Friday, March 30, 2012

LOT'S GOING ON

HELLO TO ALL,
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     SINCE MY LAST POST ALOT HAS BEEN GOING ON. FIRST AND FOREMOST WE HAD A HUGE RACCON IN THE BARN THAT'S BEEN EATING THE BARN CAT'S FOOD. I GOT A LIVE TRAP TO PUT OUT THERE BUT I DIDN'T GET TO IT BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW NOT TO CATCH A CAT IN IT. WELL, MY WIFE CALLED ME AT WORK AND SAID IT WAS DEAD UP IN THE RAFTERS OF THE BARN. WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK I HAD TO PUSH THE THING OUT OF THE RAFTERS WITH A LONG POLE AND WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND IT FELT LIKE A WRECKING BALL HITTING THE GROUND! THIS THING WAS HUGE. IT WAS 32" FROM NOSE TO THE TIP OF THE TAIL, AND WEIGHED IN AT 35 POUNDS.I THINK IT WAS SO BIG IT FELL OFF BETWEEN THE RAFTERS AND SUFFOCATED ITSELF. OH WELL, ONE LESS VARMINT TO EAT THE CATS' FOOD.

     WE TOOK DREW TO THE BAND CONTEST FOR STATE AND THEY GOT A SILVER MEDAL. THEN THE NEXT WEEKEND I CHAPERONED THE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM AT STATE IN BLOOMINGTON. THEY DIDN'T DO TOO HOT, BUT THEY HAD A BLAST. WHEN WE GOT OFF THE BUS THE TORNADO SIREN WAS GOING OFF SO WE HAD TO SPEND THE FIRST HOUR AT THE HOTEL IN THE STAIRWELL. A LITTLE EXCITING CONSIDERING THE DEVASTATION THAT WENT ON IN SOUTHERN INDIANA A FEW WEEKS AGO.

     AFTER THE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD DREW AND I WENT TO INDY AND SPENT PART OF THE DAY AT EITELJORG MUSEUM. THEY HAD AN EXHIBIT OF OLD MOTORCYCLES CALEED " STEEL PONIES". ALOT OF GREAT OLD BIKES AND SOME GREAT CUSTOMS WITH INDIAN THEMES. THEN WE WENT TO SEE "THE HUNGER GAMES". I HAVEN'T READ THE BOOKS BUT THE MOVIE WAS PRETTY GOOD.

     BEFORE WE DROVE UP TO INDY I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE MY COUSIN WHO HAS CANCER. WE HAD A GREAT VISIT, I'M NOT SURE HE REMEMBERS ALL OF IT, HE WAS PRETTY DOPED UP BUT HIS WIFE AND 2 OF HIS KIDS WERE THERE SO WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. I'M GOING TO GO DOWN TO SPEND A DAY OR SO WITH HIM IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS, HE JUST STARTED CHEMO THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.

     WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

                                                                 TALK TO YOU SOON,

                                                                                     TVI


Tuesday, March 6, 2012

SPRAYING TO ALL FIELDS

http://crazyuncle.blogspot.com/HELLO TO ALL,

     WELL, I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER AFTER MY LITTLE BOUT WITH THE INFECTION. PROBABLY ABOUT NINETY PERCENT RECOVERED. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE EVERYDAY.

     MY MIDDLE SON CAME UP FROM NASHVILLE AND STAYED ABOUT A WEEK OR SO, AND FINISHED ALL THE TRIM UP UPSTAIRS. WE JUST NEED TO FINISH PAINTING IT AND THAT JOB IS COMPLETE. NOT BAD FOR LIVING HERE 10 YEARS OR SO, LOL. HE MADE UP A COUPLE OF THE CLOSET DOORS BEFORE HE LEFT AND THE WIFE GOT THEM PAINTED. I HUNG THEM AND PUT ON THE HARDWARE AND CATCHES IN THOSE TWO ROOMS. I HAVE TWO MORE DOORS TO MAKE AND THEN I THINK THE UPSTAIRS IS FINISHED.

     WE'RE GOING TO DO PIGS FOR 4H THIS YEAR, SO THE YOUNGEST SON AND I ARE GOING TO BUILD THE PEN THIS WEEKEND AND START ON SOME KIND OF LEAN TO TO HOUSE THEM. SEVERAL OF OUR FRIENDS DO PIGS SO WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE TO GLEAN FROM THEM IN THE PROCESS.

     ONE OF THEBLOGS I READ REGULARLY IS FROM ONE OF MY COUSINS,http://crazyuncle.blogspot.com/. WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COLON CANCER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HE'S ALREADY HAD THE SURGERY AND IS HOME, HE'LL START CHEMO IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I'M HOPING TO GO SEE HIM IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS OR SO, JUST A CHEER UP VISIT. HE STARTED ANOTHER BLOG TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH, http://notwhatiwantedtohear.wordpress.com/ SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED CHECK IT OUT. HE'S AN EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE SO HE HAS SOME MEDICAL EXPERIENCE.

      MY WIFE AND I WENT TO A CIVIL WAR BALL A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK, GOT DRESSED UP IN PERIOD CLOTHING AND DANCED TO PERIOD MUSIC AND WE HAD A BLAST. WE'VE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES BUT HAVEN'T FOR A FEW YEARS.

     WHILE I WAS HAVING MY PROBLEMS MY SONS CUT MY FIREWOOD FOR ME FOR THE WINTER AND I JUST RAN OUT. SO I BOUGHT A CORD OF WOOD FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS AND I HOPE THE WEATHER WILL COOPERATE AND IT WILL BE ALL I NEED.

     WELL I THINK I'VE COVERED IT ALL.

                                     TALK TO YOU SOON,

                                                    TVI