So much to talk about...

So much to talk about ... so little time. It's been a bit hectic recently. That is probably self-inflicted. We finished roofing the crib, We took down the car port and Lyman's irrigator pump house. I went to the dentist twice in less than a week (second time got in in 4 hours), cleaned wheat. And that is just up to Wednesday!

I mentioned the roof. Isn't this pretty?


The crib roof has leaked ever since we moved here. Aman and I worked on it years ago ... I think it was before he and Becky were married. Joe Riggs worked on it. I worked on it again. Always had a leak. This spring the wind damaged a major portion of it and insurance paid for some repairs, so we decided to re-roof the entire south side. We figured 2 - 2 1/2 days of work. We had to rip off the lower roof clear to the rafters and deck part of it. It took us over a week. Now, we are not professionals, and usually didn't get on the roof after late morning because it go too hot and risked damaging the shingles. But it was a lot longer than our schedules allowed. So that is all done but the cleanup.

We then took down Lyman's irrigator pump house
He is putting up a metal carport structure. It is a lot bigger than he needs, but it is what he wants.

Then we started on our carport. It was here when we moved here. Over the last year or so it has gotten "wobbly". Then we noticed the south west corner was lower than the rest of the structure. And it was more "wobbly" ... you could push on a post and shake the whole thing. We did a bit of estimating what it would cost to repair the structure. If the posts had not been surrounded with concrete it would not have been so difficult. By the time we built supporting walls and re-roofed it it made more sense to replace it. We ordered a new metal carport when we ordered Lyman's new pump house. Which means this one had to go. We stripped the aluminum siding off, cut a couple middle posts, and gave it a shove.


If you look closely I put red circles around the bottom of the posts on this side. It shows how badly the posts were rotted off.
"Course, now we have to clean this up too. Should be a roll-off dumpster here this morning.

Oh, I mentioned the dentist. I went last Tuesday for my semi-annual cleaning and checkup. No problem. A few days later Istarted to notice a bit of discomfort on the right side. Monday night it was bad enough I couldn't sleep Tuesday morning I gave up and called the dentist's office. I got in a 230, they looked. poked, prodded, took an X-ray, made me an appointment with the edontics doctor who did my root canal in '02 and gave me a prescription for penicillin. They aren't sure what the problem is, but penicillin and ibuprofen seem to be controlling it.

Aman and I cleaned wheat yesterday. Without Dad. That is a lot more significant than it sounds. The seed cleaner is dad's baby. This is the first time it has ever been used he was not the one running it. He was not involved at all. Once we got done and I sat and thought about it ... well, it was a bit difficult.

Anyway, better run.