Not a rodeo night

Well, usually Biggest Cowboy takes a group of teenagers to a practice pen in the central part of NC on Thursdays. He didn't tonight. It has rained for a few days and he decided to cancel this weeks' trip. We had a cookout here at the house tonight instead. In the rain. yes, i know that's a fragment sentence, but sometimes it's necessary. It was so wet that we couldn't burn the brush pile we have. So we made a very small fire on the concrete (not a smart thing to do btw). At the end of the night, after we put the fire out, I took some shots of Littlest.



He was "heating" the horseshoe up in the "fire" so he could "work" on it.

Night everyone.

Heart

OK, so I didn't post the last 2 weeks. The first time I didn't post. Biggest Cowboy didn't go to Concord for that rodeo. So I didn't get to use the computer (he's addicted to Facebook). The second Thursday I didn't think about it. We had to go down to Gainsville, FL to deal with a sudden death in the family.

So. I don't think I've posted my laundry soap recipe. It must be one of my favorite things I make. I got tried of buying the name brand soap for $8 a bottle for 26 washes which last me about...2 weeks. We wash a lot of clothes. Biggest Cowboy has a very dirty job, and Littlest Cowboy is just a boy. So I jumped online to find a nice alternative. It costs me less then $2 a run, and last me over a month!

Laundry Soap

1 bar Ivory Soap, grated
1/2 c Washing Soda
1/2 c Borox Powder

In large saucepan add 6 cups water and grated soap. Heat until soap melts. Add Washing Soda and Borox. Stir until all is dissolved. Remove from heat.

Pour 4 cups hot water in bucket. Add your soap mixture and stir. Add 1 gallon water plus 6 cups water and stir. Let sit 24 hours. It will gel up. Use 1/2 c per load.


i think this stuff cleans better then store bought soap. I will throw in OxiClean if they have been in a lot of mud. Or I might add baking soda instead. (We have red clay here not dirt. It's tough to get out of a 3 year old's pants.)

New blog rule

OK, here's the new rule. A once a week posting on Thursday nights. This is usually the night the Biggest Cowboy takes a bunch of kids over to a practice pen of bulls in Charlotte. So I have some free time. I stold this post from BlueRidge Mnt Girl

Love ya

Here's the rule: Bold the things you've done & post on your blog!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band- As long as Recorder's in 5th Grade Counts!
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity-
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris- Our school's dog? Does that count ;)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning-while pregnant!!
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb-Too many to count
26. Gone skinny dipping-with a boy at that!
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse-the most memorable one happended while I was in elementary school (K-8) and we went out side. we had made special "pieces of paper" (ie: paper with a hole in it) to watch it happening.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors-does Florida count?
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke-every night in Japan. Man those people loved to hear an American sing the Beetles.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erup
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone-Does a fracture count?
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book-working on that
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year's Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Been swept off your feet

NEXT!

What? No comments on my last post.

So I have no comments. That's OK. I understand. You all 2 readers are not reading anymore now that I'm a working farmgirl.

Chicken pictures tomorrow. It's supposed to be nice in NC on Saturday!!

Man- I slacking again.

I really have been thinking of everyone here in blog land. I have been working 12 hour days. Craziness. I get home. Deal with helping feeding and go to bed. I know, it's ridiculous. We have eaten horribly during this time. Yucky heat up pizzas, have fueled us poorly through this time. But hopefully we will be on track next month. So, please accept my apologies.

I will tell you about mine and cowboy's date this weekend. We went to the Japanese steak house this Friday. It was wonderful. The food was good and the entertainment distracting from a week of work. Then...I know you are all waiting with baited breath. we went to Wal-mart. nice uh? But we did. Then we came home. I was asleep by 10:30.

That was our date. Um...maybe I should work on that.

A follower??

Coolness. I have a follower. How awesome is that?

I really don't have anything important today. i really wish I did. I haven't done any cool projects. I have really cooked anything great. I have just worked and slept really.

but I will post an original painting of my sister's. She gave it to me for Christmas. I really love it. I can't decide if I want to frame it or not. I think I like it unframed on my office wall.

Man oh man. A new year

Here are the pictures I promised almost 2 weeks ago. I'm sorry.


This is The Littlest new puppy Keli. She is so sweet.


This was the morning of his new pony Fancy. Yep, that's her name, Fancy. Cute uh?


I suppose he is inspecting something here. Who knows what? (FYI-This was at his grandmother's house. We were opening presents there with Cowboy's side of the family.)


And finally a shot of him grooming Fancy.