I sure do miss this...

No, not David's hair, silly...



I miss watching my Bubba play football!



Yes, Virginia, there really are Bubbas in Texas! ;-)

I'm setting the world on fire...

one text message at a time!

So, I got a new phone the other day. This one:



And with my new phone, I got a new plan. A plan that allows me to text. Unlimited text! Wow! I've never had that. My kids have, but not me. So, anyway, I have discovered, texting is fun. I love texting my kids. You know the typical parent/child text messages like: where r u? when r u coming home? where r u? i luv u! come bring me a pillow! did you brush ur teeth? where r u? Well, you get the picture. My kids love texting me too! They send me messages like: what's 4 dinner? where r u? i forgot my lunch money. i luv u. what's 4 dinner? come get me. what's 4 dinner? K, so, now you really get the picture.

I've made a few mistakes along the way as I'm learning to become an expert at texting. One of my first mistakes was when I thought I had Little Man's phone number memorized and I typed it in and then wrote him this text: where r u? Shortly thereafter I received a call from a young lady saying, "uh, yes, I just missed a text from this number. Who is this?" "Oh," I said, "I am so sorry, I was trying to text my son and I guess I put in the wrong number." To which she replied, "uh-huh." as she abruptly hung up the phone. I guess I got someone in trouble! Oops!

Second mistake was made today when I sent a text to my daughter. I mistakenly typed in one wrong number as I sent her this text: I took ur car 2 get a haircut. I think daddy has my keys. Be home soon. She was asleep and not wanting to wake her I thought I would be clever by sending her a text. That way if she woke up, she would know where her car was. It wasn't long that I realized my mistake and wondered if I should send some sort of "correction text". While I was forwarding the original text to my daughter a new text came in. Yep, it was from the number I sent the original text to. The text read: Who is this? I wrote back: I'm sorry, wrong number. Soon, another text arrived: But who is this? Yikes! I didn't answer. Then another text: Who is this? Gives you head! What the hell? What is that supposed to mean??? A friend of my son's was with me and quickly looked up the area code to which I had sent the mistaken message and told me it was in Iowa. Crazy corn farmers, I thought! Back the heck off of me...I'm new at this! The next text arrived and now they were shouting at me: WHO IS THIS... Persistent little corn farmer! Leave me alone crazy person, I think to myself. Sitting at my computer later, a call comes in. Don't you know it was from none other than the crazy corn farmer in I O W A! Dang! This person was not going to go away. Well, I showed them...I just didn't answer. HA! Later I was telling August about it and he said, "oh, you have some girl thinking that their boyfriend or husband is cheating on them?" Good gosh! Who thinks like that??? Well, I guess it is a lot more people than I would ever imagine. Who has that kind of time on their hands? I haven't heard anything more since the phone call and I'm hoping someone doesn't crawl through my window tonight with a scythe in their hand wanting to know who I am! But, like I said, I'm setting the world on fire with my new texting capability, lol!

Until next time...

Leighton Lands a Steer!

Yep! Leighton was selected to receive the steer for the GP FFA chapter! I am really proud of him. The interview went very well...he did a great job. Now the work begins!


We have had the steer since February 11th and still don't have a name for him. He is from Kinsel Ranch in Beaumont and they called him Peaches but August and Leigh think that sounds too girly. He does have a pretty peach tone but we are still trying to figure out what to call him. Any ideas?



He is actually pretty good on a halter...much easier than Allie was!



This project is definitely going to be an adventure!









We went to the San Antonio rodeo with Leighton's pig February 17th. He didn't place but we had a pretty good time. It's always good to spend time with our kiddos...can't go wrong there. Even if that time is spent in a barn, lol!

Until next time...