O.K., I'm not going to say that I am irritable, I am just overly sensitive. O.K.!

Some of the smallest thing just fly all over me!

One example is Charmin. Now they have such large rolls that the packages come with "extender". Duh! I wonder if this was Mr. Wiffle's idea. He was weird anyhow. I never saw the thrill of squeezing the Charmin. It is enough of a chore to replace the roll without extender. Actually I have never used the extender. Being a macho male, I just muscle it around until enough squares are gone where it will roll. Currently I am wondering if the sheetrock will wear out from the skid marks from the "big" rolls. I was reading on the package that there are "x" amount more squares on a big roll than on a regular roll. One of these days I am going to buy one of each and roll 'em out!

This is really getting to be a pain in the butt. I am just glad I have a soft roll of Charmin.

I called in reinforcements for the seed haul. They arrived yesterday. Since then we have not run for didly squat! Broke a gin stand saw. The plant lost several hours replacing that. Rib fire the night before. Needless to say I have bunched all my trucks up. It looks like a truck stop out there. Which is bad for the drivers but good for me.

Bales have been better. We have an extra truck dropping in pretty regular but even more importantly we made one personnel change that has really helped things. Problem is the new guy is just temporary. Rats!

Pepa celebrated a birthday yesterday. That makes 77 of them for him. Happy birthday Dad!

We are over ninety-thousand bales now. Every bale that exits the plant is a record. We are trying to decide what would be an appropriate celebration when we eclipse one-hundred-thousand. And we have a ways to go yet!

Frank and I started some wager boards. We did this last year close to the end of the season and it gave us something to do. One board is for a completion date. You buy a date that no one else has that you think might be the final day of the plant operation this year. I selected April 4th. Frank selected April 5th. Ten dollars a day, the pot is over two hundred dollars. We also started a board for "when Kristy delivers her baby". Three day window for every date purchased. If there is not a person on the date the baby comes, the baby wins the pot! I am February 15, 16, 17. Frank is February 7,8,9. Turns out if Kristy carries the new baby the same length of time as she carried Claire I am a ringer!

We are getting cabin fever out here. Keep us in mind.

Be the real deal.

FATHER, bless us with patience and tolerance to see this to the end. I pray for Adam and his men in Iraq. I ask for safety for them. I lift up Addie, Memama, Pepa, Hag, Bets, Jess, Lillie, Aimee, Ashlyn Kate, Dr. Mackie, Jeanine, Hope, K..C., and Tyler for YOUR care and healing. I ask comfort for those hurting with grief. I pray for those of us who struggle to follow YOU. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. I pray for the efforts being made to expand YOUR kingdom. I pray for Richard, Anastacia, James, and Terah. That they would realize that YOU are the first and the last. I pray for our prayer partners Jenavene and Susan. That we might cultivate ourselves for a harvest of righteousness and peace. Bring it on FATHER, I need a double dose!