Forgot

I forgot when I was writing my blog that I intended to add, I have been tagged by Barbara at Serentiy Room to tell 6 things about myself. It does not say whether they are known facts or something not so known. She had 600 recipe books. I can tell you thats not on my list. If I never cooked again I would not care but down to my 6:

1. My hair started turning white when I was 19

2. I LOVE strawberry ice cream

3. I love lilacs but am really allergic to their fragrance.

4. Inside I am still the same horse crazy girl I was when I was a kid. Still am horse crazy.

5. I would love to live in Burns, Oregon

6. I could break the bank buying books.

Now to tag 6 other

Sharon at Penny the Neighborhood Dog

Nikki at Life with Boys

Caroline at Sunshine Farm

Anita at Snips and Snails

Andrea at Mustang Saga

Joy at Backroad Chronicles

Thanks all: sometimes this is fun to check each other out.

Thankful Tuesday

Let me introduce you to Tiny Tim. He is the smallest calf I have ever seen but is active and cute. I went out with my camera today and had to look for him. He can hide behind a blade of grass. I knew I was close when Mama started in my direction. I did get his picture and could check whether he was a he or a she. We put Mom in a pen with lots of grass where we can grain her and watch the little guy. She does not appear to have much milk but she is a beef cow, how be it small. They don't seem to have as large udders. She is gentle though and did not mind when we moved her away from the others. Not a white hair on him I don't think.

Back to Thankful Tuesday, though that little miracle is enough. Today I am thankful for friends. They are dear to me. I am going to talk about a few, others to be sure. First of all my friend Patty Cairns (not the same Patty as all my tears for). I don't see Patty often, but I know that all I would have to do is call and say help and she would be here. Kim is so special. I am a 2nd. mom to her although she has a wonderful Mom. Kim used to live down the road and had to audacity to move to Eureka, Montana. She is a flight attendant with Alaska Airlines and when she has a stopover in Spokane, we get together and talk and talk. My blogger friend Barbara of Serenity Gate. I got to meet her in person this spring. I count her among my friends. Janet lives in Puyallup and I have known her since I was a kid. We went camping together with her family when I was about 13 and we tried to get in the same sleeping bag and got stuck and her dad had to shake us out. We still laugh about that. And I could not leave out my oldest friend Louise who lives in Texas. We have known each other since we were 5. I wish she lived closer. We do talk on the phone rather often. Enough? You get it, I love my friends and each one whether close by in miles or far away have a very special place in my heart. I love you.

We worked a little with Rusty today. She is getting better. We will go back to the saddle in a few days and see if it works better.

Today we went into Spokane and ordered the vinyl siding for our house. I finally found some in a color I could like. Cypress Green and pure white trim. It will be delivered on Monday afternoon and the boys will get started on it. I am excited about it.

Hope your Wednesday is off the charts wonderful.

Monday

Goodness gracious but this has been a busy past month. I did work Sunday at a horse show out in the Spokane valley. It was so hot and no shade. Thank God for sunscreen. I only got a little pink above my shirt. I did wear a longsleeved light weight shirt over it and that was partly a help. Today I had good intentions - I was going to catch the laundry all up and thoroughly clean our bathroom and bedroom.

Well about 11 Bob said he was going to the auction, did I want to go. Of course I did. We bought a pig which went directly to the butcher shop. We stayed for a while and then came home. Bob took the trailer back to pick up the pig and take it out to Dunhams. I did put the horses out in the pasture. They were looking foreward to me opening the gate. When it was time to put them back in - 3 hrs. - and they would not come. I was stomping back and forth getting more irritated by the minute and I looked over at the cows. There was one too many babies.

We had watched Posie when we first got her and had about decided she just had a hay belly and we would probably sell her for meat this fall. She did not make a bag at all. Well, this evening we discovered sometime in the last 24 hrs. she had the littlest baby. We could not get close enough to tell boy or girl but its so cute and was so active. A really nice surprise this evening.

The horses got put in by Bob when he got home. The four wheeler makes it much easier. It was next door with the sprayer attatched so I didn't take it. They respect that though.

Hope you had a surprise today.

Sad Saturday

Photos still on camera and I am still tired. It is very difficult to say goodby to an old friend. Patty and I were roomates in college, the rebels that we were, stayed good friends, she was maid of honor when Bob and I got married. We had our first babies about the same time, her John and Nikki are the same age. I was with her when her first son died and during the funeral. They stayed with us for a while. Her marriage fell apart, she lived not too far from us. I don't remember where she met Clyde but when they got married, I stood up with her. She had flaming red hair and she wore a pretty green wool dress. That was 40 years ago. Funny I would remember her dress. They went on two have 2 lovely girls, Kim and Julie. Patty was with me when our daughter Coreen died. They moved to Colfax and had a happy life. Now after all these years, I had to say good by. I spoke briefley at the memorial, one of the harder things I have had to do but for her, I did it. Memories of Patty.

I hope tomorrow, the world will seem brighter. I get to work at a horse show and my now friends will be there and things will look up.

Thanks for listening to my meanderings. Just a day of crying and thinking.

Friday May 29

I am home. My pictures are still on the camera so thats out of the question. I am very tired but itsa a good tired. Had a really wonderful visit with my sister. We had supper at Cracker Barrel on our way home after I arrived. Later I will tell you about the other things we did that day. All fun. I got to visit with a niece and nephew and their beautiful boys. It was a quick but fun visit with my sister.

Tomorrow is a day I am dreading. It is my friend Patty Mercers memorial service in Colfax. And the bad news I got in TN was that our pastors 17 year old son Tyler died. He had had 5 open heart surgeries previously but did not survive this one. Every day he lived was a miracle.

Blessings -

Memorial Weekend Sunday

I never fails to make my heart flutter to see the flags flying like that.

The next two photos are particularly for my family. They are the headstones of our two children that live in heaven. Sorry if it bothers you but know they will like to see them this Memorial Weekend Sunday.

This afternoon we went to our son Tom's home to celebrate Seth's 10th. birthday. He is such a sweet sensitive little boy. He looks the most like his mother.

Then after we got home Rusty got a saddle on again and Bob kept the rope on her and tried to keep her from bucking but to no avail. Not as much as yesterday though and she was more quiet. She is a strong willed girl.

I leave in the morning early. I will have access to the computer but don't know how much time I will have. We will see. Wish me well. Hope your Monday is relaxed.

Mosquito bites and sunburn -

Rusty's forlock is so thick and pretty. She did not much like having the camera that close to her nose. Yesterday I did braid it and tuck it under her halter. She did not like that either.

This is what a saddle did. This was about after half an hour. Bob put a lead rope on her finally and she settled down. She did wear the saddle all day though and then was a spooky looky this evening when he took it off. Bob will have to do it again tomorrow and every day. That girl can buck.

Bob on Pepper bumping her around. She finally did get leading down better. Bob just dallyed the rope around the horn, Pepper put his shoulders into it and she lead like it or not. Maybe she will work better with me now.

The unhappy horse. She lost that round and was disgusted. She did let me walk up to her though and take her picture and she ate a treat out of my hand. That was the first time she has accepted one.

It was a long day, mostly spent tag teaming Rusty until we got to this point. I put a saddle on her first after working her like I have been. If I could have been quicker and got another inch on the cinch she would not have been able to dump it but I didn't and she did. So, we could let her get away with that so the war was on. Consequently I got sunburned where my tank top wasn't. Not bad, just a little itchy. It isn't enough to peel thank goodness. I do get pretty brown. I forgot sunscreen though today so am not surprised.

This evening we took our recycle stuff to Medical Lake and went thru the hospital grounds to look at the deer. Some of them look like you could walk up to them. Some really heavy does that look like they will have their babies pretty soon. While at the recycle place the mosquitos were in swarms and I got ate alive. They affect me like bee stings on most people. I need to take some benedryl or I won't sleep much.

My suitcase is packed. It is raining there. I really wanted to swim in her pool but who knows. We aren't planning any big adventures. Just want to sit and hold her hand and talk to her. Tomorrow we will go to church and then take flowers to the cemetary to our childrens graves. They are very close together. I thought about Scott today. Remembering his big smile. Later in the day we will go to Toms for our grandson Seth's birthday party. His birthday was Wednesday but we will have a family celebration tomorrow.

May your Sunday be full of blessings.