Today I Will.......

Catch up on blogging! Here it is the end of August and I have only managed to post one blog post this month! Work and life in general have been very, very busy! The photos posted today were taken at the beginning of the month. Today I will also clean the house since we have company coming next week, help Countrychick with her fair entries; she has photos to get printed and mounted, treats to bake for the foods part of the fair and a poster to finish on dairy goat products! Countrychick competed in her first dairy goat show a few weekends back. She and her goat, Fawn did very well! So my weekend will be a busy one, but next week, Whew.....I can't even begin to tell you what will be going on at this point! It is our Tri-County Fair week and I will be on the go, go, go, go, go!!!!! I still can't believe how fast this summer has gone! Wow! is all I can say to that!!



The Budweiser Horses stopped overnight in our little town. They are on tour this summer traveling all over the country. Our fair grounds have a nice stable area, so the horses were able to spend the night in a comfortable setting. I must say, they do travel in style!Hayman and I traveled to California for a funeral at the beginning of Aug. We stayed in an area which allowed for some fishing. Hayman grew up in this area, so it was good to see everyone even though it was a sad event that brought everyone together.Hayman spent several hours enjoying his favorite past time! The day was beautiful!These little brown trout sure put up a fight. Hayman is a fly fisherman, so everything is catch and release. The dragonflies were plentiful in the area as well, so I spent some time snapping away.




This squirrel was very curious about what we were doing. He was rather large too!The snow covered area is actually a glacier. You can actually hike up to the glacier and to several hidden mountain lakes in the area. Countrychick and her goat Fawn before the Dairy Goat Show.In the show ring with the judge.Showing in the prodigy class. Countrychick with Fawn and Miss E. with Ginger. (Fawn's spring baby.)


I was in the show ring as well with Fawn. The show manager requires that the parents of the kids get in the ring and compete as well. That way we know what the youth experience and how they feel in the ring. This took me back to the days when I showed sheep in FFA. I had a blast!.Fawn was very good for me and we placed 3rd in our classCountrychick and Fawn took away the serious awards! Countrychick came home with blue ribbons and two Reserve trophies and rosettes. Fawn was reserve champion in two of her classes!Next week will find Countrychick competing at the county 4-H poultry show with her birds! Now it is time to get on with the day and the many things left to do. Happy Saturday!

No Time

"I'm late, I'm late for a very important date! No time to say, "hello", "good-bye", I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"


Seriously, I'm very busy with work! I'm still trying to figure out where the month of July went and we are already into the second week of August! Ack...time flies right out the window these days!

Hayman and I traveled to California two weekends ago to attend a funeral. Not what one wishes to do for some down time, but while there, we did manage to visit friends, relax and yes, Hayman got in a little fishing. I have photos to post and hopefully will get to that this evening...or whenever a free moment appears in my schedule!

Now I must get back to work and prepare for a meeting or I really will be late, late, late.............

OUCH!

When the wall meets a foot......bad things happen! Poor Countychick ran her foot into the wall a week or so back. Ouch!

This was the result of that contact! Her foot and toes turned many shades of purple and blue over the coming days. The little toe was broken and it is still black and blue this week! At least she had pretty blue toe nail polish on for this close up! Poor kiddo........this is the fourth time she has broken the pinkie toe on her left foot!!!! I think she needs some steel-toed boots!

Read All About It!

Catchy post title, right! Okay, so here's the scoop.....I have been busy, busy, busy at work and then I get home and I'm busy, busy, busy at home and then I'm too pooped to blog! In all reality, I have been so busy at work planning the 4-H dog show, (which is today and tomorrow) and planning the 4-H horse show, which is next Tuesday and Wednesday, that I haven't had time to blog or read my favorite blogs! Ack...I know nothing, nothing, nothing about planning a horse show! Twitch, Twitch, Twitch.....that's me, twitching at the moment! I had planned to blog and post over the weekend, but as modern technology would have it, our DSL box went out or died or something to that effect, so we didn't have Internet at all on Sunday....sniff, sniff, sniff, twitch, twitch, twitch! So here I am on my lunch hour doing this little bitty blog post. That's all for now folks......must get back to my twitching......umm, I mean work!

I Didn't Do It!

Honest, it wasn't me! I didn't do it! That's my story and I'm stick'in to it!
Could this face tell a lie!

Wasn't me, wasn't me! Honest!

See, I'm cute and playful....grrrrr!

And I'm an Angel when I sleep!I didn't piddle on the floor all day, chase the cats or steal the big dogs bed! Honest, I didn't! That's my story and I'm stick'in to it!

This sweet little puppy belongs to our son, Cowboy M. The puppy was a birthday present from his girlfriend. The puppy's name is Diesel. Cowboy M. came out to work on the farm the other day on his day off and he brought sweet, cute, little Diesel along. Auntie Countrychick got to puppy sit all day. Little Diesel kept Countrychick plenty busy! At the end of the day Countrychick proclaimed that puppy's are hard work! He, he, he....ya think!

A Little B-Day Fun

A busy week last week equaled no time for posting. So without further ado, here are those birthday photos I told you to stay tuned for.

One must have a little glass of wine on their 40th birthday. Or possibly and entire bottle!
And gifts, there must be gifts! Gifts wrapped in tin foil are even better! Cowboy M. loves to get creative with his wrapping paper style. At least I was spared the duct tape! Please ignore the silly look on my face....we will blame it on the wine!Oh wait, I was spared the duct tape, only to be tortured with electrical tape! Cowboy M. wrapped the entire present in an outer layer of tin foil and an inner layer of electrical tape. Very clever son I raised! Countrychick wrapped her gift to me in layer after layer of tissue paper and string bows! Yes, this is the same photo as the one above. I don't know how that happened or how to delete it, so here it stays! Somebody handed me this wonderfully, yummy cocktail in a glass! It was a Creme Brulee Martini! I have never, ever had a martini before in my life, but these are my new favorite drink! This lovely cocktail was out of this world! And it about sent me out of this world after two of them!One's 40th birthday is not complete without cake! Lots and lots of yummy cake! The entire room of 20 plus people sang to me as well. They sounded great! Oh wait, maybe it was the wine and martini's that made them sound great......The cake was a white cake with lemon filling. Hayman ate all of the cake I brought home! Someone likes cake!

Hayman had a birthday on July 7. I fixed him a nice tri-tip dinner with all the fixins. There was also wine and lemon pie! I got even with him and ate his last slice of lemon pie a few days later.

We have one more birthday to celebrate this month and that will be on Tuesday when Cowboy M. turns the big 23!

The Monday After

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! I survived turning 40! It was a pretty painless event. We spent the day with wonderful friends and family! I was going to post on the 4th, but our Internet was down all morning and still was not up and running before we left for the BBQ. I have pictures to post later....so stay tuned.

Thought for the Day:

"You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in." - Dr. Seuss

Thursday Humor

ITALIAN TOMATO GARDEN

An old Italian lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

"Dear Vincent, I am feeling pretty sad, because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over.. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days." Love, Papa

A few days later he received a letter from his son.

"Dear Pop,Don't dig up that garden. That's where the bodies are buried." Love,Vinnie

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left.That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

"Dear Pop, Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances. "
Love you,
Vinnie


The photo above is not, I repeat, is not my tomato garden!

Two Days Till 40!