chickasha lights

My sweetheart rolled into town about 1am Saturday morning. He looked as if he had rolled in the mud a few times & he was a little scruffy, but I will admit it was kinda sexy. After he showered we hit the bed around 2am. I think as soon as our heads hit the pillow we were out.

8:30am came to quick. I called dad & he was headed towards the stockyards for the parade that starts at 10am. Dad had forgotten his glasses at home & needed them, so he asked if I would bring them. As soon as I hung up with him I took a quick shower, got around & we fled the house to head towards my parents to grab his glasses, then hook it down to the stockyards. We made it just in time! My brother came down to help dad, watch the parade & hang out too. After the parade, Fred & I cruised thru a few stores, ate at Cattlemen's Steakhouse then headed towards home. Man it was cold outside though... the wind felt like a solid sheet of ice cutting right thru you.

I was exhausted & it didn't take long after we arrived home, that my body hit the couch & my eyes shut. Needless to say I took a much needed nap & felt 100 times better when I finally woke up. The only thing I hate about taking naps is when you sleep in the afternoon & wake up to feel like you've wasted the day away. Especially when there was a million things I wanted to get do, but oh well.

We decided to make the drive to Chickasha to check out the lights. We got there around 9pm & the line was about a mile long to drive thru. Luckily it went pretty fast & the wait wasn't to bad. I remembered the park being bigger but it didn't seem as big this time. Of course the last time I was there was years ago. The lights were very pretty though, but it was way to cold outside to get out & walk around. At least Fred & I thought it was way to cold. I hate the cold weather but I love looking at Christmas lights. I love everything about the Christmas season except for the weather. I'm totally addicted to Christmas music too. If I could get away with listening to it year-round without people thinking I've lost my mind, I would!

After checking out the lights, we stopped at Chicken Express there in Chickasha to grab something to eat. They have really good food, if you've never eaten there, you should! Then went stopped at Henry Hudsons for a few beers before heading to the house.

Sunday we didn't get in any big hurry to get up & around. Fred had to get out of bed around 10ish to go help his mom feed & stuff, but I just laid in bed until noon. I made Cowboy Stew for lunch & we sat & watched tv most of the afternoon & was just lazy.

Around 5pm we headed towards Carter, OK so he could get back. Since he drove his mom in Friday night/Saturday morning he needed a ride back out west. We got there around 8pm, I stayed for a few minutes then decided to get back on the road so it wouldn't be to late when I got back home. Got home around 10:30-11, heated up some stew to eat, watched some tv then passed out.

Once again... the weekend just wasn't long enough.

oh it's friday

Have you ever been really excited about something... you pick up the phone to call that certain someone to tell them your exciting news & they answer with "WHAT... WHAT DO YOU WANT" Yeah... that pretty much throws your good news & excitement smooth out the door!

It's just been one of those days today & I'm so glad that today is finally Friday.

There are so many things going on this time of year, it's hard to figure out what to do & when.

First, I'd like to go to the Chickasha Festival of Lights with my sweetheart. I haven't been in ages on end & I'm sure it's changed allot, but I remember it was always so pretty. Free admission & it's only about an hour away from us.

Tomorrow there is a Cowboy Christmas parade in the stockyards, starts at 10am, that dad will be in with the Langstons wagon, but I'm not sure I'll make it down there or not. I've been dying to go to the Rodeo Opry for several years now. They have it every Saturday at 7:30pm & everyone I know that has been there, loves it. I just need to make a point to go sometime.

What is even more awesome is that the Trans-Siberian Orchestra will be at the Ford Center on December 20th! Oh how I'd love to go, but tickets are probably expensive so unfortunately unless someone is going to donate some tickets to me, I won't be seeing them in concert.

Why are concerts & stuff so damn expensive these days anyway? You pretty much have to be rich in order to do anything fun anymore & that sucks.

I just realized that I missed the first night of the NFR on tv last night! Grrr Good thing it will re-air tonight & I can record it.

Anyways... moving on... to my exciting, awesome, wonderful news! I officially have an appointment with the indian health services to get health insurance WOOHOO!! This is something I'm over the top excited about. Let's just say I've been paying way to much for health insurance & considering the fact I can't afford it & haven't been able to afford it since I lost my other job... well I should've done this a long time ago but I thought things would go differently this year then they did. Better late then never though right. I'm pumped & can't wait to make the phone call to cancel my way to expensive health insurance. This is such a huge relief for me, I can't even put it into words.

With this frigid cold weather already here, I'm now thinking... REMOTE STARTER FOR MY TRUCK! Ha Ha It would be so nice to hit a button to start my truck to get it to start warming up in the mornings before I leave. Hey a girl can dream, there's no harm in that.

I'm counting down the minutes until 5pm gets here, thats when the weekend officially starts.

blackberry

Have you ever wanted something so bad but it's just out of reach? Yeah, we've all been there. That's the spot I'm in right now. I want one of those Blackberry phones so bad I'm dreaming about it at night. As stupid as it sounds, it's true. It doesn't matter what I'm dreaming about the past few weeks but I'm always using a Blackberry phone somewhere in my dreams. Don't worry I haven't lost my mind... yet. It is questionable at times though.

I've spent all year trying to cut down on whatever I can to be able to pay just the necessary bills without drowning. I'm basically down to the basics now & still trying to figure out what else I can eliminate to be able to afford just to live. It sucks, bigtime.

Being broke & not having a dime to your name, doesn't change the fact you still want things in life that are considered "extras".

I still want the Blackberry phone, even though I can't afford it, but technically I could put off paying a bill in order to get the phone I so badly want... I just can't seem to talk myself into doing it. Have I mentioned life sucks? Well if I haven't... LIFE SUCKS!

new moon excitement

Whether it was my whinning or somehow making him feel guilty... I'm excited to say... my sweetheart took me to see New Moon Sunday night! Woohoo!

Good movie, ending sucks, just because now we have to wait until the next one comes out to find out what the heck happens. Why do movies do that to us? Grrr

Now I'm on cloud nine since we actually went to the movies, which never happens! I won't get my hopes up, but maybe just maybe we'll go to the movies again sometime soon! Keep your fingers crossed for me.

new moon venting

Even though the weather is crappy outside, I'm having one of those days where I just wanna get out of the house & do something! I've been dying to see that movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" but unfortunately I have nobody to go with. The thought crossed my mind... why not just go by myself, but what fun is that?

I had myself all pumped to go earlier. I checked the movie times for today & started to get excited about it, then I changed my mind. I don't really wanna go by myself and really... why should I have to go by myself? So I went from all excited to go to the movies to now I'm sad & depressed about it & yes... I'll admit it, I've shed a tear.

I guess I should quit whinning about something I know what the end result will be. Waiting another year until it comes out for rent then watching it at home... which is the usual & the only way we watch movies around here.

I can only wish & dream that my sweetheart will come around & take me to see the movie.

Very doubtful but still hopeful.

black friday madness

I'm not one of those people who get up at 2am the day after Thanksgiving & venture out into the madness of the shop-a-holics world. Nothing about that appeals to me & never has. In fact, I've never been much on shopping to begin with. I have to be in the mood to shop I guess, otherwise I tend to get cranky & bitchy & then I end up making everyone around me miserable.

Today, we got up & around, left the house around 10ish & headed out to look at some houses. I've been so excited to go look at houses all week long. Just the dream & thought of having a house again & more room to spread out & not have to have a storage is awesome & I want to jump up & down just thinking about it! Fred wasn't feeling very good so we only went to two different places then we headed to Langston's where my dad was with the Langstons wagon. We stopped at Logan's Roadhouse to grab something to eat then headed for home.

Some of the houses we looked at today were crazy. We saw a triple wide house that was almost 3,000 sq ft. It was amazing... but also came with an amazing price tag as you can imagine. Needless to say we will still be looking for houses & hopefully we'll find that one house thats perfect for us soon.

We rented 3 movies tonight: "Four Christmases", "The Ugly Truth" & "The House On The Left".

So far we've watched The Ugly Truth & The House On The Left, they were both good... The Ugly Truth was definitely funny! The House On The Left was a little different, definitely had some blood in it, but I love watching scary movies!

I'm dying to go to the movies & see several that are out right now. I've seen allot of good previews. Truth is, I haven't been to the theatre in almost 2 years & the chances of me getting to go anytime soon are slim to none. But seriously... everyone I know that's seen "New Moon" says its really really good, so of course I'm dying to see it. Along with about a million other movies too.

Going to the theatre is so expensive these days & it does suck when you can't hit the pause button to run to the bathroom or grab something to drink & not miss anything. But once & a blue moon it would be a nice date night to have.

I have to say having a nice 4 day vacation for the holiday, it's absolutely wonderful! I'm enjoying the time off work for sure.

introducing dusty & bruno

Dusty was born on or around March 26, 2009. His mommy didn't claim him so he became my first bottle calf & I became his new mommy! Oh how cute he was & I was so excited when Fred called to say he was bringing him home. I could barely wait until they got home that night so I could meet my new son!

Everyone I talked to, kept telling me how much hard work it would be & how after a few weeks I would be ready to give up on bottle feeding & throw in the towel basically. So I have to say at first I was nervous since I had never done this before & I wasn't quite sure about the experience.

Lets just say my #1 problem was... my muscles. Oh wow, I had no idea I would be using muscles that I didn't even know I had. After the first full day of 4 bottle feedings... that next morning I could barely get out of bed, my legs & back hurt so badly. Instead of dwelling on the fact I wanted to amputate my legs at that point, I focused on the fact that sore muscles was in fact a good thing. This only meant that I was getting a complete workout in the process of being a new mommy. After about a week my muscles got used to the workout & I enjoyed every minute of bottle feeding Dusty.

Then on April 2nd, just 7 days after I became Dusty's new mommy... I once again became a bottle calf mommy to Bruno also! Bruno was a rather large baby & his mom ended up partially paralyzed & Bruno needed new mommy to step in & take care of him. Unfortunately Bruno's mom didn't make it, but she went to a better place & not suffering anymore.

Bruno & Dusty are close to the same age but Bruno was way bigger than Dusty. At first bottle feeding both of them at the same time wasn't a big deal... but the bigger & older they got... it was impossible for me to hold both bottles at the same time. This is when bottle racks came in handy. Thank God for who ever came up with that idea.

Now the babies are 8 months old & wow how much they've grown! Dusty & Bruno weigh about 400lbs, they are huge!

I have to say I was sad when the day came that I had to slow down on bottle feeding & merging them to feed & hay instead. I enjoyed bottle feeding my babies & taking care of them everyday. I didn't mind the responsibility or all the work it took. In fact... I miss it. I think I'm having withdraws. ha ha

I'm patiently waiting & hoping for another bottle baby soon!