I hate goats.

I had a pretty good day. I went to work, got up the horses and all that stuff. Just went through the regular things. We had clients today (I work at a theraputic horseback ridng center). At 9:00 we had little kids, 9. So we took 3 groups. The worst one we have is Eric, his brain is messed up. So he kind of goes crazy with his hands, he tried to pull hair, slap, and do all kinds of stuff. He can't help it though, and he's sooo cute. We have some really cute kids that come. Well after we get done with that group we have adults that come at 10:30. By this time it's starting to get slightly warm outside. So we switch saddles to the bigger ones, and find out there are only 5 people that came so we take a rest for a minute. I really enjoy this group. My two favorites that come are George, and Ryder. George isn't real bad messed or, but he is blind, and he has artificial eyes. He's awesome though. He likes to ask all kind of questions, like what grade I'm in, what color my socks are, if I drive, such as that. And Ryder is cool, I can just grin at him and he starts laughing... I wonder if he's laughing at me.... hmmm... well anyways it's a cool group. And I really enjoy my job. But I don't like my boss much... she was in a foul mood today, but she pretty much always is.

Well at 12:30 we get done then get the horses put up. And go eat. At a mexican food restraunt... you want to know what I got? a chesseburger, yep that's right. It was pretty darn good too :) Well I finally get to go home. I arrive there at like... 2:30... I think. I sit inside the house for about 15 or so minutes then go out and wash my pickup. Yes my pickup. I am the owner of a little green Nissan, that's right. It's one cool ride. So that takes about... a hour. I get it all nice and clean, inside and out. While I'm listening to my Jonas Brothers cd that I just recently purchased, good cd.

I go in the house after, do some wonderful, enjoyable, awesome school... enjoyable, wonderful, awesome... yeah right. Then... what did I do... oh then I just sat there... yeah I was a bum. Nathan turns on the tv, I just sit there. Tired, and completely out of it. My mom and dad leave to go into town, so I had to be stuck here with Nathan. We watch a episode of the Suite life of Zach and Cody, yeah I watch disney channel... so what.... Then we go and do... the chours. So we're 'goatsitting' some well goats for some friends of ours that are out of town for a few days. There are two, and they are milk goats. So yeah they need to be milked. So I put Nathan to turning in the cow, feeding my dads horse, stuff like that. And I go catch one of the wonderful, and sweet little goats... uh I wish. The first one try to get on the stantion and it just stands there. I put one leg up there, then she jumps up there. Well then she won't stick her stupid head in the... head thing... finally she puts it in. I sit there and milk her, she tries to kick the stupid milk bucket over. I get her done, and then we move on to the other one... oh and I forgot to mention these goats are suffering from seperation anxiety. Whatever, stupid goats. I put her up, we move onto the next one. She also doesn't want to get on the stantion. She keeps trying to take of on me (I have a orange string collar on her neck. Orange string is.. well string that holds to bales of hay) well she keeps trying to take of. I get her up there. Get her milk. Finish the chours, and everything. I go instead. Nathan comes
"One of the goats is out! the gate wasn't latched" Oh and I did tell the child to latch the gate. I get the idiot back in and then come back in to take a bath. And while I'm in the midst of washing the soap out of my hair Nathan comes and starts banging on the door. I turn of the water
"What!?"
"The goats are out again!!!"
I just sigh try and finish washing my hair, get on some clothes then go out and try to get the stupid goats back in. It takes us 30 stinking minutes! needless to say I was not very happy. At all. Stupid, stupid goats. Now I remember why I HATE milking goats, and that I HATE goats.

Oh dang, this has been a really long post, and not very interesting... hmmm I should really have more interesting posts... well I'm out.

Nathan's song...

This is Nathan's song that he sang ealier during while we were riding.

I'm baying a song about rabbits
I'm baying a song about rabbits
I'm baying a song about rabbits
Cause I'm a hound, oh yeah, cause I'm a hound.
I love to chase rabbits, I love to chase rabbits, I love to chase rabbits, cause I'm a hound.
I have a dog friend, her name is Maggie, Maggie is jealous, oh yeah Maggie is jealous, cuz she wants to be a hound, oh yeah she wants to be a hound.
I'm baying a song about rabbits
I'm baying a song about rabbits, oh yeah.
And I forgot to mention my name, my name is Sugar, and I love to chase rabbits.

Think he'll be a famous song writer when he's older?.... I don't think so. It was somewhat amusing though. I'm sure there were more lines but I can't remember them. He just broke out into song after he said
"I love to listen to Sugar bay, it's so pretty."
Then that is when he burst into song... strange, strange little man.

I haven't really had much to write about. My weekend was good, just because Joshua came home. He spent the saturday here at our house. I felt really bad though cause we didn't do ANYTHING at all. Just sat around... and then Ross and Lora came over later and had supper with us, they are great people. Oh and Friday night we went to fair. It was... okay. I got there and had to walk around all alone for like 2 hours cause nobody I knew was there. So I went through and looked at the animals several times, went through the arts and crafts building... looked at my photography and all the other photography. Then my friend Camille showed up and we hung out some, and then Jessica and one of her friends from work came and we wandered around. Ate food, such as that. There was waaaay to many people there though, some very, very strange people... Anyways.

Sunday... went to church, came home ate some dinner... then... oh we did watch that movie 'Save the last dance' it was okay. We were pretty much bums. Monday morning I wake up to find Joshua sitting on our couch, at 5:30 in the morning. I wake up from Ginger barking, I don't know why she's barking. But she eventually shuts up, so I lay there not knowing there is someone in the house. I get up, close my door, turn on the light and change into some jeans and a tshirt. Walk out of my room and Joshua is sitting there. I saw someone and I was like... what the heck, then oh my gosh it's Joshua. Haha. We talked, ate some cereal. And then later my mom came down and about had a heart attack when she saw him. It was somewhat dark, and she didn't have her glasses. She didn't see me, and she freaked out... it was funny :) So I had to leave for work at 7:30 and that is when he headed out... Went to work...It was really cold, but I loved it. It was a pretty uneventful day there, I had one horse shy at a man eating bush... crazy animal. It was weird though cause it was kind of all a blur that morning. Whenever it was 11 it still felt like it should be 8, or 9 and that I shouldn't be going home yet... hmmm...

So I get home, do... stuff I don't remember what all I did. I did make a cake, a honey bun cake. It's like death in a pan, seriously. All sugar, but very good :) Then I got to go youth, I enjoyed that awhole lot. Today... I... did school, cleaned house, and my room, rode my horse, dozed off on the couch.... and yeah... I just got off the phone with Caitlin a bit ago, we had a.. uh... interesting conversation... I'm not going to repeat what we talked about because it is just to crazy... Lemme just say if you ever here of a show called "Everyone loves grapes." well we'll be the ones who created it... Well I think I'm going to end this very boring, and very long post. I do apoligize, it is pretty boring. I need to go crawl into bed now.

Blessed.

This morning my mom had to feed the crew. So I as always get stuck in the house cleaning, wishing like crazy I could be out helping work cattle... but I don't get too because I was born a girl... We won't get into that right now because it doesn't matter. So anyways this afternoon I decided to go on a nice joy ride on my horse Pecos.

I had a very nice time, got my head cleared about some stuff and it was pretty enjoyable. I came upon a rattlesnake, stupid nasty snakes... I have snake issues. And on the way back I came upon some Antelope, which isn't a rare thing for out here. And then I was riding along, looked down at the ground and there was this little creature looking up at me. I had to look twice, and oh dang it was a owl! a little burrowing owl. It just sat there... or whatever owls do, looking at me. Then it flew onto a mesquite bush and started making strange sounds...hmmm... weird owl.

It was such a nice day out too. I love Fall, Winter and Fall are my most favorite seasons. I like Winter cause I love the cold, and snow. And Fall... I just love it. It has a different feel to it.. I don't know how to explain it, but it's wonderful. After my ride I was talking on the phone to Caitlin, and I was out on the porch... and it just felt so nice. Spring and Summer don't have this feel.. I just feels... Fallish I guess.

And then the cows got to bawling. Now to most people this might be annoying, but I love it. It puts me to sleep at night... so maybe I'm just weird, who cares. I was thinking about it while riding. And I am so very blessed. I mean how many people get to experiance what I do all the time. The feeling of just being out on a horse, all alone... well besides for some dogs and wildlife. Just the feeling of that, and then just kicking your horse into a lope, leaning down and you go faster, and faster... that is a great feeling. And then getting to hear the coyotes yip, I love that. Early in the morning, or late in the evening they get to yipping, I love listening to it. And then getting to smell the wonderful smell of branding smoke. Are being able to see the stars so clearly at night. Waking up early and watching to sun come up, and watching to clouds turn different colors, or watching the sun set. Breathing in the fresh clear air. Or so many of the other wonderful things.

I truly am blessed. There aren't many people who get to experiance these kind of things. I think everybody should atleast once. God has blessed me in so many ways. And I sometime forget, I get ungrateful and mad when things don't go how I want them too, I had to deal with that today. And then I go out on my horse, talk to God and look around at all that I have... and just think... wow. He's given me all this, and He loves me I don't deserve it, but He still does.
Now I'll leave ya'll with this... this babbling of mine, it's late and I sometimes have a tendacy to babble when it's late. So good night to all.

Brownies!

I just got done making brownies :) Oddessa Chocolate Brownies. The recipe.

2 sticks butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 cup flour

8 heaping teaspoons cocoa

1 teaspoon vanilla

pinch of salt

1 cup pecans (optional)

Prehead oven to 300. Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.

Cream the butter and sugar together and add the eggs, one at a time.

Sift flour and cocoa together. Add to the egg mixture. Add the vanilla, and salt and mix. Pour into pan until the top is crispy and firm to the touch, about 25-35 minutes.

They take a lot of butter, but they are full of chocolately goodness... chocolateie... chocolaty... whatever... Very good :) I'll tell ya I'm the messiest cook. I get that from my dad. He's worse then I am though. Here is what it looks like whenever I cook,

That isn't bad compared to what it looks like most of the time.

Anyways so I decide to make brownies I go in there and get started. Nathan come in there, jumps up on the cabinet and just watches me... and hiccups.

Me: "What are you doing?"

Nathan: "Watching you."

Me:"Why?"

Nathan:"Because I like too watch people cook."

Me: "Well your hiccuping and it's kind of annyoing."

Nathan: "Okay I'll try to stop." (Hiccup)

Me: (rolls eyes and starts cooking)

Why this child likes to sit there and watch people cook, I'll never know. So I cook, with the little child hovering over me. Then we have this coversations.


Nathan: (holds up pepper) "This needs to be thrown away."
Me: "Why? It looks fine to me."
Nathan: "Because look it has a hole in it."
Me: "So what."
Nathan: "It has a cavity."

He's a little strange sometimes. Well now I start mixing.


Nathan: "When your done can I lick the beaters."
Me: "No."
Nathan: "Why?"
Me: "Because raw egg is bad for you and can make you sick."
Nathan: "No it doesn't. Rocky drinks eggs, and it gives him protien."
Me: "You still can't have it."

Well of course he actually ended up licking it anyways. Oh and if you don't know who Rocky is... well that's just crazy, Rock Balboa-Slyvester Stalone. From the boxing movies, Rocky. I think those were our only strange conversations :) And now I'm going to end this pointless post and go eat one of those yummy brownies.