Ridin' the Range: Spring Cleaning

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Spring Cleaning

How is it that one fairly annoying but not to difficult task can make you feel as if life is full of vision? That suddenly all the drab winter blues were, really, not that bad and life is on the up 'n up? It amazes me that the things I put off the most are things that give me the most, well....sense of accomplishment and that little extra kick saying, "You're gonna make it!".

Alright It's not THAT big a deal. all I did was wash windows but.... WOW! I feel soooo Good!

AND, We finally got the irrigation water turned on so everything is slowly starting to green up. It's hard to tell from the picture that things are green but you can see the sprinklers are on. If you look closely.

I can't help it I love new beginnings, A.K.A. Spring(the A.K.A. is Bradens new thing.)

3 comments:

Techno Grandma said...: My yards looking great and I've been making arrangements to come down on the 24th and stay for a while. Yaaaah!!!; May 9, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Cathy Brian said...: That'll be great! School gets out on the 22nd so We'll be maybe a little lazy but I'll be working on Gardens etc. then, too.; May 9, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Boy Mom said...: Ahh, the joys of a project that only you really notice. I love cleaning my fridge. Something about that and organizing drawers and closets leaves me feeling like a new person.

A.K.A. Funny! My boys are into "air quotes!"; May 10, 2009 at 7:08 AM

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Grown Cowmen

I'm not a country girl I was city born and bred
But a cowboy chose me for his wife so I've learnt rural ways instead.
He must a thought I'd do O.K. when he Chose to tie the knot,
Cause I sure aint nothin' special, But look at what I got!
I got a man to raise my boys and teach them how to live
By raising cows and sheep and such. Some may think it primitive.
But let me tell you what I've learned in this ranchin' moms career.
When raisin' boys nothins better than a workin atmosphere.
Like that day we blew them dudes away, They was on a nature trek
When they came upon our cow herd and spooked 'em near to heck
Here they came right straight at us in their fancy nissan truck
and our cows was being stubborn and just wouldn't light a shuck.
Now I was on a horse that day and so were my to sons
One was six and one was seven and we was wishing we had guns.
Cause we were pushing cows that day and I mean it literally
And ornery bovine aint much cause for acting cheerily.
But we eased them cows on by those dudes and shoved 'em round the bend.
Then that herd started moving fast and our pushin' met its end,
Cause they cut loose and headed south and we just let 'em go
and those dudes they drove on by us after watchin our little show.
We watched their truck drive down the road and stop by my boys dad
And when he met up with us for lunch he told us what they'd said.
See Dad was comin' up the road in our beat up little jeep
Cause my little girl was plumb wore out and thats where she was asleep.
He said those dudes had stopped him wonderin' who those cowBOYS were
They'd said they'd seen all those great big cows and figured they knew sure
That once they got on through the herd and out the other side
They'd run into some grown cowmen with ruff and suntanned hide.
They said they couldn't believe it when they got out the other end
And there were two little cowboys doin the job of 4 or 5 men.
Well' Dad he didn't say much he just nodded and kept on coming
But I'm sure as we finished pushing those cows that he was just a hummin'
Cause there was a button missin' off his shirt noticed only by me
And that man was just as proud as I think I'll ever see him be!
So always give me primitive, and a workin' atmosphere
And don't think I won't always fight to keep my cowboys here.