danger & hazzardous conditions at work

Watch out... danger & hazzardous conditions at the work place!

I took this pic this morning.

This is a pic of the backside of the building I work in.  The door at the very back of the pic is the back door of my building.  Notice the small walkway between the two buildings... and the 2 FT of ice/snow hanging off the end of the rooftop.  Yikes!

That would seriously hurt if it fell on top of your head!  OUCH!

Don't worry it didn't stay this way for long... someone knocked it all down to avoid any possible disaster that might occur.

CG About Time

Finally introducing CG About Time... the little baby boy who was born around 12:30am Monday, February 1st... weighing a whoppin' 86lbs.

The baby we lost sleep over this weekend awaiting his arrival.  He's finally here & he's adorable of course!

His mommy is taking good care of him, so unfortunately no baby bottle calf for me to take care of just yet.  I'm still keeping my fingers crossed though, I'm not giving up.

Fred is going to try to get some better pictures of About Time tomorrow.  He's just so cute I wish I could cuddle him... but well I highly doubt Big Montana would allow me to do so.  Just like any good mamma she's protective over her baby, so I understand.

More pictures of baby About Time to come in the future.

a long day

Ok... the past two days are almost a blurr.  I posted last night around 8:30pm & then we went to Fred's parents house around 10ish to check on "Big Montana" because she should be calving anytime now & we were just sure it was going to happen last night.  We decided to camp out all night & check on her periodically throughout the night to watch her progress.  Fred & I finally shut our eyes around 3:30am for a few shut eyes but then back up at 6am to check on her.  No progress.

Around 9am Fred took me back home so I could get my truck & head over to my parents house to start working on boxing stuff up & moving it out to the storage building.  I knew this was going to be allot of work & would probably wear us out in no time but it was hard to even know where to start or end sometimes.

I know my mom has a reason for keeping the stuff that she does, but we just can't seem to figure that reason out & honestly we probably never will either.  With her coming home from the hospital this week, she needs to be able to move around the house with no obsticles in her way so she can avoid falling or tripping over stuff.  That was our reason for doing everything we did today.  By the time 6pm rolled around we were all absolutely exhausted & not to mention the fact Fred & I were working on only 3 hours of sleep & our energy was running very thin fast.

Fred & I went & ate dinner with dad tonight.  He appreciated the company.  He's been eating every meal by himself since mom's been in the hospital & I know he was excited to eat a good meal & have our company.

I went the past 4 days & haven't gotten stuck once.  Then coming home tonight at 8:30pm... pulling in the driveway... I decided I should turn around & face towards the gate since the snow will be re-freezing tonight & will probably be slicker then snot in the morning... the snow decided my truck shouldn't make the full turn around in the driveway!  So right this minute my truck is sitting sideways across the driveway... STUCK in the flippin snow.  Go figure.  This is how my luck runs just about all the time, I swear.  Grrr.

Big Montana went all day & didn't have the baby.
But now... at 10pm at night... she's in labor & hopefully in the next hour we'll be able to welcome a new baby calf!

So now I'm asking myself... why am I still awake & blogging at 10:30pm when my eyes are burning for sleep?  I have no smart answer for this question, except good night.

more snow & ice

Once again the weather this week sucked!  I didn't make it to work Thursday or Friday because of the snow & ice.  The weather people have been right on target with the weather again so they get a few points for that.

Don't get me wrong, having a 4-day weekend is a nice break from a stressful job, but when your paid hourly & if you don't work you don't get paid... that's a huge chunk of a paycheck that will be missing.  So it's a nice break but at the same time a huge stress being off work.  Can't win for losin' sometimes I swear.

Oh well... on a positive note...
Mom's knee is doing better.  Fred & I went to visit her in the hospital today & she was glad to have company.  I know she's bored out of her mind.  She hasn't been home since January 20th & she's more than ready to see home again.  We're thinking she might be released on Monday, but it will depend on what the therapist says Monday morning.  So we won't know anything until then.  My brother & I will be going thru my parents house tomorrow moving stuff around & boxing things up to move out to a storage building dad had delivered this week.  This should be interesting & quite a chore... for those who've been to my parents house know what I'm talking about!  Have you seen the show "Hoarders"?  Enough said.

I absolutely hate being boxed up in the house when the weather is crappy.
Like today for instance... we've been out & about doing things but for some reason after getting back home & sitting down, I start to feel bored, antsy & ready to get out of the house again.  Not sure how to explain it.  I'm not tired, but if I laid my head down I would probably fall asleep.  Ever have one of those days?  I'm having one of those days today.  Actually I was having one of those days yesterday too.  ha ha

I'm in the mood to go to a movie or something, I'm not even real sure.  Something that doesn't involve staying at home.

I should probably rest up for the long day ahead tomorrow.  It's only 8pm so who knows what we'll end up doing for the rest of the evening.

learn, live, look

Oh I love Snoopy... great words to live by each & every day!

Although sometimes it's easier said then done.

Maxine must know where I live

How did Maxine get into my house?  She had to have been there because she nailed this one perfectly.

The first winter we lived here in our 487 sq ft mansion, we had un-wanted roommates move in... The Mice Family.  I argued & pleaded for them to move out immediately, but unfortunately they refused & decided to put up a fight instead.  I declared WAR & began coming up with an action plan to force them out.  Dead or alive, I was bound & determined they would be gone.

I will spare everyone the details but lets just say, it was a total blood bath somedays, but in the end... we were victorious in our WAR against The Mice Family.

no bday pictures

I failed... I took my camera to Henry Hudsons for Fred's birthday party Saturday night & I completely forgot to take any pictures.  Someone please just slap my hand!

Heck I didn't even take any pictures at his birthday lunch at his parents house yesterday either.  That's how bad I am.

Is this old age that is setting in... that's causing my brain to forget more & more these days?
Wow if that's the case, I'm in serious trouble.  I consider myself still young & well if I'm already forgetting simple little things like that... what's to come for me in let's say 10 years from now?

YIKES!  Scary to even think about.

Sorry honey... wish I would've remembered to take pictures at your birthday get-together Saturday night & birthday lunch yesterday!  Apparently my body was there but my brain wasn't.  I have no excuses.

All in all though - Fred had a good time at his get-together Saturday night at Henry Hudsons & at his birthday lunch at his parents house yesterday.

Love ya birthday boy, xoxo