I got to swath for the first time on Sunday! DH had me drive it across the yard (by myself!) and I didn't hit anything, so that was good. We checked the oil, hydrolic fluid and greased 'er up and took it out to the water way brome patch. He made the first round, showing me the buttons/switches, etc, and then had me drive. We were worried that it wouldn't do very well, because we had just been looking at it from the road, but holy cow! It was so thick! We had to slow down in the middle. The windrows I swear were thigh high on me! They will dry down a bit, but they sure look impressive. We got a little rain on Sunday night, but he didn't think that would hurt it too much. He was going to try to bale it tomorrow, but he is so busy with planting milo some neighbors, so I don't know if it will be baled up when I get home or not.

The above picture is the brome I swathed on the place that we are buying. That happens Friday! We just have to put $1000 down Friday, and then the payments are $9800 every December and June for 5 years. That is one reason I have to get this house sold...especially by December. After that, we will get a private (or govt direct) loan to pay off the balance.

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I have a big beautiful couch and big beautiful chair that used to fit perfectly in my old house. They are beige, oversized, and sooo comfortable. Take the back pillows off and two people can sleep comfortably on the couch, if they like each other I don't let people eat on them (I used to make my friend Vicki sit on the floor to eat when she came over and we ate while watching TV), and even though I bought them 4 years ago, they are in really, really good condition. No tears, no stains, nothing. But, they barely fit in this house (it makes the living room look very small) and we don't think we could even fit it through the door of the "up north" house, let alone have room in the living room for anything else. I've been stubborn about holding on to them, but just finally decided, they have to go. I put them on Craigslist for $250 for the couch, $125 for the chair, or $325 for both.

While posting, I decided to also sell some end tables ($25 for two), a wall mounted TV holder thingy, ($15) and a painting I bought at an auction once. It is a print of a painting by Ralph Wall. It is an Indian with a baby on a horse and is called "Painted Morning". It is really pretty, a limited edition print, with a certificate. Has a really cool western style frame as well. But, if I can get $100 out of it, that would be awesome (that is what two websites showed prints like that to be worth).

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Silly me. I have been reading about how people get so much free stuff at CVS, and so I signed up for a card, got some coupons, planned my trip, and looked for a store here in Kansas. I used google maps, and it said there was one about 2 miles from where I work. I tried to go there today, but I couldn't find it. Got home, and the CVS website said there aren't any in Wichita! Drat. I had my plan all figured out, and was ready to not spend much money! I did see that Walgreens is starting to do something similar, so maybe I'll try working on that instead.

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The balance transfer went through the other day,so I have another 6 months of 0% interest, but I had to pay the minimum payment before that was complete, so I had a $284 credit on my AmEx. Requested that a while ago and got the check today. Also got $5 from pinecone. Pinecone check will go to farm expenses, and the AmEx money will go to earning interest/paying off that credit card.