Picked up the axle bearings for the trailer tonight...actually the outer races were the only things in the boxes. The inner races and the bearings were absent. Either it's time to attack the pine forest with an axe again, or I severely need another dose of religion. :^)

Colds sure do make life miserable. Grump here backed into the gate and bent the gate and the thing on the back of the truck. That did wonders to help my mood. When I starting beating the bends out even Spookie left me alone. In spite of me being a grumpy sick person wanting to beat the stew out of anything and everything, Erin and I picked off the peanuts from our garden and boiled a pot of them for Erin's class. They were a bit jealous that Jacob's class got peanuts. Then I beat on the garden of parslane (sp?) weeds for a while with the weed sling. What wonders beating on crap does for the mood. After a number of smaller tasks, it was 10pm and I was staring at the metal lathe wondering how on earth I could move it across the shop without disassembling it again. Even disassembled it's a heavy two man job. Then heaven sent me an idea and a pair of 2x8s. With the 2x8s and a couple of pieces of pipe underneath (crowbar made it simple) I had it rolling across the shop with ease. Only divine intervention could've made such a crappy Sunday end on such a good note.

Jacob's soccer game was painful. His part of the team got blown away by bigger, faster, better players. I videotaped it so Sondra could watch when she got home. Jacob wanted to watch it to see how to get better. Hehehe. I explained the phrase "reviewing film." It was just as painful to watch the second, third, fourth, and fifth times...he did decide that it was bad to kick it directly to the other team...especially when they are already better than you. At least we were on the other side when Auburn football put a similar whipping on Western Kentucky.

"Celebration" (the monthly kindergarten song & dance) was a bust. I knew the room would be packed so I got there early to get a good vantage point for videotaping. They stuck Jacob's class in the back on the opposite side of the room from me so I couldn't see him at all. Well, I could see him a little before some other proud Daddy stepped out in the way to videotape his little rugrat. Oh well. The songs are on tape so the Jakester can give us a personal recreation of the dreaded event. PS--400 squirming kids and about that many adults if farrr more than the air conditioning could handle. It was burning hot.

Sondra is taking the day off to go to Huntsville. Shaney and Jim's baby girl was born Monday the 22nd and she's anxious to hold the fresh baby--Anna Claire--though I don't know if that's the proper spelling. Jacob and I will be bach-ing it. Erin is spending the night at a friend's house. Maybe we'll go to the races or something. The Lee County Fair is this weekend so hopefully we can finally get Erin's birthday rabbit too.

Erin got her progress report for Math and Social Studies today. She claims she doesn't like math, but has a 95 average. Maybe it'll be more fun one day and she can do better. :) Social Studies is up to a 91. Eeeha!

Jacob is finally starting to enjoy Kindergarten. Today I showed his class a videotape of Jacob and his granddaddy picking peanuts. Jacob was picking by hand while Granddaddy used the tractor. After we finished watching the movie and prepared to eat a few boiled peanuts, the whole class was screaming "Go Jacob, Go Jacob, ..." What a hoot.