It finally made it here about 3 pm. This is through the shade of screen porch at first, because I was facing the sun. They held the power lines up with poles along the way. The clanking noise at the end is a street sign flopping against the house. One of the guys said it was going to Winterville. That's about 5 miles away.
Never thought retirement would be like this
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It finally made it here about 3 pm. This is through the shade of screen porch at first, because I was facing the sun. They held the power lines up with poles along the way. The clanking noise at the end is a street sign flopping against the house. One of the guys said it was going to Winterville. That's about 5 miles away.
Wow, as a little girl growing up in rural Mississippi, we used to see these houses being moved along the highway! Thanks for the memory! That's how they do it on DIY Texas Flip and Move. Someone got that house for cheap and the moving probably cost about 5,000. But if you own the land and set it down, it beats building from the ground up. Would love to see where it ended up and what improvements they will do with it.
Maggiemae, I should have jumped in the truck and followed it, a house chaser, so I could find out where it went, and post you some after pictures. LOL! Reminds me of when I got the corn crib moved down to the lake to make into the cabin. I should have a picture of that somewhere...
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From your link: "These structures were sometimes called 'plunder sheds,' as farmers used them to store miscellaneous items such as barbed wire, brooms, firewood, and tools. ..."
Plunder shed is really a better description than corn crib. Some friends called it corn crib to make fun, and it just stuck.
Before (1982) and after the move down to the lake, plus remodel. The old shed roof was discarded. Somewhere I have a picture before the porch was added, but can't find it.
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Seems like I recall my grandpa's corn crib had somewhat ventilated sides, like the boards of the walls were intentionally "gapped". Not sure why but that's what I remember. It was a narrow structure with a solid roof, though.
Yes, C'est Moi. I think that's what a real corn crib is supposed to be like. I think it allows the corn to dry out better.
That's me. I remember the name of the man that did the moving---Mr. Moon---and how much it cost: $750 for the building & shed roof, including laying some cement blocks for a foundation. That is $1850 in today's money.
How did your floor turn out?
I've been stuck on how to do something in the closet, and it's been a perfect excuse to delay, but I'm about ready to get back to it now. :lol:
Why oh why did you have to bring up floors? LOL I have got half of it done. Let's see, that would be three months ago? This is my excuse...Thanksgiving, Christmas, Snow,.....I'm sure I can think of something else! But I'm getting on a roll...been "dry fitting" boards so when I really get going, I can finish up in a hurry! Need to give myself a dead line. That is one bad thing about being retired....don't get in any hurry! One thing, it keeps you on your toes stepping over loose boards before going to bed at night! LOL
Don't forget you were sick. That's a really good excuse!
Oh yes, exactly! And also a good excuse not to dust or vacuum. My deadline was March (or was it April?). I always factor in a lot of procrastination time when setting a deadline.
I'm trying to make better snack choices so today I bought bananas, fresh strawberries (they were on sale for 2 containers/ 4.00 at Kroger), fruit cups in light syrup and then I had a digital coupon for today only for a HUGE bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Minitures that regular price would have been 8.99 but with the digital coupon it was 4.99! How could I pass that up? After reading my book for an hour this afternoon (it's raining, so who wants to do anything), I decided I needed a little snack. Guess what i chose? Yep, Reese's but I only had two so I didn't feel so bad that I should have chosen the banana! Gotta find a hiding place for those Reese's!
Whenever I decide I'll just get a small package of something like candy (How could you go wrong with just a small package?), it seems like they always have a Buy One Get One Free sale! I hide stuff like that on top of the refrigerator, pushed way back where you can't see it. It usually doesn't work, but once in a while I find something up there that's been for months. Maybe I'll go check up there now. LOL
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Found a deer frantically running back and forth in the little fenced area near the house late this afternoon. Would have had a video of him, but got the ON/OFF toggle button on the camera mixed up (Did I hear a 'Thank God'?), so I have a couple of nice videos of my feet walking. Finally scared him enough to leap over. Then found two wood posts leaning over and loose from the fence.
They don't just fall over that way by themselves. I suspect the deer tried to jump, got temporarily hung up in the fence, and it spooked him from trying it again. (It's always fun to speculate.)
Anyway....I guess I need to fix this.{sigh} No idea how right now. Posts apparently weren't set deep enough to begin with. Rusty can't get out, so not on my front burner.
I'm running out of back burners.layful:
Found a deer frantically running back and forth in the little fenced area near the house late this afternoon. Would have had a video of him, but got the ON/OFF toggle button on the camera mixed up (Did I hear a 'Thank God'?
), so I have a couple of nice videos of my feet walking. Finally scared him enough to leap over. Then found two wood posts leaning over and loose from the fence. They don't just fall over that way by themselves. I suspect the deer tried to jump, got temporarily hung up in the fence, and it spooked him from trying it again. (It's always fun to speculate.
) Anyway....I guess I need to fix this.{sigh} No idea how right now. Posts apparently weren't set deep enough to begin with. Rusty can't get out, so not on my front burner.
I'm running out of back burners.
layful:Only today, I learned that Georgia has a State Possum. :shrug:
"Georgia adopted Pogo as the official state ‘possum in 1992. Pogo is a friendly cartoon "swamp critter" ... created by Walt Kelly (cartoonist and movie animator), who was inspired after visiting the Okefenokee Swamp in 1942."
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"Georgia adopted Pogo as the official state ‘possum in 1992. Pogo is a friendly cartoon "swamp critter" ... created by Walt Kelly (cartoonist and movie animator), who was inspired after visiting the Okefenokee Swamp in 1942."
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Think so?
layful: Now I'm wondering, how many named possums are there? Think I'll go Google it. Ha! You should see my neighbor's back lot after this rain. It is one big mudpie. I'm hoping some of his topsoil washes over onto my property.
nthego:I'm sorting out and throwing away junk from an old desk with 6 drawers. Got it down to only 2 drawers full now. I should just dump the whole thing and not look at any of it.
Oh no, sort through it all! That's my method....mull over it for awhile and decide if you can actually part with it! You know if you dump it out, in about a couple of months you will be looking for something that was in that drawer! I'm not being much help at all am I? LOL
I think I am starting to get my "groove" back! Did some small things today that I have been putting off (made two big boxes ready to go to Goodwill, filled a garbage bag of useless stuff to go to the curb, soaked and cleaned my hairbrush and comb...OK..TMI)! Who knows, that unfinished floor may be next? LOL
That sounds great! I wish I could get back in the groove. My latest time waster and excuse for not doing much...is ....fooling around with doctors. Am making some progress with the guitar. Torture my fingertips for a few minutes several times a day, and it's getting better. Ha!
Routine Dr. visit (1/24/2018). Found out....
1. I'm allergic to hairspray. Nothing to do with the Dr, except he pointed out my eyes were red and puffy, and since I wasn't at home it couldn't be residual coal dust.layful:
2. If I want to get my height measured I might as well ask a teller in the bank. (They did it wrong at the Dr office.)
Finally got the flu shot---insisted on low dose. BP 105/52, no meds. Three tubes of blood drawn. Routine.
Dr. couldn't believe they wanted someone to wait with me in a recovery room for 1 hour after a colonoscopy (one of the reasons I cancelled). Asked about home kit. He said it would likely show a false positive, then I'd have to do the colonoscopy. I think he was being sarcastic.
I deserved it. I don't casually make decisions, and I do take his advice seriously, but once I make a decision I don't want to get into a back and forth debate with him, so I tend to make a joke of it. I've got to stop that. He's a good doctor.
Made him happy though, by agreeing to see a specialist for one test (or so I thought). That happened yesterday. Waste of time, but now they've got me trapped into doing 2 more tests, two different days, two different places. That's the way it always starts, with just one test.
Odds are it's *all* a big waste of time. Such a nuisance.
1. I'm allergic to hairspray. Nothing to do with the Dr, except he pointed out my eyes were red and puffy, and since I wasn't at home it couldn't be residual coal dust.
layful:2. If I want to get my height measured I might as well ask a teller in the bank.
(They did it wrong at the Dr office.)Finally got the flu shot---insisted on low dose. BP 105/52, no meds. Three tubes of blood drawn. Routine.
Dr. couldn't believe they wanted someone to wait with me in a recovery room for 1 hour after a colonoscopy (one of the reasons I cancelled). Asked about home kit. He said it would likely show a false positive, then I'd have to do the colonoscopy. I think he was being sarcastic.
I deserved it. I don't casually make decisions, and I do take his advice seriously, but once I make a decision I don't want to get into a back and forth debate with him, so I tend to make a joke of it. I've got to stop that. He's a good doctor.
Made him happy though, by agreeing to see a specialist for one test (or so I thought). That happened yesterday. Waste of time, but now they've got me trapped into doing 2 more tests, two different days, two different places. That's the way it always starts, with just one test.
Odds are it's *all* a big waste of time. Such a nuisance.
One test down; one to go. I believe this was called a CT scan? Big donut with a voice telling you when to hold your breath. Warm and tingly feeling from dye (iodine ?) in the blood. I've never done that before. Second test was originally scheduled, and would be over with, by next week, but they've already rescheduled it to the end of the month. Maybe they will decide it's not necessary after this one? Yeah, right.
Back to piddling with the guitar for distraction. Strategy is to decide which notes I want to play, using the keyboard. Translate the notes to letters, locate them on the guitar, then see if I can contort my fingers into a position so the sound is not horrible. One benefit... they say if you ever do develop calluses on your fingertips, avoid getting your hands wet. That means no dish-washing by hand.
Back to piddling with the guitar for distraction. Strategy is to decide which notes I want to play, using the keyboard. Translate the notes to letters, locate them on the guitar, then see if I can contort my fingers into a position so the sound is not horrible. One benefit... they say if you ever do develop calluses on your fingertips, avoid getting your hands wet. That means no dish-washing by hand.