Friday, Feb. 5, 2010
It has been raining all day, making life on the farm a test of mud endurance. Thank God for a dry (mostly) barn. It was not an exciting day, but we did accomplish a few things. Chris spent most of the day working on upholstery for her daughter in law. I spent most of the day in the forge with Steve Watson making the milk bottle carrier I designed. I also supervised Christopher while he installed lights in the kennel area. We now have a lighted kennel and equipment shed. The only tragedy of the day was my BBQ roast for tomorrow’s ABANA meeting. Knowing I would not have enough time on Saturday to do it, I started today around 11:00 AM with 5 picnic hams in our standard grill. Things were going great, and about 5:00 the were pretty tender but I thought maybe another hour would finish them off nicely. Big mistake. I came inside, got preoccupied, and when I remembered and went back out to the barn around 6:30 I found the grill in flames and the meat burned to a crisp. It cannot be salvaged, so if the meeting is not cancelled I will have to buy the BBQ at Allen and Son’s. Besides being a monetary loss, I hate screwing up like that. Well, live and learn.