Friday Nite Check In

 Spring weather this week..., rain showers on and off..., with some sunny breaks on and off.  Not real warm days or real cold nights.  One day the high was 47..., and the low was 45 !

I have enough horse manure for garden compost..., so I have been trying to build up the cut bank overlooking the county blacktop road.  I dumped the apple tree trimmings over this area last spring and it has sloughed off enough that there is plenty of room for horse manure and spruce cones..., but the berry bushes were preventing me for spreading those loads a little wider.

I managed to whack them back without spilling too much blood.  Now I have plenty of room for more manure and spruce cones and scotch broom..., and a little time before I have to start devoting more time and attention to The Garden.

Charley Horse served in his usual supervisory role..., and even added a few finishing munches to the project.

In other news this week there was good and bad.  The good news is that the AARP folks and there computer programmed tax assessment agreed that I shouldn't be assessed any penalty for such a large underpayment of my income tax 😊  The bad news is that they also agreed that I owed that large sum of money that I had calculated 😢  I wish I had watched The Chumps State of the Union address before I let the AARP folks submit my tax forms..., they and me both thought that The Chump had only given me and some of the rest of us Social Security recipients a $6000 dollar tax deduction..., which only saved me about $700..., but The Chump said right on national TV on Tuesday night, that he had abolished taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security..., he said, “With the great Big Beautiful Bill we gave you no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors,”  If that was true my tax bill would be SIGNIFICANTLY lower.  Alas..., I don't know which would be worse..., if The Chump was lying..., or if he was just ignorant.  In my honest estimation he is both..., an ignorant, lying hypocrite.  He claims he is winning the inflation battle and bringing prices down..., once again, either lying or ignorant..., or both.  Back around Thanksgiving I noted the price per pound of Rib Steaks was "around $15" (actually $14.99) and somewhere along the line this winter the price jumped to $16.99..., and last week I documented that the price is now $18.99 a pound..., I don't know how we are going to survive  this kind of "winning" for the next three years?

Well..., I may be retired from employment..., but I am still working on The Ranch..., and I still feel like a number..., here's Bob Seger for your Friday Nite Music Video...,