Long Weekend

While not technically a long weekend, mine sure was!

On Friday after a day of trying to rid myself of a killer migraine, I had to chase down a rogue herd of goats. They ALL took off. That was fun. Not so much. They were about half a mile away, and I finally got them with the 6x6. They saw me and ran after me. I wonder if they were lost? At any rate, they sure seemed glad to see me! Once they were all home and tied up, we headed out to get Lauren sound-checked for the wedding. She did a good job at rehearsal and we got home at a decent time.... 9 or so.

Saturday we all got up and got ready to get to the wedding. The weather was really warm and muggy. But at least it didn't rain. The wedding was in the "red-neck" category. The bride and groom were aware of that fact. They had camouflage hats and shirts for people in the wedding party and the invites suggest cowboy attire and told you to "BYOB". Hmmmm. Lauren did a great job of singing the two songs, Mama He's Crazy by the Judds when everyone walked in, and What a Difference You've Made in My Life by Ronnie Milsap as everyone walked out. We stayed for the food and then left by 2:30. We really should have done something productive once we got home, but we got some Netflix in the mail....

We watched the movie Fireproof with Kirk Cameron in it. It was sort of a Christian marriage type movie. It was good, and it had some good points in it... but it wasn't a movie that we were expecting. So the next one Then She Found Me was supposed to be a comedy. It had Helen Hunt (LOVE HER) and Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Brodrick... star studded. Again, not so much. So that was sort of a bust. Ended the night watching Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman on the Oxygen Channel. At least we knew that was a winner!

Today I NEEDED to get something done. So we cleaned and did laundry all day. Eric did the kitchen, cooked lunch, mowed the lawn. Wonderful. I cleaned the living room, bathroom, dining room, basement, and put away all the kids' clothes. The girls cleaned the goat hut. We've found that the best bedding for them is the lawn clippings! We love using the lawn sweeper that dad gave us and cleaning up the lawn clippings and using them for goat bedding. The goats love it, and it is free and easy. All the girls like cleaning the goat hut for some insane reason, so more power to them!

Oh, and the goats took off again today. Across the road to some camping hunters.... the girls went to get them. I've found those people not so friendly. Ok, before you judge me.... I did not know where the goats went when I told the girls to go look. I also did not tell the girls to go over and talk to the not-so-friendly people and ask for our goats back. They did that all on their own. however, it was a good strategic move, because said not-so-friendly hunters were nice to the girls. They asked the names of the goats and said that the goats could go there and eat anytime. Well, if we could just get that fence up..... if Fence Posts were free, and rain was chocolate.... wait, where was I going with that?????