05-15-2005, 11:39 PM
Wow, what a day. With the truck loaded down with scrap wood about to be delivered to the Indian Reservation, I arrived this morning to find a flat tire. On inspection, we discovered that the spare was missing. So now I have a truck with one flat, no spare, current insurance paperwork missing.... oh, and there is no jack in there either. Now I can't say if there ever was or wasn't a jack but I KNOW there was a spare. Hmmmmmm... A good look at all the tires says "buy new tires" so we get out the jack from the Jeep and get started.
Since a couple of my workmen have been bunking out at the cabin I got one to take the flat off and load it into the jeep. Found an acceptable set of tires and bought the first one, had it mounted and headed back to the ranch. As we began to put the new tire on, the jack from the jeep collapsed. Thankfully no one was hurt. We had placed cinder blocks under the truck and it didn't fall more than an inch or two.
So now I have to find a good floor jack, get the tire on the truck, deliver the scrap wood, get the truck to town, get a new proof of insurance and then the other three tires. Oh, and there is buying a new jack for the jeep and another for the truck. AND finding a wheel for the truck to mount the spare on.... sheesh....
Still, we have been BBQing out on the ranch at the cabin and enjoying dinners and evenings for the first time. The garden is coming along. Rain the last few days has made things nice, especially in the garden and orchard.
Met a new neighbor who needed some help that my tractor was able to provide. It's fun to trade assets... he is going to do some greenhouse work for me and another friend who has pretty much perfected the compost toilet is going to help us put one at the cabin. With a floor in the bottom and bunks going in next week, the toilets and probably the cachment system put back up we will have a habitable building here really soon. Good thing because my lease is up in October and it is very clear I will not have the big house finished... will need a place to stay!
It's all good. Downstairs for general living and upstairs for ME. Ahhh, to be the princess....
Okay this is drivel.... You get the picture. Failures have brought awareness. Everything can be overcome and the people surrounding me have been more positives than disappointments in the greater balance. Every week I love this land of mine more and more and every week the Big Island becomes more my home.
Pam
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
Since a couple of my workmen have been bunking out at the cabin I got one to take the flat off and load it into the jeep. Found an acceptable set of tires and bought the first one, had it mounted and headed back to the ranch. As we began to put the new tire on, the jack from the jeep collapsed. Thankfully no one was hurt. We had placed cinder blocks under the truck and it didn't fall more than an inch or two.
So now I have to find a good floor jack, get the tire on the truck, deliver the scrap wood, get the truck to town, get a new proof of insurance and then the other three tires. Oh, and there is buying a new jack for the jeep and another for the truck. AND finding a wheel for the truck to mount the spare on.... sheesh....
Still, we have been BBQing out on the ranch at the cabin and enjoying dinners and evenings for the first time. The garden is coming along. Rain the last few days has made things nice, especially in the garden and orchard.
Met a new neighbor who needed some help that my tractor was able to provide. It's fun to trade assets... he is going to do some greenhouse work for me and another friend who has pretty much perfected the compost toilet is going to help us put one at the cabin. With a floor in the bottom and bunks going in next week, the toilets and probably the cachment system put back up we will have a habitable building here really soon. Good thing because my lease is up in October and it is very clear I will not have the big house finished... will need a place to stay!
It's all good. Downstairs for general living and upstairs for ME. Ahhh, to be the princess....
Okay this is drivel.... You get the picture. Failures have brought awareness. Everything can be overcome and the people surrounding me have been more positives than disappointments in the greater balance. Every week I love this land of mine more and more and every week the Big Island becomes more my home.
PamJust another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"