People who have hayfever shouldn't live on farms

Between August 1 and two days after the first freeze, I LOVE CONCRETE AND REFRIGERATED AIR. My hayfever is so bad right now. My husband is so kind he strips in the mud room after being outside near the milo so he doesn't spread pollen throughout the house.

The crop is beautiful this year. It is tall with great big heads. Each head contains about 3,000 spores of pollen. I'd say there's about 999,000 heads of milo out there right now. It's also a windy day. So I've been walking around miserably sniffling and rubbing my nose. Yes I take allergy medication. It's just no match for the millions of pollen spores out there. Not to mention the tons of ragweed merely a few feet from the front yard.

I'd take a photograph but it's dark. All you'd see is the beautiful full moon. Oh. And I don't want to go outside because of my hayfever. So you're stuck looking at a photo of wheat harvest. See our old, worn equipment?

I should live in a bubble this time of year. My only bright spot is that it is only temporary. The first freeze usually comes on Halloween. 65 days and counting.

P.S. this photo is of the famous "boy in the bubble." Wasn't John Travolta in that movie? I have vague memories of the huge TV event (back when there were just three networks).

It's been too long

Since I've blogged. I miss you all. So as life has been relatively boring but busy lately, here's what I'll do. If you don't know by now, I LOVE lists. I love making them, I love reading them, I love crossing things off of them. You're tasked with reading my lists. Please comment or add your own list! Thanks. XXOO.

5 Favorite foods:
french fries
pizza
beer
cake
ice cream
did I say beer?

5 foods I avoid* when "dieting"
french fries
pizza
beer
cake
ice cream
did I say beer?

*avoid means only allowed once or twice a week

5 favorite songs on my ipod (today...this list has been known to expire)
Gwen Stefani's four in the morning
catholic praise cast podcast
Robert Earl Keen's Amarillo highway
Rock lobster - B52s
Anything by the killers

5 things I want to do before the end of the year
Promote to manager with my jewelry company (lia sophia if you didn't know. Click here to find out how to get free jewelry.)
Go to Vegas
Have a clean house for more than five minutes
Get a new door AND have it installed! (oh...and painted)
replace Stephen's broken window (it's been broken for more than three years...this is a MUST)

My son needs me. So gotta go. Luv ya.

Vacation in the mountains

We came back from a very quick vacation in the mountains last week. The boys took some very good (and funny) pictures of our stay at the NRA Whittington center's back country cabin. The cabin is $100 a night...no water or electricity. But the cabin is nice, adequately stocked, warm, and you have to have a four-wheel drive to get there. It was Steve's dream.

It's on a ridge so you can see mountains from all sides. Highly recommend it.

Nothing really eventful happened. We were very rested by the time we came home. I can't believe we don't go more often. It's just six hours away. Shame on us.