Relocation, new neighbors, Maggie and the kids

Grandma and Grandpa are officially residents of Bowie, TX. Even their licenses are changed to reflect the new location. They had to get the license updates before the bank they would like to use would allow them to open an account. It is a very local bank but they are excited about getting everything in order to start over one last time. That was one of the many things Mama and her folks got done on Friday and Saturday of last week.


The tractor and related equipment were delivered about 3 p.m. on Friday and even tough everyone was tired from moving into the rental Thursday evening we still put it to work for several hours after delivery. For right now we are concentrating on brush-hogging the land so that as the rains continue to come there will be a chance for the new grass to grow through the stubble without having to compete for precious water with the larger brushy plants that are covering the landscape. What we were able to brush hog looks better better.

Mama and I got a chance to meet one of the neighbors and we exchanged numbers so we can get in touch in an emergency – or just for general conversation about the adjoining properties. She seemed very nice and hugged Mama right away. She was relieved that the farm is going to be put to use again. Mama and I will be able to get a wealth of information about the place from her.

This will be Grandpa’s first full week at the farm. Grandma is already put out that she will not have him sitting around nearby. She has become very used to him coming every time she calls out or moans and she realizes that those times are over. I think she will adapt very well and I know she is happy to see Grandpa so excited. He is back on a farm again. I am pretty sure we have them both set up well for the new venture.

Maggie had the grandkids for a couple of nights last week and they were incredible impressed by her house. Grant and Mykenzie were asking her about the size of her house and Maggie was explaining that is was only a small apartment but as they pulled up to the complex Grant could not get over the size of the place and remarked over and over at how big her house was. He also could not get over the number of friends Maggie had in her house. In his short life everyone coming in and out of the same building lived together so, in his mind, Maggie had a lot of people living with her.

He is potty trained now and has had few accidents since he got the idea firmly fixed in his mind as to where such physical deposits are to be made. He is, like most mastering the duty of proper toileting, impressed every time he checks out what has come out of his body. Last week he pooped out a snake in one sitting and a small alligator in another. Realizing the mystery involved for such a little one, that out of some mysterious opening which he cannot see, his body produces some substance that when properly deposited in the water of a toilet excites his Mommy beyond understanding, he must study the extruded lumps to try and understand what is so important.

Mykenzie was more impressed by Maggie’s church building which had an upper level she had never seem before. When Maggie told her what it was it must not have registered so she came up with something that was more relevant and continued to refer to the structure as a “bow the knee.”

Aaron is due home today. I wonder if Maggie is excited.