Moving

This is the only moving I'll ever be doing, so it's gonna be complicated!

I'm in the process of moving this blog.  I'll let y'all know when it's finished. 

And I'm hoping to start posting photos.  No promises there!!!

Adventures in Babysitting

I've never seen that movie.  But, when I was thinking about the Monday I had this week that title is all that came to mind!  It was pretty quiet all morning.  Nothing major happened, but just a ring of the doorbell can change everything. 

I had just gotten Ruby down for her nap a few minutes before, but it took about 30 of singing, patting, and rocking to get her there.  Rosie had been down for a little while already.

When the doorbell rang I was startled since it rarely happens.  I could see through the window it was a high school or college age girl.  So I opened it up.  She says, "Your horse has his leg over the fence." 

My reply, "OH GREAT!" 

She went on to say he was just standing there and nothing looked bad.  However, wasn't gonna get out by himself.  I told her thanks and called my brother directly.   Brother said just put the girls in the pickup with me, get the fence pliers out of the shop and go cut the horse out.  I told him Ruby had just gone down for a nap and Rosie was still sleeping.  He said just go down and cut him out, the girls would be fine.  Against my better judgment I did as I was told.

I literally ran out of the house to the shop, grabbed a halter and the fence pliers, and ran as fast as my 42 year old body would go.  Thankfully, Chili(the horse) didn't freak out when he saw a weirdo red headed crazy lady running his way!!! 

Sure enough, the goober had gotten his left front leg over the top of the hog wire fence under a top strand of barb wire.  Then at the bottom his foot was back through a couple of those squares.  I started cutting at the bottom.  It didn't take long.  Thankfully, Chili never moved.  I kinda patched the fence back up and headed back to the house.  I stepped in the back door and heard quiet.  They never knew I was gone!!


FYI.....that is no kind of fence for horses.  It was there when brother and fam moved there.  I believe it is set to be replaced as soon as possible.  Meanwhile, brother and I put up panels down the fence line.  Other than he trying to throw a panel on top of me and bruising up my arm it all went fine.  Funny how I can go cut the horse out of the fence alone and not get hurt.  Then I try to help my brother and he tries to take me out!

I think I need workman's comp insurance for babysitting!!!!!!

  

Wonderful Sunrise

What I've noticed in my time as "the nanny" is that I don't like leaving my house in the dark every morning!  i especially don't like leaving in the dark and getting home in the dark!!!  I only had to do this at my previous job a few times a year.  My mother has done it for years.  People all over the world have done it for years.  I guess I'm lucky to only have had to do this a couple months so far!

This morning I noticed small amount of orange peeking above the horizon when I started the pickup.  It was lovely!  I didn't realize how much I missed seeing the sun in the morning. 

I'm more of a sunset and moon person to tell the truth.  I think it has something to do with being a night owl.  I seem to get a second wind at about 9pm.  Even when I get into bed by 10 I usually lay there for at least an hour reading and trying to wind down. 

So.....longer days and more sunshine are ahead. Woohoo!!! 

3 Weeks Anniversary

I'm sure y'all are sick and tired of hearing me talk about Dr Pepper.  Sorry!  It's a big part of my life.  How pathetic is that????

I've been without a high fructose corn syrup DP for 3 weeks now.  No Large DP with easy ice from Sonic's happy hour.  No DP for breakfast.  No "I'm so stressed I need a DP" I don't care how much it costs. 

However,  I did have a bottle of the Dublin DP variety.  And I did have a fountain Dublin DP at Pops supervised by my folks. 

I don't think that counts! 

So.....I'm continuing on this journey.  I've made it to the 21 day habit forming point before......but not beyond.  This will be new territory. 

Will this mean I won't hang onto the steering wheel with death grip and white knuckles every time I drive past Sonic?

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO!!!!!!!!!!!

Rough Day

I knew it was coming!  That's just reality.  It was January 17th.  I won't forget it anytime soon.

Rosi had a rough day!  Therefore, Aunt Red had a rough day! 

It started with her first bottle at about 9:45 when I could only get her to drink an ounce of milk.  Crying soon followed and it just snowballed from there.  I finally decided she had a tummy ache.  That was at about 1:30.  She needed a warm pack on her tummy.  Oh my!  What a difference.   All I could think was, "Hello Stupid!  Why didn't you do that sooner!!!"   She went to sleep and ate and slept again. 

It was after 3 when Ruby finally went down for her nap.  That's about 1 hour too late.  Who knew I could be on a schedule?? 

By the time my sis-in-law got home at 4:30 I was fried.......as in toasted.........stick a fork in me I'm done!!!

I lived to babysit another day.  It was touch and go there for a while, but I survived somehow. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger....right?

God just showed me why I'm not a mom.  I can't handle the truth!!!!!!

8 Days and Counting

I haven't had a Dr Pepper since January 2nd. 

It has been easier than I thought, but every so often I just want to drive straight to Sonic and order up my favorite......Large Dr Pepper w/easy ice!!  The girls at my Sonic know the drill.  I bet they are wondering what happened to me!  Should I go tell them I'm not mad at them I'm just trying to live a year or two longer? 

I bet they don't really care!  They just miss my money!!!!!!!

"Persuasion"

Last Friday night three dear friends came over for supper, cake, and a movie. Oh, and we talked a LOT!

The friends brought an amazing cake.  Can't remember the name, but it was chocolate with crunchy  peppermint and a whipped cream/white chocolate frosting between the layers.  OH MY LANDS!!!  Talk about yummy!  We only ate some supper so we didn't pass out from all the sugar. 

After supper and talking we had the enormous task of picking a movie to watch.  Since I couldn't find the new movie I wanted to watch at Wal-Mart, we just sifted through the piles of dvd's and vhs tapes I have in my collection.  We narrowed the field down to the newest version of "Jane Eyre"  and an older version of  "Persuasion". 

"Persuasion" was the choice.  I've read the Jane Austen book.  I've seen this movie several times, but it always seems new to me.  I do remember, however, that I love this movie!  I know it's only a movie and a work of fiction of a woman who lived over a hundred years ago, but there's just something about it that hits home.

It could be the homely lead character Ann!  Where's my Captain Wentworth???

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