• Going for my physical today.  8:00 appointment for ½ hour.
• Mostly testing today and then a week later I go for an hour for a more in-depth appointment. They’ll talk about the test results and tell me I’m fat and to lose weight.
• Good news on the septic front, the drain field was lowered to ½ the size we originally thought they’d require. We may also go with a lined pit which could lower the cost even more.
• Erin is in Dilia for a week. Snow related schedule change from last week’s storms.
• I was informed yesterday that the D.A.’s office had never considered charging me in the shooting. Great news for me.
• Romero, the guy I shot, is being arraigned next Friday. I was told that I don’t have to be there, but I can go if I want. Since my schedule is clear that day, I want to go. Dennis, want to join me?
• Poker tonight. Maybe? I didn’t see much response to the email invite. In fact I was the only respondent.
• Supposed to be warming up from now on. I hope riding weather is included in the warmth.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too much, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late , get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much. We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living but not a life. We’ve added years to life, not life to years.
~ George Carlin

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled.
Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life… Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
Don ‘t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around..
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
Most times, it just gets down to common sense.

I love the Eurythmics and Annie Lennox!

• First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
• 5 a.m. phone call with drama is not a fun way to start the day.
• Tiny, and I do mean tiny deposit. 5 checks and no cash.
• Bad news on the store’s septic system. VERY expensive.
• We’ve got only 20 inches of topsoil where 4 feet would be ideal.
• It could cost us $25,000 just in dirt purchases if we can’t excavate dirt from our property. Either way is not an ideal situation.
• We had to deliver Erin to her father this morning since Tori kept her due to very bad weather over the weekend.
• Stupid expensive business!