Mail Call

Oct 102012
 

Last week the mail delivered 2 presents to the homestead.

The first was a box I received from Christine.  I thought it might be an early, early birthday present, so I didn’t open it right away.  When I talked to her on her Birthday, I mentioned the box and she was all “No, that was something I got you in Colorado and I just now got around to sending it.”

*Insert image of me ripping open box 10 minutes later*

Inside was a little note and

a little kitty made out of desert Ironwood.  Beautiful!  I couldn’t get over how detailed this little furbaby was.  What a wonderful way to brighten up my day!

A few days later, a large envelope was deposited in the mailbox.  This time it was from Nichole.

School picture time!  I can’t believe how big my grandbabies are getting.  I love how the photography company is being a little more imaginative with how they set up their shots (these kids look like models! ).

Thanks girls for bringing a smile to your sickly Momma.  It was the best medicine I could have gotten!

 

Nature’s Carpet

Oct 092012
 

We had a few days of blustery weather here in the Northwoods.  All those beautiful Fall leaves sure had a workout trying to stay on their branches.

In only a few short hours the yard was covered by nature’s carpet.  Unfortunately there are still more to come down so we won’t get these raked up yet.

I’m not the only one around these parts who seems to think that the pine trees are shedding more than usual this year.  Usually this is caused by stress or not enough water, but I thought we had a pretty good amount of rain this year.

Whatever the reason, I’m hoping that when the growing season starts next Spring, there will be bright green needles dotting the branches.

What we don’t need this time of year is that evil white stuff, which made a brief appearance last Friday night.   Thank goodness the ground is still too warm for it to have left a lasting impression.

But if rumors of fat deer and critters are an omen of what the weather has in store for us this Winter, it could be a doozy!

And to my friend Eva:  This is NOT helping!

 

A Moat Would Have Been Really Cool

Oct 082012
 

The Postman’s creed goes “Neither rain nor snow, nor sleet nor dark of night shall stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”

You can tweek that slightly and apply it to Rick and his merry band of helpers who have been working on the shed.

Saturday morning was cloudy, cold and uninviting, but that didn’t stop the crew from picking up from where they left off last weekend.

First order of business was to dig a trench (as opposed to a moat, which would have been really cool).  For this he enlisted our friend Keith (sorry for the butt shot).  It only took him a couple hours to complete his task and covered everything back up.  I couldn’t even tell that the ground had been disturbed!

It was also a day of heavy lifting, and since I was still sickly (cough… wheeze… hack) Willard came back for the back-breaking task.

Seriously, I could not have done this!

After all of the walls had been covered, it was time to walk the plank…

Carpenter style, that is.  Have I said how grateful I was that somebody else was there to help so I wouldn’t have had to climb up there?

By the end of the day, we had a roof on half of the structure.  I was one very happy person!

I was so happy that I didn’t even mind that nothing was accomplished Sunday.  Besides, even Rick deserves to take a day off.

 

29 + 1

Oct 032012
 

On this day back in 1982, life became a little more….. challenging for me.  I should have seen the signs, but I was too much in love to notice.

You see, it was the day that I gave birth to my first daughter.   Before she even entered this world she was proving that she was going to live life by her rules.

Example?  She had decided that she didn’t like her original due date (and probably thought that kicking Mommy in the bladder was extremely fun), so she extended play time an extra week.

But when that day arrived, it was more fun to make Mommy act out multiple Linda Blair scenes from The Exorcist and wait until 6 minutes before midnight to bless me with her presence.

From then on, the words of my own Mother rang in my head:  “I hope that you have one just like you some day.”

Thanks Mom.

Now don’t get me wrong, the kid has enough beautiful, loving and remarkable things about her that more than outweigh any exasperting-gray-hair-forming-throw-my-hands-in-the-air choices that she has made.  (Yes, she is a lot like me Mom so quit your laughing.)

And I do do do do do love her more than life itself.

*sniff*

Now Christine, you know that I would never forget your birthday, and I had your card bought and in the mail with plenty of time for you to receive it way before your birthday.

But then the mail came yesterday and they sent it back for insufficient postage.  Dammit!

So it’s gonna be a couple more days til it arrives, but I still wanted to give you a little something to tide you over until then:

Happy 29 + 1 Birthday Christine!

Love, Mom & Dad

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