Courage to Continue .....

The last few of days have been a bit of a downer.  Starting on Friday we tried to bale our grass which we cut over a week ago.  Since our tractor hydraulics were not working properly we were not able to bale when it was dry.  We got a window of opportunity and Tom was able fix the tractor.  It seemed all was right on the farm.  The baler was hooked up and we were ready to put this project to bed, or so we thought.  It seems the baler was not going to cooperate and we couldn't get it to tie the bales properly. Which means when you spit them out the back they fall apart like a jenga game !!  With heat and humidity beating down on us we tried again and again and again to get this thing right.  NOTHING. Tom pulled hay into that baler tried to tie and we would just eat up the string.  Then it would get jammed and we had to clean it out again and again.  It was after 5 in the evening when we gave up.

This is Kentucky so nothing happens on the weekend.  The place where we purchased the equipment was closed by the time we stopped.  So a plan was made to handle it on Monday and hope no measurable rain happened.

Well measurable rain happened !!!!

The brown lines is the grass that needs to be picked up and baled.  
It rained Sunday and  last night so it's soaked !!

The bales we did get rolled but not tied.  A little tree trimming in foreground. 

Hay bales rolled but not tied.  Look pretty sad !!!

With the weekend upon us we did some chores, met some neighbors and looked through Craigslist for stuff we might need.  I found a closet organizer in Nashville so we headed down there on Sunday afternoon.  Didn't turn out to work for us so we opted for Sushi dinner and headed home.  The ride home is about 90 minutes and about 10 miles from home we see a deer on the drivers side of the road. This is a big doe !! She looked like she was going to run in front of the truck.  Then she turned away but then in a split second she ran right into the driver's side bumper !!  I am screaming don't hit the deer. Tom is doing his best not to kill us on this country road.  We hear the loud bang, the airbag didn't deploy but something happened to it inside the engine.  The hazard lights came on automatically, the seat belts stopped working and locked us in.  Our bumper was rubbing on the tire.  Safe to say all this happened in about 5 seconds or less.  

We drove home slow and asked some people behind us to follow us just in case something happened to the tire.  After making it home we surveyed the damage and found the bumper smashed in, the airbags needing to be serviced and some damage under the frame.  

My heart aches for the deer.  I wish it has just stayed where it was.  Such an emotional experience to hit and kill an animal on the road.  With only one car right now we had to get the vehicle to the nearest city and then rent a car until repairs can be made.  

 Which brings us to today Tuesday.  

We are waiting on a few pieces of furniture we bought a couple of weeks ago so we can stay in the little house on the property.  There is some major remodeling that needs to be done to the place but that will come in time.  I see potential to do some positive things.  Our goal is to live in it a year before we make major changes in order to see what we want to do.

This is the small living room we'll be expanding at some point.
Yes those fixtures on the ceiling will be replaced SOON.
We already purchased can lights for that !!

Hopefully life will go a little more smoothly now.  Makes us appreciate the boring days...or so my brother tells me.  We'll just take one day at a time make the best of every situation.  I am just happy to be in a beautiful place with a husband and animals I love with all my heart.