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Friday, 14 July 2006
I've been getting some miles on. I rode the bagger to Chicago last weekend for the bike show and swapmeet with a couple of my sister's. We had a great time in Chicago as always. On the ride home, we stopped off at a diner for lunch and halfway through our dinner, the waitress informed us that "Mr. Taylor" had bought our lunch, he was sitting behind us, but he did this and left before we knew it, so I'd like to say thankyou now. I've been busting my butt at the DoJo trying to get back in shape, it used to be nothing for me to crank out 50 knuckle pushup's, yesterday was my first attempt in almost two years, I did five. Next week I'll shoot for six and hopefully I'll be back there soon. I worked on the tan today, did some mowing, than hopped on the tractor and bladed the roads and than went out to do some work on cruella. I had to adjust her cluthch and change her tranny fluid, than bathe her and she looked so damn good after her bath, I took her out for a spin about 7:30 tonight, it was still close to 90 outside. I rode into town and stopped for a couple of beers and that's all I had, two. It just feels so good when she is purring purrfectly. The bagger is pretty much parked now except for out of town runs, Cruella gives me such a sense of pride, I just love her.have a great weekend, don't forget the sunscreen and water, CG
Posted by CruelGirl
at 10:40 PM CDT
Tuesday, 4 July 2006
MY KIDS
Kind of an uneventful 4th of July. I did manage to get a short ride in this afternoon over to TJ's for a bite to eat. I came home an threw on the swimsuit and hit the Craftsman for a few hours of mowing. got that done pretty quick since we are dry here and the grass is starting to burn out. Than I did another pass on the tractor up around the barn area with the brushhog before putting it up for the summer.By the time I was done with that, I was pretty scruffy, but I just couldn't quit without weeding first. Than off to the shower and a bite to eat and I made the mistake of going back outside and I grabbed the hedge trimmer and did the bushs's. Enough of that, I grabbed a beer and headed out to the deck. Who need's to go to the city for fireworks when you live in the firework's capitol the world? The dog's and I sat out on the deck and watched the firework's from around the valley.I am truely blessed to live where I do, I wouldn't change it for anything. As I sat there watching the firework's and reflected on the day, I heard it coming across the the pasture. It's a very unique sound and I knew as it got closer it was just what we neeeded, RAIN! I know the folk's out east are going through some very hard times right now with all the flooding and I feel for them, been there, remember the flood of '93? hopefully it will continue through the night and we'll get a good soaker. grabbed this shot of nikki and my newest addition, Dora, the Kitten from hell. She actually scratched my other cat Libby so bad in the eye, that Lib has been to the vet twice this week and it lok's like she is going to loose the sight in that eye.I know she look's so sweet there cuddled up next to Nikki, but she is flat out mean!have a great week, CG 
Posted by CruelGirl
at 10:50 PM CDT
Saturday, 1 July 2006
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
What a way to start out the weekend. Up at 6:00am, out the door at 6:30 to go feed and do chores. One of my older horse's is having some problems with one of her hooves, so I had to wash and dress and bandage that up and muck the stalls before I could go anywhere. That done, it was time for more coffee and a shower and take care of the critters at the house. I asked the OM to go with me on a ride today since all the sister's were either with their familes or working, so we headed out around 9:30 and headed south. I'm trying out a few different routes for the Daredevil ride this year, so i grabbed a state Map and we headed out. We loaded up on the sunscreen before we left, when the weather man says it's going to be 98 in St. Louis, it'll be 100+ down here. we didn't even get a mile from the house and I was out front on the two lane twisty and huge buck ran right out in front of me, that wouldn't be the only deer to cross my path today. not only deer, but cars, trucks, horse trailers, trucks with boat's, I swear, I just kept missing them or they just kept missing me, always a good move to have a word with the man upstairs before you head out, especially on a busy Holiday weekend and I was glad I did because someone was sure watching over me today. We rode over to Taum Sauk MT and than down to Ellington, than over past Owl's Bend to Eminence, than down to Hwy 60 and ran that to Poplar Bluff and headed north on 67 and stopped off at Cherokee Pass, one of my favorite restaurants down that way and had a bite to eat, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Yum-Yum! By the time we got home, we were hot and spent, but after a 10 minute break it was up to the barn to bring in the horses and wash them all down, they were hot and sweaty and they love a cold shower on these hot days. By the time I got in the house, I was ready for a cold shower myself. I had a great day regardless of the heat. I inserted a picture from the lookout tower at Taum sauk, but they had the upper deck closed off today, so i couldn't go all the way up. Have a great weekend, CG 
Posted by CruelGirl
at 10:31 PM CDT
Sunday, 25 June 2006
GREEN ACRES
I can't seem to get the theme song from green acres outta my head. I have spent the entire week either on the tractor or the mower. But I have to say, the Tan is coming along pretty good. Nothing like motor oil and hydraulic fluid in place of tanning lotion. I changed the oil on the tractor and I didn't have the filter seated right and I started it up and was driving it back to the barn and felt a warm spray on my bare leg, and when I looked down, it looked like a broken artery spewing out of the bottom of the filter all over me. Got that all squared away and spent the rest of that day brushogging. Than the next day was mowing and than I took Saturday off and hooked up with Karen for a good 350 mile day ride. Than today, it was more brushhogging. I had to lug a couple gallons of fluid out to the pasture where I had parked it and continued to make a mess and just considered it tanning lotion for the day. I spent five hours up there today and hope to finish it off between tomorrow and Tuesday. Have a great week, CG
Posted by CruelGirl
at 10:12 PM CDT
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