Apples!

I bought a bushel of apples.

My wonderful hubby bought me an apple peeler, corer, slicer. I don't know how I would have made it through a bushel without it! Thanks honey!

The dogs love apple peels. If you zoom in you can see the Rowdy has pulled a peel out of the bucket, kind of. LOL All 3 dogs took turns under the table.

Working my stove to it's full capacity. I need something bigger on the homestead honey!

One word: YUM!

Finished product; it doesn't seem like much after 3 days of hard work. Actually, there are about 6 quarts not in the picture.

I guess I need another bushel!

Ben's summer

Benjaman got to spend some time working on Leslie Farm this summer. He usually spends 1-2 months there.
Working on the latch for the new milk goat pen.
Apparently Benjaman dug many post holes this summer.
Ali (Catahoula dam)-she will be mother to generations as part of the Leslie Catahoula bredding operation. She was very flea & tick infested when we picked her up. Poor girl had to spend a week at the vets. She's doing fine now though.
Chilling with the dogs. Daisy (Doo Doo, the dachshund), Molly (the black mut), Blade ( the Catahoula sire-just call him Abraham!)
Guarding Grandpa from Grandma and Mom.
A break during hiking in Nogal Canyon.

Grandpa teaching Benjaman to cut using a torch.

Bathroom Remodel

We've been wanting to replace our tiny shower for years and the big garden tub has had a leak for years so was unusable. Thanks to Raymond and Shiral we got a jump start on the project last weekend! The new tub/shower is installed and working. We have new flooring and 2 areas for linen closets. I still need to paint, but I'm taking a little break since I need to nail down our school schedule for the year (school starts Monday!).

Professionals...really? Update

Well, Allstate's "carpenter" and the 2 movers finally made up to the buyer's house about 2:30 Monday afternoon. Remember, the owner promised to send them first thing? They spent 2 1/2 - 3 hours there and replaced the wood that was absolutely necessary and the ridge cap. They left the ridge cap hanging off the ends of the building and didn't try to bend the mangled tin or replace the torn tin. The building would have leaked. So Bo took Tuesday off work and went up there and fixed it right. We stopped payment on the check for moving the building. Bo replaced the mangled tin and fit the ridge cap. The new owner is now happy and we got paid- YAY! Bo deducted the cost of materials, his lost wages and gas to drive up there. We ended up having to reduce the moving bill by $270. Oh well. I just can't believe how unprofessional this company has been! I'm so glad the situation is now resolved! On with life!

Professionals...really?

So hired professional building movers to move the office when we sold it. The guys showed up and had to borrow tools and broke the big window right off the bat. Then the owner showed up and told his guys that the building was taller than he thought and they better be careful about the overpasses. We decided to follow them up to San Ildefonso Reservation, where the building was going. We wanted to make sure it made it up there okay and that the guy was satisfied. Of course, he hadn't paid us yet either. So we're driving down the highway behind the office and guys go under the overpass at Santo Domingo (16' 4") and they hit it! Tin comes flying down and we had to run it over. At least we were in the truck and the underneath is protected by skid plates. They took off the whole ridgecap; the building is now open to the sky! So we get the building up to the buyer and the movers level it. Bo talks to the owner of the moving company and that guy told him that they just moved the building, why can't Bo fix it. Bo told him because it had a roof when it left my place! So they owner agreed to send someone out to fix the building Monday. We wrote the movers a post dated check for Tuesday and told them that if the building isn't fixed Monday afternoon that we would cancel the check. The guy we sold the building to did the same to us. So the building is off our property and ruined and we haven't gotten paid yet! I debated posting their name on here, but I always post the name of businesses I am very satisfied with so it's really only fair to post those I'm completely dis-satisfied with. This move just wasn't completed professionally. Then to try to get out of fixing the damage they caused is totally unacceptable. We used Allstate Builders on the corner of 550 & 528 in Rio Rancho. We are dis-satisfied customers, will not use them again and will not recommend them.

Family

Redneck walk in the country

What do Rednecks bring home from their walk?

Beer cans, empty buckets...and snakes!