Short Report

Well I’ve tried several times to post this week but kept losing it so we will try again here. Andrew was one of the 24 entrants (out of 90 that tested) selected for Paramedic school at Columbus State. He will start in June. Because classes are 5 to 9—he will be able to work around the school schedule easily. I am so proud of him. Kitten is on the mend and will get her stitches out on Saturday. Not much else to report. Julie

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Stupid thing did not publish my first draft and I didn't copy the text like we usually do so:

Kitten is fine, she gets her stitches out Monday.

We got our deed straightened around finally.

Andrew got accepted into paramedic school.

julie

So the Monday update is on Wednesday

Kitten continues to recover--her surgery went fine and she is looking less like frankenkitty by the day. She will get her stitches out Saturday. Our deed finally got fixed but has yet to be rerecorded on the auditor's website. Even though it will take 90 days to get the deed we can still go with the construction loan when we are ready. I think we are like 90% sure we are going to go with the contractor. In other news Andrew got accepted to Paramedic School at Columbus State and will start in June. Because the classes are evenings 5 to 9 he will be able to work around school a lot easier. Not much else--we are paying for the gorgeous weather we had earlier this month with snow and temps in the 40s. I may post while we are in Canada and definitely will post a vacation album and ophoto and invite you when I have figured it out. Julie

Kitten is okay

Andrew picked her up yesterday morning. It was just a fatty tumor but she still looks a bit frankenstein-ish with a pam sized area of hair shaved off and about five stitches. Of course she keeps rolling around on the carpet on that side freaking me out. When Andy picked her up he forgot our carrier so the vet gave us a cardboard one. Andy didn't completely close it in the truck because he wanted to give her some air and of course while he was driving she popped out of the carrier and started cllimbing on his lap and the backseat and everywhere else crying in fear so he had to pull over and then when he tried to pop her back in she splayed out all of her legs like in a cartoon. Oh well, she is home safe and sound following us around the house, demanding to be petted and generally making us feel guilty for abandoning her. We will get her stitches out next week before we leave for Canada. That's all the news for now, no new deed yet. Julie

Deed? Not yet.

Well, the title company has managed to screw up our land once again. We haven’t gotten the deed in the mail yet, but the transfer in the paper and the property listing on the auditor’s website lists our property being on the wrong road! Every single thing the company could get wrong, they have gotten wrong. It’s unbelievable. We can’t of course go for a construction loan (not that we are quite ready) until we have an accurate and clear deed. It’s a mess, just an utter mess. This didn’t stop us of course from meeting with the local contractor we are considering and I mowed the lot once again. We picked up some big rocks but no monsters like last weekend. I think we will reach a decision about who to go with by the end of the week. Andrew got a part time job at Morrow county and I have my big author visit at the high school this week. I’ve been planning it for months and am just to the point where I want to get it over with. I take Kitten into the vet tomorrow night to get her little cyst removed. I hope she will be okay. She cuddled with me all night last night.

Finding Treasure on the Lot (hey Treasure is in the eye of the beholder)

What a wonderful weekend!

I took Kitten in on Friday and the lump on her side is most likely not serious, but we are getting it removed in a couple of weeks. The vet went ahead and clipped the area around it so it would be easy to find and Kitten seems to have a peevish look about her, as if her dignity has been affronted with a bald spot the size of a silver dollar. It was beautiful on Friday and Sunday so I didn’t feel so bad about working Saturday. It will never stop baffling me how many people choose to stay in a building (even if it is the library) for hours at a time on such beautiful days after the long winter but not everyone is such an outside person like me I guess.

Anyway on Sunday I picked up rocks in our lot while Mom and Dad mowed then I took Mom’s mower and Dad and I mowed the lot down. We had the blades set pretty high so we wouldn’t hit any rocks sticking up and that made all the difference in the world. I am going to try to mow it once every two weeks. Dad says it will help what grass is there get a firmer grip, cut down on the weeds and long grasses and make it easier for us when we disc it up. Andy came out after his paramedic entrance exam and started digging up rocks now that we had most of the field mown. We noticed (me and Dad) that after a while he was staying in one place and more and more shovelfuls of dirt kept appearing. We finished mowing and rode over to see and what Andrew thought was maybe a 3 or 5 pound rock turned out to be a giant landscaping stone about 400 lbs! Dad went and got the bobcat and it took us a while to get it out because he had the bucket on it, not the teeth and the stone was in lengthways but we got it and loaded it up in the gator. I didn’t want to leave it on the lot because I didn’t want anyone to steal it which Dad thought was crazy but we loaded it up and took it to Mom and Dad’s. Who knows what we will find!

The jury is still out about the house. We are looking at either going with American Heritage or with a local lumber company (family run) who builds houses on the side. He uses subcontractors that have very good reputations in the area—some of which Dad has worked with and knows they do good work. With the local guy we are looking at being in around September. With American Heritage it would be December. We still have some research to do but I will keep you posted. Thank you for all of your good thoughts. Julie

We have our homestead--hurray!

We closed Monday. It took some patience and some flexibility but we should have the property recorded under our name within ten days or so. Since Andy has to study for his paramedic entrance exam on Sunday we are taking a break from house talk for the week and will hopefully have made a decision and gotten a construction loan at the end of the month. Kitten has a rather alarming lump on her side and I am taking her to the vet on Friday and hoping it's just a little fatty lump. We are also counting down the days until our Canada vacation. I imagine I will post pictures at Ophoto.

Bye for now, wish Andrew luck on his test! jules

We have our homestead--hurray!

We closed Monday. It took some patience and some flexibility but we should have the property recorded under our name within ten days or so. Since Andy has to study for his paramedic entrance exam on Sunday we are taking a break from house talk for the week and will hopefully have made a decision and gotten a construction loan at the end of the month. Kitten has a rather alarming lump on her side and I am taking her to the vet on Friday and hoping it's just a little fatty lump. We are also counting down the days until our Canada vacation. I imagine I will pot pictures at Ophoto.

Bye for now, wish Andrew luck on his test! jules