Random things

Howdy ya'll, been a while hasn't it?

Lets see here, tomorrow morning brings the first day of the spring works here on the ole ranchero. Luckily, out here it will only last about 3 weeks, instead of 3 months... so it should be a breeze! But why do I have this tingling in my tummy about spending eight nights alone, just me and K man? Maybe it's this huge house that creaks like crazy at night, or the fact that we haven't lived here but four months... I guess I should stop being a big baby about it.

I've been told I could stay in town, but I will still be alone. Everyone is out of town this week and I would rather sleep in my own bed if I'm going to be alone anyways... I think a house full of kids would make it all better... Ok I'm done with that now.

Let's talk gardening shall we? I did my research and planned my garden at what I thought was a decent time of the year, but this crazy west texas weather has had two below freezing nights and lets just say my poor tomato plants have been replaced... with alive ones. Oh and not to mention my pepper plants, or, should I say T's pepper plants. Everything else seems to be doing great though! Oh, except my watermelon. They died last night I'm pretty sure. It rained on us pretty good and last night it decided to freeze, again. I tell ya, this weather is crazy! I am thankful for the rain though, it was much needed. Thank goodness my mom started a ton of watermelon plants in the house and she gave me some new little plants to replace the dead ones.

This year my hubby plowed me up a big spot for a garden, in the perfect area too! And we loaded it up!! Lots of corn and strawberries this year. Probably the most eaten around this house... I even planted some pumpkins! One year, my mom planted giant pumpkins and she took one to the county fair and placed 1st for her pumpkin being nearly 150 pounds!

I love watching things grow! I also planted some flowers and decorate grass around the house, since it's so bare. Can't wait till everything grows up!

Speaking of growing up, ya'll should little K man now! He looks like a little boy more than ever with his curly blond hair. Crazy kid, this afternoon I made cushion of pillows and blankets on the floor in the living room and he loved running to it and plopping down! Until he slipped and hit his head on the hardwood floor. It didn't deter him for long though, he was back at it in less than 2 minutes.

If I posted a picture of K on here, ya'll would think I abuse him. He has a bruise in the middle of his forehead where he fell off the porch; a bruise under his nose where he tried to stick a stick up his nostril; a scratch on his belly from another stick; a fat lip from falling on his face numerous times.. None of this seems to bother him though! He keeps doing the same things that get him hurt! Oh well, his a little boy, what did I expect? The bad thing is, if we had a little girl I could see her doing the same things.. (Oh is that the second mention of more kids? Oh I'm sorry.. Ahem Ahem..)

So by now ya'll probably know that I am involved with Advocare now and I'm on the 24 day challenge, and folks, let me tell ya! First of all, I don't have weight to loss, but so far I'm on day 6 and I've lost 5 pounds. That's not a huge number but to me its great! I've also noticed that my belly is flattening out.. hmmm.. I may try and sport a bikini sometime this year.. maybe...

Well, tomorrow I will try and get some pictures up to go with the post :)

Easter

I know I know, do not give me any grief about this being late... it's only April 3rd! Only!

Sorry bout' that, I've been wanting to sit down and blog but have I had time for that? Nope..

Right now I'm sitting on the couch listening to music on the tv and watching K man navigate the front steps. I have the door wide open so I can keep an eye on him and its such a beautiful day not to have doors and windows open! T is out working on my chicken coop too! It's a wonderful day :)

Well this year we made the trip up to Matador to spend Easter with T's folks. It was nice to get away but on the last day I proceeded to get some sort of stomach bug and felt terrible all the drive home. And... it's the second time that's happened to me while staying up there.. I think there's something in the water...

 

I like this pictues, it looks like K man took it himself!

 

Fishing!

 

Uncle N makes a good pillow. Poor K man was wore out.

 

Like his Easter egg basket? Yeah, it's a lard bucket..

 

He actually enjoyed hunting eggs, then all he wanted to do was eat the eggs..

 

Cutie!

Well, I think that's all I have time for.. the phone is ringing "sigh"

Have a good one ya'll!

Monday Morning Suprises

I went out this morning to do chores, my chores, and look what I found!

 

I didn't really take any good pictures because I was having to balance a squirming munchkin in one hand and the camera in the other.

 

Aren't they cute though?? Last week one of my dad's hay customers asked me if I wanted a goat. I said sure why not, thinking "never look a gift horse in the mouth."

My cousin and I went to get her and realized she was a rather large goat and getting her into the back of the truck was quite a chore, but we managed.

The lady said she may be bred but I never thought she was that close! The black n' white one is a male and the little red one is female. We will probably keep her, and sell the little billy when he's old enough.

It's mornings like this that I love living out here on the ranch :)

 

Anyways,

Not Much Going On

That's actually a lie, there has been a lot going on lately. Why I choose that as a title... I have no clue.

Anyways... Little K turned one the other day, March 6th. That was actually a while ago. It was a Wednesday I believe but I haven't had time to sit down and talk about it. We had a party for him Sunday the 10th after church. Lots of peeps showed up and had fun watching K dig into his custom made cake. Please note that I did take pictures and they are on my computer I just don't feel posting them, but maybe I should.. Ok, I will.

 

Keagan's banana cake!

 

The cake for the rest of us! 

 

At first, he didn't know what to do with cake. He just kept playing in the cream cheese frosting.

 

Then he went nuts! Oh, but before all of that, we sang happy birthday to him and he got scared! He never cried but he sunk back in his chair and was looking at everyone like we were crazy!

 

 

K's buddy R was there to help him open his presents. R is 5 and K really got along great with him!  Ranchin' Mama and her crew were there too but they had to leave early. Sad day!

 

My cousin from Colorado came to stay with us for a week also. She needed a trip away from home and I convinced her to come down and hang out. I don't know if she will ever come back but it was lots of fun! She's thinking of coming to school down here next year!

 

Well that's about all I want to share for now. I want to write another blog about the crazy ultimate trail ride I did the other day!

 

Good night ya'll!

Round' The Ranch



Ok, you see this horse? This horse is a 3 year old that T is supposed to be riding.... Well, he is a jerk and very rude.. so....

 

 

He needed a little attitude adjustment, see his leg tied up?

 

Yeah, when you pull on the rope and the halter just right.. well he falls down!

 

 

The theory behind all of this is that you lay them down and show them who is boss, they Should respect you a little better.

 

But just in case.. they threw a tarp over him and let him lay for a bit.

 

Personally I think this technique works, I've done it before to some young horses I was ridding and their attitudes completely changed. I don't know if it helped this horse, I'll guess we will find out tomorrow! Plus, the technique reminds me of something that was done in the old days.

 

 

There, that's better. (I like messing around with my photo editor)

 

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday

California!

Isn't that a view? That would be this year's World Ag Expo in Tulare California.

We all made the trip and back in one piece... Thankfully!

 

That picture really doesn't do the show justice. It's twice that size! Can you see the parking in the upper right hand corner? It was like that ALL the way around the complex. It's actually an old air field, and it's a good thing because the entire thing was completely filled!

Our booth can't be seen in the picture, but it were just a little bigger, we would be in the bottom right corner.

 

 

A closer look at our booth. This was the first day of the show, the 2nd and 3rd days, it didn;t look anything like this! Haha! It changed everyday...

 

 

Pops!

 

G-ma!

Uncle Bobby B! Haha.. I couldn't help myself.. It's really Uncle Bill.

 

Auntie S!

 

 

 

Before the show, we got to California a few days ahead so that we could recoup from driving and have a little fun. We initially had planned on going to see the big trees in the Sequoia national park, but we get half way up the mountain and they turn us around because we didn't have chains... the sad thing.. we knew we need them. It was a very quite drive back down the mountain.

 

So instead we went and played in the creek... Childish much?

 

 

 

 

However, that was a bad idea... We all ended up falling in... well, except for T. Lucky guy!

And... I ended up with poison ivy that I"m still getting over. Sheesh!

 

Well I have a whole lot more to blog about, but I'm too tired,,, Maybe tomorrow.