A BEAUTUFUL AND BUSY WEEK

SO AFTER I GOT HOME FROM WORK LAST THURSDAY{YEP STILL THERE} MOMMA CAT WAS LET OUT WHEN HUBBY AND KIDS GOT HOME AND NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. MEANWHILE I AM STUCK WITH 6 KITTENS THAT WE ARE BOTTLE FEEDING. I AM NOT A HUGE CAT PERSON BUT THE KIDS WERE HEARTBROKEN AT THE MENTION OF SOMEONE ELSE TAKING IN ORPHAN KITTENS AND NEVER SEEING THEM AGAIN. SO I AM NOW DEALING WITH IT AND SPENDING MONEY ON THEM. UGGH. THEY WILL BE 3 WEEKS OLD TOMORROW .

WE HAVE ALSO GOT 3 BUNNIES NOW AND ALL WE NEED IS A BUCK TO BREED. WE PLAN ON RAISING AND EATING THEM. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE CRINGING RIGHT NOW BUT THATS JUST THE WAY IT IS.

WE GOT THE POOL COMPLETELY DRAINED AND THE LINER SITTING IN THE BOX BUT THE ONLY DAY HUBBY AND I HAVE OFF TOGETHER ARE SUNDAYS ,WE MOWED AND WEEDEATED THIS LAST WEEKEND. I KNOW THAT THIS SUNDAY IS MOTHERS DAY BUT WE MAY SEE IF WE CAN WORK ON IT EARLY AND FINISH IT UP AFTER WE GO TO MOMS TO EAT. STAY TUNED.

A BIT OF GOOD NEWS AROUND HERE--I NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY FLOOD INSURANCE ON A PLACE THAT WILL NEVER FLOOD. YOU SEE THE BANK THAT WE HAVE OUR MORTGAGE THROUGH REQUIRED US TO HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. IT RUNS AROUND $700.00 A YEAR AND WAS DUE THE FIRST PART OF NEXT MONTH. GOT A PAPER IN THE MAIL FROM THE BANK THAT SAID WITH THE REMAPPING OF THE FLOOD ZONE THAT WE NO LONGER HAD TO HAVE IT..YAY.

WE HAVE HAD A MIXTURE OF GOOD AND BAD GOING ON AROUND HERE THIS WEEK BUT IT HAS BEEN SUCH BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OUT EVEN THE BAD HASNT SEEMED SO BAD. I FOUND A REALLY WET SPOT IN THE YARD YESTERDAY AND THE PIPE LEADING FROM THE OUTSIDE WATER TO THE HOUSE HAD A LEAK. I DUG IT UP AND FIXED IT AND WAS MUD FROM HEAD TO TOE. I JUST MADE IT WORK AND NOT LEAK BUT THE OLD MAN IS GOING TO DO SOME ADJUSTMENTS SO IT STAYS TOGETHER WHEN WE BURY IT AGAIN. SO FOR NOW THERE IS A BIG DEEP HOLE IN THE YARD.

WELL I NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK AROUND HERE BUT FIRST I HAVE TO FINISH LOOKING OVER MY E-MAIL. IT TEND TO BACK UP WHEN YOU DONT CHECK IT FOR A WEEK. TAKE CARE EVERYONE AND HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

ANOTHER RAINY DAY

WELL IT IS A RAINY DAY TODAY AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON AND OFF UNTIL MIDDAY SATURDAY AND THEN IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SUPER NICE AT LEAST UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK THAT WE KNOW OF. OF COURSE THAT COULD ALL CHANGE AND USUALLY DOES BY THE TIME IT ROLLS AROUND.

WELL I DID NOT GO INTO THE SHOP ON SATURDAY--I JUST WORKED SATURDAY EVENING FOR A KID AT BOB EVANS. IT WAS PROM TIME AND WE HAD TO FILL IN FOR ALL OF THE KIDS. THIS OLDER LADY CAME IN BY HER SELF AND SIT AT A TABLE. ONE OF THE OTHER SERVERS TABLE TOLD ME THAT SHE WANTED TO PICK UP THE OLDER LADIES TAB. IVE HAD PEOPLE DO THAT BEFORE AND WE JUST TELL THEM THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THEIR TICKET. SO WHEN I GOT UP TO THE CHECKOUT AND HANDED IT TO THE LADY I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW THE OLDER LADY AT ALL AND JUST THOUGHT SHE LOOKED VERY LONELY SITTING THERE AND THAT TO TELL HER THAT HER OWN MOTHER HAD RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AND THAT WITH MOTHERS DAY COMING SHE JUST WANTED TO PAY FOR THE OLDER LADYS MEAL. WELL LET ME TELL YOU SHE WAS CRYING --I WAS CRYING--AND OF COURSE I JUST HAD TO GIVE HER A HUG--BLESS HER HEART--SHE WAS SO GENEROUS--SO WHEN I TOLD THE LADY AT THE TABLE WHAT THE OTHER WOMAN HAD DONE SHE SAID THAT IT WAS ENOUGH TO BRING A TEAR TO THE EYE AND SHE WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT A COMPLETE STRANGER WOULD DO THAT FOR HER. MY THOUGHT WAS IF THIS LITTLE OLD LADY STARTS CRYING I AM REALLY GOING TO LOSE IT.

IVE JUST BEEN VERY BUSY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THINGS. I MOWED THE GRASS ON SUNDAY AND IT SEEMS THAT I HAVE RUN EVERY DAY SINCE THEN. I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO TODAY I MUST GO. TIL NEXT TIME!

KITTENS

SO WE CAME HOME FROM TOWN LAST FRIDAY AND RILEY POINTED OUT RIGHT AWAY THAT OREO THE CAT HAD BLOOD ON HER. SO I TURNED TO LOOK AND SURE ENOUGH SHE WAS SKINNY. THIS WAS HER FIRST TIME SO I DID NOT THINK SHE WOULD HAVE VERY MANY. HER MOTHER WAS BIGGER THAN SHE WAS IN THE BELLY AND SHE HAD 4. WELL TURNS OUT WE HAVE 6 NEW KITTENS DELIVERED IN THE BACK OF MY NEPHEWS TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED IN THE YARD. LUCKILY SHE HAD THEM ON A COUPLE OF TOWELS THAT WERE IN THE SEAT. SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOK ON HIS GIRLFRIENDS FACE WHEN I TOLD HER ABOUT IT ---PRICELESS-- SHE WAS LESS THAN THRILLED.

ALSO OTHER BIG NEWS--RILEY GOT HER EARS PIERCED. WHEN JORDAN GOT HERS DONE --WHICH SHE WANTED SO BAD BUT WOULD CHICKEN OUT ONCE WE GOT THERE--SHE WAS ABOUT 8. SHE CRIED AND GOT HERSELF ALL WORKED UP AND WHEN THEY DONE HER FIRST EAR SHE LAUGHED AT HOW SILLY SHE HAD BEEN. WELL WITH RILEY, SHE SAT THERE AND WAS GOOD AS GOLD BECAUSE SHE WANTED IT DONE SO BAD. THEY DONE THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I DONT THINK RILEY WAS REALLY EXPECTING IT TO HURT AT ALL BECAUSE THE LOOK ON HER FACE WHEN THEY DONE IT WAS PRICELESS--SHE WAS REALLY SURPRISED.-- BUT WITH THE QUICK REASSURANCE THAT THAT WAS ALL AND THAT IT WAS THE WORST OF IT--SHE NEVER SHED A TEAR. SHE KEEPS THEM TURNED AND IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT WASHING HER HANDS BEFORE SHE DOES. WELL NEED TO GET TO WORK AND GET THE ANIMALS FED EARLY BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO RAIN ON AND OFF ALL DAY. TAKE CARE AND LOL

IM HERE TODAY

WELL I WAS GOING TO POST YESTERDAY BUT I STILL HAVE DIAL UP AND ABOUT 5 SECONDS AFTER I GOT ON--JORDAN JUST HAD TO USE THE PHONE--AND AS IT USUALLY DOES ONE THING LEADS TO THE OTHER AND IM HERE TODAY.

WE HAVE HAD GOOD AND BAD WEATHER SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT I POSTED. BUT I HAVE MANAGED TO ACCOMPLISH A FEW THINGS AROUND HERE. RILEYS FLOOR IS PAINTED, I NOW HAVE LOVELY ROCKS AROUND MY SHELTER HOUSE, MY GRAPEVINE AND ROSES ARE MOVED AND I HAD DAD PULL OUT SOME BUSHES. WE HAVE NOT YET GOT TO THE POOL BUT THAT WILL COME.

I DID MANAGE TO GET THE YARD FINISHED MOWING YESTERDAY AND IT IS REALLY STARTING TO SHAPE UP AND ALSO GET WEEDY I NEED TO RUN THE WEED EATER ALTHOUGH I MUST SAY THE GOAT IS HELPING. BUT I CANT PUT HIM AROUND ANY OF THE TREES BECAUSE HE WOULD EAT THE TREES AS WELL. ITS RAINY OUT TODAY SO IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER TIME.

YESTERDAY I DID NOT HAVE TO BE IN TO WORK UNTIL A LITTLE LATER SO I TOOK THE GIRLS WITH ME AND MET EVERETT THERE SO HIM AND THE KIDS COULD EAT SUPPER THERE AS WELL. WHEN WE PULLED IN WE SAW ONE OF THE GIRLS I WORK WITH STANDING OUTSIDE. RILEY SAYS"OH SO THATS ANGIE--I LOVE THE WAY SHE DRESSES!" SHE WAS IN THE EXACT SAME UNIFORM I WAS AND I NEVER GET THAT COMPLIMENT--NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ALL GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF THAT. I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THAT GIRLS MOUTH. HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SHE CAME TO ME AND SAID "I KNOW HOW TO GET A BOYS ATTENTION" I PRETTY MUCH CRINGED--SHES 4. JUST WAITING FOR ANYTHING WHEN I ASKED HOW SHE PUT HER HAND ON HER HIPS AND REPLYED "JOIN THEM FOR A SODA." BIG RELIEF. WELL NOW I HAVE CAUGHT YOU UP A LITTLE---TIL NEXT TIME

HELLO OUT THERE

SO THE WEATHER HAS BEEN PRETTY NICE AROUND HERE SINCE THE LAST TIME I POSTED. AS A MATTER OF FACT JUST YESTERDAY IT WAS PUSHING ABOUT 80. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUT UNTIL YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN IT CLOUDED UP AND STORMED AND BLEW IN THE COLD. TODAY WE WILL BE LUCKY IF THE TEMPERATURE REACHES 50. ITS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ITS WINDY AND CLOUDY AND COMPARED TO YESTERDAY--JUST PLAIN COLD.

A LOT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MY LAST POST. THE YARD HAS NOW BEEN MOWED TWICE. MY MOM AND I TOTALLY REDONE RILEYS ROOM--PAINTED EVERYTHING. THE FLOOR NEEDS PAINTING BUT THAT IS HARD TO KEEP THE KIDS OFF OF IT WHEN I AM GONE OF THE EVENING. I NEED TO DO IT ON MY DAY OFF BUT THE WEATHER HAS BEEN TO NICE TO BE INSIDE MUCH. EVENTUALLY --AFTER THE BATHROOM AND LAUDRY ROOM ARE DONE--WE WILL BE GUTTING AND REDOING HER ROOM AS WELL, SO I DID NOT WANT TO PUT TO MUCH MONEY INTO IT. TOTAL COST OF DOING THE WHOLE ROOM WAS AROUND $30. HER SPENDING MORE TIME AND OCCASIONALLY SLEEPING ALL NIGHT IN THERE---PRICELESS.

I HAVE BEEN CLEANING ALL THE LEAVES OUT OF THE FLOWER BEDS AND TRANSPLANTING SOME FLOWERS FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER--NOW I HEAR WE MAY HAVE SOME FREEZING--I HOPE THOSE PLANTS MAKE IT! IM KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED. THE DITCH THAT WAS IN THE YARD FROM RUNNING THE ELECTRIC WAS FILLED IN A WHILE BACK BUT HAD SETTLED A BIT SINCE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. DAD HAULED SOME DIRT IN THE OTHER DAY AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE OVER HALF WAY DONE WITH LEVELING THAT OUT. YAY. YESTERDAY I BUILT A SMALL FENCE BESIDE THE SHELTER TO DETOUR THE KIDS FROM GETTING INTO THE FLOWERS THAT ARE TRYING TO COME UP AND TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE MUDDIEST PART OF THE YARD. SO WHEN IT WAS ALL DONE---YOU GUESSED IT--COULD NOT KEEP RILEY OUT OF IT. SHE TOLD ME IT WAS LIKE A MAZE AND WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW MANY WAYS SHE COULD GET AROUND IT. IT LOOKS GOOD ANYWAY.

THINGS STILL TO DO BEFORE SUMMER:

WE WERE GOING TO START ON THE SWIMMING POOL-- WHICH WILL BE GETTING THE OLD LINER REMOVED, DUG TO BE DEEPER, AND A NEW LINER AND WATER HAULED IN TO FILL IT MOST OF THE WAY--THIS WEEKEND. BUT I DONT THINK THAT THE WEATHER IS GOING TO COOPERATE SO MAYBE NEXT WEEKEND.

GET MY HUSBANDS CONCRETE POURED IN HIS BUILDING AND GET A GARAGE DOOR ON IT--YES THERE IS A LOT OF WORK IN THAT SMALL SENTENCE I JUST WROTE.

I HAVE ABOUT 4 TREES AND BUSHES THAT I WANT PULLED OUT OF VARIOUS PLACES IN THE YARD. I HAVE TO WAIT ON DAD OR EVERETT TO HELP ME OUT WITH THAT. ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE A COUPLE OF ROSE BUSHES TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER TO MOW. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GET A FEW MORE FRUIT TREES TO PUT OUT IN THE ORCHARD. OVER THE YEARS A FEW HAVE DIED OFF AND IT IS NOT MUCH OF AN ORCHARD ANYMORE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN WANTING SOMEPLACE DIFFERENT TO PUT MY GRAPEVINE BUT HAVENT THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHERE I WANT TO PUT IT.

OF COURSE I WANT TO PAINT THE FLOOR IN RILEYS ROOM AND A FEW OTHER SMALL THINGS AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE BUT THERE IS MAJOR WORK A BREWING. I NEED TO CLEAN OUT MY LITTLE STORAGE BUILDING OUTSIDE BEFORE I CAN EVEN START ON THE LAUNDRY ROOM AND BATHROOM.

THE MORE I WRITE THE MORE I THINK OF ALL OF THE LITTLE STUFF THAT NEEDS DONE AROUND HERE NOT TO MENTION ALL OF THE NORMAL STUFF. JEEZ I THINK I COULD WRITE ALL DAY BUT I THINK I WILL QUIT WHILE IM AHEAD AND BY WRITING SOME OF IT DOWN MAKES ME THINK I NEED TO GET TO WORK. I WILL TRY TO GET ON HERE OCCASIONALLY TO POST PROGRESS. BUT I WARN YOU NOT TO EXPECT TO MANY POSTS FROM HERE TILL THE END OF THE SUMMER. EVERYONE TAKE CARE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

IM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WEATHER AROUND HERE BUT WHEN I WOKE UP YESTERDAY MORNING AND WENT TO LET THE DOG OUTSIDE IT WAS COLD AND RAINY. I WENT OUT AROUND NOON TO FEED ALL OF THE ANIMALS AND MY FINGERS WERE SO COLD THAT I DECIDED TO CALL AND SEE JUST HOW COLD IT WAS. 39. THAT SEEMS EXTRA COLD WHEN YOU WERE JUST GETTING USED TO THE WARMER WEATHER. GRANTED I HAVE A LOT TO DO BEFORE SUMMER --BUT I HAVE HAD JUST ENOUGH OF THE WARM THAT I DONT WANT THE COLD BACK. OF COURSE HERE IN INDIANA YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE WEATHER IS GOING TO DO. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN JORDAN WAS BORN {JUNE 29} AND WE BROUGHT HER HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL IT WAS ACTUALLY COOL ENOUGH TO WEAR A LIGHT JACKET FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. PEOPLE AROUND HERE SAY IF YOU DONT LIKE THE WEATHER IN INDIANA JUST WAIT BECAUSE IT DOESNT TAKE IT LONG TO CHANGE!

ONE THING I CANT WAIT FOR THIS SUMMER IS GETTING TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH MY NEPHEWS AND THEIR GIRLFRIENDS AND MY NIECES AS WELL. WHEN LESLIE GETS HER BREAK FROM COLLEGE THEN THEY WILL GET TO COME OUT HERE MORE OFTEN. SHE IS GOING CRAZY FOR ME TO FIX HER A HOME-COOKED MEAL. I LOVE HER TO DEATH, BUT THE POOR GIRL CANT COOK TO SAVE HER LIFE. I SWEAR MY NEICE AND NEPHEW CAME OUT WHILE SHE WAS AT WORK A COUPLE OF SUNDAYS AGO. I HAD FIXED DEER STEAKS AND BBQ CHICKEN AND THE WORKS TO GO WITH IT --AND MADE HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. BRANDON ATE LIKE HE HAD NOT ATE SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT I COOKED FOR HIM--LIKE HE KNEW HE WOULD NOT GET A DECENT MEAL UNTIL THE NEXT TIME HE CAME OUT.
OF COURSE I TELL HIM TO GIVE HER A BREAK-SHE IS ONLY 19 AFTER ALL AND IT WILL TAKE HER SOME TIME TO LEARN. SOME THINGS YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO DO THEM WRONG BEFORE YOU CAN DO THEM RIGHT. WELL MUST GET TO WORK EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER

SO THE WEATHER AROUND HERE HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TOO GET EVERYTHING AROUND HERE READY FOR SUMMER. THERE IS OF COURSE LOTS MORE TO DO. RIGHT NOW I AM JUST WAITING ON THE LAST LOAD OF LAUNDRY TO GET DONE SO I CAN HANG IT OUT. THE TEMP OUTSIDE IS ABOUT 75 AND SUNSHINE. WE HAVE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME OUT THERE AND TO HELL WITH THE HOUSEWORK. REALLY I JUST GET UP EXTRA EARLY AND DO ALL OF THE IN HOUSE STUFF BECAUSE IT HAS STILL BEEN A LITTLE CHILLY OF THE MORNING. THEN I WORK MY BUTT OFF ALL DAY OUTSIDE. I WAS ALMOST LATE FOR WORK A COUPLE OF DAYS LAST WEEK JUST PROCRASTINATING ABOUT GETTING IN THE HOUSE AND GETTING READY. AS A MATTER OF FACT I DID NOT GET INTO THE SHOWER UNTIL 15 MINUTES BEFORE I WAS TO LEAVE.

SO NOW THING UP HERE AROUND THE HOUSE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. I FINISHED INSTALLING A NEW STORM DOOR TO THE FRONT DOOR AS THE OTHER ONE WAS DESTROYED. I KIND OF STARTED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND BETWEEN ALL OF US IT WAS DESTROYED. IT WAS AN OLD DOOR AND IT HAD DECORATIVE SILVER PIECES ON THE BOTTOM HALF. I CAUGHT THE LAUNDRY BASKET ON IT ONE DAY AND IT BOUNCED BACK AND SHATTERED IT. WE REPLACED THAT WITH A PIECE OF PLEXIGLASS. RILEY CRACKED THAT ONE DAY WHEN SHE GOT MAD AT ME BECAUSE I COULD NOT HERE HER HOLLERING FROM THE INSIDE WHILE I WAS ON THE MOWER. SO WE TAPED IT AND IT JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE UNTIL A BIG PIECE OF IT FELL OUT AND I PUT PLASTIC ON IT FOR THE WINTER--WHAT AN EYESORE. THE OLD MAN WALKED OUT OF IT LAST WEEK AND SLAMMED IT AND THE TOP GLASS SHATTERED. SO THE OTHER DAY I TOOK IT OFF AND TOOK OFF THE STORM DOOR AROUND THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. WE DIDNT USE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE THE DOOR IS IN OUR BEDROOM WHICH USED TO BE THE LIVING ROOM. CONFUSED YET? ANYWAY DAD CUT A BOARD FOR ME YESTERDAY SO THE DOOR WOULD FIT AND I INSTALLED IT. ITS NOT PERFECT BUT BETTER THAN WHAT I HAD.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE FAMILY IS WELL BUT I HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF BUG AND HAVENT FELT VERY GOOD SINCE SATURDAY NIGHT. AT LEAST I HAVENT HAD ANY STOMACH CRAMPS TODAY BUT I STILL DONT HAVE MUCH ENERGY OR AN APPETITE. AND IT MUST BE BAD IF IM NOT EATING BECAUSE I LOVE TO EAT. WELL LAUDRY IS ABOUT DONE. I HOPE EVERYONE WHO READS THIS IS ENJOYING THE WEATHER IN THEIR NECK OF THE WOODS AS MUCH AS I AM MINE. HAVE A GREAT DAY!