Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Musical Interlude

I realize that most of you don't know my parents, so I have to explain them a little for you to get the full effect.

The 'Rents:

Gstoff-My dad.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio where he once saw Malcolm X speak as one of only 4 white people in the crowd.
Hard working teacher who wants to be farmer.
Only talks when necessary, is in better shape than me even though he's almost 58.

Momstoff-My mom.
Born in Mansfield, Ohio where she once saw a black person. On the other side of the street.
Has mastered cooking all forms of animal and vegetable, is currently working on mineral.
Was nice enough to not cook any beef or pork for me on my visit.

We grew up in Cincinnati Ohio, but they moved to Kentucky part time while I was in College.
They moved full time once I was in Chicago and my grandmother passed away.

The Homestead:
120 acres of rolling farmland, bought for a song because only 4 acres are suitable for tobacco farming.
Livestock consists of 26 sheep, 2 rams, 3 donkeys, 4 alpacas, 4 dogs, 1 cat.
Coyotes ate all the ducks, guinea hens and chickens over 4 years ago.

The Vehicles:
1996 Dodge Ram
1991 Mazda Miata
1998 Geo Tracker
2003 Toyota Prius
1991 Mazda Protégé
2001 Massey Ferguson FarmAll
1952 Ford Harvester
2005 Kawasaki Mule
1972 golf cart painted to look like a MaryKay cadillac
1983 Airstream Mobile Home

The Compound:
-Log Cabin, primary residence. 1500 sqft
-Farmhouse as book suppository, Christmas room, and craft workshop. 1600 sqft (existing)
-Tobacco barn, currently used for livestock. 1500 sqft (existing)
-Pole barn, affectionately called Mormon barn after the 65 yr old man and pregnant wife who blacktopped the inside. currently set up as fully functioning 'Curves' workout room, heavy tool workroom, and furniture storage for both my old furniture, and my grandmother's entire house minus her Christmas room. 1800 sqft
-(2) room 'Fair' house used for guests. 200 sqft
-'Mike's Diner' bought off eBay, restored. 275 sqft
-"Country Ham" food cart, bought at auction, not restored. 120 sqft
-Steel Barn still under construction, bought with KY tax incentives to promote livestock farming over tobacco. 1500 sqft





3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oy, that looks like a fun place to get hammered & drive a chopped golf cart around!

2:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What do you think hot guys think of women on pink golf carts? Is that sexxy?

2:28 PM  
Blogger The Cruise said...

One of the best things to do on the golfcart is to just walk around all casual, and then jump on and slam on the gas (6 car batteries) because the dog Molly always wants to ride to.
It's funny when she jumps onto the floor in time, but funnier when she doesn't quite make it.

2:42 PM  

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