Wow! It's been like FOR-EVER since I've posted here! Way too long, I know! And there's been so many things going on that I don't even know where to begin. I guess I'll just jump in where we're at and go from there.

Things are going well here. I've spent quite a bit of time this week preparing for the 2007-2008 school year...which, by state law...begins July 1st (not that we have to start doing book work, but I do have to have my paperwork in order and know where we're heading).

Our day here was good. We've been trying to get most of the heavy work around the place, like mowing, done on Fridays, but with the heavy rains, I doubt that we'll be able to mow at all this weekend. John cleaned the chicken house out this morning. Then, he and Tony and I ended up going to Lamar. We had lunch together at Taco Bell, then went to Wal-mart. We had some birthday shopping to do. We've got two granddaughters turning 2 within the next two weeks. Abby's birthday is on the 5th; Audrey's is on the 9th.

We've had more animal problems. Earlier in the week our daughter-in-law found a little kitten in their barn. It had some sort of eye infection. She called our daughter, who has a friend that works for a veterinarian. Our daughter took the kitten and, with her friend's help has been trying to nurse the kitten back to health. Yesterday the friend ended up taking the kitten to work with her, and the vet ended up removing the poor little thing's eye. Well, last night about 10:00 our daughter called on the verge of tears. She said that she thought the kitten was dead, but she wasn't sure. We went over and, sure enough, it was. The poor little thing never even came out from under the anesthetic. We ended up bringing it home with us and buried it...in the pouring down rain at 10:30 last night...in the primroses with Tony's hampster...which died on Father's Day.

AND I had a hen that seemed to be having some sort of respiratory problems yesterday; this morning she was dead on the nest. According to the gal that runs the feed company, all this rain is causing respiratory problems in a lot of area animals...including cattle. I started my chickens back on antibiotic this morning.

Well, I need to go for now. You all have a great weekend, and, hopefully, I'll talk to you all soon! God bless all here!