My first day of what? Feeding the crew! Yep that's right. So it wasn't a huge deal. My mom had put the roast and beans in the night before. So all I had to do was. Make biscuits, make a salad, stick the already prepared dessert in the oven, make tea, get out 8 plates, forks, knives, and glasses, get out the butter, salad dressing, peppers, and salsa. Clean house, and do laundry... joy.
So I woke up this morning and my mom informed me she was going to quilting. What? Leave poor little ole me to feed to crew! I break into tears and say, "I'm only 15 and your leaving this major task for me! Oh! What will I ever do!" Okay, no I didn't do that. I mean seriously. That would have been childish. And I'm not childish, I'm a mature adult.... Y'all stop laughing! Ahem. No what I did was nod, and ask questions about what I needed to do. Then I sat atop the cabinet and listened while she instructed me in every little detail. And did I listen? Of course! this was a big deal I needed to know exactly what to do.
After I was instructed, and had a list of things to do so I didn't forget. My mama left. I look around the house... in complete.... uhhh... what's the word.... well I don't know. But whatever. I just looked around the house feeling somewhat... overwhelmed. I started cleaning. Living room first. It wasn't a horrible mess. Just needed to vacuum, and dust. Easy enough. Next the bathroom... hmmm not as easy. I get that done. Oh! laundry! clothes are in the dryer, and some in the washing machine. Okay not done yet. Move on. I open the door in my brothers room. The fellas come through there... why? well because... it's close to the bathroom where they can wash their hands. Yeah that's it. Anyways. I make sure they can get through the door and decide to clean it up later. Ya know it would be nice if Taylor would clean it up the DAY BEFORE so then I wouldn't have to do it. But that would be to easy.
Moving on. Yipes it's time to cook! It's 10:00 time to put the dessert in the oven. That goes in. I move on to making the biscuits. Pitchfork biscuits. Yum. I get busy... After everything is mixed up I get to put it on the cabinet and knead it. That's the fun part. It's all squishy... doughy... whatever. And yeah it's pretty cool :) I then cut them out with the handy, dandy biscuit cutter! thingy. Place them on the pan. And stick them in the oven. Yipes! the kitchen hasn't been cleaned yet! I get busy with that. Putting the dishes in the dishwasher, wiping down the cabinets. Then I get out the plates. I was feeding 8, but we always get out extra. So I got out 11. 11 plates, cups, forks and knives. Put it all on the table.
Oh! I need to take up ice! so I do that. And pile the many, many ice trays in the sink.
And oh dang. I haven't done my brothers room yet. I proceed to straighten it up. So it wasn't perfect. But I made it to where they'd be able to walk in, and have a place to set their hats. Oh and did I mention during all of this I had Nathan there. And I was trying to get him to do a few little tasks for me. It was like pulling teeth. I get feet stomping. And "I don't want to!" and "I don't know why I have to do this." and so on and so forth. He did get happy when I sent him out to burn the trash. He likes fire.... hmmm.... so maybe sending him outside with fire what the not smartest thing to do. But hey I was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to get everything done and he'd done it before. Anyways... where was I.... oh yes cleaning the brothers room. I got that done. Then decided I should probably make the salad. See the guys were supposed to come in and eat at 11:00 so I really needed to get everything done. I made the delightful, wonderful looking salad! Okay so it wasn't the greatest looking salad. But hello it's a salad! it's going to be in your stomach. I doubt those guys cared what the salad looked like.
After the salad was made I got everything out and had it ready. I then proceeded to cut up the roast and place it in a pan. So then the guys wouldn't have to cut it off for themselves. That wasn't the easiest task. It was pretty fatty, and my knife was dull. So that did take me awhile. Then finally! everything is done!!! the biscuits are out of the oven, along with the desert. So I pour the tea and wait..... and wait some more.... my food was getting cold. Finally about 11:15, or maybe it was 11:20.
Anyways they come in! Wash up, form a line and eat. And I sit there... watching hungrily as the consume their food. Some of the guys seated in the kitchen, some in the living room. And I have to wait for the to get done, so then I can eat. Don't get me wrong, I'm used to this. It's how it's always been. But I didn't have any breakfast and I'm really, really, hungry. Well after they finally leave I get to go eat! I walk in the kitchen.... and... there was hardly anything left! A few biscuits, hardly any meat, not to many beans, and the salad was almost gone too. Which surprised me cause they aren't salad eaters. So I eat a little. Then eat a lot of desert! :) hehehe. My mom comes home while I'm trying to clean up the lovely mess they left me. I don't understand these guys. They left a leaning, and I mean leaning pile of plates which still had food on them. It wouldn't have been good if they would have falling into the sink and broken. Not good at all. But they usually pile them in the sink, with food still on them and then sometimes, somehow water gets run over them. So then we have a mess of soggy food. Yuck. Well I get it cleaned up. And then relax! well I really didn't. I went outside and did some stuff, helped my dad. And did some various things. But yeah that's not very interesting.
So that was my story of my very first time feeding the crew! Hmmm I wonder if I'll ever have to do it again.... Guess I need the experience! My mom is good.... real good. Well I've made this post long enough. I'm outta here.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Just around the river bend....
Just around the river bend beyond the shore where the gulls fly free don't know what for what I dream the day might send just around the riverbend for me coming for me.
I have that song stuck in my head. You know the song from the movie Pocahontas. I don't know why the song is in my head. It has been for 2 days! I don't even like the song.... or the movie for that matter. It has A TALKING TREE. Uh hello. TREE'S DON'T TALK. I mean come on. Seriously. Then she jumps off a waterfall. And does other various stupid things.... Okay so yeah it's animated but still.... Doesn't it have a racoon in it....? I like the racoon. It's just a goofy movie if you ask me. I don't like John Smith. And who would name their child Pocahontas. That's just mean and messed up if ya ask me. But they obviously didn't.... so whatever. Pocahontas and John Smith love each other. But she's bethrothed to a great indian warrior! and John Smith is white! so their love is forbidden. It's all... just.... so romantic *tears up* It reminds me of that wonderful movie Tristan and Isolde. Okay so I'm drowning in sarcasm here.
It's obvious that I DON'T LIKE THE MOVIE. Why am I even writing about it. I'm sure ya'll could care less that I don't like the movie. I'm sure ya'll could care even less that the stupid song is stuck in my head.
I'm going to go clean the yard now.
I have that song stuck in my head. You know the song from the movie Pocahontas. I don't know why the song is in my head. It has been for 2 days! I don't even like the song.... or the movie for that matter. It has A TALKING TREE. Uh hello. TREE'S DON'T TALK. I mean come on. Seriously. Then she jumps off a waterfall. And does other various stupid things.... Okay so yeah it's animated but still.... Doesn't it have a racoon in it....? I like the racoon. It's just a goofy movie if you ask me. I don't like John Smith. And who would name their child Pocahontas. That's just mean and messed up if ya ask me. But they obviously didn't.... so whatever. Pocahontas and John Smith love each other. But she's bethrothed to a great indian warrior! and John Smith is white! so their love is forbidden. It's all... just.... so romantic *tears up* It reminds me of that wonderful movie Tristan and Isolde. Okay so I'm drowning in sarcasm here.
It's obvious that I DON'T LIKE THE MOVIE. Why am I even writing about it. I'm sure ya'll could care less that I don't like the movie. I'm sure ya'll could care even less that the stupid song is stuck in my head.
I'm going to go clean the yard now.
Friday, November 16, 2007
I can't believe it's November. And it's almost Thanksgiving! I really like Thanksgiving. It's a good time for family to get together and eat to much food :) Mmmm the pies are what I'm looking forward too. People always seem to forget about Thanksgiving. They focus on Halloween, then Christmas. It's sad I think. My poor mom had to spend Thanksgiving in the hospital one year. Taylor was born on Thanksgiving, and his birthday is hitting it this year! The big 18th birthday....yikes.... My mom also had to spend Christmas in the hospital. Us horrible kids, just had to come at the wrong times. Anyways. So my grandma is hopefully coming for Thanksgiving, and my uncle too *crosses fingers* we're trying to get my Aunt too...but I'm not sure that will happen. It would be really awesome though! I love my family... as odd and strange as we may be.
So it's just kind of crazy thinking about it... Thanksgiving is next week. Then Christmas! Before Christmas we're going to Mexico again! I'm super excited :) Then.... in February.... I GET MY DRIVERS LICENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYYYY!!!!!! sorry, sorry. I'm just... a wee bit excited.... Haha. Okay I'm calm now.... maybe....
I guess I haven't posted on here in awhile. I could say that I've been super busy and just haven't had time... but that would be a lie. More like I've been lazy and just haven't made myself sit down and write. But now I am. Aren't y'all excited!............ Yeah right eh?
Hmmm well I don't have just a awful lot to right about actually. Over this past weekend we went to one of my most favorite places EVER. Amarillo Texas :) We go every year to the big ranch rodeo. It's a 4 night rodeo, they have a HUGE trade show, which has, belts, boots, clothes, tack, and such as that. I really like going.... but as it was I was sick. I started getting sick Tuesday evening. And it just proceeded to get worse. Thursday evening was when we headed down there. My head was pounding and I just felt awful. Friday I was feeling better. So we headed up to the trade show (it goes on all day) as the day went on I started feeling bad again. By the time the rodeo started I felt horrible again. I slept during most of the rodeo. Or at least tried to sleep.
That night... was horrible. I couldn't sleep. I'd sleep like 20 minutes, wake up, get a drink, lay there and fall back asleep, wake back up 20 or so minutes later. This went on all night. And I kept having the same weird dream too.... somebody I knew had created little people and they were in my floor.... yeah I don't know. I think the fever was making me delusional.... and when I woke up I thought the dream was real. So I thought there was actually little people in the floor! weird.... about 5:30 I decided to go take a really hot bath. I'd been cold all night and couldn't get warm. I bathed. Then threw up.... Okay so I seriously thought I was GOING TO DIE. No joke. I went back into my room, and finally fell asleep. I was woken up later by Nathan who was... bugging me about something. My mom came up, I told her about my night and such. I ended up staying at the house all day, by myself while everyone else went around Amarillo and did stuff. I slept most of the time, watched TV. And ate nothing but Sherbert, and drank 7up. I did sleep that night!
Sunday I felt SO much better. And had a ton of people ask me what had been wrong with me, or how I was feeling. My mom had been sick too, but she didn't throw up. She ran around and did stuff... maybe I'm just a wimp. We went to Cowboy Church, ate, and then went to the rodeo. I got to enjoy it this time. The Turkey Track didn't do too great. We got second in the team penning. But that was it... it kinda stunk. Oh well though.
So yeah that's been basically it. My week has just been a... regular week. Tomorrow we're having a Thanksgiving meal out here for Cowboy Church... I know what I'll be doing all day! cleaning!! oh the wonderful joys of cleaning!! whatever. Sunday is Nathan's birthday... then Taylor's, then my dads... gosh. I have shopping to do!
Hmmm how odd. A minute ago I was typing. I looked down and there was a dead wasp by the key board... Wait... that wasn't there before, I know it wasn't. It couldn't have been....
Maybe I'm just going crazy. Send me to the loony bin right now!
Okay I'm going to eat some chicken and rice right now.
So it's just kind of crazy thinking about it... Thanksgiving is next week. Then Christmas! Before Christmas we're going to Mexico again! I'm super excited :) Then.... in February.... I GET MY DRIVERS LICENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYYYY!!!!!! sorry, sorry. I'm just... a wee bit excited.... Haha. Okay I'm calm now.... maybe....
I guess I haven't posted on here in awhile. I could say that I've been super busy and just haven't had time... but that would be a lie. More like I've been lazy and just haven't made myself sit down and write. But now I am. Aren't y'all excited!............ Yeah right eh?
Hmmm well I don't have just a awful lot to right about actually. Over this past weekend we went to one of my most favorite places EVER. Amarillo Texas :) We go every year to the big ranch rodeo. It's a 4 night rodeo, they have a HUGE trade show, which has, belts, boots, clothes, tack, and such as that. I really like going.... but as it was I was sick. I started getting sick Tuesday evening. And it just proceeded to get worse. Thursday evening was when we headed down there. My head was pounding and I just felt awful. Friday I was feeling better. So we headed up to the trade show (it goes on all day) as the day went on I started feeling bad again. By the time the rodeo started I felt horrible again. I slept during most of the rodeo. Or at least tried to sleep.
That night... was horrible. I couldn't sleep. I'd sleep like 20 minutes, wake up, get a drink, lay there and fall back asleep, wake back up 20 or so minutes later. This went on all night. And I kept having the same weird dream too.... somebody I knew had created little people and they were in my floor.... yeah I don't know. I think the fever was making me delusional.... and when I woke up I thought the dream was real. So I thought there was actually little people in the floor! weird.... about 5:30 I decided to go take a really hot bath. I'd been cold all night and couldn't get warm. I bathed. Then threw up.... Okay so I seriously thought I was GOING TO DIE. No joke. I went back into my room, and finally fell asleep. I was woken up later by Nathan who was... bugging me about something. My mom came up, I told her about my night and such. I ended up staying at the house all day, by myself while everyone else went around Amarillo and did stuff. I slept most of the time, watched TV. And ate nothing but Sherbert, and drank 7up. I did sleep that night!
Sunday I felt SO much better. And had a ton of people ask me what had been wrong with me, or how I was feeling. My mom had been sick too, but she didn't throw up. She ran around and did stuff... maybe I'm just a wimp. We went to Cowboy Church, ate, and then went to the rodeo. I got to enjoy it this time. The Turkey Track didn't do too great. We got second in the team penning. But that was it... it kinda stunk. Oh well though.
So yeah that's been basically it. My week has just been a... regular week. Tomorrow we're having a Thanksgiving meal out here for Cowboy Church... I know what I'll be doing all day! cleaning!! oh the wonderful joys of cleaning!! whatever. Sunday is Nathan's birthday... then Taylor's, then my dads... gosh. I have shopping to do!
Hmmm how odd. A minute ago I was typing. I looked down and there was a dead wasp by the key board... Wait... that wasn't there before, I know it wasn't. It couldn't have been....
Maybe I'm just going crazy. Send me to the loony bin right now!
Okay I'm going to eat some chicken and rice right now.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Such a cold, lonely night....
I was actually hoping I'd have something interesting to tell ya'll about my night, lastnight. But as it is nothing interesting happened really.
I arrived at 4:00 and my boss, Terry. Showed me stuff, how to set the alarm if I wanted, where the candy was, where some food was, what to feed her dog, such as that. Then we kind of waited around for her grandkids to show up for some candy. They left, then Terry left at 5:30. So... I had this pretty big house, all to myself. A pool table, computer, plasma tv, movies, candy, and a little food. Though she was lacking quite a bit in the food area. Hmmm... what to do first!
I threw a wild party. Yeah uh huh. Called all kinds of people, it was insane!
Okay I didn't.
I turned on the tv and went in search of some food. I ended up eating some kinda chicken thing she told me I could have. It wasn't bad, not bad at all. After I ate that, and drank a cherry limenade. I then called Caitlin... nobody answered :( how sad! She called me back a few minutes later :) Me and her talked for quite awhile. Mostly a crazy goofy conversation. But that's us. We can't talk without having some kind of crazyness. Oh and we sang too, yep that's right. But you know what? We actually had a... somewhat deep conversation! Yes! Us! Don't faint anyone! no it wasn't about a grape sitcom, or anything of the sort. We discussed some Bible verses, it was really great! :)
After I got off the phone with her I called Joshua, we talked for... a hour and 18 minutes, that's what my phones tells me anyways. What did we talk about... wouldn't you like to know. HAHA! Oh and also while I was talking to him, I was also talking to Caitlin on IM. Then after I got off the phone with Joshua I talked to Caitin again. What did I do while on the phone you may ask. Well I played some pool, you know it's not much fun playing pool by yourself. I... got on facebook, ate candy, ate pub mix, hehe, wandered around the house turning on all the lights, and I also had the tv going. See what a good multi tasker I am! And also I would put my phone on speaker phone so it was like that person was actually there! yeah! it worked :) :)
Well at... midnight I sent Caitlin to bed ;) I had too, we were about to fall asleep on each other. Then I went around the house, locking all the doors. I thought about doing to alarm but I was afraid I'd set it off then the cops would come and think I was a robber... oh yeah sure. Then I started turning off the lights. I was afraid that I would get scared after I turned off the lights. See I hadn't gotton scared yet. So I turned off almost all the lights. I did leave two lights on. But I wasn't scared, didn't get scared at all. I was suprised at myself.
Then I couldn't decide whether to crash on the couch. Or go sleep in the bed Terry told me I could stay in. I decided to try the bed. I set my phone alarm and crawled in the covers... and layed there... staring at the ceiling. I couldn't sleep! I was about to fall asleep talking to Caitlin, no laying in the bed I just couldn't sleep. I finally turned over a few times. Settling on sleeping on my stomach, I grabbed a pillow and cuddled it up to me... I sleep better that way. Yes, I know, I'm weird. I did end up falling asleep at 12:30. 3 hours later.... I woke up, groaned and looked at the clock. 3:30! oh gosh. I tried to fall back asleep... no luck. So I layed there, listening... all I heard was Scooter, Terry's dog go into the kitchen and drink water. That was it.
I crawled out of bed, grabbed a pillow and went into the living room. I turned on the TV and curled up, hugging my pillow on the couch. Ya know there isn't much to watch to 3:40 in the morning. I put on... I don't remember. GAC I think. Later I got on the computer, facebook. Turned on some music. Then decided to watch the Rescuers! cute movie :) I haven't seen it in forever. While that was on I searched for some breakfast. There was cereal, but the milk was expired. So I just decided to eat more pub mix. After the Rescuers was over I watched Tristan and Isodle. I. Did. Not. Like. It. It had a stupid, sad ending... and yeah I don't want to discuss it.
Well the morning went on. At sometime, Aaron, Terry's son showed up. I saw him and thought he just came to get a horse. But he called inside the house and asked me to let him in. I felt kind of weird... 8:00 I drug myself out to the bitter cold and started riding. Then I just had a normal work day. Came home, and slept... for uhhh... like... 3 hours.... I seriously didn't mean to sleep that long. My mom didn't wake me up.... oh well. Well now I'm going to bed, cause I'm sleepy again, and cold. I need the warmth of my bed. Good Night.
(oh and it wasn't a actual cold and lonely night. Being on the phone kept me from being lonely. And the house was pretty warm. Thanks Caitlin and Joshua for talking to me!)
I arrived at 4:00 and my boss, Terry. Showed me stuff, how to set the alarm if I wanted, where the candy was, where some food was, what to feed her dog, such as that. Then we kind of waited around for her grandkids to show up for some candy. They left, then Terry left at 5:30. So... I had this pretty big house, all to myself. A pool table, computer, plasma tv, movies, candy, and a little food. Though she was lacking quite a bit in the food area. Hmmm... what to do first!
I threw a wild party. Yeah uh huh. Called all kinds of people, it was insane!
Okay I didn't.
I turned on the tv and went in search of some food. I ended up eating some kinda chicken thing she told me I could have. It wasn't bad, not bad at all. After I ate that, and drank a cherry limenade. I then called Caitlin... nobody answered :( how sad! She called me back a few minutes later :) Me and her talked for quite awhile. Mostly a crazy goofy conversation. But that's us. We can't talk without having some kind of crazyness. Oh and we sang too, yep that's right. But you know what? We actually had a... somewhat deep conversation! Yes! Us! Don't faint anyone! no it wasn't about a grape sitcom, or anything of the sort. We discussed some Bible verses, it was really great! :)
After I got off the phone with her I called Joshua, we talked for... a hour and 18 minutes, that's what my phones tells me anyways. What did we talk about... wouldn't you like to know. HAHA! Oh and also while I was talking to him, I was also talking to Caitlin on IM. Then after I got off the phone with Joshua I talked to Caitin again. What did I do while on the phone you may ask. Well I played some pool, you know it's not much fun playing pool by yourself. I... got on facebook, ate candy, ate pub mix, hehe, wandered around the house turning on all the lights, and I also had the tv going. See what a good multi tasker I am! And also I would put my phone on speaker phone so it was like that person was actually there! yeah! it worked :) :)
Well at... midnight I sent Caitlin to bed ;) I had too, we were about to fall asleep on each other. Then I went around the house, locking all the doors. I thought about doing to alarm but I was afraid I'd set it off then the cops would come and think I was a robber... oh yeah sure. Then I started turning off the lights. I was afraid that I would get scared after I turned off the lights. See I hadn't gotton scared yet. So I turned off almost all the lights. I did leave two lights on. But I wasn't scared, didn't get scared at all. I was suprised at myself.
Then I couldn't decide whether to crash on the couch. Or go sleep in the bed Terry told me I could stay in. I decided to try the bed. I set my phone alarm and crawled in the covers... and layed there... staring at the ceiling. I couldn't sleep! I was about to fall asleep talking to Caitlin, no laying in the bed I just couldn't sleep. I finally turned over a few times. Settling on sleeping on my stomach, I grabbed a pillow and cuddled it up to me... I sleep better that way. Yes, I know, I'm weird. I did end up falling asleep at 12:30. 3 hours later.... I woke up, groaned and looked at the clock. 3:30! oh gosh. I tried to fall back asleep... no luck. So I layed there, listening... all I heard was Scooter, Terry's dog go into the kitchen and drink water. That was it.
I crawled out of bed, grabbed a pillow and went into the living room. I turned on the TV and curled up, hugging my pillow on the couch. Ya know there isn't much to watch to 3:40 in the morning. I put on... I don't remember. GAC I think. Later I got on the computer, facebook. Turned on some music. Then decided to watch the Rescuers! cute movie :) I haven't seen it in forever. While that was on I searched for some breakfast. There was cereal, but the milk was expired. So I just decided to eat more pub mix. After the Rescuers was over I watched Tristan and Isodle. I. Did. Not. Like. It. It had a stupid, sad ending... and yeah I don't want to discuss it.
Well the morning went on. At sometime, Aaron, Terry's son showed up. I saw him and thought he just came to get a horse. But he called inside the house and asked me to let him in. I felt kind of weird... 8:00 I drug myself out to the bitter cold and started riding. Then I just had a normal work day. Came home, and slept... for uhhh... like... 3 hours.... I seriously didn't mean to sleep that long. My mom didn't wake me up.... oh well. Well now I'm going to bed, cause I'm sleepy again, and cold. I need the warmth of my bed. Good Night.
(oh and it wasn't a actual cold and lonely night. Being on the phone kept me from being lonely. And the house was pretty warm. Thanks Caitlin and Joshua for talking to me!)
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