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I’m ranting a little

Posted in My husband on July 31, 2008| 4 Comments »

1. (this isn’t really a rant but its funny) TNT told me to pick up the heads for his race car motor at the hospital parking Tuesday after work. He told me they would be in a white Impala and the key in the gas cover.  Okay not a problem except there was THREE white Impala’s in the parking lot. I went to each one and opened the gas covers.  I was just waiting for someone to call the cops on me.  Finally I found it.

2. When you (a nurse) see I have a splint on my hand it might be a good idea to help me lift the 75 pound heads out of the trunk of your white Impala. HELLO!

3.  Yes honey I really appreciate it when you start a load of laundry. However, it’s not the most amazing thing a man has ever done! Just like the trash, its full dump it.  If the hamper is full put it in the washer. Especially since you get home 2 or 3 hours before I do. I’m sorry if I don’t give you a standing ovation!

4. Honey you must realize I got home from work last night mowed for 3 hours, cleaned 4 dozen ears of sweet corn, got supper ready, cleaned up the house, did the deposit for your tool company, cleaned up the kitchen, loaded the dishwasher, showered, folded laundry and didn’t get done with all that until 10:30. I wasn’t able to sit down in the basement and “relax” like you did.  So don’t get angry with me because your jean shorts were still in the dryer this morning since they had to run a little extra time last night. Grab them out of the dryer! Not that hard.

Okay I feel better!  Please tell me I’m not the only wife who goes through this daily.

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Look what’s blooming

Posted in Farming on July 30, 2008| 2 Comments »

Even though summer is coming to an end I love this time of the year because my hibiscus are blooming. 

If you want to see huge hibiscus flowers check out Ashley’s at: http://insignificantinquiries.blogspot.com/2008/07/dole-plantation-3.html She just got back from Hawaii.  They sure know how to grow them.

While I was out watering the other night I found this little guy. I have never seen a preying mantis this small. He was just about an inch long. They are such fascinating creatures. 

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Our own rodeo

Posted in Farming on July 29, 2008| 4 Comments »

We get home Sunday morning and I went to check on the goats.  They were gone!  We drove all over looking for them. My In-laws finally found them about a mile from our house down in a draw.  I went home hooked up the trailer and went down there.  I got all but 2 of them to walk in the trailer.  Then the chase was on.  The two that were out are really wild and they don’t let me close to them when I feed.  I knew we’d have problems with them from the start.

TNT was on the 4-wheeler, MIL was in their pickup, FIL was in the pickup with the trailer and I was on foot. We were in a freshly plowed field, not a good place to be running on foot.  TNT & MIL chased them until they were really tired.  Then TNT would jump off the 4-wheeler and try to bulldog them.  He’d fly through the air and completely lay out.  He missed them all 3 times.  Good lord he was angry.  He was cussing and kicking dirt. If I wasn’t so tired I would have been rolling on the ground laughing.  Finally they came over by the trailer. The one hoochie jumped right in the back.  I ran over to keep her in and she decided freedom was the 6 inches between me and the trailer gate.  I caught the 85 lb goat midair around the chest.  She slammed my hand up against the trailer door, but I held on. There was no way she was getting away. My FIL was about 20 feet from the trailer.  I was holding on for dear life thinking he’d be coming any moment to help me. He didn’t come and I looked behind me and he’s just standing there watching.  I hollered to come help and he was like, “oh yeah yeah I’m coming.”  If I wasn’t in pain and fighting her I would have laughed.  He helps me get her in the trailer and TNT brought the other one around.  He caught her by pinning her between him and the pickup. 

After was all said and done I looked at my hand and it was already swollen huge.  I thought for sure I just bruised it. MIL told me I needed to go have it checked out, but I’m not a pussy.  Monday morning I woke up and it wasn’t bruised but really swollen and very tender.  After sitting in the doctor’s office for 2 hours I found out it’s not broken, but it could be chipped.  I guess they couldn’t be sure since its so swollen.  I now have an annoying splint on my right hand.  It probably didn’t help with the pain that I played softball last night and I’m playing again tonight.  It only hurts to throw. 

Since the goats had that freedom we can’t keep them in the hot fence anymore.  We put them back in this morning. They were eating my lilacs.  GRR!  Hopefully we’ll be able to get them in the trailer tonight so we can take them to the in-laws farm.  They have corrals that will hold them until Monday when we sell them.

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We should have stayed home

Posted in My husband on July 28, 2008| 2 Comments »

Thursday night TNT raced on a 1/4 of mile track. He’s never raced on a track that small and let me tell you it was not a good night.  He finished 4th in the heat and 12th in the feature. The car wasn’t set up for that type of track and he fought it the whole night.  Plus his car got hot which didn’t help matters at all.  Last season he fought a overheating problem but it just started again.

I love this picture of him. 

This is after his heat race.

Yes he’s running with the modifieds.  Since I video I only take pictures during mud or hot laps. 

Friday morning we went to North Platte, NE.  While TNT and his buddy worked on the car I sat in the pool all afternoon.  It was so nice and I got burned, but oh well.  My in-laws, my dad and his girlfriend all showed up around 4 so we headed to the track hoping Friday would be better than Thursday.

The night didn’t get any better. He finished 4th in his heat which put him in the A-Main (which is really good). He drew 2nd row inside. That’s the place he loves to be.  On the start of the A-Main going into corner #2 the guy on the outside of him came down on his front bumper and spun him. TNT thought for sure he’d get his spot back, but they put him to the back (they left the guy who spun him up front). Okay that’s fine they have no tolerance for cautions. However, 15 laps into the race the third place car spun on his own and took the 6 cars out behind him.  Guess how many got put to the back? NONE! Every time there would be a caution we thought for sure TNT would move up.  But they kept putting the cars back where they were.  That was not fair. With all the cautions TNT should have been in the top 10 with 5 laps to go and yet he finished 16 out of 20.  We were not happy.

Saturday night was even worse.  TNT drew 198 out of 200.  Each driver draws a number and they put them in the heats according their drawn number.  He started last row inside in the last heat.  They dropped the green flag, but left the yellow light on. So TNT did what you’re suppose to do and slowed way down. The leader passed him once.  Luckily there was a caution and TNT pulled up to an official and told him the light had stayed yellow. The official told him there’s nothing they can do about it.  I mean come one.  Start the race over?  Lets all get on the same page.  TNT finished 4th in his heat which meant he would have to make it through the B-Main. Once he pulled the hood off he saw the motor was gushing oil and water.  NOT GOOD!  So we loaded the car up and watched the rest of the race.

The thing that drives me crazy is last year the officials came up to us and were so happy we’d come all the way from Kansas. They told us bring all your buddies up.  Blah blah blah.  But after this year I don’t think we’ll even go back up there.

We got home yesterday around 11 and the goats were out. We drove all over the country side looking for them.  I’ll do a post on that rodeo tomorrow!

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Does this make me a bad wife?

Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2008| 1 Comment »

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As a 1930s wife, I am
Very Poor

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Wedding table decorations

Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2008| 2 Comments »

* We are headed out of the state this afternoon and wont’ be back until Sunday.  TNT is racing three nights! I’m so excited.  If I can I’ll do quick posts of how he finishes.  Have a great weekend! *

For our wedding table decorations I came up with the idea to use paint cans and mason jars.  I do a lot of interior painting for people and I thought the paint cans were a personal touch.  I painted the paint cans black then I glued pink and silver heart wax seals. Then Mildred and I filled the cans with soil. I planted pansies and violas in them.  The mason jars I painted the bottom half black and the top half silver. I then glued pink wax heart seals around the middle.  Since I’m a Kansas Jayhawk fan and TNT is a K-State Wildcat fan we had my dad cut little Hawks and Cats out of metal to put in the paint cans.  I’m not good enough with the plasma cutter to do all those little details.

I alternated between the mason jars and paint cans.  Half the tables had a paint can with two double sided picture frames. Then the other the tables had two mason jars and one double sided picture frame.  I bought 144  picture frames at Dollar General for under $20.00. They were on clearence for $0.10 each and I snatched them all up.  I spray painted half of them black, silver and pink to match our colors.  It was a lot of work, I had a vision and it turned out exaclty as I wanted.

 

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Tourist Time

Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008| 2 Comments »

On Monday afternoon I had to check my pictures in at the county fair before 5. So I left work early and drove the 20 miles.  It took about 5 minutes to check them in and I had 2 hours before our softball game. With fuel prices so high I didn’t want to go home then turn around and go back to town. To waste time I went to the Buffalo Bill statue. I had only been there once and that was when we took pictures after we got married. (There’s wedding pictures posted of it in previous posts.) To say the least I didn’t have time to look around when we were there the first time.

The detail on this statue is amazing. 

It’s weird I’ve lived 20 miles from this town since 1992 and I’ve never been to the attractions.  I found it very interesting and the statues were wonderful.

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She makes me tired

Posted in Misadventures with my sister on July 22, 2008| 4 Comments »

My sister Mildred and I get along great. As TNT says, “you two loose brain cells when you’re together.” Which is true, however we have a lot of fun.

Back in 1998 when I was a Senior in High School my family moved to a little community about 15 miles from where we were living. My mom and step-dad had bought a house. Right after we had moved in my step-dad, Mildred and I were in the backyard talking about the landscaping we were planning on doing.  The old tenants had a knee high fence around their garden. At that time Mildred, the track star, had to hurdle everything. She told my step-dad and I that she was gonna jump over the fence.  Him and I both said at the same time, “you’re gonna fall.” In her little snotty middle school voice, “no I won’t.” She takes off and just as she’s ready to jump over it she notices there is an electric fence wire about an inch above the knee high fence. So she puts her hands down on the wire to stop herself, but ends up flipping over the fence and landing on her back.  My step-dad and I fell on the ground laughing. We couldn’t even see if she was hurt. That’s always a good story to tell a a new boyfriend.

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Bragging again!

Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2008| 4 Comments »

My husband won his race last night! I was shaking so bad when I was video taping.  With 3 laps a caution came out and I had to sit down because I thought my legs would give out.  This is the first IMCA race he’s won in 3 1/2 years.  Which means he hasn’t won since we’ve been together.  I thought maybe I was the bad luck charm.  But he broke the curse last night.

At the beginning of the race they had a moment of silence for the 12 year old boy that was in a fatal accident a few weeks ago.  TNT has a sticker with his name and go cart number on it.  I thought it was a very nice tribute to a boy that would one day be racing with the big boys.

For some reason this picture won’t show up. But he finished 3rd in his heat race. The track was dry slick and he couldn’t get out of the corners very well. 

This is right after he won. The announcer interviews the winners and TNT hates talking infront of the crowd.

He gets a trophy and his picture taken with the trophy girls.

Believe it or not he actually does smile!

Way to go honey. I’m so proud of you!!!  Let’s kick some ass this weekend!

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YIPPPYYYYYY!!!!!!

Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2008| 2 Comments »

We got rain last night!  I’m so happy. It was a little over an inch, but we haven’t had a drop in almost a month.  I took these last night on my way home of dry-land corn and soybean fields.  Pretty sad. These are not our fields, but ours are not too far behind. Hopefully we will receive more rain tonight!  Keep your fingers crossed.

Doesn’t look too bad from the highway, does it? Look just past the outside of the field and you can see its burned bad.

Corn is suppose to be a dark green color. These plants are all light green with lots or brown leaves.

Can you tell which way the 30mph winds were blowing?

I went across the highway to a soybean field.  They are doing better than the corn, but we need a lot of rain to get these boys growing.

If you drive by our house and see me out in the driveway doing a rain dance, come join me. We need all the help we can get.  Don’t worry I won’t be posting pictures of that!

 

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