Learning to Embrace

I am learning to embrace the spring that is winter or is it the winter that has yet to become spring. I am a bit confused. Either way, the precipitation is in the form of snow. Time for a good old fashioned snowball fight tomorrow, the snow is going to be perfect.

My kind of Race

Just finished watching a funny story on ESPN. At NC State in Raleigh the students put on a race that features a 2 mile run to the local Krispy Kreme factory where they must eat a dozen donuts and then race back to the campus -- without puking. The fastest guy did it in 25 minutes. At the end of the story they showed all the garbage cans they have around so that racers can "give it up" if they need to. It started in 2004 with 12 participants, and this year they had over 5500. I needed a good laugh since tomorrow is Monday morning and back to work.

Out in the Corral

This is one of the puppies , they are enjoying the warm weather too.

The puppies have chased one of the cats up the bush. The cat is kind of camouflaged so look hard.

Shane with one of the 4H calves

This is one of the new calves, he was having a sleep in the sunshine.

The Trip is Booked

The kids have bugged us enough about never going anywhere and their persistence has paid off and we are going to Cancun during Easter break. This is a big step for us as we have not done much traveling that does not include an RV and a road map. So if anyone has any travel tips, let me know...

We are also about half done calving now, and so far so good. The weather has been pretty nice and we have had pretty good luck. With both of us coaching sometimes the cows are on their own to get the job done. I should take some pics of the baby calves tomorrow, they are pretty cute. We'll see how the day shapes up,we have the week off, and I have been pretty lazy the last couple of days.

Snow Day

I know it's only been a week since Christmas Holiday's ended and I also know that most people think that teachers have it too easy anyway but man am I ever ready for a snow day. The winter weather has been crazy around here, blowing snow and making drifts that even the grader can't get through in places. Unfortunately Kevin has been faithfully plowing the road with his big green tractor so we are able to make our way up to the top of the hill every morning (the boys really love their dad for doing this for them). About half my class was missing all last week due to the weather so I will have to see if I get more kids to show up for my class tomorrow to be educationally enlightened. (Can you sense the sarcasm here)

When I first started working full time a couple of years ago, I didn't realize the bonus of a big tax refund cheque that would be awaiting the next spring. So of course I had to spend it right away and bought myself a 1994 Jeep Wrangler. It is too much fun in the summer time driving around with the top off!! I have also had fun in it this winter busting through snow drifts. My two neices posed for a picture after we went for a cruise around the block.

A Fan or Fanatic

I spend alot of time at high school football and basketball games (what else is there to do here on the weekend) and have heard my fair share of unkind words and comments from fans over the years. To me a fan is someone who cheers for their team and its players and can yell at the refs occasionally when calls do not go your way :) A fanatic is someone who yells at opposing teams players and coaches and parents and is usually ignorant (as in uninformed) as to what they are saying. I try not to get too caught up in it all, but will admit that my competitive nature sometimes gets the best of me. I've even had the chance to have a "discussion" with an opposing team's parent after I heard him say for at least the fifth time some not so kind remarks about one the high school football players. Of course, being from a town that is known for its religious beliefs, that somehow always gets thrown into the conversation, even if it is not relevant to the "discussion". This past weekend the girls basketball team that I help coach played in a game against a town that is close by so of course there is some history between the two teams. The history being that we've been beating them since grade 8.
There was a fanatic, er fan, sitting across on the other side of the court, yelling at Steve and then she got going on his wife who happened to be sitting close by. It is just amazing to me that a middle aged woman can behave like that in public. Anyways we beat them by 26 and I am sure there will be more fun when we play them again.

This town that we happened to be playing in has some fond memories for me from high school. I was reminded of a little incident with Captain Cougar and some fans in the "barn". That was a crazy night. Basketball in Southern Alberta, you gotta love it!!

An Addition to the Family

We've had a bit of excitement around here. Well I don't know if excitement is the right word for me but I suppose that the kids are. You see about 9 weeks ago the neighbors dog decided to pay a little visit down here while I was at work. We suspected at the time that "something happened". So a couple of days ago out came 1, then 2, then 3, well you get the picture. Now here we are with six little pups. Of course we are all totally attached to them already and the kids are already trying to come up with names for them all.