Blackie, Brownie, and Oscar

Brownie and Blackie, our new cows

Oscar, found along the road...boy is he annoyingly loud!

And this is what I have been doing all day today! Scrapping paint!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and enjoying the sunshine!!

Weekend Tidbits

Friday night was the annual Run with the Bucks fundraiser for the Buckeye Education Foundation. The boys are both running Cross country this coming year and they both ran at the event. T was supposed to umpire, but he ended up getting rained out. They both did pretty good running a 25:55 for T, and a 28:10 for J. Rich and I watched and cheered, just like at CC. It was fun and next year we will do it again! One little kid (under 10 easily) came in 3rd in the entire race! His time was like 21 or 22 something. I was also surprised how many "older" cc runners the boys both beat, not just girls, but boys too!

T crossing the finish line

J crossnig the finish line

Yesterday I didn't do a whole lot, baseball game in the morning got rained out, they pushed it back and T umped in the afternoon. I worked on my Batik and Black quilt a little and read a book. I did make a quick trip (ok, they are never quick) to the library and picked up a few more books. Right now I am reading the Quiet Game by Greg Iles and really liking it. I have read a few and really like them.

Last night I did walk 4 miles with the neighbors. Tonight we are going to go for 6! We need to up it since we are not all that tired when we get back. So we shall see how this goes!

This afternoon I made a journal cover, but since I already have a journal I decided to adapt it to fit my Bible. You always see people with bible covers but mine is pretty now!

Before

After

It was really easy to make (once I figured out the measurements right!) and went together in no time! Plus I can stick things I need to keep in the inside pockets part. And I like the brown and blue material. Sorry the picture didn't come out great color wise, but you get the idea!

I am off to do some blog reading before Rich gets home from work and then see what he has in store for today. He has been playing alot of online poker lately. So that is my guess as to what his plan is! And probably homemade pizza for dinner!!!

May Finish!

Finally! Some sewing has gotten done!!! I am very happy to finally find some time to do some sewing! I finished the star quilt along from last year that Crazy Mom quilts put on. This is Rich's least favorite quilt. He doesn't like the colors of it. Oh well, tomorrow I will wash it so it is nice and crinkly! Then I hope to work on my batik/black quilt.

And check out these old spools I was given! The prices on them range from 15 cents to 40 cents. There are brands I have never heard of before! Very cool!

Last night in baseball we played Columbia and lost, we play the same team tomorrow night and I hope we win. Our record is 3-3 right now. Tonight is a CC meeting, 4-H and T is supposed to ump a game tonight. Tomorrow night is also Hippology. Very busy, and only 7 more days of school left!!

The neighbor and I have also been walking 4 miles a day, but its pouring rain right now so we are not going to get to walk today. Off to enjoy the cool air that the rain brought, do some blog reading and get kids started on homework!

1st horse show of the year

Today Rich and I took J to the first horse show of the year (for us anyway!). He did a great job. He got a first in Pleasure and a second in Horsemanship.

Our friend Rick, riding Neno...J's favorite!

We also have new kitties from Momma cat. They are so stinking cute! Rich says no we are not keeping them, and I just say ok honey!

My favorite one!

No sewing, a little bit of reading Mudbound.

Waiting for BIL's GF so we can order pizza, J and I are STARVING!

Tomorrow, another show...

A Second First Time

What book would you love to be able to read again for the first time?

Gone with the Wind, no doubt about it. That is one of my all time favorite books and I read about every other year. But no time is nearly as good as the first time. I want to go back and read the wonderful story again for the first time! To meet Scarlett and Rhett for the first time, and to experience Mammy for the first time....ahhh....how wonderful that would be!

Tonight is Hippology and Baseball. I, of course, am going to hippology where we will be working on senior problems and studying the internal organs...fun, fun! Hope everyone has a great night!

Weed Killing - Kylie Style

Can I come in?

Chillin'

I'll get it - watch me get it!

Don't worry, it's salt water!

Today I have been spending some time outside. The weather here is absolutely gorgeous. So I did some weed killing with the sprayer. This morning I worked on quilting my star quilt from Crazy Mom's quilt along last year.

This afternoon will be reading, quilting, working in the flower beds and blog reading. I am going to start reading Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife. I finished All the Way Home by Wendi Corsi Staub last night and once again had no idea who did it!

The neighbor lady and I have also been walking every night we can. Its nice to walk with someone out here, not only for company but incase something happens. We walk our "block" which is equal to 4 miles!

Rich has been mowing down the pasture and we have been busy doing yard work. THat is about it in our world, what's going on in yours?

Horse Judging

On Saturday I took J and 3 other "hippology" kids down to Carrollton for a horse judging practice. All four of them are new to the Judging team and were excited to be able to attend their first judging experience. We have met with the judging coach two previous times, but this was the first time the four of them were going to actually get to judge a show and see how they did. They also have to give what are called oral reasons. These reasons are why you placed the class the way you did. This is something that they will have to do at the state competition in July and were nervous about.

All four of them did an incredible job. There were two other girls there that were on the team last year and well, not that I want to brag but my four hippology kids had no problems getting up and talking to show participants and stating their oral reasons. They did wonderful! They each judged a class and they each gave reasons for a different class than the one they judged.
The coach was very impressed with their knowledge and their ability to speak in public as they did. The other two girls were very quiet and seemed unsure.

I am very proud of all four of them and can't wait to see how they continue to do at future shows!

Yesterday we sold hot dogs at TSC for a fundraiser and did not do as well as we wanted. It was a rather slow day and many people were not buying. So now I have 60 hotdogs in my freezer that didn't get sold.

Today I cleaned the house really good and Rich did some brushhogging. Then we had dinner and I am heading to book club in about an hour. Rich and T went to T's ball game and I am taking J to run the cross country course while I am at book club. We read "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" for this month. It is a series of letters written after WWII and is a bit of a love story, but not a romance. Now I am reading "Revenge of the Spellmans" by Lisa Lutz and I love these, they are quite hilarious!

Tomorrow I will do some sewing. I haven't done any since last week Wednesday or Thursday!