Well, I certainly SHOULD have gotten this typed sooner, but I haven't been
inside much 'til today (Today it's COLD out there and gloomy!). I have to
say a HUGE thank you to Bonnie Yoho for bringing supplies and helping with
fencing and moving horse to a new pasture. And another HUGE thank you to
the Heutteman's, Bill & Donna for all the hard work they put in at the place
this last weekend!
It is AMAZING what can get done when several determined folk get
together! This weekend my sister, Glenda and her 2 kids drove up from
Montgomery, AL, the Heutteman's from Searcy, and the Kirby's from
Paragould. And my hubby, Matt, got to take a 4 day weekend from the Army
(he's currently stationed at Ft. Polk, LA). We also drafted the neighbors
here (Penny and Barney are an incredible pair!) WOW! The barn that
had collapsed is almost completely disassembled and sorted into what's reusable
and what's scrap and a LOT of the stuff that was in there has been
rescued. The open topped shop has stringers run between the trusses again
and is covered in tarps. I have all 4 of the weanlings in pens (2 per pen
to keep each other company) and they're learning to be "Grown-up Horses" as my
son, Stevie, says.
Even with only one good hand, Bill can keep working with the best-watching
him made me tired (I started drinking <wink!>). And Donna and my
sister Glenda are just about the funniest AND fastest working pair with crowbars
that I've ever seen (guess it just pays to tie in to Glenda's nature for
destruction, huh?). And Glenda's son, Tyler was AWESOME at keeping Stevie
occupied and happy while we all slaved away (Stevie wants to be JUST like his
cousin Tyler!). Dad was on the backhoe to move the big timbers from the
barn, and then he and Bill uprighted my old stock trailer, too! (And
Tuesday we got the silver one back on its wheels, too!).
Anyway, thanks again, over and over, to all of you who helped! I'll
feed you guys any time! (I did hear Dad confess that he should have
listened to Bill on when the ribs were done...but we now have power at the shop
again so he won't have to grill by candlelight).
By the way, Bill-did I ever warn you that Glenda is a bad influence?
How's Donna's belly feeling?
