Wordless Wednesday

A Very Unusual Love Story

I've been thinking a lot about love lately as it is coming up on mine and my husband's first Anniversary (about a month now). Closer to time I will give you our story, but Friday when I was at my parent's house it made me realize that sometimes love is rather unusual and unpredictable.

My dad's (really my mom's too, but he is my dad's "baby") dog Jack and my barn cat Runt make one unusual pair. This is a picture of them (phone picture sorry it isn't good quality!) eating together. She is the only barn cat that he will allow to eat with him. He followed me after I fed him, turned around and saw another cat eating out of his dish with Runt and he goes barreling towards his dish growling like a mad dog. Runt raises up and sees him coming right at her and just sits there like "I know you aren't talkin' to me!" while the other cat leaves the country. Then he eats with Runt while looking out for any other cats brave enough to confront him. We call Runt "Jack's Cat". They have always been like this. When she was a kitten we just thought that it was because she was a baby, but now she is grown and she is still the only one that can do this. He also wags his tail when she walks up to him. She licks his ears and rubs on him even goes as far as laying on top of him when he is laying down. It is the coolest thing. I've never seen a dog take to a cat and cat to a dog to this extreme before. Do you all have any unusual "love" stories?

Pop Quiz Friday

I'm a Mandarin!

You're an intellectual, and you've worked hard to get where you are now. You're a strong believer in education, and you think many of the world's problems could be solved if people were more informed and more rational. You have no tolerance for sloppy or lazy thinking. It frustrates you when people who are ignorant or dishonest rise to positions of power. You believe that people can make a difference in the world, and you're determined to try.

Talent: 49%
Lifer: 36%
Mandarin: 51%

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You Are a Snake

You have extraordinarily sharp senses. You sense what's going on almost before it happens. You connect with the world. People instantly feel close to you. You are a natural protector. You take good care of your friends. You are an ambitious person. Your ambitious drives you. But while you are ambitious, you are also humble. You are thankful for everything you have.

What Reptile Are You?

I'm a Ferrari 360 Modena!

You've got it all. Power, passion, precision, and style. You're sensuous, exotic, and temperamental. Sure, you're expensive and high-maintenance, but you're worth it.

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Sweet Aida

The Pioneer Woman has a contest going on for name and breed of favorite pet. The prize is a $500 gift card to B & H This is the pet that I think about most. She died about 3 years ago. She was run over by a car. Did they stop? No. A few more months and she would have had a large fenced in back yard, since I bought my own house about 2 and a half years ago. Anyway she was sweet, friendly and would go anywhere with me. As much as I love my Saber kitty she just isn't Aida.



I can't believe I am posting these videos. I hate my voice even more than my big nose and expanding waist line.


Aida vs Kickball 1.AVI



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They toy she is playing with was a gift from my least favorite ex-boyfriend. This is why I loved telling her shake it around. If only she would have done the same to him!

Baby Mason's First Day!

He was born at 2:20pm, weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz, and was 20.5 inches. He is just darling with his dark reddish hair (yes it has a red tint, Leslie!). He also has a nice set of lungs, which he will need when he is around all three of the girls (Makayla, Lindsey, and Hailey).

Here he is being held by his Nana (my mom). He was tired and "dirty" (this was before his bath) so he was unhappy. After his bath and a short nap he came back and was much calmer.


I tried entertaining the girls by taking their picture in front of the curtain (before Leslie was moved to her regular room), but they ended up getting to noisy so we went to the waiting room until Leslie was moved to her room. Mason was brought down to the room so Makayla could see her baby brother... Not to mention photo op!

Most of the pictures have a caption and you can see them by putting your pointer of the picture. The slideshow will also pause for you.

When I visted Beth's blog earlier she had posted about a wesite she found named Wordle. You type in your blog address and it pulls commonly used words. You can edit colors and fonts to suit your taste!



Leslie is in the hospital in labor with Mason as we speak. She has dialated to 4 as of 11am. I will go over there this evening after work, so expect pictures later! :)

Update! Leslie is dialated to 7! (1:40pm)

What We've Been Waiting For!

OK aside from Mason (he should be here sometime tomorrow - Leslie goes in at midnight tonight to be induced - see previous post). There is something else we've been waiting for months for! My Mother-In-Law, Sharon, found a house to rent that allows pets, is close to her work and it even has a big yard (6 acres worth not all of it is mowed). They will even let her fence it in for Em and Sunny which are currently housed at my mom and dad's with Lady and Mae (my horses). Cliff and Sharon spent all day at the house yesterday. I went in the afternoon to help paint. The house doesn't have electricity yet and it was very HOT yesterday. My dad brought his tractor and bush hog over to cut the "grass". I quote grass because it was really tall and mostly weeds. The property is so big and the grass was so high it took him 4hours to cut it. It needs some more work, but is a sound house and only needs some cosmetic things done. We should have in done in about a month. I love my Dear MIL, but after 4 months we are ready to have our teeny house to ourselves. My MIL and FIL are from Northern Michigan and can not find a job where they live so Sharon came down in March to find a job and a place to stay so we can move them and Grandma down here. I am so excited for her as it is only 5 miles from her work and I've never lived 5 miles from where I work! This year my closest place (I travel) is 14 miles away and I am so excited to have a 15 minute drive. This is the first year since I graduated that where I work isn't 30 miles or more away (OK so my profile says Nashville, but I'm actually a few miles out). I can't imagine having one that is less than 10 minutes away! The house she is renting is only about 16 miles away from our house so she still isn't far. Our next big step is moving a house load of stuff down here...