Today is the 67th day this year with temperatures in excess of 100 degrees. That means that almost a-third of the year has seen temperatures in excess of 100 degrees. And there is no change in sight. We will break the record of 69 days on Wednesday (which means Wednesday will be the 70th day this year). Which brings us to bacon. Let's talk about bacon for a minute, shall we? Even if we shan't, there is not getting around it since this is MY blog, and I am kind of (okay forget that, I AM) in control of the content. SO, we had bacon to go along with our egg-loaf this morning, and it was DEE-LICIOUS! Yummy. I LOVES ME SOME BACON. If it was up to me, I would have bacon with my bacon. That is how much I loves me some bacon!
After breakfast (wherein we had some bacon) I started on some chores and some this-and-that, and out storm shelter arrived. This was a long term process. We started investigating the idea of a storm shelter for out here much earlier in the year, probably in April or so. We live not far from Jarrell, Texas which was pretty much wiped off the map back in 1997. AND we have (since we have lived here, not recently) experienced some BIG storms which included really high winds. SO, we decided to get a shelter. Today was the day (actually Friday was the day at first, and then Saturday was the day (and we got a call about 10 o'clock Friday night announcing that the REAL day would be on Sunday).
ANYWAY, today arrived and there was no shelter at 8 o'clock (the designated time) but it did arrive on a big truck with two gentlemen to install it about 9 o'clock. The shelter arrives in two parts (bottom and top luckily enough) and it weighs about 12,000 pounds, and it installed in a large hole in the ground. It is an interesting process and these two guys have obviously installed a few of these recently because they worked well together and got the job done completely in about three hours. Jody told the one guy that he was a 'back hoe artist' and felt like if someone asked him to put a little dirt in his pocket he would not be surprised if he could do it. So, there is a hole first, the bottom goes in, they put a sealer on the bottom piece, fit the top piece to it and then the bolt the two pieces together with a steel strap and back fill the hole.
We are going to put an extension on the deck between the existing deck and the entrance to the shelter (something for you to do Joe Mac or Jim, if you are interested). We are jumping to the conclusion that if we EVER really have to make use of this shelter if will be most likely in the dark and we would prefer NOT having to navigate several different levels to get into it. We are also making the assumption that, since we now have this shelter WE WILL NEVER HAVE TO ACTUALLY USE IT. I kind of think of it like renters insurance. If you have it, you won't need it. I HOPE SO, ANYWAY!
ANYWAY (I seem to use that word a lot), that was kind of an exciting morning. In between periods of watching them install the shelter (I can watch people do things like this for hours), I went back into the pasture where the cattle are and put together a new hay ring (replacing the one the cattle TOTALLY destroyed recently) and fed them and put a new bale of hay out for them. They are doing well, although they are certainly more LEAN than I have really ever seen them. I may need to start feeding them twice a week instead of once a week, and maybe taking hay out to them more frequently that I have been.
We also took a drive into Georgetown an had a spoiler at Dairy Queen. I was going to spring for a Peanut Buster Parfait (recommended by my friend Tandy), but I had an Oreo Cookie Blizzard instead. Jody had a Chocolate French Silk Pie Blizzard. Jody is going down the list of the various chocolate Blizzard selections, and he has a few more to go through before he completes that tour. We have a three-day Holiday Weekend coming up in a few weeks, so we can make a little extra progress on the Blizzard tour then.
Back home, we both went down for naps, and Jody is getting everything ready for dinner. More pork ribs from the Taylor Cafe. More YUMMIES, can hardly wait. I am about ready to faint from starvation right now.
Deeds, Actions, Changes, STORM SHELTERS, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!
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