Happy Birthday Dad!

My darling Dad is having a birthday today.

He also has a dinner date tonight.

But it's 450-ish miles from home.

Worth it though.

They are going out to dinner at the 

Montana Steak House.

These folks give you 1% off for each

year old you are.

Suffice it to say he is getting a big plate

of Alaskan King Crab for $4.00!

Pretty good deal!

He has a family who loves him to pieces.

And a wife of 62 years who he loves to pieces.

He sets such a great example for 

all who know him.

My goal is to be half the person he is.

I love you Dad!

Danny heading out, Erika heading in

It's the height of hurricane season in Florida.

Our favorite time of year.

Time to dust off the generators

and our dvd copy of Twister.

We've got a BIG thunder storm 

heading our way.

Part of the departing Hurricane Danny.

It's the coolest it's been in MONTHS.

A lovely "breeze" that feels like low 70's.

Which is awesome.

Except it's raining.

We have the doors and windows open

but might have to close them if the 

rain starts coming sideways.

And, of course,

Hurricane Erika is heading this way.

Likely going to hit further south than us.

But we'll get the back end.

Which only means more rain.

The guys are out in the shed

tuning up all the generators.

Just in case.

This sort of weather makes for glorious

sunsets though!

Catching UP

Goodness Gracious!

How does time keep getting away from me?

When we were last together, Rod was

turning...  sixty

Those of us who are also old

won't be able to read that.

So it's ok.

Right?

LOL

Here's a glimpse at a pretty common 

sight at our house.

The laptop is mine.

The other two are on their phones.

I'm more blind than they are.

Or I just like my laptop.

Now that the days are getting a little

shorter (no where NEAR fall yet though)

I'm able to catch the sunrise sometimes

on my way in to work.

This one was stunning!

And a glimpse of our power company heros

who fixed our power.

The yard was pretty flooded.

In fact the next day Rod got his

little Honda car stuck right there

under that tree.

(And I should mention I got my

pickup stuck on the other side of the tree...)

He's such a good man.

He took his birthday off work.

And washed and waxed his car

AND my truck!

What a guy!

Just one of the gazillion reasons I love him.

Happy Birthday Darling!

Today is my darling husband, Rod's birthday.  I wanted to do a blog post letting him know how much I love him.  But we had a huge thunderstorm yesterday that took out our power and our Wi-Fi router.  So no internet.  We took him to dinner and then I had to drive over to Orlando to substitute teach for the weekend.  The good news is I am staying in a hotel.  But their Wi-Fi is out too.  So I'm on my phone. And I'm posting blind.  So.....

I love  You baby.  I'll do better tomorrow. I hope!

Can't Win!

Watch with the sound off.

It's not in english and the message

doesn't need words anyways.

Sometimes it just goes this way!

LOL!!!

(No hidden message here - just thought it was FUNNY!)

Feed Feed and More Feed

We feed our chickens an awesome

non-GMO soy free layer feed.

It comes from Ohio.

The only problem is,

it gets shipped to north Florida.

And there it sits.

We can sometimes get a semi to

deliver it to the farm next door,

but it's EXPENSIVE to do it that way.

So this time, we decided to go 

get it ourselves.

(The last time we did that,

we had a flat tire...)

It was a HOT MESS!

07-07-14

Kyle sold that trailer to our neighbors.

But when he went over to get it,

it had some issues.

And it's only rated for 6000#

and we were getting nearly 7000#.

So....

We borrowed his boss's giant flat bed trailer

that he uses to haul his tractor around on.

It's rated for 10,000#.

More than enough.

It was a beautiful day.

We loaded up and headed north.

Everything went well.

Until the GPS took us on the

"scenic route".

We turned down this single lane

dirt road (actually NOT dirt,

Florida Sugar Sand - which is 

exactly what it sounds like!)

It twisted and turned and wandered

through an interesting,

off the beaten path,

I think the drug dealers live here

sort of area.

Beautiful.

But we did NOT want to have to stop.

We eventually got onto the CORRECT road.

(Thank you Google Maps!)

Still skinny

Still dirt

But MUCH nicer!

A very helpful gentleman dropped what he was doing

and loaded us right up.

Which was good, because behind me is a

HUGE black cloud.

This is just 2 of the three pallets.

But with the storm looming, I had

to put my phone down and help Kyle tarp.

We made it safely out of the farm

and to the local KFC for some late lunch

while the storm passed over us.

And then on towards home.

Via the Scenic Route.

Again.

LOL

(This time we couldn't get to the exit

on the other side of the highway in time,

so ended up going about 10 miles out of

our way, but it's ok...)

Our detour put us BEHIND the storms

so our drive home was nice and

uneventful.

But we got home with just enough time

to unload our 1000# and run the rest

next door and park the trailer in the barn.

By then the sun was down and the

mosquitoes were out in force.

Guess we will be unloading all that feed

in the morning...

Just another fun day at the farm!