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I have had a great day.  Slept in a little later than usual before getting up and taking a shower before church. 

After Church, we decided to run to Pryor and look at a paddle boat.  Ours at the cabin got stolen over the winter and we decided that it would be a good time to replace it.  The boat passed Kati’s inspection, and my budget so we proceded to load it up.  After we had it on the trailer, Debbie noticed that it was sort of scratched up on the top part of one of the seats.  Promptly she asked how much they were going to knock off the price, or unload it and get us a different one.  After a little friendly bartering, they agreed to knock off $25 and we strapped it down.

A quick lunch at Taco Bell, we headed home.  We decided everyone was tired, so we flipped on the TV and watched a little part of some movie and tried to rest.  Didn’t work to well, so after a while I decided to run out and do a little yard work, which brings up Fathers Day.

Debbie and Kati got me a new Troy-Built 22″ self  propelled, electric start mower.  It is fan-tas-tic!  I mowed the front yard last night with it and it makes it look sooooo much nicer than trying to stop, turn around, backup and scalp it with the riding mower.

Back to the yard work.  I mowed the lots and decided to go ahead and burn the little pile of branches that I had piled up a few weeks ago.  After getting it started, I began dragging more limbs over and pretty soon I had a rather large fire going, but it sure is helpful getting some of the fallen limbs out of the way.  Makes mowing a lot easier.

Now, I am just sitting in the easy chair, watching a little tv, and getting ready to confirm all the reservations for our vacation in a couple of weeks. 

Busy week this one coming up.  I have bids at Bartlesville, Muskogee and Duncan.  This has been the craziest year for prices I have seen in the 30 years I have been doing this.  I would have lost every bet I would have made if some one would have told me oil would EVER hit $100 bbl, let alone go over and stay there.

Till later,

Jim

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Actually, it is a new one.  After taking mine to Bville to be looked at, I convinced myself (not hard to do) that a new mower was the answer I was looking for.  The old L120 has been a pretty good mower and I would recomend it to anyone mowing a fairly level acreage and not trying to use it to pull around 200#’s of grass clippings. 

I am told, and also did a little research myself, that the 100 series use a lighter weight transmission than the X300 and up ones, and this new one has a 4 year, 300 hour warranty, so I guess we will see.  I mowed the three lots around all the fallen tree limbs in just less than an hour last night when we got home and it is nice!  I kidded Debbie about “it mows like a new one”, in which she reminded me quickly, “it is a new one”, but seriously, this thing will turn using just one finger and the heavy grass over in the far lots didn’t slow it down a bit.

The church youth group is headed for the cabin this weekend, so getting the boat out is off again this weekend.  I may try to get home early tomorrow and run over there and at least get it paid for.  I would hate for them to sell it for repairs costs, even though I know Mac wouldn’t do that!

Well, it’s late and I’m lazy, so hope everyone has a great rest of the week.  I did learn something today though, I went to Muskogee for a bid for the Waste Water Plant chemicals and learned that today is only Wednesday and the bid opens on Thursday.  Oh well, it is the first bid I have ever gotten in early.  Sorry Shirley, no cookies tomorrow!

Jim

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Got a call yesterday from Hi-Lift and they said the boat was done.  We were very lucky that a few freeze plugs and a cracked exhaust manifold was all it was.   We hoped to run over this afternoon and spend some time on the lake, but the storms and radar kept us close to home.  Maybe tomorrow after church we will see how the weather is looking and go give it a test run.

Now, about dinner with Garth.  I have always told everyone about singing with CSN&Y so this follows the same logic, but maybe a little closer to the truth.  You see, for Cassie’s graduation, we went to Dallas to see Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in Concert.  So along with 50 or 60 thousand other people, we sang along with them.  But last night, after picking up some customer/friends in Oologah, we headed down to Montery House in Owasso for some dinner.  Garth Brooks and his three daughters were also standing in line waiting for a table.  Right after they sat them, they called our name and we sat at the table directly next to them, so you now see my thinking process. 

It was kinda cool really to see someone famous that wasn’t being hounded by the crowd.  He just sat and had dinner and no one ever bothered him.  I was thinking about seeing if he wanted to join us for Watovafest sometime, but Debbie wouldn’t let me.

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What a weekend.  We decided to stay home Saturday so as to go to Church on Sunday morning, but had great plans of going over to Mom and Dads cabin right after. 

Things went pretty good, we stopped for a bite to eat in Vinita on our way over (not impressed with the cafe we ate at) and headed on over to the cabin.  Kati and her friend showed up a little later so we went to launch the boat.  Debbie came into the cove and said the boat was taking on water!  Not a good thing, but no big deal I figured.  We didn’t even put the boat i the lake last year so I thought I had probably forgot to put a plug back in or something. 

Well, unfortunately no such luck.  Seems that in my haste to winterize (and save a buck by doing it myself), I didn’t get all the water blown out so now we have water pouring out around places that shouldn’t have water pouring out.  I did all I could, which was very little, but did replace one freeze plug that I found that had come out, but still water.  Last effort was to load it back up and take it down to the marina at Hi-Lift for a look at.  They called later that evening and said that they had at least determined that there was more than just one leak and they were going to pull the engine out for a closer look and hopefully just replace some other freeze plugs.  Hope, Hope, Hope it isn’t a cracked block!

Woke up to a rainy Monday morning and just sort of lazed around the cabin.  Decided to get around and go grab some lunch.  Had a pretty good sandwich and pizza at the Pensacola Pizza Place in Langley and after eating came out to a nearly flat tire.  Stopped for a shot of air and headed back to the cabin. 

We loaded up our stuff, aired up the tire and headed back to the house.  Man, it never felt so good to get home.  Got everything unloaded and then I decided I should try to get to town before the Phillips station closed and get my tire fixed.  I aired it up again and headed out.  Well, as you should be able to tell by now, my luck wasn’t running to deep, and I managed to get me a speeding ticket on the way to town.  Go figure.  Most expensive flat I’ve ever had.

But you want to know something?  Even after all this and that, I am still probably one of the luckiest guys around.  My understanding wife confirms me that everything will be alright.  Boats can be fixed and speeding on a low tire is not a smart thing to do, but at least no one was hurt.  She’s right, as usual, and as I reflect back over the long weekend, I really did have a good time with all the family, having dinner (Dad, the Steaks were GREAT), listening to my sister sing and play her guitar and just basically doing what ever we wanted. 

Thanks everyone, and when the boat is fixed, I owe you all a ride!

J

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It was a good day.  After our regular Sunday morning church service, we all gathered in fellowship hall to enjoy the lunch that the youth group sponsered.  Debbie smoked the 30 pounds of brisket all night and was complimented over and over for the tastiness of it.  It was really good.  We even managed to sneak out with a small tub full for a sandwich later.  Our Kati was in Dallas for a choir trip so she missed out on it.

Cassie and Travis surprised Debbie by showing up this morning for Church.  I know she really loved having them sit along side her this morning.  After lunch, mom and dad, the kids and Debbie and I all gathered at home and sat around on the patio in the cool afternoon breeze.  It was a very nice afternoon.

Kati got home middle of the afternoon and talked about 90 miles a minutes telling us all about her trip to Dallas.  She has some pictures to show us later.

This evening when the sun was setting, I spent an hour tilling the garden.  Debbie plans to try to get the garden planted tomorrow.  I am so looking forward to home grown tomatoes.  I know there are lots of other things for a garden to grow, but tomatoes are my favorite.

Busy week next week, so until a few minutes of spare time, later

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I’m trying to do my part to help support the stimulus movement that Bush has given us.  Even before I’ve seen the money in the bank, I went to Lowes and bought me a new Gas Grill.  My old one, which really wasn’t too old, blew over this winter in the storms and knocked off the side fryer, and must also have knocked something loose inside because I couldn’t ever get it to light the other night when we were getting ready to grill some chicken.

We took a drive to Tulsa this morning to wish Cassie Happy Birthday and drop off a dress that we had up here that she was wanting for her party tonight.  I think she just wanted the wrap that went with the dress, but hey, how do expect me to know these things?  We also were able to pick up Kati’s camera while we were there.  Cassie seems to think that she left it back quite some time ago while they were still living in the loft.  No telling what kind of pictures are on it.

We stopped by Garden Ridge to see if we could find a new canopy for our Gazebo It was also damaged this winter when the tree poked a hole in it and the corners had ripped out.  We couldn’t find one, but we did find a new outdoor table and chairs.  Thank you President Bush.

Since we could find the canopy, Debbie showed us one of her many talents and sewed up the rip and put a couple of new corner pieces in and we put it back up.  Looks pretty good too.

Will try to mow tomorrow since the yard really looks bad.  Thought about trying to set a couple of piles of limbs on fire tonight, but got lazy after dinner.  Debbie fixed a chicken and corn on the new grill.  It was good. 

Till the mowing is done………………….

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Sunday morning started like any other.  We took in some fellowship at church, dropped off todays church video at Doug TV (local channel 25 for you in town) and headed home for some BLT sandwiches for a quick lunch.

Kati had plans to go fly a kite at Bartlesville and go to the youth group meeting while over there, so Debbie and I decided we would make a run to the cabin at Grand.  Mom and Dad had said earlier at Church that they would be going over after lunch also.  We loaded up the old Pepsi Cooler from the garage and headed that way.

We unloaded the pop box on the deck and while mom and Debbie visited out on the deck, dad and I went down to the garage and got the lawn mower running for later. 

So basically, we just goofed off the afternoon.  It was nice though.  Took a few pictures of the sunset on the way home.  You can check them out in the Photo Gallery if you get the chance.

Busy week next week so may not take time to post,

 J

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Checked email, read over a couple of reports, sent a quote out.  What a night life. 

I did find another misheard lyric that you might find funny.  Probably still not as funny as Potato Wave, but this one is funny in its own sense.  Check it out to the left side.

If I find anything else interesting, I will pass it along.  Oh yeah, over on the right, you can click on Nowata and it should take you to a website with all sorts of real interesting things about Nowata.  Stuff like how many people, growth, average rainfall, average income, and yes, did I mention that I am really bored?  It is nice to know that we are in the top 5% of a category, go ck it out.

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This is a shot of the Admrial Twin Drive-In while coming in on SW Air from Orlando a couple of months ago.  We like going to the Drive-In, or at least I do.  We actually haven’t been in a couple of years.  The last time we went, Cassie, Travis, Kati, Debbie and I loaded up the pickup with the folding camping chairs, filled up the snack sack and headed to the Twin. 

I think we went and saw Beyond the Hedge (not sure about the name). It was a cute movie, but I really don’t do a very good job of watching movies and then giving the review.  Heck, I don’t usually remember much about them the next day, but I just go for the popcorn and KFC that sometimes I can talk the family into stopping and buying on the way in.

Didn’t do much today.  Got the Highlander serviced and washed while Debbie was grocery shopping.  We make a good team that way, just as I finished up the oil change and wash, Debbie was checking out, we grabbed some quick lunch to take home to Kati and headed home.  Debbie and I tried the new Delta Cafe in Owasso and weren’t overly impressed.  It wasn’t bad, but it just wasn’t great.  Right now I would vote for Cracker Barrell over Delta, and for those of you who know me, food is something I do know.

We tried our new air-popcorn popper tonight too.  It was pretty good.  Not buttery like movie popcorn, or oily like microwave popcorn, but I am sure it is better for us.  Maybe I’ll swipe a picture from Debbie and post it later. 

Till later, hope you have a good week coming up!

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