Where Are We?

We are in the Land Of Poo. Duck poo, cow poo,

GOAT POO!

Nope. That's not dirt.

It's poo.

Goat poo.

This is how I greet the morning. And the afternoon. And the evening. Etc. Etc.

Usually there are three cute little heads at the top of the couch. Attached to three cute little bodies, of course. They just sit there and watch the goats. They always turn and start telling me what the goats have been up to as they get off the couch. I need to catch them off guard to take a picture.
The goats were all named Monday night.
Introducing!!

Blackjack.
Hey Blackjack. Look over here!
Oreo .
And you all know
Mama Cass.
That's what I call her now. She's my Mama Cass.
All together they are my Gorgeous Girls.
Just call me Farmer Jennie.
And welcome to the land of poo.
P.S. Do you know what movie that's from? The Land of Poo?
Hmmmmm...
Now I just need to invest in a Poo Broom to clean it up.

More Goats Please.

This morning our family grew by 2. We added 2 pygmy goats to our growing goad herd.

Daniel's uncle Louis has a cattle ranch in Idaho (way to go Idaho) and so Daniel called and asked if we could have a goat for a bit to help our friend Cass. She's lonely.

So Louis brought 2!

And come next February, they'll double!

Yep. Baby goats.

He checked Cass to see if she will be a momma, but he didn't think so.

She's just gettin' chubby, and 2 kids will be enough anyway.

He said he'll bring a horse next time.

Louis is a funny guy!

For some reason he thinks I'll be out milking those momma goats.

Yup. He's super funny. I'm city girl Jennie, remember?!

Once we have another fence up, we may ask for a calf.

But we'll see.

And that chain is still attached to Cass. She jumped 4 feet and got through the neighbor's fence Saturday, so we really don't trust her yet. But she's sticking close to her new friends right now. We might just be okay.

When the kids (ha ha) get home from school, I'll have them name the momma goats.

Here's Ruthie on Saturday jump roping with her new rope.
Sam got to help dad weedwack the stuff in the front yard.
He said he got to help grandpa with the chainsaw Saturday morning, but when further pushed, I was told he was fibbing. But he really wanted to use the chainsaw!

I did my new hairdo curly today. I'd show you, but I didn't take a picture.

My curls finally look good again!

My Baby Is 7.

Can you believe it?? I sure can't. But she is 7. One more year and we'll be getting ready for a baptism. My last baptism.

As for the festivities, each kid gets to choose where we go to eat on their birthdays. Ruthie chose Burrito Grande. An excellent choice. We ate lots and laughed lots. Then they brought out the huge sombrero. Sombrero Grande. And the servers all sang to her. Then there was silence when they got to the name part. So I sang, out loud, Ruuuuuthie. I would show you the fantastic pictures of the girlie in the sombrero and the servers singing, but, alas, the card wasn't in the camera and I can't find a thingy to stick in the camera to load them to my laptop that will fit in the camera. So, no pics.

Ruthie got some presents from us, too. A movie and Legos and this beautiful doll.

Isn't she gorgeous?! Both Ruthie and the doll. My friend Christine made it especially for her. Ruthie named her Mrs. Pretty and after gazing at her for a while said, "Hmmm. She looks like she was born in China!" Clever girl.

Today we had a party with some of her friends.

We served a lunch of small tea sandwiches, olives, carrots, apples and dips. Ooooh. And raspberry soda. Mmmm.

Then we played Kiss The Frog Prince. They all kissed him. But he didn't turn into a Prince like we'd all hoped. I guess they're all too young anyway! And I've already got mine!
We also played Princess and the Pea. I told the story, my way, and the queen had a New York accent. But they each laid down on the pillows with the pea under them and they all felt it. We now know that they are ALL princesses.

We decorated cupcakes. 7 year old girls are kinda funny about having plastic spoons and lots of icing at their disposal! Can you say hyper?!

Each of the girls made a flower hair clip. I made a few extras for the birthday girl after the party. Ruthie made the white one with the blue flower and the star jewel. Isn't she talented??

She has lots of wonderful things to fill her time and lots of hair stuff to fill her head!

It was a fun 2 days of celebrations!

We love you Ruthie and are so happy you are ours!!

If you'd like to see some fantastic dolls that Christine makes, go here

http://chrisyleecreations.blogspot.com

Cute stuff!

Thursday-ness.

Thursday

Where does Thursday take me

wake up

Family prayer and scripture study and

a really nice discussion about being called children of Christ

I love my family

breakfast

work

school

clean the house up a bit

shower and dress

make doctor appointments for me

yay me

watch last night's episode of Survivor

the reality show I watch to escape reality!

eat some quick lunch

head to Daniel's parents house

help clean and organize

grab more fabric for quilts

grab a quick chicken sandwich from Wendy's on my way out

starving!

get kids from school

homework!

deliver homework to boys who missed den meeting

look through mountains of Legos to find all the Lego men

and their various body parts

get Ruthie from friend's house

get cupcakes from store for Ruthie's class tomorrow

wonder where the last many years have gone that leave me with

a seven year old tomorrow

!!!

eat a fast dinner of leftovers and frozen pizza

cook the frozen pizza

grab Ruthie and head to aunt Shelba's for haircuts

get a fantastic new look!

get home

kids to bed

eat a sandwich of pb and honey on the last heel of bread

look over my list of party plans for Saturday

look at the grocery list for tomorrow

and now I'm ready for bed

and I didn't even do the dishes.

Happy end of Thursday!

Wednesday-ness.

Wednesday

Oh Wednesday.

Here it is...

wake up

family prayer and scripture study

breakfast

school

laundry

lots of laundry

shower

field phone calls

make a list of stuff needed from the store

double sided tape and sewing machine oil

run to the store

lunch

get everything boxed for den meeting

fill the car with boxes for den meeting

get piano lesson stuff together

get kids from school

piano lessons

Webelos

grab church keys from primary president

run to the church for cub scouts

field only 11 8 year old boys while doing a craft

other leader brings many cans and the cans outnumber

the sands of the sea

boys make "gifts" with the cans

8 year old boys are clever

clean church with 11 8 year old boys

I wish someone would fight over the vacuum with me at my house

leave church following 4 boys on scooters and bikes

deliver can gifts to those boys

run the church keys back to the primary president

run Sam to the store for a promised treat

make spaghetti for dinner

Ruthie's friend comes over to spend an hour

while mom is at a meeting

ready for bed

waiting the appointed bed time hour

Wednesday is my busiest day of the week

oh yeah, except for all the other days...

Happy Wednesday bedtime!

I'm gonna go sit down now.

The State Of My Mind.

So last night Daniel and I were watching all the polling returns. As the state names came up with results and where things stood at the moment, some things came to mind. My mind. Oh my mind.

Way to go Idaho -Toy Story

O-Hi-O -Miss Congeniality

There goes Nebraska Brandon -woman talking to her son, family vacation to the Black Hills

Arizona, take off your rainbow shades -Mark Lindsay

Hi. We're in Delaware -Wayne's World

New York, New York da dadada da da dadada -Frank Sinatra

Oklahoma, where the wind comes rushin' down the plain... -cast from Oklahoma

California here I come, right back where I started from... -Al Jolson

Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore -Dorothy

Mississippi is easy to spell. M iss iss ipp i -Mrs. P my 5th grade teacher

My name is Richard Henry Lee, Virginia is my home -1776

Is this heaven? No. It's Iowa -Field of Dreams (Thanks Katie!!)

That's all I could come up with before falling into a dead sleep.

Tuesday-ness.

And it's Tuesday

where does Tuesday take me?

morning prayer and scripture study

to supply more cans for cubs tomorrow, Ruthie has

chicken noodle soup for breakfast

the boys don't

kids off to school

quick shower

off to work in Sam's class

then to Ruthie's class

Vote

lunch

serge quilt squares

blog about said quilt squares

dinner in crockpot

providing more cans

count cans and realize I may just have enough

leave bed making for another time

perhaps another day

eat chips and cheesy sauce

make invites for Ruthie's birthday party

think about the drastic hair cut I'll get Thursday night

hmmm...what should I do?

get kids from school soon

hope for no homework

pass out party invites

dinner

play

kids to bed

TNT night

love TNT night

Tuesdays are always good at my house...