Buckin' Bull Show

My mom, Paige, and I attended the Adams County Fair's rodeo on Saturday night. Paige lives for rodeos and was so excited to go see the "Buckin' Bull Show!!" as she says it. She had her big sparkly cowgirl belt on, her Wranglers, and her pink boots. She doesn't have a 'real' hat, so I hid her pretend hat so we wouldn't have to take it with.
Once we were there, she was in her element and is a good audience member. She gets a little impatient waiting for bucking horses and bulls to show up, and kept looking for the girls who wear all the sparkles--I assumed she meant the queens.
The best thing she said all night was when a guy roped his calf, and had finished tieing its legs--she watches him get up and leave the calf there and says, "How come he didn't brand it?" I forget how much little people absorb, and she attended several brandings this summer. I still hope she doesn't become a cowgirl. I think its a losing battle. Sigh.

Karma

I have decided that I am sick of people yelling and chewing on me at work--had a bad incident last week where a lady decided to vent all of her frustration at me. That's fine, I listened and when she called back the second time, I listened some more and finally hung up on her. I was so mad when she came in that I was fuming. . .but I remained calm and was the better person. However, I am still annoyed 3 days later. Why can't I let things go and they have to run my day when it isn't even my issue?
Anyway, I am going to try to just let things go--hopefully the karma gods will realize I am being the better person and reward me! That is my rant for the day, thanks for listening :)

A weekend at Kelly's house

Paige and I enjoyed a Friday off and headed to see my college friend Kelly and her family. We stopped along the way to buy a new bike helmet to go with our new big kid bike, and to return the printer I had bought last weekend. I highly recommend Walmart on a Friday morning in the rain; no lines :)

Anyway, we arrived at Kelly's in time for lunch and plenty of playtime. Our kids are roughly the same age and played very well together. I was smart enough to take Paige's bike, so the two oldest enjoyed the new concrete in front of the garage for several hours. Lots of visiting and lots of playtime. We had a great time and will hopefully return soon!

Baby Kallen, aged 7 weeks. I got my baby fix and got to hold him for hours. Very nice.

Picking peas in the garden, what a fabulous treat. Too bad its the only picture I have of Kelly; and we didn't even think to take one of all the kids lined up. Next time.

Questions

Conversation after I picked Paige up from day care. . .I was telling her I had to go to the grocery store.

Paige, "Do you need eggs?"

Mom, "No."

Paige, "Do you need milk?"

Mom, "No."

Paige, "Did you get gas today?"

Mom, "No, I did that yesterday and filled the car up."



I answered her and realized my 3 year old was being a mom.

Big wheels

I now have a big kid at my house. No little sissy trike for us anymore. Thanks to Aunt Bobbi for passing down the bike! The training wheels were put on about 24 hours ago and I think she's rode about 10 miles already.

Fishin'

We have a lovely little fishing hole about 2 miles from our house. It took $100 bucks of fishing gear before we could enjoy it, but once we made it there we had a great afternoon. Not every man can look as good holding a pink Barbie pole as my Cowboy! Paige didn't even bat an eye when he started cutting nightcrawlers in half with his knife. I did and gagged. My preferred fishing style is to eat a bunch of snacks, take a nap, or read a book and soak up some sun. I don't bait my own hook and I am not cleaning the catch. I will cook it though.

One man's trash. . .

So it was the annual city wide rummage sale in Bowman today; which my friend Justin now has deemed 'Women's Opener' and compared it to deer season. He couldn't understand why there were women, fully dressed w/makeup on, circling his house at 7:00 wondering if our sale was ready to start yet. (and no it wasn't, clearly marked as an 8am opener.) I laughed and said its no different than men who get up at dawn to drive around for 6 hours (in camo) to begin deer season at noon that first day. Its just what you do.



Anyway, Sarah and I had a great sale today. We made over $700 profit, ca-ching! The guys (husbands) had the nerve to call it crap. The overall total pretty much shut that up :) We both worked very hard for the last week or so pricing hundreds of little clothes, etc. and its nice to know it was worth it. The bonus, the little bit we didn't sell is getting picked up by her mom who is taking it to Bismarck to sell in her own sale. We might make even make more; and we don't have anything left. Great morning followed by a 2 hour nap for all. A good day.