Rudy likes lounging in the morning. We often have to get him up with the promise of squirrels on the fence. Some mornings nothing really works.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
I know I said I'd fill you in…..
But….now that winter is finally over here, what in this is at all interesting:
??
It was April in Iowa. They had 8 inches of snow the day after I left. Let's call it over and move on.
Because spring is finally here!
Things are blooming!
We even have bluebonnets again in the orchard.
The bugs are out. (No grasshoppers yet THANK YOU VERY MUCH!)
And we're sleeping with the windows open.
I love spring in the country. Sneezing and all.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
OK, OK!
Both of my readers have asked for an update. I'm telling you, country life is QUIET life. Not much happening around here. HOWEVER, there have been developments. I'll start with the latest and then save the earlier events for later posts….maybe.
The Pileco Crew came today to install the sign that Mike was given when he retired.
The Pileco Crew came today to install the sign that Mike was given when he retired.
I expected it to take the better part of the day.
I don't know why.
The concrete was poured well before lunch.
And the sign hung shortly thereafter.
We're official.
The crew.
Come visit! You can't miss us now!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
I love planes
They take you places. Logistically, the whole business is amazing. Scientifically as well. I mean, I haven't fallen out of the sky once!
Cuddle Buns doesn't like to fly. Doesn't like waiting at airports. What's not to like about airports?
On my way home from across the pond I chatted at length with a very nice young man who was on his way home from Sochi. How cool is that? He had been at the Winter Olympics with the news corp. I never found out who he worked for, but I did find out he lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, so of course we talked of the MidWest. He said it was warmer in Russia. He reassured me that most of what I read on Facebook about the accommodations in Sochi were false. (WHAT? The Internet lied???) He said security was amazing.
Then on the last leg of my trip from Dulles to DFW, I sat next to a Grampa who had been with his daughter and two young grandkids for a couple of weeks while his SIL was deployed. We talked grandkids. Best topic in the world.
And yes….there were two screaming kids on that flight, but I felt so sorry for that young couple. I mean, those kids couldn't have been more than 10 months apart. I remember flying with babies and toddlers.
And if not for airports and airplanes I would have missed:
The Forest of Dean
Cuddle Buns doesn't like to fly. Doesn't like waiting at airports. What's not to like about airports?
On my way home from across the pond I chatted at length with a very nice young man who was on his way home from Sochi. How cool is that? He had been at the Winter Olympics with the news corp. I never found out who he worked for, but I did find out he lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, so of course we talked of the MidWest. He said it was warmer in Russia. He reassured me that most of what I read on Facebook about the accommodations in Sochi were false. (WHAT? The Internet lied???) He said security was amazing.
Then on the last leg of my trip from Dulles to DFW, I sat next to a Grampa who had been with his daughter and two young grandkids for a couple of weeks while his SIL was deployed. We talked grandkids. Best topic in the world.
And yes….there were two screaming kids on that flight, but I felt so sorry for that young couple. I mean, those kids couldn't have been more than 10 months apart. I remember flying with babies and toddlers.
And if not for airports and airplanes I would have missed:
The Forest of Dean
And The Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Westminster Abbey
And teaching Care Bear how to crochet. And reading The Phantom Tollbooth to the boys. And seeing "The Lego Movie" with Care and Hayden (something I wouldn't have done, most likely, without them, and I would have missed out!).
My most disappointing thing?? (And it pains me.)
Monday, February 17, 2014
Just for Gramps....
Who continues to hunt down skunks trying to burrow under our house. Seven so far.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
I'm embarrassed
You'd think I'd be ashamed of myself for not having posted anything for well over a month. There is a very good reason.
I've been too cold.
That is why I'm embarrassed.
I grew up in the north. Not the north like New York. North like straight up almost to Minnesota, where, they will tell you, winters are always colder than New York. Where wind chill really means something. The HIGHS have been near ZERO. So, even with our "wind chill", we're still 40 degrees warmer.
With wind up there, snow blows. You can't see. But you shouldn't be outside, anyway, because when you breath, your lungs freeze. It isn't pretty.
But I've been cold. Here in central Texas. Unable to get warm cold. I'm thinking maybe the hormones are aligned now. Because I wouldn't mind a good hot flash.
In other news, the THIRD skunk to take residence under our house has had babies. She just left. We saw her go…and there is now little squeaking under the living room. I'm thrilled. Do you know what a pier and beam house smells like when a skunk is near? Do you know how afraid I am to let Rudy go outside?
Rudy is beside himself. He is trying to get behind the armoire because he thinks something is there. I sure would trade what is under there for the squirrel that took up residence last winter.
I've been too cold.
That is why I'm embarrassed.
I grew up in the north. Not the north like New York. North like straight up almost to Minnesota, where, they will tell you, winters are always colder than New York. Where wind chill really means something. The HIGHS have been near ZERO. So, even with our "wind chill", we're still 40 degrees warmer.
With wind up there, snow blows. You can't see. But you shouldn't be outside, anyway, because when you breath, your lungs freeze. It isn't pretty.
But I've been cold. Here in central Texas. Unable to get warm cold. I'm thinking maybe the hormones are aligned now. Because I wouldn't mind a good hot flash.
In other news, the THIRD skunk to take residence under our house has had babies. She just left. We saw her go…and there is now little squeaking under the living room. I'm thrilled. Do you know what a pier and beam house smells like when a skunk is near? Do you know how afraid I am to let Rudy go outside?
Rudy is beside himself. He is trying to get behind the armoire because he thinks something is there. I sure would trade what is under there for the squirrel that took up residence last winter.
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