Don't fight with a porcupine!

Meet Gus. He and the German Shepherd, Gunner, met a porcupine a few weeks ago. I'm disappointed we didn't get pictures of Gunner. He was in much worse shape. So bad, that we took him to the vet emergency room that evening. $325 later, he was perfectly fine.

Gus suffered an extra day, however. The boys and my husband managed to confine him in such a way that they were able to pull the quills out with pliers. Poor Gus. But they are both as good as new, now. Ready to take on the world - again.

I get extreme pleasure from seeing all three of our dogs out running the fields, chasing rabbits or birds, and just being free. They are our buddies!

Meet Carl

Growing up, I had a relatively short list of cats in my life. First, there was Butterball, then Kiki, then Bitty Kitty (or Bidi for short). I moved away and didn't get any other cat until after I married Steve. Then, the cat we had (Stripes) was SO great. He forced you to love him. He would even go pheasant hunting with us because he loved fresh birds. He was an outdoor cat.

When we first got married, my husband told me that animals belong outside - especially on a farm. We wouldn't be having any inside dogs or cats! We tried to make him cave in. We would adopt little kittens and put them in the house (so the dogs, hawks and owls wouldn't eat them) but usually the cats would get kicked out of the house for gnawing furniture or being too dumb to use the litter box.

Then, we got Carl. He joined our home about five months ago. The kids named him after the Billy Bob Thornton character on Slingblade. Anyhoo, he is a wonderful little animal with a lot of personality. He likes people and he knows how to use the litterbox. Surprisingly, he has not yet been kicked out of the house. He goes outside, of course, to carouse like any normal tomcat will do. But so far, so good. He has behaved and really blessed our lives.

We all love Carl.

Dead Like Me- Millie's New Job

Our e-mail system went down at work last week. It was shut off for THREE whole days. I was one of just a few people in the building with e-mail. I didn't really get any e-mails, though, since all of my coworkers were down.

It was very difficult because we all had to TALK to each other. Yuk. I was reminded of this video clip from a show that I look forward to watching as soon as I graduate (and my time is my own for awhile). Thank goodness for netflix.

Anonymous - This one reminded me of you, today! (Forgive the $%#*@^ language!)

Don't you just love change?

My son got a new cell phone the other day. He feels pretty special with his mp3/video/camera/internet/etc. phone. I'm still using a 3-year old Nokia that I just adore. I don't want to have to learn how to use a new one, ya know? The buttons will be different, the features will be different, who knows how much more money it'll cost. I'd take an i-phone, but I don't want to spend the money. I get traumatized when I change purses! I dread getting the new phone.

We're in the middle of grain sorghum harvest. It's pretty much all-consuming. Every decision we make for the next couple of weeks will be preceded with the question, "Can we cut today?" If the answer is, "yes," then we make plans to work around harvest. It's a beautiful time of the year. At least Steve took off an hour and a half to watch our 7th grader play football. That was a nice break.


More change. I got a new boss at my full-time job a couple of weeks ago.

Well, I'll keep my nose to the grindstone and keep working...remembering that God wants us all to do everything for His glory - including an 8-hour day at work. We are only on this earth a short time, right? We should make every moment count!

Here goes...1,2,3,4,5,6.....

This is for Kelli!

Anyone who has ever lived with a cat will really enjoy this one!

I got my cap and gown!

Stephen and I went to WTAMU Thursday and picked up my cap and gown and graduation announcements. It was cool. I am excited. December 15 at 3 p.m.