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.
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