What am I doing? Stuff-ing. Walking from one place to the next messing with everything. It’s how I roll when I have a large list and get excited about trying to get everything done so we can skip to the fun parts. And I am looking forward to the fun stuff. Baby showers, ‘baby Dale’ making his arrival, Wrenley's first Christmas where she has wants and opinions. Evelyn turning 7! Jim turning 60! Harper and Cameron having birthdays I am trying to focus my energy on the positives/fun times. This year has been a little rough. And at times a lot rough. I am trying to not let the rough spots define the entire year.
I am in love with my Bichir fish - they are so neat. The original 2 were definitely sucked into the filtration system that we did not have set up correctly. I feel terrible about that. And I lost all of my cichlids in a ph and chemical fiasco. I feel bad about that. But the 2 new bichir are really cool. These fish are known to be mildly aggressive. I put some baby guppies in there, hoping they would have a snack. Nope. Still just as many as before. They swim up to the glass when they see me - almost seems like they want to say hi. Jim said the same thing - he feels like they are almost friendly. They get to be between 18 inches to 2 feet long. At this point, I am just thinking about letting them be in the tank without adding in any other fish. I used to hate that. I once knew a guy who had a 100 gallon tank with 2 fish in it. It seemed like a waste to me. Now, I am thinking he might have really been on to something. Or maybe the fact that I have 4 other tanks set up, plus a stock tank full of turtles means I have my fish in other places!
Sunday, Evelyn asked if we could have ice cream. I said sure, and sent Jim to get some out of the freezer. Wren had to go with them. This is how the girl came back. I guess she couldn't decide which flavor! :) and they found my stash of cool whip too! Of course, if there is an adult that would stop them from raiding the freezer, it is not poppy!
My baby Maude seems really large until I run into Saasy. She is a Bassett that lives in town, not far from where I park the bus and across from my sister’s house. Sassy is really large. And slow. Maude is big but still a lot of puppy. She is ornery and not too bright with cars (or buses). Today, we had a washing machine repair man here. Jim put all the dogs into our bedroom while he showed the guy to the machine. Maude ate a package of saline nasal spray, and my good sandal. The sandal was not ruined, but does have a couple extra air holes.
Saige wanted spaghetti for her birthday dinner. Evelyn loves spaghetti. She ate a plate full and the next thing I knew, she was drinking a cup of noodles. She makes me laugh.
If you look close, you will see that I was sitting beside a nice fire while Jim was hard at work in the yard. I mean, no I didn’t help him, but he looked like he had it under control.
This girl just drips orneriness.
The other day I posted that I like to stop and talk to the cows. Turns out, it is an inherited thing.
Friday night, the football team took on Holton in the quarter? Semi? Demi? Quasi? Finals. The band had to play once again. Harper wasn’t too thrilled about it once again. It was a pretty good game, and SFT did win. They will now play Hayden for the chance to move on to the state championship game. Harper was less than excited when they said that they would take the band on a bus to Hayden to the game this week. And she was absolutely thrilled when they said they were cancelling due to rain and not wanting to ruin instruments in the rain. She is happy for cousin Alex and the team, and happy she can stay home and hear about it next week.
They do work pretty hard to put these shows together and I am proud of Harper, Clayton and the rest of the band kids. Your dedication and talent is appreciated!
Last Friday, when it was Saige’s birthday, my bus para, Shae, decorated Saige’s window. Why does Saige have an assigned seat, when she has not been in trouble? Because she asked Shae and was allowed to pick out her spot! Since she has to ride the bus with me due to being on my route, she also has to ride my shuttle with 5-6 graders. They are a better group than last year, but they are sort of a mess and she is pretty patient with them. Shae indulged her a bit.
How is that for some random stuff-ing?
