Doesn't Get Any Better'n THis

FBH44 · Dec 20, 2015

It's late Saturday night, I just got up, fixed a pot of coffee. Wife is snoozing, two boys home safe and sound. Older boy home from engineering school, has been studying 10 hours a day, Mechanical Engineering, getting straight A's. Other boy home from high school road trip, safe and sound. Also straight A's. Both boys very active in Speech-and-Debate, FBLA, robotics, Boy Scouting. They were up late, playing their video games. They have gone to bed. Never stay out late, never drinking beer, just the best boys. Christmas tree lit up brightly, wife keeps hauling in wrapped presents from somewhere, never have figured out where she hides them. Two old fat cats asleep in chair, face to face. Have repaired tractors as best as I can, for now, still have some clutch owrk on Farmall. Massey is good. Have laid out new field of berries, wife worries at our advanced ages, might be a mistake. Fruit buds have formed up fat on the berry plants for next year. Freezing temps will develop the buds over the winter. Bright sky outside, glistening stars. Doesn't get any better.

Dick2 · Dec 20, 2015

Pay attention to your wife on the old age thing; it will bite you sooner or later. BTDT.

caterpillar guy · Dec 20, 2015

what is the big deal, if you can't pick the berries, you can let them go. Beyond what you can pick and you might even get somebody to pick on shares. Dad has a gal that likes the raspberries, and picks for half. Both have all the berries they want. Some straw on them in the spring is not that hard with a round bale just roll it out some then fork it on .

larry@stinescorner · Dec 20, 2015

sounds great,,play some Christmas music in the background and throw a log on the fire,,,nice to hear good things,,,,keep it up

Charlie M · Dec 20, 2015

Nice story - people should spend more time appreciating the good things they have as such things don't happen by luck.

centash · Dec 20, 2015

You are living the good life. Take some credit for it and enjoy. All the best of the season.

Ben

Ray IN · Dec 20, 2015

Very nice. You should be proud of the boys. I'll bet their mother read to them as young boys. What kind of berries? I am getting into raspberry, strawberry, blackberry and blueberry production on a small scale--about 1/4 acre or less of each. We have a roadside stand and I plan to retire from teaching to raise produce. I am proud of my kids too--all four went to college, including three to ole Purdue!

JD Seller · Dec 20, 2015

You have a good life!!! Enjoy it!!! Savor it!!!

As for the "new" berries and such. The day I quit planning/working to do things is the day they throw dirt on me in a box.

coshoo · Dec 20, 2015

SWMBO and I just returned from daughter's place, for Christmas for all our kids and grandkids. We spend much more than we should on the grandkids, but only on things that we think will better their lives, not video games and such. One grandson got a microscope (he and I were both amazed at how cool it was), 2 others got electronics kits, younger granddaughter got a doll she's always wanted, etc. Mrs. takes charge of all this, in cahoots with son-in-law who is adept at internet shopping. I don't know how much she spent, and I won't ask and don't care. We are both well past retirement age, and are still working, so we can do this kind of thing. We consider it an advance on their inheritance. We are pleased that both daughters-in-law are stay-at-home moms, so there is not a lot of excess money flying around in their families, and we consider it a privilege to try to take up some of the slack.

GeneMO · Dec 20, 2015

Never quit planting trees or bushes. Keeps you young!!

I have lost accurate count, but I am somewhere around 5,000 trees.

I will never see the walnuts I planted be harvestable age. But the grandkids will.

Gene

FBH44 · Dec 21, 2015

To answer you, wife and I both read to the boys as soon as we knew we were pregnant. Never gave up on reading to them both. Hauled them to the library day in and day out. We grow blueberies. An odd plant. I learn / figure out things about them all the itme. Never quit learning.

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