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.