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…and I’m still alive!!!
Oh, yes, I’ve been busy!
Just last night we arrived home from Oregon. We stayed in Yachats, Depoe Bay and Mt. Hood.
Did I tell you that my monster-in-law, whoa, I mean mother-in-law retired? And, that she went with us on our trip?
Okay, let’s see if I can address the title subjects in a few quick bullets.
- Yes, I finally received my chicks. But not all from the farm store I ordered from in my previous posts. This story will need it’s own post. As it turns out, the manager DOES hate me!
- My father in law purchased a calf, cow and a hiefer. We will help take care of them and will be packing the freezer w/ . 5 of the heifer in fall. [Okay, I've been corrected. Steer, we have a steer instead of a hiefer?!]
- Skittles and M&M, our sister and brother, 8-month old, cats ”married” and had four kittens on Easter Day. My allergic, no-like-cats hubby, for some reason has decided to let all of them stick around. [Update: just got a call from hubby, it seems two of the kitties, Hershey and Annika, hitched a ride to work this a.m. One made it about 50 feet past the mailbox, the other didn't make more than a mile up the highway. Unfortunately, those two were the two older girls kitties.]
- The garden… oh, the garden. I spent three weeks non-stop planting up to the day we left. I did get in: tomatos, peppers, stawberries, royal bush beans, carrots, chard, spinache, three kinds of lettuce, cabbage, broccolli, cauliflower, cabbage, oregano, catnip, basil, thyme, rosemary, basil, cilantro, kholrabi, beets, radishes, and potatos. Still have pole beans, pole peas, horseradish, onions, garlic and corn. I figured most of it had to go in before the trip and no, it is not summer warm weather yet, and I paid for putting in my warm weather plants. They are yellowing and the rain has not stopped in over 2 weeks. They are not dead however and it is only June 12. Either they’ll revive or I’ll replant. The cool weather items however, are in heaven! More on my poor garden in its own post.
- The vacation. Ah, the vacation. Long story short for now: my brother-in-law purchased a World-Mark membership or condo [?], I’m not exactly sure how it works. All I know is he spends a lot of money and feels that the rest of us need to utilize his condos when he gets them. He nor we, get to choose dates. He gets to stay at timeshares around the world. For this vaca he chose a three bedroom in Depoe Bay, OR on cliffs overlooking the ocean. It was a beautiful view. He insisted in having along: his ma (retired from 35 years medical service the day before we left), his brother- my hubby, me and the three munchkins (one of which missed her last week of school). As luck has it, my uncle owns a 100 year old motel 45 miles down the coast, that he’s spent the last five years remodeling. A great little mom and pop, or aunt and uncle place. On the way over from N. Idaho, grandma’s pristine condition Caddy over-heated south of the tri-cities. Thus, the tone for our vacation was set.
Gosh, I hope I have time to eventually write this post! Picture this: 1) A family of five feeling obligated to go on vacation, not wanting to because of lack of gas funds, 36 baby chicks, a dog who runs, a large garden with night freezes still, and the last week of school so important to the third grader. 2) Grandmother, an RN, who for the much of her 35 years of public health service, was the county wide manager for the local health district, just retired, not on her own terms and still needing to control… anything. 3) A 30-year successful construction business owner, who in the last two years has been heading into some type of life crisis, has let his hair and general appearance go, is the baby of the family (and acts as such), and while on said vacation, started getting calls from the IRS because his accountant paid neither his federal nor state taxes. Oh and while we were there, his head foreman was caught with missing equipment and tools at his house, and the head of sales was caught pocketing money that clients had paid for jobs, we’re talking thousands. The you have my hubby the older brother, who feels he needs to take care of everyone. Stressful vacation for him.
I spent the vacation packing and unloading everyday, taking turns staying at the condo and my uncles, as I refused to be caught up in the drama. Yes, I said drama. All I wanted to do was take the kids to the beach, Newport Bayfront, the Aquarium, eat seafood and more beach. And, we did those things. I’d say the kids and I had a pretty good vacation. We also had some good times with Daddy.
Daddy and the trouble makers! Cate is 2 and at the heighth of her terrible two’s, Alicia’s is 4 and addresses herself as “the middle child”, and Emily is 9 and is our “little” softball start. Actually, she’s very big and very smart. She scored in the 7th grade, 8th month on her STARS and had the highest ISAT scores in all categories in Math, Reading and Language. Yes, I like to brag, I’m very proud of her.
Ah… isn’t this a sweet photo? There’ve only been a handful of pics of Erik and I over the last 13 years.
I wonder if they know that Jaws is one of my ALL time favorites?
Well, I did it. Finally. And, none too late. Okay, almost too late by the time I got up the nerve to make the call.
For about a year now, I have been researching chickens. Not to mean I knew NoThINg of chickens, my mom and aunt had chickens. As did my husband. I knew a little, okay, very little. I never bothered to ask and wasn’t around much between 17 and 27. I knew my mom had some mean Rhode Island Reds and that every time I came home she’d send me to get eggs and I swear they all hated me. I think they sensed my fear. Mom said I was being “silly”. Those pecks didn’t feel very silly.
Anyway, I digress.
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