For instance I know a lot of women who love to go shopping. Personally, I have to be in the right mood for shopping. On the rare occasion I am in that particular mood, generally after a few hours I have a headache and am ready to leave the mall/stores and go home. Furthermore, I cannot stand to go window shopping. Nothing feels like a bigger waste of time than browsing through stores, while at the same time knowing I'm not going to be buying anything. (The exception makes the rule - I could spend hours in a Barnes and Noble looking through books and getting ideas of ones I would like to read.)
Shopping may not be the blood-pumping stimulate for me that it is for some other people, but I do get excited about some new things. For instance, right now, I can hardly wait for Friday to get here. That is when my new, pre-fabricated, three-sided calf shed is coming! This shed will give me more room so I can keep my bucket calves longer and get them bigger before taking them to the sale. (Exciting - I know!) :)
With five bull calves at the moment, I definitely could stand some extra room.
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| My newest calf "Hamish." I named him after one of the three princes on the Disney movie Brave. |
Well - Taylor and I made it all the way through Lent without watching TV. It felt a little weird the first week, but it was pretty easy to get used to after that. I used to like having the TV on just for background noise, but I've come to enjoy the quiet a lot more.
After Easter, I sat down to relax and watch a recorded episode I had missed out on during the past couple months, but watching TV wasn't nearly as satisfying as it used to be. Even now Taylor and I both are a lot more inclined to leave the TV off in the evening.
This past weekend Taylor and I went back to my Mom and Dad's for a visit and also to go to Taylor's sister's final dance recital at K-State. We got to give Kolden his birthday presents, too. As always, I loved getting to see my family and play with my nieces and nephew. When I go home my nephew, Kolden, is my little buddy, and he likes to spend as much time with me as he can (I definitely don't mind - I love spending as much time as possiblewith him too). Anyway I had to run four miles for my training while I was at home. When I told Kolden, he said he wanted to run with me. I laughed and told him that he had to take his afternoon nap instead, but I promised that when Mom, Katie, myself and the kids went for a walk later, we could run the last little bit together. About 30-40 yards before we finished our walk, I let Kolden out of the stroller and we started running. He ran as fast as his little legs could carry him, and I stayed next to him to make sure he stayed off to the side of the road. I guess Kolden thought it was a race, and was willing to cheat to win. As we ran together, he kept trying to cut me off! Little turd. :) By the time we reached the mailbox, Kolden was panting hard, saying he was tired. I was glad I had convinced him to stick with 40 yards rather than 4 miles. Later that night he told Katie that he had won the Holton Piston Cup. :)
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| At one point Kolden was giving his sister a wagon ride, but she decided she wanted to walk. Kolden then told me he would give me a wagon ride. That lasted all of two seconds before he told me I was too heavy. I'm going to have to teach him the art of building up a woman's self esteem! :) |
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| Got lucky to catch such a good picture of these three. Pretty darn cute in my opinion! |
Western Kansas Fact: Cleaning your ears is EXTREMELY important. With the especially dry conditions we've experienced lately and the strong winds that have blown the past few days, the joke about being able to grow potatoes in your ears becomes a lot less funny and seems more like an actual possibility.
A lot of times when someone is speaking or when I am reading, I simply see or hear the words with my brain. But occasionally I feel like words speak to my heart as well. The Scripture lesson I read the other morning did just that:
I have given you power... that is greater than the enemy has. Luke 10:19
The lesson for this Scripture said that while there are many, many characters in the Bible, most simply stated, the entire Book is the truth of the battle and triumph of God over Satan. I especially loved one line in the lesson, "Hell will have to get through Him to get to you." Most often I think of Christ's love as a peaceful thing, but this lesson reminded me that He loves me fiercely, too. So much so that He will battle and defeat the power of hell for me.
Have a wonderful rest of the week!
Lyndee
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