Well, well. Let's see.

Happy Birthday Chloe! Big number 1. You are gorgeous but you are rotten! Grumpy and Nana Woo Woo have had her since Brownwood. She has been to the farm, petted the cows, and had a really good time. Rumor has it she slept fourteen hours straight earlier in the week!

Hey it is hard work being a farm girl! ' Just wears a girl out!

They left this morning. Chloe's mother wanted her home for her birthday!

And I need to post a correction. I had Rian on an accelerated schedule, leaving today for Camp Following. Actually he is leaving Friday morning. The campers and the women will leave Sunday I believe. Rian is planning on 115 campers and about 80 staff.

He has spent nearly the entire week gathering up or loading camp stuff. Yesterday afternoon he helped "Deacon Stan" check out and fuel and service all the church vans and buses that will be used on the trek.

Yesterday Rian loaded his smoker and some mesquite firewood. They had been asking Rian when he was going to cook for camp, so he borrowed his kinfolks utility trailer and loaded it down! He will pull it with one of the vans. He is doing hot dogs for the camp workers Friday night, burgers another night, brisket one night and I think hot dogs for the campers one night. He told me he as four meals he is cooking on the smoker!

Well, Krl called in re-enforcements for my sprinkler system water leak. I had been digging on it, located the pipe, found the leak, but needed to broaden the hole and take out a bunch more roots. She called Cousin Rick's Plumbing and if she is thinking right, Rick sent Stan and another guy over who finished digging and did the repair. Turned out a root had popped a glued elbow, but other roots held it in place enough that it was just a little leak.

On my way home last evening I began my daily errands, and I needed to put some money on a driver's fuel card. As my luck would have it I had left my checkbook in Krl's Expedition, so I had to go home before I could resume my list.

While I was out, I picked up several bags of sand to put around the pipes in the large hole where the leak was. After I carried everything in the house, I returned outside to partially fill the whole with the sand. I am hopeful I can use the top six inches of sod that has the grass in it. If not, I will have to find a couple more bags of sand and a mat or two of St. Augustine to finish the repair.

Maybe this weekend!

So, being commercially appreciative for a moment. If you need a plumber, call Rick's Plumbing!

I haven't weighed in on the NASCAR/Jeremy Mayfield battle. NASCAR had banned Mayfield from competition after they said he tested positive for meth. NASCAR says they have retested him and he tested positive again. Mayfield and his attorneys contend tests at an independent lag came back negative. Mayfield also contends his positive is a false positive, saying he does take Adderal for ADDHD and Claritin for allergies.

A few weeks ago Ollie went in for a session with her counselor and while she was there the counselor received a call from her probation officer who told her Ollie had tested positive for meth. The counselor told Ollie and she asked if they had given the lab a copy of the medications she was on. That list included Adderal.

To my knowledge, that was the end of that.

Back in February, NASCAR was touting Mayfield as a hero, putting together a racing team on a limited budget, yet being competitive. I have no idea of why they became adversarial.

This is another case of David and Goliath.

I'm cheering for David. I hope he kicks Goliath in the shins.

I just hope Mayfield doesn't have anything hidden.

Have a day!

FATHER, we lift up all the campers and staff for your care and safety.