Escape!! from reality
Escape!! from chores
Escape!! from worries
Escape!! from health issues
Escape!! from pressure
Escape!! from REALITY!! even if for a few days.

Run away with my Critter for a short time. Me and him alone and Escaping!!!!!!!

Progress

FRONT DOOR!!





The floor in the bathroom. I love the white on a angle. Rubbed bronze fixures will look good I think.


The back door. I like the idea of being able to see out, the glass door adds alot of light too.



Now, here is a nice view of the trim in the hallway and my man mopping.

Here we have the man who makes the magic happen.

12x12 tile and trim coming soon

So, we sold some equipment and now we (Critter)will be putting down my 12x12 white tile in the bathroom and putting all the floor trim down very soon. I am still looking for that perfect piece to convert into a bathroom vanity
We put blow-in insulation in the attic a couple of weeks ago. If someone ever asks you to help them with this task or you are a DIY type of person, DON'T! That was the worst!!!
I have been landscaping the farm (weed eating) constantly and I think the place is finally looking better.
I will get some pictures to put up.
Have a blessed evening yall!

So, You say you need....

some well established working hay equipment.
Well, have I got a deal for you and when ya come to the farm to buy this well proven equipment we can sit down and have a glass of tea :-)

A Few Good Men and a New Lady

I have some very special men in my life.

You may have noticed that have mentioned the man that I am deeply in love with and the man I will spent my old age with in rocking chairs on the porch at our farm, My Critter.
I also have some other men in my life that mean so much to me.

Today, my heart was bursting with pride and joy and every great emotion known to man for these gentleman.You see, My nephew (the firefighter) and his wife(the teacher) brought into this world a new baby girl and she is so lucky to have such wonderful Great Grandparents, Grandparents and Parents not to mention a million other family members. I have it on good word that she will be a big sister in a large planned family.

Me and my Brother (aka Papa)

My Nephew and Brother

The Blessed Family and their new addition.
They are planning on 4 kids :-) They are going to be wonderful parents

Due to serious medical condition

This past Saturday I noticed the lovely red spots on my legs.
Today is Wednesday.
Days since I have shaved my legs 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This IS NOT A GOOD THING!
I will spare ya the photos.
Poison Ivy, You are my enemy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never a good thing when Dr. says....They make a cream for that

In my quest to have a nice yard in town and to have the farm looking decent, I seem to have run into a bit of trouble.
Ya know, it never good when your doctor says " You need to get this scrip filled for some ointment and I am gonna give ya a shot to help ya along"
This is a picture from yesterday. I will spare ya any more pictures my streaked and puss filled skin. Posion Ivy!
The Dr.said stay home today. I am here watching The Jerk and eating little baby donuts :-)
Hope your doing better than me!

P.S. Exterior doors are on at the farm :-)

Can you say motivated?

Hello there, if you follow this blog you of course know that, the house on Main St. in Italy goes on the market soon. I am here giving you a sneek peek.
and remeber that contents are up for grabs too right down to the forks and spoons
:-) and most of all motivated sellers

I never knew doors were such good things

Our nosey neighbors that live at the back of our farm. They seem to have nothing better to do then watch me while I go about minding my own business.




View from the hall to the barn run- We will be soon living this close to the kids :-)
(that is a cat tail at the bottom center of the picture)




Kitchen and living room



Bedroom and closet door



Looking to the hall from the living room



The pantry door - looking in from the barn run. See the thermostat on the wall? I forgot to take pictures of the AC and Heat system that was put in last month. The system will remove all the dust from the air in the house.



The door to the bathroom and the pantry




Doors, they are good things :-)

Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me

I know you won't regret taking 4 min. to listen to this song. Go on... just listen

Illness

I have been down with some type of alien invasion but, I am on the mend :-)
Critter did his usual "Mother Hen Care" and said "Ya need anything?" I said "no" I had already stopped at the store on my way home from work Thurs. and picked him up his DP while shopping for over the counter meds, juice, crackers with my 100 degree fever. Then-

He isolated himself in the front half of the house from me as if I was Typhoid Mary. I saw him the next morning on his way to work, from my one eye that was not closed shut from incrustations. I think he said "You need anything?" and then I heard
"Have a good day"

Next, I think he had just gotten off work and came into the room and said "Ya need anything" I said " I am out of juice" then I hear-
"I'm going fishing see you tomorrow"

I could go on tell ya things that I may or may not have heard but, I am still trying to clear my head.
Cuz, ya see I took my NyQuil as I thought was prescribed every 4hours BUT, as my condition improve by Sun. evening I noticed the directions stated TAKE EVERY 12 HOURS!!! so, that was why a box of 12 gel caps lasted me less 72 hours!

To be fair somewhere in the 4 days of my hallucinations a Subway sandwich appeared
:-)

Pic is coming home!

I am sad and happy all at the same time.
We have had a gorgeous and most sweet tempered Thoroughbred for the last week to maybe, swap him for Pic. Due to a very unfortunate condition this 16 hand gelding will never be able to be ridden.
If anyone is wanting a pasture horse let me know I have the one for you!
We will be swapping horses back some time in the next couple of weeks. CD and the new guy love each other and that will be hard to give him back and leave CD without a buddy but, ZY has been heartbroken since Pic left so, I know at least one gelding that will be happy as a pig in a poke :-)

Here I am !! Guess Who met Who in person

I am here and I have had a busy couple weeks. The weedeater feels like it is permanentley attached to me. I have been seeding, weeding, planting, mowing, trimming trees and trying to get the farm and the house on Main in shape.
Critter is hard at work on the new house and I am past ready to move.
Critter has gotten the doors up on the house and I will post some pics tomorrow.

We took some time off today and meet up with a man I met over a yr ago on Blogger. Matt and his friends stopped on their way South. We had a really nice visit. I have been trying to lose weight and wouldn't ya know that they talked me in to eating bad foods such as, Chips and Queso and Fried Ice Cream! they also stopped by the farm. Matt, it was great to meet ya in peron and yall have a safe trip! http://mattsteen.blogspot.com/

We have had a change with the kids.
Pic my bay mare and the horse I have had over years left WJ Farms in a trailer tonight along with a big piece of my heart.
She had gotten to where she was running my older horse constantaly when they were in the same pen. I have had them seperated but, I have realized that between her being a bully to CD and me not being able to ride her on a constant basis I might need to do something.
A friend had a horse that they wanted to trade for a shorter horse that could work cattle. Critter has been wanting a horse that was taller and had a smoother gait than Zy. So, friend got Pic and we have a horse that is 16 hands!! He is huge!!!! Critter is gong to saddle him up tomorrow and I will get some pictures.

have a great night

Chicken Exposed

Ok. There previous was meant to direct ya to a most funny blog and I never thought that some would ask why I don't get near the "bird" so I shall explain.

Please don't tell me I am superstitious or that it is silly. It is a personal thing and I just feel that I sleep better at night not touching the stuff.

As you recall, My sister Lisa was murdered in May of 96 it was at 7am in the morning. Well, the neighborhood is small and word got out fast and people started showing up at the house early. My brother and I were sitting at the table and I told him that "This means people will bring food such as Chicken to the house"
I know people do this as a comfort to the family in mourning but, no sooner had I got the words out of my mouth the doorbell rings and it is the neighbor with CHICKEN.

It was almost like it made it real at that point. WE were the mourning family in need of comfort. It was just to real.

I have not ate chicken knowingly since that day.

I was at El Chico a few years later and the waiter brought me the wrong food and I took a bite and it was CHICKEN! I spit it out and later that night my dog died.

A co-worker made fun of me about all this and after she went and got chicken and ate it at my desk making fun of me the whole time.. Her Aunt died that afternoon.

The day my Father died my husband was cooking chicken in the house.
(I had asked him not to cook it in the house and that day I told him to go ahead)

Now, I know you are thinking this is silly but, I dearly love those in my life and I refuse to touch the stuff. and there is nothing worse than when someone thinks it's funny to trick me and sneak things like chicken broth in my food.

So there ya go. the whole not eating chicken story

Chicken

Did you know that I will not eat anything that has chicken in it?
Yes, including fried, baked, BBQ or what ever you can dream up. I have not touched the stuff since May 96.
Critter loves the bird,especially fried.
He wants to have them at the Farm but, sadly that will be over my dead body. I know, go ahead and think I am not flexible or open minded but, I have very strong convictions on the Chicken and I am more stubborn than my donkey on this subject.
Anyway, I found a great blog and thought I would clue you in, y'all can thank me later. Go here http://rhodeislandread.blogspot.com/ to laugh, and laugh and laugh some more :-) by the way, this is about a close as I get to a chicken.
Have a great week!