{"id":10211,"date":"2023-12-11T18:17:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=10211"},"modified":"2023-12-11T18:17:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:17:31","slug":"you-know-the-old-saying-it-never-rains-but-it-pours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2023\/12\/11\/you-know-the-old-saying-it-never-rains-but-it-pours\/","title":{"rendered":"You know the old saying “It never rains but it pours”"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s just what’s going on here on the homestead. Will worked on the broken-down Oliver tractor all day Saturday in the snow and got absolutely nowhere. Then, on Sunday, he figured out how to get the dratted front end lined up so he could shove the bolt into place. After a few hours, David came to help him. It seems that on Saturday night, David was driving home on slick roads when, while he was navigating a roundabout, a guy didn’t yield and hit him. Luckily, although his car was damaged, he didn’t get hurt. Of course, the guy was from out of state, driving a friend’s car with no <\/em>insurance. And David’s insurance didn’t cover an uninsured driver’s damage to his car. Granted, it isn’t a wonderful, newish car, but it got him to work. Now, he’s got to get an attorney and hope like heck the guy will pay for repairs so the car can drive again, even with dents.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, Will began working on the broken-down Oliver tractor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Will and David worked all afternoon, in the snow, and finally got the tractor back together again. Hooray! It started and ran with no leaks. Today, though, Will went out to drive it down to where we park it. But when he got there, there was a big cloud of nasty smoke! Oh oh! He shut the tractor off and went around to the side. And, lying on the ground, was a rod. It had blown a hole in the block. Wow! Merry Christmas to us. Anyway, we sure know things could be worse. I’m so grateful Will’s not one of those guys who, when something like this happens, goes around swearing and throwing things.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the amaryllis bulbs I’d ordered from Breck’s for Christmas gifts. Fed Ex delivered them last night and it was 12 degrees all night. Of course, I hadn’t expected delivery on Sunday night and hadn’t been on my computer to track the order. This morning I did go on and tracked them. I was in a panic when I saw “order delivered.” Last night. I tore down the driveway and got the box. I’m pretty sure the bulbs had frozen. Called Breck’s and they’ll replace them. But, holy cow, couldn’t Fed Ex have brought them to the house? The box was marked “Live Plants,” after all.<\/p>\n

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I usually get a few folks amaryllis as Christmas gifts, but this year, a box got left outside overnight. At 12 degrees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, today, I’m going to seed out some Arnie’s Golden Buttercup squash, just trying to get back to normal again. Will’s out checking the starter on the Ford 660 tractor. It won’t start. We’re down to one tractor now, our little Kubota, which is a great tractor but too small to do much in the winter, like lift hay bales. Hopefully, tomorrow will bring sunshine and a better day. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s just what’s going on here on the homestead. Will worked on the broken-down Oliver tractor all day Saturday in the snow and got absolutely nowhere. Then, on Sunday, he figured out how to get the dratted front end lined up so he could shove the bolt into place. After a few hours, David came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,9,12,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10214,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211\/revisions\/10214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}