Monday, November 27, 2006

Just Another Short Update of Sorts

Well everyone, I thought I'd post a quick update about the house situation. We spent most of two days digging the holes for the deck support columns. Now, the reason it took most of two days to dig ten holes is because the ground is frozen. Well, any smart person would have done this before it got so cold you would think and in fact that was our plan. But if you remember the problems we had with the concrete guy, you would know that this was supposed to be done about two months ago. Before it got so damn cold. Yeah yeah, I know, I should let go of the resentment for the concrete guy, but if it weren't for the fact that there was no good reason for his delays (other than he over extended himself and kept putting us off to do bigger, more lucrative jobs) I would let it go. But now it's costing me even more money cause the increased labor (things just take longer when it's cold out) involved. --sigh--

BTW, it took over six hours to dig two holes 1 foot wide and 32 inches deep. Yeah, that was WITH a power auger...

On the plus side, while we were digging, a HUGE buck was walking around the hill and across the driveway. I'll post some pics of him in a day or two. If I were still a hunter, I would have been in heaven. I seem to have lost the urge to kill these wonderful creatures. I'm not anti-hunting, I just would rather hunt them with a camera these days. I do still enjoy venison when folks offer me some!

One of my neighbors parked his horse trailer on our place for a few days while he packed up into his hunting camp. He told me that early one morning he saw a bear sitting in our driveway next to his truck/trailer rig. I'm gonna be so happy when we finally get to move in! Spending hours just looking out over the meadow and creek watching the wildlife...

I don't get much better my friends, it just don't :).

Stop by if you're in the neighborhood! Cheers

Rude1

4 comments:

BarnGoddess_01 said...

Hi Rude!! I am thankful for your update. It will be worth the hard work and frustrations in the end :)

my 12 yo shot his first buck ever Sunday. A BIG one too! I was one proud mama..until I had to butcher, cut, package, ground up meat....at least we wont starve round here. I posted some pics last Monday of his 'monster' buck (he calls it that)

BarnGoddess_01 said...

I meant grind up meat, I have a hand grinder... I think I developed carpal tunnel the last 2 days!

a black bear? how cool is that!!!

I am looking forward to pictures

Rude1 said...

Hey Goddess! I saw the pics of the monster buck; pretty cool! My pics didn't come out so well. It was getting dark and the auto focus didn't quite get it. Oh well, I'll post a couple later anyway!

I hope your wrists are getting better :)

BarnGoddess_01 said...

Happy Holidays my friend!