Can You Hear Me Now?

Well it is Saturday

This is one of hubbies favorite photos of two of his girls!
I woke this morning at 5:45 am. Yes, I do have one cup of coffee in me. It is cruising towards heavy rain....Yet, the weatherman is stating there will be sun later today..Winds too....
Okay the reason hubby is not home is because he stopped in Cashmere to visit Steve and his family...Steve would make a great wife, ( I am always on the lookout to find him a nice girl he can settle down with) always kind and boy this man can COOK like no other man. I love his roasted sweet red, yellow and green peppers!! Yummo! This man is so great always busy and keeps a grounded eye on his kids....He is the perfect family man...They ( his 3 kids) are all adults but he IS THE DAD!!!! Steve is very funny (I MEAN REALLY FUNNY!) and rather talented in many ways. Music ( he knows boat loads about all kinds of music) His daughter is very talented in this area...Creative...He has made wonderful clocks, porthole windows and swell burl free form boxes.....I'll photograph the one he sent for me....He is always the perfect host...If one visits there they will need for nothing!!! I always joke to hubby that he should stop to visit his other wife.....If I have to share hubby I would choose Steve!!! It is clear that I adore Steve!!!! Hubby always has a good time and is able to catch up with Steves lastest adventures...I envy the times that hubby goes there..I love going too, although I do not have the chance too near as often as John ( hubby ) does.. I do check his blog daily to catch up on him and to get a good laugh!!!

I know it is funny how my hubby manages to keep people that can cook around him...Jose is another one of his friends that can cook....Todd too....Each specialize in either Italian, Mexican or Pacific Northwest Seafood.....And then he has me....Mixed venue of foods...Poor hubby has asked for me not to cook so well as he can not stop taking a second and third helpings.
Anyway hubby stayed in Cashmere last night and will have breakfast and then be on his way home...

Chicken

flower chicken

flour chicken

Guess what?

Halleyville will be getting a guest....Well not really, hubby called last night and asked if I would like him to come home for a week? "Huh? What are you kidding me, I'd love it."

I asked what week and he said the coming one..He said he wanted to help me and get things caught up on the ranch. A working visit is better than no visit at all. The kittens are from Zena ( the one that is gone now) She would have the cutest kittens....

Anyway then I started to panic, I feel like I did not get enough done around here since he was home last. So I will make it up by feeding him ALL of his favorite foods that he has not had, like mustard chicken and Cajun shrimp.

I am going to be cleaning like a freak today....

Green acres is the life for me

There are people who just do not get it...I'm speaking of the ranch/farm thing.... I have decided one gets it or does not...Some of those who do get it would love to live like this others think you are insanely crazy...Who would ever do that much work and for what? When everything you could ever need you can go to the store and get or pay the folks at the local gym $24.00 per month to sweat that hard....So I sat there defending why I choose THIS LIFE..... Here is the short list.

The green acres song should be sung prior to reading this as that is the tune that is rolling around this chickie head of mine...

1) Farm animals are almost always your personal source of entertainment ( no movie theater)
2) Fresh eggs ARE THE BEST.......Who needs to go shopping for them?
3) Morning chores are always outside....( fresh air to wake you up )
4) When it is the FULL farm clean up day you will not need to go to the gym.
5) All the yard waste and kitchen scrapes go to the compost....
6) Chickens not only give you eggs they also eat all the flies...( no more fly strips are electric zappers)
7) People slow down to look at the farm animals ( less speeding )
8) Animals are more grateful for your company than most people.
9) Frogs are a good thing to have ( serenades you to sleep)
10) Hubby is happier when wife is happy.....Wife is happy to live on a ranch.

Buluga & Temera

Thought you all would like to put a face with this ranch fairy...And her gal pal pup....I believe I have lost her too hubby but since he is gone so much she has resorted to letting me be in love with her....

These Boots are made for......

I had to share the boots that my hubby gave me for Christmas...It has been too wet to EVEN think about wearing them...So I wore them to dinner the other night as it was dry....They are comfy....not my Double H slipper cumfy but pretty close... Not only that but SEVERAL people at Jimmy Z had to stop and let me know " those are FAB!" I do love paisly!!!!