ODDS & ENDS

I was invited out to watch storms the other night when the area around the lane was under the gun.  Decided I didn't know them well enough to put my life in their hands.  But someday if a real "storm spotter" asks me, I may just go.  I see them on TV with computers and radar right in the car.  I would feel a little more confident in the middle of a storm with all that technology.  Our area dodged the bullet.  So many other areas didn't.  I don't remember as a child a community being wiped out every year.  The last few years it has seemed a different town gets destroyed with each spring season.  Greensburg, Chapman, Haysville, Andover, Hesston, Moore Ok. , Pierce City, Joplin.  What's the deal Mother Nature? 

We had a storm celler installed a few years ago.  It's in the field about 100 feet across from the house.  I wonder how we would get to it during baseball size hail ?!  I have packed the celler with canned food, water, sleeping bags, a wind up radio, a propane stove with extra propane, flashlights with extra batteries, a first aid kit, and ropes in case we have to round-up alpacas. I feel prepared!!  Hmmmmm...

Last weekend was a birthday party for our oldest grandson that turned 15years. The grand parents bought a trampoline for him.  He told me several weeks ago he wanted a Wii game for his birthday.  So I got that too.  He was so happy!  He could play one game after another in a marathon 24 hours a day.  He told me Thank You so many times I started to feel a little cheap.  (I knew he would like the Wii game :).

My daughter is an only child.  She calls her best friend her "sister" and her half-brother her "little brother".   My step-son was over this morning. He had seen some posts on facebook from my daughter  about her brother and sister and ask my husband "HOW MANY KIDS HAS SAM HAD?   Rolling On The Floor Laughing! 

Got an e-mail from the breeder in Colorado that has one of our female alpacas.  She is so funny when she describes Ebony and her lack of maternal pursuit.  She said Ebony would walk close to the fence she shares with the males.  The males would jump all over each other trying to get her attention. (Sounds like a singles bar I was in many, many years ago). Then when one was brought in to her area  for the deed, she screamed and ran in the other direction.  Come on girl, were wanting a rose gray cria!!! 

I have to mention this little tidbit. I have had the opportunity/misfortune to know many DOCTORS.  Pick your physician carefully.  Don't pick one just because they are convenient (many people do).  Find a physician you can smile at/with. A compassionate physican's job is to make you feel comfortable and confident of their skills. If you don't feel this, get a second opinion.  You are trusting this person with your life. Nuff said...  

...farm living is the life for me.