Starting Over

Hi, I felt as though I was being stalked by a reader, and it really gave me the jeebes to hear the person speak as though they were part of my everday life. I write this to share my life and events with friends and family, but someone I would prefer not read this has been living vicariously through it.

So, hello and welcome to the Ranch!

Chicken Pot

The chicken calamity of 2007 has been solved. Mike AND I built a "chicken pot". It really looks like a chicken tent, but what I visualized in my head was different than what we made for lack of proper supplies. Since I have a certain picture in my head though, I will continue to refer to it as the chicken pot. It took just a few hours and spare parts plucked from around the barn and wa-la, the chickens are happy "campers"!
So thats what we did yesterday. We also flew Wyatt's new kite for awhile. Come to find out, Mike and I are more interested in flying Wyatt's kite than Wyatt is. We were discussing wind speed and angles and the proper stance for an accurate throw of the kite when we noticed Wyatt playing on the dirt pile paying no attention to us. Oh well.
Dohn and Jonna came for dinner, and as always, Julie's recipe for pulled pig sandwiches with secret cole slaw was out of this world. They brought fresh pies, and a nice visit was shared over great food. Just a side note....if you havent already figured it out, I'm off my diet :(
Dinner was over early so we came home and Wyatt took a bath to rid himself from all the dirt he carried in on his person from the dirt pile. I guess you would call that a mudbath. I played on the new computer some more, and found out that the things this is capable of are far beyond my comprehension. I can learn though. Mike went back to the big house and had a second dinner and chewed the fat with Gk for awhile.
Then it was time for the Soprano's. Let me just say this. What the ef is going on this season. All three episodes have been so lame. Either that, or so brilliant I don't get it. I keep thinking throughout the hour that it's all going to come together in some big "whip" and I'm going to be left in disbelief and awe. Ummm. NO. It makes me so mad. That and the fact that GH has let me down so badly with Jax and Carly getting married. Maybe it's time to just turn off the t.v

I have been taking flaxseed oil twice a day and I think it's helping with my fat induced hip and leg discomfort.

I haven't talked to Wendy for a few days, so I don't know whats new with her. I guess I should try leaving her some messages letting her know her brother is coming next weekend. If anyone talks to or see's her, please tell her.

I think Val is coming for a visit....that would be fun. For me anyway, I don't know how much fun she would have : )
Shelley and Joe have a new to them trailer, I hope they come down this summer too.
Since we can't fish in the pond anymore, we'll have to find new ways to entertain ourselves, so company is a welcome thing.
It's a good diversion for GK too. He really likes company.

I guess thats all. I should go do something.

See Ya

Chicken Run

I feel like I lost a day. I think I was so overwhelmed by the new addition I kinda lost track of things. We have taken about 5000 photo booth photos and laughed so hard at most of them we couldn't see. oh well, I think I'm coming out of it a little today.

We did have a busy day yesterday though. We went to town and did some grocery shopping for GK. I came home with the back of the wagon loaded and he just shook his head and asked what the hell he was gonna do with all that "gawdammmed" food. As we brought it in he started going through and unloading all the bags onto the counter saying....oh, that looks pretty good, oh, I like that, Oh that will taste good, oh, I haven't had that in a while, yeah, you got some pretty good stuff here. : )
Needless to say, he is pleased with the new inventory.

Ok, this was the big faux pass.
The decision to let the chickens "free range" again. I must say it was my fault. I feel sorry for the chickens. I wanted them to be able to feel the wind on their face and the grass under their feet. Mike begrudgingly went along with it. I said, we will clip thier wings so they wont fly over the fence. He said "ok". I said, they won't get out THROUGH the fence. WHY would they want out of this beautiful field. He said, "whatever"...... I said tear down those walls Mike! He said, "alright".
It was a glorious sight. All those little happy chickens, free at last from the wire that had for so long been holding them back from the freedom they so desired. I sat and watched as the chickens frolicked in the fresh spring air, reasurring Mike what a wonderful thing it was he had done. We sat for a long time before we went back in the house. Just watching the chickens.
It was about 6:30 when it happened.
Wyatt came running in the house to say that the chickens were out of the field. It couldn't be. Why. Why would they have left. Why would they BETRAY me and the trust I had in them.
Those fuggin chickens.
The chase was on. We were armed with salmon nets and or own primal inginuity. We could catch all those stupid chickens, big deal. Let me just say this. It was after eight when we got back in the house. The chickens had won. Oh, they were all back in thier hen house, but the joke was on us. They had conspired and won. They truely had tasted freedom and proven that man is not necessarily smarter than beast, but sometimes, just sometimes, husband may be smarter than wife.

We had a late dinner and all ate in the living room to watch a movie. Borat. Hmmm. What to say about Borat. Some parts of it were so funny I thought I would pee. Other parts were so cuttingly true about what bafoons Americans can be was almost shameful. Wyatt loved the bathroom humor, but some of it was above what he maybe should have seen. It was entertaining, parts of it very funny. Would I watch it again? I'm not sure.
This afternoon, I think we are going to watch Flyboys with the neighbor.

Dohn and Jonna are coming over for an early dinner today. I am making Julie's famed pulled pork sandwiches with her top secret cole slaw. I put the pork roast in at about 7:30 this morning and have the oven set really low. The house already smells good.
Mike just took GK the paper and Wyatt is watching cartoons.
Another Sunday in the Park :

Not So Much

Not to much new today. Wyatt is in school, so I'm having to make my own noodle soup for lunch : (
I spent the morning at the big house doing cleaning that's needed to be done for a week, but because of the floor being put down it was kind of pointless. Anyway, everything is ship shape and back in place now. GK has decided to extend the new floor out to all three doors. That is what he originaly had in mind, and I think it will look really good.
He drove to town today to run some errands and I think it did him a world of good. Kind of a sense of self being behind the wheel of the Goat Wagon again. It's good to see him feeling well, and doing again : )
His hip has been pretty sore, but the doc's are checking to see if it could maybe be low calcium again. Nothing to bad though, not enough to keep him down. He was talking this morning about he and Mike mowing the pasture tomorrow before the grass gets to long. Mike could use the Tractor for the big part and GK could follow behind on the rider.
Should be entertaining to watch!

Mike and Wyatt are going North next weekend. Wyatt is about out of his shorts. He gets soo excited to see Wendy and Maddy.
Stub, I think maybe Mike should swing him in for a short visit before he comes for "nine" days like he plans. You may end up having other "plans" for all but seven or eight of those days : )
I am going to go with GK and John and Donna to the coast to see their friend Betty. They have all been friends for a very long time so it should be a fun time filled with stories and memories.

Well, GH just ended and I am sooooo mad.
Carly married Jax.
I cant believe it : (
It turns out though, it was Jaxs' brother who held everyone (including Carly) hostage at the Metro Court. He's had plastic surgery though so no one knows it's him.
Wait till everyone figures it out! It's a real nail biter I tell ya!!!

Speaking of t.v stuff, did you hear Richard Gere has a warrant for his arrest out for kissing some woman in India????
WoW, he must be a reallly bad kisser : P

OHMYGAWD

This is me sooooooo happy I'm Bawling!
I'll tell you why later!!
Nooooo, not just because Wyatt brought me home that great firemans hat...
Just you wait!

Oh My Gawd

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Julie and Mike sent us a NEW COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A shiny new fresh out of the box wide screen Mac computer with a brand new printer scanner everything!!!!!!
I almost had heart failure when it arrived. I just started crying and choking, I think I scared the Fed EX guy half to death :)
I blubbered for about an hour before I could even believe it was real!
My eyes are sollen and tired now, so I'll tell you more about it tomorrow.
Thank you Mike and Julie. This is the best gift ever.
All my friends are in here, you have no idea what this means to me.
Maybe tonight I'll dream of GK and I working on the computer together ; )

My Day At Work. By Wyatt

[slideshow id=144115188082886026&w=400&h=300]My day with my Mom. I really did like it. My favorite part was going to see the chicken eggs. It was really dirty. We found the freakiest egg. It was pink and it had white dots it was the warmest thing I have ever touched. There were like seven eggs. We left the door open and one of the chickens got out. I found an apple seed and I planted it then my hands got a little dirty and then I got the hose to wash my hands, they were dirty, then I made my hand look like a cup and water filled my hands and I got all wet from the water. I also did the laundry. It was kinda fun. I actualy kinda forgot how I did the laundry. I sorted the clothes. I vacumed and cleaned the living room. I made lunch for me and Mom. I made noodle soup. It was great. I took the dogs out to go to the bathroom. We went to the big house and I broomed the new floor for my Great Grandfather. We just made cookies, me and my Mom. They are butterscotch oatmeal. They are good. I stired them, and mixed the chemicals together and then I got the mixing spoons. Oh, I did the dishes, it was fun.
I had a great time today. I think what my Mom does is fun and I want to do it when I grow up. I think I am going to make dinner tonight. I am going to make pasta and potatoes. Now we are going to watch my Moms show General Hospital. I think General Hospital is cool. It's where these guys go to the hospital and they hear urgent emegencies and two people are getting married but Sonny is trying to stop it all.
That is my day.