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Home from Kentucky 8/11/21

Sorry I have not been able to write much lately. I will try to update with you over the next few days on all that has been happening. Chad was able to write a couple posts for me while I was away but being that he was working and having to do everyday life without me there was a bit hard for him to have time. So, I may repeat some of the things he has already talked about because I write differently than him. I am so thankful that he was able to update you a bit.

On Wednesday, July 21^st 2021 we became owners of a beautiful farm in Kentucky. That is also the day that we began moving stuff we have had in storage for the last couple years from when we transitioned into RV living, picked up some household items from Carla’s that she had stored in her extra rooms. And then went to Livingston to help my pack up my parents. My parents were awesome and drove up to Lamesa, Texas (8-hour drive) to help me begin this journey. We celebrated my mom’s birthday that evening at a local restaurant since we would be loading out their stuff in Livingston on her birthday. We left early Wednesday morning to pick up the Penske Truck and headed to Dalhart (4-hour drive) and loaded out my storage unit. Then we went separate ways. I took the Penske truck and Cheyenne to Copperas Cove Texas to Carla’s house while my parents took Hunter and Payton with them back to Livingston. The next day we loaded up at Carla’s house and went shopping for our amazing realtor. I originally had made her some sweet treats but found out she was diabetic and did not want to sabotage her healthy eating (she disagreed and wanted the treats so I will be bringing her some next time I come to Kentucky) Early the next morning me and Carla set out to Livingston in the Penske truck to join in on project move my parents. Now, at this point I have been away from the horrible humidity of Livingston Texas for a couple years. So, Carla and I opted to wear shorts to prepare for this. Now mind you we did not anticipate our legs adhering to the Penske truck seats, I am pretty sure we waxed any hair off the back of our legs every time we moved. LOL, we made it to Livingston and we all got busy. I don’t do heat well and I got a bit grumpy pretty quick. Sorry mom for being grumpy towards you on your birthday. Luckily, she knows I am a brat and a control freak (she did raise me).

After a very long and sweaty day, we were all over heated and exhausted. We went to town, got a hotel (not pleased with the state of cleanliness of the hotel), cleaned up and went to get dinner. We may have been quite hungry from all the work that we did because everything tasted amazing and we ate so much. Thank you, Patrons, the food and service were amazing.  Time for bed we have a long day of driving in the morning.

We inherited my in-laws cat Tex when they passed away and he has lived at our property in Livingston. I have not really had much dealings with Tex because he is not a very social cat and I did not see him daily. Our intentions were to take Tex with us to Kentucky but that morning when my mom handed him to me, he went berserk and clawed me to high heavens and took off and hid. Mind you this is at 5am. We made the decision to leave him at the land and will pick him up later. Luckily the neighbors behind our land love Tex and made sure he was taken care of until we could come back for him. We drove all day and all evening towards the farm. We were going to stop in Elizabethtown Kentucky because we were beyond exhausted but all the hotels we could find were booked. I am pretty sure Carla was freaking out trying to find a hotel with phone service going in and out but did great trying to not stress me out about it while I was driving. She is truly the best sister-in-law anyone could ask for and I am so thankful she is mine! We ended up finding one in Lexington and got there a little after 11 pm. Zep (our boxer) got his first ride on the elevator, he seemed pretty excited about it. And we had breakfast at the hotel where there were several Amish families at. It was so neat to see how they all dressed alike and their kids were so well behaved.

 Carla got a rental car while we were in Lexington and due to covid there were no shuttles to transport from the hotel to the car rental company so we took the Navigator loaded down with Chad’s car hauler to the airport to go get it. People probably thought we were a bit crazy but oh well, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Then we headed to the farm. My parents stopped in Benton Ky and still had about 5-6 hours before they would make it to the farm.

We got to the farm, looked around a bit and got to work unloading the navigator and the trailer so we could have it out of the way for when my parents got there with the Penske Truck and their truck and trailer. I tried unloading the Polaris side by side but then it lost steering completely. So, I just backed the trailer out of the way with it still on the trailer. We will figure that out later.

We explored up on the hillside behind the house. There is a big chicken coop that was left pretty dirty, an old garden tool (Chad talked about in previous post), and beautiful wild flowers.

Of course, we got to Kentucky on one of their hottest days of the summer but I was still determined to work through it. My parents arrived around lunch time and we began unloading the Penske truck. My dad got sick pretty early on with the stress from moving cramps, throwing up, and dehydration from loading out in Livingston. He felt bad not being able to do much that day but I would rather him get to feeling better. So, I had to constantly tell him to go sit down. The Penske truck was due to be turned in the next day and I was determined to do just that (not a great idea). But I also didn’t want to pay $100 extra per day for it. A bit of blood, lot and lots of sweat, and probably a few tears mixed with more sweat later we got it unloaded. We got a hotel for the night in Mt. Sterling for the night, and went to Applebee’s for dinner at 10pm and we all showered.

The next morning, I needed to be in Flemingsburg to the water department to get water turned on at 7:30 am, then drive into Lexington to turn in the Penske truck at 9am. Originally supposed to have been turned in at 8am according to my paperwork but the place didn’t even open until 9. Which made the morning a bit less stressful other than finding that actual office to turn it in. I am sure being sleep deprived at this point didn’t help. I am also covered in bruises and a sliced open toe from moving in the day before… people probably think I am a domestic abuse survivor. Then went to Lowes for a few items and got breakfast. Now to head back to the farm for some more adventures of owning a farm.