I’m alive and well. Just have a new addiction. Facebook, still. *sigh* I only have so many minutes a day to be on the computer and it all goes to keeping crops, fish, and pets alive! It’s disturbing how a fake corn crop trumps a real blog.
It’s been a busy summer….chickens, gardens, parties , bbq’s and vacation…now back to school and soccer for Gab and Pierce. Yep, we got the kids into soccer. This is her 3rd year, his first. He made the age deadline by 6 days, so he’s by far the youngest. The kids are 4-5 yrs old, 1st and 2nd year players. I think he’s the only 1st year player on his team.
Gab starts middle school Tuesday. I’m ok with that….I’m used to her going to school every year. What will be rough is when Pierce goes into K next year. Nope, no pre-K this year. Just not a big believer in it.
I do have pics of soccer and chickens somewhere, I just have to figure out how to get to them….
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More Boortz: Parking Ticket
Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and said, ‘Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?’
He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a Nazi turd. He glared at me and started Writing another ticket for having worn tires. So my wife called him a ****-head. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, we didn’t care. We came into town by bus and the car had an Obama sticker. We try to have a little fun each day now that we’re retired. It’s important at our age.
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Posted by Signe in Kids & Family, tags: Kids
My daughter got off the airplane at midnight and home about 2:30am. Lucky for me, dh is the dropper-picker-upper at airports. I don’t like the traffic and he doesn’t mind much.
So this morning Pierce went up and jumped on her to wake her up  He’s so happy his sister is home. And she’s happy to be home. There have been a few changes since she left (Dean’s walking, new swingset, the carpet ripped out on the stairs and some other little things) so he had fun showing her around. Gab said she felt like she was getting a tour of her own house and it was fun.
So our family feels normal again! It’s amazing how much difference one person can make.
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Yesterday I decided to rip up the old carpet on the stairs. Our stupid kitten had peed on the landing numerous times, and despite a lot of scrubbing, it just was gross. So out it went.
If you remember from previous posts about our house, you’ll know it was built in the 1920’s. And old farm house. So over the years, when something would look old, the owners would cover it up instead of remodeling it.
Of course that means we’re stuck with remodeling layers of…..whatever we’re working on.
So I pulled up the carpet. Just one section so only one section looks awful at a time
Underneath, the edges are white. In the middle is a dark brown/orange rubbery runners that had been glued down (and nailed in spots). So I pulled that off the landing as well and scrubbed the wood under that. So that area is glue leftovers. Not nice and white like the edges. Which is what I was predicting. A little more work than I had planned, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised anymore. It needs to be sanded down and repainted (or stained but for now I’m thinking painted).
There’s a lot going on in my mind lately, stuff I’m stressing a little. Working on the house (or garden) helps. That and taking the boys out to play a few times a day (morning, before dinner, evening before bed) is good self-therapy 
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Cowboy rules for:
Arizona, Texas , Colorado , Oklahoma , New Mexico , Wyoming , Montana , Utah , Idaho, Nevada
and the rest of the Wild West are as follows:
1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Turn your cap right, your head ain’t crooked.
3. Let’s get this straight: it’s called a ‘gravel road.’ I drive a
pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive,
you’re gonna get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
4. They are cattle. That’s why they smell like cattle. They
smell like money to us. Get over it. Don’t like it? I-10, I-40, I-70 and
I-80 go east and west, I-17, I-15, I-25 and I-35 goes north and
south. Pick one and go.
5. So you have a $60,000 car. We’re impressed. We have
$250,000 Combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
6. Every person in the Wild West waves. It’s called being
friendly. Try to understand the concept…
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin’ in during the hunts, we WILL shoot it outa your hand. You better hope you don’t have it up
to your ear at the time.
8. Yeah. We eat trout, salmon, deer and elk. You really want
sushi and caviar? It’s available at the corner bait shop.
9. The ‘Opener’ refers to the first day of deer season. It’s a
religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of
November.
10. We open doors for women. That’s applied to all women,
regardless of age.
11. No, there’s no ‘vegetarian special’ on the menu. Order
steak, or you can order the Chef’s Salad and pick off the 2
pounds of ham and turkey.
12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper,
and ketchup! Oh, yeah . . We don’t care what you folks in
Cincinnati call that stuff you eat IT AIN’T REAL CHILI!!
13. You bring ‘Coke’ into my house, it better be brown, wet
and served over ice. You bring ‘Mary Jane’ into my house, she
better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have
long hair.
14. College and High School Football is as important here as
the Giants, the Yankees, the Mets, the Lakers and the Knicks,
and a dang site more fun to watch.
15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don’t hit the water hazards – it spooks the fish.
16. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump
crap ain’t music, anyway. We don’t want to hear it anymore
than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!
My dad sent me this email…gotta love it….he’s in Wyoming but I grew up in Texas, so it def applies!
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Yesterday I was finally able to pick food out of the garden! We got a zucchini and a cucumber. We’ve been getting a couple green beans a day, but this is the first big stuff.
So today is zucchini bread-making day. Two loaves…one in the freezer, one to keep out and eat. And that’s what I do with every batch of bread or pie from garden produce. That way we have breads all through winter and spring!
Some tomatoes are growing but green, but the cantaloupe and pumpkins have yet to produce. We got it started late this year. But a garden’s a garden
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Dean loves beds. As in nice mattresses and big fluffy pillows. He gets on beds and rolls around, laughing and is just generally hilarious.
Every night we put him in his crib. And you know how cribs are…firm, flat mattress, nothing allowed in the crib other than baby.
So every night he would wake up in his crib and want to come to bed with me. And I need my sleep. I’m pure evil without enough sleep. So I would take him to my bed where he’d snuggle up against a pillow and sleep very well. After months of this, I thought I had spoiled him.
I was wrong. He just loves beds.
We got a mattress, put it on his floor (put the crib away), put a side rail up (even though he’s only inches from the floor), put it against a wall with his toybox at the head and another wall at his feet. So he’s kinda boxed in but can get out easily.
The first 2 nights of this I went in when he’d fuss at night like normal. Except I layed down with him in HIS bed instead of mine. He fell back to sleep and I went back to my bed.
The last 3 nights he’s slept all night, on through until morning. 8am. No waking up. Nothing.
So at 13 months, we’re done with the crib. When he’s a little better at climbing and not falling, we’ll set up the rest of the bed for him. But for now, YAY!!!!!!!
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If you don’t want any whine with your cheese today, this probably isn’t the post to read. You’ve been forewarned.
Today is the first day I’ve woken up without a migraine. Yay for that, I guess…kinda, in a weird, twisted way. It didn’t set in until about 10:30am. I’d forgotten what it was like to not have my head hurt around the clock. It was nice. For a couple hours.
If you’re tempted to ask why am I not on anything specific for migraines (preventative or heavy-duty pain killers), I’ll curb your curiosity. We’re ttc our 4th and last child. Which means I can’t be on anything like that.
So Excedrine Migraine it is. And lots of it. I really should buy stock in the company. But if the gov’t has its way, tylenol (whatever that’s made out of….I forget at the moment) will be banned so there goes my happy mix of drugs.
Oh, well….wish me luck ttc this month. My headaches/migraines go away during pgcy then when it’s over, I can play guinea pig with the dr’s and all their happy drugs
If you read all this, I praise your resiliency.
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It’s amazing how quickly 2 weeks and a few days can go by! It seemed like every day was over before it began.
We stayed in Wyoming with my parents for a few days first. They have 2 llamas, 2 mini horses and 2 big horses and a bunch of sheep. And a few dogs and cats. Pierce was terrified of the horses at first, but eventually rode the minis and enjoyed them. They’re like dogs…just lovey and follow people around for attention Paul and I plan on getting one next year hopefully.
Then we headed out to Utah to stay with one of my sisters. They have 4 cows (2 of which are pregnant), 4 sheep, 2 horses, a pony, chickens, a dog and a few cats. We stayed there almost a week, but it just felt like days. My nephew was baptized and we had a family picnic…lots of fun.
Our kids had so much fun with their cousins. Pierce really loved meeting his cousins, one in particular (she’s 6). She totally took care of him while we were with my sister. It was really cute. He liked all of them though…I asked him who was his favorite and he named all of them that he could think of
My sister and I talked my bil into coming out here for Thanksgiving so we’re all really looking forward to that.
We decided to leave Gabby out there for a few more weeks, so when my parents bring her home, they’re also bringing a niece (she’s 2 years older than Gab) for awhile, too.
I have to say I’m happy to be home. I missed my friends here….so many are like family.
So good trip and we’re looking forward to doing it again in 2 years
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