Uncle Sam

Today was just plain lovely.  Brunch and pedicures with two of my teacher gal pals.

It looks like we all got the same color, but they were all three different.  It was fun and swell and a nice distraction from all the:

“WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR WITH SCHOOL? ” discussions.

Speaking of school:  What in the world IS going to happen?

Hmmm.

David is still acquiring many large bales of hay.  He is gallivanting all around the countryside paying farmers many dollars and dumping giant bales in the front of our house.

Kate:  Mom.  Why does Dad dump everything in the front of the house?  Does he not understand curb appeal?

Me:  And this is how I know you are my child.

I do not usually join him on his hayventures.  I prefer to sit on the deck and snuggle with Rio.  Like so:

She might be the world’s most precious kitten. Please try to contain your envy.  She is all mine.

Our dog, Tank, is getting old.  He turned 12 in April.  He seems to not be doing so well as of late and we are all concerned about having to say goodbye soon.  Kate is very worried about saying goodbye.  Kate, who has been extra emotional since her surgery, was sure he was dying last night.  She was sobbing and petting him and he wasn’t moving.  So she had me come and check it out and I said he looked ok, and then he started acting more like himself.  He does this funny thing where if you stop petting him, he puts his paw on you.  So, he started doing that, which made Kate feel better, and then she laughed at herself for thinking he was dying.  But it will be hard to let him go.

Here is a picture of Tank and I in April on his 12th birthday:

We love him.  Even if he has terrible gas.

Alright!  Home Improvement Updates:

I did nothing today.  I had brunch and a pedicure.  David does not care one bit about what I do with the painting, I think he mostly likes it if I take care of it and leave him be so he can go on the aforementioned hay gallivanting trips.

I was asked what colors I used on the coop:

Blue:  Sherwin Williams Sea Serpent Blue

Door:  Behr Sage Gray

And the trim is just Behr ultra pure white.

I will now bedazzle you with my front door makeover:

Old Door

Improved Door:

I am Pro Sea Serpent Blue.

And now, for the best news of all.  One might say the only reason why I started writing this post, but I felt I needed to add some more meat to the blog post, so I talked your ear off about nothing.

I went on a walk today.  I now carry a stick because some of these Mama Cows are ridiculous and want me dead.  So I shall whack them on the nose if they try anything foolish.

I called David on my walk.

Me:  David!  What is the best news I could give you right now?

David:  Um . . . . you are no longer stressed about the upcoming school year?

Me:  Oh, no.  Couldn’t be more stressed.  Don’t know what to do.

David:  Um . . . .I don’t know.

Me:  Miss America has a calf!  And I am looking right at it!  And it is alive and black and I will try to get a picture, but Miss America wants to kill me, so I don’t know.

So that was my big reason for writing this here post.

This was the best I could do as far as a photo:

Is that not a terrible picture?  Allow me to help you.

On the right side, there is a large blackish area. That’s Miss America.  You can kind of see one of her ear tags.  Right under neath her and to the left is the baby.

Oh!  Let me try something:

Could we not be more impressed with me?  We could not.

I am 47% sure the calf is a boy.  I have named him Uncle Sam.  Because that’s how clever I am.

Later, Dudes.