Last night we had a great dinner with our good friends Libby and Carl. I called ahead and asked for the sommelier (the guy in charge of wine) and it turns out her knew me although I didn’t remember him. I asked if I could bring in my own wine which you normally cannot do but he gave me the ok. We made it downtown by 6pm and settled into our table waiting for our friends. We had a great time and the food was fantastic. We finished up a little after 8 and made it home by 8:30. We all had a good time. Oh by the way, they invited us to St. Johns in September as they have a time share that’s a 3 bedroom and tons of room. Who knows, probably not very likely (hunting season and kids back to school) but you never know.
The boys had a good day at school and the oldest stayed late for talent show practice. I sent the misses downtown to the spa to get her nails done as I was hoping the change of scenery would help her hurting head. Meanwhile, I cleaned up the house the best I could and did some more laundry.
Today Mom has a seminar at the Ritz Carlton with Chris (Dr. Rodgers) and Katie and a couple other girls from the office. It’s from 10 until 3 and is about some kind of laser for skin care or something like that. Looks like the boys and I will have a boys day. I think we’re going up to Sun Powersports to check out a Polaris Ranger which is a 4 wheel drive ATV type vehicle with a bed on the back. This spring and early summer, we’re finishing up building a fence about a mile long up at the ranch. We had it surveyed and I have a temporary line up (a single strand) but need to move the entire fence line so it’ll hold horses and cattle. Having one of these ATV vehicles is the only way to get it done as you need to move materials along the fence line and it’s too rocky for a truck. The fence guys up there have given us a quote of $15,000 for a mile long fence or about $3 per foot! I and a buddy figure we can do it for less than half that and that includes the cost of the ATV. The cost can be further offset as our neighbors have agreed to cover half the cost meaning they’d essentially pay for half the ATV if we do it ourselves. They’re pretty good neighbors, as they should be, as they were the ones who inadvertently moved the fence line over 10 years ago! So if I play my cards right, and am willing to put in a week or so of hard work, I think in the end I can get the ATV for free. When I was a kid (16 or so) two buddys and I went down to Canyon City and put up a mile long fence in the same type of rocky terrain for my buddy Jon Newmark’s dad, so I do have a little experience here, even if it was like 40 years ago! But hey, let’s look at the bright side, I’m much smarter and stronger now even though my knees probably aren’t quite as good.
I talked with our surveyor and my friend in Walden last night who will come out and help us too. Our neighbors already split the cost of the survey with us a few years ago, they’re good guys and will probably pitch in as well. That’s the neat thing about it up there, everybody helps everybody!
The oldest of course wants a dirt bike (motorcycle) bad! They have 2.99% going on so we’ll see. I’d like to get him one as he deserves it and I think it’d be good for him. The owner of the place knew my dad really well and has banked at the family bank for 30 or more years so we’re hooked up as far as price goes. You might remember this from a previous post a few months ago. Anyhow who knows, we might be getting a motorcycle and ATV today, if so, that’s what Mom gets for leaving us boys alone on a Saturday! I don’t know if this’ll happen but it depends on how long the special financing goes on and the price and if the owner likes wine! ha ha. We’ll keep you posted.
It’s warming up meaning it’s muddy outside. The big dog is at the back door right now wanting to come in. We took Lacey to the vet yesterday to try to calm down her ear infection. They washed them and gave her some steroids and we go back Monday.
So far so good on all my orders shipping. Keep your fingers crossed for me. That’s about it, take care, have a good weekend and God Bless.