We are having a great week end here in Anderson. Kathy took off Thursday and yesterday was her AWS ( alternate work schedule) so we are having a great 4 day week end. Kathy only had a 2 day work week last week - talk about spoiled. She was very busy and paid the price for the short week for sure. The lab is going through lots of financial exercises to try and cope with the government's budget woes and sequestration. That clock is clicking down very quickly - - 3-4 days to address the issue. Good thing that congress took the week off last week to think about it? Not holding my breath that they will make good choices - - - not good business practices for sure.
Getting ready for Spring yard work here in Anderson. I had to get a new battery for my mower - the old one was on it's last legs. I also had to get some more propane for my weed dragon. I did manage to get rid of my burn pile. I also was successful in removing one of the blackberry bushes that was hanging on the fence on the back pasture. I tried using the weed frog but it would not catch fire - just burned a few branches. Today, I cut the branches put them in a big pile and torched them and the pile was gone in 15 minutes or less. I have other areas that need to be addressed as well but not looking forward to the extra work of cutting the branches. Somehow, I need to find a way to generate a pile for kindling then let it start the fire ans sustain it. I have some work to make that happen. I know that burning the bushes down will not get rid of the bushes but it does reduce the size of the plant to a manageable area. At any rate - I am happy with the progress thus far and look forward to having this project done in the near future. The County will allow open burning for the next 2-3 months. They cut it off in the summer after things have dried out - the clock is ticking!!
Kathy is deeply entrenched with her drawing. She is learning a lot in her on-line class and yesterday she was able to spend part of the day with her art/craft buddies here in Redding. Several of the ladies have opened a shop and has opened a workshop up to others. This is beneficial for lots of reasons - that ladies have something in common and I am sure the creativity and competitiveness kicks in a little when they are working together on their respective projects. I am sure the ladies spend lots of their time with babble but that is part of the process and the interaction is nice for all.
Lots of fun with golf last week - got to play 2 days. On Monday, I played (holes) with several different people and was able to collect a record 156 golf balls. I was also able to sell some balls to a regular at the course. I also returned balls to several of the other regulars at the course. I cleaned up about 1300 balls and found with special markings, I know lots of the golfers by their markings. I give them their balls back after I clean them up. This is a win-win - lots of those folks have bought balls from me in the past. I did re-post my golf balls again on Craigslist but have not had any takers recently. I suspect that things will pick up in a month or so.
Not much else to news - - hope you all have a great week.
More later
Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie ( the cat)
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