Welcome to the Middle

Welcome ... our story starts in the middle where all good stories begin. Crazy happenings are constant at the Big Red Beharrell.

This is the beginning of our farm adventure ... The Move From Hell,

Thanks to the old owners of Big Red Beharrell (BRB) we were allowed to move a few things in earlier than our possession date of July 2nd, 2012. Otherwise we would still be moving in. 2 huge truck loads later ... our house still has a ton of stuff to move. Because of all their moving company screw ups, Malika (the first warrior child) went all "Georgia girl on their Donkeys" and got another truck for cheap. So one more large truck full and many many many small truck loads later we finally have most of our stuff (minus four storage units) into the building ... well mostly the garage. No thanks to the moving company that moved it ... or to the 5000 dollar moving bill ... arrrghhh. We do however want to say a real thank you to all those who came to the rescue and worked up until our 12 o'clock deadline on July 2nd, 2012. The backyard was full of stuff, but at least the Big Blue House was empty. Well at least it wasn't raining .... and then it did.

And now the fun begins

Akita (youngest warrior) and Cynthia (mamabear) decided that 3/4 of an acre needed a John Deere ride on mower ... so mama got on craigslist and found one in Langley. We rented a UHaul trailer and went off to pick it up.  The guy detached the blower unit and his son drove it onto the trailer using their ramps (their ramps ... that is important). Akita and mama merrily drove it home ... then we realised that we had no ramps to take it off the trailer. We tried to rig some up with planks of wood which slid sideways as we reversed off the trailer. We then tried some wooden ramps we found on the side of the shop ... they slid backwards from under the trailer of the John Deere ... almost taking mama and the JD sideways off the UHaul. We then detached the bagger unit from the JD and retried the planks of wood and the wooden ramps together. Mama drove in reverse at top speed and we finally made it off the UHaul!!! Round 1 complete ... we have a mower! (but it is now in pieces and we have no idea how to put it back together).

Next adventure: D-Y gets home

D-Y (middle boy - 2nd warrior) decided to spend our move in Ontario (lucky him). On the day he came home Akita and mama decided it was time to mow the lawn. After a struggle putting the mower back together we finally started to mow the lawn. We stalled it ... couldn't figure out how to raise and lower the mower deck ... never mind how to turn on the mower option. We finally got it figured out and mama saw a screw in the front tire (thinking in her head ... don't pull this out) she pulled it out. Akita took a turn and the JD was not responding to her skills. So mama took over and promptly crashed the JD, with a now flat front tire into the raspberry bushes.  Akita got D-Y and he lifted the JD off the first wire and raspberry bush and got on and crashed into the next bush. So the lawn had a bad haircut for a week until we got a chance to mess with it again. One new tire and a fix up later ... we mowed the lawn a better haircut.

We hope you have enjoyed our first few adventures ... more to come very soon.

Thanks and welcome to our barns,
The Lims