Weekly Cleaning List

Claudia also sent these and I thought they were cute.

Cleaning Poem

My friend Claudia sent me this poem. It fits me perfectly this morning. So I just had to share.

Cleaning Poem

I asked the Lord to tell me
Why my house is such a mess.
He asked if I'd been 'computering',
And I had to answer 'yes.'
He told me to get off my fanny
And tidy up the house.
And so I started cleaning up...
The smudges off my mouse.
I wiped and shined the topside.
That really did the trick...
I was just admiring my work..
I didn't mean to 'click.'
But click, I did, and oops I found
A real absorbing site.
That I got SO way into.
I was into it all night.<>
Nothing's changed except my mouse
It's very, very shiny.
I guess my house will stay a mess...
While I sit here on my hiney.

Sharing treasures

A friend of ours stopped by the elevator today and gave us a hand full of mushrooms and 4 elephant ears. (He always shares legally hunted wild game with us too.) Trevor came by our house last night and gave us 8 small gray mushrooms that he had just found. He was so proud of them. LOL So I guess we'll be having them all for supper. I hate frying the elephant ears but since we have such a meager amount of mushrooms I will add them to the skillet.
I guess mushroom season has officially begun around here. It will be several days before the large yellow ones are found in the hills though. Larry went with Sara this afternoon to the river bottoms and they found about 3 pounds. He didn't keep any of those but let her have them to give to her inlaws. It was his first hunting trip this spring and he was surprised that they found that many. You can see how we share our treasures with each other.

We are waiting patiently

For these:

Just I thought I would just look at some pictures and dream of warm sunshine. Here's some more pictures you might enjoy.

It won't be long till we pick these.

Where are my cows????

Prelude:
We have a tobacco barn on a hill behind our house. Hunter says that it's his barn. He always tells me that he has cows and chickens up there. I have no idea where he came up with this. Our neighbor has a cow lot at the bottom of our drive. Apparently Hunter thinks those are his cows too. The lot is empty now. The cows have been sold at the market. Thursday he asked grandpa for money to shop for a plastic trumpet. He went shopping with his mom and bought his trumpet then brought it to my house and spent the night. He played with it all evening. Serenading us with his "Beautiful Moosic".
Friday morning going down the driveway on the way to work I was still being serenaded with the new trumpet. This is our conversation:
Hunter: Mamaw where are all my cows????
Mamaw: Well, I'm not sure where they are. (Not wanting to shatter his world by saying they had been taken to the market.)
Hunter: They's all gone!
Mamaw: Well, where do you think they are?
Hunter: Them's went to school.
Mamaw: Oh they did?
Hunter: Yes, them's have a teacher.
Mamaw: Oh and what does she teach them?
Hunter: Moosic.
Mamaw: Laughing hysterically, because he has no idea how funny this really is!!

Hunter's H

We've been trying to get Hunter interested in writing his name. He is having none of it. That's exactly how his mom was at his age. She hated any form of school work. In fact she cried most of the time until she hit 3rd grade. Now that was a fun few years. If I had to do it all over again I would home school her. My oldest daughter thrived on school work and still takes college courses now. Imagine my surprise when Hunter walked into the kitchen with this big letter H printed on his newest toy. I was so excited! We danced around the room and then I took lots of pictures. He smiled from ear to ear. I was hoping to encourage him to write more of his name. So far all I get is big H's. But that's a start. He is first on the waiting list for preschool next fall. I hope he gets in and more importantly I hope he likes it. There's a little part of me that would like his mom to experience the trials of sending an unwilling child to school. Payback! But, I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

April Swaps

1. First is a Birthday Card for Sue's card swap.
2. Play Dough is a favorite of the grandsons. This is for our "Kid Favorites" swap.
3. An altered ATC holder for my color swap gal. She loved it. ;)

I'm working on a crockpot recipe. I have it printed just need to put it all together. I've signed up for a card swap which is due in May. I need to get started on it because I put my name down for 30 cards. I thought it would be nice to have all handmade Christmas cards this year. And last but not least, I need to work on some Woman-themed ATC's for Shawn's swap.
My goal for this month is to get my Chrismtas pictures put in my album from our last holiday swap. Everything's ready I just need to sit down and put it all in order. I had fun working on my gal's ATC notebook so I started one for myself. I like to have something laid out to work on whenever the mood hits. It seems like I enjoy taking a few minutes here and there to relax and work on a project. So the notebook might take a couple more days for me to finish. I'll post a picture when I get it done cause now I'm just rambling. LOL

Blog Challenge Week of April 6

A blog challenge from Lisa.
Since the weather is nice, I"m wondering what everyone is looking forward to this summer? Anyone have vacations, trips, activities planned?

We just bought a used boat. Not a fancy one just a flat-bottom one that can be used for fishing on our pond or at the river. I am looking forward to fishing and relaxing on the water. I haven't planned any vacation yet but who knows, I may force Larry to go to Branson this summer. He HATES to go on vacation so it's a big deal to get him that far. I'm also looking forward to truck pulls. That's it for us....nothing exciting planned.

It's been a busy day

Today was one of those constant phone ringing days. That's what we like but honestly do both lines need to ring at once?? And of course there's always a tank or truck on the scales to be weighed. This is the busiest season for us. We were anticipating rain but so far it's still dry so the farmers are lining up to get fertilizer. The cost is outrageous this year. Seems like it has been bumped up even more than usual. It is so hard on the farmers to make any money on their crops. I know some people think they are making money. Trust me.....we are in the farming business and they/we aren't the ones making the money. It's the chemical companies who profit. We can sell a generic weed chemical for half the price of a popular chemical company. So you know they can sell it for a much lower cost also. Kind of like the generic products in the grocery store. The name brands are always too expensive for me. Ok now I'm rambling cause I'm tired and it's been a busy day!
I have the two oldest boys here spending the night. Cole was upset because he didn't get to stay but he has a very early Dr. appointment and the I need to get the other two to school in the morning. They are supposed to be sleeping now but I'm letting them watch TV for awhile longer. Good Grandma huh? Hope they aren't grouchy tomorrow. LOL Of course I gave them their favorite ice cream a little while ago. They always want Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream. Darrin has already requested it for breakfast. Well, I'll see about that in the morning. Darn it's fun to spoil them.
Hope we have another busy day tomorrow. Hunter sits in the front office watching out the window and yells "Mam Maw here come nother cutomer!" Poor pawpaw didn't even get time for lunch today. That reminds me.....I need to thaw something out to cook for lunch tomorrow. Guess I better shut off the TV and send the kids to bed.