First things first. The picture that I sent in yesterday and that is also with our profile does not accurately reflect who we are (Translation: Wow! what a terrible picture!). But it is the only digital picture I have of our family together. Dea or I usually take the picture which means one of us isn't in it. Second, if anything gets said in this blog site that offends or upsets anyone, please assume that isn't what we meant. At least until we're given the chance to explain. Ok? (Then I suppose you could be offended if you really want to be....)The whole idea of doing this is to hopefully make people we love and care for feel good and we certainly wouldn't want to do that at anyone’s expense. So if you could just give us the benefit of the doubt ok? I promise to work hard not to offend anyone. Of course, I don't make any guarantees either. If I could make people want to give me money the way I can't make people want to hurt me I would be a really wealthy man!
We spent the whole of yesterday out at Dea's parent's( Dave and Dottie) farm. They're having an auction on June 6th and we're helping them get ready for it. We got most of the top half of the barn emptied. With the holes in the weak floor and the pigeons with their amazing capacity to poop it made for an interesting day. Lloyd and Gayle Sutherland (Dea's Uncle and Aunt) came out to help. Uncle Lloyd has been amazing. If it's got a motor on it then he's tinkering. From the big Farmall H Tractor to a little beat up tiller that we just never got around to throwing out. He's been making them run. We drug an old Toro rider out that was buried in the horse stall under the barn and wouldn't you know it he got that running too. Shoot, there’s even one tire on it that will hold air for a few minutes...... We found this old antique Jacobson push mower up in the barn. It’s got a riveted plate on it that says made by the Worthington mower company I think from somewhere in "Penna” Which is how they abbreviated Pennsylvania. I'll have to look at it again and see. I wonder if Uncle Lloyd'll be able to get that one running too. Aunt Gayle came and went. Which is a whole lot better than it sounds. Every where you turn she would be there sorting or carrying or cleaning. Then, you would turn around again and she'd be gone; off to put something in its place like a little bundle of energy. If you were to bundle up the phrase "Git 'R' Done!" into a neat little package you would have Aunt Gayle. The barn was/is full of all kinds of "stuff” Dave has collected over the years. Most of it construction materials i.e.: Lumber, Windows and doors. We hooked a trailer to the Farmall and hauled it off a load at a time. That farmall runs sweet but needs -no- deserves attention. I mean, it runs and works so good it really should be restored to "better than new” condition. I hope the new owner (it's going in the auction too) will do just that.
Dave’s parents had this old pop up camper that Dave was storing in the barn. I don't know what’s going to happen to that. The bottom of it looks like any other pop up camper but the top had these "hoops" that held up the canvas. In short, it looked just like a covered wagon. The hoops and frame are still there but everything else......well you know.....
We're supposed to be going back out there again this morning if I can get the kids motivated. Dea has to work today delivering mail so it’s just me with the kids. Poor kids.
Numbers 6: 24
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