Back to work

Well it was back to the office this week after a long week of working in the cold and wind. I did get alot accomplished last week and my muscles feel it.

I got all the wall metal on and Scrappy, the daughter and I started painting. Now painting is not at the top of my list of things I like to do but with Scrappy's back injury I will be doing all the painting from about five feet on to the top and that's alot of wall. I'm still waiting for the roof steel to come in I haven't figured out how I'm gonna put that stuff on by myself yet, but I will think of some way to do it.

The only real problem I had with the wall panels was the wind, where this barn is located there is a 100 acre field to the east and a very large pasture to the south and north so no wind blocks.

I would watch the weather in the morning and that would tell me what side of the barn I was going to be working on for the day. So I would cut a sheet drag it out to the wall that I wanted and lift it about half way the wind would do the rest, there were time i bet i could have put up a whole wall of sheets and never use a screw. Well anyway the walls are on just need the roof.

Here are some picks from last week.

That's Scrappy painting as high as she can reach which is about six feet. And the daughter is on the ladder at the other corner.

Can you imagine the two of us living in there, Its gonna be great!!!

Well that's all for now I'll leave you with a pic. that I took while having coffee the other morning, He was pissed because I wouldn't get up and feed him right "THEN"

Have a great week

Crittr

Vacation, What vacation?

Well I'm on vacation this week working on the barn, cutting and hanging the wall sheets.

I would not have any trouble if the wind would cooperate with me but some of the sheets are seventeen feet long.

the white stuff on the sheets is calcium from them being stacked in the rain for a year, all of the material I'm using to build this is recycled from other buildings except the roof, it will be new. Here are some pics so far.

The butt dance

Well I'm on vacation all next week and will be working on the barn, but first let me explain the title of this post. Every time Scrappy has a day off she does this little dance in front of me in the morning while I'm getting ready for work, so now its my turn (5) days in a row ha ha.
I have a very busy week, I'm going to try to get the walls on the barn this week weather permitting.I made a rude comment about Scrappys gelding tonight and it made her mad, hes the retired ranch horse she has, anyway what i would like to say is I love that horse and he will be on our farm until the day comes for him to go to that golden stable in the sky, after Scrappy broke her back i wanted to get her something a little more layed back than the mare so i was at work one day and a co-worker / cutting trainer said "have i got a deal for you, I've got this ranch horse that would be great for her to start rebuilding her confidence and all you have to do for me is build my barn" so i said sure. I started helping him on the barn and brought CD home and Scrappy was happy as a Lark and when shes happy I'm happy.
I'm going to take her to Olive Garden for valentines dinner this afternoon, she loves that place.
Sorry for the lack of grammar in this post but its 5AM and I'm on my first cup of coffee waiting for the sun to come up, I'm going to try and cram about two weeks of work into this next week so by the end of that time i should be ready to go back to the office.
have a great weekend

Crittr

Sunday

Well went to dinner with Scrappy last night to a steak house in Hubbard and we started talking about raising beef at the farm and she told me that she would not be able to eat it after feeding and taking care of it for months. So I'm looking for feedback on this idea. There is nothing i would like more than having a freezer full of beef and pork.

I didn't get everything I needed to do done this weekend. I got the last of the wall pipe on and started moving dirt to build up the floor on the stall side of the barn. It is where my 60 year old tractor is sitting, I believe Scrappy has said on her site that we do not own any equipment that is less than 30 years old, but the old stuff last longer than the new junk you get today.





























Have a great evening
Crittr