2023 Resolutions

[baymule]

I just rely on my phone to tell me how far I walk. That Fitbit sounds cool. Walking a 5K is great progress for staying in shape!

 

[FarmerJamie]

The garage clean out is still continuing, but at a slower pace. It's just been too chilly to spend much time out there.

 

[flowerbug]

ugh! @baymule back injuries are the worst and in the early season it's even worser. i hope it will only be a short wrench instead of a long one. i've had enough of both kinds.

 

[baymule]

I got my round pen set up. Building is blocked up. Son is on job in El Paso, his back is better.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Checked a finance related item off of the to do list. Small steps

 

[FarmerJamie]

Son came by today and took a little bit more of his stuff!! Garage space expansion! Small steps

 

[FarmerJamie]

Oh! And I have the gas grill accessible again!! STEAK!!!!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Oh! And I have the gas grill accessible again!! STEAK!!!!

Woo Hoo! Steak - yummy! I need a cow, lol! (no, not, never!)

 

[baymule]

Here goes.
#1. Finish moving outside farm stuff from sons house. This will come in small increments, each one a victory.
A. Move 500 gallon diesel fuel tank and get
It set up on stand.
B. Move portable building
C. Move 60’ round pen and get it set up
D. Set up sheep working equipment
E. Move 4 power poles and assorted
pieces of drill stem pipe
F. Move long heavy cabinet that goes in
portable building
G. Move ALL my tools! Will take several
Trips
H. Completely get EVERYTHING out of
house, still full of crap, have yard sale
I. Move my windows. I’ve been collecting
them to build a greenhouse
J. Build backyard fence for sons house
K. Get roll of sheep and goat wire and
Rolls of barb wire
L. Sort through stuff in the two 40’
shipping containers, add to yard sale
M. Going brain dead, add more later

#2. Get front field fence rows cleaned up of
40 years of growth. This will probably take
all year
#3. Get front field fenced.
#4. Finish interior of closets
#5. On a list to buy 2 registered ewes
#6. On a list to buy Anatolian puppy
#7. Get craptastic chicken coops in back torn
down, cleaned up and gone.
#8. Get fence put up where coops were
#9. Learn to drive sons tractor so I can set
my own hay bales
#10. Finish this damned list

#1B done
C done
E done
F done
M done
#4 done have shelf towers in bedroom closets and put up pol brackets with a shelf on top of the brackets.

#5 done bought 2 registered 3 month old ewes Friday.

#6 done Buford is doing great.

#9 not done. Can’t push clutch in, even standing on it. Not gonna happen.

#10 finish list

#11. Get county to add extension culvert on driveway. Will make a 45 degree angle entrance. Currently it is a sharp 90 degree turn and impossible to make the turn with anything over a 20’ trailer.

#12. Buy dirt to build up new driveway extension.

#13. Buy rock to go over the dirt.

#14. Cut fence at halfway mark on driveway, wrap around H brace. Pull back about 40’ of wire, pull up T-posts. This will give dump truck access to small barn building site.

#15. Buy dirt for barn pad, spread it with MY tractor.

#16. Complete #1 E.

#17. Set poles for small barn, 20’x20’
Then build barn and put lean to’s off both sides.

#18. Buy dirt, build pad for two 40’ shipping containers, top with rock.

#19. Buy and either weld or bolt flat bar stock to side of containers. Hire welder to weld the 40’ metal trusses son bought for me. This will make a 40’x40’ barn with 2 shipping containers for storage. Can park trailers and tractors under the cover. This will go in the back field, fairly close to house.

#20. Win the lottery so I can buy the metal roofing.

#21. Put new roof on house, insurance adjuster coming Friday.

I think that’s all. For now.

 

[tortoise]

#1B done
C done
E done
F done
M done
#4 done have shelf towers in bedroom closets and put up pol brackets with a shelf on top of the brackets.

#5 done bought 2 registered 3 month old ewes Friday.

#6 done Buford is doing great.

#9 not done. Can’t push clutch in, even standing on it. Not gonna happen.

#10 finish list

#11. Get county to add extension culvert on driveway. Will make a 45 degree angle entrance. Currently it is a sharp 90 degree turn and impossible to make the turn with anything over a 20’ trailer.

#12. Buy dirt to build up new driveway extension.

#13. Buy rock to go over the dirt.

#14. Cut fence at halfway mark on driveway, wrap around H brace. Pull back about 40’ of wire, pull up T-posts. This will give dump truck access to small barn building site.

#15. Buy dirt for barn pad, spread it with MY tractor.

#16. Complete #1 E.

#17. Set poles for small barn, 20’x20’
Then build barn and put lean to’s off both sides.

#18. Buy dirt, build pad for two 40’ shipping containers, top with rock.

#19. Buy and either weld or bolt flat bar stock to side of containers. Hire welder to weld the 40’ metal trusses son bought for me. This will make a 40’x40’ barn with 2 shipping containers for storage. Can park trailers and tractors under the cover. This will go in the back field, fairly close to house.

#20. Won the lottery so I can buy the metal roofing.

#21. Put new roof on house, insurance adjuster coming Friday.

I think that’s all. For now.

That will keep you busy for a week or two!!