THE WORK HAS STARTED

04/12/2006
WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE SOME NICE WEATHER ON THE WEEKENDS. WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO II ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. WE SPEND THE NITE AT II, PUTTER AROUND, DOING SMALL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE SEASON REALLY START. HERSELF HAS BEEN PRACTICING AND BUILDING UP HER STANIMA FOR THE SHOPPING SEASON, WHILE I HAVE BEEN GETTING THE MOWERS READY, BATTERIES CHARGED UP AND INSTALLED, PICKING UP STICKS, ETC.
HERSELF WAS SLEEPING IN SATURDAY MORNING, AND AS I AM AN EARLY RISER, I JUST COULDN'T SIT AND DO NOTHING, SO DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TRY AND LEVEL THE CABIN. I HAD A JACK, AND SOME PIECES OF LUMBER FOR THE LEVELING. I THOUGHT I COULD DO THIS EASILY AND QUIETLY SO AS NOT TO DISTURB THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. ALL WAS GOING WELL, I JACKED THE CABIN UP ABOUT 4 INCHES AND SLIPPED THE 2X4S INTO PLACE. JUST AS I GOT IT INTO PLACE, THE JACK SLIPPED AND THE CABIN CAME CRASHING DOWN(ACCORDING TO HERSELF). I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT BIG OF DEAL UNTIL I HEARD THINGS FALLING OFF THE WALL THAT HERSELF HAD HUNG. ANYWAY SHE WOKE UP TO WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS AN EARTHQUATE.
AFTER THAT TRAUMA, WE LOADED UP AND HEADED FOR III. THE FIRST ORDER OF THE DAY ISSUED BY HERSELF WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO SET UP HER OUTDOOR SHOWER. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT I HAD PLANNED. I HAVE LEARNED TO OBEY.
ANYWAY, WE TRIMMED SOME TREES AND BRUSH FOR HER SHOWER IN THE WOODS. NOW, IT MUST BE SAID, NO ONE COULD FIND US BACK IN THE SOUTH FORTY UNLESS THEY KNEW WE WERE THERE, YET SHE WANTED THIS SHOWER PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TIMBER. AND THEN WE HAD TO PUT UP A SHOWER CURTAIN FOR PRIVACY. ANYWAY ITS ALL SET UP.
I THEN WENT TO WORK CLEANING UP MORE STUMPS WITH THE CHAIN SAW WHILE HERSELF WENT ON TO HER NEXT PROJECT, A NEW OUTDOOR OUTHOUSE. SHE CLEARED A PATH(AGAIN, TO THE MIDDLE OF THE TIMBER) AND PROCEEDED TO START DIGGING THE HOLE. I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT HER STUBBORNESS COMES IN HANDY SOMETIMES. SHE DOESN'T GIVE UP, DIGGING THRU THAT CLAY AND ROOTS UNTIL SHE HAS A FINE HOLE IN THE GROUND, AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO HELP!!!
THE 4-WHEEL TRAIL IS LOOKING GREAT!! IN MOST PLACES IT IS NOW WIDE ENOUGH TO GET THRU WITHOUT MUCH TROUBLE.
OUR NEIGHBOR IS TRYING TO WRANGLE AN ACRE OF LAND FROM US. SINCE IT IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO HIS NEW HOUSE, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. HE SEEMS TO BE A RIGHT NICE GUY, ALWAYS WILLING TO OFFER HELP OR WHATEVER WE NEED, BUT ALSO SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A BULL SHOOTER.
WE NOW HAVE FRESH WATER AT III. I BROKE DOWN AND HAD THE RURAL WATER INSTALL A METER. FRESH WATER WAS THE MAIN TROUBLE WE HAD AT III. NOW I CAN WASH THE MOWERS AND 4 WHEELER ONCE IN A WHILE.
THIS SUMMER, I PLAN ON NOT DOING ANYMORE CLEARING OF LAND, OTHERWISE I WILL SPEND ALL MY TIME ON THE MOWER. ITS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE 3-4 HOURS NOW. THE TRAILS SHOULD ONLY NEED MOWED 2 OR 3 TIMES. ONCE THEY ARE ESTABLISHED, HOPEFULLY I WON'T NEED TO MOW THEM ANYMORE.