Half the Week

I have been up for at least 30 minutes and the birds are singing ( annoying at this hour) Buluga is out under a tree in the freshly mowed yard.....And I ? Well lets put it this way I am so tired I am thinking about going back to bed after hubby morning call..... This would be a treat but unlikely as I rarely am able to return to sleep.....And those damn birds whistling and singing ( as bad as a DJ on the radio) See I am tired as my miss cranky panties are showing....The ferrier was here yesterday and trimmed Jezzy's feet and he said that they looked really good, much better than several weeks ago.. Well I know that I have a long list of things that have to be done.....Painting the strips for garden shed, over a hundred pieces as well as some final corners inside.....So off I go, it is to be warm again around 70 degrees....

The sun is coming!

I awake , sorta and stumble through the new ritual of coffee making a skill that I am working on mastering....Water not warm enough then too hot...The grounds too yadda yadda....
The news screams sun....I rarely watch the news....Only for the weather so I might plan the day around it. I see that the next ten days are to be fab!!!! I also know I will not have to turn the TV to the awful news for at least that long.... My hubby watches it all the time... Makes me crazy...

So this means that I will be able to finish the paint on the garden shed....Get it dried out a bit and then paint the rafters. All is well when it is dry. I got home just in time to mow...It took just over three hours to get it done. Buluga has resigned herself to the fact that the large John Deere will not eat her or get near her although she had one eye always on it...Yesterday was the 1st time I even tried to leave her out while I fought the huge yard....I also decided that when we plant again that we should keep the plant/shrubs at least the width of mower away from the fences and the same between plants......so that task did not roll over to today's long list of to-do's..... A list that unlike hubby I try not to get too large ....hahaha like it is not long enough already. I know that if the doctor would give me speed it would help....Do they even call it SPEED anymore....? I just wish I had unlimited energy....I will spend every last moment of daylight doing as much as possible outside.....So I gotta go....Be well enjoy the day and remember that the sun will not stay here long and you will hear from this farm fairy sometime soon....

COFFEE?

Now I thought I might update all you on the dillemma of the coffee pot....It is still broken....it sits empty on the counter... You might be wondering if that is the reason I have slacked on blog....No, sadly it is not the reason....That I could control if I had to....The reason is that it is raining except for one day .... there is just so much to do...paint, stain, dishes, laundry, sweeping and drying out wet things in general as well as trying to get ready for house guest ( possibly) and making sure that all the plants are well...repotting a wisteria for a friend ( Steve) and then planting some more spinach... there is more but it is just they daily stuff....horses, alpacas, chicken and such...My birthday went all weekend with hubby putting togather bbq with a handful of friends and then to the great Thai place for supper on Friday night.....hubby then left late past 4pm to the otherside...which is the sunny side of Washington.....He then stayed at Steves last night......Mr. Bondo has had his own crazy weekend with his daughter's grad and house guest Trixie.... And my wayward hubby coming and going...and still the coffee saga resulted in going downstairs to the other kitchen and hunting up the thing that holds a filter with grounds that you pour boiling water in and you are able to make a SINGLE CUP at a time..I love early mornings I am just really kinda unstable, tripping, growlie ect.....so I fight the microwave as turning on gas and boiling water seems a little risky...wala.. one cup of java.....well I am going to Edmonds to work and then will return in time for the noightly feeding of the kingdom

how time flies

then







now


two photos of the ranch fairy 7 years apart ......Now And Then

fun had by all

Horsing around
Sneak attack by Chester
Jay & John
Huge Wisteria Trunk

Chesters getting closer
Saturday was the one day here that it was so very nice....I am certain it was for my lttle birthday party.....just a handful of friends......John and Liz planned it all and it was great....some photos for you to enjoy....

The Birthday Girl Spends....

The day cleaning for hubbies return home......

So at 3:39 Am I got a call from my true love.....To wish me a Happy Birthday.......
He gave me a run down on the plan at the damn....And said he might be home tonight by dark!!!!!!! YAHOO!
Mom called and Linda too....All to wish me a good day....
It is so hard for me to think I am 43 YEARS OLD!!!!
I still feel like I am in my 20's! I have no clue where the time has gone...
I have traveled and seen things most folks won't and I feel BLESSED by so many friends....
My Mother asked me a question " Honey are you happy? Truly Happy?"
I am sitting here thinking about the question again and my answer is still the same....."Yes, mom I can say without a doubt that I have never been happier nor as content...."
I look at Buluga , I am extremely grateful that we still have her....
As I wake in the morning I have two cats who keep me on my toes
I look out the window in the morning while I try to get myself awake and see Jezzy awaiting his breakfast,
I make coffee and see the Alpacas grazing and Playboy and Prom....
I hear the chickens and know that I will be given eggs....
And then there is my one true love John, my husband, my friend and my audience for my Goonbalina tricks...
I am to have dinner with friends and want the house to be cleaner than when he left.....

Yes, mom I am VERY HAPPY!!!!

Round 2 of coffee pot battle

My hubby is home, it is still pouring rain..( the only pouring there is this morning)

I am up at 4:45 am.....And to my horror the self timing automatic coffee pot has NOT done it's job ( 2nd time in two days) I am forced to the outside for a smoke while I decide which thing I will conquer first.....All WITHOUT MY COFFEE... Someone or something in my way would cause me to go nuts, gee slinky do you want out? Alright I go in ..... A fierce look and brooding mood, I boil water and pour a cup at a time over the STILL DRIED grounds in the pot....Never mind that there is 12 cups of water in the damn thing making its noises and all.....all talk no action...DAMN..... I am cranky when I do not receive my coffee... Anyway I stand with that stance one has when aganoid , well there I am pouring one tragic cup of hot water over the grounds screaming at the thing in my head.... Oh did I also mention when my hubby comes home he goes straight for the thermostat which he jacks up to 70 then falls asleep the house now like a gone wrong sauna? I awoke again with the heat migrain that always comes on when the house is too hot at 70 degrees....WHO SLEEPS WITH IT THAT HOT?

My revenge for this is to turn the heat down to 50 degrees which I do the moment that I'm stumbling out of bed with the pounding in my head.

Okay now back to coffee saga.....There I am now exploding with irritation to the fact that I am resorting to this...How is it that a coffee pot less then a year old and over $100.00 can do this to ME!!!!! There is a plot against me . The coffee wars have begun and I am it's victim.....Evil plots!!!!!

Now we all know that this coffee will be bad , but horrible? I say to you all this is the second worst cup of coffee I have had...Yesterdays black goo was THE VERY WORST..........

Now I have just gone out in hubbies slippers ( he should not leave them in livingroom) I am without my drug ( coffee) so I am not thinking clear, I go outside to try and resolve myself that this coffee is as good as it gets for the moment, and lo and behold I have LOCKED MYSELF OUT AGAIN!!!!!!!! I traipse to the back door hoping hubby has forgotten to lock it like he forgot to turn off the HEAT.......But NOOOOOOOOOOO that was not the case.........

Mind you it is now 5:15 am pissing down rain like monsoons and I am in thin p.j. bottoms and t-shirt.....It is cold and wet.... And I have no smoke and a bad cup of java.....And I'm locked out....Hubby is asleep and the only way to get in is to go to truck that just happens to be sitting in the largest mud puddle on earth......Where the spare key is.......( thank God I forgot to put the keys away on Friday!!!!! My one true love sleeps unknown that his goonbalina is outside soaked now to the bone with a migrain and no cigarette and a really bad cup of coffee that now has rain water in it.....

Now this rain (monsoon) is driving me nuts.....I am blaming hubby for this as he made a statement to the fact that the 172 trees we planted need water and we have to figure out a way to get this done before they all die.....................Well hubby this is what you asked for this is what you got.....I even warned him when he called from Steves, "honey it is pissing down rain are you sure you want to come home?"

I should think the wisest thing would be for me to get in , get dry and go back to bed......With a scathing note to hubby....."You left heat on you owe me a mocha breve.....Do not wake me without it"

I get in dry off, and let the dog out and then peek in on the unsuspecting hubby peacefully asleep, without a care in the world......

I curse him for this.....

And all I can do is smile knowing that I have no room to snivel as I am more blessed than most with a life I love with a man that I adore.....