Month: October 2018

 

We just found that this blog entry was never posted for last week.  We are having some internet issues and perhaps that was the problem.  Anyway, here it is.

Friday, October 12, 2018

Yesterday (Thursday), was an absolutely beautiful day. We think that the hurricane ended our summer of 2018 and we are now in fall for real. It will be chilly enough to start the turning of the leaves. And the highest high for the next 10 days is predicted to be 82 and several days the high will be 70. Very nice.

Anne had to go to Tuscaloosa to work on more estate business. There was a meeting with the accountant and another with the attorney. She had a long list of things to accomplish. After arriving and talking to her brother, more items were added. It was a busy day but a lot was completed. The final 2017 tax return was finally submitted. Jim came over from Atlanta to help out as well. While Anne was working in Tuscaloosa, Max was back at home working. He cleaned out the garage, a chore we had been putting off. It looks great now. He also cut us some new leveling blocks for Fred and took care of other needed chores.

Today was another beautiful day. Anne took care of more family business, banking, etc, and showed Mama Ruby’s house to someone that might be interested. Don’t think anything will come of this one because the house is larger than they thought. Max washed the roof on Fred, another chore that needed to be done but we just hadn’t taken time. He also finished it with a coat of 303 Protectant. The roof looks nice and we had good luck using the protectant on Fred One. The best part of the day was Anne arriving back home safely. Traffic was pretty heavy but not nearly as bad as in Tuscaloosa. With Alabama’s homecoming game tomorrow, the crowds were already arriving.

Now we have some more business to handle here and then packing out Fred. We will be preparing to head out next week. Fred gets unhappy if we let him sit by himself for too long :).

Monday, October 15, 2018

Yeah, we know we haven’t blogged for a few days. But all we did this weekend has been blogged about before.  Errands and care team meeting for the Aunts, shopping, cleaning, and loading out for our next trip.

So we did some catching up on previous projects:

Here is the framing at New Heights Church’s new building at the end of week two:

And here is a picture of the dining hall at Camp Lake Stephens with new doors and paint:

As always we had a great service at Lester Memorial and it was especially nice since we were joined there by four of our NOMADS friends that are working at Camp Sumatanga.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

As is our habit, we have been watching Hurricane Michael coverage on television. And trying to get all of the field cut before the rains arrived.

Yesterday (Tuesday) started off early with errands for us and the Aunts and, of course, they took longer than expected. But the truck now has new tires, and alignment.  So, Max didn’t get as much bush-hogging done as he would have liked.  But he was on the tractor from about 4:00 pm until dark.

This morning we looked at the weather radar and saw the outer rain bands approaching so he started back as soon as the grass was dry enough and kept going until finished. We can tell we had a wetter than usual summer because the weeds (sage grass, sumac and goldenrod) were as thick as we have ever seen them. That meant he had to run the tractor a gear lower than usual – only 3 mph.

Almost as soon as Max got the tractor cleaned up and put away, the rains started and it has rained lightly ever since.

Then back to watching hurricane coverage. Please pray for all those in the path. And especially remember the responders and officials who have to brave the weather to do their jobs.  Don’t forget all those yet to be impacted in Georgia and North and South Carolina.

Anne spent most of the day working on accounting and taxes and estates.   Again, Max got the better end of the deal.

In case you think we only have venomous snakes around the house, that is not correct. We also have a few of these large natural vermin control friends around.

 

Monday, October 8, 2017

It’s the second week in October and we are starting to have a slight feel of fall on the mountain. Highs still in the 80’s but no 90’s for a few days. It was a beautiful sunny day with a nice breeze most of the time we were walking.

We worked on marking things off our lists today. Max was on the tractor bush hogging the pastures most of the day. We have had a lot of rain this year making the grass and weeds in the pasture very thick and therefore a slow go for the bush hog. He took a break during the hottest part of the day and grilled us some steaks. Mmm good. He was back at it late this afternoon but still has a ways to go. He may have some time tomorrow to finish it up.

We walked up to Helen’s house just before dark and on the way back found a small rattle snake in the driveway. YUK! No more walking when it is getting dark without a good flashlight. Anne went to the house and got a shovel for Max to take care of the snake.

Anne spent most of the day paying the ladies bills, and handling all their mail. That chore is done for another month. Of course there was also some house cleaning and cooking.

It was a very quiet but good day at home. Nice to not have to be anywhere today. Thanks for reading our ramblings. Hope you had a good day too.