Tuesday, May 28th, 2019…... My
day started early again today. Butthead has got into her habit of getting me up
once in the middle of the night. Actually, she only bugs me when I start to get
up to use the bathroom so I’m getting up anyway. But she still likes to wake me
up early in the morning to go out. Plus, she wants to be fed! I got up and showered and we did our walk. Kirk
came by and weeded and sprayed. Lydia went off for lab work today. My sister
came over with Quincy and they did their walk as well. We ate in this morning and after that I went
out and got the tractor out and the catcher hooked up. The grass I cut on
Saturday had dried out enough for me to be able to go back over it with the
catcher. Sis helped bag it but couldn’t take any home to dump in her yard waste
container because it was full. We decided to go out to dinner. I wanted to treat
my sister for helping out today. We went to Bigfoot Grill and had a nice meal.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019…… Lydia had to go give blood again today. They want to check
again on her cyclosporin levels. She said they didn’t care if she fasted or not
so she ate yesterday. Guess that skewed the numbers so she had to go back
today. But for me, today was a rest day. I went fishing. I got up and got my
drinks packed and added to my gear that I loaded in the truck yesterday. I
headed up to fish Foster Lake. When I got to my spot, there was a guy already
there fishing and I didn’t want to crowd in so I went to another spot. I parked
on the other side of the bridge and walked down to a nice spot. It only took me
a few minutes to start catching fish. I had bought a second-rod (stamp/add on)
to my license so I set up both lines and had fish one after the other for as
long as I was there. I caught and released twelve trout but they were just
stockers and were really tiny. I decided to go up to Green Peter Lake and try a
spot I had scouted out before. It was just down from a launch ramp and no one
was there. Same thing – I caught fish right away! It was fun, but again, they were
on the smaller side.
I left there after a bit and wanted to go explore farther
up the lake. That turned out to be a mistake! The road didn’t come back out on Highway
20 for quite a few miles! I actually climbed up the mountain and then back down
just to get there! I for sure won’t do that again! I got back home and rested from a nice day. Later,
we made tacos for dinner and watched tv until bedtime.
Thursday, May 30th, 2019…... I had a few things on my to-do list
for today. One thing was to pull out the apple tree stumps – or at least try. I
had bought a tow strap back about a year ago when my plumber got his van stuck
in our field when he was working on my well pump. I hooked it high on the tree (I
had left about 5 feet of trunk standing) and pulled out the first one with no
issues. That was the smallest of the three. Once I filled the hole, I could
back in and get the second one. That one was a lot bigger and even though I
pulled it out with no problem, I couldn’t budge the root ball with all of the
dirt still on it. My plan all along was to get the first two and then have
Chuck get the last big one with his tractor when he comes to mow the ‘west 40’.
Once I got my two, and filled in the holes, I got out the chain saw and cut the
remaining trunks in to fire sized logs and stacked them along with my firewood.
After that - I was done for the day! Lydia said we were having leftovers so I
ate early and rested for the evening.
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