Winter Lilies

I’ve been up for almost 5 hours now. I’ll be glad when next school year rolls around so we won’t have to worry about getting up so early, but that is another story for another time, and perhaps even another blog, so be sure to check them all out, for the full story.

Anyway, after I took the girls to school and fed Chief I came home and started dinking around on the computer, and that’s what I’ve done all morning. An email or two, played a game on facebook for awhile, and took care of some work.

Now it’s about time for me to gather what I need and head into town to take care of some other business. Hopefully by the time I return home I will feel energetic enough to take care of laundry, dishes, and a few other household chores.

I’m off for now.

Life sure isn’t easy sometimes. I took my car into the shop yesterday to get a tuneup, and oil change done on it, as well as having them look at my transmission. My transmission had been giving me problems for a few days. Anyway they told me it needs a new transmission. Fun fun.

So since the car could leave me stranded at any moment, I had no choice but to leave the car until they can fix it next week. So I’m left without a vehicle for a week, which wouldn’t really bother me, except I have no way to get the girls to school!!!

We are trying to find someone that will loan us a vehicle for a week, but neither Dad or I have hardly any friends.

Anyway, I suppose that’s life.

I’m happy to have the sun come out lately. Yesterday was rather chilly with a cold wind, but today, like several other days in the past week, is just beautiful!!

I’ve been ready for the warm weather for at least a month now. I’m anxious to get out and ride bikes with the girls, play catch, soccer, and softball with them. As well as ready to go play with the horse.

There is supposed to be a couple of other days this next week that are on the cool side, but all in all, the weather is warming, and it’s none too soon!!

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a personal entry, much too long in fact. Things have been really busy around here, that’s the only reason/excuse that I have.

Things have been pretty busy since the first part of this month. Plus I had a pretty bad sinus infection during that time as well, so I haven’t really been on the computer all that much.

I went in to see a Physician’s Assistant to start. I should have known better, as I’ve never had much luck with them, but I was so miserable and sick I wanted to see somebody, and my own Dr. was booked. Anyway, they diagnosed a sinus infection, which is laughable since I told them I had a sinus infection to start with. He prescribed an antibiotic that I’d never had before, even though I have a history of sinus infections, and the medicine I usually get when I have one. After a week of taking the medicine I wasn’t feeling any better at all, and the medicine made me so nauseas that I couldn’t function throughout the day. The following Monday I got in to see my Dr. He shakes his head when I tell him what the PA prescribed me. He gets out his paper and says he’s writing me a prescription for something that is much better than what the PA had prescribed. Within 2 doses I was already starting to feel better. I had a simular incident with a different PA last year.

I’m so happy to be feeling human again, especially with everything that has been going on, and the things we have planned in the upcoming weeks.

Chief seemed to be the only one that enjoyed the blizzard. *LOL* Silly horse was having a good time prancing around, bucking and chasing snowflakes.

Oh chasing snowflakes isn’t at all odd for him. In the fall he loves to chase the blowing leaves. When he catches them, he eats them. *LOL* No he isn’t desperate for food, he loves leaves. He’ll eat leaves over hay.

Anyway, we are all anxiously awaiting spring. Chief is craving our attention. He wants to play. I really miss him too!! Oh yes, I see him 2 or 3 times every day, but haven’t been able to spend any time with him, as it’s been too cold. In the warm weather I like to take a chair down and sit in his corral and read to him. He is so funny when I do that. You’d almost think he was listening to the story and not simply my voice. He likes Louis L’Amour the best, probably because there’s lots of horses in those stories.

I’ve always enjoyed doing my crafting projects. I’ve found great joy in teaching the girls these things as well. Over Christmas break I taught them to cross stitch. They loved it so much that they went to the craft store and used their own money to buy another project to do. I think it’s great. It doesn’t seem that many kids are interested in these things any more, or maybe it’s just that their parents never learned and can’t teach their kids. In any case it’s becoming a lost art.

I taught the girls how to make friendship bracelets today. It’s very simple, and fun. Des already finished one, and started another one. Meg is still working on her first, but is doing just fine with it.

As I mentioned in my last post, Christmas was really awesome here!! I can’t get over how sweet that couple was!! It made it a very merry Christmas here!! Oh not just the presents….although they were the most awesomest presents, but the fact that they would want to spend their time and money on my girls!! They have kids of their own, that are all grown up, but I’m pretty sure they have grandchildren, and yet they thought of my girls this Christmas as well.

I’m going to invite them over for dinner the next time I run into them. I know they are really taken with my girls, and I would like to get to know them better!!

Happy to report that I am completely caught up on work, at least until tomorrow. *LOL* I don’t mind the work, it’s just as I said in an earlier entry that I need some “me” time, and that doesn’t involve work.

Anyway, I’m going to get off here, and get some laundry done, oh and dishes need done again, and and and…the list is ongoing. I definitely think it’s time I took a break.

Got my car back a few days ago…and just my luck, it developes issues again. Taking the girls to school, my temp gauge started climbing, and when it reached the end of the “normal” zone I pulled over to see that I had anti-freezing leaking out all over the place. A quick call to my sister, and thankfully she came and got the girls and took them to school. A call to Dad had him on the way to the rescue. I feel really bad though, because Dad stayed home that day because he didn’t feel good, and I drag him out to rescue me.

Anyway, turns out we needed to replace the bottom radiator hose, and all seems to be well again. It was not an easy task!! Something I am sorry for as well, because Dad doesn’t like working on cars anymore, it’s too hard on his body, but here he is fixing mine.

All seems to be well again, I think anyway….Hope it stays that way!!

The girls have been doing really well in soccer. They’ve played 4 games now, and they are 3-1. Two more games left. I’m not sure if we are doing a soccer championship or not, I haven’t heard. It’s been a lot of fun, and I’m always happy and proud to see the girls having fun, and improving their game.

At the start of the season I wondered why Megan had even wanted to play, because she just didn’t seem that into it, but in the last couple of games, she’s really started to shine. Doing her job as defender, and even going after the ball when she’s playing forward or mid-fielder.

Des has discovered that she gets bored as defender and is much happier as mid-fielder or forward. As forward she is a lot more aggressive in trying to get the ball away from the other team. I’m rather sorry to see it all end.