My Week So Far...

So far this week, as of Wednesday evening, I have.....

Wrangled this kiddo....

Hosted Supper Club....

 

 

If you look closely, you can see my friend/neighbor Amy in the window of my place. I went outside to get some pictures of these clouds.  The picture doesn't do them justice.  They were just big and fluffy, with some great coloring during the sunset.

Cleaned the kitchen for my cleaning gig.....

Had 2 groups of students on campus Tuesday and Wednesday.....

And dog, horse, and house wrangling job began tonight....

This little fur ball is Lucy.  She's the newest member of the house.  The owners haven't even had her for a week yet. I get to have lots of fun with her!  And yes, she is very small.  She looks funny playing in the grass.  She is just so little!!

 This pooch is Molly.  I couldn't get a picture of her.  She was toooooo active.  She wanted to play......with Lucy.  It seems that Molly thinks Lucy is her little play toy.

 Yet another difficult picture to get...Molly and Lucy together.  Here you can see the size difference in them....I think.  Hopefully I will get a better one, since I will be wrangling here until next week.

The rest of the week:

Thursday:  Finally in the office for the day.  Followed by some more kid wrangling at night.

Friday:  Attending a funeral service for a friend's mom.
Heading back to the farm to welcome my China sister and her family home.

Saturday: Play with my niece and nephews!!!

Sunday:  Church.  Father's Day Dinner with the fam.  Take off early afternoon to pick up students for a week long program on campus.

It's gonna be a busy few days....well, couple of weeks....but it keeps me going for now!

The Chaos Life

The past few days have been a bit chaotic for me. Last Thursday through this Wednesday, I am house/dog/horse wrangling for a couple from church. On top of all that, this past Friday and Saturday/Sunday, I had 3 kid wrangling jobs, 2 of which overlapped for about 8 hours, and one overnight gig. Throw in helping a friend move, going in to work on a day off (with 2 kids), Stampin' Up club, too much driving around for my own good, lots of laundry, and then finally some friends over to watch the Super Bowl, I didn't have much of a weekend. In addition, getting up at 5am to get to my gigs and going to bed around 11pm for 2 nights in a row with no time for a nap is not fun!

I have done plenty of kid wrangling and house/dog/horse wrangling before, but never at the same time. And now I see why. With the wrangling gigs in one town, and the dogs in another, I was doing extra trips during the day to take care of the dogs, and pick up kids. It's a good thing the kids were fantastic! Actually, I think they were much better than the dogs! :)

In addition to all that fun, we are getting another good layer of snow around here. It feels like it has been snowing since Friday. This morning started another winter storm that is suppose to last until Tuesday night. The joys of living in the Midwest! I just wish I didn't have to work, and that I could play in the snow!

And my birthday is Friday. I'm turning 30! It's gonna be a great day! I'm taking the day off, but have no idea what I will be doing. Maybe I'll finally try to work on some craft projects I have put off due to no time.

Here's my fun farmgirl picture of the day.

What's on my boots you ask? Well, that would be a mix of horse poop and hay. Yup. I wore these to work today and don't care. My normal farm boots are at the farm, where they should be. But, with treking out to the barn through a foot of snow, I pushed my Ropers aside, and donned my snow boots. I figured there is no need to clean them, since they will get covered again tonight and tomorrow night.

Oh, the joys of being a farmgirl....and proud of it!

Weekend Stay

This weekend, I had the joy of house/pet wrangling for some friends from church. I always love going out to their place. They have 2 dogs, at least a couple cats, 2 horses, and a bunch of fish. So when they go away on their vacations and trips, I get to go on a little one as well.

Here's a glimps at their place...and where I spent my weekend.

Here's Molly. She's a good dog. (Their other dog doesn't get out of the house much, since she is rather old and doesn't move the best.) But Molly is great. This is where she sits as she waits for you to come back from the horse barn. And boy does she enjoy her walks.
Some flowers by the horse barn.

Paradise in a tree.

A fun little birdhouse on the side of their house.

A view from the back deck...priceless.

The water garden/fish pond.

More of the gardens and the horse barn.

As you can see, they have a pretty amazing and beautiful water garden. I'm so glad I got to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

Also on Saturday night, I got to wrangle a couple little kiddos for some friends. Part way through our night, I needed to head back to my weekend stay to feed the horses. That means the kiddos got to come with me! Little dude was in a stroller, trying to fall asleep....so no pictures of him. But I had fun getting a few shots of this sweet thing at spots around the garden. I think she had a fun time as well!

I can't wait until I get to go back again. They've already booked me for their next trip.