My Day-To-Day Photos

 We're starting upstairs and have spent 3 half days removing the doors and floor boards and talking about what we want to do and the best approach.  Today is the first full day, and we plan to get all the carpet ripped out from upstairs. 

 We've started work on the house on the farm, but today was a down day to celebrate Todd's birthday.  I made him a pizza and the funniest turtle cupcakes.  He assured me they were great.  We watched a couple of movies - an old John Travolta one, "Michael" and "Ratatouille." His gifts included 10 MTG booster packs in which he got some good cards, but nothing overly exciting.  Also, a travel case for his Magic cards.

 We went for a drive after we had a delicious breakfast of maple bacon, eggs and hash-browns. Then it was back into town and over to Skies where Todd had a gift picked out, but was a little unsure as to whether or not I'd be interested.  I was also a little unsure,  but in the end, I was charmed by the idea. It's likely going to take up  a lot of hours, especially since I can already see myself customizing it. The Exit game proved a disappointment. Not only do they always put me in a sour mood, but sometimes there are errors in the game, and this was one of them. We still have one that we bought a while ago, and we'll do that one, and then that'll be it.

Todd got a text on his way to the farm saying that he could haul in some oats. Plans changed, so I put a little lunch together and hung out in the grain truck for a couple of hours.   We had a minor breakdown, but Todd spliced some wires to get the tarp functional again, ( I was ever so helpful in running back and forth for different wrenches) and we were on our way.

 The weather has been warm, so Todd has been busy with cleaning wheat for seed. I borrowed an old lawn chair from Uncle's and joined him for a few hours. I'm always taken with old trucks, and there is no shortage of them at the farm. The one with the green, wooden truck bed is from the early 1950's and is my favourite. The Chevy is a beast from 1979 and the Dodge is 1967. All very useful in what I think is the complicated process of cleaning grain. The cleaner itself is an antique.  It's quite loud, dusty, and interesting. 

 Todd and I decided to go check out two of the new shops in town. Uncle Weiners and Parkland Surplus.  The latter had a pair of worn out socks for 5 bucks. Weird. But, even more unexpected was the giant T-Rex garden ornament at Uncle Weiners for 6 grand.