SICKNESS

SO LAST WEEK JORDAN WAS SICK WITH STOMACH ACHE, HEAD COLD AND JUST ALL AROUND NOT FEELING GOOD. WELL THIS WEEK RILEY AND I HAVE IT. RILEY HAS JUST BEEN A LITTLE BEAR AND FRANKLY I HAVE NOT BEEN MUCH BETTER. JORDAN LIKE TO DROVE ME CRAZY LAST WEEK WHEN SHE WAS SICK--SHE WANTED TO HUG AND HANG ALL OVER ME. DONT GET ME WRONG I LOVE THE LOVE BUT I KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE IT TO ME. OH HOW I HAVE BEEN SORE AND ACHY THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AND IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE MUCH BETTER TODAY OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I DO HAVE A BIT MORE ENERGY.

ON A BETTER NOTE IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE IN THE 60'S THIS WEEKEND BUT I AM NOT SURE IF IT WILL BE RAINING OR NOT--THATS WHAT THEY CALLED FOR THE OTHER DAY BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW EASILY THAT CAN CHANGE.

WELL IF THE WIND DIES DOWN A BIT I PLAN ON GETTING MY FRONT PORCH SWEPT OFF AND SOME OF THE LIMBS CLEANED OUT OF THE YARD TODAY EW IT NEEDS IT. WELL AS I LOOK BACK OVER THIS POST IT IS PRETTY UNEVENTFUL AROUND HERE. EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD DAY AND A GOOD WEEKEND--UNLESS SOMETHING EXCITING HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN--THEN I WILL POST NEXT WEEK!

ONLY ONCE

SO SINCE LAST MONDAY I HAVE ONLY BEEN OFF OF THE FARM ONCE. I WENT TO WORK LAST MONDAY, WAS OFF TUESDAY, CALLED OFF WEDNESDAY BECAUSE OF THE ICE, CALLED OF THURSDAY BECAUSE JORDAN WAS SICK, VENTURED OUT FRIDAY TO GO TO WORK AND HOME, THEN SATURDAY IT SNOWED AROUND 4 INCHES AND I CALLED OFF AT THE SHOP. I DO NOT PLAN TO GET OUT UNTIL I GO TO WORK TOMORROW EVENING. THE WORST PART IS THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A TRIP TO THE GROCERY AFTER WORK SO I DONT HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE ON TUESDAY WHEN I AM OFF. BEFORE I STARTED BACK TO WORK --IN THE WINTER I WOULD ONLY GET OUT ONCE EVERY 2 WEEKS TO GET GROCERIES AND RUN ERRANDS--YES I DO MISS THOSE DAYS. SOME PEOPLE WOULD GO A LITTLE STIR CRAZY BUT I HAPPEN TO LOVE BEING RIGHT HERE. I HAVE CLEANED AND RE-ORGANIZED 2 ROOMS THIS WEEK AND KEPT UP ON THINGS SO I CAN SPEND EXTRA TIME WITH THE GIRLS. IT JUST SEEMS THAT I AM NORMALLY SO BUSY THAT WHEN I DO GET THE EXTRA TIME I SPEND IT WITH THE FAMILY. YESTERDAY THE GIRLS AND I MADE SNOWMEN. THE OTHER DAY WE MADE COOKIES TOGETHER AND THIS EVENING WE ARE GOING TO MAKE BROWNIES. NOT TO MENTION THE COUNTLESS GAMES WE HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER AND JUST STUFF AND ME BEING HERE. LOVE IT!

WELL NEED TO GET SUPPER PREPARED SO EVERYTHING CAN BE DONE FOR THIS EVENING. AMAZING RACE IS ON TONIGHT AND JORDAN IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IF I UNDERSTOOD RIGHT KENTUCKY WILL BE BACK AND THATS WHO SHE WANTED TO WIN THE LAST TIME. I PREDICT THAT THING WILL GET BACK THE WAY THEY WERE , AS THE WEATHER IS SUPPOSED TO GET A LITTLE WARMER. BOO!

CRAZY WEATHER

SO THE WEATHER HAS BEEN A LITTLE CRAZY AROUND HERE. FIRST WE HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS WHERE THE TEMP ACTUALLY GOT TO 34-- I KNOW HEAT WAVE! YESTERDAY IT RAINED ALL DAY AND THEN TURNED INTO FREEZING RAIN LAST NIGHT. A COLD FRONT MOVED IN AND EVERYTHING FROZE. MY MILE LONG DRIVEWAY IS NOTHING BUT A SOLID SHEET OF ICE. I CALLED OFF WORK BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS FOR US TO WALK DOWN PARTWAY DOWN THE HILLY ICY DRIVE AND TO WALK ACROSS THE ICY FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK AND I WAS NOT GOING TO RISK MY KIDS FALLING AND BREAKING SOMETHING ON THE WAY DOWN. BESIDES THE OLD MAN DID NOT WANT ME GOING IN BECAUSE WHERE SOME THINGS MELTED WITH DIRECT SUN TODAY WOULD REFREEZE TONIGHT--OK SO HE DIDNT HAVE TO TWIST MY ARM I LOVE STAYING HOME WITH MY FAMILY MORE THAN ANYTHING. I DONT THINK IT IS SUPPOSED TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS TOMORROW. I HOPE IT SNOWS AGAIN REAL SOON--I LOVE ANY EXCUSE TO STAY HOME AND GO NOWHERE. BUT THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN I CRAVE THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT--BUT FOR NOW I AM CONTENT.

SNOW

WELL WE ONLY GOT ABOUT 4 INCHES OF SNOW HERE. MY SISTER SAID IN INDY THEY HAD AROUND 7. SO SINCE SCHOOL WAS OUT AND WE HAVE THE BEST SLEIGH RIDING IN TOWN. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 9 KIDS HERE SLEDDING. OF COURSE THEY ALL HAD A BLAST.

I HAD TO WORK LAST NIGHT AND HERE LATELY WEDNESDAYS HAVE NOT BEEN WORTH MY TIME GOING IN. I HAD A TOTAL OF 7 TABLES AND WAS OUT OF THERE BEFORE 9PM. NOT THAT I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT GETTING OUT EARLY BECAUSE I LOVE THAT---ITS JUST THAT BECAUSE WE WERE SO DEAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BEFORE CLOSE. MONDAY NIGHT WAS JUST AS BAD. ANGIE HAD ASKED ME TO CLOSE FOR HER AND I HAD EVERYTHING DONE BY 9. BUT A TABLE OF 6 SHOWED UP ABOUT 8:45 AND STAYED UNTIL ALMOST 10. NO ONE WAS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN SO DEAD ONLY TO HAVE TO STAY LATE ANYWAY. A COUPLE OF GIRLS ARE QUITTING AND JUST PUT IN THEIR LAST DAYS THIS WEEK SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN START MAKING A LITTLE MONEY AGAIN. THE OLD MAN PROMISED ME THAT HE WOULD BE MAKING ENOUGH BY SUMMER TIME FOR ME TO QUIT. YAY!

WELL I NEED TO GET TO WORK AROUND HERE. I HAVE NOT DONE A WHOLE LOT THIS MORNING BECAUSE I AM SORE. YOU SEE I ONLY WENT DOWN THE HILL ONE TIME BUT WHEN I DID I HIT A FROZEN MUD HUNK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. WHEN I FIRST DONE IT I THOUGHT I HAD BROKE MY HIP BUT AFTER THE INITIAL PAIN SUBSIDED I GUESS I JUST BRUISED IT. I KEPT MOVING YESTERDAY BUT AFTER SLEEPING IT WAS SURE STIFF THIS MORNING. SO I NEED TO LOOSEN IT UP AND GET MORE MOBILE THIS MORNING. EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD DAY.

COLD COLD AND MORE COLD

JUST GOT ON TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE OUT OF THE 20S THIS WEEK. WITH THE WIND CHILL THIS MORNING IT WAS MINUS 10. ALL OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS WERE ON A 2 HOUR DELAY. I THINK THE HIGH TOMORROW IS SUPPOSED TO TOP OUT AT 15. A HEAT WAVE COMPARED TO MINUS 10. I GUESS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET MAYBE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TOMORROW. I HOPE WE GET 10 BUT FAT CHANCE. IT WILL PROBABLY END UP MORE LIKE 1-1 1/2 INCHES. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT. WELL MUST FINISH MY WORK. EVERYONE STAY WARM.

GLAD IT IS SUNDAY

I HAD SUCH A CRAZY WEEK THAT I AM GLAD IT IS SUNDAY. ITS WEIRD BECAUSE I AM SITTING HERE ALL ALONE. MOM CALLED EARLIER AND WANTED THE GIRLS TO COME OVER BECAUSE THE OTHER GIRLS WERE THERE. ON A USUAL SUNDAY EVERYONE IS HERE PLUS SOME. WELL THE OLD MAN WENT INTO THE SHOP TO WORK ON HIS TRUCK AND WAS NOT HOME SO I LET THE GIRLS GO FOR A BIT. IT IS ALWAYS A LITTLE EERIE WITH NO NOISE UNLESS I WANT IT.

IT HAS BEEN VERY COLD OF A NIGHT HERE THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS. ABOUT 3DEGREES. AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WIND CHILL. THE WORST IS GOING OUT TO FEED THE ANIMALS-BUT YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. TODAY WHEN JUST CAME IN THE DOOR, ONE OF THE MANAGERS FROM WORK CALLED TO ASK IF I COULD FILL IN A DAY NEXT WEEK, WHEN I ANSWERED THE PHONE HE ASKED IF I HAD BEEN EXERCISING. I TOLD HIM THAT I JUST GOT IN FROM FEEDING THE ANIMALS. HAD MY BRAIN NOT BEEN FROZEN SOLID I SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM THAT MY HUSBAND AND I WERE HAVING HOT SEX AND TO GET ON WITH IT. BUT I DID NOT THINK OF IT UNTIL AFTER I GOT OFF OF THE PHONE. TO BAD--THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNNY.

WELL I HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR RILEY. THEY SAID WHEN SHE WAS DONE TAKING HER MEDICINE TO BRING HER BACK TO GET HER EARS CLEANED OUT. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS OVER AND MOVE ON. WILL POST SOMETIME LATER THIS WEEK.LOL

ONE OF THOSE DAYS

YESTERDAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE I WORKED MY BUTT OFF TO CLEAN THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND GET ALL OF THE ANIMALS FED BEFORE I HAD TO GO TO WORK LAST NIGHT. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE LIVE IN AN OLD HOUSE AND OF AN EVENING WE CLOSE SOME OF THE ROOMS OFF SO THE REST OF THE HOUSE STAYS WARMER. I PRIDE MYSELF ON TRYING TO KEEP ALL THE LIGHTS THAT ARENT BEING USED OFF AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COLD ROOMS ARE SHUT. (WE WILL BE REMODELING THOSE ROOMS THIS YEAR) I ALSO KEEP THE HEAT TURNED WAY BACK--ESPECIALLY OF A NIGHT BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS ELECTRIC BLANKETS. SO LET ME JUST PAINT A LITTLE PICTURE OF WHAT I CAME HOME TO LAST NIGHT. LIGHTS ON IN THE FRONT PORCH, KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM, LAUNDRY ROOM, RILEYS ROOM. POPCORN ALL OVER THE FLOOR IN RILEYS ROOM AND THE LIVING ROOM. THE HEAT ON FULL BLAST AND THE COLDER ROOMS WIDE OPEN. SOMETHING TO PICK UP IN EVERY SINGLE ROOM AND EACH AND EVERYONE SOUND ASLEEP. I WAS PRETTY PEEVED. I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HUBBY ABOUT IT YET--BUT BELIEVE ME I WILL- SO I GUESS I JUST HAD TO DO A LITTLE VENTING THIS MORNING.

ON ANOTHER NOTE IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE WARMER. I THINK IT WAS MONDAY MORNING--WITH THE WIND CHILL IT WAS -1. WELL IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE WARMER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WE HAD A LITTLE SNOW MOVE IN AND IT ACTUALLY GOT UP TO ABOUT 33 YESTERDAY. IT IS SNOWING NOW BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SUIT ME. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE HUGE SNOW THIS YEAR.

WELL HERE IS A PICTURE OF WHAT LITTLE SNOW WE HAVE-HAVE A GREAT DAY

WELL I WAS GOING TO BUT SOMEONE HAS HIJACKED THE CAMERA. I ACTUALLY COULD HAVE HID IT FROM MYSELF, EVERYTIME I WENT TO TAKE PICTURES AND DOWN LOAD THEM I WOULD GET A BUNCH OF CRAZY PICTURES OF JORDAN AND HER FRIENDS. SO I RECALL PUTTING THE CAMERA OUT OF SIGHT--AND NOW I DONT REMEMBER WHERE. OH WELL IT WILL TURN UP.