A Lesson in Patience

My last post was quite a while ago and I am still waiting for my camera to come in!! So apparently Christmas is not going to come too early for me. I am trying to be patient but really... how long should it take? I am going to have to make another phone call soon. On another note I guess since it is December now I can start to think about Christmas for the hubby and the kids (since I've already taken care of myself). There are so many people in town who put up their trees the beginning of November, I swear it is becoming a friendly competition to see who can get their decorations and trees up first. I refuse to even consider it till after November is long gone.

Christmas is coming early

Since I sent my camera with Kevin on his road trip, I figured that I needed to buy myself a new one. Okay, any little excuse will do to find a reason to buy myself a new toy. So I asked around, did a little research and settled on a Nikdon D90. I've wanted a SLR for a loooong time now and made enough at my other part time job to buy it in two months. See I am trying to be fiscally responsible, I earned the money first!! I almost talked myself out of it a few weeks ago and then I saw some of the video of "The Last Lecture" and decided to live for today and not worry about what more practical things I could buy with the $$$. Then I go to church today and someone talks about food storage and of course I am feeling guilty for spending money on something we can't eat in an emergency. But then again now I can take some really good pictures of food. Anyways it is too late now, it is ordered and on the way. Now I can't wait, I am hoping it gets here before Colton's last volleyball tournament so I can experiment with it.

Road Trip

Well it has been nearly two weeks since Kevin has been gone on his road trip. Their furthest point south was down to Woodbury, Georgia. He took our youngest son with him and Kevin's brother is also driving down there too. They took cattle to some of our customers in Kansas, Missouri, and Alabama. I had to stay home and hold down the fort, so to speak. I sent my camera with them and am hoping they bring back lots of pictures. Shane has missed two weeks of school but I am sure there is some educational value in a road trip with his dad. He really is the cowboy out of our 3 kids and enjoys it more than the other boys. I have survived fairly well in his absence. Some issues with the feed truck one morning that almost made me late for school, and a calf that was stuck in the feeder made for a frustrating morning. But thank goodness for a father-in-law that is just a phone call away. When I ran home at lunch the calf was out and all was well. Good thing I like the country living!!

Time Flies By

Wow I am not sure where last week went to, it all seems like a blur at the moment. Anyways football is now officially over and I am happy to say both Ry and Shane came away with all limbs, ankles, knees, and heads still in good working order. I try not to be paranoid about football injuries but when you see your kid go down and not get up for a minute it is hard to sit there and not run out on to the field. Which is of course the last thing a football player wants his mom to do!! Both teams did well this year only 1 loss each, so it was a pretty successful year. I took video of most of the games and now endeavor to put together a dvd with some of the best hits, touchdowns, and plays of the year. I will show it at the banquet in December, so procrastination is out of the question here, I have 4 weeks to get it done. It is hard to cut down a whole season to 15 or 20 minutes but I will try.

Unbelievable Comeback

Because sports is a big part of our lives here in the Quinton household we always watch a bunch of games on t.v. Right now the baseball play-offs are getting alot of playtime on the screen. The Red Sox is our favorite team and they pulled off an unbelievable win last night. Rylan missed the big comeback because he went to bed thinking it was going to be a blowout (it was 5-0 for Tampa in the 6th inning). He thought I was pulling his leg this morning when I told him Boston came back to win. I wonder how many people in RedSox Nation went to bed thinking the same thing.

Sad Day

It has not been the best day around here, a good friend has lost his battle with cancer. He was a great guy and he will be missed by many. Makes a person stop and take stock of their own life, which sometimes is a scary thing.

Dial-Up

Okay, there are some perks of living in the country. The peace and quiet, no neighbors, no need for curtains on the windows, seeing deer out my "curtain less" window in morning, etc. But one thing that I desperately miss is HIGH SPEED internet. It is getting harder and harder to sit here and wait for pages to load and missing out on all the youtube videos that I want to see. There are some places out in the boondocks that can get the coveted signal, but infortunately we are too low in the valley to snatch any of that signal. So I am stuck in the land of super long download times for the foreseeable future. I could spend a fortune and get satellite internet, but I am not quite that desperate yet.