Just call me Earl.

For those of you close enough to know, and/or lived, the trials and tribulations which were spun from the now defunct family business, you will have an advantage in your insight and extra knowledge over someone who just stumbles upon this blog.

The last few years things have been tough financially for Krl and me. We went about as far as we could go. We sold off way more possessions than we ever thought we might. We have had accounts closed, others accounts were garnished. At times our only "assets" were those that followed us around! It has been an ordeal that to date has been going on about five years. I tell you, I could 've had more fun getting a root canal in every tooth in my head. Things have gone full cycle. Hopefully things are on the up swing for us. It seems that our attorney preferred a neat and orderly scripting of the time frames for all of the family members involved.

February 21, 2006 we moved into a new phase of reinventing ourselves. Lots of tears, lots of worry, and lots of prayers have gotten us to this point. We aren't healed but things are looking up. I only have one nemesis continuing to chase me while I believe Krl is nemesis free.

We had a couple of things that needed to be tended to, both of them friends who had not been pressuring us. Friends who at times were the only people that seemed to believe in us. They would just say, "When you can". They will never know how welcome those words were.

Monday I cashed some of my paychecks and purchased money orders. Tuesday I wrote brief notes and mailed the notes with money orders enclosed. Neither of these were large sums of money. I laughed and told Krl, "I know just how Earl feels". Now I am going to have to make me a list and mark off all the things I've made "right".

406 modules remained at 7:00 am. this morning. Four days. I can hardly stand it! Today we will cross over 152,000 bales. We will enter uncharted territory tonight as we surpass all the previous production records.

Yep, this is one for the record books.

Pepa is in Lubbock today. He is selecting a "pup trailer" for us. The company elected to buy one of these short (28 ft.) trailers to store and transport our supplies and inventory to and from the jobsite. We had a deal on two in Roscoe, but the dude was juked up on something and never got them cleaned out and ready to go, then he wanted to take stuff off the trailers we had selected. Nothing important but it might not have stopped there, it might have continued on to include tires, lights, wheels and such. Let's cut our losses and go down the road. I was pretty pleased with the deals we moved on to. Two years ago I selected some trailers for a friend and this deal was comparable to that deal while it is only a single unit deal.

Memama decided to ride with Pepa so their trip may take a different direction and time frame. I figure Memama will want to check on the "boys" while they are there.

Be the real deal.

FATHER, for YOUR love I am Thankful. YOU make us "right".