Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Ok, this is for my sister, that asked so nicely for me to get to blogging again, so she would know what is going on in the Western part of Nebraska.
It's hot... the end. Ok maybe not. It is hot, but not as hot as in Texas. We had quit a bit of rain at the beginning of summer, which caused us to be cool, then the heat turned up, and we were hot and humid, witch is unusual for this area. We have finally cooled down and we are able to open our windows at night.
Most of my summer has been spent working. My bosses son was in a very bad car accident on May 14. Harold was with his son Zach for almost 2 months straight, so that meant I was doing both jobs here. Let's just say that keeping my head above water was about all that I could manage.
I was able to get a garden in, actually 2 gardens. Mark opened an new spot this year and we tried our hand at potatoes. We are actually very good potato farmers, who knew! We had 3 rows of corn, and just put that up this last weekend and got 30 pints, plus that ears that we ate. We are now picking green beans, and I have put up 11 pint and a half jars. We have pumpkin and winter squash plants that think that they should be the only things growing in the garden. (If I get the slide show loaded, you will see)
Kyra was in a lawnmower pull at the county fair 2 weeks ago. For those of you that don't know, a lawnmower pull is like a tractor pull only with... you guessed it a lawn mower. She was in the 700 lb class. They could pull 150 feet. Mom being the optimist that she is, stood at the 75 foot mark, thinking that she would not be able to pull past that point. She took off like a shot, and was still going strong at 75 feet. So mom jumped up and ran to the end of the track. She pulled the sled 148 feet. The furthest in her class, winning her 1st place and $20. Yes, she used my mower that I use for mowing the lawn, and I told her and her Dad that if anything happened to it, they were both in trouble!
We are leaving in 2 days for our summer vacation. We had a trip planned earlier in the summer, but with Harold gone, I could not get away. We are going to Wyoming. We are going to stay in a hotel or cabins, and do all the touristy things up there. Then we are going back to Casper to go school clothes shopping. The girls start school August 25th, so we are getting this one in under the wire.
I hope to write next week and tell you all about our adventures. Until then.
It's hot... the end. Ok maybe not. It is hot, but not as hot as in Texas. We had quit a bit of rain at the beginning of summer, which caused us to be cool, then the heat turned up, and we were hot and humid, witch is unusual for this area. We have finally cooled down and we are able to open our windows at night.
Most of my summer has been spent working. My bosses son was in a very bad car accident on May 14. Harold was with his son Zach for almost 2 months straight, so that meant I was doing both jobs here. Let's just say that keeping my head above water was about all that I could manage.
I was able to get a garden in, actually 2 gardens. Mark opened an new spot this year and we tried our hand at potatoes. We are actually very good potato farmers, who knew! We had 3 rows of corn, and just put that up this last weekend and got 30 pints, plus that ears that we ate. We are now picking green beans, and I have put up 11 pint and a half jars. We have pumpkin and winter squash plants that think that they should be the only things growing in the garden. (If I get the slide show loaded, you will see)
Kyra was in a lawnmower pull at the county fair 2 weeks ago. For those of you that don't know, a lawnmower pull is like a tractor pull only with... you guessed it a lawn mower. She was in the 700 lb class. They could pull 150 feet. Mom being the optimist that she is, stood at the 75 foot mark, thinking that she would not be able to pull past that point. She took off like a shot, and was still going strong at 75 feet. So mom jumped up and ran to the end of the track. She pulled the sled 148 feet. The furthest in her class, winning her 1st place and $20. Yes, she used my mower that I use for mowing the lawn, and I told her and her Dad that if anything happened to it, they were both in trouble!
We are leaving in 2 days for our summer vacation. We had a trip planned earlier in the summer, but with Harold gone, I could not get away. We are going to Wyoming. We are going to stay in a hotel or cabins, and do all the touristy things up there. Then we are going back to Casper to go school clothes shopping. The girls start school August 25th, so we are getting this one in under the wire.
I hope to write next week and tell you all about our adventures. Until then.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
3 weeks in one blog
Ok, I know it has been awhile again! I really do not have an excuse for not doing the blog. My new computer is so much faster with everything. I can download pictures while writing the blog, without the computer freezing on me. Somehow though, I don't seem to find the time to get the blog done.
I like to write the blog on Mondays, as I usually have the morning off and just comming off the weekend, I can remember what we did the week before (sometimes). Well today is Wednesday, but feels like Monday to me. Mark and I along with Marks folks headed to York NE on Monday morning. We were attending a funeral for a friend of the family. This gentalman, had been hunting at the ranch for 47 years. He brought his kids, son-in-law and then grandkids as they got old enough and became interested in hunting. He was diegnosed with acute lukemia 6 months ago, and past away last week. It was a sad time, but also a nice time as we were able to see several hunters that live in the area, and aslo got to meet the families that never came to the ranch. We drove in wind to York on Monday, and to keep things exciting we drove in wind back to Bridgeport on Tuesday. Of course the wind was blowing from the wrong direction both days, so the gas mileage was non-existant.
The girls stayed here with Pastor and Sarah. Tyson stayed home and garded the house. The neighbors fed and looked after him.
Things are mostly the same around here. Basket Ball is done for the year. Lexi's team played in a tournament 3 weekends ago. They did pool games on Friday and Saturday with the tournament on Sunday. They went into the tournament undefeated, and won their first game. The next team they played was a very good team, and we lost 24-6. The girls had fun, and improved so much from the first game that they played. We are very proud of all of them.
Kyra and I went to North Plate NE 2 weekends ago. She had a Girl Scout event called "Meet me in Paris" The did all things French. It was an overnight stay. Unfortunatly they did not have enough beds, and I had already given away my air matress, so myself and another mother were put in a hotel for the night. Kyra had a blast, and I got a good nights sleep, win win.
On the way home from North Plate, Mark calls:
Mark: Do you mind if I put a hole in your wall?
Laura: What!
Mark: Well, you wanted the fireplace out didn't you? So I took it out and now there is an 8 foot by 8 foot hole in the wall of the upstairs living room.
Laura: Well, I did want the fireplace out, but NOT THIS WEEKEND!
*Note to self. Always leave a job for your husband to do while you are gone, or you will come home to the job that he finds for himself.
After working all day Sunday, I told Mark he better take Monday off, as I did not want the house opened to the garage for the rest of the week. Mark and I worked hard all day Monday, and by 5:30 p.m. we had a wall up that was insulated and sheetrocked. We still have taping and texturing to do, but we also need to scrape the popcorn off the ceiling in the living room. We are going to put down new flooring and paint, so will be a while at this project.
You may ask why we took out our main source of heat? The wall where the fireplace was, was 11 foot wide. The fireplace with all the brick took up 8 feet, with a little room in the corner. It was such a waste of space in a very small room. We are going to put the airtight stove back in, but it will go in the basement, which is a better place for it anyway, since we all know heat rises. Plus the thermostat is upstairs, plus we have a lot of windows, so when the sun is shinning, and the stove is running, the furnace rarely comes on. The upstairs is warm to hot, and you freeze in the basement. I think that we will use the basement in the winter a lot more if the stove is down there.
Well that should catch everyone up on our lives. If I can get the camera to work, there will be a slide show at the beginning of this if not... sorry.
I like to write the blog on Mondays, as I usually have the morning off and just comming off the weekend, I can remember what we did the week before (sometimes). Well today is Wednesday, but feels like Monday to me. Mark and I along with Marks folks headed to York NE on Monday morning. We were attending a funeral for a friend of the family. This gentalman, had been hunting at the ranch for 47 years. He brought his kids, son-in-law and then grandkids as they got old enough and became interested in hunting. He was diegnosed with acute lukemia 6 months ago, and past away last week. It was a sad time, but also a nice time as we were able to see several hunters that live in the area, and aslo got to meet the families that never came to the ranch. We drove in wind to York on Monday, and to keep things exciting we drove in wind back to Bridgeport on Tuesday. Of course the wind was blowing from the wrong direction both days, so the gas mileage was non-existant.
The girls stayed here with Pastor and Sarah. Tyson stayed home and garded the house. The neighbors fed and looked after him.
Things are mostly the same around here. Basket Ball is done for the year. Lexi's team played in a tournament 3 weekends ago. They did pool games on Friday and Saturday with the tournament on Sunday. They went into the tournament undefeated, and won their first game. The next team they played was a very good team, and we lost 24-6. The girls had fun, and improved so much from the first game that they played. We are very proud of all of them.
Kyra and I went to North Plate NE 2 weekends ago. She had a Girl Scout event called "Meet me in Paris" The did all things French. It was an overnight stay. Unfortunatly they did not have enough beds, and I had already given away my air matress, so myself and another mother were put in a hotel for the night. Kyra had a blast, and I got a good nights sleep, win win.
On the way home from North Plate, Mark calls:
Mark: Do you mind if I put a hole in your wall?
Laura: What!
Mark: Well, you wanted the fireplace out didn't you? So I took it out and now there is an 8 foot by 8 foot hole in the wall of the upstairs living room.
Laura: Well, I did want the fireplace out, but NOT THIS WEEKEND!
*Note to self. Always leave a job for your husband to do while you are gone, or you will come home to the job that he finds for himself.
After working all day Sunday, I told Mark he better take Monday off, as I did not want the house opened to the garage for the rest of the week. Mark and I worked hard all day Monday, and by 5:30 p.m. we had a wall up that was insulated and sheetrocked. We still have taping and texturing to do, but we also need to scrape the popcorn off the ceiling in the living room. We are going to put down new flooring and paint, so will be a while at this project.
You may ask why we took out our main source of heat? The wall where the fireplace was, was 11 foot wide. The fireplace with all the brick took up 8 feet, with a little room in the corner. It was such a waste of space in a very small room. We are going to put the airtight stove back in, but it will go in the basement, which is a better place for it anyway, since we all know heat rises. Plus the thermostat is upstairs, plus we have a lot of windows, so when the sun is shinning, and the stove is running, the furnace rarely comes on. The upstairs is warm to hot, and you freeze in the basement. I think that we will use the basement in the winter a lot more if the stove is down there.
Well that should catch everyone up on our lives. If I can get the camera to work, there will be a slide show at the beginning of this if not... sorry.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Basket ball and snow
It is 6:15 a.m. on Monday morning. I came down to the computer to check the school closings. We had about 4 inches of snow last night, with more on the way in the next 2 days. So far the school is running on the normal schedule. I hate it when I wake the girls up, go through the fight of getting one of them out of bed...Lexi. Then find out the we have a 2 hour late start, and have to put up with grumpy kids for said 2 hours. In the schools defence, a lot of times they do not realize how bad the country roads are until the buses start trying to get down them, so late starts often are announced late.
We did the basket ball this this last weekend. Lexi's team played in the Bridgeport tournament. We played "Pool" games on Friday and Saturday, then went into the tournament on Sunday undefeated. The first game the girls won, and that put them playing Sunday night at 6:00 in Bayard. We drove over in some snow, however it was melting so the roads were not bad. The girls played hard, but lost to a much more experienced team. We stayed for another half hour to watch a friends daughter play, but after several people came in saying how bad the roads were getting we decided that we better head home. By that time we had 2-3 inches stuck to the road, and it was still coming down. We made it home with only a few slips around corners that Mark was told about from the backseat drivers. I had put on a pot of soup before we left for the games, and that sure tasted good when we got home.
Back to work and school now. I have a feeling that there may not be any school tomorrow as we are suppose to get 6-18 inches of snow by Tuesday, we will see. I do not have to go to Kimball so far this week, so that is a good thing if we end up getting as much snow as they are talking. Kyra and I are suppose to go to a Girl Scout overnighter in North Platte this weekend, so I hope the weather cooperates.
Will close for now. Will try to get some pictures up later, a friend used our camera last night for her daughters game, so will have to get it back before I can post any.
We did the basket ball this this last weekend. Lexi's team played in the Bridgeport tournament. We played "Pool" games on Friday and Saturday, then went into the tournament on Sunday undefeated. The first game the girls won, and that put them playing Sunday night at 6:00 in Bayard. We drove over in some snow, however it was melting so the roads were not bad. The girls played hard, but lost to a much more experienced team. We stayed for another half hour to watch a friends daughter play, but after several people came in saying how bad the roads were getting we decided that we better head home. By that time we had 2-3 inches stuck to the road, and it was still coming down. We made it home with only a few slips around corners that Mark was told about from the backseat drivers. I had put on a pot of soup before we left for the games, and that sure tasted good when we got home.
Back to work and school now. I have a feeling that there may not be any school tomorrow as we are suppose to get 6-18 inches of snow by Tuesday, we will see. I do not have to go to Kimball so far this week, so that is a good thing if we end up getting as much snow as they are talking. Kyra and I are suppose to go to a Girl Scout overnighter in North Platte this weekend, so I hope the weather cooperates.
Will close for now. Will try to get some pictures up later, a friend used our camera last night for her daughters game, so will have to get it back before I can post any.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
I am not quite sure why I am writing a blog this week. I could just copy and paste last weeks blog to this week and there you go! Ok, maybe a few changes are in order.
We were able to go to Casper WY to the "Tell the Good News About Jesus" Convocation last weekend. It was nice to get away. We ended up travelling to Casper via Cheyenne, as I had to see patients in Kimball on the way. We got to Casper about 5:30 p.m. and then headed to a restaurant. Back at the hotel, the girls headed down to the pool, and I sat back for some R&R. The pool rules were parental supervision for children under 14. I figured the girls could both swim better than me, and since the pool was 3 foot deep at the deepest, They would be ok. The rest of the night was spent with everyone sleeping but me, due to a stomach ache that kept me up most of the night. It's hard to be awake in a hotel room as you cannot turn on lights or TV, as it would wake everyone else up.
The next day was spent shopping, then the first session of the convocation started at 2:30 p.m. Once again this year they had it in a room that was too small for the crown, and the more people that came in, the hotter the room got. After not sleeping the night before, I was not in the mood to put up with the crowds, so headed back to the room to rest. That night we ordered pizza for the kids, and the adults got to go out on a double date, with the Strawn's.
The next day, the girls went to a VBS at a local church, while we went to the Saturday sessions. I don't know if I wasn't in the mood, or had too much on my mind, but I did not get as much out of this years convocation. It was good, just not as good as 2 years ago. After the day was over, we headed to Jay's house to celebrate Jay's and Kyra's birthdays. They made lasagna and we had banana splits for desert. The next day we ended up heading for home about 10:30 in the morning, because it looked like bad weather was heading our way.
Back at home and back to work this week. We have had a week of sub zero weather. Tuesday the low when I was heading to work was -15, not to be out done, when I went to work Wednesday the low was -20. Put a wind chill on that and we are talking -50. Nothing has frozen in the house, and the furnace quit running once the wind died down. I ended up sick on Tuesday, running a slight fever, and stomach cramps. Stayed home from Kimball and slept the day away. Luckily, I was better on Wednesday, with Harold still gone, there is no one else to do the work.
Mark was sick Wednesday night and still not great on Thursday morning, but went to work, as there were only 2 of them. Kyra is suppose to have her 10year birthday party Friday night, so I hope that everyone else stays well.
Harold is suppose to be back on Monday of next week. I hope he is able to get back, and so does my house! I decided that I was not going to clean the house before 9 girls came for a birthday party, because I have to clean after anyway.
I hope when and if I write next week, things will have slowed down. If not oh well. Until then.
We were able to go to Casper WY to the "Tell the Good News About Jesus" Convocation last weekend. It was nice to get away. We ended up travelling to Casper via Cheyenne, as I had to see patients in Kimball on the way. We got to Casper about 5:30 p.m. and then headed to a restaurant. Back at the hotel, the girls headed down to the pool, and I sat back for some R&R. The pool rules were parental supervision for children under 14. I figured the girls could both swim better than me, and since the pool was 3 foot deep at the deepest, They would be ok. The rest of the night was spent with everyone sleeping but me, due to a stomach ache that kept me up most of the night. It's hard to be awake in a hotel room as you cannot turn on lights or TV, as it would wake everyone else up.
The next day was spent shopping, then the first session of the convocation started at 2:30 p.m. Once again this year they had it in a room that was too small for the crown, and the more people that came in, the hotter the room got. After not sleeping the night before, I was not in the mood to put up with the crowds, so headed back to the room to rest. That night we ordered pizza for the kids, and the adults got to go out on a double date, with the Strawn's.
The next day, the girls went to a VBS at a local church, while we went to the Saturday sessions. I don't know if I wasn't in the mood, or had too much on my mind, but I did not get as much out of this years convocation. It was good, just not as good as 2 years ago. After the day was over, we headed to Jay's house to celebrate Jay's and Kyra's birthdays. They made lasagna and we had banana splits for desert. The next day we ended up heading for home about 10:30 in the morning, because it looked like bad weather was heading our way.
Back at home and back to work this week. We have had a week of sub zero weather. Tuesday the low when I was heading to work was -15, not to be out done, when I went to work Wednesday the low was -20. Put a wind chill on that and we are talking -50. Nothing has frozen in the house, and the furnace quit running once the wind died down. I ended up sick on Tuesday, running a slight fever, and stomach cramps. Stayed home from Kimball and slept the day away. Luckily, I was better on Wednesday, with Harold still gone, there is no one else to do the work.
Mark was sick Wednesday night and still not great on Thursday morning, but went to work, as there were only 2 of them. Kyra is suppose to have her 10year birthday party Friday night, so I hope that everyone else stays well.
Harold is suppose to be back on Monday of next week. I hope he is able to get back, and so does my house! I decided that I was not going to clean the house before 9 girls came for a birthday party, because I have to clean after anyway.
I hope when and if I write next week, things will have slowed down. If not oh well. Until then.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Short Week
It's Monday, and already the week is gone. I found out Sunday afternoon, that Harold was going to have to take this week off, so guess who is working? Yep, you got it, me! We are leaving for Casper WY on Thursday, so the week is short anyway, and now it will pass very quickly. I will have to be organized, so I can get laundry done, bags packed, and meals made each night. I also have to take Lexi to the orthodontist on Tuesday at 12:20 p.m. for a make up check that we missed last week when she was sick. I am tired just thinking about it.
Last week was uneventful for us. I did go to Kimball on Saturday, thinking that maybe Harold would have to be gone, and since I was also going out of town, I needed time in with a new patient. The weather didn't look good for the day, so I decided by all indications that it would be better to go in the morning, than in the afternoon. I headed out, and ran into snow when I got to HWY 71. By the time I got to Kimball, I was in a blizzard. I worked with my patients as quickly as I could, left paper work for Monday, and got the heck out of there. about 15 miles north of town, I can see blue skies to the West, North and East. I always pick the wrong times to go!
The rest of the weekend was spent doing weekend stuff like laundry and cleaning. We did help a friend unload his moving van, with the first load, they will do the final move from Douglas WY next weekend. Saturday night we went to Stawn's for supper, and card playing (the girl's beat the boys 2-1). Sunday night we had friends over for supper, so had a weekend full of visiting.
So now we are at Monday again. Hope everyone has a good week.
Last week was uneventful for us. I did go to Kimball on Saturday, thinking that maybe Harold would have to be gone, and since I was also going out of town, I needed time in with a new patient. The weather didn't look good for the day, so I decided by all indications that it would be better to go in the morning, than in the afternoon. I headed out, and ran into snow when I got to HWY 71. By the time I got to Kimball, I was in a blizzard. I worked with my patients as quickly as I could, left paper work for Monday, and got the heck out of there. about 15 miles north of town, I can see blue skies to the West, North and East. I always pick the wrong times to go!
The rest of the weekend was spent doing weekend stuff like laundry and cleaning. We did help a friend unload his moving van, with the first load, they will do the final move from Douglas WY next weekend. Saturday night we went to Stawn's for supper, and card playing (the girl's beat the boys 2-1). Sunday night we had friends over for supper, so had a weekend full of visiting.
So now we are at Monday again. Hope everyone has a good week.
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