Saturday, April 22, 2006

What a day is like


Saturday began work at 7:30 am
Filled gas trimer with fuel and oil mix and got it running started trimming around the house then worked on the barn entrances, moved on down the road trimming where the mower can't go, got to the mail box and turned around and came back. Put up the trimmer. Took a walk through the front pasture with dogs checking on whether or not I could us the mower, saw the mailcarrier deliver the mail went to the mail box to fetch it, waved to folks passing by rewarded dogs for "sit stay". Walked back to the house with the dogs. When I got to the house I had a soda got the mower running and mowed the yard and some of the fence line. I went to move the pick up truck and the yellow lab wanted in so I let her ride in the truck as I parked it in another spot so I could mow under where the truck had been, she thought she was going for a ride I guess. When I got out of the truck she wouldn't come out, she didn't want to miss any truck rides:) Still to wet to take the mower into the field so I brought it back to the barn.

Now it is lunch 12:30 made a PBJ and drank a soda, put some cookies in my mouth and pocket got the ladder out of the barn got my hammer knee pads and caulking gun went up on the roof and caulked here and there trying to get the places I thought the leaks might be comming from. While up there it got to hot took off my sweat shirt that was wet and covered with grass from trimming and mowing and threw it down on the ground; the knee pads went with it next as they are the wrong kind and didn't do any good. I was looking around and noticed that I hadn't cleaned the rest of the siding on the second floor north side so I got down off the roof and got out the cleaning brush and cleaner went up the stairs to the second floor and tried to reach the mold from the window with some success. I couldn't get at some of the mold so I came down the stairs got out a new brush hooked up a new hose got some rope out of the truck tied it to the hose and threw the other end up on the roof of the pantry so I could get it from a window on the second floor. Went back up stairs opened the window climbed outside washed as far as I could with new brush got myselft wet and covered with cleaner, chased cat back into the house she wanted to be out on the roof with me I guess. Went down the stairs and outside chased the geese away from my little dog tried to roll up the new hose and it kept kinking up on itself. Got the hose put away noticed the chicken run was drier now and went over and let the girls out to play and got seven eggs. Put away the eggs the brushes the hose got out the tools for building my square foot raised bed garden boxes. Built three boxes got them in the garden. I then thought hmmmm might as well plant something I got out the box with the seed envelopes and pulled the ones marked pumpkins and went around the garden to the west side where it was not so wet and dug up some spots and planted the pumpkin seeds. Took my garden tools back to the barn, put the other tools away, rubbed the dogs belly, got the shower bag off the porch where it was laying in the sun warming my shower water took it the wash room hung it up and the got a soda checked my email answered my mail petted the cat. It is now 5pm

Sheesh where did the day go?

1 comment:

Peggy said...

after reading about your day I am so tired I need a nap! Know you are happy on your farm.