Watching my kids get along and love each other
First really warm day after winter
Cool breeze on a warm day
Smell of fresh mown hay
Calves running and kicking up their heels in the pasture after being cooped up
Being with my family at a livestock show, working and playing together
Chinese fire drills, getting back in the van with everyone laughing so hard
My PV kids finding me out in public, and stopping to give me a hug or a high five
Music, music and more music
Good sermon on Sunday morning
Leaving an unexpected gift for someone on their doorstep
Watching my kids share their gift of music, on the field and in the concert hall
Baby pigs
Sunshine, blue skies fluffy white clouds
Cut flowers on my table
Quiet time with a good book, and the Good Book
First time in spring driving with the windows down
The words I love you spoken from my loved ones
Hugs
God's still, small voice
The smell of rain in the distance
Thunderstorms
Winter wheat showing signs of life in the spring, greenest thing around that time of year
Eating supper together as a family
Just my rambling thoughts put out there.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
One more PET peeve
One of my friends on FB is getting a puppy. Great, they are responsible pet owners who adore their dogs. One of the responses to her post about the puppy someone asked if they were going to keep it intact, (it is male) the poster wanted to know this because "We want to let Maycei have a litter of puppies for our kids to learn from.."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Let's bring a litter of puppies into the world so our kids can see the miracle of birth? Try a book, a video, oh here's an idea, TALK TO THEM! Shoot, want to watch a live birth, both our county fair and state fair can provide that opportunity, or give me a call I have cows that will calve the months of April and May, come watch with no cost to anyone. But for crying out loud, don't bring more unwanted dogs and cats in to the world.
There are so many times that people dump their animals on our farm, 8 kittens alone within the last year, I get asked all the time if we "need" more cats. NO I don't need or WANT to take your problem off your hands, YOU take them to the shelter and explain to YOUR kids what likely will happen to them there.
We have adopted one dog from the shelter, Elizabeth worked odd jobs during a Christmas break about 5 years ago to earn the money to get Scooter. We have another dog we got from a guy that had a litter, and the third, which I didn't want was dumped here about 3 years ago, big Rotti, that is the sweetest dog. Tried for a couple of months to find her owner, then didn't have the heart to take her to the shelter where I knew she would last 3 days max and that's it.
The best lesson that guy could teach his kids, is to be a responsible pet owner, not one that breeds a dog because they can. Take those kids to a shelter, let them volunteer their time, far bigger lesson to be learned there anyway.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Let's bring a litter of puppies into the world so our kids can see the miracle of birth? Try a book, a video, oh here's an idea, TALK TO THEM! Shoot, want to watch a live birth, both our county fair and state fair can provide that opportunity, or give me a call I have cows that will calve the months of April and May, come watch with no cost to anyone. But for crying out loud, don't bring more unwanted dogs and cats in to the world.
There are so many times that people dump their animals on our farm, 8 kittens alone within the last year, I get asked all the time if we "need" more cats. NO I don't need or WANT to take your problem off your hands, YOU take them to the shelter and explain to YOUR kids what likely will happen to them there.
We have adopted one dog from the shelter, Elizabeth worked odd jobs during a Christmas break about 5 years ago to earn the money to get Scooter. We have another dog we got from a guy that had a litter, and the third, which I didn't want was dumped here about 3 years ago, big Rotti, that is the sweetest dog. Tried for a couple of months to find her owner, then didn't have the heart to take her to the shelter where I knew she would last 3 days max and that's it.
The best lesson that guy could teach his kids, is to be a responsible pet owner, not one that breeds a dog because they can. Take those kids to a shelter, let them volunteer their time, far bigger lesson to be learned there anyway.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Pet Peeves today, Blessings to come...
Music that auto plays when you visit a blog. if I wanted to listen to music, I'd listen to MY music.
Drywall dust, was sanding the first coat today, and that stuff gets EVERYWHERE!!
Kids that whine when you ask them to do something.
People that take up two parking spots, even when there is no snow on the lot and you can SEE the lines.
50 items in the speedy checkout
The name speedy checkout, seriously??
Parking your cart in the middle of the aisle way blocking all who wish to enter to shop rather than have a family reunion (can you tell I was at wally world today??)
Kids dropping a wrapper on the floor rather than actually taking it TO the trash can
Bread crumbs in the Miracle Whip
4 hour drive to Bloomington, can we just cut out a chunk of IN, and shorten the drive?? How about the part between Wabash and Elwood??
Snow, I'm so over it by now
Leaving something out on the counter, could we just put it away when we are done??
Laundry, piles and piles of laundry, might be the only draw for me to a nudist camp....
not enough time to study my Bible....
Speed limit signs are there for a reason, the least a person could do is reach it, 10 under really gets me
warming up the van, did I mention I don't like the cold either???
DVD's in the wrong case
DVD's not IN the case
Drywall dust, was sanding the first coat today, and that stuff gets EVERYWHERE!!
Kids that whine when you ask them to do something.
People that take up two parking spots, even when there is no snow on the lot and you can SEE the lines.
50 items in the speedy checkout
The name speedy checkout, seriously??
Parking your cart in the middle of the aisle way blocking all who wish to enter to shop rather than have a family reunion (can you tell I was at wally world today??)
Kids dropping a wrapper on the floor rather than actually taking it TO the trash can
Bread crumbs in the Miracle Whip
4 hour drive to Bloomington, can we just cut out a chunk of IN, and shorten the drive?? How about the part between Wabash and Elwood??
Snow, I'm so over it by now
Leaving something out on the counter, could we just put it away when we are done??
Laundry, piles and piles of laundry, might be the only draw for me to a nudist camp....
not enough time to study my Bible....
Speed limit signs are there for a reason, the least a person could do is reach it, 10 under really gets me
warming up the van, did I mention I don't like the cold either???
DVD's in the wrong case
DVD's not IN the case
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