And some more

Luke definitely knows his way around a chain saw, but he wanted one about twice as big...

... and after using the "small" one for several weeks now I am inclined to agree.

Work in progress

This panoramic can be compared to the one taken over a week ago showing some of the progress.




Twister cleanup continues. Luke Bechdolt came for a visit and we went to work dropping the remaining trees and cutting up logs and splitting firewood. The girls came out to load the trailer and tow it with the 4-wheeler to the wood pile to be stacked. I still have a few man-hours left to gir 'er done.

More from the storm

The damage is not bad and yes, everyone is alright. I have a small amount of wood to cut up, but thats what weekends in the spring are for, right? I also have a motivator... SPRING TURKEY is only 6 weeks away. Heather called her mother, just to tell her a bad storm had hit and the power was flickering, then hung up saying "call ya later", then left her hanging all day with no word hahaha. Way to terrify your mother Heather! The insurance adjuster has already been here and he actually found more damage than I thought there was in the first place on the roof. OUCH! Anyway, I guess I will get a new roof before they drop my coverage. Gotta love that insurance thing.

Twister anyone?

So... this isn't the kind of March Madness I was looking forward to, but in any case, here we are now in clean up mode. Apparently, several twisters hit last Monday, and I think we were pretty lucky. The older girls were outside feeding animals and came in just minutes before this storm hit. Buster the hound dog is very thankful to be alive as well. The storm hit about 0630 and only lasted about 5 minutes, but in it's wake it left dozens of mature trees down, and some roof, soffit, and fascia damage to the house. The sudden drop in pressure outside caused the house to almost "explode" with its pressure trapped inside. The two skylights blew out just enough to break their seal and it poured inside the kitchen for just a few minutes until the storm released it's hold and they settled back into place. Needless to say, I will have to have them fixed and probably have the roof replaced. More pics to come now that our internet is back.

Spring is here

The warm weather has started to return to Ramey Ridge and with it comes the rain and the rubber boots.

Ryann looking pretty grown up.

PJ doing her "wassup" walk.


The girls played in the front yard pond most of the day, temperature in the mid 60's, enjoying warm air for a nice change.