kittenmmm's blog post - the big 4-0 and what's up...

Thank you to those who wished me Happy Birthday. Yep, I hit the big 4-O. Quite the accomplishment considering my youth. Now if I could just lose some weight!

I haven't been on much but honestly we've been quite busy. Real honest to goodness life has required our attention. Despite all the things that have happened or are going on, they've all turned out for our good.

Wolf's car was totalled. Sounds bad but he was not hurt at all, the insurance paid the loan off and we were able to purchase a truck at a lower monthly payment. The truck is more useful for us considering our farm and Wolf is much happier with it. With the small refund from the car loan, Wolf bought himself a tiller. Now he can't wait to break ground for the garden.

My son's roof started leaking even more so I broke down and called a roofer. They gave an estimate of 1200 dollars. More money out the door but they finished under estimate, did a fabulous job, removed a large squirrel nest in the process and the owner bought some soap.

The pipes in the milk barn burst but this gives us a perfect opportunity to decide what we really want to do with that building. I'm thinking a workshop for Wolf....and no water would be needed so we could just cap them off meaning we no longer have to worry about heating the building in the winter. Big cost savings there.

Thanks to our tax return, my car has been totally brought up to date with tune up, timing belt, transmission flush, coolant flush, new tires and an alignment.

We've just about finished with the new chicken coop. We were blessed finding chicken wire of 150' rolls of 4 foot high wire for $12 each! We pulled all the old fencing from around there down and are just about ready to paint (if it's ever calm enough - too windy right now) and put up the chicken wire.

All in all, we've been blessed every day with our needs being met and a happy household. What more can you ask for?

I miss all my friends from here and maybe we'll have more time as things get done. Of course, as the weather gets better, we have to grab that time to work outside. Such is summer on a farm.

hugs and kisses
grateful
kitt xxx