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

knee & birthday week

A little bit of everything is going on this week!

Let's see... mom's knee replacement surgery on Wednesday...
The surgery went well.  She didn't actually get to her room until a little after noon, with surgery then recovery.  I was surprised to see her in good spirits directly after her arriving to her room.  She was still a little goofy from the pain meds but other than that, she was doing fairly good.  They didn't waste any time getting the machine out & putting her right leg on it to start exercising.  Since she was on so many pain meds, she really couldn't feel anything just yet.

All in all, she's been doing good since Wednesday.  Tomorrow morning we're moving her to Deconess hospital to start her rehab/therapy & she'll be there for 1-2 weeks, depending on how well she does & her progress.  They want to get her to a point where she will be ok to go home & be able to move around on her own w/out allot of help.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes well & she makes good progress & her recovery goes fairly easy for her.  It's hard to see her in the hospital like she is right now.

On another note... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART!

In another hour it's officially my sweetheart's birthday.  I've made a few calls & arranged for some friends to meet up at Henry Hudson's for drinks to celebrate tomorrow evening.  I won't say what presents I've purchased in case he reads my blog before I give them to him tomorrow.  I had to make a few changes to his birthday presents this week because of some un-expected things that occurred towards the beginning of the week, but that's ok... it can wait for another time in the future.  I'm just excited to celebrate my honey's birthday tomorrow & I hope he has a great day!

Hopefully I will remember to take my camera & take pictures at Hudson's tomorrow night.  I'm always bad about forgetting my camera or if I do bring it then I forget to take pictures.  I'm goofy I know it.

Let's all sing together...

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday dear honey

Happy birthday to you

(just pretend I have a great voice & can sing) LOL

I Love you sweetheart & Happy Happy birthday!

being happy

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.  It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections"