10/15/09

Yesterday we awoke to icy roads. Cindy made two attempts to go to work and get there on time and turned back both times. Then she rode in with a neighbor lady who isn’t bothered by driving on icy roads. Oddly, the gravel roads were worse than the blacktop roads.

My crew and I, (two old farts like me who I have neighbored with for years) gathered the heifers and got them penned and waited for the trucks. We played some pitch and laughed and joked for about an hour until the trucks arrived. Got the heifers loaded and I took my crew to the village cafe for dinner. We got misted and rained on and were kind of chilled down. After we came back I got a short snooze, then took a shower and ran in and picked up Cindy and we went to Rapid so she could do some shopping. I got a couple new paper backs and some templates to make all kinds of sweeps and swoops in my layout of the carving on leather. I think they will really help. We ate at a favorite restaurant and then came home.

I have Gus today so we ain’t getting much done. Hopefully we will both get a nap in this afternoon. When Gramma gets home I will try and do a little to get ready to ship our little bunch of calves tomorrow.

The sun came out yesterday afternoon and it was really a nice day. Cloudy again this morning, but I think that is going to change. Supposed to warm up for the next while. I hope so. I got things that need to be done before wintert sets in.