What's good TOO?
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Nice job Ric. You danced with the PI devil and won that round!
Heading out the door to meet with a buddy and his son for breakfast. They moved to Nashville and our kids haven't seen each other for awhile. We are grabbing some Cracker Barrel and letting the boys play together this morning. Great way to start the day!
Heading out the door to meet with a buddy and his son for breakfast. They moved to Nashville and our kids haven't seen each other for awhile. We are grabbing some Cracker Barrel and letting the boys play together this morning. Great way to start the day!
Dang I feel purty good right now. I got out this afternoon and prepped another treestand location. I actually cleared two shooting lanes for two different trees at the same spot. They are 30 yards apart at the end of a 20+ yards wide finger that stretches out about 175 yards between two cornfields. The lower field is smaller and sits about 20' lower in elevation. Both stands will be good for any wind except NW-N-NE which seldom comes in our area. I'm planning on getting my steps out sooner rather than later and all my sets(6) all pruned out before the end of July.
I also carried a 50# Friggin salt block 350 yards today with my backpack full of cameras, water,cutting tools and batteries and set up another TC setup. That makes 3 cams out with one more left for the time being. I checked one cam that's been out for two weeks and it's got 18 videos. The one I checked yesterday only had two. I might be moving it further into PI timber block later if things don't pick up there.
Although I'm sweaty and tired.......I feel TOO good right now!
I also carried a 50# Friggin salt block 350 yards today with my backpack full of cameras, water,cutting tools and batteries and set up another TC setup. That makes 3 cams out with one more left for the time being. I checked one cam that's been out for two weeks and it's got 18 videos. The one I checked yesterday only had two. I might be moving it further into PI timber block later if things don't pick up there.
Although I'm sweaty and tired.......I feel TOO good right now!
Oh, I won't be pulling any cards till our pc gets fixed or replaced. I hope it isn't much longer, I'm getting antsy. Hehe
Lives of the self employed can be a roller coaster. Seems there are always ups and downs. It is just part of the job you learn to deal with and over the years it seems like the highs are not as high, but the lows are not as low. Right now I am on a low but starting to climb. That is TOO good.
We do the majority of our work in the spring/early summer. You spend all your spring start up capital and while you are doing the most work, you have the smallest amount of money in your account. It seems weird to feel "broke" when you have been invoicing a large percentage of your work the last 2-3 months. However, your fuel and payroll costs are up, you are required to purchase materials such as mulch/seed/plants, and the money never seems to start "catching up" until late June or July. At this point the payroll and fuel tapers off a bit, money starts to show up, and you start saving for the winter and next spring. Happens every year.
I got a "bonus" this week. We put one of our sweeper trucks on a job during the day this week. Looks like it is going to lead to more work. We did some street sweeping for a seal coating company performing crack sealing for a small town. The seal coating company was thrilled and looks like they will be putting the truck to work more often. Top it off with the mayor of this town was also impressed and is interested in a price to sweep the town a couple times per year and after their annual town festivals. Feels pretty good. I also received a voice mail about a landscape renovation at a large retail complex yesterday. I wasn't sure if we would get the bid or not, but they issued a PO number yesterday! Yee-haw! Timing couldn't be better. By the time plant materials are in, the PO goes thru, and we have the job scheduled, my mowing crew will be slowing down. It will keep those guys busy when normally their hours start to dwindle, and keep us busy another week or so with the landscaping crew. These aren't really "homeruns", but it all adds up. I will take a stand-up double and 2 RBIs every at bat I can get it!
Pretty good way to get over the mid-week hump! TOO good!
We do the majority of our work in the spring/early summer. You spend all your spring start up capital and while you are doing the most work, you have the smallest amount of money in your account. It seems weird to feel "broke" when you have been invoicing a large percentage of your work the last 2-3 months. However, your fuel and payroll costs are up, you are required to purchase materials such as mulch/seed/plants, and the money never seems to start "catching up" until late June or July. At this point the payroll and fuel tapers off a bit, money starts to show up, and you start saving for the winter and next spring. Happens every year.
I got a "bonus" this week. We put one of our sweeper trucks on a job during the day this week. Looks like it is going to lead to more work. We did some street sweeping for a seal coating company performing crack sealing for a small town. The seal coating company was thrilled and looks like they will be putting the truck to work more often. Top it off with the mayor of this town was also impressed and is interested in a price to sweep the town a couple times per year and after their annual town festivals. Feels pretty good. I also received a voice mail about a landscape renovation at a large retail complex yesterday. I wasn't sure if we would get the bid or not, but they issued a PO number yesterday! Yee-haw! Timing couldn't be better. By the time plant materials are in, the PO goes thru, and we have the job scheduled, my mowing crew will be slowing down. It will keep those guys busy when normally their hours start to dwindle, and keep us busy another week or so with the landscaping crew. These aren't really "homeruns", but it all adds up. I will take a stand-up double and 2 RBIs every at bat I can get it!
Pretty good way to get over the mid-week hump! TOO good!
Good stuff Phil!! You're right, it all adds up man, keep on hitting doubles all day long!
Just got home by lunch time after being in Iowa & Illinois for work since Monday. It's always good to get back home...
Just got home by lunch time after being in Iowa & Illinois for work since Monday. It's always good to get back home...
Sitting in the shade eating lunch and hear the cars race around the track at Mid Ohio. Dang I love the sound of horse power lol.
It is freaking crazy how far that sound carries. Especially when its the Indy cars. You can hear those things screaming 20-30 miles away.
Just Awesome is what it is lol.
They have had all different kind of cars testing over there the last couple weeks and especially today. I heard the Dodge or Mustanges running today. Loud Low raw pawer rumbling the hills lol. Love to hear the gear box shifting as they hit the back straight.
Never seen the cars there, but have been to vintage bike days several times. I love to hear the vintage bikes hammering away. They are all a bit distinct compared to many of the modern bikes. Old Ducati, Norton, etc, have their own sounds. Good stuff!
Gotta love the sound of engines like that. Still one of my favorite experiences was when I was helping a buddy with his Dirtcar Modified, and we were down in the pit area at Eldora Speedway when the World of Outlaws were there. Being right next to the fence with them boys were flying around the track, you almost couldn't get a breathe when they went past. Flat out awesome!
An exchange from this morning while I'm eating breakfast...
Son: Hey Dad?
Me: Yea budyy?
Son: Did you know that boys have more bones in their body than girls do?
Me: How's that? I thought they would be both the same.
Son: No, they're not. Boys have an extra bone in their wiener.
Me: On the inside = rotflmao & trying to contain myself. On the outside: That's interesting buddy, I didn't know that. Why don't you go ask your Mom if that's true or not. :smiley_blink:
Son: Hey Dad?
Me: Yea budyy?
Son: Did you know that boys have more bones in their body than girls do?
Me: How's that? I thought they would be both the same.
Son: No, they're not. Boys have an extra bone in their wiener.
Me: On the inside = rotflmao & trying to contain myself. On the outside: That's interesting buddy, I didn't know that. Why don't you go ask your Mom if that's true or not. :smiley_blink:
HAHAHA!!! Nice one Sean!!!
Ultrasound #2 for Baby Roush is at 10:45 today. Still TOO early to know what it is, but maybe we'll get an indicator one way or another from the doc...
Ultrasound #2 for Baby Roush is at 10:45 today. Still TOO early to know what it is, but maybe we'll get an indicator one way or another from the doc...
Good stuff guys, funny shit right there Sean...... 
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Well got the boat all cleaned up and it turned out pretty good but the direst sunlight still shows some blems which until today I didn't see but oh well for a 15 year old boat it still looks good lol.... Have a tournament on Guilford lake in the morning, have pre-fished it a couple of times last week with good results.... Hopefully we'll do good and bring home a check or at least a good spot in the points lol.... Off of work today and just getting stuff around the house it's amazing how stuff stays in place when it's just the wife and I rotflmao Here's hoping a great weekend for all my TOO brothers....
ickle: Well got the boat all cleaned up and it turned out pretty good but the direst sunlight still shows some blems which until today I didn't see but oh well for a 15 year old boat it still looks good lol.... Have a tournament on Guilford lake in the morning, have pre-fished it a couple of times last week with good results.... Hopefully we'll do good and bring home a check or at least a good spot in the points lol.... Off of work today and just getting stuff around the house it's amazing how stuff stays in place when it's just the wife and I rotflmao Here's hoping a great weekend for all my TOO brothers....
Best of luck in the tournament tomorrow J, heading out tomorrow myself to see if I can't catch a basket of bluegills to fry!
Schu72
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Freakin' hilarious Sean! :smiley_clap:
Jesse...how many weeks? We were able to see my youngest sons dong at about 14 weeks.ickle:
Jesse...how many weeks? We were able to see my youngest sons dong at about 14 weeks.
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She was 11 yesterday. I guess no ultrasound today, so no real excitement. Suppose I could've skipped this one!!!