News From the Barn - 6/3/25 - Kirk Abrahamson
Last December, due to my behavior throughout the year, I was pretty sure I needed to buy my wife jewelry for Christmas. So I was in the jewelry store when I noticed there was a magic wand for sale, but it was expensive.
So, in the world according to Kirk, I thought if I took advantage of that two for one sale on vacuum cleaner bags, my wife would have two presents to open for Christmas instead of one. Plus, I would use the wand to wave at the greens in April and turn them into Member-Guest condition.
I learned two things from that experience:
First, vacuum cleaner bags wrapped around your neck are very uncomfortable.
Second, you can't wave a magic wand at the greens in April and expect nice conditions, it's a process.
When the process begins, and how quickly it takes largely depends on Mother Nature. One thing we can all agree on is that she been a bee-atch this spring. I know everybody gets anxious and wants the greens to be as fast and smooth as possible, but it just requires patience in the Northeast.
This May, I heard a comment meant to be helpful, not mean. All I could think of when I heard that was that it would be like bringing a chocolate cake to your first Weight Watchers meeting. Nice thought, but no..
As I was nearing the finish of the process, we had just sanded and someone asked me, "Are you going to roll tomorrow?" I said no, they are not ready yet, plus we have rain coming soon, so it will be awhile. He looked at me like I had two heads. I guess if you added up all my chins, it's not a reach.
Anyway, in the world according to Kirk, I just have to ignore all the outside noise and just follow the process.
Don't forget to smile a couple of times a day,
Kirk
P.S. Good news about the magic wand. It should work on the greens next April. I just put the batteries in upside down.
