My Mom

I haven't talked much about my Mom in the year I've been writing this lovely blog. I think it's because she's not the drama magnet of the family. The drama seems to follow my Dad and many others whether they want it or not.

A few days ago Mom felt yucky when she got to work. Later in the afternoon the nurses in her office took her down to the Emergency Room. First, she tested positive for strep. Then, second, the ER doc said her heart had irregular beats and a lot of them. We found out about this first back in early February. I kinda thought it had been lined out with some new medication. Wrong! They ran more tests and found she has a leaky valve in the middle of the heart that pumps blood from one side to the other. Apparantly, this valve can repair itself if the irregular beats will go back to normal. She started a new medication and it already seems to be helping. She spent a couple days in the hospital so they could moniter her heart and now she's home and resting. Or at least she should be resting!

Since I'm a person who is an "optimist with experience", aka pessimist, I started having thoughts of what life would be like without my Mom. I'm not liking the sound of that at all. Even though I tell her often that I love her, I don't think she could even come close to knowing how much we all need her and love her. All the "Happy Mother's Day" cards ever made couldn't say it get the point across.

She says she feels better already and I'm so glad of that!! So everyone give your mom's a hug. They deserve it!!!

I missed the one year anniversary

I found out a few minutes ago that I started this blog thing on May 18th of last year. I so did not remember that! I'm a little scared to go back and read what I've written about over the last 12 months. I would imagine I've repeated myself several times about many, many things. That's what getting old will do for ya!

Not a whole lot has changed in my life in the last year. I now have another nephew and niece. I'm living in a new house, at least it's new to me. That's all the big changes I can think of.

Maybe it means I'm more settled than I have been in a while. I really like being at home. I like having central air I can tell you that!

I actually can't believe I'm still writing this crazy thing. Last night Buzz asked me how I started my blog. He said he wants to start an archeology for kids story on his own blog and tell about kids adventures. I'll link it up to this when it gets going. I'm sure it'll be interesting! He has quite the imagination. He told me the other day that it was hard to let go of kindergarten. I don't remember that, but I'm sure it's true!

So, readers, Happy First Anniversary!! Maybe by anniversary #2 I'll have figured the picture thing out!!

A long, long week!

I've heard it said that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. In my case it seems to make me very sore and tired!!!


Last week was one of the longest I've had in a long, long time. I realize all the hours are the same as they were the week before, but last week the hours were filled with sickness, storms, vet visits, and a flying trailer wheel.

I'm gonna try really hard to keep this from going on and on. So....i'm just gonna go straight to the wheel incident.

Last Saturday morning my dad and brother were going to Wichita, KS. They had to leave at 5am. I got up at 4 to get the horses and mules fed before they needed to be loaded. Friday night we got all the harness and goods loaded. All was going ok. I called brother at about 4:30 to ask him if he had any fly spray to take with them. No answer. He called right back and said his alarm didn't go off and it was a good thing I called. He wasn't very late and they got gone about 5:30. Not bad for our family!

By then the sun was trying to come up and it was a little lighter outside. I decided to go up to the north barn and feed up there and then go shower and lay down for a little bit before I had to go to work.

Then the phone rang at 6:05. It was brother saying he needed me to get in his truck and go to his place, get his trailer, and meet up with them cause they'd lost a wheel off the trailer on the highway. He started rattling off things I needed to bring. I told him to hold on a minute and I'd call him back when I got out of the shower. I was in his truck and driving off in 10 minutes.

I get to his house, hook up the truck to his trailer, give brother a call and start gathering chains and booms and whatever else he said to get. I left his house about 15 minutes later and headed across town to get to the highway. I made it to the other side of the river where they were pulled over at about 7:30. We then started moving the horses, mules, harness, etc. to the other rig. Brother started chaining up the back axle on the trailer. They first thought we'd just park the trailer somewhere off the highway and go back for it later, but after chaining up the axle they thought I could make it back home ok.

I pulled out onto the highway and they followed behind me and then got beside the trailer to check it all out. Next thing I know they blew by me giving me the thumbs up and went on. Right before we drove off I told dad that I guess I'd just call AAA if I had any trouble on the way back. I also told him that from now on I was gonna turn off my phone when they left!!

Thankfully, I didn't need to call anyone. I drove about 60mph and didn't have any trouble. I got to the exit into town and pulled into the first Sonic I could see!!! I then went on to the bank and made my deposit. That was at 8:30.

I made it back to the house, changed clothes and got to work by 10. Good thing I had several customers because I think I would've fallen asleep if I'd sat down for too long.

I guess the filming went ok in Wichita. They made it home in one piece. Sunday was quiet! I had to work, but I got home about 4:30 and took a nap before going to evening worship services.

Maybe this week will be nice and calm. I'm not holding my breath!!!

King George's Birthday!

Hey everybody! It's been a hundred years since I wrote a post on this thing. I probably have lost all 9 of my readers. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the thrilling and exhilirating content of this lowly blog.

Just so no one forgets I wanted to mention that today is King George's Birthday. Y'all know who I'm talking about! Well, just in case someone doesn't know me and my infatuation with the King since I was 12, I'm talking about George Strait. It's his 58th birthday today! How can a fella who is 58 be better looking than he was 30 years ago? It's beyond me!! It reminds me of Paul Newman and Cary Grant. They were both very handsome older men. I'm sure George would be glad to know I've grouped him with those two legends.

I'm sure George doesn't give a rip what I think as long as I buy his next album, which I will. OOPS! I mean cd. Does anyone remember albums????

I just showed my, age didn't I!?!

It's May!

I can't believe it's May 5th!!! I'm not really a Spanish wiz just in case anyone was wondering. HAHA. I just really love Mexican food!!!!

It's so beautiful outside these days! We took a trip northwest of here to Okeene on Sunday afternoon to watch brother in a Ranch Rodeo. The wheat looks great. Everything was green and blooming. Amazing!

I've talked about these Ranch Rodeos before. This one was way different than any I've been to though. It was a small production in an outdoor arena instead of a big coliseum. It was fun. Brother's team didn't do that well, but I'm not sure any of them had competed like that before. There was still quite the variety in cowboys though. Everything from the team roper type to the punchy guy with taps on his saddle. There was one team of four guys who were really good. They looked like they could've been brothers and were somewhere in between the modern looking guy and the punchy fellas. I don't know who won, but I think it had to be them.

It was fun and Ruby got to see her dad rope for the first time. I'm not sure if she was impressed or not. She didn't say. She got to ride with dad after it was over. That was quite a site. I love seeing my brother being a dad!!

It does the heart good!!!!!