Lazy Days

How can lazy days feel so good; and so bad??

Today Eric and slept in. Then we got up, and did... nothing. We watched a show on the History Channel called Pawn Stars. Awesome. When that was over we contemplated getting off our butts to do something. We thought better of it.

We then watched several episodes (gotta love the DVR) of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels from A&E. If you have never seen this show, you must watch it. We laughed so hard. It is really a great show. Finally around 4:30 we decided to do something.

Note it is now 5:15 and I'm updating my blog. This is after I checked my Facebook, played several games of Bejeweled Blitz, checked my text messages, ordered three songs on iTunes (Say Hey, (I Love You); Convoy; and Boom Boom Pow). Oh, I did throw in a load of laundry, and Eric is cooking hamburgers on the grill. That we bought. Pre-pattied.

So, it's been a great day, but I feel terrible! I could have just wasted the last nice warm summer day of 2009!!! But, it felt so darn good..... There is another summer coming. Another nice day. Another day to be productive and wander around the yard. The kids will only be good and play outside together with demanding our attention once. We will only be in the same mood at the same time (lazy) occasionally. My laundry will wait. The floor will still need to be swept and vacuumed tomorrow. It all works out.

Maybe I should take a nap......

School Clothes Shopping

It's almost September. Yay! Except for School Clothes. I have never enjoyed school clothes shopping. Even as a kid. But, as a kid I didn't like it because I didn't like how clothes fit. Now I don't like it because of how much clothes cost!

However, I do really want to make it a fun time for the girls. One of the "hottest commodities" in our family is alone time with me. So, I'm going to take them each individually. Which, in my opinion, is even worse! But, I digress.

Today is Kennedi's turn. She has a very distinct style. She will not buy clothes that I choose if she doesn't like them. She just refuses. She likes little tailored things. She likes things that are very specific. And expensive. Her $100 will not go far. It will be a stuggle. But, she's easy to go with, she doesn't whine, she won't run off, and she appreciates me.

In case anyone wants to buy her something, her shoe size is 1, her pant size is 8 slim, and her shirt size is 7/8 or 10/12. Just kidding. Unless you're not.......

Golf League

Tonight was my last night of golf league. Possibly for good at 29 Pines. I LOVE that golf course. The owner, Rocci Olson is a very good friend of mine. She has made the course a beautiful, family friendly place to go. Women's league, however, is a whole different story.

There is just something about a group of women together that something is not fun, to say the least. For the past few years, it's been nothing but a big fighting mess -- people are pretty jealous of how well my mom golfs, so they make comments, they change the rules just so that we can't win, it's really ridiculous. This year, a woman has made my mom miss out on several wins for prizes; and she's the one that's taking over next year. We don't really care about $14, or prizes, but it is the principal of the matter.

Some of the original reasons that I started golf league were so that I could golf with my mom and grandma every week. This year it turned out that I couldn't. Another reason was so that I could get out of the house. As much as I like to get out of the house; it isn't fun like it used to be. If I am going to hire a sitter, leave the house, drive 45 miles each way, I had better be having a great time!

Like I said, I love golfing at 29 Pines in Mahtowa. I love my friend Rocci. I love golfing with my mom (who beats me EVERY SINGLE TIME) and grandma (who won't be around forever, she's 84!). But, I don't have to do that on Wednesday nights with a bunch of women who are cranky and out to get us every week.

Anyone want to golf on Mondays??

First Farm Accident

Today marks our first farm accident, well really it was just an incident.

Lauren was bit by a goat. It was Gympy. First, I should preface this by saying that Lauren is a bit of a drama queen. I guess that is an understatement! I should also preface this by saying that Gympy has had a rough 24 hours. It's her first day here, and the other goats have not been nice to her. She doesn't have a collar, the other goats are mean, she has been ripped from her home, her friends, her family..... are you beginning to see where Lauren gets her drama from????

Ok, so Gympy is on the wood pile and Lauren was petting her. The other goats start to go after her, Lauren tries to hold her... by the face... and Gympy takes a bite out of her arm. I had a hard time not giggling. She did leave a mark, and it was funny. Lauren's comment was "of course it had to be Kennedi's goat!". So, I guess I should file an incident report with the rancher. Wait, that's me.....

Why I Decided to Blog

So, why did I decide to start blogging? Lots of reasons I guess.

First, I have a lot of stories! I seem to tell them over and over again, which I love. But, I think more people need to know them. Like the one about Lauren locking the goat in the truck. Did you hear that one? You should!

Also, I always hear of people writing things in their journals. I simply don't have the desire or urge to sit in bed, or anywhere for that matter, with a paper, and pen and physically write things down. Not gonna happen. But, I am on the computer a lot. So, if I do it here, it will leave a record. People will know what I was thinking.... what I was feeling. I will know what I was thinking and feeling. I'm leaving a record, a legacy. So, I can print it, stick it in a book, call it a journal. Good.

Another reason is so that I can have Kari read it. I love to talk to her but with all of the crazy stuff going on in our lives (cue the circus music) we sometimes don't get to have deep thoughts. Jack Handy anyone? So, maybe this will help.

All of that being said, I hope that whoever is reading this will find it worthwhile. I hope that I can keep up with it. I hope you find a grain of truth in it. I hope it will inspire you, make you laugh, maybe make you cry (if that is my intention!) and keep you coming back!

Blessing to all of you.

Kandi

Day One of the Herd

Well, I guess I'm going to start blogging! It's too long to put on Facebook, and let's "face" it, not everyone wants to know my stories. Not all 219 of my "friends", at any rate.



Today I doubled my goat herd. Pete (our token male member) and Gympy came to join Frank and Maggie. I always thought that Frank was the dominatrix, if you will. Not so much. Maggie is really a brat! Wow. I was amazed at how pushy she was. I had never seen the girls use their horns before today.



Pete is just 6 weeks old, and is as tall as the girls. They are 7 months old! Amazing. He's going to be a big stinky boy. Haha.



I was really happy to have my dad here today. He was here when I got home from the goat farm. He has a lot of knowledge and information about goats. And, things in general. He sat with me and we watched the goats for hours. Eric was here for a little while when they came home. He made a divider for the goat hut so that Gympy and Pete can be separated from Franka and Maggie for the night. And, ultimately when he is old enough to procreate and we don't want him to.



So, I guess that's all from the Goat Ranch for tonight. I just put them to bed, and now I have to clean the house. It's a little payback to Eric for humoring my goat project!