Last week was school vacation week. What a beautiful week it was! My daffodils are up! My pansies from last year reseeded themselves and now I have new ones growing. The trees are full of bright green and red buds. The piglets have arrived from another farm. We have had two bull calves born within the last week and here is Annie. Born this morning!

Compliment

I had the best compliment today from my 5th grade girls. They said I was like their mother away from home! Too sweat! It made my day...
year... career!

Reading

I just started reading the book "The Help" by Kathryn Stocket. A New York Times Bestseller. It is set in the 1960's in Mississippi. I read an excerpt on-line and it looked interesting. I'll let you know what I think of it when I'm finished with it.

I am constantly looking for a book to read. Haven't found any particular author that I absolutely love yet. I want something that will keep me hooked!

Any ideas for books to read this summer?

Cleaning

I ended up cleaning the game room today, along with my 17 year olds bedroom. All I can say is WOW! Who knew rooms could get that dirty? When he gets home from visiting his father in Kentucky, his room will be freshly painted and a lot less cluttered! I threw a lot out! Thank God my husband rented a dumpster. Can't wait to rip out the carpet and paint!
What color should I paint?

Boots

I wear many shoes...wife, mother, sister, friend, nurse. However my favorite shoes to wear are not shoes at all. They are my boots! Yes, boots. Muck boots for the farm and cowgirl boots for the other times...that's just who I am! I have wanted a pair of cowgirl boots for a very long time! I finally found a pair that I like and ordered them. They arrived yesterday! My daughter was just as excited as I was! It was all I could do to keep her from putting them on before I got home from work.
What shoes do you wear?

Farm Life Pictures

Some more farm life pictures! Colby is my lab, Ladybug is my Jack Russell, AL and Bert are my steers!

ADHD

ADHD...know anyone with it? Boy I do! My 4 children all have different "looking" ADHD! Some days I am so exhausted...I just want to crawl into bed and cry! I should be an expert in it, but I'm not. I HATE using drugs to treat it, but it seems to be the only thing that helps. It is amazing at how ADHD affects everything from daily living, to friendships, to school,to getting along with your siblings.

So today I dropped off my 17 year old (who has ADHD bad!) to go visit his dad in Kentucky. We had to be at the airport at 5:20 a.m. That meant leaving home at 4:30 a.m. He of course slept all the way down! He was so angelic looking. Why can't they stay that way? He used to be so fun and cute and funny when he was younger...What happened?! He can still be fun and cute, but the attitude and defiance is what kills me! Ever since he discovered he was taller than me (and possibly stronger) he has been pushing his limits! Why can't we just skip the teen years and go straight to the young adult years?

Any advice on ADHD? Treatment? Dealing? What ever you have, I'd be glad to consider!

My Secret Garden coming to life!

Here are more photos of my perennial garden coming to life. I am fascinated with taking pictures in a new way! I am having a ball! I will be adding more soon. Enjoy!

Adventures in Photography

So...I took my camera out and started taking pictures. My oldest son is a Graphic Design Student and taught me some new "ideas" on how to take pictures...with a different perspective. I've been inspired by Ree Drummond on "The Pioneer Woman" blog. So...Here is the stone wall in my perennial garden. Kind of cool isn't it?

Weekend

The Bike Rodeo was a huge success! We had 80 children participate! It was a cold and windy day, but well worth it. Unfortunately the child who won was from the middle school, but she has two younger brothers and a sister, so it will get some good use.
The kids had a 4-H meeting on Sunday. Looking to find fundraiser ideas. One idea is calendars. Any idea of where I can get some that we can use our own pictures?

Good Friday morning! A little soggy out this morning...On my way out the door at 7:00 a.m., I saw Canadian geese in the pasture...probably eating corn from the cow paddies! Yuck!
Today we have an assembly on Bike Safety for the k-5 students at my school. Free water bottles to give away. I will also be going to a bike shop near by to pick up a bike to be raffled off at the Bike Rodeo tomorrow. I will be showing it off today at the assembly. Pray it doesn't rain tomorrow! Hope we have a great turn out!

Adventures in Blogging

So! Here is my first blogging post! I will be blogging about my children, their animals and my adventures in school nursing! I will also post things about sewing, beading, knitting, crocheting, and cooking. I hope you find humor in what I write and a sense of "oh...that happened to me".
Enjoy!