Coyote Run Ranch

MOVING

2010-01-06T16:09:00.003-06:00

I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IF YOU READ MY BLOG HERE--- I'M MOVING

YOU CAN FIND ME AT: COYOTE RUN NEWS @ BLOGSPOT.COM

the change is because I have another e-mail address that I use more often that the one I have to log on with here and it will be a lot less trouble to get here.

PLEASE COME SEE ME. BECCA

Her name is Reba and she's fast

2009-09-11T11:50:00.003-05:00

Finally I got to take her out for a spin, I got lots of heads turning. I know it was the car! She'll definitely be a spring, fall, and winter car, the air conditioner just won't keep up with the hot summer weather here in OK. I picked Josh up from school, and he told me I was really making him look good. The only thing better was if he could be driving. I told him to just wait, his car would be ready by the time he could drive.
We had rain for the last 2 days, nice but does interfere with the baseball games.
Josh will be playing until Oct.31. So we still have plenty of games to watch.
Tony is gearing up for hunting season, so I have to get all my honydo chores on the list. Once season opens, he mostly hunts and chores get done around that. Oh well, keeps him out of the bars!and the meat is good to eat.
I'm going to have to redo my flower beds completely, the deer have decided that we put them there for desert just for them. That's what I get for putting a corn feeder in the front yard. We have 3 that come almost every day for a snack, then they lay down in the shade for a nap. They are sooooo scared of us and the dogs.
I enjoy watching them so even if they do eat my flowers it is worth it. I've tried to get a few pictures, but it is hard to get close enough even with the telephoto lens. We'll see if I sometime. Hope you all have a good week end.

Baseball and more baseball-----

2009-08-30T18:18:00.004-05:00

Josh on the mound in his first start this year----we won
Josh got to start his first JH game, for a 7th grader to start pitching in the 8th grade game is a BIG deal. He was so happy and we of course were very proud of him.
He did well and with some defensive help got the side out for two innings. Rachel as well as the coach is keeping a sharp eye on grades, they are missing a lot of class and can't have any of the boys not making good grades, we have no pass no play here too!
We've had a cool spell this week and it has been wonderful, but makes me long for fall. I love fall it is my favorite time of the year. There is just so much you can finally get out and do.
I think Tony is finally satisfied that my mustang is road worthy, and I'm planning on taking it out this week. Looking forward to getting it out and seeing just how it will go. It looks pretty, Tony says I need to find a parade to drive it in. Maybe a Silo JH Baseball team Christmas car? Who knows, I'm just glad it's done and I can take it for a run.

PLAY BALL!!!!

2009-08-21T14:03:00.004-05:00

Josh has begun his junior high baseball career, he got to close the first game of the season AND finish out the first game of their first tournament. He was the only 7th grader to get to pitch in a game so far. He did really well and of course we were very proud of him. The Rebels will be playing about 30 games this fall, in addition he'll be playing fall ball for the Durant League on the White Sox team. We will be getting a lot of baseball in. Good thing we have comfortable chairs. It's just about to kill his Mom, a lot of the games are early afternoon and she can't get off work, we just have to keep texting updates and answering calls!

Tony has finished my Mustang, I'm waiting on a spare tire then I can take her out for a spin. Painted her candy apple red, with back interior, and she is lovely. Can't wait to get to get her out on the road.

Team Xtreme

2009-06-30T08:11:00.004-05:00

TEAM XTREME UNDEFEATED SEASON---ON TO REGIONALS
Josh's baseball team made it through the city tournament and are going to play in the regional tournament next week in Shawnee, Ok. We'll be there to watch and cheer!This team has a bunch of really talented ball players and we are keeping our fingers crossed that they can make it through to state.
Josh is finally 100% after that broken wrist, and we did stats the other night and even with his injury, he has the highest on base %. He has been working really hard on his batting and fielding, improving his arm strength, and has high hopes for next season as a pitcher. His goal right now is to make the 7-8 grade Silo school team. At Silo, they play BASEBALL, then basketball, no football program, I'm not sorry about that, I love football, but would just as soon Josh not play. Just too many injuries.
Today is Tony's birthday, Rachel and Josh will be coming up to celebrate, then next week we'll celebrate mine in Shawnee. We have our anniversary, and both birthdays within 4 weeks, so it's easy to keep up with and have a combined celebration for all.
Tony and I celebrated our 42nd Anniversary June 17. Today he'll be 64.
Hope you all have a safe and fun 4th of July.
GOD BLESS AMERICA --aren't you thankful we live here!

MY NEW TOY

2009-05-20T13:01:00.005-05:00

BECCA'S BABY

I want you all to know that I have wanted and wished for a Mustang since I was 14 years old. I am now the proud owner of a 66 Coupe, classic Mustang. Tony's friend found this one while looking for a project for Josh, T ask if I wanted it and I just couldn't bring myself to turn it down. T is going to pretty it up for me and I'm going to be one of those "grey headed" ladies you see in a sports car roaring down the road, terrorizing the other motorist! Its' going to be Candy Apple red with red and white interior, it has a 6 cylinder so I won't be getting any speeding tickets. I told T that I had a good car and didn't really need this, but after he said, but would you like to own it, I just decided that it would be fun to have and after all you can't take it with you so why not? I can drive it to the baseball games and use it when my friend and I go shopping, but not for groceries, the trunk is way too small. So look out if you see a red streak coming down the road, it just might be me. I'll post some pictures when we get it dolled up.

MEET "KID"

This is Kid, Josh's new horse, we were please and suprised that Josh decided to get another horse so soon after he lost Ace. But he told his Mom that he "had been horseback since he was 3 and he wasn't realy not to have a horse of his own". Josh pick Kid out of a line up on the internet and after a trip to Tulsa, OK, to see if he was really the "goods" Rachel put her stamp of approval on him and they went back the next weekend and Josh rode him for a few minutes, in his cast mind you, and it was love at first site. Kid has had lots of arena riding, and is well broke and does tricks, like pushing down a teetertotter and pulling a hankerchief from your hand, he'll sidepass over and let you mount off of the trailer or a bucket, and he justs 18" jumps (this might not be such a good idea). He's not trained on any events, but Josh would rather do that himself and is looking forward to getting started. Josh has his cast off, and is rehabing his wrist, he has good range of motion,, just need to loosen it up a bit and rebuild the strength. He's back playing baseball and will be with us for two weeks while Rachel finishes out the school year in Texas. Tony and he are working on his 66, but as they have 4 years before he can drive, I think they have plenty of time to get it ready.
Happy Memorial Day, be safe and have fun.

Really, really bad week!

2009-04-11T18:17:00.002-05:00

First off I'd like to say Happy Easter to you all.
This has to be the worst week we have had in a long time. My grandson Josh's great horse,Ace,colicked and had to be rushed to OSU in Stillwater, Rachel couldn't get him there fast enough and he ruptured a gut and had to be put down. The vets there told her surgery wasn't even an option. Of course, it was hard on everyone. Josh wasn't with her and didn't even get to say goodbye and there was no way to get Ace's body back so we could bury him at home. Really tough.
This afternoon, Rachel called and told us Josh was at the emergency room, broken wrist. Riding an ATV fell off tried to catch himself and snapped it. Hopefully it will get set properly and heal with no issues. His baseball season is over, you all know that baseball is REALLY important to him. He can't go fishing, or turkey hunting either. I don't know yet how much physical therapy he'll have to do. Rachel broke her wrist in just about the same place, and she had to do a lot to not lose range of motion. Of course, he's a lot younger....
Anyway this has not been a good week for us. Remember Josh in your prayers, he has a lot on his plate right now, and has lost the one thing that might have helped keep his mind off losing Ace.

Brings back good memories

2009-04-02T16:20:00.005-05:00

Watching kdwhorses little cowgirl show that goat sure brought back memories for me.
My daughter showed sheep when she was in FFA. Some years ago, she has a 12 year old son now. I still remember what fun we had going to the shows. She had a best buddy that went with us and since most of the shows were during the week, her dad couldn't go so it was just us girls. I must have hauled those two over most of Southern Oklahoma. Rachel, my daughter, enjoyed showing and was very successful--3 county Grand Champion Market Lambs and Grand Champion Market Lamb at the Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair. Her son Josh tried it when he was very small, about 6-7, won his light weight class, but says it would interfere with baseball since they both happen in the spring! His team starts playing April the 9th and we'll be busy from then until the last part of June. Hopefully they will still be playing in July--Regional playoffs. The playoffs are in Durant this year, which is home for us. Including a couple of pictures of my kids and their lambs. Kris tell Savannah we all said GREAT JOB!

Baseball Season is ON!

2009-03-11T12:41:00.005-05:00

Baseball is here, Josh had a scrimmage game last Sat. his team won two games and lost another by one point. So it looks like they are ready for season play. We'll be going to a lot of games again this year. He'll be pitching, playing 2nd and 3rd base. We've GOT to get some comfortable chairs, we were at the ball field from
10am til 7pm. Thank goodness for the Home Base, our old RV we could at least go in an get a sandwich and get out of the wind every once in a while.
I don't really have any news just wanted to say hello and let Kris know that I've enjoyed seeing Savannah's pics on her blog. It's turned winter here, I thought we were in for a early summer for a while. Maybe we will have a spring after all. My gelding Mickey doesn't know if he should shed or not, and we had to split more wood after I had gotten the pile all down to a manageable size. Rachel said one of her horses, cut her eye on the feed bucket, so they were at the vets office til late last night, mare will be ok and they are replacing all buckets with rubber tubs! I miss having all my horses, I'm down to one now, but there are advantages, less vet time is one of those. With all the foals in the pastures, I'm getting the fever, just like every spring. I just keep telling myself, they only stay small for a few months!

Working on Wapi

2009-02-20T18:33:00.004-06:00

It finally rained and this is where I've been! In the woods, dragging and burning brush. Thank goodness for Tonys dozer, it makes this much easier. In spite of being really under the weather, we got out and tried to get as much of the brush piles burned up as possible. We've been under a burn ban up here for months now and felf like we had to take advantage of the ban being lifted at least for a few days.
It is really h ard work but the place looks so nice after we're done. We only have about 35 more acres to clear. Tony is leaving the rest about 80, for hidy holes for the deer and turkey. this will make roughly 200 acres that we have cleared. I don't know what he'll come up with for our next project. Maybe fishing? I know baseball is just around the corner, Josh will be playing for a select team this year and we are all looking forward to the season starting. The weather is warming up so the snakes will be getting out, soon as I see the first one I'm GONE TO THE HOUSE! I don't do snakes.
Hope you all are well and having fun. Talk to you later.

Spring,Summer, Winter?

2009-01-26T12:07:00.002-06:00

I know that the weather is supposed to be changeable here in Oklahoma, but come on now! We been from spring (66) right through summer(82)and right back to winter (22), all in the matter of a week! Is it any wonder that everybody has a cold or worse. We have been taking advantage of the nice weather to continue clearing our place. You can't imagine how much brush and how many cedars grow up in 20-25 years of neglect. We have had a burn ban on here int he county for months now,(please let it rain) so no brush burning and the piles are getting larger. So if it does ever rain again and you look out and it seems that southern Oklahoma is on fire, it's just Coyote Run burning the brush piles. Thank goodness Tony has a bulldozer with a brush rake, that makes all this so much easier. I can't imagine what it was like for the first folks out here to try and settle this land. It's worth the hard work, the place is looking really nice, and there will be lots more room for food plots.
Baseball update, Josh has been invited to play on two select teams this spring, he just has to decide which one now. He is as passionate about baseball as Rachel is about horses, so I think we'll be going to a lot of games at least through high school. He is taking some lessons on hitting and pitching, and you can see the improvement all ready. He really works hard at the drills and exercises his coaches give him. I over heard Rachel telling on of his coaches, she wished he was into the horses, that she could keep him mounted and teach him about roping and barrel racing and all that, but baseball was his first love. Mind you, he isn't ready to give up Ace, and he is planing on making some play days and jackpots this summer. So horses aren't totally out of his blood.
Our new lab puppy, Gunner, is coming along great. Tony took him down to the pond with the old Lab, Buddy, to let him watch Buddy retrieve some ducks kinda clue him in. Gunner got so excited that T decided to let him get one that was right at the edge of the water. He got that one and delivered it right to hand, so T thought he see if Gunner would get n the water and threw the duck out about 10 yards, off Gunner went with out a hesitation, retrieved that one and then did it again just to be sure he didn't mind the COLD water. By next year he'll be more than ready to take over from Grandpa.
Believe it or not, as I sit here and type, I hear the sound of rain/sleet on the roof! So maybe we'll get a little bit of what we need. I hope it's more liquid than solid though. I hate ICE. You all stay warm and be safe.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2008-12-31T22:36:00.002-06:00

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. Let's all pray that 2009 will be a better year all the way round. I have much to be thankful for. In spite of all the bad things that happened in the country this year, storms, financial crashes and all the other stuff , we are still blessed to live in this country

Update from Oklahoma

2008-12-23T15:01:00.006-06:00

Hello, everyone, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth! Things have been busy around here. Nothing much exciting, just routine things that keep the ranch going. We've been feeding the deer and turkey and luckily we haven't had to haul water for the dogs or horses but a couple of times. I LOVE those little deicers that fit in the water tubs for my boys. I'm getting one of those heated buckets for our dogs, Tony has figured a way to keep them from dragging it out and chewing it. Gunner is growing, last trip to the vet for puppy shots he weighed in at 35 lb. He is 1/2 as tall as Buddy and he is not yet 6 months old. I think we have a big boy on our hands. Tony has started his training and it is going well. He looks like a natural and has very good instincts. Buddy is enjoying duck season, that just started. Even if he is an old dog he still loves going after those ducks. This will probably be his last full season, Gunner should be ready to take over most of the load next year, Buddy can go on the easy days. I have a horse of Rachels' up here fitting him. She says I can do that better than anyone she knows. I think she just knows that I can get anything fat! Tony decided that we need to be able to grind our deer meat and make sausage so in addition to processing the steaks and other cuts, we now do the ground meat and have been experimenting with sausage recipes. Submit any you all might have.

In November we gave my Mom an 80th birthday party . That was fun and she really enjoyed seeing all her old friends and all the cousins that came by to say Happy Birthday. She has a digital picture frame and I scanned in a lot of really old pictures of family and that really made a hit.

Right after Thanksgiving Rachel and I started getting ready for our trip to Vegas. I had decided last year that I wanted to go the their 50th Anniversary party, so I booked rooms and got tickets.

Guys I have to tell you we had a blast in Vegas! As a matter of fact the whole trip was great. It had been a long time since my daughter, Rachel, and I had gone off just the two of us. We left Wednesday after she got off work and drove to Amarillo and stayed the night, then we went to the Quarter Horse Museum. We had planned to get to Flagstaff by evening and drive in to Vegas Friday morning. We saw a billboard for Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and decided to make a stop there. I had never seen bones that big before, we both wished for Josh, my grandson, he would have gone nuts over some of that stuff. After the dinos we took a quick drive by the Petrified Forest, unfortunately, they were closed for the day and we didn’t get to take a look there. We made it to Flagstaff with no problems and spent the night there, got up early and started on to Vegas. Of course we had to stop and take a look at Boulder Dam, another place we were wishing for Josh! Then it was on to Vegas. We liked to have never found the right way into the hotel, thank goodness Rachel has a great sense of direction. The construction there has the streets a little messed up. That was the only time we had bad traffic! We were staying at the New York New York and it is a little hard to miss. After finding the entrance and leaving the car in good hands, we got checked in a were off to our rooms. We grabbed a bite to eat at Gonzales y Gonzales and then went off to check out the sights. The strip was amazing and we spent the rest of the night walking in the hotels/casinos just looking at everything. We went by the Bellagio and watched the fountain show twice, once was a Christmas song and the other was a classical one. That was beautiful, the lights and the water dancing was great. We went through Caesars Place and found all kinds of stuff that we couldn’t afford, but it was fun looking. I found the most beautiful full length fur coat, it was $10,500 on sale for $ 5,000. Never say I don’t have good taste! Rachel found a tobacco, full quill ostrich jacket that was only $8500.00. I won’t even tell you about the Australian opals that we looked at. I could have had a pair of earrings for “just $700.00″. Needless to say we didn’t bring any of that lovely stuff back to Oklahoma with us. Too Bad. After the exhausting evening of looking–we went back to the hotel and hit the casino, high rollers that we are, we each had a 10 spot to stuff down the slots. Oh yeah, Rachel had a friend that sent an extra 20 along so Rachel could play for her. We won a little, but wound up like everyone else and left a little of our money in Vegas! Then it was off to the room, it was only after we had gotten into our sweats and settled down that we realized that we were thirsty and a soft drink sounded good. Now I’m going to let you all know how country I really am, I have never stayed at a hotel that didn’t have a drink vending machine some where on your floor. They don’t in Vegas, so we thought we’d get room service since we didn’t want to dress again and go down to the casino floor. Well let me tell you, Dr. Peppers are 3 bucks, so is a bottle of water, if that wasn’t bad enough, they wanted $4.50 to bring it up. We drank the tap water! We watched the 9th round of the NFR on the TV, and went to bed. We were still on Oklahoma time so we were up early enough to watch the sun rise over the mountains, and get an early start on the day. We ate breakfast at the American Cafe there in the NYNY and then we hit the Cowboy Christmas at the convention center and spent most of the morning drooling over the western clothes, art, furnishing, tack and anything else you might imagine. We had an adventure with the taxi driver on the way to the center, he tried to over charge us, which didn’t go over well with Rachel, especially when he ask for a tip! She told him that his tip was on the meter at the beginning of the ride and that was all he was getting from us. That’s my girl, you gotta love her. She made a point to tell the next driver all about it as soon as we got in the cab. He tried to get rid of us ASAP–it was probably the fastest cab ride made that afternoon! After we got back from the convention center we went to Mandalay Bay, where there was more Cowboy shopping. We ran into some friends from home, and Rachel bought a saddle. She has been looking for a year for one that she liked. Will you believe that the people she bought it from were just about an hour from her house down in Texas, in a town that she goes to pretty often. Had to go all the way to Vegas to find something that was just down the road. I will tell you that we got quite a few strange looks as she was carrying that saddle through the casino. The security guard even stopped and questioned us, quite politely. Everyone wanted to know where her horse was and was she part of the rodeo. We made it back to NYNY and fell down for a while, then we had to get ready for the rodeo. We decided to eat before we caught the shuttle over to Thomas and Mack. So we went to the MGM Grand and ate an early dinner at the Rain forest Cafe. It was neat. They have a lion exhibit right near the cafe, with real lioness I might add. We caught the shuttle and got to T&M right on time. We got to see the laser/fireworks and some C&W dude sing and they had a neat thing about the NFR history and bam off the rodeo went. Every event but barrel racing had the championship still on the line, so it was fun watching to see who would finally win. We knew some of the contestants from when Rachel used to youth rodeo, it was so neat to see kids that you knew when they were starting out doing their thing at the NFR. We ran into a lot of folks from Oklahoma, so it was a good thing that we didn’t do anything that we wanted to stay in Vegas, I think it would have followed us home! The sights were amazing and the rodeo was great, everyone was really nice, friendly and helpful. The only bad thing of the whole trip was that we had to worry about our rodeo tickets. Seems like I ordered them from a “scalper” site and even though they guaranteed delivery within 48 hours of your event, they didn’t get the tickets to us until 2:30 the day of the rodeo. So if you ever what to go to the NFR, be sure you get your tickets from pro rodeo.com or UNLV. We found out that those two are are the only “legit” places to get tickets. You pay a lot less too. But, it’s like I told Rachel, I was happy to get the tickets and we got to see the rodeo and it was worth every penny I over paid.
There were lots of cowboy hats and boots on the streets and most of the cowboys were cute. Being as I am an old married woman and Rachel is in a “committed” relationship, we just admired those cute Wrangler butts! Let me tell you if you are single and interested you could get into a lot of trouble out there.
We got up early Sunday morning,(still on Oklahoma time) and checked out, filled up and got under way home. We were on the east side of Boulder Dam before we started seeing snow. Not much, mostly just on the roadside. The roads were bad in a couple of places and we were glad that we decided to take the SUV it has 4 WD. We saw several bad wrecks, semi’s mostly, but we were there well after the fact. Poor Rachel did most of the driving, and we were both ragged out by the time we hit Texas. We did find the Cowboy game on the radio and listen in, that game helped keep us awake. We drove straight through, stopping for gas when we had to. We made it to Rachel’s at about 3AM Monday and I made it home about 35 minutes later. Tony was waiting up for me. I think he missed me, he even washed the dishes!
It was a great trip and I’d love to go again, just to see the hotels that we didn’t have time to get to!

When we got back, I found out that all of Tony's family was coming up here for our Christmas get together. Since I slept most of Monday that left 4 days to clean and cook. Being gone 5 days and having 1 husband and 4 dogs in the house needless to say there was cleaning to be done. Tony smoked all the meat so my cooking was limited to dressing and deviled eggs, which are a favorite of the Block kids. Everyone brought something to add and we had way too much food. We had a great time and I don't think anyone minded a few dusty corners!

If you are travelling, be safe and keep warm.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

2008-11-03T10:12:00.003-06:00

Isn't this fall weather wonderful, I could wish for a litter crisper weather, but we've only had to have a fire on a coulpe of mornings. This is my favorite time of year, lovely riding weather!
tony took this from his deer stand, just a little later a few does and fawns came by for a bite of oats, peas, and turnips. Yes, we plant that for them. I thnk he'll have every deer in Johnston county living here soon. I like to see them and after season is over they will come up to the yard and eat corn from the feeder I have in the front.
I haven't been able to get any pictures, they come to late. That's one of the things I love about this place, you can see all kinds of wildlife.

I got back from a visit to East Texas fate Sunday afternoon. My mom had her 80th birthday this Sunday and we had a party for her. It turned out nice--a lot of the family came and we got to visit and catch up. She got a lot of pictures of of the kids to put up in her apartment, of course that a hit. she really enjoyed visiting, but I could tell she was worn out by the end.
My grandson, has had a successful hunting season so far, 3 deer and a pig, someone will be eating well this winter! He bagged a doe and an 8 point buck in the youth season, and got another doe and the pig during black powder. I'm not sure who was more proud, him or his Papa.
I think I must get off here and get busy, after being gone for three days you can imagine what I'll be doing, Tony doesn't believe in housecleaning, can you belive that? Hope you all have a great week.

All's Right with Gunner's world

2008-10-09T22:50:00.005-05:00

Gunner is making a complete recovery. We however may not. The vet recommended he stay inside until he got to feeling better . Well, he now is ruling the house. He trees all the other dogs, puppy teeth are so sharp, demands breakfast first thing, and has figured out that looking pitiful will get him an extra snack. We are so well trained! He will at some point have to go out to the kennel and live with Buddy, our older Lab. I am dreading that time, because he sets up a howl now when we lock him in the wash room at night. I hasten to add that he has 3 other dogs to keep him company. So what do you think he will sound like when he is outside in a kennel? He is a Hunting Dog, well he will be some day, and needs to get used to being outside . So I'll soon be biting the bullet and sending him off to live with Buddy. I'm pretty sure it will be worse on me than on Gunner.

Stressed Out

2008-10-06T15:08:00.004-05:00

This is our new Lab puppy Gunner.
That's a stuffed duck he's after .
We let him stay in the house with the other
dogs for a few nights, then decided to get
him out to the kennel with Buddy, our old
lab. After all he will be a hunting dog and
needs to get used to being outside. Right?
All went well until the 3rd night. Sunday
morning, I went to get him and his head was twice the size it should be. Thankfully,
it was mostly underneath his jaw, but he was one miserable little guy. We thought
he'd been snake bit, so we called the vet, on Sunday morning, and she said give him 1/2 a Benadryl tab and watch him.
So, I spent most of yesterday letting Gunner sleep in my arms, he couldn't lay his head down on his paws without it hurting. So I held him and he lay on his back to sleep. He was feeling a little better about bed time, he ate a little and we gave him more benadryl . He had a pretty good night. The swelling was better this morning, but we still took him to see the vet first thing. She said it was puppy strangles, so he had to stay for the day and get a couple of penicillin shots , but he gets to come home this afternoon, with more meds. It's about time to call and go get him, so I'll close this. See you all later.

Coyote Run Ranch Before and After

2008-09-29T14:03:00.001-05:00

As you can see I have been playing around with a new feature on my computer.
The pictures on the left are of the old house and barn that were on the land when
we bought it. We pushed the old house in and burned it, but my clever husband
was able to salvage the barn. It was one of those to good to tear down, but not
quite what I was willing to house my horses in, things. So he took off the worse
part,squared it up and add some support beams and post, new stalls and roof for
the horses and saved what I think is a really neat old barn that was 50 years old.
I really love this place, and am enjoying everything about it. Even the brush
clearing and burning! I'm including a picture of the entry sign that Tony made
for me. We get a lot of comments on it and it is really easy for folks to find us.

Jan

2008-09-26T11:33:00.002-05:00

Yesterday was my little sisters birthday.
I can remember the day Mom and Dad
brought her home. I was so excited, because I had been an only child until then. She was the prettiest baby, porcelain skin, lots of red curls, and big blue eyes. All my friends were only kids or youngest of the family, so she instantly had about a half dozen big sisters and brothers. Mom bringing me back to school from lunch at home became a big event, everyone had to see "their baby". She went everywhere with us, at least until she started talking well enough to repeat some of the things we said! I was in the band, she became the mascot, and stole the show every time we marched. She's all grown up now with kids of her own and works counselling kids at school. I'm still proud of my "little sister" and love her very much. Happy Birthday sis, one day late!