We are not cat people. We never had dogs that would let us have cats. My Aunt and Uncle who live here on the place tried the cat thing many times. Sometimes it ended ugly! I did have a house cat once for about 5 years. It was an experience I'll never forget.
I got a phone call a couple days ago from the guy next door to my work. I've known this guy for 25 years or so. He said he had some barn kitties and were any in my family interested. He said the momma cat was a good mouser. I'm thinking that it would be a good thing for the barn. Mice are always a problem there. I told him I had to talk to my dad since it's his barn.
Dad and I talked. He said it was fine but they'd be my cats and he didn't want anything to do with them. I wasn't gonna take them, but the neighbor man called the next morning and asked what the verdict was. I said we'd take 2.
So, I stopped by on my way home from work and got two of the cutest little yellow and white kitties you've ever seen! They are friendly, which is different than a lot of barn cats, and adorable! We put them in a cage he had and he sent me on my way with a little bag of food.
I took them down to the barn and put the cage in the back of a buckboard, gave them some food and water, and told them I'd be back later.
Sis#3 and her family were out for supper last night. At about 8 we got finished eating and I told the kids we better go check on the new kitties. Dad said, "Can y'all feed down there?" Ok, no big deal. So we all fed the horses first then let one kitty out and let it run around for a little bit. I thought that if we let one out at a time they'd stay around. However we couldn't catch the thing. I pulled the other one out of the cage and handed it to Hoss thinking maybe the first one would come closer. Nope!
In the middle of all this Dad comes down with a load of feed. He then decided that since we had some extra help we should catch one of the mules so he could trim her feet. Here's the thing, Gumdrop(that's the mule) hasn't been haltered in at least a year. She's young and a little on the wild side. We got her caught, but she didn't get her feet trimmed. It was nearly dark, the kids were running around, Hoss is still trying to catch the runaway kitty, and the mule is pulling back and trying to kick Dad. She's now in solitary confinement!
I asked Hoss what we should name them. He said Ava. I said, "What about a cowgirl name?" He said one could be a cowgirl name and the other one was Ava. Why? Apparantly, there was a girl in his class named Ava. Oh my! I told him I thought we should see if Buzz wanted to name the other one. I called Sis#2 last night to find out what Buzz might want to name the other girl kitty. He said Emma. Emma is the youth minister's daughter and Buzz says they're gonna get married. He's 6 for crying out loud!
So, Ava and Emma were glad to get out of the cage this morning and run around a little bit. Thankfully, I was able to catch both of them and put them back!!!
We'll see how it goes tonight!!!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
A Generous Gift
******Disclaimer: This isn't gonna be a "guy post" so y'all might wanna just skip this!******
Anyone who cooks wants and needs a Kitchen Aid mixer! I have never owned one, but use my mom's occasionally. "The Pioneer Woman" gives them away fairly often on her website. I've tried many times to win one, but the odds aren't in my favor when there are 40,000 others wanting the same mixer!
My dear friends made me a winner last evening! They gave me their wonderfully white Kitchen Aid! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!! I just keep thinking about all the great stuff I'm gonna cook with it and how much easier it will be.
So, I thank you "Friends" for the generosity and for always making me feel at home!
Here's another note about last night. My cooking friend Sarah made a yummy dessert with blackberries and rhubarb. I think it was technically a cobbler, but I don't know if that's what she called it. The topping/crust had all kinds of interesting flavors including maple syrup, orange, and basil. It was great and very refreshing with a little bit of vanilla ice cream. YUM!!!
Thanks for a wonderful evening!!!
Anyone who cooks wants and needs a Kitchen Aid mixer! I have never owned one, but use my mom's occasionally. "The Pioneer Woman" gives them away fairly often on her website. I've tried many times to win one, but the odds aren't in my favor when there are 40,000 others wanting the same mixer!
My dear friends made me a winner last evening! They gave me their wonderfully white Kitchen Aid! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!! I just keep thinking about all the great stuff I'm gonna cook with it and how much easier it will be.
So, I thank you "Friends" for the generosity and for always making me feel at home!
Here's another note about last night. My cooking friend Sarah made a yummy dessert with blackberries and rhubarb. I think it was technically a cobbler, but I don't know if that's what she called it. The topping/crust had all kinds of interesting flavors including maple syrup, orange, and basil. It was great and very refreshing with a little bit of vanilla ice cream. YUM!!!
Thanks for a wonderful evening!!!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
He's whipped!
This last Sunday was my brother's first Father's Day as a father. We were hoping to all get together, but got derailed by two old steers!
Brother stopped by a couple days ago to get a couple shoes to use on one of his horses. Mom gave him his Father's Day card and a little gift. He proceeded to tell us about receiving his card from his wife.
He'd been out back doing something trying to get ready to go to worship. My sis-in-law came through the kitchen holding Ruby ready to go. Brother looks up and Ruby is holding his card in her sweet little hand and looking up at him with her big blue eyes. He said he just about lost it! I'm just about to lose it just writing this!
He asked my sis-in-law if she'd gotten her to hold the card. She said no, Ruby had taken it from her.
I knew he was in big trouble the first time I saw him holding her after she was born!!
Brother stopped by a couple days ago to get a couple shoes to use on one of his horses. Mom gave him his Father's Day card and a little gift. He proceeded to tell us about receiving his card from his wife.
He'd been out back doing something trying to get ready to go to worship. My sis-in-law came through the kitchen holding Ruby ready to go. Brother looks up and Ruby is holding his card in her sweet little hand and looking up at him with her big blue eyes. He said he just about lost it! I'm just about to lose it just writing this!
He asked my sis-in-law if she'd gotten her to hold the card. She said no, Ruby had taken it from her.
I knew he was in big trouble the first time I saw him holding her after she was born!!
Monday, June 21, 2010
A busted Father's Day
If anyone ever tells you that having cattle and horses is all fun they've never had any!
We only have two Texas Longhorn steers left. They were born at our place and will live there til they die which will hopefully be at the same time or we're in trouble! It doesn't matter if there's only two. They still can get out and cause problems. I have to admit that this time it wasn't completely their fault.
Apparantly, our big rains last week caused the dam to break on a pond on the property north of us. All the stuff had to go somewhere! It went right down through the creek on the backside of our place wiping out a huge portion of the fence. Since we didn't know, and of course didn't go check just in case, the steers wandered out and wound up about 1/2 mile behind us sometime Saturday night. We get the call about 9am Sunday morning and start the search. By noon Dad and I had found the steers, threw them some hay so they'd stay put, gathered up the fence fixing stuff and some sweet tea and was headed out.
Because of the tin horn being washed out going to the back pasture, we had to go up through the land to the north of us and cross the fence with all the stuff, then haul it to the creek bottom to get to work. Thankfully, it was only about 95 yesterday with about 105 heat index. I can't imagine if it had been hotter!
We got finished with that section of fence at about 4:45 in the afternoon. We ran out of sweet tea at about 1:30. Big problem! I should've hiked back to the house then and gotten more. Dad said we might be drinking out of the creek before it was all over. He wasn't too far off! We were both toast!
I have to say that I don't think I've ever been hotter, sweatier, or more tired than I was last night. Dad lost 3 1/2 pounds. I can't imagine I did too, but I'd like to think so.
Hopefully, the fence at the other end of the creek isn't as bad. I guess we'll find out tonight. I hope those silly big horned steers don't decide to find out for us!!!!
So, all of our Father's day plans were cancelled. I guess we'll try again another day!
We only have two Texas Longhorn steers left. They were born at our place and will live there til they die which will hopefully be at the same time or we're in trouble! It doesn't matter if there's only two. They still can get out and cause problems. I have to admit that this time it wasn't completely their fault.
Apparantly, our big rains last week caused the dam to break on a pond on the property north of us. All the stuff had to go somewhere! It went right down through the creek on the backside of our place wiping out a huge portion of the fence. Since we didn't know, and of course didn't go check just in case, the steers wandered out and wound up about 1/2 mile behind us sometime Saturday night. We get the call about 9am Sunday morning and start the search. By noon Dad and I had found the steers, threw them some hay so they'd stay put, gathered up the fence fixing stuff and some sweet tea and was headed out.
Because of the tin horn being washed out going to the back pasture, we had to go up through the land to the north of us and cross the fence with all the stuff, then haul it to the creek bottom to get to work. Thankfully, it was only about 95 yesterday with about 105 heat index. I can't imagine if it had been hotter!
We got finished with that section of fence at about 4:45 in the afternoon. We ran out of sweet tea at about 1:30. Big problem! I should've hiked back to the house then and gotten more. Dad said we might be drinking out of the creek before it was all over. He wasn't too far off! We were both toast!
I have to say that I don't think I've ever been hotter, sweatier, or more tired than I was last night. Dad lost 3 1/2 pounds. I can't imagine I did too, but I'd like to think so.
Hopefully, the fence at the other end of the creek isn't as bad. I guess we'll find out tonight. I hope those silly big horned steers don't decide to find out for us!!!!
So, all of our Father's day plans were cancelled. I guess we'll try again another day!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Woody's Finger
Well, we've had a finger mishap. This happens with kids. No big thing.
Woody will be 4 in August and is the middle child of sis#2 and her hubby. Just a refresher in case we've all forgotten. Sometimes I get them mixed up.
Anyway, the other night Woody was taking a bath. They have a huge bathtub, but apparantly that's not good enough. He wants to get into the shower to suds and rinse off. I think the tub is just for practicing swimming and playing with the toys. So, he's in the shower and when my sis hears him crying. She thinks he's just gotten soap in his eyes. When she gets in there the shower door is open and his finger is bleeding. Woody evidently put his finger down the drain and when he pulled it out it cut his finger pretty good. His mom puts a wash rag around it and tries to stop the bleeding.
Woody just keeps crying and finally he says, "How are we gonna put it back together?" He thought he'd cut the end of his finger off! Mom had too explain that his finger was all together and was just cut. That made him feel a little better! It must've been cut pretty good because they had a hard time getting the bleeding to stop.
I'm sure he'll be good as new in no time!
Woody will be 4 in August and is the middle child of sis#2 and her hubby. Just a refresher in case we've all forgotten. Sometimes I get them mixed up.
Anyway, the other night Woody was taking a bath. They have a huge bathtub, but apparantly that's not good enough. He wants to get into the shower to suds and rinse off. I think the tub is just for practicing swimming and playing with the toys. So, he's in the shower and when my sis hears him crying. She thinks he's just gotten soap in his eyes. When she gets in there the shower door is open and his finger is bleeding. Woody evidently put his finger down the drain and when he pulled it out it cut his finger pretty good. His mom puts a wash rag around it and tries to stop the bleeding.
Woody just keeps crying and finally he says, "How are we gonna put it back together?" He thought he'd cut the end of his finger off! Mom had too explain that his finger was all together and was just cut. That made him feel a little better! It must've been cut pretty good because they had a hard time getting the bleeding to stop.
I'm sure he'll be good as new in no time!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Jessie Jane is Doomed!!!
Ok, if you are a guy, and I think there might be one or two who read this, you won't get this at all! And it might be inappropriate for me to even be talking about this topic in mixed company, so you might want to skip this post.
A few weeks ago, maybe a couple months actually, Jessie Jane was walking into the auditorium for worship on a Springy Sunday morning with her MaMaw. She had on a yellow plaid dress, pink sweater, tights and black patton shoes. Very cute!! I started out behind them, but somehow I wound up on the other end of the pew. All that is sketchy in my mind. This part isn't however! Jessie Jane wanted to come down and sit by me. I picked her up and put her on the pew and noticed her tights wer sagging. Apparantly, the tights were too short or didn't have enough elastic because the waistband was at her knees. I figured there wasn't any point in trying to pull them up so I just took them off and put them in the bag. Her mom, which is sis # 3, was still at home. I sent her a text and asked if she could bring Jessie Jane another pair of tights or some socks. She texted back, "Yes, what happened." I replied, "Her tights fell down."
"Oh NO!" was her reply.
I told MaMaw later that if it was already happening to her at 20 months old she was in big trouble. MaMaw made a profound statement.
"There's no hope!"
FYI-I wasn't texting during services. Nothing had started yet!
A few weeks ago, maybe a couple months actually, Jessie Jane was walking into the auditorium for worship on a Springy Sunday morning with her MaMaw. She had on a yellow plaid dress, pink sweater, tights and black patton shoes. Very cute!! I started out behind them, but somehow I wound up on the other end of the pew. All that is sketchy in my mind. This part isn't however! Jessie Jane wanted to come down and sit by me. I picked her up and put her on the pew and noticed her tights wer sagging. Apparantly, the tights were too short or didn't have enough elastic because the waistband was at her knees. I figured there wasn't any point in trying to pull them up so I just took them off and put them in the bag. Her mom, which is sis # 3, was still at home. I sent her a text and asked if she could bring Jessie Jane another pair of tights or some socks. She texted back, "Yes, what happened." I replied, "Her tights fell down."
"Oh NO!" was her reply.
I told MaMaw later that if it was already happening to her at 20 months old she was in big trouble. MaMaw made a profound statement.
"There's no hope!"
FYI-I wasn't texting during services. Nothing had started yet!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Another supper with friends!
I don't have much of a social life. Actually, that would be an understatement!!! So, when I get to have supper two times in one week with friends that is a major treat!
Last night I went to the home of my traveling friends. We had a smoky cheese fondue with all the goodies to dip into the yummy cheese. Oh my! Way fun.
We had some of the most interesting conversation last night!! Everyone was relaxed and we weren't in a hurry. Maybe it was just me. I was relaxed and not in a hurry. I was able to just take it easy for once. I don't do that very often. We decided we needed to adopt the "What's said here stays here" motto!!
Then we watched this nice movie called "The Inheritance" based on a book by Louisa May Alcott. It was so good. For a change we got a good one!
Then, one of the girls said, " Are we ready for dessert?" Helllllllloooooooo! I'm always ready for dessert!!!
They had made Tiramisu in beautiful wine glasses. Yummy!
Thanks girls for a wonderful evening!!!!!
Last night I went to the home of my traveling friends. We had a smoky cheese fondue with all the goodies to dip into the yummy cheese. Oh my! Way fun.
We had some of the most interesting conversation last night!! Everyone was relaxed and we weren't in a hurry. Maybe it was just me. I was relaxed and not in a hurry. I was able to just take it easy for once. I don't do that very often. We decided we needed to adopt the "What's said here stays here" motto!!
Then we watched this nice movie called "The Inheritance" based on a book by Louisa May Alcott. It was so good. For a change we got a good one!
Then, one of the girls said, " Are we ready for dessert?" Helllllllloooooooo! I'm always ready for dessert!!!
They had made Tiramisu in beautiful wine glasses. Yummy!
Thanks girls for a wonderful evening!!!!!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
A Mom Update
Mom went to the cardio doc today. Doc said everything was looking good. They hooked up to the EKG machine and there weren't any of the irregular beats. The medicine must be working!!!
Thanks again for all the prayers and support!
She gets to go back to work tomorrow. Which is probably a good thing since she's spent way too much time at home! She might be wearing an orange jumpsuit if something doesn't happen soon. I don't want to go into anymore details than that!!
Thanks again for all the prayers and support!
She gets to go back to work tomorrow. Which is probably a good thing since she's spent way too much time at home! She might be wearing an orange jumpsuit if something doesn't happen soon. I don't want to go into anymore details than that!!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
A European Supper
I faced the fact a long time ago that I'll most likely never go to Europe. I don't really mind, but I'd like to see Ireland. Oh well.
However, I do have friends who travel the globe! A few years ago two of my closest friends went to Europe. This last April two more of my closest friends went to Europe. Last night I was able to sample a little bit of their trip in their own home. These two friends are half of the sister team I made the trek to Colorado with last fall. They would be the younger half. No offense older half!!
These two girls are beautiful, sweet, kind, and brave. I say brave because they went to Europe all by themselves for about 2 weeks back in April. Since they are both in their mid to late 20's they are definitely old enough to make such a trip alone. I will never be old enough!
Anyway, about supper last night. One of these girls is a chef. No, she hasn't been to that cooking school in Paris and gotten a certificate. She doesn't have to. She is an amazing cook and able to take something in her head and make it taste unbelievably good. I think that's amazing!!! She made a meal like one they ate in a cafe over there. Right now I can't remember which country. Sorry.
She fixed something called Fleming Stew, roasted potato wedges, fresh corn and zucchini salad, and a pear sauce on the side. You know, the pear thing might've been called something else, but that part doesn't matter. My question was, "What do we do with the pear sauce?" The girls said the stew was brought to the table in a big serving bowl. The pear sauce and potatoes were on the side. They just kinda took a spoon full of all of it and it was good. They were right! The stew was yummy. The potatoes were yummy. And the pear sauce was a lovely surprise with both!
Now about the corn and zucchini salad. She took raw corn fresh off the cob and mixed it with shredded zucchini, lime juice, and cilantro. OH MY LANDS! Very, very tasty. It was just what the meal needed to give it a summertime feel. Then I find out she just thought it up. What's that about?????
After supper we looked at pictures of their little jaunt across Europe. We only got through half of them before I was getting sleepy. We'll look at the other half soon.
See, I don't have to travel across a big batch of water in an airplane with a lot of people I don't know to get a little culture! It's just a few miles from my home!
Thank you "younger half" for being such good friends! When do I get to come over again for another culture session?????
However, I do have friends who travel the globe! A few years ago two of my closest friends went to Europe. This last April two more of my closest friends went to Europe. Last night I was able to sample a little bit of their trip in their own home. These two friends are half of the sister team I made the trek to Colorado with last fall. They would be the younger half. No offense older half!!
These two girls are beautiful, sweet, kind, and brave. I say brave because they went to Europe all by themselves for about 2 weeks back in April. Since they are both in their mid to late 20's they are definitely old enough to make such a trip alone. I will never be old enough!
Anyway, about supper last night. One of these girls is a chef. No, she hasn't been to that cooking school in Paris and gotten a certificate. She doesn't have to. She is an amazing cook and able to take something in her head and make it taste unbelievably good. I think that's amazing!!! She made a meal like one they ate in a cafe over there. Right now I can't remember which country. Sorry.
She fixed something called Fleming Stew, roasted potato wedges, fresh corn and zucchini salad, and a pear sauce on the side. You know, the pear thing might've been called something else, but that part doesn't matter. My question was, "What do we do with the pear sauce?" The girls said the stew was brought to the table in a big serving bowl. The pear sauce and potatoes were on the side. They just kinda took a spoon full of all of it and it was good. They were right! The stew was yummy. The potatoes were yummy. And the pear sauce was a lovely surprise with both!
Now about the corn and zucchini salad. She took raw corn fresh off the cob and mixed it with shredded zucchini, lime juice, and cilantro. OH MY LANDS! Very, very tasty. It was just what the meal needed to give it a summertime feel. Then I find out she just thought it up. What's that about?????
After supper we looked at pictures of their little jaunt across Europe. We only got through half of them before I was getting sleepy. We'll look at the other half soon.
See, I don't have to travel across a big batch of water in an airplane with a lot of people I don't know to get a little culture! It's just a few miles from my home!
Thank you "younger half" for being such good friends! When do I get to come over again for another culture session?????
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Thank You!
Thanks to everyone for your prayers and concerns for Mom!!! She's doing better. The medication seems to be helping. She's off work for a few days, which means she'll be home and going stir crazy, but maybe she'll get a little rest.
It's gotten very hot here all of a sudden. I'm glad she's inside taking it easy. I'm tired of sweating already and it's only June 2nd. I'm in big trouble!!!
Stay cool everyone!!
It's gotten very hot here all of a sudden. I'm glad she's inside taking it easy. I'm tired of sweating already and it's only June 2nd. I'm in big trouble!!!
Stay cool everyone!!
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