Dairy Daze...and Now Beyond

Hmmmm...yeah.  What do they serve at wedding showers?  Broccoli?  Carrots?  A nice fruit tray? Ummm...no. But, well.  It WAS Sunday afternoon.  And I had already decided that Sunday is the day of the week that I am going to cut myself a break and splurge a weeeeee tad.  So I had a cup of punch and a polite chunk of cake.  It is gratifying to note that after a week of avoiding sugary things anything with sugar in it now tastes cloyingly sweet. And I did try the Skinny Chunky Monkey cookies as suggested by the Lumberjack's Wife.  I will post a link if I ever get time.  Needless to say, with no eggs or sugar, they taste like a vegan dessert, but in a pinch they will satisfy your sweet tooth.  Hubby ate a couple and pronounced them "OK" and probably would eat them if there were nothing else sweet in the house.  But Ellen was totally unimpressed; "they taste funny." Five year olds.  Gotta trust ...

Yay me!  I HAVE been exercising most every day; at least 5 days per week; walking and weights.  I have been reading my Bible and praying-though once again, not as much as I ought.  And I have been doing much much better at avoiding sugar; at least for the past 3 days.  Ha. On Saturday I had a bit of a shock.  I have been trying to do most of these things for the past month, the exercising part anyway.  But when I checked the scales on Sat I'd gained instead of lost!   AACCKK!!!!  (I would like to think it's because I've build up muscle, which weighs more than fat, but alas, I doubt that's the case.  Ha) So, that was when I started recording what I eat, AND counting all the calories.  I am going ot have to find one of those websites where you can record what you eat and THEY will tabulate the calories.  Anyway.  On to my story; because I promised you stories to go along with these Fat Tuesday posts.  ...

The newest member of our farm.  Here is hubby trying it out to work on the windmill.  He said he was a little nervous up in it the first time.  He also said that when we get to using it regularly he will have a harness for me to use when *I* am up in.  As in ME. This is because he says he needs to be on the ground to figure out what went wrong should it ever break down.  Once the motor stops, for whatever reason, and you are up in the air...well... You are up there until the motor is started again. Funny husband.

Yesterday morning, whilst I was out in the garden burning calories, my husband approached on the 4-wheeler.  I knew something was up.  Yes.  He had this great idea.  He was in pursuit of yet another member to add to our Homestead....a bucket truck.  A bucket truck that was 150 miles (give or take a few) away.  Would I go with him?  Hmmm.... So yesterday, instead of blogging my Fat Tuesday post, I took a 300 mile round trip up north of Lake of the Ozarks.  And, yes, we now have said bucket truck.  That would be another story.  For another day. In the meantime.  I have had some Fat Tuesday successes and fails. Exercise:  Success.  I have been keeping up with my walking fairly well.  Yes, I have. And, as my reward, so far I haven't acquired any tick or chigger bites...yet.  When I haven't walked, I have done my Santa imitation in the garden...you know, "hoe, hoe, hoe." Heh h...

This past weekend, on Saturday, we went to the barbecue at above named company.  They are the ones hubby gets water well supplies from.  Every spring they have a barbecue with mounds and mounds of food and tons of prizes.  I think I have written about them before.  They have games for the kids, and for the ladies.  Then they have the big prize drawing at the end of the whole shindig. Ellen looks forward to this every year.  She calls it the Cake Walk, because the first year we went they did have a cake walk there. This year however, they did not have a cake walk, but had 3 of those inflatable party type games.  See below.  They also did face painting, or feathers in your hair.  Ellen opted for the feather.  See below. She loved this baseball one.  The cone blew up a stream of air that would keep the little balls floating.  She was pretty good at giving them a whack.  She didn't make it into any of the...

(OK they have changed blogger around since last I was here, I hope this works.) I have joined The Lumberjack's Wife this month of May in her Fat Tuesday program. Click here: Fat Tuesday , for the link to her blog, and if it seems good unto you, you can join too! The more the merrier, yes? My health goals for this months are: 1) Walk. As in every day. For at least half hour, if not much, much longer. You should be proud of me. Walking in backwoods Missouri is fraught with many dangers...stray hunters not the least. You just never know when a turkey hunter may show up on your back 40 somewhere. (Thus there will be no potty breaks behind bushes.) My walking areas generally consist of cow pastures. (Dairy Daze, you know, life on the dairy and all that jazz.) Cow pastures in spring are filled with ticks, chiggers (yes, they are out early this year, I am scratching a couple of bites as I type), and wandering snakes. Though copperheads are generally nocturnal, such knowledge...