First the wonderful part.Well we had a visitor this weekend. We brought my mother-in-law over for the weekend. While she was here my wonderful loving husband put down new floors. We put in hard wood floors everwhere except the family room and bedrooms. It looks so good. It took all weekend, but was worth it.
I took my convertible out of storage and put her on the road again!! So I took my mother-in-law home today , then went to see my mom. Now the bad part. My mom has a spinal decease that eats away at your spine till your in a wheel chair, it's crippling, so my crazy study group, she needs your prayers really bad right now. I took her last week for the xrays and punctures(those help with the pain), and found out she needs to have 2 surgeries at the same time. First their going to cut her nerve endings and then their going to fuse her spine, and put in blocks for pain relief. The down side they told me was their not sure if she'll walk after her surgery, she may need a wheel chair for the rest of her life, and that's if she lives thru the surgery. As you all know she is really overwieght.
Ok, now that's out of the way, how is everyone? Enjoying the wonderful weather? I am. I love the smell of the blooms in my yard, especially sweet woodruft. It smells so good with the blooming lilac's. Ops, gotta go, my phones ringing, hubby's calling. B4N Sandy..
Monday, April 23, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
April Showers and April Flowers!!
Well April has had it's up's and down's as far as the weather is concerned. Easter weekend it was warm and sunny, this past weekend it rained, poured and rained some more.
On a sunny note, all of my fruit trees are in bloom and doing well. My maple tree has leaves on it, and my other trees are getting leaves .
We went for a ride on Sunday to Tree Phones, the snow there was 2 feet deep, it will be at least a few more weeks before we will be able to get to Eagle Nest, but the drive up was without snow or mud.
I got new arrows and went out to sight them in, I hit a heart shot on my 1st. fifty yard shot!! My husband looked at me and let out a huge woohoo,lol. I Love that Man!! It's so awesome to have a husband who roots for you, and celebrates your achievements!!
I read a book this week while the weather was making things grow, it's called "Waiting for Summer's Return", by Kim Vogel Sawyer, it was a lot like "Love Comes Softly", by Janette Oke. Although it wasn't exactly the same, there we're some differences. A good read though.
The kids and I watched the movie of "Love Comes Softly" and "Loves Enduring Promise" last week. They enjoyed them and so did I.
Well I must go, my hubby should be home soon, and I'm baking cookies so he'll have warm cookies and ice cold milk before his shower,lol..B4N Sandy...
On a sunny note, all of my fruit trees are in bloom and doing well. My maple tree has leaves on it, and my other trees are getting leaves .
We went for a ride on Sunday to Tree Phones, the snow there was 2 feet deep, it will be at least a few more weeks before we will be able to get to Eagle Nest, but the drive up was without snow or mud.
I got new arrows and went out to sight them in, I hit a heart shot on my 1st. fifty yard shot!! My husband looked at me and let out a huge woohoo,lol. I Love that Man!! It's so awesome to have a husband who roots for you, and celebrates your achievements!!
I read a book this week while the weather was making things grow, it's called "Waiting for Summer's Return", by Kim Vogel Sawyer, it was a lot like "Love Comes Softly", by Janette Oke. Although it wasn't exactly the same, there we're some differences. A good read though.
The kids and I watched the movie of "Love Comes Softly" and "Loves Enduring Promise" last week. They enjoyed them and so did I.
Well I must go, my hubby should be home soon, and I'm baking cookies so he'll have warm cookies and ice cold milk before his shower,lol..B4N Sandy...
Monday, April 9, 2007
SPRING,SPRING,SPRING!!
Oh how I love the Spring. Flower's bloom, grass is green, and the smell... We had to mow our yard, which is 1 acre huge. We live on 3 acres, the other 2 acres is pasture for horses. This past week we had 70 degree weather. We put in a stone path using my troy tillar thru my flower garden. It winds thru my flowers from one side to another, both ends have a trellis with a gate. Both gates lead to a different area of my yard, form a side yard to a back yard. The far back yard has a target range for archery. The boat and 5th. wheel are both parked in a garage in the general area. We have rabbits running around, pea fowl, pheasants also, and a new litter of kittens in the barn.
Easter weekend was spent with my sister-in-law and her family in the Yakima Valley. Easter Sunday it was clear and 78. We had a bbq and skeet shoot while watching the ducks that we had raised and turned loose last year. One of our mother ducks had 13 ducklings, and we had 2 fathers and 5 mothers, so that got carried away and we had to set them loose at my sister-in-laws place along the river last summer. It was nice to see them again and hand feed them.
It's nice being home and we hope that this next weekend we can sit back and relax, not be on the road so much. We were invited to go salmon fishing on the 28th of April, but were not sure about going. Finding a place to park a 28 foot 5th. wheel is not a lot of fun when you are going to a small camp ground along the Columbia River.
Well my baby boy is due this Wed. the 11th. I can't wait. Well my Love is calling, it's time for bed, so I must go, I have another busy day tomorrow. B4N Sandy...
Easter weekend was spent with my sister-in-law and her family in the Yakima Valley. Easter Sunday it was clear and 78. We had a bbq and skeet shoot while watching the ducks that we had raised and turned loose last year. One of our mother ducks had 13 ducklings, and we had 2 fathers and 5 mothers, so that got carried away and we had to set them loose at my sister-in-laws place along the river last summer. It was nice to see them again and hand feed them.
It's nice being home and we hope that this next weekend we can sit back and relax, not be on the road so much. We were invited to go salmon fishing on the 28th of April, but were not sure about going. Finding a place to park a 28 foot 5th. wheel is not a lot of fun when you are going to a small camp ground along the Columbia River.
Well my baby boy is due this Wed. the 11th. I can't wait. Well my Love is calling, it's time for bed, so I must go, I have another busy day tomorrow. B4N Sandy...
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Merry Christmas,Happy Birthday and Happy Mother's Day!!
Well we are ALL back home. The Yakima/Naches River was down, not on the highway. The weather was warm, a little rain on Saturday. Perfect on Sunday. We got all our Mother's things done for them, had a wonderful dinner with my Father and Step Mother. A wonderful weekend altogether.
My Mother in Law has cancer, she been battling for 4 years now. So she missed Christmas with all the family. She decided to celebrate Christmas this past weekend. Everyone got something. I got a TroyBilt mini rototillar, it's a lot like a Mantis, but a little bigger, and better. She said it was my Christmas, Birthday and Mother's Day gift. Now I can till myself, I don't have to wait for a weekend for my Husband to do it. And it's all electric, no gas, no pulling. Just plug it in and off I go. It works wonders!
I went into my safety deposit and got some photo's out on Monday, I'm going thru them all and will post some on a photo blog.
Well my Husband is saying it's bedtime, so I must go. B4N Sandy...
My Mother in Law has cancer, she been battling for 4 years now. So she missed Christmas with all the family. She decided to celebrate Christmas this past weekend. Everyone got something. I got a TroyBilt mini rototillar, it's a lot like a Mantis, but a little bigger, and better. She said it was my Christmas, Birthday and Mother's Day gift. Now I can till myself, I don't have to wait for a weekend for my Husband to do it. And it's all electric, no gas, no pulling. Just plug it in and off I go. It works wonders!
I went into my safety deposit and got some photo's out on Monday, I'm going thru them all and will post some on a photo blog.
Well my Husband is saying it's bedtime, so I must go. B4N Sandy...
Friday, March 30, 2007
Off To The Wonderful World of Mother's!!
Well it's off to Yakivegas for the whole weekend. Our Mother's are requesting our presence. What fun we will have,LOL.. Well anyway I hope the river is down. My Mom said her tulips are up, and my Mother-in law said her crocus and tulips are up. Both have new rose bushes to be planted. Then my Dad and Step Mom are BBQing for my birthday ( a little late) sounds like good eats. Today was 73 and sunny!! I Love this weather. My rose bushes have leaves, as do my lilacs, and fruit tree's. We'll have plenty for jelly, canning and eating!! Everything is growing so fast. It has been warm and has rained a lot this week. Mr. Sun has come just in time for the weekend. I'll be back home Monday afternoon.
To who wanted to know about the song Seventy Times Seven, yes I have it, and a few other's by White Heart.
To who wanted to know my bow poundage, it's 46. and my arrows are Easton Epics 500's. I hope that helps.
Well I must go it's bed time. B4N Sandy...
To who wanted to know about the song Seventy Times Seven, yes I have it, and a few other's by White Heart.
To who wanted to know my bow poundage, it's 46. and my arrows are Easton Epics 500's. I hope that helps.
Well I must go it's bed time. B4N Sandy...
Monday, March 26, 2007
What A Weekend!!
Well, as we passed thru Yakima this past weekend, we encountered water over the highway, you see they have been under flood warnings for quite a while. The river that was even with the highway was now on the highway in more places than one.
The Archery Shoot was 7 miles past White Swan, up near Fort Simcoe State Park, where my GREAT Grandfather was born. It was awesome to walk where ancestors walked in the 1800's and early 1900's. I walked there as I was growing up with my Grandfather on several occassions and fished in the Agency River with my Grandmother.
The Shoot was just before the park, on private property, each section has 3-D targets of vast and various kinds of animals, even a graped ape. Section 1 had 15 targets, as did section 3, section 2 had 10 targets, 40 in all. There are 2 days to a 3D archery shoot. That means you shoot 80 targets in a weekend. You keep a score card that they give you at registration on both days. At the end of the weekend when you are finished, you turn in your score cards for both days, but they have to be in by 2:30 P.M. on Sunday to get on the Trophy Board.
My husband came in 4th in the mens Hunter class, I came in 5th. in the womens Hunter class. There are 4 classes, hunter, freestyle,tradional and pro.
Ashley came in at 3rd. place in the Young Ladies Youth Hunter class, and John came in 2nd. in the Young Men's Youth Hunter Class. They have cub, Jr., Youth and Adult. Congrat's to Ashley and John, good job. The difference betweens the groups is the yardage stakes, you shoot at your stake by color that goes with your group, adult stakes are orange, youth is white, and so on. The adult stakes are farthest from the target and the cubs are closest. There was a total of 400 people at this shoot.
The targets are set up 45-55 yard's from each other for safety, you walk from target to target till finished, so you could walk 3 miles or more per day. They have 15 set up on a rockey hillside in the 7 foot sagebrush&down thru the creek, 10 set up in the scrub oak trees and 15 out in the open 2 foot sage. And yes we saw 1 rattlesnake. Now we are safely home and ready for bed. We have another shoot on April 14 & 15, again May 5 & 6. Then starts the summer shoots. Well I can see my hubby is ready for bed. B4N Sandy...
The Archery Shoot was 7 miles past White Swan, up near Fort Simcoe State Park, where my GREAT Grandfather was born. It was awesome to walk where ancestors walked in the 1800's and early 1900's. I walked there as I was growing up with my Grandfather on several occassions and fished in the Agency River with my Grandmother.
The Shoot was just before the park, on private property, each section has 3-D targets of vast and various kinds of animals, even a graped ape. Section 1 had 15 targets, as did section 3, section 2 had 10 targets, 40 in all. There are 2 days to a 3D archery shoot. That means you shoot 80 targets in a weekend. You keep a score card that they give you at registration on both days. At the end of the weekend when you are finished, you turn in your score cards for both days, but they have to be in by 2:30 P.M. on Sunday to get on the Trophy Board.
My husband came in 4th in the mens Hunter class, I came in 5th. in the womens Hunter class. There are 4 classes, hunter, freestyle,tradional and pro.
Ashley came in at 3rd. place in the Young Ladies Youth Hunter class, and John came in 2nd. in the Young Men's Youth Hunter Class. They have cub, Jr., Youth and Adult. Congrat's to Ashley and John, good job. The difference betweens the groups is the yardage stakes, you shoot at your stake by color that goes with your group, adult stakes are orange, youth is white, and so on. The adult stakes are farthest from the target and the cubs are closest. There was a total of 400 people at this shoot.
The targets are set up 45-55 yard's from each other for safety, you walk from target to target till finished, so you could walk 3 miles or more per day. They have 15 set up on a rockey hillside in the 7 foot sagebrush&down thru the creek, 10 set up in the scrub oak trees and 15 out in the open 2 foot sage. And yes we saw 1 rattlesnake. Now we are safely home and ready for bed. We have another shoot on April 14 & 15, again May 5 & 6. Then starts the summer shoots. Well I can see my hubby is ready for bed. B4N Sandy...
Friday, March 23, 2007
Tossing Arrows
Well I've been out all week shooting my bow at my "rut buck" target. I can hit a heart shot at 20, 30, and 40 yards, and a double lung at 50 yards. I can also shoot a heart shot at 50 yards, but better at double lunging it. The kids have been out practicing too, but not as much. So tomorrow starts the big weekend, off to the Yakima Valley we go. Get out of the big city for a while. We don't live in the downtown metro area, we live out in the country, but the driving can get crazy anyway. The shoot last's all weekend, with a BBQ all thru out the day, with prizes and fun for everyone. So off I go with my trusty Parker Bow, Quiver, and Hip Quiver full of arrows, my GPS(for fun), my rangefinder, because 1st. day you guess, 2nd. day you can range, my MP-3 for tunes, and back pack for snackage. So wish me well . I'll be home Monday...B4N Sandy...
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