80 Years of Oneryness

So I was suppose to have this posted yesterday, but I had a few issues with uploading all the photos on here...lets just say that I am not very excited about the new uploader. I also was having some problems with my cell phone...I detest that phone, but that's a whole nother story.

Well over the weekend one of my aunts was going to host a Thanksgiving dinner up in KC...

...I always love it when she has dinners at her house, cause I get to see all my family and only have to drive half the distance, it's just great.

Well a week or two before Thanksgiving, my aunt came up with the idea of doing a surprise 80th birthday party for my grandpa, since his birthday was coming up on the 1st of December.

Here he comes...

He has no clue what he's walkin' into.

I think was surprised him!

It's not a party without some good party hats!

Hey Caleb, wheres your hat??

He didn't want to mess his hair up...party pooper!!

So a funny thing about the kazoos...when I got there my sister and a cousin were tryin' to get them to work...I should tell you they are both college grads and my cousin is actually getting her masters...well they couldn't figure them out at all. They kept blowin' through them and there was no noise. I will say that I tried too and had no luck...then my little 5 year old nephew comes walkin' by humming in his kazoo and putting all of us to shame.

Caleb ate his dinner with my cousin Brent (you've met him before) and my uncle Wes...can you tell that Wes has been active in politics...he's got the hand in the air ready to make a point...haha...it makes me laugh!!!

Present time....the theme is 80.

80 hickory nuts...

80 playing cards...that could make for a fun game...

80 black jellybeans...actually 78 black ones and 2 white one, but who's counting...

80 Southeast Kansas black walnuts...

80 pieces of black lickerish...

80 ounces of Buttermilk...

He also got....80 ounces of hominy, 80 sugar cookies, 80 kernels of popcorn....I think I'm forgettin' a couple of things but these were the most of them.

I think my cousin's wife got her Christmas present early. I'm not sure what they decided to call her, but she was pretty! I ready for another trip back to Minnesota to try her out.

Hey that's not your baby.

This is an common happening at my aunts house...

The stairs double as a slide.

I actually have a picture of my cousin who is studin' to be a Doctor doin' this very same thing and few years back...

If I knew where  it was I would have posted it.

There's your baby...

Boy is he gittin' big...

What a cutie...

He gets it from his Aunt Jan...

And before we left I requested that my sister take hold of my camera and get one good shot of Caleb and I for our Christmas card...

It took about 5-6 to get a good one good one....

Not to mention all the ones Caleb sister took on Thanksgiving day.

Well there ya have it...

Happy Birthday Yesterday Papa!!

Now it's time to get to work  doin' some cleaning, cause I don't think there is a clean pan in my kitchen...

How sad is that!

JP

Momma Cows Make A Lot of Noise!

Momma cows make a lot of noise when we work their babies.

"Susie? Susie, where are you?"

"Susie, come here! What are you doing in there?"

"Susie, what are you doing in that contraption?"

"What are you doing to my little girl?"

"Susie, I thought I told you not to get your ear pierced!"

"What are you still doing in there? Get out here this instance!"

"Yes, I'm FREE!!"

"I'm out of here! I wonder where all my friends went to? See ya later Mom."

"Susie you get back here! Don't you run away from me when I'm talkin' to you! Did you hear me?!?! Susie you come back here!"

Workin' Cattle

In the midst of harvesting beans, workin' ground, and planting wheat we have also been weaning and working all the calves on the farm.

We were gone over the past two weekends, so today I am playin' a little catch up and I'm tryin' to get some laundry done and the house picked up. I will share some stories and more pictures about weaning calves hopefully tomorrow or the next day....

Until then...

Janet

And the Answer Is...

 Chicken Litter it is!

And just like a few of you said it sure doesn't smell like roses! If you haven't ever smelled litter before than go open a bottle of rubbing alchol and stick your nose in it and you'd just about have it!

We use litter as a fertilizer for our fields.  Unfourtently all the chicken houses are in Oklahoma, which means a long drive to get it here. So we don't get near as much of it as we would like.

It was suspose to be spread last weeks, but the guys who were gonna do the spreading wasn't able to get to it until Friday, and by then it had rained and was too wet.

I would have gotten a picture of the spreader, but it's yucky and nasty outside and I didn't want to go out there.

Aside from getting chicken litter spread, we have also been doin' a little field work too.

This is just one of the pieces of equiptment that we have been running. It's our 4-wheel drive pullin' a chisel.

All the ground that we are using the chisel on right now will be going to corn next spring.

We also did some disking toget the ground ready for some wheat planting.

Now I am not a huge fan of wheat, mainly because when harvest comes around in the spring we are busyer than elves on Christmas eve. 

But the one good things about planting it is I will hopefully get some pretty wheat pictures in the spring time.

JP

Who Can Guess?

Do you know what  these large piles on the edge of the field are?

Here's a closer look.

Now do you know?

Here's some hints...

My fiend Steph produces a product like this on her farm in Alabama.

Also we use this as a fertilizer.

Do you know yet? Well I'm not gonna tell you right now. So you will have to wait till tomorrow to find out the answer.

Latters,

JP

Workin' on Christmas Cards

I am not one of those people who get overly excited about about Christmas at this time of the year. I love Thanksgiving and the history behind the holiday, and lets be serious all that yummy food is just GREAT!!

But once Thanksgiving is over I am all about Christmas. It is the time when we celebrate the best gift this world was ever given.

Now one bit of Christmas that I do start workin' with before Thanksgiving is my Christmas cards.

I do them online and boy are they easy! I fist did them at Wal-Mart but then they lost them and caused me all sorts of headaches, so last year I decided to do them through Shutterfly. Shutterfly had a lot of different layouts and they were a lot cuter too! They also didn't lose my pictures and I got them super fast.  Plus I already have all my pictures on there and I use them all the time.

The cool thing is that Shutterfly is offering a great deal for all you bloggers out there. All ya got to do is write something about them and their cards and link to their website and they will give you 50 FREE cards. How awesome is that!!!

What's even better is that this year Shutterfly has released some new designs for their Christmas cards and boy are they fun!! Here are a few designs that I just love.
 

(Initially Chic Green)

(Pictures In Red) 

(Many Memories Snowflake)

(Peppermint Ice Snowflake)

(Oh What Fun)

So many choices, I don't know how I'm gonna choose.

Well I guess I better start by getting a picture of Caleb and I for the card.

Do you do Christmas Cards?

Janet