My thoughts are like.... WOW

Yesterday was the first day in a week without any rain.

This morning on my way to work, I killed a rattlesnake.
Those things give me the creeps.
It also reminded me I need to mow the lawn, it's getting tall. Making it a place snakes will stretch out to stay cool.

I drank wine after I finished working out, I was thirsty.
Then I drank the whole bottle of wine with dinner. I didn't mean too but it was good.

This weekend I'm going to Billings for the much awaited and anticipated volleyball tournament.
I'm going to buy new shoes while I'm there.

After work, I'm going to ride my horse. I used to enjoy doing that but just don't have the time I would like to do it. I feel bad, my horse probably thinks I hate her. So after work, we are going to get re-acquainted.

My truck it making weird noises when I use the brakes.....
The truck going to the shop isn't in my budget right now.

Everyday I realize I don't have near enough money saved up to cover emergencies.

I have two weeks to decide what to do.

Lets get caught up shall we?

I have been stuck at home, we were snowed in. (Okay not really)

The Internet has been down, and it was the worst kind of torture ever.
It's back up and running, Finally! My day was getting pretty boring.
Now I have the pleasure of going through all 55 emails I wasn't able to receive.

Lets do a weekend recap now shall we?

I did laundry, loads and loads of laundry. The sad part, I still have a mountain of dirty clothes heaping in my house.... the laundry will take over my life one of these days.

It rained, and melted all the snow! (YES!)

We went fishing, I caught one baby fish. I felt bad for him and threw him back. I think I did the right thing. I would feel really bad if I ever found out the big fish we caught were his parents.... ugh sorry little dude.

The rosters for Big Sky State Games have been posted, I have already got the girls team together. Now I'm working on ordering them shirts! I'm so excited for them, I think they will have a blast.

Overall my weekend was low key and awesome. On Saturday I didn't do a darn thing (well except laundry) I stayed in my sweats and ate on my couch all day. I just love days like that!

On the agenda for the week:

I'm sure we will get more rain, but at least it isn't snow!

We have our first track meet tomorrow! (I get to wear my "Coach" Jacket and Sweatshirt)

I'm going to finish that laundry, even if it kills me.

Sometime this week, I'm going to try a new recipe for enchilada's, it calls for spinach and cream cheese... Sounded different so were going to give it a whirl.

That's all I got lined up for the week.

For this month, it's going to be busy.
The Belt Graduation is on the 24th
And my Sister Graduates on the 30th.

Where did time go? When did I get so old?

Snow Crazy

It has been snowing since yesterday non.stop.
They are predicting we are getting 5 inches every.hour. EVERY.HOUR.
Can I run away from home? Am I too old for that?
Can I take a permanent paid vacation? Does such a thing exist?

The Snow is supposed to subside by Friday, maybe even late Thursday.
This is so depressing.

Last night Ryan made dinner, I was so happy. Even if it was something that I wouldn't make myself, I appreciate the gesture, even if it wasn't really for me. So in the end I made myself a breakfast burrito, it was nice to cook for one. Even if it's only for the night.

Last night our cat killed another mouse. Well kinda. He doesn't eat them or bite them. He just plays with them, until he gets bored. He then leaves me to do the dirty work...
I hate mice, they are so icky and carry so many germs. Yuck.
I also hate spiders, they are so gross and creepy.
I also really hate snakes. I never used to mind them until I moved here. Rattle Snake Central that is. My only good thoughts on the snow is it will hopefully kill the dastardly snakes.
For all you snake lovers out there I'm sorry but every Rattle Snake I see, I kill. Because if I don't kill it, it may kill me. So I do what my instinct tells me, I run them over.

I wonder what the Month of May will bring? You know what it's supposed to do "May showers bring May flowers."
In our case it could be "May snow storms bring May depression?"

Let's talk about food, to be more specific deserts. The Oooey Gooey Smore Bars I made are better the second day then straight out of the oven. I tested my theory last night!
The marshmallows on top are even more gooey and sticky, it's awesome.

Tomorrow is payday, that is always something I look forward too. That means I can put gas in my vehicle! Yay, I just love putting gas in my vehicle, it's like my favorite to watch my money go down the tank...
Yet another reason for me to look into working from home. Or at least closer to home, or at least a considerable raise and monthly bonus.

I'm so thirsty, I'm tempted to go outside and gather a pile of snow, just so I can melt it and drink it.

On May 11, 2009 the United States Postal Service rates will be going up. AGAIN. Gosh the post office sure is greedy these days. Sheesh, I remember the days when it was like .37 cents to send something.

My phone is ringing, I hate when that happens.
Goodbye forever, or until tomorrow, or until I get bored at work again, or until I get off the phone.

Out of the Woods?

Le Sigh

Well last night I landed on the ground and it didn't hurt as much as I originally thought it would! This relieves me to no end, but I can't help but wonder if I'm really out of the woods yet. On the bright side, I fell and got right back up but just to be safe my fingers are still crossed.

They like me, they really really like me!
They asked me to help with Jr. High Track! WhooHoo! (I really am excited, that's not sarcastic typing!) (who is they?)

We have our first meet on Friday depending on the weather.... of course it's been snowing all day so.... chances are our first meet will be next week!

Snow Snow go away, never come back until next may.

I ordered my first School Sweatshirt On the back it will say "Coach Hamilton"
I'm so excited! Other school's coaches might actually think I'm a coach now instead of a player.
It's kind of funny the amount of times Ref's would ask me to get the coach....
"Um, I am the Coach."
"Oh really, I thought you were a player? You look so young."
"No, really I'm an adult do you want to see my driver's license?"
"Um, no no, just get your captions coach."

For Halloween I should dress up like a high school student.
Apparently I can dress like I always do and be golden!

Gloriousness

Today is a glorious day, even if it is Monday.
The sun is shinning, outside it's 68 (Still sweatshirt weather for me) But Ahhhh it's nice.
I'm at work, dreaming of a white beach with colored and fruity drinks with umbrella's.

I have a plan for dinner tonight! (That almost never happens)

Weekend Recap:

Saturday was the Girls Basketball Tournament. I'm happy to report they came out the champions. That's two championship trophy's under our belt's this year!
After the game we all went to pizza to celebrate where they announced to me that "I needed to coach track for them as well."
My response: "I'm going into hibernation and won't be available until volleyball season!"

Sunday there was a carnival held in town. In this carnival they had a dunk tank. (You know where there is a big tank of water and someone sits on the ledge. When someone hits the mark with the ball the person on the ledge gets dunked in the water.)
For some reason I was talked into being the person sitting on the ledge getting dunked.
However it was fun, the water was so warm it was nice. Like hot tub nice. The only torturous part was getting out of the water to sit on the ledge. I'm so glad I did it because now the little town in which I live by now knows how pretty I am when I'm soaked and shivering sitting on the ledge waiting to be dunked back in the water. (I'm sure I looked like a bald shivering wet rat with clothes on, it's okay though. I think this is a good look for me)

On the agenda this week?
Well I'm not really sure, there are basketball pictures tomorrow then the rest of the week I have nothing planned. Yup NOTHING and I LOVE IT.
This weekend, I think I'm going to fly by the seat of my pants. It'll be awesome.

Weekend Recap

Did you miss me?
I've been gone for a while!
I had Thursday and Friday off work and I used that time to productively sit on the couch and not do much.
(I love when I get to do that)

Easter!
I hope everyone had a great holiday! I know I did, but I measured it in the amount of chocolate I ate. My Easter was good, rich with chocolate! My pants are kinda tight today... totally worth it!
Oh and our Easter dinner was BBQ Beef! It was good, but I only ate 1 sandwich cause I had been eating chocolate since 9:30 that morning!

I finally made my taquitos and I know they were good because I couldn't make them fast enough. I had to fight the boys off just to eat one of them.

Easter Cookies... I still have to make them. (I was busy catching up on the Girls Next Door and the Hills new season)
I swear though, I will make them! I have to because I bought all the stuff already.
I have realized about myself I'm a sucker for cute baking supplies i.e. sprinkles, cupcake liners, frosting, shaped pans. I'm working on it, I think I will go back to adoring shoes.
Famous Footwear was having a huge sale buy 1 pair get the 2nd 50% off.
I was so tempted to spend my gas money on shoes. So so tempted.
However, I was strong. I didn't give in.
But I did start spending my next paycheck on shoes, in my head of course.
Oh and there were some things in there from Forever 21 as well.

Wednesday night I hit the big money at the machines!
Okay, I put a dollar in! (The most I have ever put in and lost in one sitting is 5.00) But I won 12.70!!! I felt rich, I felt lucky. I took my winnings and washed my truck.
It's white again! It looks pretty again!
I think I made the car wash people mad, I squeezed in RIGHT before closing time. And they had to wash my mud caked truck. Sorry! But really good work!

Remember when I said we were getting nice weather if only for a week? I seem to know the weather patterns of Montana pretty well. Last week, beautiful weather!
This week's weather agenda?
Rain, Snow, Rain and Snow together, Rain, Snow, Rain, Snow, Rain and Snow together.
102 mph winds!
The weather man this morning said this "Today's weather is sunny with a chance of rain. Please take this with a grain of salt."
What does that mean? Here I'll translate "It's supposed to be nice, but due to the fact that we live in Montana it's going to rain and then probably snow. Have a good day."

This Week:
Basketball Tournaments start on Thursday!
I vow to have the cookies done by then so I can give them as "Good Luck" cookies.

Today is my...

100th POST

I wanted to do something with a little wow factor, something that would add pzazz.... The only problem?

I haven't a clue. So you'll have to settle for this pretty pink ink!
(Who am I kidding, I'm not sure this thing ever gets read? Tap Tap, anyone there? HELLO?!? Moving on)

I also want to Recap the day, the day I made my 100th post.
The weather: Nice, its 63 out
Work: I'm buried in paperwork
Basketball: The girls won last night. We are going to tournaments undefeated.
Food: I ate a banana for breakfast.
Thought of the day: Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?
Dreams: I want to be a horse, or a cow or a dog. Seriously when it's nice out and everyone is working what are they doing? They are laying in the sun soaking up the rays. (Only during the summer months that is) The rest of the time, let me be my cat. He is the laziest thing, I'm not mad about it either just jealous.

Plan for the rest of the day: Potentially Branding.
Then I'm off to make those dang taquitos, maybe.

On an unrelated topic, I just want to give a shout out.
"HI MOM"
No, totally kidding.

M.V. I'm Sorry. How are you doing? I hope things are well, I'm thinking of you and your family. The sun will come out tomorrow.

Oh bother

I still have to finish those taquito's.
I still have to start and finish my Easter cookies.
I realize Easter is quickly approaching and my time is running short, but if it weren't for the last minute then nothing would ever get done!

The girls won last night, tonight we play Geraldine. Results to follow.

When I got home I saw something that sucked.
My precious economy sized bag of Kaiser Rolls.
There had to be at least 20 rolls in there.
Yeah, there are 2 left.
2 only 2.
When I get home from the game I'm sure they will be gone.
Damn the man and his lunch break.
Doesn't he realize I have a need for bread in my diet?
I suppose I could always have him go to pick up more...

I can't wait to put out all the stuff I got for Easter! I'm craving Easter candy like crazy.
I will sit on the couch all day and indulge on my carefully selected Easter candy.

In other news, the weather has finally decided to be nice! The snow and rain and wind have subsided if only for a week. It's 62 degree's out there right now!
In the words of Jake Owen.... YEEHAW!
Time for branding, hot dogs, Hamburgers, Ice cream and Margarita's!
(if only for a week at least!)

I should have called in Sick.

This morning started out pretty good.
And by pretty good I mean it wasn't all that great.

Ryan woke me up at 5:20 AM. (enough said)
Then proceeded to try to keep me up.... (could have killed him)
Then acted mad when I didn't wake up and instead told him to stick it where the sun doesn't shine, I said it in a different way using different words however. (When I'm tired or sleeping I really really really don't sugar coat things)

Other then that, my morning was okay. I got out of the house early (headed to the Chiropractor) the weather seemed pretty decent. Not hot, not a blizzard out there either.

I go to town, make a couple stops, go to my appointment and head out of town.

I get to work, and here's where it all goes downhill.

The sky opens up and begins pouring (Yes pouring) out hail, then it switches to snow and the flakes just keep getting bigger. and bigger.

Then I get a call from the boss man to cancel a truck I have scheduled and to re-schedule for next week. But to keep the other truck I have scheduled on and to get a cheaper price.... right.
First thing I do, cancel the correct trucks and orders and begin talking prices with trucking companies. The trucking company isn't happy to be canceled on such short notice.

Then I get a call from the boss man and he says to reschedule the trucking company that I. JUST. CANCELLED. Um, what?? NO. (have you ever just wanted to tell the boss man "NO") That urge happens almost daily. (I'm working on it)

So I then continue on making calls that make this business and me seem like a big huge hairy butt. And really who wants to play with one of those?

Now, my stomach hurts. From what? The stress, yeah maybe? The donut I had earlier, ugh it's a long shot.
WAIT, nope I know what it's from. The bus stopped at McDonald's. AGAIN. After this basketball season I'm going to have to Detox.
But I can't lie, I love me some hot fudge sundays!
And the girls won both games again. Still undefeated!

Oh.... wait. Please hold. The phone is ringing and it's the BOSS MAN. (I'm not even joking. I wish I was.)

Maybe my stomach hurts from a stress ulcer caused from a stressful work environment? Fits no?

Close call

This morning, I got up earlier then usual.
I was making a pot roast for dinner and had to get everything cut up, seared and into the pot before I jumped in the shower.

My normal routine in the mornings is:
Roll out of bed, put on my slippers (our floors are cold)
Let the Dog out
Feed the Cat's
Feed the Dog
Pour myself a cup of coffee
Sit on the couch and fully wake up
Pull myself from the couch
Get dressed and off to work.

This morning however was a little different.
First I did all my normal things except sit on the couch.
I went into the laundry room to feed the dog when I heard our freezer making a strange noise.
I looked and the door was opened a crack, and had been like for a while.
How do I know, well we were leaking water onto the floor.
So I begin to clean up the mess.
By this time Ryan comes in and sees what I'm doing.
He decides he better just get in there himself and clean it correctly (knock yourself out buddy)
Everything is cleaned up and the strange noise is gone.
The problem now is there is no noise coming from the freezer.
As you can imagine Ryan is getting mad and beginning to curse having to buy another freezer.

I tell him, "Well just unplug it and give it a sec. Then plug her back in"

You know what happened? It worked! You could hear that magical noise that let people rest easy at night knowing their freezer was in fact still working.
Thank goodness, or else we would have to had a huge BBQ and feed all the people of Belt.

And it's just NOT BBQ weather right now.

Unrelated Basketball update:
We went to another open gym last night. I'm still sore.
There is a game tonight and we are on the road. I so do not want to eat at McDonald's again.

Weekend Recap

This weekend was pretty busy. Not to much time to just sit on the couch and contemplate eating ice cream with or without chocolate syrup.

Friday I had the day off.
The ranch was branding, so I helped make the food.
Then it was off to the school to catch the bus for the Basketball games.
The girls won both games! (we beat them pretty bad. 47 to 4)
On the ride back home the girls and boys were Starving.
So we stopped at McDonald's.... WHY? OH WHY? (It's impossible for Middle School boys and girls to eat quickly and quietly)
So approximately 1 1/2 hours later we are heading home.

Saturday, we had more basketball games.
Which I'm happy to report both my girls team's won.
(We are currently undefeated! And I personally would love to keep it that way)
After the games, I decided to come home and sit on the couch....
But once I got home I realized I really really needed to clean the cat box, take out the trash and unload the dishwasher and let the chickens out. (It was SUCH a nice day)
Once that was done what I really wanted to do was take a nap. I was woken up by Ryan and a friend shooting their new toys. A 22 (pistol like) with a scope, yep the exact formula for disaster.
I decided I was up and sat outside, let the cats outside as well.
I get so much personal entertainment from this it's sad.
But just imagine it. Kitty meet the outside, meet the mud and dirt, oh and meet the chickens.
Only if animals could talk....

Last but not least Sunday
Ryan and I went to file our taxes... Oh joy, oh elation!
Instead of a big tax rebate like we were hoping we actually have to pay the IRS. I'm trying to cope with it. But seriously I think they have enough money and really don't need anymore of mine.
To end the day on a better note, we went to the gym to play a little basketball.
4 hours, 1 pulled muscle, 3 blisters, one broken toenail, 6 bruises and 150 sore muscles later we decided to call it a night.

You can say that I was a little sore this morning.

And that was my weekend!
Now it's back to the everyday same ol routine.
Oh and you know what we had to brighten our Monday morning?? SNOW!

I remember way back in the day when I was a wee little one and we used to have this phenomenon called "Sprig, or no Srang.... NO no I remember it was called SPRING!"

Oh how I miss the days of my child hood where we actually had a season named spring.

Let today be over

I really don't have to much to blog about today. The weather still sucks, it's still cold at work, and I'm tired today. Just like every other day.
So instead, I'm going to play a game, cause who doesn't love games?
I personally love them for one reason, they help you waste time and get through the day.

The idea is to answer these questions with one word answers...let's see if I can follow the rules.
1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Your significant other? sleeping
3. Your hair? Ponytail
4. Your mother? working
5. Your father? working
6. Your favorite thing? Happiness
7. Your dream last night? confusing
8. Your favorite drink? Wine
9. Your dream/goal? satisfied
10. The room you're in? Office
11. Your fear? snakes
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Mexico
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. What you're not? Sure
15. Muffins/donuts? Muffin
16. One of your wish list items? Happiness
17. Where you grew up? MT
18. The last thing you did? talk
19. What are you wearing? Jeans
20. Your TV? dusty
21. Your pet? gone
22. Your computer? dusty
23. Your life? Family
24. Your mood? chill
25. Missing someone? friends
26. Favorite pastime? Cooking
27. Something you're not wearing? shorts
28. Favorite Store? Target
29. Your summer? outside
30. Your favorite color? brown
31. When is the last time you laughed? Tuesday
32. Last time you cried? Today
33. Who will/would re-post this? someone
34. Four places I go over: what? Dirt roads?
35. Four people who e-mail me? Mom
36. Four of my favorite foods? Tortilla's w/ butter, Mexican, Chinese, chocolate
37. Four places I would like to be right now: Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico
38. Four people I tag? um.... no one to tag.

You Decide

Is it Friday yet?

Don't answer that question, unless you are going to lie to me and tell me "Yes, it actually is Friday."
The heater I have in my office left. It went on vacation, died, retired? I'm not sure but it has failed. Failed severely in life. And my extremities (hands and feet) have frost bite to prove it.
(Did I use the word extremities correctly in the sentence above? I'm not sure but had a fleetingly smart moment and wanted to use it before it expired.)

I'm huddled in front of my little space heater... seriously I am. If you saw me now, you would laugh, and pity me at the same time.
I don't think I would ever make it homeless, I'd freeze to death in the middle of summer.

There is a cure to this frozen syndrome. Brownies (although, they don't help my butt) they do help my body temp.
Should I call my husband and ask him to make them?
Do you think he would know how?
I mean the directions are on the box... he should be okay right? RIGHT?
Well, maybe not. I mean think about it. And this goes for most males.
(Every now and then, there are those gems that like to bake and keep their loved ones contented with food and other goodies)
But my gem that I married does other things especially well, he can even cook.
Baking however.... I don't know if that is in his arsenal.
I have never come home to him in the kitchen preparing an apple pie, or baking cookies.
I wonder what he would do, if I broke both my arms and he suddenly had a craving for brownies (oh yeah, that happens in our house. a lot)
He would have to bunker (bunker? Oh lord) down and make his own. Okay okay, so lets be honest. If this were to happen, we would probably run to town to get our sweet tooth craving fixed.


Do you ever notice how most of the time I can start out talking about calving, or being cold, or money and it always comes back to food? Do you happen to notice this?
NO? Oh, okay so I don't have anything to worry about right? RIGHT??

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

Thursday's make me Thirsty

All my Havre people you know what I'm talkin bout!
(okay well, anyone who went to college can certainly relate)
Sorry Mom and Dad but that's right.
In college we referred to Thursday as Thirsty Thursday's.
Of course the only beverage that would ever quench our thirst was alcohol.
I feel like I want to have a thirsty Thursday flash back tonight.

As of yesterday night, the Ranch has 4 calves on the ground.

Remember what I said about Montana weather being CRAZY?
Well it's true. Yesterday sun was shinning, blue sky and outside it was 60.
Today it's 23 out, it's cloudy, and it's trying to snow.

Last night I finally cleaned my cat box... I could actually hear my older cat take a sigh of relief.
So to make up for it, I gave her extra food. (do you see a chain reaction here? No, oh okay good)

Sometimes I feel like all I ever do is give. Give give give give give. What happens when you have nothing to give anymore, then what do you give out?

I want/need to take tomorrow off to run errands at the banks that aren't open on the weekends. Wonder if it will happen.

One more load of laundry down 502 more to go.
I still have to do the dishes. I wish they would just do themselves.

This week has been such a drag, literally it's moving at a snails pace.

Do you think I could win the lottery today? Me too, does it matter that I don't buy lotto tickets?

Maybe on Saturday I will finish painting. ( I will really really try to get it done.)

Do you ever wonder what your pets would say if they could talk? I bet my cat named lucky would be dyslexic and ADD. It would be funny.

What are you going to do with your Thursday?
Inquiring minds want to know.