Our newest addition

Well we started calving here at the ranch.  It has been a very interesting season as we are technically still having winter.  Spring really does not want to come at all, hopefully we will be able to jump from spring to summer!  I know that this is not likely, and the farmers around here are really itching to get into the fields to start planting the crops for harvest.

On April 4, I received a new addition, Roy has named him "patty pat" can you guess what addition I am talking about?


That's right a baby Calf

Now since we have gotten him, I got him on the bottle and then it has been Roy and Grandma feeding him as we got an other pail bunter - "Shaky Shake".

Patty Pat and Roy

I have been informed that we not longer have Shaky Shake to feed as we put her on to a cow that's baby had died.  So now Roy and I are going to start to feed Patty Pat.  We feed him 2 times a day and this will be interesting as Patty Pat has come to see Roy as his mama and follows him everywhere.

Today, Roy and I went for a walk around, but the weather is again turning for the worst.  We are expecting 10cm of SNOW - yes Snow... It is mid April and we are still getting snow, I am not liking spring so far.  Well Roy has decided to take his gator out of the shop as it is suppose to be spring so it should be safe right?  Well he loves this gator and goes everywhere in it.  But sometimes he does not allow it to fully charge before he starts driving it, and then it dies in the strangest places.  When you are on the farm and trying to get around you also now have to watch out for this gator stranding anywhere on your path.  TRACTORS beware there is a GATOR loose....

moving to the shop for charging

Have a great day and hopefully Spring has Spring in your Area!

Birthday Lunch with the Girls

On Friday, I went to lunch with my girlfriends to Cochrane.  It was a beautiful day and the company was GREAT!  For lunch we went to a restaurant called "Blue Dog Cafe" this is one of our favorite places to eat in Cochrane.  While there we stopped at this shop called "Poor David's" where I got a bracelet and a charm for a new charm bracelet.  The charms are call Chamilia and they are very beautiful.  I can't wait to start adding charms to this bracelet.  So when I got home I of course went on the Internet and searched to see what other charms are out there and wow there a lot of them.  So, my next step, I started a wish list that I will send out at Christmas time to the people that get my name so they have some idea what to get me.  I would love to show you a picture but the website does not allow you to save a picture... Totally sucks but understandable.

After are little adventure at this shop we went to another shop and me and my girlfriend both eyed this little cupboard.

it is really cute and then we opened it

now this colour really does not fit in my kitchen nor the price tag $199.  So I took this picture in hopes that maybe my Dad can build this for me to match my kitchen cupboards, because this is going to be custom built I will have to add some things to it like a draw at the bottom to hold the garbage bags and such.  Now I have to do my measurements and see if this is at all possible and fit how I would like this to fit.  But where I want it I also have to put into consideration how wide so that I can still open my oven door.

Then we went to the garden store... Well me and my not so green thumb bought some planters for Roy so that he can watch something grow.  Well I don't know what I did wrong but nothing is growing and I think that I messed this up some how.  But I am sure that if I send it up to Grandma's she will get this growing for Roy.

Well Till next time,

"Huston" we have a problem!!

 So my hubby and I moved to the farm on Thanksgiving weekend 2006.  Before we moved to the farm we had to trench the water over and do the septic etc as we live on a farm not in town to it is a little different as we live off a well that my hubby's grandmother witched for us.

So last spring I put the decks together to make one big deck instead of having 2 little ones.  I just wish this size was on the back of our place instead the front.  I can't wait for spring to really arrive so that I can get out and start working on my yard.

So the other day I was out looking at what needs to happen this year to the yard as it is only 4 years old and needs a lot of attention.  Our place was literally put in the middle of our pasture and then a fence built around it.  So my lawn is prairie grass, that has been this way since ever so we have to make this grass work and plant different grass that works with prairie grass - little bit of a gong show - wish I would have ripped this up and planted real grass...  while looking at the yard and my hole that I need to plant a new tree I noticed a little trench that has caved in... Where you might ask - right beside my block for my deck, and I saw this!

HUSTON-I think we have a problem!!!  With everything still frozen I am really unsure how to fix this.  Once the ground starts to thaw, I think I am going to lose the corner of my deck, very scared!

So today, I have to call my Dad - he has a bobcat - to see if he has any ideas on how to fix this before it turns into a wreck that is going to cause more damage then it needs to.

Well there is my rant for today.  It is suppose to get to plus 11 with 60 km winds, so hopefully that comes true so that it starts to melt the snow that is still here.

Tyrrell Museum

today my son has his first school field trip...  He is a little excited about going on to a school bus for the first time as well.  His trip is to Drumheller - Tyrell Museum.  For those that do not know it is a Dinosaur museum.  It is a great place to teach kids about all the dinosaurs that were around.  Here is the website http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/  In the summer you can go on hikes and dig for fossils.  But for today they are just doing the tour and then they are going to Reptile World - I have never been there so I am not sure what that all entails so that will be something new for him to see.

Roy had asked my Sister to take him on the field trip due to the fact that I could not take the day off seeing how I used my one vacation day this month.  So she is camera happy just like me so when I get pictures of the day I will post them.  I really can't wait to hear all about his day.

What a WEEK!!

Work is in full swing - year end is fast approaching and the Sales Team is busy planning for our next fiscal and my job is crazy busy....A full week and a 1/2 day on Saturday, I feel a little better going into the office on Monday.  My accounts are finally starting to come down for where they were 2 weeks ago so by the end of this month my accounts should be in great standings - fingers crossed.

On Saturday, we went to a Surprise 40th for a friend,  it was fun with tones of food and great conversations.

Today.... Well we turned our clocks ahead so we in Canada (minus Saskatchewan) lost 1 hour for our spring ahead.  So up and eager to get to work on something in this house... I tackled Roy's room.  Well we (hubby and I) moved his bed and dresser and such in hopes of him sleeping in his room tonight and not on the couch...  Now, we just need to organize his toys - that is a whole other story...So for the remainder of the day it is TOYS and TOYS and TOYS - This year am I going to request that my family don't buy toys for him, as he has way to much, if they want to buy toys, they can buy them and give them to charity as there are children out there that don't get toys and would probably love them.

On Wednesday, it is my Girls Gang Club get together and I am so excited about this, just to see what our next task is to our year long Quilt - A - Long.

On Friday, we are taking my Dad out for supper for his 60th Birthday.   I am looking forward to this as I get to see my Sister and her Hubby...

Well have a great week and I will check in with you later.

LOST

Well, I have gone back to work and with work and general life, I have been BUSY!!!  The laundry has piled up and I have been trying to do a load a day and it still does not seem to be getting the laundry done.

Work like sure is keeping me busy and then some but I am really enjoying being back after a long time gone...

Blog world, wow in a week my blogs that I follow sure have been busy it took me 2 hours to catch up on everything....  Sorry if I did not send a note, but I did read and like the pictures of 300+ that were waiting from me in Google Reader...

Well it is back to laundry tonight while watching CSI: Las Vegas!!  Grey's is not on tonight....:(

SAL - GJ Block G

I have completed the block G minus the stitching as I am still wondering what to do....  I am not sure if I should do it all in blue as that seems to be the larger amount of colour in my fabric or the thread that it is suppose to be according to the book - decision decisions......

next, I have to get caught up on my Block swaps as I a little behind....