Monday April 18, 2016
Spring has arrived by the feel of things. Temperatures in the 70’s during the day and nights in the 40’s & 50’s. We’ve had lots of wind in April, but nothing serious as far as storms for which we are thankful. It is nice to see the green grass, the redbuds blooming, tulips, etc. I like spring with all the new blooms.
We have had some changes. Jr & Crystal bought a farm, 134 acres 2 ½ miles east of here. They moved on Sat. April 9th. The house is smaller, without a basement. They had to put some things in storage and the rest of the rooms are full. The children really enjoy being able to play outside with lots of room to roam. But a stray dog showed up, wanted to play, and had Jessica on the ground licking her face. That did not go over well; Jr took it along to the home farm on the tractor. So hopefully it won’t bother them again. Jessica says they are going to have chickens, kitties, puppies and later she added rabbits to the list! I’m not sure she was asking her parents about all of those . . . . . . Jr will be moving his hog operation there with room to expand. He planted corn on Saturday.
Rufus and I will be moving off the farm to the house in town where Jrs had lived. We will move in May, haven’t set a date as of yet. I started doing some packing, I have lots of sorting to do after living there 23 ½ yrs. Things have a way of accumulating when you have room to store it. We shouldn’t need everything anymore with just the 2 of us. Tomorrow the 3 daughters-in-law, my sister and sister-in-law will help me do some cleaning in the empty house. After shampooing the carpets we can start moving some small things and boxes, with having a moving day for the furniture later. I will be glad to have that behind us. Mark & Mabel Ann will move to our farm later this summer.