All of us who were old enough to understand the news will remember what happened on this day in 2001. Sometimes I don't really think about it much. This morning when I was at the barn and trying to get things done it blew right by me. Funny how the normal things in life just keep goin on.
When I think about what I'm worried about today. It's all really stupid and selfish. All the thoughts about the poor people who were personally affected by what happened on Sept. 11, 2001 brings me back to reality. I don't have anything to worry about in truth. I need to be thankful and content with what I have which is a roof over my head, a place to sleep, a family who loves me (most of the time), and the most important thing of all is a God who loves me.
I sometimes forget about all of that.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Jessie Jane's Party Postponed, again!
Poor Jessie Jane!!! We were scheduled to have her 1st birthday party this Sunday afternoon. However, her 2 big brothers have come down with the dreaded Chicken Pox. So much for that!!! We will try again next weekend and combine her party with her big brother's, that'd be Hoss. Hoss and I have the same birthday albeit he would be considerably younger! I also know 2 other people who have the same birthday. Both happen to be male and probably not so concerned about their big day as I am this year. I'm just ready for it to get here and get gone!!!
One great thing about this day though, is that I have a very dear friend whose birthday is the day before. It just so happens that she and I were born about 12 hours apart. She made the comment once that our mothers were in pain at the same time. That's probably true, but my mother just kept playing dominos in between contractions. She was only 20 and very inexperienced in these things. I think by the #5 was born she handled it all a little differently, but she was only 28 then, so maybe not!!
Anyway, this friend of mine lives only 45 minutes from here and I never get to see her. She came along at a time in my life when I really needed a friend to help me step out of my zone. She was already married to a great guy when we met and I've always thought the world of them both. Things change and people move away and have kids and all that stuff. However, I always know I have a very special friend who is closer in age to me than anyone else I will probably ever know.
OK, enough of that cause I'm about to start crying. I don't like to cry!!!
One great thing about this day though, is that I have a very dear friend whose birthday is the day before. It just so happens that she and I were born about 12 hours apart. She made the comment once that our mothers were in pain at the same time. That's probably true, but my mother just kept playing dominos in between contractions. She was only 20 and very inexperienced in these things. I think by the #5 was born she handled it all a little differently, but she was only 28 then, so maybe not!!
Anyway, this friend of mine lives only 45 minutes from here and I never get to see her. She came along at a time in my life when I really needed a friend to help me step out of my zone. She was already married to a great guy when we met and I've always thought the world of them both. Things change and people move away and have kids and all that stuff. However, I always know I have a very special friend who is closer in age to me than anyone else I will probably ever know.
OK, enough of that cause I'm about to start crying. I don't like to cry!!!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Jessie Jane's Birthday
Well, Jessie Jane's first birthday was Aug. 27. We were unable to celebrate because she came down with the dreaded Chicken Pox two days before. So, we're celebrating this weekend.
I know everyone thinks their niece is the cutest and sweetest thing that ever lived. However, I really think my niece is the cutest and sweetest thing that has ever lived! Maybe it's because 5 nephews preceded her, but she's so well behaved. If she walked up to the vcr/dvd player and tried to stick her fingers in the slots one only has to say "No" and she stops, turns around, and moves on. That never worked with the boys!
Now, that's not to say she doesn't have a little temper. She doesn't have red hair like her Aunt(that would be me), but it's got some red tint to it. She'll let you know if she's not happy.
Hopefully, she'll have a girl cousin at the end of the year and Jessie Jane won't be the only one. Just think how rotten she could be, not that she would be, if she was the only girl in the herd?
Now, onto more selfish things.
I'm moving! I'll only be going about 100 yards south, but I'm so excited!! I've mentioned before that Sis#4 and family moved back north to where my bro-in-law is from. So their house has been vacant. We finally got a deal worked out and I'll be moving into their old place. Now, I say house. It's a mobile home, trailer house, whatever one wants to call it. It's bigger and WAY newer than what I've been in for most of my life. My dear friends are going to help me paint and decorate. I'll owe them for the rest of my life! I plan on feeding them lots of pizza and chocolate. Maybe that'll help!!!!!!!!!!
I know everyone thinks their niece is the cutest and sweetest thing that ever lived. However, I really think my niece is the cutest and sweetest thing that has ever lived! Maybe it's because 5 nephews preceded her, but she's so well behaved. If she walked up to the vcr/dvd player and tried to stick her fingers in the slots one only has to say "No" and she stops, turns around, and moves on. That never worked with the boys!
Now, that's not to say she doesn't have a little temper. She doesn't have red hair like her Aunt(that would be me), but it's got some red tint to it. She'll let you know if she's not happy.
Hopefully, she'll have a girl cousin at the end of the year and Jessie Jane won't be the only one. Just think how rotten she could be, not that she would be, if she was the only girl in the herd?
Now, onto more selfish things.
I'm moving! I'll only be going about 100 yards south, but I'm so excited!! I've mentioned before that Sis#4 and family moved back north to where my bro-in-law is from. So their house has been vacant. We finally got a deal worked out and I'll be moving into their old place. Now, I say house. It's a mobile home, trailer house, whatever one wants to call it. It's bigger and WAY newer than what I've been in for most of my life. My dear friends are going to help me paint and decorate. I'll owe them for the rest of my life! I plan on feeding them lots of pizza and chocolate. Maybe that'll help!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Ranch Rodeo Junkie
I don't get out much. That's all I can say. So when I get the chance to attend a ranch rodeo I jump at it. There was one down in OKC a couple weekends ago. I wasn't able to go the first night but made it for the second. Oh my lands! I could go to one of those things every weekend! I absolutely love it. I've been to the one out in Abilene and it's definitely good. I really like the one that's in OKC though. I guess it's because it's all ranches from our state. They've been having this one for 25 years I think. I've been to a lot of those. It's just good clean family fun with a few wrecks thrown in. Thankfully, there are few serious injuries usually. These people are use to dangerous stuff in their everyday lives so it's nothing new there.
It's September. I can't believe it's already here, but it seems like it's been a long time coming. Does that make any sense? I'm going on a trip at the end of the month with 4 of my very good friends who are all sisters. I think we're gonna be gone around 10 days. I'm ready for some rest and relaxation!!! Then maybe I'll be able to finish out the rest of the year. We only have a couple things planned for sure and the rest of the time we're just gonna wing it. I love that! This little trip is in honor of my 40th birthday. So, in 4 years we'll start planning the next trip to celebrate the next of our group who'll be turning that lovely age. I'm sure I'll feel way better about her turning 40 than I do me turning 40! I guess we'll see where she takes us. Who knows where we'll all be by then!
It's September. I can't believe it's already here, but it seems like it's been a long time coming. Does that make any sense? I'm going on a trip at the end of the month with 4 of my very good friends who are all sisters. I think we're gonna be gone around 10 days. I'm ready for some rest and relaxation!!! Then maybe I'll be able to finish out the rest of the year. We only have a couple things planned for sure and the rest of the time we're just gonna wing it. I love that! This little trip is in honor of my 40th birthday. So, in 4 years we'll start planning the next trip to celebrate the next of our group who'll be turning that lovely age. I'm sure I'll feel way better about her turning 40 than I do me turning 40! I guess we'll see where she takes us. Who knows where we'll all be by then!
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Mouse Hunt
I'm gonna start calling Hoss "The Great Mouse Hunter".
Saturday night Hoss stayed with me. I had told him that I had seen a mouse the night before in the living room and we needed to set some traps. He was all over that! We got that done and he was watching some cartoons while I was ironing my clothes for worship Sunday morning. All of a sudden he said "I saw a mouse!" Then the big hunt was on. I told him it might've been my shadow that was moving around. He was sure it was a mouse. Well, he was right. A minute or two later the little beggar ran from under my trunk/coffee table back to under the chair from whence he came. Not long after that he shot across the living room floor under the tv table and went down along the wall missing a couple traps along the way. At this point Hoss is looking for the rodent and I'm up on the edge of the recliner. What is it about these little mooches that puts me in a chair? Why can I kill a poinsonous snake and not think twice, but a mouse freaks me out? These are questions I'll ask my therapist, well, I don't have a therapist, but I'm sure someday I'm sure I'll be in need of one.
So, anyway, the little turkey ran into the kitchen, in front of the fridge, and down the side of the wall. I soon went and moved one of the missed traps in the living room to the spot next to the fridge. Everything calmed down after that.
Hoss checked the traps a couple more times before we went to bed. Sometime during the night I heard a snap. I didn't go check, but I heard it. Hoss woke up at 7:30 Sunday morning saying he needed to check the traps. I told him to get the flash light. We started back tracking over all the traps. He missed the one by the front door, but I could see it was turned over. I told him he better come back here with the light. When he saw it he said, "That must've been the nocturnal mouse!"
I'm fairly certain he'll have his own wildlife show someday!!! And I can't wait til he goes to school today and tells his teacher that his Aunt Red had a mouse in her house and we caught it with a trap and there was blood on the floor. Oh well, hopefully it won't make the paper!!
Saturday night Hoss stayed with me. I had told him that I had seen a mouse the night before in the living room and we needed to set some traps. He was all over that! We got that done and he was watching some cartoons while I was ironing my clothes for worship Sunday morning. All of a sudden he said "I saw a mouse!" Then the big hunt was on. I told him it might've been my shadow that was moving around. He was sure it was a mouse. Well, he was right. A minute or two later the little beggar ran from under my trunk/coffee table back to under the chair from whence he came. Not long after that he shot across the living room floor under the tv table and went down along the wall missing a couple traps along the way. At this point Hoss is looking for the rodent and I'm up on the edge of the recliner. What is it about these little mooches that puts me in a chair? Why can I kill a poinsonous snake and not think twice, but a mouse freaks me out? These are questions I'll ask my therapist, well, I don't have a therapist, but I'm sure someday I'm sure I'll be in need of one.
So, anyway, the little turkey ran into the kitchen, in front of the fridge, and down the side of the wall. I soon went and moved one of the missed traps in the living room to the spot next to the fridge. Everything calmed down after that.
Hoss checked the traps a couple more times before we went to bed. Sometime during the night I heard a snap. I didn't go check, but I heard it. Hoss woke up at 7:30 Sunday morning saying he needed to check the traps. I told him to get the flash light. We started back tracking over all the traps. He missed the one by the front door, but I could see it was turned over. I told him he better come back here with the light. When he saw it he said, "That must've been the nocturnal mouse!"
I'm fairly certain he'll have his own wildlife show someday!!! And I can't wait til he goes to school today and tells his teacher that his Aunt Red had a mouse in her house and we caught it with a trap and there was blood on the floor. Oh well, hopefully it won't make the paper!!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
This has been one of those weeks that I don't want to repeat. EVER!
Let's start with Sunday night. Sis #4 calls our Mom and says Little Joe is sick. He's been puking since Saturday and woke up that morning with a bad headache. Nurse Mom told them a few things to do and didn't hear anything else. Monday morning Mom called me and said they were taking Little Joe to the doc because he wasn't better. Doc took one look at him and said he needed to go to the hospital. They took him straight to a room and started running tests and got an iv started to get him some fluids since he'd been puking for more than 24 hours. They recently moved back to Sis#4's husband's family's place which is 3 hours from here. So, since we've got horses to feed, we all can't go at once. Mom and Dad headed that way and I stayed home to do chores. Plus I had an extra job taking care of a friends place while she was out of town.
They were keeping me posted via cell phone. I then started making calls to the other siblings and various other family members. They ran tests for Lyme disease, tick fever, the Swine Flu, but since they are at a small hospital it was taking a while to get the results back. I'm talking 3-4 days! They also thought he might have Viral Meningitis. I'm sure that's not spelled right. Which, according to Nurse Mom, is the better of the meningitis's to have. Little Joe wasn't getting any worse by evening time. He had a popsicle and mashed potatoes for supper and kept them down. That was progress! By Tuesday morning he was a new kid. He was ready to get out of there. Mom called me while I was feeding that morning and put Little Joe on the phone. He said he was having mashed taters for breakfast. Hey, whatever the sick kid wants!!!
They released him that night and he's been good ever since. His checkup Thursday was good too. The doc said he thought it was a stomach bug. You know how some kids are pukers? His mom is a puker. Every time she'd get hurt when she was a kid you could bet she'd lose her lunch. Apparantly the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!
I went to Sis#2's Wed. and Thurs. to help with the kids while they went to a dr. appointment. There's a whole lot more to that story, but I'm tired of writing. Let's just say her dr. visit turned out good, and I lost a lot of sleep!!!!!
Let's start with Sunday night. Sis #4 calls our Mom and says Little Joe is sick. He's been puking since Saturday and woke up that morning with a bad headache. Nurse Mom told them a few things to do and didn't hear anything else. Monday morning Mom called me and said they were taking Little Joe to the doc because he wasn't better. Doc took one look at him and said he needed to go to the hospital. They took him straight to a room and started running tests and got an iv started to get him some fluids since he'd been puking for more than 24 hours. They recently moved back to Sis#4's husband's family's place which is 3 hours from here. So, since we've got horses to feed, we all can't go at once. Mom and Dad headed that way and I stayed home to do chores. Plus I had an extra job taking care of a friends place while she was out of town.
They were keeping me posted via cell phone. I then started making calls to the other siblings and various other family members. They ran tests for Lyme disease, tick fever, the Swine Flu, but since they are at a small hospital it was taking a while to get the results back. I'm talking 3-4 days! They also thought he might have Viral Meningitis. I'm sure that's not spelled right. Which, according to Nurse Mom, is the better of the meningitis's to have. Little Joe wasn't getting any worse by evening time. He had a popsicle and mashed potatoes for supper and kept them down. That was progress! By Tuesday morning he was a new kid. He was ready to get out of there. Mom called me while I was feeding that morning and put Little Joe on the phone. He said he was having mashed taters for breakfast. Hey, whatever the sick kid wants!!!
They released him that night and he's been good ever since. His checkup Thursday was good too. The doc said he thought it was a stomach bug. You know how some kids are pukers? His mom is a puker. Every time she'd get hurt when she was a kid you could bet she'd lose her lunch. Apparantly the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!
I went to Sis#2's Wed. and Thurs. to help with the kids while they went to a dr. appointment. There's a whole lot more to that story, but I'm tired of writing. Let's just say her dr. visit turned out good, and I lost a lot of sleep!!!!!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Clerical errrors
So, I'm not a perfect typist. Or and English teacher. Or Spelling Bee Queen of my county.
I've been told my sister #2 that I spelled kindergarten wrong. She said that when she read the post about her kid going to school she thought she should've sent some gardening tools with him. Some people are so picky!
Then there's my sad story about our UPS driver a while back. It was brought to my attention by a very good friend of mine that I wrote he had a wreck with a dump drunk. That could be some kind of new slang for a dump truck driver don't you think?
I think really all because I'm mentally, physically, emotionally, anything else anyone can come up with, EXHAUSTED!!!
I hope that anything in this post is even remotely spelled right today. I only got a couple hours sleep last night. I'm not sure why I couldn't sleep. There's three things that could've been contributing factors.
1. I took about a 30 minute nap yesterday afternoon.
2. Hoss was staying with me and he kinda snores.
3. I was hot.
4. I drank too much DP yesterday.
Well, that's four. I forgot about the hot part til right then. For some reason I just couldn't get comfortable. Finally, at about 5am I fell to sleep on the couch and made it til the alarm went off at 7:30.
I really just want to whine. I'm ready for summer to be over. It's not my favorite time of the year!!!
I've been told my sister #2 that I spelled kindergarten wrong. She said that when she read the post about her kid going to school she thought she should've sent some gardening tools with him. Some people are so picky!
Then there's my sad story about our UPS driver a while back. It was brought to my attention by a very good friend of mine that I wrote he had a wreck with a dump drunk. That could be some kind of new slang for a dump truck driver don't you think?
I think really all because I'm mentally, physically, emotionally, anything else anyone can come up with, EXHAUSTED!!!
I hope that anything in this post is even remotely spelled right today. I only got a couple hours sleep last night. I'm not sure why I couldn't sleep. There's three things that could've been contributing factors.
1. I took about a 30 minute nap yesterday afternoon.
2. Hoss was staying with me and he kinda snores.
3. I was hot.
4. I drank too much DP yesterday.
Well, that's four. I forgot about the hot part til right then. For some reason I just couldn't get comfortable. Finally, at about 5am I fell to sleep on the couch and made it til the alarm went off at 7:30.
I really just want to whine. I'm ready for summer to be over. It's not my favorite time of the year!!!
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