Archives for February 2023

Hey Darlin’,
Woke up at 4:00 to sound of rain pouring down on the roof, but read and dozed a bit until almost 9:00 before finally getting up. Did a load of laundry, decided to take the day off, something Hubby and I used to love to do on a rainy Sunday! Watched a couple of great movies, True Spirit, the true story of the 16 year old Australian girl who sailed around the world, my heart was in my mouth and tears were in my eyes on many occasions, brilliant! Also watched Burnt, about a chef trying to earn his 3rd Michelin star, also a really good movie. Once the rain stopped and the sun came out, brother Jeff and his friend Jeff came by in the evening and managed to get my two new Trojan batteries in. Very difficult to do, considering each battery weighs 72 pounds and they have to be tucked up in the gooseneck, not an easy feat! Well, getting the old ones out was the hard part, not enough room. I’ve been struggling with the old batteries not holding a charge, they were really bad, but the new ones topped off their charge in no time, and I’m back in business. Just have to be more careful about maintaining them, I slipped up with the other two and killed them, let them get too dry too many times, not going to do that again! Not at $500 for the pair! Finished off with an episode of Bloodline, heading to shower and bed shortly. Lovely restful day, just what I needed. And the petition has 90 signatures on it now, pretty sure we’ll be over 100 by tomorrow. Whether it makes a difference, I don’t know, but at least I’m still swinging for the fence! I know you’d expect nothing less from me! Good night sweetheart! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Woke up around 4:00 this morning and never really did get back to sleep, mostly read until sunup. Easy feed horses here, just throw out some hay, Flash was already here for his feed and Apollo close behind. No clean up here! After breakfast I headed over to Glenn’s, they’re coming back from their cruise today, and the plan was to have it nice for them by the time they got here, but they were earlier than I thought. Wasted half an hour looking for the tire inflator for the air compressor, it had been tucked behind something and I couldn’t find it. Anyway, had barely started when they got home, then Glenn pointed out that the deck on the mower was too high. I don’t know how it got moved, but I knew it wasn’t mowing as close as it should have been, but I thought it was dull blades, even though I’ve sharpened them quite a few times. Figured the deck was where he wanted it, but evidently it got moved up somehow, I don’t know, but this mow definitely looks better than previous mows! Cleaned the pool as well, moved a bunch of fronds and branches from out of his driveway to his burn pile. Got back to the house mid-afternoon, hoping to get the batteries in, but Jeff had gone shopping, so that didn’t happen. Petition is more than double what it was last night, so we’re making progress. Settled down for the evening, the usual, still bingeing on Bloodline, though I’m in the final season now. Cool and cloudy day today, lots of wind, so it will be a cooler night again, supposed to get some rain, but who knows? Anyway, won’t be long before I head for the shower and bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Slept well, then got to packing up what was left to pack up. Got the truck hooked up, then had breakfast, closed up the trailer, had a brief conversation with Ron and Julie, loaded up the horses, stopped at the dump, and headed over to Jeff’s house around noon. He was waiting for me at the end of the driveway doing some frond clearing, and we managed to get into his narrow driveway without hitting anything or knocking my ladder off, which is usually the case! Got backed up to the barn and settled in within a short time. I had hoped to get my batteries changed out, but it didn’t happen. No big deal. It’s a lot quieter here, actually, no constant stream of big trucks going along a nearby highway, and a cool front came through late in the afternoon, so I expect I’ll have a great night sleep tonight as well. There’s been a petition to reinstate me at Dupuis posted, and it already has over 30 respondents is about four hours, which I thought was really good considering it’s a Friday night. I expect by morning the number will be much higher, and by Monday, it will hopefully be really impressive. I’ve had a lot of time to think about things, and I’ve reached some real clarity on the issue, I feel I have my arguments in place, should the opportunity to be heard ever arise. In any event, it was a good day, Lola’s very happy to be able to run around without a leash, the horses are having a blast exploring the yard again, though they’ve presented themselves covered in burrs, which is typical out here! Patrick the mean goat seems very happy to have company, there hasn’t been any for awhile, Jeff’s boarder moved her horses and his other goat had to be put down, so he’s been on his own. He latched onto my guys immediately. Had dinner, watched some TV, heading to shower bed soon. Love you, darlin’! Good night!

Hi Darlin’,
Spent most of the day washing the trailer, taking down the screen room and doing some other packing. Whatever’s going to happen here will happen at the usual glacial pace of a bureaucracy, so I’m moving on. Jeff says he’ll be ready for me tomorrow, so I’ll finish up and move on in the morning. Otherwise quiet day, finished a book this morning, watched a little more Bloodline this evening, heading toward shower and bed! Good night, my sweet! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
Slept well, got my chores done, had a short, sad meeting with my ex-boss James, then went over to Tractor Supply to pick up a trailer so I could move my tractor to Jeff’s. Had to run up to brother Glenn’s to pick up my tow straps, though, I had left them in the trunk of the Buick and forgot to get them yesterday, so that was my first stop. Had a bit of a problem, the trailer was too small to haul the tractor with the awl on the back, so I had to remove it, and I struggled with that for quite awhile before I was finally able to get it off and loaded onto the trailer with the tractor. Worked up quite the sweat doing that! Took a long, slow ride to Jeff’s, and fortunately, his tenant James was there to help me offload everything (so many James’ in my life!). I finally mentioned on my Facebook group that I was being asked to leave Dupuis and once again, the outpouring of support was tremendous. Hoping it all reaches the powers-that-be, seems like there’s a lot of pressure building on the guy who terminated me, won’t meet with me, and has apparently “distanced himself” from his decision, which I find interesting. Monitoring it closely, though. Even got a public apology from the alleged offender, though from what she told me, she wasn’t to blame, but took responsibility for some reason. Long story. Anyway, we’ll see what happens over the next day or two. Lots of people doing lots of things to try to get me reinstated, it might just happen yet! You never know. Watched more Bloodline, ready for shower and bed. Good night, babe! Love you!