I'm counting...

"Counting what?"  You say.

Days.

"What Days?"  You say.

Days until Bluegrass begins.

"What is Bluegrass?"  You say.

Great times with family.  Camping.  Good food.

Good Music. Little Sleep.

It's decorating your campsite.

We are the Stumble Inn camp

It's wandering around our fairgrouds which happen to be

PACKED with campers, too many to count and listening to

great music.  Some are your favorites.  Some are new.

Some don't even need a tent.  They just like to walk along

and whenever they get the notion, they stop and play.

Some make their own decorations.  I think they

are recycling!

If you love music...not just bluegrass music.  This IS the place to be.  You will hear more

music in this town over the next month than you can shake a stick at!  I am happy to say that this

is going to be my 15th Bluegrass!  It's a biggie too.  Yep.  40 years in Winfield this year!

They are bringing a lot of good music...not that they don't always have it anyway. 

If you are ever given the opportunity to come.  Please take advantage of it. 

You won't be disappointed!

Check out the web.

Bluegrass

Tree Trimmin

Have I ever mentioned that my youngest son

can be dramatic?

Now you know.

Just look at his face.

We have a line of hedge trees on the east side of the driveway

When we moved in, they were a bit overgrown

So JB and the boys commenced to tree trimmin

Oh Look, CB has been scratched.

Yes, there were thorns on those hedge limbs.

But. Seriously.

Doesn't he look like he L*O*V*E*S his work?

{grin}

JB is doing the trimming, the boys were the picker-up-ers

Have you ever been the picker-up-er-er? 

I have.

Several pickup loads later....we had a nice

big brush pile

Note the nice green corn crop in the back.

Today.  It is burned up.  Nothing produced.

Nada. Zilcho. Zero.

It's a little hard to see, but look close...

This is the dirt line on CB's arm.

His wrist is the clean{er} part of the arm.

I have arrived

I'm back in business as far as internet goes...at my casa!!  Whoo Hoo!
Didn't really think I would miss it that much, but I feel like I've been glued to my 'puter since the installers  left!

#1 I am sooooo happy I bought a laptop.
#2 I now have wireless internet
#3 My bill is cheaper than when I lived in town
#4 Repeat all the above.

A few of my favorite things

at my new casa



Hummingbirds

I Love Hummingbirds

They make me smile

They are so entertaining early in the morning

My views

Thank you Lord for your gorgeous creations

They make me smile too.

My new clothesline.

Thanks to our friends for the poles.

Thanks to my f-i-l and his friend for setting them.

It makes me smile

Wave petunias

They have grown well

despite the heat and drought.

They make me smile.

A.L.M.O.S.T.

I will have internet.

~TOMORROW~

I am at my in-laws

"borrowing" their internet.

Here are a few pics from our trip to TableRock Lake

ZB wakeboarding

He has changed so much in the last 6 months

So grown up

Most of the time {grin}

CB in his favorite hat.

Yes, it's his old felt hat.

Yes, it is HOT to wear.

No, he doesn't care.

{smile}

JB

Considering 1 year ago, he was in a back brace

Was almost 2 months post back surgery

I think my man has still

GOT IT! 

Look at him ski!

CB

Kneeboarding.

Finally.

ZB on the wakeboard. 

He did make it across the wake!

I will be so happy to have internet at home. 

Much more to share and I really want to have a

G*I*V*E*A*W*A*Y

Relentless

What's Relentless? 
THE HEAT.
It is something else.
I just got to work.
I only have internet here.
We have been at our County Fair.
Since last Thursday.
We are HOT.
We are TIRED.
We are thankful it's done.
I have pictures to share.
They are at home.
On my camera.
I am a proud momma.
Grand Champion Sheep Showman is my oldest.
Res Champion Sheep Showman is my baby.
I must go now.
Will be back soon.
It's too HOT for much else.

SNEak PeEk

My new kitchen/dining combo area that looks like a tornado went thru..if you go right at the china

hutch you would see the rest of my kitchen.  It does look a bit better now.  Not quite as cluttered.

Still has paneling and UGLY carpet.

My view from my living room.  Looking over the cornfield

in the evenings.

This is ZB's bedroom.  All the bedrooms were STARK white with this lovely, celery green shag carpet.  You can't really see that his walls are now gray.  New bedding that is black/gray/white plaid.  New ceiling fan and light fixture.  Carpet to come.  Someday.

This is my bathroom...that is fixin to get a COMPLETE re-do.  There are so many things wrong with this bathroom, I'll just tell ya what is right and going to stay.  That would be the window and the vanity cabinet.  We are getting a shower, new sink/countertop, floor, toilet and on the backside of this bathroom(right) is our bedroom.  We will open up the closet and close off the door to the hallway(where I'm standing for the picture) and make it a master bathroom.  They can't start until October {sad face}.

I really can't get enough of these beautiful sunsets.

Last but not least.

My gorgeous, green bean carpet that is EVERYWHERE!  Well, living area.  Isn't it wonderful?

{total sarcasm}

It too will go away.

Someday.

More pics to share, but must go.  Took for-evah to download

these few.  Having a birthday supper for JB and my mom tonite.

Have a great week. 

HOT HOT HOT

That's what's going on here.  OMGosh.  We are having our Stocker/Feeder sale tomorrow at our sale barn and it's quite a challenge to keep these cattle cooled off and plenty of water.  We have sprinklers set up on the pens and my oldest boy spends his day filling water tanks.  It's so dry here, people are selling their cattle and even their cows.  We will probably have around 3000 head tomorrow. 

Still  have no internet at home, still have not downloaded any new pics, have hardly posted anything new or worth reading...Forgive me please.  Thank you.  We are soooo busy at the barn and our county fair is in 2 weeks and....then I have my other job--oh yea and remember, I moved about 6 weeks ago.  Yea.  Still am not totally unpacked.  Oh well, I have this winter right?  LOL

Stay cool and please don't leave my blog...I promise to be a better blogger soon!!
If you're looking for something to do tomorrow around 11am CST...check out  our sale, you can watch live thru cattleusa.com my hubby is an auctioneer( I think he's AWESOME!) as well as my f-i-l--- click here and click on the tab, Winfield Livestock Auction.

Have a great week friends!!