I promised to plug this for the neighbor girls so here it is:
Little Buckaroo's Horse Retreat is an overnight camp for young teens. Girls can spend the night. Boys go home at 8:00pm. This camp is for youth who have some horse experience. Own horse preferred, but not necessary. One can be provided. The kids will participate in cattle work, team roping, trail riding and speed events. (Jeni would have loved this at that age. )
The camp will be held June 29-July 2nd 2009 at Tri C/V Horses on Wheeling Rd near our house.
Contact info:
Stephanie 810-614-3778
steph_tshirt@yahoo.com
Julie 810-614-9284
juliegilliland@yahoo.com
www.littlebuckaroosdaycamp.com
Cyndy's note-These girls are great with the kids. I am very impressed with everything I have seen so far. Good people and a good environment.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
What's up with the Snow?
Geesh?!
I am sitting in the kitchen catching up e-mails looking forward to finally being able to get some outside stuff done today.
Some time in the last 10 minutes all of a sudden it looks like a winter wonderland out there. Huge puffy snowflakes.
Let me recap.
Sunday was rain and 50*
Monday was warm, rainy and we were in Flood warnings.
Tuesday was still rainy, really really rainy, and the rivers had not yet crested.
Wednesday was WINDY!!! It did dry up the water significantly but you couldn't work outside. Still in flood warnings.
Now, finally today I thought "Oh what a nice day". Hah!!
Global warning, I think not! At least not man made.
However, I hear there is some weird stuff happening on Dec 20, 2012. Maybe this is a prelude.
Ok God, enough with the sense of humor already. Just send us some nice normal spring weather. Thank you!
I am sitting in the kitchen catching up e-mails looking forward to finally being able to get some outside stuff done today.
Some time in the last 10 minutes all of a sudden it looks like a winter wonderland out there. Huge puffy snowflakes.
Let me recap.
Sunday was rain and 50*
Monday was warm, rainy and we were in Flood warnings.
Tuesday was still rainy, really really rainy, and the rivers had not yet crested.
Wednesday was WINDY!!! It did dry up the water significantly but you couldn't work outside. Still in flood warnings.
Now, finally today I thought "Oh what a nice day". Hah!!
Global warning, I think not! At least not man made.
However, I hear there is some weird stuff happening on Dec 20, 2012. Maybe this is a prelude.
Ok God, enough with the sense of humor already. Just send us some nice normal spring weather. Thank you!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Just Babble
I have been really out of sorts for the last several weeks. Living in Michigan and having a husband in the auto industry is probably most of the problem.
Having to listen to the US crumbling day after day isn't helping.
As our oldest daughter laments "We're all gonna die". It's kind of hard to stay optimistic in light of all this.
However, in the midst of it all I decided I needed to slap myself and calm down. I have found peace in all the blessings I and my family have.
I have a great husband of 22 years. (We've been together 24.)
I have wonderful daughters-all of them.
I have a wonderful little farm.
I have my faith.
We'll be ok.
Now if Lansing and Washington would get it's act together, or better yet go home, maybe the country could begin to recover.
I feel better. Thank you for letting me rant.
Having to listen to the US crumbling day after day isn't helping.
As our oldest daughter laments "We're all gonna die". It's kind of hard to stay optimistic in light of all this.
However, in the midst of it all I decided I needed to slap myself and calm down. I have found peace in all the blessings I and my family have.
I have a great husband of 22 years. (We've been together 24.)
I have wonderful daughters-all of them.
I have a wonderful little farm.
I have my faith.
We'll be ok.
Now if Lansing and Washington would get it's act together, or better yet go home, maybe the country could begin to recover.
I feel better. Thank you for letting me rant.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Rain, Rain Go Away!
See this mess?! This is our driveway. We can't get in or out right now. This is what record snow and then quick melt downs and several straight days of heavy showers does to a heavy clay environment. We are expecting heavy rain again today. Yippee Skippee!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Merry and Jeni are off to the sunny south Caribbean!
Well, The girls are safely on St. Thomas Island as of 10:00am this morning. This is a Travel Club trip. They were planning on Mexico, but last week plans were aborted due to all the problems brewing at the moment.
So Wanda, their intrepid advisor, sat with the travel agent late into the evening finding an alternative solution. Eventually they settled on a South Caribbean cruise.....whose flight left from Detroit Metro at 8:30am.......on Spring Forward Sunday..........which meant we had to be there at 6:30am......which meant we left the house at 4:30am. Did I forget to mention it was Spring Forward?
Not a lot of sleep for anybody. Luckily I have figured out how to knock Grandpa out so he is no longer rambling the house in the wee hours.
They flew into Puerto Rico yesterday afternoon, taxied over to the cruise ship and had a relaxing dinner aboard the ship.
From the sounds of things everybody went to bed relatively early last night. I was glad because last year everybody got real sick and I figured if they got a good night's sleep last night they would be able to play hard all week and do just fine.
Normally I don't get cabin fever too much. This year is an exception! I want some sun and warmth too.
So Wanda, their intrepid advisor, sat with the travel agent late into the evening finding an alternative solution. Eventually they settled on a South Caribbean cruise.....whose flight left from Detroit Metro at 8:30am.......on Spring Forward Sunday..........which meant we had to be there at 6:30am......which meant we left the house at 4:30am. Did I forget to mention it was Spring Forward?
Not a lot of sleep for anybody. Luckily I have figured out how to knock Grandpa out so he is no longer rambling the house in the wee hours.
They flew into Puerto Rico yesterday afternoon, taxied over to the cruise ship and had a relaxing dinner aboard the ship.
From the sounds of things everybody went to bed relatively early last night. I was glad because last year everybody got real sick and I figured if they got a good night's sleep last night they would be able to play hard all week and do just fine.
Normally I don't get cabin fever too much. This year is an exception! I want some sun and warmth too.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Life with Geriatrics
Monday was quite interesting. Grandpa was squirrely on Sunday. As the day wore on he seemed to be getting worse. Finally at 9:00 he became bored with "Long Way Round". and went off to bed. Or so we thought.
When I got up in the morning Grandma was in the chair very grumpy. Grandpa was already up and at "em". Not a good sign. The next clue was that he was in his long john pants completely oblivious to his fashion statement. He is very modest so this was definitely a red light.
I got him dressed and sat down to breakfast. Then I went back to the ball of negativity in the living room. Turns out he was up talking, laughing, singing etc until 4:30 am. She finally yelled at him to "Shut UP!" I guess he did.
I got the morning stuff taken care of and Grandma comfortable and then she went off to sleep.
In the meantime Grandpa proceeded to drive us all crazy. He was agitated and talking gibberish. When he wasn't talking gibberish, he was fussing about sex in newspapers, the car needing to be serviced, etc. In addition he was extremely upset that his wife yelled at him last night ya know.
As the family had gotten up I got the stories. He told Matt the ghosts were talking to him all night. That is who he was laughing and giggling with. Jeni said he was up fully dressed and roaming the house at about 1:30. She also verified Grandma's stories that he was VERY LOUD.
Anyway, the day didn't get any better. I got a hunch he might have had a mini stroke some time during the last few days. I started making calls to get advice. I got some good information.
His companion had a very animated afternoon with him and as soon as he came home I started working on getting him to sleep. In the end an Aleve and 2 tbs of NyQuil put him out like a baby. He slept peacefully until 10:30 this am and today is a much better, more sane day.
When I got up in the morning Grandma was in the chair very grumpy. Grandpa was already up and at "em". Not a good sign. The next clue was that he was in his long john pants completely oblivious to his fashion statement. He is very modest so this was definitely a red light.
I got him dressed and sat down to breakfast. Then I went back to the ball of negativity in the living room. Turns out he was up talking, laughing, singing etc until 4:30 am. She finally yelled at him to "Shut UP!" I guess he did.
I got the morning stuff taken care of and Grandma comfortable and then she went off to sleep.
In the meantime Grandpa proceeded to drive us all crazy. He was agitated and talking gibberish. When he wasn't talking gibberish, he was fussing about sex in newspapers, the car needing to be serviced, etc. In addition he was extremely upset that his wife yelled at him last night ya know.
As the family had gotten up I got the stories. He told Matt the ghosts were talking to him all night. That is who he was laughing and giggling with. Jeni said he was up fully dressed and roaming the house at about 1:30. She also verified Grandma's stories that he was VERY LOUD.
Anyway, the day didn't get any better. I got a hunch he might have had a mini stroke some time during the last few days. I started making calls to get advice. I got some good information.
His companion had a very animated afternoon with him and as soon as he came home I started working on getting him to sleep. In the end an Aleve and 2 tbs of NyQuil put him out like a baby. He slept peacefully until 10:30 this am and today is a much better, more sane day.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Plague
Well the Plague is alive and well.
Wednesday Grandpa was fine. In the middle of the night, he was not. By the next morning it was apparent from the smell coming out of the bedroom all was not ok. It was a terrible smell. When grandpa finally got up, he didn't finish his breakfast, kept falling asleep at the table and in general had me worried. Next I went to investigate the smell. OMG! There were clothes everywhere. Mess everywhere. I began to clean. Could not get the smell out no matter how much scrubbing, etc.
Lunch time. Grandpa is vomiting. Matt is staying home so I can take Grandma to the doctor. We had the companion there to clean up messes. Matt finally got him into our shower, something we had not been able to accomplish up until now. We were paying an adult foster care for the use of theirs weekly. Anyway, I guess he was in Grandma's undies.
A lot of work for everybody.
Friday, Grandpa is on the mend. Still messy but getting better quickly.
Friday night. Jeni is on the couch. She threw up at the beauty shop. Matt calls. He is running to the bathroom with diarrhea. I head off to bed. I can't sleep for all the stomach pain.
Saturday am. It looked like the day after a massacre around here. Jeni is still on the couch. Hasn't moved since yesterday. Matt is on the floor in a sleeping bag. Guess it was the only way he could get any peace. I literally crawled down the stairs. Grandma is getting up, complaining of being dizzy and as soon as she sat down we needed to grab a bucket for her. False alarm. You get the point.
Merry had to cancel the dance rehearsal and the snack bar.
I finally was able to lift my head and make sense of the world at about 7:00pm Matt never did come to. Ditto for Jeni. Grandma didn't eat all day. Grandpa, thankfully was still low key.
Today things are a little more sane around here. Except for Grandpa. He doesn't remember a thing. Swears he was riding around with friends the last couple days. Was never sick and he is just full of it today. I'd like to knock him back out.
Thank God for Merry. She held down the fort for us.
Wednesday Grandpa was fine. In the middle of the night, he was not. By the next morning it was apparent from the smell coming out of the bedroom all was not ok. It was a terrible smell. When grandpa finally got up, he didn't finish his breakfast, kept falling asleep at the table and in general had me worried. Next I went to investigate the smell. OMG! There were clothes everywhere. Mess everywhere. I began to clean. Could not get the smell out no matter how much scrubbing, etc.
Lunch time. Grandpa is vomiting. Matt is staying home so I can take Grandma to the doctor. We had the companion there to clean up messes. Matt finally got him into our shower, something we had not been able to accomplish up until now. We were paying an adult foster care for the use of theirs weekly. Anyway, I guess he was in Grandma's undies.
A lot of work for everybody.
Friday, Grandpa is on the mend. Still messy but getting better quickly.
Friday night. Jeni is on the couch. She threw up at the beauty shop. Matt calls. He is running to the bathroom with diarrhea. I head off to bed. I can't sleep for all the stomach pain.
Saturday am. It looked like the day after a massacre around here. Jeni is still on the couch. Hasn't moved since yesterday. Matt is on the floor in a sleeping bag. Guess it was the only way he could get any peace. I literally crawled down the stairs. Grandma is getting up, complaining of being dizzy and as soon as she sat down we needed to grab a bucket for her. False alarm. You get the point.
Merry had to cancel the dance rehearsal and the snack bar.
I finally was able to lift my head and make sense of the world at about 7:00pm Matt never did come to. Ditto for Jeni. Grandma didn't eat all day. Grandpa, thankfully was still low key.
Today things are a little more sane around here. Except for Grandpa. He doesn't remember a thing. Swears he was riding around with friends the last couple days. Was never sick and he is just full of it today. I'd like to knock him back out.
Thank God for Merry. She held down the fort for us.
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