Fishing - Derby - Mday
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Took Joe and his friend, Joe Kasserman, fishing at Grandpa Jacks. The bluegill were biting, I caught a small bass. Joe and Joe found a couple of water snakes and a toad. On Sunday, Joe gave me a hand doing some cleanup around the farm. He got to drive Vanessa's truck. We saw a cow laying under a tree in the bottom field. I told Joe that we should investigate to make sure she was OK since she was away from the rest of the herd. When we got close, Joe found the reason why she was laying there - a new calf! It was not alarmed at Joe, but when I got close it bolted.

Vanessa had a busy weekend. The Kentucky derby was well attended this year and they provided ice by the semi truck load. They brought in some extra help from out of state to keep up with demand. They worked the guys until after midnight and had them up and delivering ice the next morning. Several of them stayed over night at Vanessa and Eric's apartment. She provided breakfast and supper and kept things running on the home front while Eric kept things running for the derby. If Home City Ice has the ice concession, I want a piece of the mint or the julep business for the derby. Hmmm, how much can I make off of a truck load of that???

We barbequed shrimp on the grill for mothers day. I used a new marionade which Becky and I liked, but Chelsea did not. We grilled hot dogs for Becky's father (The Preble County version of surf and turf???)- so we told her to help herself to one. Becky and Chelsea watched a DVD, "The Notebook" - it was a tear jerker and even Chelsea's boyfriend, Ron, was misty eyed.