tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116876322024-03-14T03:16:11.772-04:00AppleheadI am the husband of Stephanie from www.stoptheride.net and Adventures in the 100 acre wood and makeitfromscratch.blogspot.com
Here is my rambling on about nothing or something, depending on what type of mood you get me in.Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.comBlogger680125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-89855661149447441282011-12-22T12:26:00.002-05:002011-12-22T12:42:38.042-05:0020112011 is almost finished. It has been a rough year, to say the least. Diagnosed with skin cancer in March, June was taken up with chemo and then I have a lower dosage three times a week until next August. Side effects include: dizziness, MUCH fatigue, and chemo brain. It's annoying more than anything. That's it. That's as much of an update as you get. I'm doing fine. thanks for asking. Let's hope 2012 goes better...Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-61324341104895980502010-05-09T11:21:00.002-04:002010-05-09T11:27:51.435-04:00Hi there.Vivian vomited in the car on the way to church this morning. the other three kiddos are not happy at all that they had to turn around and could not go to church. Mamaw came through as we passed her on the way back home and brought them along with here. Viv and I are cleaning the house. Stephanie is working at the cracker barrel as usual. Papaw is raking the hay today, we should be baling it tomorrow. The strawberries are starting to ripen. it won't be long until a blanket of red covers the hillside. I know the date today. I see how long it has been since I posted. You would get this update and more if you <a href="twitter.com/t100acres">followed me here</a>. I'm funnier there I promise. Here is the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2794178&id=686848156&comments&alert#%21/pages/Ona-WV/Mil-Ton-Farms/300950742991?ref=ts">facebook page for the farm.</a>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-29490389649791512862009-12-14T16:12:00.004-05:002009-12-14T17:24:15.579-05:00I learned many lessons during my college career. One of them being <b>you can't do everything</b>. My freshman year I was in the concert choir, show choir, opera scenes, spring musical, symphonic band, jazz band and saxophone quartet. <i>Plus</i> my course studies, private voice lessons, getting married at Christmas (which I didn't do much in the planning stages, looking back. That's another post.)<div>I tell you this because every year, our church has a Christmas dinner. I had a friend come up to me yesterday and ask me if I was going. I replied, "I hadn't planned on it, I have all the kids, Stephanie is working." etc. He, in turn, gave me reasons why I should be able to make it. I didn't have to bring anything, there will be plenty of food, good entertainment, just show up, etc. I left feeling bad that I had no intentions of coming. Later on that evening I was thinking about it. I gave him valid reasons. Stephanie works 12 hour days on the weekends, I work 50 hour weeks, <i>not including</i> the private lessons I have picked up during the week AND the farm work. This whole <a href="http://www.stoptheride.net/2009/10/little-payoff.html">paying down debt thing </a>is takes hard work, patience, time and then some.<b> </b> It would have nice to have been able to go the the church dinner, but it was nice to have an evening to relax. <b>I can't do everything, </b>I learned that lesson about 15 years ago. </div><div><br /></div><div>Nolan and I baked a cake from scratch last night. It has been dubbed the Watermelon Cake.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_6177ae"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 548px; height: 411px;" src="http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_6177ae" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-3979225183866805472009-11-19T17:07:00.004-05:002009-11-19T17:41:44.898-05:00What!?!? two days in a row? Fail.I was visiting a school today (as I do everyday.) The teacher and I got into a conversation about students failing. He stated that it is easier to give the student a D- then to fail them. I was shocked. Really? If you give a student an F, then you need to prove that you tried to teach that concept, idea, whatever, etc ten times. We were talking about children who have <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">IEPs</span> (Individualized Education Program) and normal children (who doesn't have an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">IEP</span> anymore, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">btw</span>?) so I could get this wrong. The point is it is easier to give a student a D- than fail them. That is the most absurd, asinine thing I have ever heard. What kind of teaching is that? Is the system really set up that way? Some teachers take the easy road when I know this is reality I have been around the block, I taught in the public schools. I know what goes on. <div><br /></div><div>Seriously? This is why society is like it is today. Nobody fails anymore. We give participation trophies to all the kids in little league even though they didn't win a game. We have kids now that can't hold jobs as adults because they were never taught how to learn from failure as a child. Let me share something I teach my children: FAILURE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND. We learn from failure. We pick ourselves up off the ground and try again until we succeed. That is what the country is founded on and that is how this country has succeeded for the past 233 years. </div><div><br /></div><div>I could go on for a while, but I just wanted to share the conversation that I had today. Full <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">disclosure</span>: I taught for a year in public school, my wife taught for four years in middle school, bless her heart, and we home school all four of my children (no <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">IEPs</span>), and live on a farm in the middle of nowhere so you can't find us. </div>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-47814581369015548152009-11-18T13:23:00.002-05:002009-11-18T15:18:30.120-05:00who is this?Don't adjust your computer screen..I am posting. I drove past Kroger's today. They have Christmas trees set out to buy. Did I time travel two weeks into the future? Has Thanksgiving come and gone already? The answer is no. I don't time travel (yet), Thanksgiving hasn't passed me by. Why do the retailers think that Thanksgiving does not exist? Why did I watch a Christmas special on TV BEFORE Thanksgiving?!? Do they think we will spend more money if they advertise earlier? The answer is yes, probably. I won't spend more, but other people might. there is a statistic out there somewhere.<div><br /></div><div>I haven't been out to hunt this fall yet. I have been picking up the slack on the farm lately because Paul has been to the hospital more often than not in the last month. He is doing great btw. <b>I'm am not</b> complaining. I enjoy the work at the farm and I will get out to hunt this fall eventually. The chicken house is almost completed. The kids think the attic is their new playhouse. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000399319037">My brother</a> and his friend came down to hunt Monday, It was nice to see him, can't wait until he stays a bit longer next time. </div><div>Well then, I might post again before Christmas... Be sure to<a href="twitter.com/t100acres"> follow me on twitter</a>, and even if you don't twitter, just put <a href="twitter.com/t100acres">twitter.com/t100acres</a> in your reader subscription and your all set.</div>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-82351439615755082102009-09-29T11:25:00.001-04:002009-09-29T11:27:22.410-04:00work has slowed down.but I haven't. I will check in here and there. <a href="twitter.com/@t100acres">Follow me.</a>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-58062613927685499742009-08-03T10:11:00.003-04:002009-08-03T10:20:35.162-04:00Why I didn't bother going to work on Friday.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SnbxEHSbiFI/AAAAAAAAAmA/VQzx85JWJVA/s1600-h/Photo_073109_003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SnbxEHSbiFI/AAAAAAAAAmA/VQzx85JWJVA/s400/Photo_073109_003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365741059036645458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SnbxEBmBV7I/AAAAAAAAAl4/rXZChpcRY9Q/s1600-h/Photo_073109_002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SnbxEBmBV7I/AAAAAAAAAl4/rXZChpcRY9Q/s400/Photo_073109_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365741057508202418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SnbxD-GJAhI/AAAAAAAAAlw/ORzEo8ysL8w/s1600-h/Photo_073109_001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SnbxD-GJAhI/AAAAAAAAAlw/ORzEo8ysL8w/s400/Photo_073109_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365741056569180690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-38419169829487540792009-07-28T21:36:00.003-04:002009-07-28T21:48:12.346-04:00more progress on the chicken house.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Sm-p2S7t-vI/AAAAAAAAAlU/gYwEcEZZHVM/s1600-h/101_0045.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Sm-p2S7t-vI/AAAAAAAAAlU/gYwEcEZZHVM/s400/101_0045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363692431481895666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Sm-p3AhFuNI/AAAAAAAAAlk/Z8AFg1IN8iM/s1600-h/101_0048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Sm-p3AhFuNI/AAAAAAAAAlk/Z8AFg1IN8iM/s400/101_0048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363692443718236370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Sm-p24UEJwI/AAAAAAAAAlc/1Qur-3tY7P4/s1600-h/101_0047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Sm-p24UEJwI/AAAAAAAAAlc/1Qur-3tY7P4/s400/101_0047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363692441516123906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here are the updated pictures from this morning. Tomorrow morning we will set the 11 trusses. Then we move onto the roofing.Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-84601451181821052182009-07-26T19:24:00.003-04:002009-07-26T19:46:00.878-04:00chicken house in progress<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Smzob7DtsDI/AAAAAAAAAlE/edpesehj8Ls/s1600-h/101_0037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Smzob7DtsDI/AAAAAAAAAlE/edpesehj8Ls/s400/101_0037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362916822698799154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Smzobnsj36I/AAAAAAAAAk8/G15SMZVZE8c/s1600-h/101_0036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/Smzobnsj36I/AAAAAAAAAk8/G15SMZVZE8c/s400/101_0036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362916817501413282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SmzobL_JFUI/AAAAAAAAAk0/EcDgAil5Oik/s1600-h/101_0035.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SmzobL_JFUI/AAAAAAAAAk0/EcDgAil5Oik/s400/101_0035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362916810063156546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SmzoatLNd7I/AAAAAAAAAks/BxLY_zBfHdY/s1600-h/100_0001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SmzoatLNd7I/AAAAAAAAAks/BxLY_zBfHdY/s400/100_0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362916801792276402" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some pics of the chicken house. All of the wood you see here except the sheets at the end of the floor, and the 2x8 plates on top of the walls are native wood. Right out of the woods we live in.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SmzocOhtMKI/AAAAAAAAAlM/L4QhkNmuJbs/s1600-h/101_0038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SmzocOhtMKI/AAAAAAAAAlM/L4QhkNmuJbs/s400/101_0038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362916827924869282" border="0" /></a>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-263074183353250302009-07-22T11:12:00.003-04:002009-07-22T11:43:40.025-04:00Kellen's birthdayYesterday we took Kellen and Miles to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I thought it was very well done. After that we took some old band instruments into be salvaged and managed $186.91. Not too bad of an income for an eleven year old. Then when back home to enjoy homemade pizza, topped with anchovies and portobello mushrooms. We then baled about 130 bales of hay, unloaded 2 tons of hog feed, and played some Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess on the Wii. I haven't played it yet, but you know I will be on it soon. Thanks Mom and Dad! My back has been giving me fits lately. I am in good shape, but every now then, I pull something out of whack in my lower back. Can't tell you what it is, because I don't know. It takes about a week to get over. Then I am back to normal. It happens about every 6 months.<br /><br />This morning, we unloaded the rest of the calf and cow feed (1ton) and finished up installing the floor for the chicken coop/storage building. We will be firing up <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZ8ymkS3VM">the saw mill</a> very soon.<br /><br />In case you don't <a href="http://twitter.com/t100acres">follow me</a> on Twitter, or see me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/timappleton">facebook</a>, here's a sample of what you're missing:<br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a1ThSi1wbqU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a1ThSi1wbqU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-34316571837366702902009-07-14T14:06:00.003-04:002009-07-14T14:25:46.510-04:00SpeechlessWe have had it. We have waited long enough. The speed was killing me. The grinding of the gears, the dust accumulating. The thing is almost 10 years old. I am rarely on it at home. I deliberately wait to get on at work. Heck, my phone is faster at home. I decided we needed to get a new one. I have a friend at work who is a real geek at this stuff. He said he would build it for me for free. So here's what I got.<div><br />Midsize tower with 450Watt PS</div> <div>22" LCD monitor(that's bigger than our first television.)<br /></div> <div>Operating System-Vista Home Premium with free upgrade to Windows 7 Coupon</div> <div>350Gig HD</div> <div>DVD Burner</div> <div>4Gig RAM</div> <div>512Mb <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247594535_0">Video Card</span></div> <div>Gigabyte <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247594535_1">Motherboard</span></div> <div>Dual Core 2.5Ghz Intel<br /><br />All for $529.92<br /><br />I am speechless. I can't wait until next week.<br /><br />I will continue the Tim Allen grunting for the next year..... argh, argh, argh<br /><br /></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-41831866291236095282009-07-06T12:25:00.005-04:002009-07-06T15:09:28.338-04:00Anyone need a fiberglass sousaphone?I thought the summer days at work would be boring, but it didn't turn out that way. I ended up working at our Charleston office for almost three weeks. We were doing inventory and we have 5 garages (that's right five) that had stuff in piles and they didn't know what to do with it all. I suggest that we build shelves and organize a bit. The boss agreed. So I went out and spent a lot of his money buying steel shelves and assembling them in the garages after everything was taken out. I was able to get one picture while working. We could not believe the amount of fiberglass sousaphones he had.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SlJCLfRvdJI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/yoDrUSxCFks/s1600-h/Photo_061609_001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SlJCLfRvdJI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/yoDrUSxCFks/s400/Photo_061609_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355415672038847634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SlJCTgjsdyI/AAAAAAAAAjY/8KIkMR05I_I/s1600-h/Photo_061609_002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_koEdGbGV4kY/SlJCTgjsdyI/AAAAAAAAAjY/8KIkMR05I_I/s400/Photo_061609_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355415809821538082" border="0" /></a>After two and a half weeks or so, I built 20 steel shelves, and one from scratch<br /></div>(wood). Stephanie said I should have taken pictures and put it in her<a href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_1123.html"> make it from scratch carnival,</a> but I was only able to take the two pictures.<br />you can see from the picture on the left, that there are four garages on the right hand side. That is how much stuff we have. I convinced him to throw things out that needed to be tossed, but we are still saving more stuff to be rebuilt and sold at a later date.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You can see the size of the garage and what is looked like after we took all the sousaphones out.<br /><br /><br />So, now that I am in Huntington, I have a load of stuff to list on Ebay, and I have to gear up and get ready for band camps. Then you wont see me until October. Between all the things going on at <a href="http://stkappleto.blogspot.com/">the farm</a>, and work. I should be pretty busy. <a href="http://twitter.com/t100acres">Follow me</a> on Twitter for a more rants and raves.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-52990200399619320712009-06-19T18:56:00.003-04:002009-06-19T19:21:25.302-04:00O mysorry I haven't been writing this month. The boss has me working in Charleston, so I have limited computer time. I have been building shelves for the office for floors that haven't seen the light of day for about 20 years and that's no joke. After 10 days and 20 shelves, I think I'm done building shelves. I seriously need to start selling things...<br /><br />Stephanie is having a party tonight woman's night out I guess. I am tired and busy. This week I switched from diet to regular pop. I have been physically working hard enough to justify it.<br /><br />I don't think there is any more non important stuff to tell you. <a href="http://twitter.com/t100acres">Follow me</a> on twitter you read more of me there for sure.Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-59241859915123037042009-06-06T10:37:00.002-04:002009-06-06T11:33:42.727-04:00extra pig barn income Palm pre<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://windowsonthego.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/treo750.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 262px;" src="http://windowsonthego.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/treo750.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />With Stephanie working on the weekends the extra income has been nice. She has been working for three months now and don't tell anyone, but I think <a href="http://www.stoptheride.net/2009/06/back-to-work-is-it-worth-it.html">she likes it.</a> I know my bank account has enjoyed it tremendously.<br /><br />Work provides my cell phone(pictured) and it provided the best that was out there at the time. It is nice. I enjoy using it and most of the time it get better internet that at home. the palm pre is being released soon I think. I don't know, because I don't buy the first version of any electronics gizmo out there. I always wait until it has been out for a while for a number of reasons:<br /><ol><li>Price. It is always better to wait. Especially electronics. The phone work provided me was obsolete after 6 months.The price always goes down with time.<br /></li><li>Version. It gets an upgrade about 2-3 months after the first release.</li><li>Did I mention price? The best financial decision is made with time. Plus, you will almost always get the better price with time.</li></ol>Here's a post that says to <a href="http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/06/picking-nits-why-im-skipping-the-palm-pre/">wait on the palm pre</a> that I totally agree with.<br /><br />This month should be the start of the pig farrowing. We have four sows that are all due within 4 weeks of each other. I should post pictures but I am too tired to think about it after the fact. So if anyone wants a feeder pig come fall organic, hormaone free, free ranged hog let me know. it is good. We will have about 35 available....Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-85133100809273268032009-05-28T11:55:00.002-04:002009-05-28T12:34:59.108-04:00summer work goatWell, most of my schools are out for the summer. and that means I am back in the office. inventory week is coming and collections (repo horns) are about to be collected, things that go on in the office. I will also be sitting in front of the computer more too.<br /><br />I need to find another source of income. Stephanie has been kicking my butt lately in this area. She is crushing our debt each week and I love her for it. We have paid off at least two credit cards AND we are caught up on the mortgage (rental in A-town) that was behind 3 months. we are continuing to plug away at it and it feels good. I would highly suggest anyone in debt get out of debt ASAP. No matter what. It has been a hard lesson learned.<br /><br />At the farm, we have been rotating cows and sheep in different pastures. We are almost to the point of a nice rotation to get the most out of all the pastures. We baled 130 bales of hay the week before memorial day weekend, dug a duck pond and filled it. This week it is mowing the pastures for even growth, (I still have a goat to butcher as well) then on to the saw mill to cut wood to add onto the pig barn that will house 4 sows and their litters that will show up in mid June. After that more hay, then I don't know what...<br /><br />So about the Cavs.... I write this Thursday before game 5. Do I care? yes and no. I grew up too emotionally involved with Cleveland sports, so now that I am an adult, and moved 4 hours away... It is easier to deal with the consistant losing in Cleveland. So I still like Cleveland sports? Absolutely. Is my week effected by a Browns/Cavs/Indians loss? No. that's all I have to say about that.<br /><br />I have been spending more time on <a href="http://www69.wolframalpha.com/">Wolfram|Alpha</a> lately. that is a fun website. and more time playing Super Mario Galaxy. I have 45 stars now....Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-49219608513516252452009-05-25T16:41:00.001-04:002009-05-25T16:41:57.637-04:00Finished watching night at the museum. Very funny. Worth watching. Hank Azaria is classic. The movies are expensive, $37.50 for the 6 of us.Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-11984911695620350202009-05-23T13:13:00.001-04:002009-05-23T13:13:46.264-04:00I am sitting and waiting for a teacher. Getting a lot of work done this week. Jake and delilah are down for the weekend. Listening to relpays of LBJ...Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-44477515707061098282009-05-18T19:01:00.002-04:002009-05-18T19:04:19.961-04:00Wolfram|AlphaHas anyone else <a href="http://www69.wolframalpha.com/">seen this</a>? Thanks <a href="http://www.michaelaulia.com/blogs/wolfram-alpha-another-rival-for-google.html">Michael</a> for letting us in on this. Kellen should have a good time here and everyone else that likes geeky stuff.Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-13056347513792935352009-05-16T10:30:00.001-04:002009-05-16T10:30:20.461-04:00stephanie is a canning machine..<a href="http://stoptheride.net">stoptheride.net</a>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-62621669688853549742009-05-14T16:44:00.001-04:002009-05-14T16:44:44.003-04:00blogger has made it easy for me to post from my phone now. Expect more..Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-2746548317991205152009-05-12T09:49:00.003-04:002009-05-12T11:03:21.992-04:00Nolan Bday Sheep and VansHappy Birthday Nolan! He is 5 already. I can't believe it. I am old. Kellen gave him a sword and shield. Making it out of an old metal trash can lid and a dowel rod. He even painted it metallic silver. I heard a rumor that we might be getting another wii game as well. That's not a bad birthday at all.<br /><br />Saturday, we sheared all the sheep. I think it went well. we were all tired after that day's work. Sunday we ran more electric fence to start rotating the sheep in pastures.<br /><br />Yesterday, the homeschoolers thing made it into the local paper. You can <a href="http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1653873032/Homeschoolers-to-host-curriculum-fair">read it here.</a><br /><br />Worked on vehicles this morning, Have to replace the motor mounts and and transmission fluid in the '95 plymouth Van. We rotated the tires and pulled the brakes on the work truck.<br /><br />As far as the gardening is concerned I have done nothing but haul manure. The early garden has been producing lots o' lettuce, and radishes. but the ducks ate all of the snow peas. We did contain the ducks. It should be easier to find their eggs. Oh, and one of the hens are sitting on her nest. I will try to update you more often.Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-20932869265747624932009-05-01T09:46:00.003-04:002009-05-01T10:57:05.329-04:00google competing with facebook?As I was checking my emails and watching some twitters fly by. Something came across that looked interesting, and scary. <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2217232/">This article</a> states that google is starting to provide profiles of the people you search for.Here's a small example from the article:<blockquote>Now Google itself is offering some solace. Last week, the company gave self-Googlers more power to control their online image. Now, in addition to everything else that Google turns up on a vanity search, it will also display a link to your Google Profile—a page that Google is encouraging everyone to create. Type in "farhad manjoo," and at the bottom of the first page you'll see a link to my profile, which leaves out the nasty bits—I tell the world about my job, my schooling, my link-blog, and my book but not that some people on the Web have accused me of villainy.</blockquote><br /><br />I might be getting a little skittish about the government and computers taking over any thing. If you read or know me very well there's no doubt that I am getting a little anxious over everything that going down. I had a band director that just retired a year ago that would not touch a computer saying they were from the devil. Most of that came from not wanting to enter any grades and attendance for his job. I tried to explain to him that there is as much new technology in the phone that he is wearing on his belt that is in that computer he wouldn't touch...<br /><br />So I have been getting the yucky feeling about google for a while now. They <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/">know too much already</a> and now they are inviting you in deeper into the google realm. Is there any place where google does not have their hand in? I'll admit I did delete my open office apps and use only google docs now. We shall see. and yes, I went ahead and filled out <a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/t100acres">my profile</a> in google. I don't know if I am already sucked in and can't escape, but I'll still be cautious. I can still hit delete blog any time. (I hope)Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-5085780021630861192009-04-21T08:21:00.002-04:002009-04-21T08:28:24.998-04:00they say it's your birthdayNow every one knows I am a whack job reading Ron Paul. Get over it.<br />Why would anyone in their right mind vote for this thing again?<br /><a href="http://www.dailypaul.com/node/89675">Click here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-324">http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-324</a><br /><br />It is my birthday. who hoo. Stephanie, send Kellen out mushroom hunting.I am grossing people out left and right now. What else can I divulge for you people to think I am a whack job, nothing much you don't know it already. Thanks for all the b day wishes on face book already...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/hd/">Here's </a>a nice b day present..Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-92078699859561256232009-04-17T10:06:00.003-04:002009-04-17T11:19:36.671-04:00Wii Music chicks washers budgeting science lessonOne of my teachers I call on let me barrow his Wii Music. It has been fun and I would recommend it if you were thinking about buying it. Stephanie say she hates to play music theory with me because I can't help but tell her the right answers. I get all the answers right anyway, I should too, I paid some serious cash(college) to know this stuff. back to the pros, instrument playability is very smooth for any instrument. It makes it s easy at first but then when you get the basics down you need to incorporate the buttons to do glissandos and arpeggios, etc. You can create your own music videos and create your own CD jackets and share them online. The more you play, the more instruments and songs styles you unlock. I have enjoyed it. I think you will too.<br /><br />We have had the chicks for a week and have only killed three. They have changed a lot in a week most of them have tail feathers and wing feathers now. They are still cute.<br /><br />With Stephanie working at The Cracker Barrel, we don't see each other much in the evening. We have to finish our budget but we are not ready to work it out both at the same time. She kept me up last night talking so I didn't get on the electric fence that I wanted to finish. Maybe I'll finish it tonight.<br /><br />Do you twitter yet? <a href="twitter.com/t100acres">twitter.com/t100acres</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cskB5c0mJ58">Click here</a> to learn something new today. I did. Pretty cool.<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/04/two_sleepy_jurors_replaced_at.html">Falling asleep during jury duty </a>is one way to get out of it.<br /><br />I bought Stephanie a washer for her birthday. Not a good idea you say? I am just taking after my father in law. One year he bought his wife a washer and dryer set for their anniversary... Lets just say <span style="font-style:italic;">that </span>wasn't a good idea.I really didn't get it <span style="font-style:italic;">for </span>her birthday, it just happened to be bought close to it. I bought her a Maytag Neptune top loader. the thing is computerized, and she just washed a sleeping bag and it was not even full.Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687632.post-3763549681042291902009-04-14T17:27:00.002-04:002009-04-14T17:31:38.135-04:00OUCHThis is why Varejao is so popular. This guy takes it like a man.wow.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mGgDF0oFM4Y&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mGgDF0oFM4Y&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tim Appleton (Applehead)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17095838102621049820noreply@blogger.com0