Fence 1, Matt & AM 0

Well, Dad and Mom rented a tow-behind fence post pole pounder this week to try and get a fence up for me – I keep telling them I don’t need a fence, I always come right back – but it didn’t go so well. The fence post pounder worked fine – but Mom’s driving, well, not so much. She said there are just too many trees and stumps in the way to be able to get a trailer to back up straight, but I’m pretty sure she’s just not very good at driving trailers. It was a pretty rough ride in the truck bed! They decided to admit defeat when the clutch started smelling funny - to them, I tried to tell them it smelled funny a long time before that. They called somebody to come out and put the posts in this next week, but it’s supposed to be pretty cold starting Sunday, so I’m not sure they’ll be able to get them in before Spring – yeah! More deer chasing for me!

They also tried to get the garage all fixed up before the snow hit. Last night, Mom replaced the “logic card” on the non-working garage door opener, but when they tried to get it to work, it made horrible noises, a big ‘bang’ and then smoked – Mom unplugged it pretty quick. But they got all three vehicles in the garage before the snow started last night, so that’s good I guess. I like the snow, don’t know what their problem is!

One ‘win’ – Dad managed to get a hitch attached to the truck and last night he got the wiring harness all hooked up – and everything still works like it’s supposed to! The hitch was hard – it didn’t want to fit over the frame rails, so Dad and Mom jury rigged a press with a floor jack, and did a lot of bench presses. Dad finally got it up in the right place after Mom went inside to warm up – I guess all that engineering book work isn’t very helpful!

Mom’s been gone a lot in the evenings, which is good, because then I get Dad all to myself. She’s been practicing for Christmas Mass – she’s singing alto and second soprano for Midnight Mass with the big choir, and alto for Christmas morning with a different choir – she’s going to be tired! She also sang with smaller groups for three other services. I don’t know why she doesn’t take me, I sing really good! Some stupid rule about no ‘animals’ in Church – what about the first Christmas??? There were animals with Baby Jesus!

Anyway, it's time to go roll in the snow - I LOVE to roll in the snow!