I've been slow at blogging--Aunt Elenora passed last Thursday (Jan 27th). The funeral was scheduled for Tuesday, but due to the bitter wind and snow, was post-poned to this Friday. It is hard to get my mind wrapped around how fast (it seemed to me) she got sick. I am just relieved she is no longer in pain. She was such a sweetheart!
Here she is in the foreground at Jareds' graduation party last May:
We are dug out from the last storm--we didn't get much snow (thank goodness!) but the wind was brutal. I can handle the snow, but everything suffers in frigid temps. Not just humans, but the animals, vehicles and homes (usually water pipes!).
Monday morning before the storm hit we ran and picked up more hay from my regular hay guy, 25 miles west of here. I also got some more small squares of alfalfa for the bovines. I put two bales in my truck for weight. Works pretty good! (One is so heavy I could barely lift it into the bed of the truck!)
I wasn't out of hay yet, but its much easier to have it there ready to go than to drive thru snowdrifts out back (or attempt to!). The other hay guy (the one that is only a couple of miles east of me) stopped into the store and told me he had more hay I could buy; the other fellow who had dibs on them didn't need them. The cows loved the last bale, and if I get into a pinch they can bring it on the tractor. Yippee!
Patrick somehow twisted his back as well last week, so has been out of commission. It's better, but I don't want him pushing it, otherwise he'll be flat out and not be able to move around much.
Kyle is looking at buying a new set of golf clubs. He is excited to play golf this year and can't wait for the weather to warm up. (I am tired of finding golf balls out in my pasture, or under the trailers out there!) He is to pick them up, but I don't think he looks for them very hard sometimes! ;-)
Tuesday he and a few others are taking the ASVAB (I think that's the right lettering--Military testing)--he keeps telling me he wants to join the Marines. I'm a mean mom and tell him: Army or Air Force......and of course he wants to be Infantry. Sigh. Maybe his testing will point him into something he'd actually enjoy doing!?!? Time will tell.......
Jared sent us a photo via his phone of a bunch of guns in a gun rack with this note: "I fixed all of these today!" It seems he got to 'play' and fix some of the 'out of commission' guns. He was a happy camper.
He bought a small "George Foreman" grill and has discovered Spam. (ha) He called and wondered why WE didn't eat Spam.....uh, 'cause we normally eat Ham! ;-) They are doing PT and other testing this week and in March will go to Louisiana for more training. Details to come as I get them!
