post turtle

Ran across this little ditty and thought I'd share--don't know how many of my family will think this is funny/true...


While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.'

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.
The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. 'You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.'


(sorry, Grampa)

fair time!

It's that time of year again--Vernon County Fair time!!
It's gone from fun when I was a kid, not so fun when it's just me and the Mr., to fun again now that we have kids. There is always a display of farm equipment, and that's where we spent most of our time. See for yourself...

Here, Jack poses with his groovy shades he snagged at the fish hatchery booth.

Alex riding the Bou Matic cow. Super fun!

The first night we went out, Jack wanted to go on the big slide that you sit on a burlap sack and go down. Ok, fine. We got the tickets and Chad took him down once and he had a blast. Then the meltdown began. He threw a huge fit because we wouldn't let him go again so we went home.

Yesterday went a lot better because he knew if he was a shit, we were goin' home! It's pretty awesome when you follow through on something and it works. We ended up staying for a long time and got to see a lot of the tractor pull that night. The boys didn't get to bed until 11pm. All in all we had a very good time. We'll see if I have it in me to take them myself this weekend.

tired

Both the boys have a small cold. Mainly just runny noses, but a pain non the less. I might be getting something as well, but it's hard to tell since I feel like crap most days anyway.

The day is so overcast and blah. Not very motivating. We were going to go to Gram and Gramps, but with the colds I thought we'd better not. Maybe later on this week after we go to the fair. Chad's got one day off during the fair, so the boys will get to go one day at least. We'll see if I am crazy enough to take them by myself later.

Alex doesn't like to ride in the stroller very much anymore so I totally see where that would go. He runs away from me at the store and I told Chad I'm seriously thinking about getting one of those harnesses for kids. I've always looked at those and thought, "No WAY!!" Now, I look at them and think, "Which one do I want? The puppy or the monkey?"

white boys take 2

I can't remember the exact photos I tried to post earlier, but these show the iridescence of the boys just the same.

ok, lets give this a try...

I've noticed other blogspot bloggers can post more than 4 picts per post, so I'm going to try something...

Yea!!!! I think it worked!

These were from our 'vacation'. We went to a petting zoo of sorts and the boys got to see a bunch of animals. I was hoping it was more than what they see around here and it was (kinda). They saw sheep, goats, some sort of zebra donkey, a white turkey that kept following us around, a rooster with no feet, alpacas, and a few more.

Chad asked me when we left what I thought. I, thought it was kinda lame. The kids, thought it was great. All that matters. There was a fainting goat that was kinda cool. Never saw one in person before. The highlight from the whole experience? Getting a toy from the toy rack like you see in Farm and Fleet or Tractor Supply with all the little tractors and such. Go figure.

Oh, the first photo is of Alex riding his 6 volt 4-wheeler across the living room on his feet instead of his butt. He thinks it's hilarious, therefore he does it all the time. He's just itching to break in our new insurance.