No Work!

This was our first weekend not to work!  It was family time and we had a blast.  The Stennings were brave enough to spend the weekend at the farm with us.  I say brave because it was slightly better than camping in a tent.  We just happen to sleep in a building with an AC (which all by itself is worth a lot).

We did however have a great time even with the 100 degree days.  The kids got to ride the tractor and four wheeler.  Their favorite was the four wheeler.   Oli seemed to love the great outdoors and spent a long time helping clean up the joint.  His passion was carrying wood to the burn pile.

It does appear that being around John (Papa) makes kids make funny faces.

You do know you are desperate to make your grandchildren happy when you agree to making roasted marshmallows for smores when at dark it is still 95 degrees.  So John got very creative.  This is the longest roasting marshmallows stick in history.  It was way to hot to get close to the fire, even within 5 feet would burn your eyebrows off.

Tasha then tried her hand.

Dad, the official marshmallow bag holder!  Everyone needs a job!



And here are my babies!

Mouth full of marshmallow!

Well there appears to be another SOB in the world.  Another dog has ended up on our door step.  We have named her Scruffy.  It has been said that on Craig's List, there is a posting that the farm is the place to drop your unwanted dogs. (haha)  All joking aside, I am becoming very disappointed in the human race, 2 dogs, 2 months......REALLY PEOPLE!!!!

Clean Up

You know you are two messy people when it takes a whole day to cleanup the farm.  Of course, this included John mowing with the tractor all day and I got the prestigious job of doing the cleanup around the construction site (the barn).   I also got the job of spraying for bugs and the weed killer.  I can only assume you are jealous :).

I did however find and 'removed' the largest spider I have ever seen.  It scared the crap out of me when I saw it was making a quite an impressive home in the eaves of the barn.  But me being me, I thought to myself, 'you must die', and it did - I love bug killer! 

John and I were both exhausted; this is one of the hardest day we have had.  It was so hot and being out in it all day was just draining.

So to round out the weekend, Sunday, we get home, I did 100 loads of clothes (yes, John wears a lot of clothes), made dinner, ran the normal errands and finally, I am tired, and think to myself, 'self, you should go for a bike ride, you will feel much better, and relaxed, and you can work off the pancakes you had for dinner'!  Sooooo, as you fear, it did not go as well as expected.  I CRASHED!  Yep, I fell going about 10 mph.  If you remember when you were 10, falling off the bike wasn't such a big deal, falling at 49 is more than a big deal - it hurts like hell.   Not only did I fall, but I fell while a car was passing!!!! Awesome, public humiliation, I love it.    After I got home, John did his best imitation of Dr. Oz and patched me up.  So I sit here, with a bag of frozen peas on my shoulder and frozen french fries on my knee wondering how swore I will be tomorrow.  Not looking forward to that.

For those who know me, know that I do think it is funny when someone falls, and I can only imagine how ridiculous I looked when I fell, it kind of makes me giggle, if it didn't hurt when I laughed.

Then to round off the day, I grabbed some posion ivy.  Another great move on my part since I am highly allergic to it.  So I spent 10 minutes washing my hands and arms. 

I think I am going to bed before I break a bone, I think that is the last think left.

Oh yeah, another picture of Sandy looking at me like I am an idiot!!!! Not sure why it looks yellow - I will not be a photographer in my next career.