ZIPPIDY DOO DAH

YUP...THIS IS ME

BEING HAPPY

(tee,hee)

 

There have been some good travels on my road to

Happy

since my last post

 

and funny

but one very sad thing that I found out about

will actually HELP me get there more then I realized

(details not important)

 

 

but in a very strange way it has allowed me to realize

time to move on and BE

 

so putting all that aside

I am headed to Utah to see my kids and grandkids

what could be more zippidy-doo-dah-ish

then that

 

I will be with them for American Thanksgiving

and since I won't be able to be with them for Christmas

we call it

TURKMAS !!!!!!

(because we are creative and brilliant like that)

 

I'll get to do a lot of this

 

So, I won't be able to visit many blogs over the next two weeks

you understand...right?

I'll catch up with you all when my arms have rested

from all the hugging I intend to do

 

Also

on that same note of HAPPY

 

 

Funniest show ever

I laugh till I nearly pee my pants

guess I AM turning into a bit of a REd NeCk

it's all good

like I said

I am learning to

BE

 



I LIKED IT, I LOVED IT....I WANT SOME MORE OF IT

Yes I told you there would be a part two

so you know what your are in for if you stay here

More fun

Cause ME and my Peeps

of the family kind

are nothing but FUN

come visit me.........Find out for Yourself !!

Let's see

where to start

Ok...so after we stayed at My place for 6 days

we headed south

to Southern Alberta

so we could see my folks and sister

(we stayed at my sisters house)

also there was the Yearly Family Reunion to attend

(gotta love a family reunion to re-affirm the nut tree you come from)

It was POURING when we got to Beazer

(that's about 20 miles from Waterton National Park)

But no sireeee...no rain will spoil Our Fun

My sister had these funny umbrella hats on hand

My parents (great grandma and grandpa) had a freezer full

of Rolo Ice cream

You Yankees can't get that down there (so I've heard)
and it is a favorite of my DIL'S

so when my kids come up we buy a HUGE BARREL of it

Yup.....I said Barrel

and every evening after supper

(we say supper up here in Canada...there is breakky, dinner and supper)

We'd head over to my parents house
Line up....and fill up ice cream cones

(yeah, it was not healthy for my hips eating this, they are in jeopardy of becoming a little Rolo)

The Reunion was fun as always
you know, the usual
wiener and marshmallow roasts
jokes and teasing
a few insults for good measure to keep us honest
games
sometimes the games did not go well for a few

The kids had fun running around in the fields
and playing on the hay stacks

(I guess Gracey is still a little miffed from the game)

One of the Favorite things for the kids to do when they visit
is go to the BARN DANCE
Officially....THE GREAT CANADIAN BARN DANCE
It really is a lot of fun
some real good two steppin' and line dancin'

(me and Gracey boot skoot boogin)

a little line dancing with my cousin

seriously ---so stinking much fun

The Creek is always a fun place to hang out at
(I have been swimming this creek since I could walk)
and have been known to do a little skinny dipping as well

a favorite is to use the rope and jump off the rocks



Miss Olivia says you have to be BRAVE to do it

Or perhaps you just want to do some floating



(K-doll......aka Sue Ellen Ewing (if your read my last post)

Hiking......lots of that

you don't come to the country and mountains

and not hike

(so pretty.........the Scenery Too)

We always go to Waterton Falls

(DIL and her kiddies)

(My daughter and her gals)

(looks like a little too much Rolo around the waist)

RED ROCK CANYON

This is a fun place to go

as you can go for quite a long ways following this creek

through the Canyon

There are some Deep parts as well as the shallow parts

Miss Olivia always ready to try the more daring places

there were some really slippery places

DANG....it is pretty up there

Lastly....we had our Ceremonial Indian Night
(or to be politically correct, the American Native night..or in Canada, First Nations)

We all gather around the bonfire
I smoke a little drift wood ...my version of the peace pipe

(visual proof...me and a niece from a few years ago)

ANYWHOOO

as I direct the smoke towards their head

each person is given their new Indian Name for the Year

and their Animal Names

Example: (for the benefit of my family members reading this)

Olivia was...FAWN and Rainbow Fish

Grace was....Thunder Cloud and Wild Stallion

Kendra was...Morning Glory and Blue Bird

Tristan....was Lightening Warrior and Happy Wolf

NOW EACH ONE IS NAMED THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR PERSONALITY TRAITS

(as a side note...SOME of you have heard this before

but since I am on my Third Marriage ....don't judge LONG STORY

my DIL once dubbed me SHE WHO WARMS MANY BUFFALO ROBES)

After the Ceremony which also consisted of some Indian Chants

and Dances (oh yeah, I know how to do THAT)

the kids have to run around the Barn, scantily clothed

we made a little loin cloth for Tristan

We even attended a REAL POW WOW

There was a part where they invited all spectators to join them

on the grounds and dance around with them

Of course we had to join them

(even though we'd already been there done that)

(my daughter, grand daughter and sister)

It was All Pretty Amazing actually

So...there  you have it

A vacation wrapped up

Everyone gone back home

and me.....

I'll be sitting in my own teepee through a cold winter

Perhaps "warming some buffalo robes"

IT'S ABOUT AS COUNTRY, AS COUNTRY GETS

IT'S OVER

and that is sad

for me

If you read my last post, you know

 I had my daughter and her two girls

and DIL and her little gal and son

visit me for TWO WEEKS

Can you scream wheeee with me and jump up and down

thanks

So

I thought I'd try and gather some of the Best of the Country Best

to show you

of all the FUN things we did

I had been working on the little cabin for over a month

and it worked out Great

But it has no "facilities"

so normally I'd say, "hey, do the country squat"

but Mr. Gorgeous also decided

THIS

would be helpful

Heck

that practically turned my lodgings into a FIVE STAR get away

(it was out back behind the cabin)

we called it Cowgirl/boy Test

as I had a whole list of things the kids had to do to Earn their

country status

Kinda like Merit Badges in Scouts....only COOLER

they loved being able to put a star

by each of the things they accomplished.

My DIL however is a little city-fied

she said she'd love to be a cowgirl...

if it was more like the TV show Dallas

(made me giggle)

Mr.Gorgeous's mom was visiting with us the first day

so here she is ...with what has become her 4 Great Grandchildren

how do you like my 4 country bumpkins

We went to a Local Rodeo.....seriously

THEY HAD NEVER BEEN TO ONE BEFORE

It was fun to watch their faces

The oldest loved the "cow penning" the best..........go figure

we were sitting right up by the fence

Great initiation for these potential country kids to get a little dirt

in their face

and feel the horses hooves pound right beside them

This is one of my favorite photos

A walk in the fields is always fun

Me and my daughter and DIL tried to make it PRETEND

saying that, once we got to the trees

 is was where the fairy's live

and you could make a wish

But this little Annie Oakley

was a little miffed

she said, "I wish for this stick to turn into a horse"

(um, it didn't....dang fairies)

She said YOU LIED !!!

she is sooooo literal

gotta love the straw in her mouth

She loves our horses

She wanted to be with them every day

and when grandpa (Mr. G) would lead her around on them

 she was thrilled

We even talked little Roy Rogers in training

to get on the horse

(his sister, the one with the pink fly swatter

she never did....I think she, like her mom

prefers the Dallas version as well)

But her MOM DID

and she and my daughter went riding with my hubby

We went swimming at the Creek

that way you can get mud between your toes

and wherever else

oops, not happy

They all loved the tubing

(hmmmm, the facial expression doesn't really express that)

Don't SPLASH ME

Even Mr. Gorgeous and Lucy had a good time

We did a Treasure Hunt in the area around our pond

It turned out really FUN

They had to follow all the clues

FOUND ONE !!!!

Frogs discovered

(Sue Ellen Ewing would be Proud)

(DIL and son)

COUNTRY....EQUALS......PEACE

and NEW Discoveries

(my daughter...and her daughter)

and at the end of each day

as we crawled our tired bodies into bed

instead of dreaming of Sugar Plums

I dreamt of stupid fairies who don't turn sticks into horses.

(next post, part two)

sorry YES YES YES, this was only part one

Next time you visit here, make sure you have a soda and snack while you sit and read this

I'M SORRY THERE ARE SO MANY PHOTOS...said NO GRANDMA EVER !!!



HE'S GOT A TICKET TO RIDE

As I sit here today in my house

with POURING rain outside, it's quiet and dark

I am reminded of LAST SATURDAY

and start to hyperventilate

HOLY FREAKING FENCING

yup, we were workin' the land (as they say here in the country)

We are re-doing our front gate, so had 3 major Holes to dig for the BIG posts

Well, due to this handy dandy world we live in

we don't have to "dig" the holes

We use this sucker

Its an Auger, that's attached to the tractor

 does all the work for you

You position it to where you want the hole dug, turn the switch

and it spins round and round digging down into the ground.

Only thing is, You do NOT want to get in the way of it

while it is spinning

Which, THIS DAY, Mr. Gorgeous did

after having worked this sucker 1000's of times

the 1001'th time, it snagged him

He was wearing gloves (which he doesn't usually do when using this machine)

and the glove got caught in this here bolt

not exactly sure which one of these bolts,

they aren't talking

and the next thing I knew Hubby was off his feet spinning

like  jeans in a wash cycle

round and round with that damn auger

I couldn't believe my eyes !!!!

and the worst part, I had NO CLUE what to do

I remember screaming to him "what do I do"

(note to self.....if you are going to be a country girl, better learn how to operate the equipment,  or high heel your toosh  back to the city)

After about 3 good times around, he was thrown onto the ground

BECAUSE his arm snapped

that actually was what "released" the resistance and force that had him hanging on the auger

When his hand and arm went limp from the break....there was no more resistance

and off he went

Mr. Gorgeous say's ...."my arm is broken"

No crap cowboy....I can soooo see that

"that's what I was thinking in my calm hysterical state of mind

(I know, You can't have calm and hysterical at the same time)

and when I get hysterical, scarred, upset

I DRY HEAVE

it is very lady like..........NOT

I don't actually "throw up".....just sounds like I'm about to heave all my grits up on the spot

Hubby is very calm however, and tells me in no uncertain terms

YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN!!!!

he had to instruct my sorry self how to turn off the tractor

then when I returned to him and saw the big gash in his arm

and some bone, I REALLY got  uncalm

"Get to the house and call 911..."

"do you remember our gate# and Range Road??"...he asks

yeah, yeah, yeah....I reply between dry heaves

While talking to dispatch on the phone

(she asks, are you going to throw up?)

NAH, these are just my nervous noises

She asks, "where is your husband  now"

then I look out the window and What is my X-Firefighter maucho cowboy doing

Walking down the freaking road to the house, holding his arm

at the very end of this road is where we were working

and here comes "bloody bones" hoofing himself to the house

Long story short

dispatch kept giving me instructions

as well as a calm, but very Pale Mr. Gorgeous

kept giving me instructions

until the EMT's got here

They dosed him up with morphine and off to the big city

they took him for needed surgery

He had a compound fracture, fixed up with 2 pins and 12 screws

I told him he was pretty fortunate

how many cowboys get screwed 12 times in one day??

(sorry, couldn't resist)

I did an awful lot of walking up and down these hospital corridors

and he was fortunate to have a Window With A View

OH

and I had to put this in here for some of you warm weather living friends of mine

these are plug in's.....for in the winter

when it's so cold you need to plug in your car

so it doesn't freeze ...I don't know, the battery or some other cold sensitive car part

Now we are home, he is doing fine actually

our chores for this summer are put on hold for now

Plan B in place

except I didn't HAVE a Plan B

Other then for me to perhaps take a Defensive Farming Class

Mr. Gorgeous FORBID me to put up any photos of his bruising

all down his one side, colorful as the northern lights I'd say

GOSH....how can he forbid me, obviously he does not

understand Bloggers ALWAYS put up all KINDS of photos

So I am sneaking in this one itty bitty picture

It is a lot more purple right now

gosh, I wish you could see his side...I know, I promised

All in all, it was a frightening experience

People have LOST THEIR ARMS on this machine

Totally ripped off

We were LUCKY

So there you have it, That's my

SPIN ON THE STORY

made me think of this scripture in Psalms:139

in part....."Thou knowest my downsitting and mine rising"

I think this day....HE included and thy twirling

just saying