Tuesday, April 14, 2009
I have arrived !!
Okay, I am there.............I hit the big 5-0 and nothing grand happened. I must say that turning 30 was wonderful, turning 40 was just as fun, so.........I am sure that the 50's will be just as exciting. You are only as old as you want to be, and by the age of my children, I will be at least 40 for a while. I do have pictures that I will someday add to this spot so you can see where I spent my 50th.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Who is counting?
Well, I am not counting but someone is!!! Let me give you a sneak peak for you young whipper-snappers out there about turning 50!!
1. Some of your friends will never mention it....others won't let you forget that you are now at the "down side" of the hill as far as age is concerned. I promise you there are plenty of "Happy 50th Birthday" cards. Aren't there SUZIE!!!
2. About 2 weeks out from your 50th, you will get your AARP card! Yep, in the mail. Hey, I am not afraid to use that card if it saves money! I will enjoy it!
3. Just to prove that I can..... I went to a workout class with my sister. They let us use those stretchy "tubes" for your arms and these huge balls for your abs and thighs and the music was my kind of oldies. Now, for my comments on the hour long class............I lived through it!!!! Let's talk tubes...those things are tough. I calmly told the ladies around me that I can not do too many of those due to the fact that K would be upset if my "bat wings" were to thin any! As for the ball....well, I had to use a squishy one because a "younger" person wanted the more firm ball. They made us put them between our knees and squeeze our rears. I was pleased to see that I could still see the ball after I put it between my thighs! I informed them(leaders) that I was not happy that they made my "moon craters" be so defined on my rear. However I think that the one that made them laugh was me doing the "Saturday Night Fever" dance with the purple ball. You know, my sister worries about me so I asked her permission before playing with the balls. She is afraid that I will get hurt! I loved the fact that I survived and with style. I really enjoyed working with my sister who is ONLY 2 years younger than me. Of course I am still only 49...for 2 more weeks!
I have never been one to worry about those milestones! I was single at 30 and lived through that birthday. I was 40 and had a 2 year old while my friends were buying cars for their kids, but I lived through that with a smile, and 50 doesn't bother me either! Well, for today!
1. Some of your friends will never mention it....others won't let you forget that you are now at the "down side" of the hill as far as age is concerned. I promise you there are plenty of "Happy 50th Birthday" cards. Aren't there SUZIE!!!
2. About 2 weeks out from your 50th, you will get your AARP card! Yep, in the mail. Hey, I am not afraid to use that card if it saves money! I will enjoy it!
3. Just to prove that I can..... I went to a workout class with my sister. They let us use those stretchy "tubes" for your arms and these huge balls for your abs and thighs and the music was my kind of oldies. Now, for my comments on the hour long class............I lived through it!!!! Let's talk tubes...those things are tough. I calmly told the ladies around me that I can not do too many of those due to the fact that K would be upset if my "bat wings" were to thin any! As for the ball....well, I had to use a squishy one because a "younger" person wanted the more firm ball. They made us put them between our knees and squeeze our rears. I was pleased to see that I could still see the ball after I put it between my thighs! I informed them(leaders) that I was not happy that they made my "moon craters" be so defined on my rear. However I think that the one that made them laugh was me doing the "Saturday Night Fever" dance with the purple ball. You know, my sister worries about me so I asked her permission before playing with the balls. She is afraid that I will get hurt! I loved the fact that I survived and with style. I really enjoyed working with my sister who is ONLY 2 years younger than me. Of course I am still only 49...for 2 more weeks!
I have never been one to worry about those milestones! I was single at 30 and lived through that birthday. I was 40 and had a 2 year old while my friends were buying cars for their kids, but I lived through that with a smile, and 50 doesn't bother me either! Well, for today!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Musings of our home...
Oh my stars, has it been almost a month since I last posted on this thing? Just for the record....I have not switched my loyalty to face book like so many have. I am still loyal to my readers who love me enough to read the musings of my family and or lives.
So, the common question for the week is: "So, what are you doing for Spring Break? Or what have you been doing for fun this week?" Answer.............I couldn't really tell you. Not because it is classified information, but because we are just moving along. BUT for those of you that live on the "need to know" basis, I will try to give you an update.
Sat. we (me and the mouse in my pocket) decided that the pig barn needed a good cleaning and all the shavings needed to be shoveled out. The kids and I got started around 2PM and worked until dark. (Almost dark)
Sun. we struggled out of bed so that I could sing......
Mon. we slept late and ran errands. I picked up laundry, delivered the taxes to be figured, picked up my computer and then had a date. Yep....a date. I didn't change boyfriend (I use that word because if you know any man, you know that no matter the age, they still act like a boy more than a man.) Tony and I had a date. We have not had one in a long time. It was nice to just sit at the restaurant and talk. No one begging to go home, no one needing to go to the bathroom, no one arguing about what they did or didn't want to eat. Of course, I wouldn't give up my precious children....dirty rooms and all.
Yesterday we shopped after lunch.
Today.........there is moisture falling from the sky, and I have a fire in the wood burner!!!
Now, was there anything that was consistent about these days? Yep!!!!! Let's see. Besides sleeping late daily, I am very sore from playing the Wii. K. decided that I should do the boxing. Oh my, even though I did BEAT the kid's scores on the dodge ball section, I am so sore that I am wondering if the victory was worth it. Okay, I will admit it....pain never felt so good! ha ha Now, the fitness section that you do daily says that yesterday I was 33 years old. Ha Ha Ha
As my friend Suzie knows, I am not 33. Which brings me to the other constant for the week...or should I say for the past few weeks. About 2 weeks ago, I got a card in the mail. After opening it, I discovered it was a birthday card...to celebrate my 50th (which is NOT here yet). I was very concerned about Suzie. We have been friends for a long time (37 years to be exact...according to Suzie). I couldn't believe she would forget my birthday....of course I never remember hers because ....well, I am not the world's best at dates (ask the man). It wasn't until the next day when I got the mail again and there was a card with the number 49 on the back that I realized what my dear, precious, sweet friend was doing to me. DID you know there were at least 40 plus cards with "happy 50th" on them? Most of the cards have the big 5-0 on them somewhere, somehow, but there have been a few that don't. Some of them have made me cry...like the one that reminded me how long she and I have been friends, and the fact that we have been through more than we care to share! Some of them have made me laugh like the one that was in Spanish, or the one that talked about the fact that at age 10 I wanted a pony, 20 I wanted a drink....and 50 I forgot what I wanted. My kids can hardly wait to check the mail daily. We have NEVER checked the mail daily! They can hardly wait to see if I got another card. Sometimes they come at once for the week, and the kids make me go one day at a time. Who would have thought that turning 50 could be so fun!!! Just be forewarned....Suzie turns 50 after me.....I will have the last say, and I am calling in all the help I can get! Plans are being formed...cards are being purchased, and I am buying "forever" stamps just in case postage goes up before Sept. You...my readers...stay tuned! I will keep you posted on the approaching 50th of my dear friend!
So, the common question for the week is: "So, what are you doing for Spring Break? Or what have you been doing for fun this week?" Answer.............I couldn't really tell you. Not because it is classified information, but because we are just moving along. BUT for those of you that live on the "need to know" basis, I will try to give you an update.
Sat. we (me and the mouse in my pocket) decided that the pig barn needed a good cleaning and all the shavings needed to be shoveled out. The kids and I got started around 2PM and worked until dark. (Almost dark)
Sun. we struggled out of bed so that I could sing......
Mon. we slept late and ran errands. I picked up laundry, delivered the taxes to be figured, picked up my computer and then had a date. Yep....a date. I didn't change boyfriend (I use that word because if you know any man, you know that no matter the age, they still act like a boy more than a man.) Tony and I had a date. We have not had one in a long time. It was nice to just sit at the restaurant and talk. No one begging to go home, no one needing to go to the bathroom, no one arguing about what they did or didn't want to eat. Of course, I wouldn't give up my precious children....dirty rooms and all.
Yesterday we shopped after lunch.
Today.........there is moisture falling from the sky, and I have a fire in the wood burner!!!
Now, was there anything that was consistent about these days? Yep!!!!! Let's see. Besides sleeping late daily, I am very sore from playing the Wii. K. decided that I should do the boxing. Oh my, even though I did BEAT the kid's scores on the dodge ball section, I am so sore that I am wondering if the victory was worth it. Okay, I will admit it....pain never felt so good! ha ha Now, the fitness section that you do daily says that yesterday I was 33 years old. Ha Ha Ha
As my friend Suzie knows, I am not 33. Which brings me to the other constant for the week...or should I say for the past few weeks. About 2 weeks ago, I got a card in the mail. After opening it, I discovered it was a birthday card...to celebrate my 50th (which is NOT here yet). I was very concerned about Suzie. We have been friends for a long time (37 years to be exact...according to Suzie). I couldn't believe she would forget my birthday....of course I never remember hers because ....well, I am not the world's best at dates (ask the man). It wasn't until the next day when I got the mail again and there was a card with the number 49 on the back that I realized what my dear, precious, sweet friend was doing to me. DID you know there were at least 40 plus cards with "happy 50th" on them? Most of the cards have the big 5-0 on them somewhere, somehow, but there have been a few that don't. Some of them have made me cry...like the one that reminded me how long she and I have been friends, and the fact that we have been through more than we care to share! Some of them have made me laugh like the one that was in Spanish, or the one that talked about the fact that at age 10 I wanted a pony, 20 I wanted a drink....and 50 I forgot what I wanted. My kids can hardly wait to check the mail daily. We have NEVER checked the mail daily! They can hardly wait to see if I got another card. Sometimes they come at once for the week, and the kids make me go one day at a time. Who would have thought that turning 50 could be so fun!!! Just be forewarned....Suzie turns 50 after me.....I will have the last say, and I am calling in all the help I can get! Plans are being formed...cards are being purchased, and I am buying "forever" stamps just in case postage goes up before Sept. You...my readers...stay tuned! I will keep you posted on the approaching 50th of my dear friend!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Looking forward to the next round!
Things to remember when preparing for next year’s show:
1 Bling. It was obvious that my daughter does NOT have enough bling for the arena. Pigs may be dirty. Pigs may be smelly. Pigs may be nasty to some of my readers, but they are what is being judged. The girls have enough bling to blind ya! (and it doesn’t help the pig!) K. will not need the bling. He fits in with the guys….jeans, western shirt, skinny, thick hair, the “boy look”. M on the other hand will need MORE bling.
2. You don’t need to wear a watch at the show. You just live there and when the parking lot begins to clear, you go to the hotel, eat a bite, shower and lay down just long enough to get comfortable then you just get back up and redress. ALTHOUGH…Jordan and Ashley cut us some slack! We knew pretty much how this chapter would end, so he wasn’t as demanding. This was a trial run year.
3. Practice a little better on my mom’s favorite line: “This is your project, not mine so let’s get going. And don’t you even think about whining!”
4. Practice Jordan’s line: “We started this job so let’s get ‘er done.” New pigs next year!
5.Let someone else do the video camera! “The Man” has a video camera like mine, but when you are recording it shows a green dot and a red dot for pause. Mine is the opposite so I have none of M going into the alley way with the judge, but I do have a lot of red pipe fence and wrangler butts! Don’t get me wrong. there is nothing wrong with Wrangler butts, but this was supposed to be about my daughter!
6.Those people we thought were a little weird wearing those masks were the smartest ones there! I have no voice. None. Part of it is due to the fact that I slept with the room below 71 and in the direct line of the vent. The other part is the fact that I probably inhaled the odors and dust of the barn.
7. Do not follow cars that can’t see chains blocking an exit! I now have beautiful yellow paint, two dents and a police report on file! All because this guy ran through a small barricade and the pvc pipe hit my car. I don’t like the color yellow! Never have.
8. Buy everyone in the family including Jordan and Ashley, an exhibitor’s and parking Pass. That is easy! No juggling of passes.
10. Don’t arrive between 10AM-2PM on a Saturday. No one directing traffic really knows what is going on. They are mainly there to say you MUST turn whatever direction the little red “airplane directing” light points you. If you want to turn left..sorry. Get a livestock trailer and you can turn any direction. But just me….a mom with NO trailer…you must turn right then you can do a U-turn in front of the officer to go left. They even suggest it. And don’t hesitate to do it either because IF you don’t, you will find yourself waiting 2 hours in line just for a parking place. Yes, even with my parking sticker. Let’s see….lot 5 was full so I wanted to go to lot 6, but you can’t turn left and the traffic won’t let you U-turn so you continue to go right and end up in a line that takes 2 hours to get back to 150 yards from where you started.
11. Finally………….don’t give the ding dang pigs a name! Yeah right, like that won’t happen next year. My children were so stoic. I was such a wimp. I cried. They didn’t see it, but Tony saw it coming on and took charge. I understand better than they do as to what is happening to our pigs who are now family. I didn’t lie though…they do put the pigs in a pen…….. for awhile. Not weeks like they think, but at least until the truck is ready to load. Anyway, I cried. I continued to think about the fact that I willingly gave this pig over to be your breakfast food, or you lunch meat. I watched my kids hope for the best and love this pig that was barely going to make it down the alley. M didn’t want to disappoint her brother, Jordan or Ashley, and I didn’t want her to feel like that. What a mess we were. WE help with my mom’s garden, and I love cucumbers, but I don’t cry when I give them away! And think, we still have Wilbur in barn. I have not been out to see him because he is due to leave next week.
12. The judging. Well, I now understand phrases like “penning”, “weigh back”, weigh out” and “dead sea”. I also understand that you actually have a chance AFTER the one judge sends you on down the line because the second judge can still throw you into the ring. And in the ring we will be sooner than later. Bring it on. We are ready with enough bling to blind you and a pig that will blow your socks off. We won’t need a second judge next year!
I never dreamed I would like just sitting around watching pigs walk around an arena, enjoy the smell of a barn, actually "want" to hear what a judge was about to say concerning a pig, and think: "I could really enjoy this for awhile". Pigs were breakfast, and Easter Sunday meals. Pigs were nasty! They were part of a fun memory of a Grandad and two little girls on vacation. And...people who had pet pigs were desperate for a pet. Now...I have a different view. Yep, the honeymoon is probably over....the real work about to begin, but I love what I see in my kids, and the responsibilities they have taken on and done well with.
Now, if you are tired of reading this list…..click off. IF not, I have a few more things to say.
Dear Ashley and Jordan,
Thanks! That word only has 6 letters, but it carries a lot of warmth and love for you guys. You put up with some strange quirks in our family, a grumpy little boy, a nervous young lady and a mom who is ……..older and just goofy. You guys probably took on more than first thought when you signed on at BBBS. But thank you for doing so! You have done so much for us in so short a time. We love you and thank you from the bottom of our hearts (and my pocket book!). Let’s get ‘er done next year.
Family and friends (mine, Jordan's and Ashley's)………..Thanks for the support this year. Mom and Dad, thanks for watering and feeding on cold mornings. Thanks for cementing the barn, running errands, and buying things here and there. Mom thanks for not missing a show..even in San Antonio. To all those who keep checking on the progress, checking on the kids, checking on the pigs, going to shows and loving us....thanks. You helped create this monster! Get ready for the second year to be just as fun, interesting, expensive, and hopefully more successful. And remember.....you are invited to come sit in the show barn anytime. We get lots of visiting done.
M. and K.
I am so very proud of you. You guys did a great job with your pigs this first year. I know that you are not morning people. Sometimes you are “not any time people”, but you got up and did what had to be done. You two did what was asked and I have been so proud. I can’t wait until you can figure out food amounts, and clipping, and are able to do by your self, some of the things you have been learning. Let me say that even though your daddy didn’t like pigs in anyway except cooked, he would have been sooooo proud of you. He would not have missed a moment of it, and would have supported you to the max. You are precious children, and I am so glad you are mine! (Even when you frustrate me) Let’s get ‘er done next year.
Mommy!
1 Bling. It was obvious that my daughter does NOT have enough bling for the arena. Pigs may be dirty. Pigs may be smelly. Pigs may be nasty to some of my readers, but they are what is being judged. The girls have enough bling to blind ya! (and it doesn’t help the pig!) K. will not need the bling. He fits in with the guys….jeans, western shirt, skinny, thick hair, the “boy look”. M on the other hand will need MORE bling.
2. You don’t need to wear a watch at the show. You just live there and when the parking lot begins to clear, you go to the hotel, eat a bite, shower and lay down just long enough to get comfortable then you just get back up and redress. ALTHOUGH…Jordan and Ashley cut us some slack! We knew pretty much how this chapter would end, so he wasn’t as demanding. This was a trial run year.
3. Practice a little better on my mom’s favorite line: “This is your project, not mine so let’s get going. And don’t you even think about whining!”
4. Practice Jordan’s line: “We started this job so let’s get ‘er done.” New pigs next year!
5.Let someone else do the video camera! “The Man” has a video camera like mine, but when you are recording it shows a green dot and a red dot for pause. Mine is the opposite so I have none of M going into the alley way with the judge, but I do have a lot of red pipe fence and wrangler butts! Don’t get me wrong. there is nothing wrong with Wrangler butts, but this was supposed to be about my daughter!
6.Those people we thought were a little weird wearing those masks were the smartest ones there! I have no voice. None. Part of it is due to the fact that I slept with the room below 71 and in the direct line of the vent. The other part is the fact that I probably inhaled the odors and dust of the barn.
7. Do not follow cars that can’t see chains blocking an exit! I now have beautiful yellow paint, two dents and a police report on file! All because this guy ran through a small barricade and the pvc pipe hit my car. I don’t like the color yellow! Never have.
8. Buy everyone in the family including Jordan and Ashley, an exhibitor’s and parking Pass. That is easy! No juggling of passes.
10. Don’t arrive between 10AM-2PM on a Saturday. No one directing traffic really knows what is going on. They are mainly there to say you MUST turn whatever direction the little red “airplane directing” light points you. If you want to turn left..sorry. Get a livestock trailer and you can turn any direction. But just me….a mom with NO trailer…you must turn right then you can do a U-turn in front of the officer to go left. They even suggest it. And don’t hesitate to do it either because IF you don’t, you will find yourself waiting 2 hours in line just for a parking place. Yes, even with my parking sticker. Let’s see….lot 5 was full so I wanted to go to lot 6, but you can’t turn left and the traffic won’t let you U-turn so you continue to go right and end up in a line that takes 2 hours to get back to 150 yards from where you started.
11. Finally………….don’t give the ding dang pigs a name! Yeah right, like that won’t happen next year. My children were so stoic. I was such a wimp. I cried. They didn’t see it, but Tony saw it coming on and took charge. I understand better than they do as to what is happening to our pigs who are now family. I didn’t lie though…they do put the pigs in a pen…….. for awhile. Not weeks like they think, but at least until the truck is ready to load. Anyway, I cried. I continued to think about the fact that I willingly gave this pig over to be your breakfast food, or you lunch meat. I watched my kids hope for the best and love this pig that was barely going to make it down the alley. M didn’t want to disappoint her brother, Jordan or Ashley, and I didn’t want her to feel like that. What a mess we were. WE help with my mom’s garden, and I love cucumbers, but I don’t cry when I give them away! And think, we still have Wilbur in barn. I have not been out to see him because he is due to leave next week.
12. The judging. Well, I now understand phrases like “penning”, “weigh back”, weigh out” and “dead sea”. I also understand that you actually have a chance AFTER the one judge sends you on down the line because the second judge can still throw you into the ring. And in the ring we will be sooner than later. Bring it on. We are ready with enough bling to blind you and a pig that will blow your socks off. We won’t need a second judge next year!
I never dreamed I would like just sitting around watching pigs walk around an arena, enjoy the smell of a barn, actually "want" to hear what a judge was about to say concerning a pig, and think: "I could really enjoy this for awhile". Pigs were breakfast, and Easter Sunday meals. Pigs were nasty! They were part of a fun memory of a Grandad and two little girls on vacation. And...people who had pet pigs were desperate for a pet. Now...I have a different view. Yep, the honeymoon is probably over....the real work about to begin, but I love what I see in my kids, and the responsibilities they have taken on and done well with.
Now, if you are tired of reading this list…..click off. IF not, I have a few more things to say.
Dear Ashley and Jordan,
Thanks! That word only has 6 letters, but it carries a lot of warmth and love for you guys. You put up with some strange quirks in our family, a grumpy little boy, a nervous young lady and a mom who is ……..older and just goofy. You guys probably took on more than first thought when you signed on at BBBS. But thank you for doing so! You have done so much for us in so short a time. We love you and thank you from the bottom of our hearts (and my pocket book!). Let’s get ‘er done next year.
Family and friends (mine, Jordan's and Ashley's)………..Thanks for the support this year. Mom and Dad, thanks for watering and feeding on cold mornings. Thanks for cementing the barn, running errands, and buying things here and there. Mom thanks for not missing a show..even in San Antonio. To all those who keep checking on the progress, checking on the kids, checking on the pigs, going to shows and loving us....thanks. You helped create this monster! Get ready for the second year to be just as fun, interesting, expensive, and hopefully more successful. And remember.....you are invited to come sit in the show barn anytime. We get lots of visiting done.
M. and K.
I am so very proud of you. You guys did a great job with your pigs this first year. I know that you are not morning people. Sometimes you are “not any time people”, but you got up and did what had to be done. You two did what was asked and I have been so proud. I can’t wait until you can figure out food amounts, and clipping, and are able to do by your self, some of the things you have been learning. Let me say that even though your daddy didn’t like pigs in anyway except cooked, he would have been sooooo proud of you. He would not have missed a moment of it, and would have supported you to the max. You are precious children, and I am so glad you are mine! (Even when you frustrate me) Let’s get ‘er done next year.
Mommy!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Ready or Not, here we come!
And so tonight before heading to dinner with my whole family (except Uncle T because he had to go out of town) the kids and I met with the "bigs" to take pictures of Bevo. Tonight is his last night to sleep in the barn. The last night to wake up and grunt with his friend Wilbur. The last night to enjoy the "country life". Tomorrow he heads out to the San Antonio Livestock show. He will travel with one of the breeders, and we will arrive on Sat. afternoon. And I must say....I have some mixed emotions. I have loved having these ding dang pigs. They are now family, but I am tired of cleaning up after them,changing their bedding, feeding them and getting nothing in return AND being ignored when I want them to do something. Oh, my I promise I am really talking about Bevo and Wilbur, not my two children. My children do not have aliases. Anyway, give me about 6 months, and it is like birthing a child. You forget the "labor" and would do it again.
We are already in the "next year" mode. We are planning for this and we are planning for that. But for now, we have to brace ourselves for the fact that as of Monday, unless by some wild chance we get to sale the next Sat., Bevo will load on a truck and head to another home(maybe even yours). I have been packing for two days. Hair ribbons, polished boots, jeans, kleenex, shirts, bling jewelry, kleenex, snacks, drinks, kleenex, joke books, swimsuits, and kleenex. Will this be the way it is the day my babies decide to move out? Will I need the kleenex? Will my stomach be churning, or will I be ready for the vacation only to begin planning for them to come back in a few months?
So, besides the packing for the trip, I am bracing and packing for the return home without our BEVO! A few days later, we will load Wilbur up and he will have a new home too. I always try to remember....he is just a pig. But there once was a spider who figured out like we have that he is "some pig" and quite "radiant". And she loved him. Have I mentioned that we actually had a spider sack in Wilbur's pen? I got rid of it because I don't need a spider writing phrases like "eat more beef" on the barn walls.
During this weekend, remember our family as my kids deal with this. I keep telling them: Don't look into their eyes for the next few days. AND, no more kissing Wilbur!
And in a few months there will be 4 little pigs in our barn. All fresh and new. All poopy and hungry. Spending my money! Eating the food. Demanding attention, and NOT cleaning up after themselves. Hmmmm I think I will practice raising my children before I get this next round of pigs.
San Antonio........ready or not, here we come!!!
We are already in the "next year" mode. We are planning for this and we are planning for that. But for now, we have to brace ourselves for the fact that as of Monday, unless by some wild chance we get to sale the next Sat., Bevo will load on a truck and head to another home(maybe even yours). I have been packing for two days. Hair ribbons, polished boots, jeans, kleenex, shirts, bling jewelry, kleenex, snacks, drinks, kleenex, joke books, swimsuits, and kleenex. Will this be the way it is the day my babies decide to move out? Will I need the kleenex? Will my stomach be churning, or will I be ready for the vacation only to begin planning for them to come back in a few months?
So, besides the packing for the trip, I am bracing and packing for the return home without our BEVO! A few days later, we will load Wilbur up and he will have a new home too. I always try to remember....he is just a pig. But there once was a spider who figured out like we have that he is "some pig" and quite "radiant". And she loved him. Have I mentioned that we actually had a spider sack in Wilbur's pen? I got rid of it because I don't need a spider writing phrases like "eat more beef" on the barn walls.
During this weekend, remember our family as my kids deal with this. I keep telling them: Don't look into their eyes for the next few days. AND, no more kissing Wilbur!
And in a few months there will be 4 little pigs in our barn. All fresh and new. All poopy and hungry. Spending my money! Eating the food. Demanding attention, and NOT cleaning up after themselves. Hmmmm I think I will practice raising my children before I get this next round of pigs.
San Antonio........ready or not, here we come!!!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
This time next week
This time next week we will be getting ready for the San Antonio Livestock Show. Wow, I can't believe it is actually here. Not the show really, but the date we have dreaded. The day that we come home to the empty pig barn. I already have that sick to the stomach feeling. I already wonder: "How am I going to handle this so that the kids can handle it?" and then of course the next thought is that I don't want Jordan and Ashley to see me go to pieces. You, my friends, know that I don't like letting go....even of pigs. They have become our family. I have used my hard earned money to feed them, lodge them, purchase grooming for them, and change their shavings. So, I have to admit that I have stayed out of the barn for the last week. Yep, I am the chicken in the family.
Now, to more pressing matters. Is it my writing that does not stir your heart to respond, or is everyone now so caught up in face book that no one has time to read blogs? Hello, where are my friends? That's right...we talked on face book right before my computer crashed on Sat. morning. AND so....I am leaving to take it to the computer doctor.
Oh, and by the way..I can not tell you everything that goes on in school but the button I found on face book (before the crash) said: "If drama was vodka, our school would be wasted". That described last week! Drama, Drama, Drama.....then....my computer crashed!
Now, to more pressing matters. Is it my writing that does not stir your heart to respond, or is everyone now so caught up in face book that no one has time to read blogs? Hello, where are my friends? That's right...we talked on face book right before my computer crashed on Sat. morning. AND so....I am leaving to take it to the computer doctor.
Oh, and by the way..I can not tell you everything that goes on in school but the button I found on face book (before the crash) said: "If drama was vodka, our school would be wasted". That described last week! Drama, Drama, Drama.....then....my computer crashed!
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