 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I swore that I would not go long without posting but of course I did, which doesn't surprise me. I'll do a whirlwind update so that I don't make this two pages long.
Farm life is going great. We have the new mini stud colt, which I know we have to sell but it still breaks my heart. We have also gained two new heifers. We "borrowed" a bull but only got to keep him a couple of weeks so we were not hopefully on having any new cattle this summer. Luckily for us we have two new babies. My hubby told my son that he could name the first one and he wanted to name her the Black Pearl so we call her Pearl. The second one came three days later and was yet another suprise and my little one could not think of a name for her so I called her Daisy. I know, I have got to stop naming people's food. Of course my dad called our first two heifers "T-Bone and Hamburger". My harden is doing well, expect for the corn. I cannot keep the groundhogs out of it. I even had someone come to trap last summer, with no success of course. I have spent a couple of Saturday's sitting in the backyard with a gun shotting at them. I got one, maybe two, of them. I do not like killing things but I cannot keep them from my corn.
We ended up taking a summer vacation this year. We usually wait and vacation in the fall but since my school district is not doing fall breaks anymore, at least not for now, we are doing summer vacations. We had planned on going back out west, Montana, Colorado, the Dakotas, etc., but my BIL had to move to D.C. for work so we decided a free place to stay would help us save enough money to go back to the Glacier next summer. We had a great time, but nearly roasted because of the heat and humidity. Nonetheless it was a great vacation. We saw all the "tourist" sights. Of course the only thing my son wanted to see was the Supreme Court. Don't exactly know why be he did. He loved it.
School has started back and I am expecting to have a good year this year. It could not be any worse than last year. I have high expectations for this school year. I even have the "problem child" but I am trying not to care over the name he created for himself last year. We will see how that goes.
My son has decided that after three years of football he does not want to play this season, which is FINE with me. I am stumped as to why but I understand if he wants to take a break. After all we do baseball, basketball, football during the seasons and karate and cub scouts all year. He even wanted to attempt soccer. I think he has just worn himself out. Too bad that it took three years to do this. The hubby and I won't know what to do with days of no sports. I'm sure we can find plenty to do but it will seem strange until we get use to it.
Enough for now....more later, hopefully. If you want to check out my vacation pics and so forth, send me a message or email or find me on facebook. Hope all is well with everyone else.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I have even more new additions. YAY!!!! To start it off, our heifer surprised us with a calf 4 days ago. We didn't have her pegged for calving until another week or two. As if that was a surprise in itself, the calf is a dark brown. Surprise number 2 has us muffled. We breed to black angus and ended up with a dark brown calf. To make things even funnier, John swore that this calf was a hiefer. I kept telling him I thought it was a bull but he insisted it was a heifer. Days later he now agrees that it is a bull. The sad thing is that we let A.J. name this one, since we had planned on keeping this "heifer" and he named her Rose May. The name made me chuckle because that was my senior language arts teacher in high school. Too funny. We had decided to steer the newest one since he was a dark brown but luckily one of our fellow church members heard us talking about the calves and said he would buy this as is when they were broke. YAY for us!!!!!!!!! Second new addition is my new nephew. Marshall Ryan was born yesterday morning about 8:30 and was a whopping 9lbs. 14oz. and 22 inches long. He's huge but adorable. I'm so thankful he's finally here. My SIL has gone to the hospital four days in a row before they finally agreed it was time. They admitted her only after his heartrate dropped. She finally dialated but after she had her water broke, an epideral and pitocin she stopped. They finally decided to do a c-section, after I had waited until 4 in the morning before I came home. He was so large that he was stuck in her pelvic. They bruised him up trying to get him unwedged. He's still adorable. A.J. went down with me yesterday to see his new cousin and he seems to be okay with the new baby. I guess we will just have to wait and see if the jealousy kicks in. John's company picnic was yesterday so we went straight from the hospial to the picnic. I was worn out, since I'd only had 4 hours of sleep. They had great food this year and the adults and kids alike played their hearts out. They had a climbing wall, super slide, and a mechanical bull. It was fun for all. I had to leave because I was falling asleep sitting there. I came home and went to sleep around 6:30 and only roused up a few times. I managed to sleep until 9 this morning. I needed the sleep but I still feel tired. Oh well, that's life. Tags: a.j., nephew, picnic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
It's been a while so I'll do a quick run down. A.J. received his orange belt at karate this past week and he is super excited. He couldn't wait until we got home so that we could hang his old belt up. I love seeing him excited. A.J. started minor league baseball this year and was drafted by the Cubs. He was upset because their wasn't a Red Socks team but he was okay after he gave it thought and realized that the Cubs was uncle Mike's favorite team. He had his first practice and meet his coach, whom I'm on the fence about. One of the girls that I work with is the vice-president for the baseball program and I told her to make sure that someone I knew got A.J. I had even talked to a friend of mine who is a coach and he was going to get A.J. Neeless to say, it didn't happen. A.J. was first pick in the second round of draft so a newbie coach got him. He seems okay and John convinced me to give him a chance so we'll see. I guess it's good that A.J. went so fast in the draft. He really is a good baseball player. This should be an interesting season. On the down side we have to get a new glove, new clets, and other stuff. Oh well, at least he enjoys it. Work is chugging along very slowly. It was aweful being at work this week knowing that we were "suppose" to be on spring break. The wonderful weather of Kentucky prevented that from happening. Testing is around the corner and I have to begin my yearly science cramming. I hate cramming but if it works I'll keep doing it and up to this point it has worked. The weather here has gotten beautiful. It's 70 outside and spring is in the air. Everyone is mowing and working outside today and it's great. I cleaned out the flower beds and watching A.J. and the neighbor's play outside. I love this weather. I wish it would stay this way year round. That would be wonderful. John and I celebrated our 9th anniversary Thursday.....it seems like forever ago. Our anniversary is the one thing that we both usually forget. I actually thought of it when I got to work and wrote the date on the board. Great, now I think of it. Half way through the day I see two coworkers lurking at my door. I knew they were up to something and I kept trying to ignore them and teach but they just kept laughing and going on. They finally walked in my door with 9 beautiful red roses. They informed me that they would deliever to me but they wouldn't sing to me. I could not believe it. I surprised...... I rarely admit it but I have a wonderful husband, whom I want to choke at times, and I love him dearly. I thank God for him everyday. I'll stop there for now....I'm sure I think of something else once I post. Tags: a.j. baseball, anniversary, karate, work
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I have heard weathermen talk about having cold, wintery weather that also produces thunder and lightening but had never witnessed it. I walked outside about 30 minutes ago and it was still misting rain and the winds were picking up. I just walked out to see what th weather was doing now, since we are under a winter storm warning, and we had freezing rain. Okay, that's normal. But, when I started to come back into the house I saw lightening. Then, it thundered. Now, it's thundering and lightening like crazy. It's 27 degrees with freezing rain and a snow mixture now and it's storming. WHAT??? I'm glad that I finally witnessed this but it's beyond crazy.
Parts of KY are under a blizzard warning......we are in Ky. My BIL called earlier this evening and said that they had about 6 inches of snow already and it was still coming down hard. Then, he asked that we come up to go tubing with him and his family. That's a 3+ hour drive in normal conditions and untelling how long with ice and snow and John actually wants to go. I would love to go tubing/skiing tomorrow but come one......the roads will be horrid. Decisions, decisions. I want to go but I don't want to get out. Does that make any sense? Gee....... Tags: bizarre, weather
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes, it's the weekend but it has been a longgggggggg day. I had to get up at 5 this morning, a little after since I hit snooze few times, and be at work by 5:30. My science Olympiad team had a competition today and we had to gather stuff and make the 1.5 hour trip on a school bus. Oh what fun....NOT! I hate riding buses, but that's beside the point. Considering that we have missed so much school because of snow we have not had much time to work one-on-one with our team. But, we overcame all the obstacles that we constantly face and walked away with 2nd place for one team and 4th place for the second team, all of which was out of 9 teams. The sad thing is that the seven other teams that we competeted against are from the same county. I'm afraid that science Olympiad is becoming a thing of the past. No one wants to fool with it because it is so time consuming. The sad situtation is that the coach that I soooo don't like walked away with 1st place. This broke my heart and I immediately went and asked for the final results. The way that we had the total scores showed that there was a very slim chance that we would not walk away with 1st. When they announced us for 2nd place the other two coaches and I were crushed. On the up side, for the kids and not the coaches, is that both of our teams are eligible to go to the state competition. The state competition is a two day, 6+ hour one way trip that takes us two days. It's soooo stressful. The kids love it but I'm getting too old for that stuff. With that being said I had to miss my baby's basketball game today. I hate missing his games. I could go on but I will stop for now. Tags: science olympiad, work
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
science_chic's journal
Previous
