Jake's painting the new fence on the Shultz Ranch this spring and summer. This is looking south down Western. Mom's drive is on the hilltop and to the right. 

The original homestead home. Built with green lumber they sawed from a creek not to far away. 11 kids and parents lived here at turn of the 20th century.. can you imagine? 

The barn on the farm where the auction was.. lots of antiques at this estate sale...  

There is two things of interest in this photo. The young lady in orange is mother of girl in wagon who is granddaughter of man to her left in hat who is father of young man in front who is boss of the deal and the auctioneer on the right is not a family member, but is a family friend! This is the Pickens family of Stillwater, and the auctioneer is Bob Priess, who is the father of a couple of young kiddos who showed cattle when our kids did...

And the rest of the story... haha,
If I had been on my toes and had thought about how to load it, I would have bought this wagon to bring home and take the grand kids for rides.. but I could not figure out how to load it! I did have my flatbed, so could have hauled it.. oh well, maybe next time.. ahaha.. it brings 240.00 dollars.  

This young man was one of the first I saw who couldn't wait to see what all of the treasures were in the box of "stuff" he bought for a dollar bill! He ran away from the crowd down by a light poll and set it down and went to tearing through his treasure chest...  

On the way to an auction last weekend, I saw these young ladies against the fence, the wind was from the south and they were against the south fence, and it was hot at 10am! 

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If you don't have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?

-Stephen King (submitted by ivyb2000)

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Heather's blog is now located at http://www.reddirtdiaries.com. Be sure to change you bookmarks or you will go to the old site that will not be updated..... We had to change to help her get pics on her blog...

later..

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[Some people] have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.

-A.H. Maslow

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

-Philo

Dick Rogers Retires From Payne County Bank, Perkins 

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Hope is like a road in the country; there wasn’t ever a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

-Lin Yutang

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Hi guys.. ever wonder what the exact name of this blog is.. well, we just made it easier.... to remember...


just go to stanmoffat.com... that's stan moffat dot com. all one word....


stanmoffat.com is this place on the web.

Now how easy is that.. haha.. later. stan

Heather..

quick update. Just read that Tammy is home sick, wow.. and Ann is on her way to get meds for Heather, who is having a problem health wise today too.. Ann will stay with Heather while Paul plays in his ball game this evening. Sure hope everyone gets better fast! I did hear that Jon and Randi and Kaitlyn are coming up tomorrow.. that will be cool, too...

all I know for now..

later.. enjoy the day!

Well, guess I will be retiring from this ole blogging bout the family!

Well, guess I will be retiring from this ole blogging bout the family! And that's cool.
As of yesterday, all three of the kiddos, Phillip, Heather, and Jonathan have their own blogs on line, and they do a good job with them keeping us all informed on what's happening round their places... How cool!
Heard thru the grapevine that Super Uncle Ivan and Aunt Freda are going to be visiting with Mom today. Jake is painting still on the Shultz Ranch fence across the road from Mom's, and working his second and third jobs... Heather and Paul are doing ok.. and so is Phil and Tammy...
The old Case tractor, that the front end fell off of, is now mobil again and about ready to make it's way back to the house.. pics later. haha...
The Shultz Ranch, who's tractor Jake was driving when the pickup clipped him as he turned and overturned it and the mower, has purchased a new, NEW, John Deere... Jake says it's a cadalliac!! compared to old massey tractor..haha..

Welp.. all for now.

have a great day.. Be sure and stop by the kid's blogs to see what they been up to...

Lookie here folks.. 50 years of marriage.. wow... haha.. My hat's off to you guys.. What a deal. Hope you have another 50!  

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When you dig another out of their troubles, you find a place to bury your own.

-Anonymous

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New pics online of Andrew Paul, Madison Ann and the "kids" on the farm of Paul and Heather... Enjoy. I didn't have the right flash and the new flash is too strong I guess, so please forgive the pic quality...

later. s

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From Uncle Ivan.. Agree or Delete...

Agree or Delete

This is by a daughter of a murdered couple in Raytown, Missouri, who had a Bible and Bookstore on 63rd street. Just one more example:

When I had to testify at the murder trial of my parents a week ago, I was asked to raise my right hand. The bailiff started out "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?"

I stood there and waited but she said nothing. She said "Do you?" I was so stunned I blurted out "What happened to 'so help me God'?" She came back with "Do you?" I replied yes, but I was perplexed. Then the judge said "you can say that if you want to." I stopped, raised my right hand, and finished with "So help me God!" I told my son and daughter that when it came time for them to testify, they should do the same. It's no wonder we have so many problems in this country. If I'd had my wits about me I'd have told them that taking God out of the courtroom is only going to result in more criminals and murderers like him being in there! I don't know what can be done about it, but it's time we stepped up and did something.

CNBC this morning had a poll on this question. They had the highest number of responses that they have ever had for one of their polls and the percentage was the same as this: 86% to keep the words, 14% against. That is a pretty commanding public response.

I was asked to send this on if I agreed or delete if I didn't. Now it is your turn... It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a v very hard time understanding why there is such a mess about having "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to Sit Down and SHUT UP!!!

If you agree, pass this on, if not simply delete.

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Today's Quote

It isn’t hard to be good from time to time. What’s tough is being good every day.

-Willie Mays