Exhaustion

It overtakes me. Every night, I wake up at least once or twice a night. Usually around 3 or 4 in the morning and around 5 or 6. It's rare I spend the whole night asleep. Last night, I did. I woke up at 7am this morning in the same place I fell asleep. I looked at the clock FOUR times to make sure that was the time. It seemed too dark, plus the bed was the same as when I went to bed. I thought maybe Working Man had not come to bed yet and somehow I couldn't see the clock right or I was seeing an alarm time or something. But I looked up at the DVD player and it was off, meaning Working Man had come to bed and it was indeed morning.

So yes...exhaustion. Apparently it overtook me. On the bonus side, I'm off tomorrow and Sunday. Of course...I need to do laundry tomorrow...and probably Sunday too. At least it's not everyday yet. I hear when you have kids this turns into an everyday thing. Help. It frightens me. I think...I think, I'm going to have a million of everything so I do not have to do laundry everyday. So besides diapers...you know what I'll be looking for when the time for a baby shower comes around.

I also hear that exhaustion is abundant and the ability to sleep for 8 hours without moving becomes impossible. This frightens me too. I like my sleep. I really like my sleep.

Although, I'm not going to worry about it. I have Working Man for help.

Did you know, if you get Lucy's attention and point your finger, she walks that direction? It's pretty cool. Just thought you should know.

FFR

Cute Faces

On mornings when I'm tired and I don't really feel like getting up for work (this especially occurs in the middle of the week), I think of the cute faces. That helps me get up for work.

This cute face we originally saw in an x-ray. We were counting how many cute faces mom would have. There were seven, we saw them a couple days later when they were itty bitty to get their tails docked and then just recently when they turned almost 8 weeks for their first shots. My how they have grown!


This cute face was a stray that one of our clients rescued. He's a sweetie pie and I love his coloring.


This cute face is our groomer's puppy. One of two her dog had not too long ago.

What cute faces do you have at work?

FFR

Rolling Clouds

We all know I have a fascination with clouds so I do not feel the need to talk about this again. But just look at these:

The depth, the height...it's impressive.


Uh, no...I was not driving at the time I took this picture. Wouldn't dream of it.


There's the city in the background. With all those impressive clouds.


Quiet day on the causeway too.


The rain has made everything that can be green, green. Our fields are beautiful.

I must say, winter has been good to us so far. A lot of rain, not a lot of wind. I remember winter two years ago, Working Man, MIL J, and I were all out there in the rain with the tractor pulling trees up and re-staking them in the dark. It was terribly cold and a lot of work. I don't do work, that's for Working Man. But on the ranch, when something needs doing, everyone gets to it. There is no getting out of it. Trust me, I tried. But I'm good at driving the tractor now.

Glad the trees are still standing,
FFR

Miss Honey

We torture Honey so. Remember this incident:

I think she still hates us for this.

The next incident did not come from my mind...this was Uncle R's doing.

My name is Miss Honey, I'll be your teacher this year.


First lesson, Uncle R, choking the teacher is not acceptable. No gold star for you.


Now listen to me young man...I expect you to return to your seat at once.


Wait...what? What is that in your lap? Is that a crumb? Miss Honey approves of crumbs, but only if she gets to eat it. Gold star for you if Miss Honey gets to eat the crumb!

Food...makes her forget all things we put her through.

FFR

Weather

All the rainy weather has created some beautiful scenes...of course, I keep leaving my camera at home. As such, I only have bad phone photos of these beautiful scenes. It'll have to do.

For the record, I do not recommend anyone taking pictures while driving.


It's generally dangerous.


Even if you pretend you're not looking, you're looking.


You know you are. I was not...because all I could see was this fog this day. Very very dense. And I don't mean just me.

FFR