Joy

cabin cam

somehow that sunset snapshot gives me joy 

and yes, I take a peek every night 

so Brandon lugged / toted / dragged some old equipment home last night -- one old gravity box and one old corn picker ... they made it home .. 8 miles .. he's coming back tonight for the shit spreader ( it has all the iron parts -- so he said -- excitedly ) and whatever else fits on his trailer  ...  and taking tin from the cat shack before it gets demolished .. 

roof is going on the house this morning .. 

I think my Dad would be smiling -- 

 

09/11/23

22 years when the world tilted -- innocence lost -- at least for me  

I think living in rural America somehow sheltered me from the real world of nasty .. I was 41 I should have know better .. naive ... 

it has become a time to reflect -- the changes

those we've lost

those we've gained

change 

change is inevitable 

I just don't do change well

I closed on the office property that day .. it was a lot of change 

it was a weekend of work, projects and a lot of lake time - more lake time than anything. 

Thursday night was lawn mower time

Friday - we did supper at the lake and enjoyed a beautiful sunset

Saturday - i worked, we laked, laundry, projects

Sunday - read my book, laundry, lake, mowed lake grass, sat at the beach, did some work, sat at the beach ... 

our dock comes out early this year -- the dock peeps rotate the schedule - it's our turn to be early -- so that means boats need to come out early too ... 

busy week ahead ... projects, meetings, deadlines, chaos 

coffee and donuts will power me thru it ... 

reflect

change

adapt

 

today's issue

   well, she says ... where's my ?????

   today's issue -- where's the truck keys.  

   I drove it yesterday and parked it at the house, loaded the recycling in it last night ... and this morning drove off ... 

  It has push button start (finally getting used to push button start) .. keys need to be near it to start -- got to town - need said keys to unlock office doors -- can't find keys .. they have to be in there somewhere.

  Found cabin keys - which has an extra office key on the ring -- at least I got in the building.

  All this drama at 5:30 am.

  Back to being efficient (at least in my view) and rising at 4/4:30 ... laundry, projects, internet surfing -- office by 6 - 6:30 (depending upon laundry) 

  Last night the yard lights and security lights were popping on while I finished mowing lawn .. big red does not have lights --

it is life ...

wth -- chrome/google whatever I seem to be logging into this site tells me it "is a dangerous website".. ya, it is ...

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ebay Diva !!

   Not only does my fitness plan include cleaning out machine sheds, regular sheds and the cat house-to-be .. my mental fitness included listing and selling on ebay.  During the first hot spell (back in June?) I cleaned out my fabric stash .. and listed some of the precuts on ebay/wastebay ... the worlds largest garage sale.  After the auctions close on the final two items tonight and if the buyers actually pay -- I'm up $485 .. now, I need to subtract postage from that so roughly $150 .. so on the light side I'm up $300.

   Yes, I paid more than $300 for these treasures, but lets get real, I'm never going to find time to sew them up.  I have another tub ready to photograph/describe and list for the next round. I confess, I bought some fabric last weekend -- some charm packs and some yardage (yet to be delivered) -- there may or may not be a project in mind.  ( there is always a project in mind).  I did crochet a lot over the weekend - I think the scarf tub has 10 finished scarves in it -- need to call the client who made the hats the last time and get some yarn to here for more hats.  I think she has a knitting machine ..

this meraki was really cute -- i had 2 layer cakes that I got on sale and they actually sold really well

  The cool air blew in with a couple drops of rain.  It is all welcome.  This switch is actually cold.  Might need long sleeves tomorrow .. and long pants.

  So yesterday amid the heat wave Fox9 calls and wants to interview me via zoom regarding the rebate/stimulus payment from the State of Minnesota.  No, just no.  Frizzy hair, graphic T shirt and striped shorts might not have been the wardrobe of choice -- not to mention the whole program has set me over the edge.  A zillion phone calls today.  WHERE's my Check, where's my check ... I'm over it .. seriously, over it.

Labor day weekend adventures?

the sunday night drainage ditch tour has become the sunday night road construction tour .. not sure how an ambulance or firetruck is going to get thru this

silage pile!  3 green and 1 red tractor pushing, piling and packing .. takes a lot of silage to feed the 3,000 cows that live here 

the tunnel of corn .. Mrs. H driveway and new approach .. 

Sunday night cabin cam shot .. 

someday I'll get to spend the entire weekend.

I planted this goofy geranium on the first of August .. I think it likes the pot and location

the inbound this morning ... 

 

Sunday - heat wave

it is supposed to be 100' today -- old navy delivered my "fake/down" vest on Friday .. shouldn't need it for a week or two ...

sunset from the cabin cam -- we're out here today -- will retreat for the a/c when it becomes unbearable -- brought the hotdish in the crockpot and all the electronics -- because I don't go any where without my electronics .. I'm typing on the surface pro, watching tv on the iPad and charging my phone .. it's life

and the reading selection for the weekend .. month .. week .. MZF and Roxann in the County Attorney's Office recommended Vanished in Vermillion .. at some point will flop the iPad and surface pro and read while tv is babbling .. or a podcast on my phone 

and since I managed to pour my iced coffee down myself -- will look for a drier t shirt .. argh .. a waste of coffee 

 

september ...

after the nightly purging  -- 1 load to the dumpster, 1 load to the burning pile, 1 load to the iron recycling pile and 1 load to the free pile ... I take a cool down ride on the SxS ... the clouds were pretty darn cool last night 

and in the setting sun ... yes that is my finger ... my sweating finger (body) .. this purging gig is my exercise plan 

moon walk this morning

on my walk to the truck at  5:45 ... 

and the sunrise on the inbound

keep chasing those sunsets and sunrises - mother natures gift to us for the evil winters

and today's junk on the curb ..

xmas lights, xmas tree stand, pails, motion lights, a crate, some old fashioned irons, blue tarp, green roll of plastic .. not as interesting as earlier this week ... 

holy shit -- one dude rolled up and took everything but the motion lights and the roll of screen -- well, I'll be ---- I didn't think this load of shit would go -- I should have dumped the lights on the ground and kept the tote .. they (dirty totes) are handy hauling the treasures to the "piles" ...

who knew ... eh.

next week might be more household shit .. 

so far almost everything I put out has vanished.

one man's trash is another man's treasure