The Charolais girls

This is the adorable Charolais girls that Fred & his mom got from the stockyards last Wednesday when Montana II lost her first baby boy... before we found out she had twins.

I've been wanting a baby girl for awhile so getting two at the same time made me want to jump up & do a cheer!  We spent a few days trying to decide on what their names would be & the results are... Chateau & Cheyenne.  We'll refer to them as the Charolais girls too.

Of course they bought the Charolais girls for Montana II, but then after discovering the twin, little Shannon II also know as "Cletus" (Fred's 5 yr old nephew Andrew re-named him)... the Charolais girls weren't necessarily needed anymore.  My hopes immediately went towards thinking I would then have 2 new baby girls to bottle feed, but so far Montana II has let all 3 of them nurse.  So unfortunately it doesn't look like I will be the Charolais girls new mommy after all.  I am disapointed but I still have my fingers & toes crossed that I will get at least one bottle baby sometime soon.

Fred says that ya just never know though... there's still a chance I could get at least one of the girls to be my bottle baby.  I'm trying not to get my hopes up to high just yet.

Shannon II

Now introducing Shannon II

This is Montana II's new baby.  Unfortunately she lost her first baby boy (Shannon I) but to our surprise she had twins!  We had no clue.  Fred & his mom went Wednesday morning & bought 2 baby Charolais girls for Montana II.  So of course after I got off work at 5pm I had to head over to Fred's parents house to take pictures of the new baby girls because I get really excited when we have new babies!

But then while I was taking pics of the girls around 5:30pm, a baby boy came strolling up to find his mamma... who we are now calling little Shannon II.  Let's say it was quite a shock that she had twins, but it's a very happy ending for Montana II considering she lost Shannon I.  I can't imagine how she felt losing a baby.

Oh Montana II was so happy to see her baby boy!  Not quite sure where or how he had gotten out of the fence & wandered away from mamma but what a surprise!  He's so adorable too... but honestly aren't they all just adorable?

Don't worry I will be writing about the Charolais girls next!  They are cutie pies too.
We've gotta pick some names out for them though.  :-)

lunch minus one

So typically every month if we meet the goals that are set for the prior month... the bosses take everyone out to lunch somewhere.

Last week, it was decided since we met the goals for last month, we would go to lunch sometime this week.  The boss told everyone to start thinking of a good day for everyone to go, etc.  I've worked here over a year now & have been included everytime the goals were met & we all went to lunch.  Somehow this time I wasn't included.  I'm not quite sure what to think about it right now.  I'm a little confused, hurt, upset, etc.

What does this mean?  Am I not doing a good job... do they feel that I don't deserve the reward of lunch with everyone else... maybe they want to get everyone together to talk about me... damn I'm confused.

I feel like a kid whose been sat in the corner.

I'm not pyschic by any means, but for some reason I have this feeling when everyone comes back they will all play it off like "why didn't you come meet us for lunch?" or something along those lines.  Typically people will ride together to meet up where ever we're going to eat at.  Nobody even mentioned one word to me about any of it.  Hell maybe I'm wrong... maybe they won't say one word about everyone even meeting for lunch today, who knows.  Maybe they are all crossing their fingers I won't mention it.

It's not like I have the money to take myself to lunch to get anything either.  I'm flat broke right now.  Ok... I'm always flat broke.  Since it doesn't matter if  I leave for lunch or not, they still take 30 minutes out of my pay everyday, so I usually at least drive down the street & park in a parking lot somewhere & sit for 30 minutes then drive back to work.  I can't afford the gas to drive around for 30 minutes, so I have to just go somewhere & park.  I've been known to go to Wal-Mart to walk around & buy absolutely nothing but just something to kill a little time.

It's days like today that I wish my phone would ring & someone would say "I'm on my way to take you to lunch."  Just to make me feel better.  I know it won't happen, but I can still dream right?

Well I guess I'm off to kill 30 minutes somewhere for a lunch break.

congrats bff

I just wanted to say a huge Congratualtions to my BFF... Kat.

Today she started a new job & after having a really rough year, things are finally starting to look up for her & her family.  I'm just so excited for her & hopefully everything else will continue up hill from here!

Kat & I have known each other since we were like 6-8 years old, so basically our whole lives.  I've tried to get rid of her several times throughout the years but for some reason she just won't leave me alone.  ha ha  No... only joking.  Seriously we've been through everything you can imagine together throughout our lives.  We give each other a hard time all the time, but we both know without words that we're there beside each other no matter what happens good or bad.

Unfortunately we don't get to see or spend time together like we would like to, but somehow we always manage to figure out a way if too much time has passed.

For instance... last Thursday.  She sent me a text to let me know that she got the job she had interviewed for the day before.  I was scheduled to have a rodeo meeting that night (shhhh) & over the years I think I've missed a total of maybe 2-3 meetings total, but I decided meeting up with my bff to celebrate her getting a new job was much more important that some meeting that usually only a few people show up at anyways.  So as soon as I got home from work, let Abigail out & give her dinner... I headed out the door to Guthrie to meet up with Kat to grab something to eat & hang out for a little bit.  We ate at a mexican place & I know for a fact we both ate way to much... but oh well... we had a good dinner together & just the two of us got to chat.  After we ate, we went to Wal-Mart for a few minutes then to Cato's so she could try on some clothes for her new job.  It was 8:30pm when we left there.  I took her back to her car & we both headed home for the night.

Since she's moved a little closer south towards my direction, maybe we can try to meet up more often to at least have dinner or something.

Kat please don't strangle me for stealing a pic from your facebook page to post on my blog.
And... Hurray Hurray for Kat , I hope she had a wonderful first day on the job.

Love Ya Kat

4 day breakdown

Here's the breakdown of the past 4 days:

Friday, February 12th
Took "Couples Retreat" & stopped by Blockbuster Video to rent 2 other movies (American Pie The Book of Love, The Hurt Locker), then head to KBow's house to eat dinner & watch movies for the night.  KBow actually cooked & it was good!  None of us died of food poisioning or anything... total shock!  We only watched 2 movies, Couples Retreat & American Pie, then left & got back home 1am-ish, watched a little tv then passed out.

Saturday, February 13th
Got up around 9am... my bladder has a timer on it & I can only stay in bed for a certain amount of time before I must force myself to get up.  My dad went to Langston's in the Stockyards today with the wagon.  Since the PBR is here, some of the bull riders are down there signing autographs & I think they have a sale or something going on, who knows.  Fred went to the clinic to help out & I met him there around 1pm.  We went to Johnnie's to eat lunch with his parents, then I went to my parents house to check on mom & get her hooked up to the ice machine since dad wasn't there to help her.  I had a good visit with her & she is doing much better each day.  Her knee looks really good too.  I stayed there til around 4:30pm then met Fred at his parents house to chat for awhile with them.  Left there about 6:30pm & headed home to let Abigail out & feed her dinner.  Fred got home around 8pm, he made french fries & we watched Ghost Rider since he hadn't seen it (which I ended up sleeping thru the last half of).  I dvr'd it awhile back since I knew he had been wanting to see it.  That was the extent of our day, then we went to bed.

Sunday, February 14th
Fred woke up around 9am, took a shower & got around.  I crawled out of bed & made it to the couch, then went outside to get Fred's Valentine's Day present out of my truck to give to him.  I was parked on the couch watching a movie until almost 11am when I finally decided to make my way to the shower to get ready.  Fred left to go to his parents house & drove the feed truck.  He text me at noon to let me know that they had just put the french bread pizzas in the oven & it would be ready soon.  I was showered & ready, but I had parked myself back on the couch & was finishing up a movie (The Untouchables) that he actually had turned on & was watching before he left the house earlier.

I got to his parents house & it was time to eat.  We ate lunch & then hung out for awhile.  Around 2pm I decided I better go to Wal-Mart before it got any later & get some stuff that I needed.  Fred was going to meet me at the house to watch the movie "The Hurt Locker" before he headed to KBow's for a poker game tonight.  I ran to Wal-Mart then home to start cleaning house & start some laundry.

Fred didn't make it home to watch the movie before he headed to KBow's house.  He got home around 6:15pm then changed clothes & headed to KBow's at 6:45pm.  I watched The Amazing Race, cleaned the kitchen, picked up the house & worked on laundry the rest of the evening.  Fred stopped at Braum's on his way home & grabbed us something to eat, it was around 11pm.  We ate then it didn't take him long to head for the bed & pass out.  I went to Kev's to get the last load of laundry & put it away then I crawled into bed around 12:30am & passed out myself.

Whew... what a weekend!  Weekends are just never long enough.

Monday, February 15th
My brother's birthday!  He's officially 53 years old... wow... damn he's getting old (just kidding).  I called him to wish him a Happy Birthday & see how his day went.

My friend Adena came & took me to lunch today.  I'm considering this my late Valentine's day lunch date LOL, since I'm the only one in my work place that didn't have one last Friday.  We went to Chelino's & I ate way to much... then all I wanted to do was take a nap when I got back to work.

Got home from work at 5:30pm... Fred & I decided to make a trip into town to Target for a few groceries.  We got home from Target & Fred made breakfast for dinner tonight.  Yum Yum... egg, sausage, hashbrown scramble... yummy to my tummy.  Now I'm sitting here finishing up my blog & thinking I'm almost ready for bedtime.

For some odd reason we never get to bed before midnight though.  I haven't quite figured out why that is, but it just always seems to happen that way.

Valentino

This is "Valentino", he was born on Valentine's day last year, 2009.  This was one of my first pictures with my new camera & only a few moments directly after Valentino's first peep of light.

Fred had to help in Valentino's arrival into the world... mamma was having a hard time by herself so Fred lended a helping hand & got Valentino here safely.

Isn't he just a cutie!  I need to get some updated pictures of Valentino, so everyone can see how big he is now.  So precious.

my VDay card to my sweetheart

My Forever Love

When I say "I Love You," it means
that in you I have found
a once-in-a-lifetime love,
the kind that I just know
will last forever...

It means I want to share
it all with you -
good times, bad times, adventures,
problems, and joys.
It means that, no matter what,
you're the one I want to be with.

When I say "I Love You," it means
I love you just the way you are,
and every time I'm with you,
I discover yet one more thing
about you to love.

Love is something very precious,
and when I say it, I mean it
with all my heart.

And I'm saying it to you.

Happy Valentine's day Sweetheart
I Love You