I am finally a farmer

I have been on facebook for a few months now. I think it is an odd website. I can’t imagine that anyone is at all interested in what I am thinking or feeling at the very minute that I sign on to the computer. I really have no words of wisdom to give. Does anyone care that my life is most like the Beauty and the Beast, that I am a green, that I have watched Pretty Woman way too many times that I made a 100% on the how much do you know about Pretty Woman quiz or that I should be living in San Francisco. I have messed around on there some and have played a couple of games. Bejeweled does nothing but make me mad because I suck at it, but now Farm Town is right up my alley. I have purchased a farm. I have a small farm house, lots of animals, a huge garden and pay someone to harvest my crops. I plant anything from grapes, onions, sunflowers to cabbage and rice. I am sure that my farm neighbors get tired of me tending to their farm when they are away and sending gifts of turkeys, trees or flowers, but still I do it. It is the silliest game I have ever played, yet at the end of the day, it is weirdly comforting to just sit and farm.

Walking with Weights

They say that if you want to build some muscle you should wear weights on your ankles and wrists while you walk. Well the new additions to our family (black corgi pups Rudy and Daisy) have decided that I need to build some muscle in my legs. They lay waiting in the hall for me to leave my office and once I step into the hall, they pounce like cats. One on each foot. They have my shoe strings in their teeth holding on for dear life as I walk my way to the kitchen to refill my water glass. They are just little things but when you have them attached to your feet it is hard to make it down the hall. Stepping over kids, toys and trying not to stop on the weights ... and with my balance issues … it is a funny sight for those passing by and glancing in the window.

Lunch from the Garden

This is our second year for a garden. Last year we planted too much stuff in a small area. This year we have done things a bit different. We are definitely not weeders so we planted a bigger garden so that we could till around everything. We have green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, radishes, lettuce, peppers of all kinds, zucchini, yellow squash, egg plant, watermelon and cantaloupe. The bunnies have been enjoying our beans and some type of bug has eaten up our eggplant, but all in all it is coming along nicely. It is very exciting to make your lunch from the garden. A nice big salad with lettuce, radishes, onions and banana peppers, I added a bit of ham for some protein but mostly today for lunch I am living off the land. Happy growing.

I am back ...

It has been a while since I have written on here. With everything going on right now it is hard to get on the computer in the evenings and have a clear thought, but I have decided that it is important for everyone to take a few minutes and relax and think about the happenings of each day. Whether they have made you happy, sad, mad or just completely exhausted as I most usually am. So, I hope you all make it back to read about my boring and uneventful life.

The Best Gift Ever

I received some great things for Mother's Day this year. I got a Hummingbird Feeder, a pair of Ruby earrings and a new set of mats for the Blazer.

Other gifts received ... after nine years ... flowers, a card and a text. It is the first celebration of mother's day for two step kids and the second celebration for the other. It is always an interesting day on Mother's day for me. Am I getting better at being the step mom? kissing their butt more now than before? Does it have something to Shirley, Hayden and Jamie living with us? Who knows ...

The best gift was given a day early. We went to Silver Dollar City yesterday and a beautiful little girl with big blue eyes whispered in my ear "Granny, I love you". And that makes everything else seem so unimportant.

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!

things to ponder ....

where do the seeds for seedless watermelons come from?



at the bank ... does the first line that says "commercial line only" mean that if you have a commercial account that is the only line you can go through or does that mean that no one but commercial account holders can use that line?

Is it too early to ask for your Christmas List?

I am a planner. Gary started laughing at me this weekend because I got my pencil, a notepad and my calendar out and started making notes. I am going to St Louis once and Boonville twice this month. A Kansas City weekend is planned for a visit with Dave Ramsey in May. A weekend to the Lake of the Ozarks, a trip to Columbia in September for the Roots n Blues n BBQ fest, a football trip to Denver to see the Broncos play the Chiefs and six weeks of vacation to fit into 2009. Silver Dollar City passes will need to be used. Jamie wants to go to KC or St Louis to the Zoo and other activities. Three Holiday's that fall on weekends and then there are "the Holidays". We will be staying home for Thanksgiving but will travel to Columbia for Christmas, probably around the 12th of December. With this much stuff to do and a hubby who doesn't think past tomorrow, someone needs to own a calendar. And with all of that traveling there will be shopping ... so if there is some time you need to schedule in or something you have on your Christmas list ... you had better get it written down on "The Calendar" because the days are filling up quick.