Happy Mother's Day!

Things have continued to be "nutty". Three days at the parts store, and Friday and Saturday trying to get the weight transfer machine ready for this next weekends show. We have put in twenty-three hours the last two days.

I am so very fortunate to have such a good friend who is so talented with a welder and cutting torch. K.O. has put in some serious time burning rods and melting metal! Thanks K.O.! I think one of the things that makes K.O. so good helping with this project is he understands the concept and how to get it into application. He told me yesterday that ever since we took the big weight transfer out of mothballs he has been fascinated with how it works and he loves to operate it. I am thankful for that and for him!

We probably could have taken the weight transfer machine to the next show without doing anything except lubricating chains and checking fluid levels. However, K.O. and I both were elated after the show last September in Boyd, we felt we could make a few changes that would make our machine "exceptional". I am hoping and thinking that is why we are picking up more and more shows for this summer.

There are the elite machines and there are the machines. Crazy thing is, we are installing some technology we wanted to put on eighteen years ago. (That has changed the business and is now required). Thing is, at that juncture the inspector would not approve our request. His bad!

I finally figured out how to be the most productive in the shop with K.O.. I spent all my time preparing pieces so he has no down time waiting! I have also come to the realization that you can analyze something to excess. Sometimes you have to make that bold first cut in order to be committed!

If things go well, tomorrow we will test! (But not until after some serious plumbing of hydraulics!).

I am so sore. Late last night, K.O. and I took a break and sat down, talking and developing a plan to get us to completion on our project. When I began to stand up, the rigor mortis had set in!

It is difficult getting old.

Have a day!

FATHER, refresh me. I ask YOUR blessing on our work, that is would be successful and fruitful. I pray for safety. I thank YOU for and ask YOUR blessings on all the Mother's today.