I found that Jayda provides me with enough material that she could basically have her own blog, but I'll continue to do hers, since she can't quite type, or spell, or read....details details.
She figured out I work at the electric company, so when we were driving home from her babysitters she said, "So mom since the power is at your work, could you turn the power back on tomorrow when you go to work so we could watch tb (tv) easier?" Ahh yes Jayda, if only it were that easy. I then showed her the poles laying on the ground and explained to her how those poles had to be replaced first. She wasn't so impressed with mommy's job. Guess I should have let her continue to think I have such a "power-ful" job!
Also, as a side note, we did get power back on last night!!! Jayda now has clean socks again!
I am planning on taking Jayda to her very first movie this weekend! She's four, so I guess its probably time I let her experience a movie theatre movie! Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel is playing in Lemmon and she's incredibly excited. She keeps asking me if it's the one with the boy AND girl chipmunks. She's seen the video clip of the girl chipmunks singing "All the single ladies" so she sings that song to me each morning on our drive. I have to admit its pretty hilarious to hear a 4 year old singing, "If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it!"
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Electricity..what's that?
I'm really trying not to be a whiner, like so many of the people I've had to listen to for the last 9 days, but the time comes when a person has waited long enough and it's high time we get power back on. Being that I work for the power company, I really can't call and complain, so I walk a few feet and sheepishly ask...is today the day?? Will our power EVER come on again? Please please please please please turn our power back on!
For those that don't know, we had a major fog/ice storm hit our area on Jan 20th, last Wednesday for those keeping track (and by that I mean me). Heavy ice accumulated on our power lines, causing the lines to sag with the extra weight and later causing poles to snap, literally like toothpicks. We only lost somewhere around 450 poles, which is actually lower than many surrounding co-ops who lost nearly 2000 poles. I have to say the South Dakota Rural Electric Association is an amazing group of people who truly rally around one another in desperate times. The lineman who rush to our aid in the most unbearable conditions are hero's to more than they'll ever know. As heavy winds picked up on Monday, it seemed our efforts kept taking a step in the wrong direction. Our guys were working 15 plus hours a day in extreme cold temperatures with little to show for their efforts. It is now Thursday and a small group of people remain without power, (me included). We remain hopeful that today will be our lucky day and our lights will shine bright, our washing machines will run wildly, dishwashers will once again hum in our kitchens and most importantly we won't hear the constant roar of the generator running outside. We will go to bed without re-fueling it and we will wake up without wondering if it's about out of gas again. I will no longer have blinking clocks in every room I enter and my massive pile of dirty clothes will be substantially smaller. I desperately look forward to the day that I don't hear someone ask me, "Are you still without power?" Followed by, "Oh my gosh." Or, " What's the update," "We STILL don't have power, do you?" "This is getting expensive," "We've been out since Saturday" (I don't feel a bit sorry for you, being that you had 3 extra days WITH power).
Again, there are a lot of honorable jobs in this world and I have mucho respect for the linemen who fall into that category.
For those that don't know, we had a major fog/ice storm hit our area on Jan 20th, last Wednesday for those keeping track (and by that I mean me). Heavy ice accumulated on our power lines, causing the lines to sag with the extra weight and later causing poles to snap, literally like toothpicks. We only lost somewhere around 450 poles, which is actually lower than many surrounding co-ops who lost nearly 2000 poles. I have to say the South Dakota Rural Electric Association is an amazing group of people who truly rally around one another in desperate times. The lineman who rush to our aid in the most unbearable conditions are hero's to more than they'll ever know. As heavy winds picked up on Monday, it seemed our efforts kept taking a step in the wrong direction. Our guys were working 15 plus hours a day in extreme cold temperatures with little to show for their efforts. It is now Thursday and a small group of people remain without power, (me included). We remain hopeful that today will be our lucky day and our lights will shine bright, our washing machines will run wildly, dishwashers will once again hum in our kitchens and most importantly we won't hear the constant roar of the generator running outside. We will go to bed without re-fueling it and we will wake up without wondering if it's about out of gas again. I will no longer have blinking clocks in every room I enter and my massive pile of dirty clothes will be substantially smaller. I desperately look forward to the day that I don't hear someone ask me, "Are you still without power?" Followed by, "Oh my gosh." Or, " What's the update," "We STILL don't have power, do you?" "This is getting expensive," "We've been out since Saturday" (I don't feel a bit sorry for you, being that you had 3 extra days WITH power).
Again, there are a lot of honorable jobs in this world and I have mucho respect for the linemen who fall into that category.
Friday, January 22, 2010
My book of love
I wrote this quite a while ago and many people got a kick out of it, so I thought I'd share it here too for those who didn't catch it on myspace. Just a side note, I love my husband very much and I write this with much love and...humor!
There will inevitably come a time when I write a book on Jed. He is aware of this, as I remind him frequently after he does something completely retarded or extremely annoying. Notice the word frequent. So when I do write this book, I want to be able to remember all of these occurances. Thus I am writing an outline for future use.
The book of Jed
Chapter 1: Family vacations with Jed...nuf said
Chapter 2: Holidays with Jed...again nuf said
Chapter 3: Jed's book of cheer's.
for those of you that don't know him, you might need to know that he has a gift for singing the wrong words to every song ever recorded, this applies to high school cheers as well. The cheer "attitude check, how do we feel? Oh we feel so good, HUH" Does not go..."add it to the check, How do we feel?...ect. again..not..add it to the check..its attitude check. minor details..
Chapter 4: Shopping with Jed
It is NOT a race, there is no prize for being done first, leave me alone!
Chapter 5: Laughing should not be timed
So I like to laugh, and i've been known to laugh a little longer than the average person. so what..it burns calories and its fun. STOP timing me and telling me when it is time to stop laughing. I will decide when it has been long enough. Just be thankful I am still laughing at you, oops i mean with you.
Chapter 6: Close the Door
when it is freezing cold outside, which is quite often, and I am in the car with you..CLOSE THE DAMN DOOR while you do whatever it is you are doing. there is no reason both of us have to be cold. sacrifice yourself.
Chapter 7: I hate cows
just had to throw that in there
Chapter 8: Phone calls
6am is a time for sleeping, not a time for talking to every person within 100 miles. No, it did not rain at your dads, nor did it rain at Rusty's. Drink your coffee and watch the today show, and tell all your people to STOP calling before the sun comes up. This is precious sleep time.
Chapter 9: Pouty Fits
The man was raised with 3 sisters & he is the baby, so this was bound to happen. Some people choose to grow out of it, others...grow with it. So if you'd like to experience a "Jed fit" just do any of the following: make him wait more than 3 minutes for anything, tell him no, ask him a question (if you're his mother, this works immediately), tell him you want to go to Rapid, make him make the whole bed, not just his side. Take him to a shopping mall or walmart on a saturday.
There's more but you get the idea.
That should be a good start for the book, i'll return with more at a later time.
There will inevitably come a time when I write a book on Jed. He is aware of this, as I remind him frequently after he does something completely retarded or extremely annoying. Notice the word frequent. So when I do write this book, I want to be able to remember all of these occurances. Thus I am writing an outline for future use.
The book of Jed
Chapter 1: Family vacations with Jed...nuf said
Chapter 2: Holidays with Jed...again nuf said
Chapter 3: Jed's book of cheer's.
for those of you that don't know him, you might need to know that he has a gift for singing the wrong words to every song ever recorded, this applies to high school cheers as well. The cheer "attitude check, how do we feel? Oh we feel so good, HUH" Does not go..."add it to the check, How do we feel?...ect. again..not..add it to the check..its attitude check. minor details..
Chapter 4: Shopping with Jed
It is NOT a race, there is no prize for being done first, leave me alone!
Chapter 5: Laughing should not be timed
So I like to laugh, and i've been known to laugh a little longer than the average person. so what..it burns calories and its fun. STOP timing me and telling me when it is time to stop laughing. I will decide when it has been long enough. Just be thankful I am still laughing at you, oops i mean with you.
Chapter 6: Close the Door
when it is freezing cold outside, which is quite often, and I am in the car with you..CLOSE THE DAMN DOOR while you do whatever it is you are doing. there is no reason both of us have to be cold. sacrifice yourself.
Chapter 7: I hate cows
just had to throw that in there
Chapter 8: Phone calls
6am is a time for sleeping, not a time for talking to every person within 100 miles. No, it did not rain at your dads, nor did it rain at Rusty's. Drink your coffee and watch the today show, and tell all your people to STOP calling before the sun comes up. This is precious sleep time.
Chapter 9: Pouty Fits
The man was raised with 3 sisters & he is the baby, so this was bound to happen. Some people choose to grow out of it, others...grow with it. So if you'd like to experience a "Jed fit" just do any of the following: make him wait more than 3 minutes for anything, tell him no, ask him a question (if you're his mother, this works immediately), tell him you want to go to Rapid, make him make the whole bed, not just his side. Take him to a shopping mall or walmart on a saturday.
There's more but you get the idea.
That should be a good start for the book, i'll return with more at a later time.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Addicted
I have this picture set as my background on my computer at work...it's very distracting. I continuously catch myself staring in admiration at the beautiful babies Jed and I created. The two perfect faces, perfect bodies that grew in my womb and made me vomit for 40 weeks straight. Hard to believe.Then I look at the set of pictures I took on this day, just because I can, and because they make me happy. When work gets annoying, or I can't concentrate, I pull them up and my world is pure bliss for a few minutes. They are my happy place.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
seventeen pounds of sweet
Paisley recently had a round of immunizations, they were her 4 month shots, a month behind! She is 5 months old and weighed in at 17 pounds and she's 26 inches long. She's in the 95th percentile for both height and weight! Clearly she's a happy, healthy girl who loves her bubs! I finally took some pictures of my lovely lady and she finally gave me some smiles. I've hired Jayda as my photography assistant since she can make Paisley smile just by entering the room. I pay her in skittles and she's pretty content with the arrangement!
We had a nice weekend at home, after 3 previous weekends of running to Rapid. Jayda got to see uncle Ross and Grandpa Marlin. They came up to coyote hunt, but didn't have much luck. Jayda also got to visit Kenley and Kaia for a day of sledding fun. She was so exhausted, she fell asleep watching TV at 7pm.
I started working on some school stuff and I'm very excited at how easy this semester is shaping up to be. I only have 2 courses that really require much work, the other 2 require minimal effort and time, which is PERFECT for me!
We've been enjoying beautiful weather this past week, hoping it will thaw some more so we don't have the same flooding issues we had last spring. Jed bought some bred heifers and got them hauled home on Friday. He's excited to start his first year of calving his own cows, minus the share cows who were less than friendly.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
life, in the words of Jayda
Had to post these before I forgot.
Jayda got to feed cows every morning with Jed for a week and a half. He got a kick out of this one.
After feeding several bales, Jed rolled down his window to look over the cows for a minute. Jayda: uhm, Dad...seriously...do we have to watch them eat too?
After I came home from Rapid with my new bra purchases, I tried the pink one on and Jayda was equally excited for me. Jayda: Mom, go show Dad, he's really gonna like it!
At 4am Jayda came into our bedroom.
Jayda: Mom, are you in there?
Me: yes
Jayda: Dad, are you in there?
Jed: yes
Jayda: ok I was just making sure you were both still here
She then went back to her room and went back to bed?!
Jayda got to feed cows every morning with Jed for a week and a half. He got a kick out of this one.
After feeding several bales, Jed rolled down his window to look over the cows for a minute. Jayda: uhm, Dad...seriously...do we have to watch them eat too?
After I came home from Rapid with my new bra purchases, I tried the pink one on and Jayda was equally excited for me. Jayda: Mom, go show Dad, he's really gonna like it!
At 4am Jayda came into our bedroom.
Jayda: Mom, are you in there?
Me: yes
Jayda: Dad, are you in there?
Jed: yes
Jayda: ok I was just making sure you were both still here
She then went back to her room and went back to bed?!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
lets get rollin
Paisley turned 5 months old on Sunday and decided it was high time she started doing some stuff. We came home from Rapid and I laid her on the floor to stretch out, when I came back in the room she was on her belly! Now she likes laying on her side when she sleeps and I often find her completely backwards from how I left her in her crib. She continues to find her voice and likes to holler! I think she's just taking after her sister and wants to make sure she is also heard. It's funny how much she already loves Jayda. All Jayda had to do is walk up to her and Paisley will start smiling or giggling. One would think she might be annoyed, but her heart is full of love!
Jayda had a rough week last week with a yucky cough. She stayed home with Jed, while Paisley and I went to Rapid for my 3 week check up and more visiting. G-ma Jinx and G-pa Marlin got their fill of Paisley time while I was able to go to my first Rush Hockey game. I'm fairly certain Taylor and Syd were a little more into it than I was, but it was fun none the less and I can see how it could become addicting.
I also had a fun bra shopping day, which is probably the first time I've used fun and bra in the same sentence. It was such a pleasant experience for a change, and I even got to buy PINK! My checkup was good and everything is healing well. They removed some stitches that hadn't dissolved, which relieved a lot of my discomfort. Some times I still can't believe I actually had it done and it's all over with. Now I don't know why I waited so long, and would advise anyone to take the leap! I haven't gone crazy shopping, but I have found great joy looking at all the things I CAN wear now!
Yesterday I started my FINAL semester of school. It's so great to say... type... think... those words. I have a super easy semester also and very thankful for that. I'm able to do my internship credits at work and I just have 3 other classes. May 15th, 2010 here I come! Mark your calendars!
Jayda had a rough week last week with a yucky cough. She stayed home with Jed, while Paisley and I went to Rapid for my 3 week check up and more visiting. G-ma Jinx and G-pa Marlin got their fill of Paisley time while I was able to go to my first Rush Hockey game. I'm fairly certain Taylor and Syd were a little more into it than I was, but it was fun none the less and I can see how it could become addicting.
I also had a fun bra shopping day, which is probably the first time I've used fun and bra in the same sentence. It was such a pleasant experience for a change, and I even got to buy PINK! My checkup was good and everything is healing well. They removed some stitches that hadn't dissolved, which relieved a lot of my discomfort. Some times I still can't believe I actually had it done and it's all over with. Now I don't know why I waited so long, and would advise anyone to take the leap! I haven't gone crazy shopping, but I have found great joy looking at all the things I CAN wear now!
Yesterday I started my FINAL semester of school. It's so great to say... type... think... those words. I have a super easy semester also and very thankful for that. I'm able to do my internship credits at work and I just have 3 other classes. May 15th, 2010 here I come! Mark your calendars!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
out with the old
The weekend is winding down and a new year has begun. I spent most of the morning cleaning out Jayda and Paisley's drawers, getting rid of clothes that are too small and making room for all the new stuff they received. It always amazes me how quickly I'm packing away clothes it seems like I just bought. Next we are hoping to go through the toy bins and get some stuff cleared out. I guess that is one advantage to living in a small space, it motivates you to get rid of the clutter more often, simply because its absolutely neccessary.
Jayda and I took the Christmas tree down last night and took down all the other Christmas decorations. It always seems a little sad to put it all away. Sometimes I wish the holidays would last longer, just without the winter weather. It's sort of like how I'm feeling about school with just one week left of vacation. I dread starting another semester, but starting it is the only way to finish it!
We had an excellent birthday weekend for miss Jayda Jo. She turned 4 on Jan 1st, we went to Rapid for an ice skating party at an indoor ice rink. Josie and her family joined us, and Ronda and hers did also. It was fun to see them and fun for Jayda to have some kids at her party. My family was also able to come and enjoy watching everyone skate. My parents took Jayda and Paisley home that evening and gave Jed and I a little kid free time. Here's som Jayda quotes from their ride home with her:
Jayda: Sooo....is my birthday over?
Gma Jinx: yep, it is!
Jayda: I'm glad I'm 4 now. I was sick of being 3.
I'm hoping we've turned a new leaf with this 4 year old stuff! She's been eating every bite of her lunch and supper because big girls, eat their food! I'm going to run with it as long as I can! She also has been really polite and is listening better already. Works for me!
The best news of the year so far, is Paisley's eye is finally cleared up! I can't begin to explain how thankful I am for this. I think she's pretty happy I'm not wiping at her eye anymore either. Thank GOD, he is good!
Jayda and I took the Christmas tree down last night and took down all the other Christmas decorations. It always seems a little sad to put it all away. Sometimes I wish the holidays would last longer, just without the winter weather. It's sort of like how I'm feeling about school with just one week left of vacation. I dread starting another semester, but starting it is the only way to finish it!
We had an excellent birthday weekend for miss Jayda Jo. She turned 4 on Jan 1st, we went to Rapid for an ice skating party at an indoor ice rink. Josie and her family joined us, and Ronda and hers did also. It was fun to see them and fun for Jayda to have some kids at her party. My family was also able to come and enjoy watching everyone skate. My parents took Jayda and Paisley home that evening and gave Jed and I a little kid free time. Here's som Jayda quotes from their ride home with her:
Jayda: Sooo....is my birthday over?
Gma Jinx: yep, it is!
Jayda: I'm glad I'm 4 now. I was sick of being 3.
I'm hoping we've turned a new leaf with this 4 year old stuff! She's been eating every bite of her lunch and supper because big girls, eat their food! I'm going to run with it as long as I can! She also has been really polite and is listening better already. Works for me!
The best news of the year so far, is Paisley's eye is finally cleared up! I can't begin to explain how thankful I am for this. I think she's pretty happy I'm not wiping at her eye anymore either. Thank GOD, he is good!
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