reckless kelly recovery

We went to the Reckless Kelly concert at the Wormy Dog Saloon Saturday night & had a great time.  I think we stayed out way to late though.  All day yesterday I was seriously dragging.  I'm starting to notice the older we get, the earlier I need to go to bed & the more sleep my body requires.  It's sad but true.

We were suppose to go to a friends house to watch the Super Bowl, but once we got home & relaxed... we didn't leave the house.  In fact, we both dozed off & on thru the entire game & I ended up sleeping thru the last part of it altogether.

Oh to be young again & have that energy again... wouldn't that be nice?

It's always nice to get out & have fun, have a few drinks & hang out with friends.  Even though it takes awhile to recover from a night out on the town, we still have such a good time!

I don't think it will ever matter how old I get... I will always look forward to going out for a night on the town!

Abi-Lazy

Abigail is the laziest four legged child in the world I will swear it.  Yesterday, while I was busy multi-tasking... doing laundry, cleaning house, watching tv & blogging... the entire time Abigail was holding down the couch making sure it wasn't going anywhere.

She always burys her head in the covers, I think the lights are to bright for her to enjoy a beauty rest or something, who knows.  Ears are up though to listen for anything she might need to check out.

When Abigail is in one of her lazy moods, you just can't disturb her.  She will refuse to go outside & even growl at you if you try to make her get up & get motivated.  Yeah... I know it's sad... she's so flippin' spoiled it's not even funny.

She's just so daggum cute though.  Just looking at her all stretched out on the couch snoring... makes you want to take a nap yourself.

reckless kelly here we come

Reckless Kelly here we come!  Tonight we're going to the Wormy Dog Saloon for our friend Joe's birthday.  I haven't been to the Wormy Dog in a long time, so I'm looking forward to us going & having fun!  It's been awhile since I've been to a concert too, so this is exciting.  Concerts are so damn expensive these days, it's ridiculous if you ask me, but I guess nobody asked for my opinion.  I will attempt to remember to take some pics while we're out, but there are no promises there.  Considering I keep saying that & I always come away empty handed.  I don't know whats wrong with me sometimes.  I guess I get side tracked when we're having fun & completely forget to drag out the camera or cell phone to snap a few shots.

Well it's approaching 5pm, I guess I should finish cleaning house/laundry/blogging/watching tv & get off my butt & get around.

katey belle

This is my precious Katey Belle.  She's the sweetest girl in the world!

January 23rd, ex-David was going to be out of town hunting, so I went by to feed & take care of her.  I miss getting to see her every day since I've moved & hopefully one day in the future I'll get to move her out where I'm at so we can be re-united once again.

Katey Belle came into my life around 2003.  She was living with a farmer/hunter & he had decided he no longer wanted her.  The poor thing was in horrible shape.  She had infections in both eyes, both ears & her hair was so matted the only option was to shave her bald & start over.  My ex-David was the one who found her & he happened to bring her home around my birthday that year... so I've always considered her my birthday present.

She was so timid, shy & very nervous about everything at first.  I suspected that she may have been abused, hit or beaten by the way she responded to certain things.  It took some time & allot of money to get her well & back on her feet again, but to me it was worth every dollar that was spent.  The original reason ex-David had inquired about her was because he was looking for another bird dog to go hunting with, when he received the phone call about Katey Belle.  After seeing her, there was just no way possible I could have left her in the care of the farmer/hunter.  You could just see the need for love in her eyes & it looked like she was just begging for warmth & attention.  I knew she had to come home with me from that moment.

I truly believe some people just don't deserve to have animals in their lives.  If they aren't going to love & care for them like they deserve... then those people don't deserve to have them.  Period.

Katey Belle became my precious baby from the get-go.  I think she could feel how much I loved her from the very start & that I would give her the home she deserved.

Even after all this time, she still has one ear that has flare ups every now & again.  It's just so sad, but she's a model patient to treat.  Flushing, cleaning & medicating her ear... she'll just lay there very still & let you do whatever you have to.

She's never once been agressive in any shape or form what-so-ever.  She's a lover not a fighter through & through.

It breaks my heart that she doesn't live with me right now.  I miss her so much.

Even though it's hard to say, she is in good hands with ex-David for now.  I know he takes care of her & she has 3 other dogs to play with at his house.  When he goes out of town he calls to ask me to come take care of her, which allows me to spend quality time with her.  I wish I had a big enough area fenced off so that she would have somewhere to run & play.  Then she could come live with me again.

I have no idea what Katey Belle's name was before I brought her home.

Since I named my first baby Abigail Elizabeth after my best friend (Kathryn Elizabeth aka Kat)... I decided to name her Katey Belle & just spell her first name different.  So both of my children are named after my bestest friend... awe!

Katie Opal

My youngest niece Rachel is pregnant as I announced before & she's due at the end of April.  Actually on my great-niece Gabrielle's birthday... so that will be interesting!  Gabrielle is escatic about it.

Of course we know it's a girl, woohoo!
She decided to name her Katie Opal after both of her great-grandma's.  My dad's mom was Katie & my mom's mom was Opal.

If both of my grandma's were still alive today they would be jumping up & down with excitement.  But even though they aren't here in the flesh, I know they are doing cart-wheels in Heaven that she is naming her baby girl after both of them.

Now we just have to wait until the end of April before we get to hold little Katie Opal!
I can hardly wait!  :-)

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.