Life out here

Now that it's spring, I'm seeing a lot to do here at home. Yesterday was glorious. mid 60s and calm. I spent the whole day outside. Took pictures of things that should begin to look better with a little effort. Everything needs to be swept out. I have a lot of boxes and such to burn. My 4-wheeler wasn't working too well during the winter. It did work the one day I really needed it, though. I think it needs a new sparkplug. I had it running Friday and cruised the property. Even went to some areas I haven't been to yet. Saturday I ran it a little but it shut down and I couldn't start it again. Got both cycles charged and started and ran the little one a bit. Next I have to start the mower. Put up a couple of bird feeders and the bath. Bought seed today as well as sweet feed for the horses. Fixed both of my electric fences. The one around the corral has been down all winter. There was a snowdrift about 5 feet high along the south side so it would have shorted out the fence if I had tried to run it. The horses have been getting through it anyway. I changed the charger on the fence. The old one is only 2000v and rated for limited use with horses. The new one is probably 5000v so it should work better.

We are repainting our bathroom. It was an ugly pale green now it will be a medium blue. Had some plumbing problems with the new tub I installed last summer so I fixed it too.

I've been working five or six days a week lately. I normally work 4 ten hour shifts so everything else is overtime. I've committed to working five for awhile just for the money. But the weekend shift is always short so they'll take what they can get. $$$. Laurie will soon be working 8-hour shifts that coincide with mine better, so we'll be doing even more car-pooling. This is a good thing when you concider the distance we drive and the current price of gas.

Did I say I hit a second deer around Feb? Got my car back and I'm very happy about it. My wife calls me "The Deer Hunter". We had a brief blizzard on the 4th. It wasn't bad here but a drove right into it heading for work. Car slid off the road into a ditch I couldn't get out of. No damage except to my wallet. When I went back to get it there was snow up to my knees.

New TV season is starting. We get to see Lost, House, & Greys Anatomy again. Yay...

Well, I'l try to get some more ramblings soon, Bye!
Patrick!