Stuck Like Glue

Well, here is a little secret about Mr. Fixit -- he absolutely loves to drive his tractor and dig in the dirt.  He loves doing this so much, in fact, that he will dig bucketloads of dirt -- with aforementioned tractor -- and haul them up to the house.  He is currently adding dirt in front of the deck. =)

Sunday struck Mr. Fixit as a perfect dirt-digging day.  It was a warm, windy day.  So, off to the west pond he drove.  Well, he continued to dig ever so closer to the actual pond.  As a result, the little tractor simply was pulled into the muck.  Mr. Fixit worked and worked to unstick it, but with no success.  He had to call in a neighbor, JW, who happens to have a backhoe, for assistance!

Here is a photo that Mr. Fixit took of the tractor in the pond.  The tractor is currently hanging out, in front of the deck, drying out.  Mr. Fixit tells me that the tractor will be ok, and the mud will eventually fall off!  This certainly was not what I expected for my first Mother's Day! =)