Monday, Monday--- So good to me!
Ah yes, I am sorry that our 'weekends' are over once more- For those of you with regular 'office hours' employment, just remember this only brings you that much closer to Friday!!! To those of us in the 'Nort Country, each weekend only brings us closer to the Below Zero, Frozen Tundra of January!
Saturday- and Spring- will come fast enough... I promise!
We were supposed to have our little Christmas name exchange yesterday after mass. But given the fact that Zoe had to work all day- and Jenne had woken up in Madison, we have decided that tomorrow evening will be a better time for everyone! Zoe is Office Manager for Heartland, (HCR Manorcare), and many weekends goes in just to be able to keep up with the whole place. The joys of salary vs hourly; (too bad that she's salaried at times like these)...
Jenne's girlfriend had a birthday party down in MadTown on Saturday night... She was here for most of the Packer Game though. The "Heart-Attack Pack" is back! Hopefully they can remain 'back' now for the rest of the season!
Greg came with his new 'toys'...
and did a bunch of tilling and mowing- To ready the land for more trees- Since the corn is gone, he will be planting trees from where Mom left off all those years ago, all the way down to Flintville! I cannot wait for them all to grow and keep those traffic headlights away for good! He is such a good man- good family- and such a sense of humor- Even his lawyer 'caught' him driving to work on his tractor one day! There were a few little landscaping details that needed attention... (only Greg would drive the tractor to work)! I used to laugh when I would see someone in a 3-piece suit on a Harley, but the tractor had to be hilarious! And getting caught at it is the 'priceless' part!
Casey was here bright and early- needing to get to the drugstore to pick up my "head meds"- I had taken my last pill early, early, yesterday morning... Thank God she was willing to run there for me too.
David was going to come out; as they will be deer hunting together this year- (and in a heated stand too)!
They had planned to do a bit of sighting in and target practice- Since David was a no-show, she did her stuff by herself- Miss Milly immediately ran into her doghouse while Miss Punk sat patiently and watched- barely cringing when Caseys shotgun went off... David called a bit later, and with a fairly fine reason for not being out here- He had wound up with a smushed knee after falling while hunting on Saturday- When Sunday came around and his knee was the size of Texas, he thought it practical to go in and get an xray- (He just had surgery on the other knee at the beginning of September)... Tough to get 'old' -aint it David! hehehehehe
David has been such a father figure to Casey- another good man; and another good family... (Where in the heck were these guys when I was LQQKing for someone like them)??? The men I chance to meet now are pretty much "taken, useless, or gay"... Isn't that the way it goes??? Ah, certainly not ALL of them- just a very good percentage...
Roberta and Gabriel were out right after mass anyway- A good thing I had made a chicken brocolli cheese dish- They loved it, and since no one else was here to eat, she even had leftovers to take home at night! Jenne and Isaiah took some of those leftovers too. Guess cooking small just isn't in my soul; I always make enough for a small army even when I try to cut it back- or make only half a batch of something... It never turns out small! (Grateful for my freezer for that)!
My man Isaiah and Gabriel get along so very well together, and were 'singing'? in this picture!
They were sitting on Berta's lap having such a fine time! And of course had to play horsie or some darned thing on my lap too- (My legs are certified 'mush' this morning)!
And then they left-
(Sorry I couldn't resist adding that one)!
Hope your own weekends were fine and dandy too! (Were you on any rollercoasters then)???
XOXOXO
Anna-Anna!
PS The top picture of Casey and Punk- both trying to settle down after playing "Punkie in the Middle" for so long- And I would have written about all of that, but Punk says SHE wants to tell ya'all about it at some point- ...(and who the heck am I to argue)???!!!
