We are in the midst of summer-by the thermometer anyway. We are trying to get hay put up-have most of the first cutting up. Next will come a little straw, then 2nd cutting hay. It stinks that we have to do a little at a time with working-but in a way it is almost better that way-we don't get too overheated.
This week should test how patient both Mike & I are. Now that the new truck is wired, he's going to attempt to teach me to pull the trailer so Andy & I can go on our own to the goat shows. If 24 years together hasn't tested our patience, this may! But it will be nice not to have to depend on anyone else & to be able to take all the supplies we need.
We just have a few weeks left until the National goat show. I'm trying to start lists of what we'll need, which shouldn't be a lot different than when we go to the state fair. Andy needs a new pair of show pants. I'll have to plan meals that can be fixed in the microwave & electric skilled. It will be an adventure we won't soon forget!
Monday, June 19, 2006
Monday, June 12, 2006
We had horrid weather this past weekend-cool & rainy, more like April than June. The goat show went okay-Andy's does placed fairly high considering the competition, mine were buried. Then to top it all off, I wrenched my back. Went to chiro today, she popped it right back in. It is still stiff, but should be okay in a day or two.
Today is our 24th anniversary. I left Mike's card & gift on the seat of his truck. We'll see if he even acknowledges it-sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't. It took some time, but I am finally okay with him not reciprocating or acknowleding that these things are important to me. I think about them, mull them over & go from there. Everyone says next year is the big one to celebrate, but I'm sure we won't do anything special then either. Maybe it is best that way, to just know that we have a good marriage, a strong foundation for our family, and treat it like any other day.
Today is our 24th anniversary. I left Mike's card & gift on the seat of his truck. We'll see if he even acknowledges it-sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't. It took some time, but I am finally okay with him not reciprocating or acknowleding that these things are important to me. I think about them, mull them over & go from there. Everyone says next year is the big one to celebrate, but I'm sure we won't do anything special then either. Maybe it is best that way, to just know that we have a good marriage, a strong foundation for our family, and treat it like any other day.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Well, our youngest passed his driving test. It truly is amazing to me that both my "babies" are old enough to drive. It is also a blessing in that now my time won't be eaten up with running here & there & Andy will be able to do the things he enjoys without having to plan around my schedule.
Our biggest adventure this week-getting a new truck. The old blue Ford finally died (it had died on me too many times, now Mike is pronouncing it dead!) So we found a newer (not new) one to replace it. It will need a little work before I can run it to goat shows. Mike negotiated a good deal (didn't really know he had that in him!) and so he will do the radiator repair himself, get it wired for a trailer & then try to find the patience to teach me to pull it! That may be a truer test of our 24 years together than anything!
This weekend is another goat show. I look forward to them, and get exhausted afterwards. But it is so much fun and it makes getting up at 5 a.m. and milking, and bottle feeding, and all that stuff worth it when we walk out in the show ring with nice animals. After doing so well at the last show, it will be good to see how we do at this one.
Our 24th wedding anniversary is Monday. It sounds weird to say 24 years! It really only seems like a few years in some ways-in others I feel like I have been with Mike all my life. I would like to do something special next year, but I know finances won't allow a big trip and having 2 sons doesn't bode well for anyone to plan a party. I worry sometimes that we won't see our 50th, with the health issues prevelant in Mike's family. The odds are certainly against us since he was 28 when we got married and most Robbins men don't live much past 70. I hope we beat those odds. We are certainly trying. He takes his medicines, I watch the diet. But he has seemed to age more the last few years. He seems to get his horrid headaches more and to get tired more. Course we all get more tired as we age. I guess me working out has helped me in that area, for the most part I don't get too wore out anymore. Anyway, in 25 more years, things will certainly be different.
When I turned 40 I remember thinking that by the time I'm 50, things will change. Odds are my parents & Mike's mom will be gone by then (well, maybe not Betty, her sister is in her 90's and Betty will be 80 this December). Scott will likely be married by the time I'm 50. Andy will probably just be finishing up his bachelors when I turn 50. I'll be 44 in about 2 weeks. I'm not sure what 44 is suppose to feel like, but I don't really think of myself as 44. But then again, I'm not sure what I think of myself as!
Our biggest adventure this week-getting a new truck. The old blue Ford finally died (it had died on me too many times, now Mike is pronouncing it dead!) So we found a newer (not new) one to replace it. It will need a little work before I can run it to goat shows. Mike negotiated a good deal (didn't really know he had that in him!) and so he will do the radiator repair himself, get it wired for a trailer & then try to find the patience to teach me to pull it! That may be a truer test of our 24 years together than anything!
This weekend is another goat show. I look forward to them, and get exhausted afterwards. But it is so much fun and it makes getting up at 5 a.m. and milking, and bottle feeding, and all that stuff worth it when we walk out in the show ring with nice animals. After doing so well at the last show, it will be good to see how we do at this one.
Our 24th wedding anniversary is Monday. It sounds weird to say 24 years! It really only seems like a few years in some ways-in others I feel like I have been with Mike all my life. I would like to do something special next year, but I know finances won't allow a big trip and having 2 sons doesn't bode well for anyone to plan a party. I worry sometimes that we won't see our 50th, with the health issues prevelant in Mike's family. The odds are certainly against us since he was 28 when we got married and most Robbins men don't live much past 70. I hope we beat those odds. We are certainly trying. He takes his medicines, I watch the diet. But he has seemed to age more the last few years. He seems to get his horrid headaches more and to get tired more. Course we all get more tired as we age. I guess me working out has helped me in that area, for the most part I don't get too wore out anymore. Anyway, in 25 more years, things will certainly be different.
When I turned 40 I remember thinking that by the time I'm 50, things will change. Odds are my parents & Mike's mom will be gone by then (well, maybe not Betty, her sister is in her 90's and Betty will be 80 this December). Scott will likely be married by the time I'm 50. Andy will probably just be finishing up his bachelors when I turn 50. I'll be 44 in about 2 weeks. I'm not sure what 44 is suppose to feel like, but I don't really think of myself as 44. But then again, I'm not sure what I think of myself as!
Monday, June 05, 2006
What a beautiful weekend! The weather couldn't be much nicer-better than the 90 & humidity of earlier in the week. With luck, the rain will hold off until at least Thursday as we are hoping to get some hay put up. With 37 head of goats we go through about 2 1/2 -3 bales of hay a day. But it is cheaper than feed, so we don't complain. Some of the goats are going on diets-they have put on too much weight and so they are getting their grain cut down by 1/2. Hopefully it will make it easier on them thru the really hot weather and into breeding season this fall.
I guess I should start feeling old pretty soon. Our youngest, Andy, will be taking his driver's license exam tomorrow. He passed the written test Saturday & goes for a driving test tomorrow. I'm ready for him to get his license, he is so involved in FCCLA & a few other things at school, that it was consuming too much time running him. We live about 15-20 minutes from the school, and the teachers and others don't seem to understand that some mothers work and not all of us get off work at 3:30, or live 1-2 miles from school. Him driving will make things easier, and probably add a few more gray hairs. In a way it is a little sad, my "baby" being old enough to drive. But mostly I'm proud he has reached this milestone and I'm looking forward to things getting a little easier in that way. After our national goat show in July, he'll have to start looking for a part-time job.
It has been a year now since I switched jobs. I can't believe how fast the time has flown. This law firm is so much more professional than the last one I was at. I am made to feel like I am a contributing part of the success and not treated like an idiot! It's amazing how a little respect can make you feel. It was good last week when a client called to fuss, and the attorney took my side and told her that under the circumstances we couldn't continue our representation. Course the fact she seems unstable and not very truthful played into it as well. But the old law firm would have taken her side & reamed me out. This was a nice change.
More later!
I guess I should start feeling old pretty soon. Our youngest, Andy, will be taking his driver's license exam tomorrow. He passed the written test Saturday & goes for a driving test tomorrow. I'm ready for him to get his license, he is so involved in FCCLA & a few other things at school, that it was consuming too much time running him. We live about 15-20 minutes from the school, and the teachers and others don't seem to understand that some mothers work and not all of us get off work at 3:30, or live 1-2 miles from school. Him driving will make things easier, and probably add a few more gray hairs. In a way it is a little sad, my "baby" being old enough to drive. But mostly I'm proud he has reached this milestone and I'm looking forward to things getting a little easier in that way. After our national goat show in July, he'll have to start looking for a part-time job.
It has been a year now since I switched jobs. I can't believe how fast the time has flown. This law firm is so much more professional than the last one I was at. I am made to feel like I am a contributing part of the success and not treated like an idiot! It's amazing how a little respect can make you feel. It was good last week when a client called to fuss, and the attorney took my side and told her that under the circumstances we couldn't continue our representation. Course the fact she seems unstable and not very truthful played into it as well. But the old law firm would have taken her side & reamed me out. This was a nice change.
More later!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
I've read about blogs & have have been curious about them, so why not start one? I use to enjoy keeping a diary as a kid and I've been told that I write well, so it seems like a good idea. We'll see how long I keep it up!
I'm a working mom with two teenaged sons-one who is off to tech school in Ohio. My husband and I will celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary in 11 days. We've lived on our little (68 acre) farm in southeastern Indiana for almost 23 years. In less than a year it will be 100% ours (YEAH). I work as a paralegal for a personal injury law firm. I love it-and at the same time can't stand it (at times). I like the work, the co-workers even the boss. I think I'm just at a point in my life where I don't want to "have to" work, but I do. So it isn't the job I dislike, its the idea of working I guess. Anyway, after working I go home & do farm work (we raise emu and goats). For the last 3 or 4 summers my sons & I have spent time showing our dairy goats. I enjoy it as much as they do and now that the oldest son is out, it is just Andy & I. Its fun and makes the getting up at 5:30 to milk seem worth it.
In a little over a month I'll celebrate my 44th birthday. Age isn't a big deal to me, so 44 doesn't even mean a lot. I feel younger at times-and older too-like most of us do. I really think I'm at a better place now than 3 or 4 years ago. I've lost weight (almost 50#) since last year, am working out 3 days a week and feel pretty good.
So that is a little about me. I'll see if I can be diligent about posting "regularly". Most weekends I don't even touch my computer, but we'll see. It would be nice to have things in writing for the kids and some day grandkids. Kind of weird to do it this way, but who knows. Someone out there may read this and realize there are others out here who are a lot like them!
I'm a working mom with two teenaged sons-one who is off to tech school in Ohio. My husband and I will celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary in 11 days. We've lived on our little (68 acre) farm in southeastern Indiana for almost 23 years. In less than a year it will be 100% ours (YEAH). I work as a paralegal for a personal injury law firm. I love it-and at the same time can't stand it (at times). I like the work, the co-workers even the boss. I think I'm just at a point in my life where I don't want to "have to" work, but I do. So it isn't the job I dislike, its the idea of working I guess. Anyway, after working I go home & do farm work (we raise emu and goats). For the last 3 or 4 summers my sons & I have spent time showing our dairy goats. I enjoy it as much as they do and now that the oldest son is out, it is just Andy & I. Its fun and makes the getting up at 5:30 to milk seem worth it.
In a little over a month I'll celebrate my 44th birthday. Age isn't a big deal to me, so 44 doesn't even mean a lot. I feel younger at times-and older too-like most of us do. I really think I'm at a better place now than 3 or 4 years ago. I've lost weight (almost 50#) since last year, am working out 3 days a week and feel pretty good.
So that is a little about me. I'll see if I can be diligent about posting "regularly". Most weekends I don't even touch my computer, but we'll see. It would be nice to have things in writing for the kids and some day grandkids. Kind of weird to do it this way, but who knows. Someone out there may read this and realize there are others out here who are a lot like them!
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