New Walking Pad

 Kyle and I went into Hays this morning

to pick up a light for in the chicken

coop and the week's groceries.

(Yesterday we put plywood up over

the rest of the wire openings at

the top of the coop... it was still

pretty cold in there... there is open

air around all the top where the rafters

hit the wall, so plenty of ventilation

still... we'll take the wood off in

the summer, but for now it's DARK.)

Anyhow.

We bought some extension chords and

an led light to hang in there.

Should help.

And when we got home,

UPS had come by and delivered Rod's

new walking pad.

Kyle opened it up and got it all 

set up for him.

Like the reviews online mentioned,

the bar was too low...

but other than that, he really likes it!

Beau was super excited about the box.

Mr. Ingenuity, Kyle found some handles 

from an old lawnmower and brought

them in.

For now they are only zip tied on...

but he'll bring his drill and some screws

when he comes into town next time and

we'll make it a permanent modification.

We hung a calendar on the wall in front

of him so he can keep track of his

miles and time everyday.

Rod kicked up the speed from the initial

0.6  mph that it starts up, up to

1.4 mph which is pretty quick for

a guy who just broke his back.

I'm going to encourage him to stay at

that speed for a good long while and

build up his stamina and walk some miles.

I'm pretty happy with it!

THANK YOU MOM & DAD!

We used some of your gift to purchase it!

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HOUSE UPDATE:

Yesterday I went out to the farm to help

Kyle figure out where to put the new

dog yard for Luna.

We tried a bunch of different spots and

I think we finally found the perfect one.

He headed down to the equipment yard

to get his excavator, and when he turned

it on, it threw a code that basically said

TURN ME OFF!

Checked his oil, it was fine.

Checked the hydraulic fluid, it was fine.

Opened the engine bay....

and there was a biggest rat!!!

Except it wasn't a rat.

It was a RABBIT!!!

In the engine bay of his excavator!

And, of course, it had chewed

some of his wires.

Grrrrrrrrr.

So we will need to fix that before we

can build the dog yard,

dig the trench for the electricity,

dig the hole for the septic...

and all the things.

Good thing he can do the work himself.

Just need to buy the wire harness.

Anyhow.

No dog yard.

So instead, he headed down to the house

and put up some zip tape and then

put up some siding.

He did all that in about 2 hours!

He said it is really nice to put up.

It's natural wood, so we will need to

decide what color we want to paint it.

But for now, it's looking good!