Craziness!

I know that for the most part those who read this blog all ready feel the way that I do. However, having said that you MUST watch this video on you tube of Obama. If there was ever any doubt in you mind about if he has "faith" or not, this should clear it up pretty well for ya! I can not comprehend the fact that we as Americans would even consider such an ANTI-American and ANTI-Christian for our President. Also, Obama is counting on the Christians NOT to get out and vote this November.

http://www.youtube.com/v/4FCNKwHRCQM


Anyway, on a little lighter note.....today Jason and I went to my brother's house to practice shooting our bows for our up coming elk hunts. Well, actually we had planned on going up to Turkey Creek, but it was raining so we ended up staying at their house. Their house is in Sunizona and it sits right next to Turkey Creek. Lots of farm land all around, not many houses. As we were playing around a small blue car drives up the road close to their by one of their pivots. It goes up the road aways and stops, 7 guys run out of the creek to meet the car carrying big, bulky bags, then the car comes back, and the 7 men run back to the creek. We all look at each other, and the first word everyone thought of was drugs. We called the border patrol, but we called the Willcox station not Douglas, so then we called the Douglas station (government for ya) and waited. I guess it was about 15 minutes later when the BP showed up, and about 30 minutes later they had all 7 men caught. Thanks only to Jason, Preston and my Dad! After lunch they including another BP agent went back up the creek to see if they could find anything and found several burlap sacks all tied together. They were empty, but they definitely had been carrying drugs. Plus, that was the second time that morning that that car had been by the house. And I'm talking maybe 200 yards from their house!!

So back to Obama vs. McCain, we NEED the right to own guns! Most people don't understand that, but it is so important. So I'll leave you with this.....By not voting, who are you electing?

Special People

Do you have a special person that when after you talk to them you always feel better? Well...for me that is my cousin Sarah. Even though we don't get a chance to talk very often we always laugh, cry (most of the time from laughing) and just have good conversation. So this post if for you Sarah, I love you so much, I am so proud of you, and I'll never forget "35"! LOL!! It was so wonderful to talk to you today, and I can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks. Hang in there!

Romans 8:28

Happy Birthday to Me!

It's been a crazy day, and I have been shown love in so many different ways! My mom and I went riding this morning, and I got to ride my new-to-me saddle that Jason bought for me. As we were headed out for our ride, my brother called me and wished me Happy Birthday and said that they wanted to come over.

As we were riding my sister, Stacey, called me and wished me a Happy Birthday. After our ride, Preston, Jodie, and Brooke showed up and they gave me some really cool hunting stuff and some Mary Kay stuff as well. But the fact that my brother picked out my present was the best gift of all.

Then I fixed a quick lunch for Jason, and got on the rake tractor for a couple of hours. I had just walked in the door when our neighbor, Tina, and her baby came over with a card and flowers! As she was fixing to leave, Jayne and her kids showed up with a cake and presents in hand. Then later on Helen came over with more gifts, and John Deere gifts and a wild flower lip color at that!!

So, THANK YOU to all of my very loving and thoughtful friends and family! You all sure know how to make a girl feel special! And I love all of you very, very, very much!!!

And.....Happy 35th Anniversary, Helen & Virgil!

Pictures

O.K.! This is for Stacey, so I better see a comment from ya! ;) This is the cake that Janette and I worked so hard on for Stacey and Rocky's birthday. Hence, the Happy "46th" Birthday. On Rocky's side we did a mining theme, and on Stacey's, well.....I just had to do a monkey theme. And there is a awesome story that goes along with the monkey theme, but I definitely have to tell it in person! Right, Stacey?!?



On her (their) birthday, we went out to eat at Claim Jumper, and this is them enjoying all of those candles. We had our fingers crossed that the smoke detectors wouldn't go off!



They were the good sparkler candles, so they had to blow hard! :)





This next picture is kind of gross, so if you have a weak stomach you might not want to go any further. This picture is also for Stacey.



Coffee Pot has acquired a new sore under his chest. Not sure why or how it happened, but here it is.






And this is sweet 27 year old Coffee Pot who is enjoying is time out eating. If you look closely on his back he has a hitch hiker! That bird was just chillin on his back as he walked along.

What a crock!

"What a crock: Blaming biofuels for food prices ignores reality." That is the title for an article in Western Farm Press. The article is quite good, and the title cracked me up! I think that biggest thing here is people ignoring reality! Everyone wants to cry wolf on ethanol raising food prices, but no one wants to take a look at the real data of whats really happening in our markets. So let us look at what happened in 2007 with corn....in 2007 U.S. farmers produced a record 13.1 billion bushels of corn, 22% of which was used for ethanol.

Still, there was enough left to meet domestic needs, achieve record exports, and have a 10 % surplus. What?!? Did I just write surplus? Had not a single bushel of corn gone to ethanol, food prices would still have risen because of the tremendous burden of $100-plus oil, burgeoning world demand for grains, and crop failures due to drought and other disasters.

And speaking of burdens, this afternoon Jason and I were figuring our input costs for our wheat this year. When we came to fertilizer, Jason said that a particular kind that we used we had purchased at roughly $500 per ton, and now it is over $1000 per ton. Unbelievable! I hate to beat a dead horse, but......crude oil again plays a mighty big factor in our food prices.

If you like imported oil......you're going to love imported food!

Don't Worry About Tomorrow

It's been on crazy week around here! So much to do, and not enough of me to do it! Ever feel like that? It started a week ago when we went with Helen & Virgil to get Janette from the airport. It's so good to have her home again, although she has all ready left again.......but it's still good to have her in the states.

Monday, Janette helped me decorate a cake for my sister's birthday. We had so much fun and she learned how easy it really is. After words I took dinner to Jason out on the tractor, and ended up staying out there with him until after 11pm.

Tuesday, I baked over 11 dozen cookies and then Jason and I went to Tucson to celebrate Stacey's 22nd birthday. We had a great time, and got home again after 11pm.

Wednesday, I went back to Tucson to help Janette move out of her apartment. I had a great time hanging out with her and eating at Chopped! Ran back home, helped unload Janette's belongings, then went home took a shower, and Jason and I went to Dan and Kristel's house. We had a great time there as well, but managed to get home after 11pm.

Thursday, I was supposed to pick up Janette at 6am to work on a pivot but didn't actually get up until 6:30am. So around 7 I picked her up and around 10am we were finished. Nicolette and her two babies came over to Helen's house so we spent most of the day with them. I took Jason some dinner again on the tractor, and then ended up driving tractor for a little while. We finally made it to bed by 8:30pm, and it was wonderful!

Friday, I was supposed to be at my mom's by 8am but I ended up driving tractor for a little bit in the morning. Left my house, got to her house around 10:30am and my mom, sister, and I starting cooking for 125 people. We were asked to cater an anniversary party for my sister-in-law's parents for Saturday. I think I got home around 6:30pm or so.

Saturday, I met my mom and sister and her friend in Willcox around 9am. We finished making beans, spanish rice, chicken enchiladas, chile relleno bake, green chile meat, two kinds of salsa, guacamole, and 3 edible fruit bouquets. We only had one accident....I was trying ever so carefully to move on chile bake from one oven to the next when the rack tipped over and chile, cheese, and eggs went every where! But God does work miracles, b/c for one thing my mom just laughed and the other is that we had 2 chile bakes left over! We didn't feed 5,000, but we did have food left over! I left there around 8pm, and came home to lighting, thunder, and a little rain.

Sunday, Jason was supposed to teach class this morning, which he has been preparing for all week. However, with the rain last night and 50% chance today, he is instead baling hay. Thank you, Papa, for covering for him!

So in a nut shell, that has been our week! And I'm going to close with a verse that was a going to be part of Jason's (now Papa's) lesson....

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble! Matthew 6:24