I had people waiting to get into the office to pay for last night’s camping so I worked the office until I got them taken care of then I called Grant.  He answered!  Sounded like he was asleep but they were at the bank, guess they had a meeting this morning. I went ahead and got the mower ready then had to fill a tank of propane, no that was yesterday, I had something happen but I can’t remember what it was, not to important I guess…

It was really a great day for mowing. I got all fifty eight sites mowed and all around the fences and then used the leaf blower to clean off the grass from the cement. I felt good after getting done and thought that when I got home I would mow the neighbors front yard but after looking at it (when I got home) I figured I may as well wait for tomorrow afternoon and mow everything. Sounds like a plan to me.

Well, this is another evening where we aren’t going to do anything, I am kind of dozing in front of the TV which isn’t really very unusual! Saw the weather though and looks like tomorrow will be another good day to mow. If everything goes well I can get all the mowing done tomorrow except for Russell Street and I couldn’t do that if I wanted, I don’t have any way to get the mower over there, soooo, guess it’s bedtime…Night Y’all…

Tuesday August 16th 2011

WOW!! Another really cool beautiful morning!  I love this weather.  I know we have more hot weather coming and it is supposed to be here about the time I am supposed to work outside, oh well, I think I will probably be mowing if it doesn’t rain.

Sparky and I spent a lot of time outside this morning.  I had some bushes I wanted to trim, really hard to mow around.  It is hard to work and hold on to Sparky even though he is doing better, he just doesn’t want to go the same way as I do at times.  I took a picture of the fire I started after loading up the burn pile with limbs.  I really like this picture…

I was surprised that the pile of green limbs burnt so well, but then I had some corn stalks that were dry underneath so I guess it was OK.

I took a picture of a hummingbird and thought I couldn’t get it but if you look real close you can see it about and between some branches…

There were two hummingbirds and I’m not sure where the other one is, it may be between the branches of the pine tree.

Work went well today, very slow so I found a book in the trunk of the car and started reading it.  It is one of Linda’s books, definitely not a Clive Cussler book but I think I will probably like it OK.

Back to the pizza, we finished it tonight, we ate the WHOLE thing!!  I had to take another picture of it.  The crust is really thick, I don’t think I’ve ever had the crust rise like this one…

I think the pizza tasted better tonight than yesterday.

Just going to take it easy tonight not much of anything going on.  Night Y’all…..

Monday August 15th 2011

Very cool this morning I can see a little bit of my breath, guess it is in the upper 50s maybe lower 60s but feels really cool.

Well today I want to go to town and look at lawn mowers.  I had called a place in Dexter about the Cub Cadet.  I think I have it narrowed down between the Cub Cadet and a John Deere. After Linda got up and we got ready we took a ride down there.  The salesman was very nice and helpful also.  I didn’t like the Cub Cadet riding mower.  For some reason it just didn’t seem right so I looked at the Cub Cadet zero turn and then the Toro zero turn.  Came close to buying one of them but thought I would hold off to see the John Deere mowers.

Went into Sikeston to the implement dealer there and looked at the mowers.  I had a big decision to make between the D140 and the X300. Well, the decision was pretty well made for me.  The X300 had a problem and they couldn’t sell any of them.  They didn’t know why but they couldn’t sell ANY of them.  I liked the D140 though, has two cylinders and three mowing blades and is a LOT cheaper than the X300, so guess what??

If this mower will last for fifteen years I’ll be eighty two years old and probably won’t want to mow anymore!  We will see..

Stopped at Wal Mart for groceries, spent a lot of money today!

Linda and I fixed a pizza today, we were going to give one to the neighbors but they had a meeting going on and took a rain check. I think I made a pig of myself eating way to much but boy was it gooooood….

Let me see if I can remember what Linda put in it… hamburger, turkey (burger), Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes and about three different kinds of cheese, yummy!

After making a pig of myself on the pizza I had desert later on, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich..  I made bread out of the rest of the dough I had left..

I used a little of the whole wheat flour.  I have been using it for the last couple of loaves that I’ve made, works pretty good!

Well, after they delivered the mower I had to give it a try. I mowed our lawn and half of the neighbors in less than an hour.  This tractor really goes in the forward gear and the lawn looks very good, I don’t see any places where the mower may have left some grass standing.  I think I’m going to like the mower.

Well, I am tired again tonight but will try to stay awake and watch the weather.  Sounds like it could rain on Wednesday or Thursday.  I know that I am going to have a lot of mowing to do at the park because Grant is getting ready to go to school. The grass is really growing at the park so it really needs to be mowed.  I’ll do what I can do!!   Night Y’all….

Sunday August 14h 2011

Went to church at Fellowship Baptist this morning. The special music was Marvin and his granddaughter. He played the guitar and sang and she sang also.  I think she was nervous but she did a really good job, going to be a good singer!

The person sitting is Pastor Joe.  He usually has good sermons. He is preaching out of Ephesians about the “Light”

When I got home from church the neighbors were packing up to move to Matthews.  Going to miss them.  We are going to make a pizza (homemade) for them tomorrow night.  They are staying at their new place tonight. They like their new place and the kids have plenty of other kids around to play with so I guess it works out pretty good for them.

Tonight Pastor Joe preached on the “The Great Marriage Supper” it was good, again, but I wondered what we were going to have to eat at the Marriage Supper!!  Am I a Baptist or what???  I didn’t ask but if we “need” food at all it could be Manna, but I think that all we will need is to see Jesus and to praise Him.  He will be our nourishment which we may not even need.   HMMMM, oh well,  we will see later!

Quiet evening at home.  I did have to get up on the roof and adjust the antennae because the TV was getting to the point where you couldn’t see it because it would get “boxy” or what ever you call it.  We have had a couple of storms in the past week with winds around fifty miles per hour so I imagine it jiggled it out of sync with the satellite.  Works OK now, hope I don’t have to do that again.  Night Yall….