A Harvest Visitor

I've been meaning to post this photo and keep forgetting. I was driving down our road a couple Sundays ago and spotted this big guy. I thought he was huge! Enjoy.....

Harvest is over, finally!

Wow, we didn't know if we'd ever get done this year. We had some great rainshowers, but there were not good for harvest. Both of our truck drivers are WSU students, so it was up to BW to buck up and drive truck. She was incredible!!! Now if we can only convince her husband to hire her next year. Being the great & wonderful pretend wife that I am, about noon (yesterday) I bought lunch up to my guy. Oh, and let me not forget to mention that I made peanut butter chip cookies yesterday morning and took them out to the shop, wonderfully presented on paper plate with lovely blue trim. Ummmm, maybe I should change my blog to "Confessions of June Cleaver .... 50 years later!" Ok, back to my combine story. So my guy was trying to eat lunch & drive at the same time. I 'steered' the wheel for a moment and the next thing I know he is climbing over me and I'm in the drivers seat. I drove combine. He is not so patient, really, and is very direct when giving instructions, assuming I know what the heck all three or four buttons do. My studies were in psychology, figuring out humans ... not farm machines. Any way, we are still happily pretend married today, there were no bruises, bumps or spills. If you're wondering how long did I drive for ... about 10 minutes but my gosh it seemed like hours. I was so wishing I had bought a cold beer up in the cooler for me and I wouldn't have shared. Oh ... and to top this all up, while I was driving, he decided to step outside of the combine. I'm screaming and freaking, while keeping my eye on the header to make sure I'm cutting straight. Oh ... and I'm claustrophic so here I am telling myself to breath, focus and be the oh-so-cool yogini that I am and silently I'm completely freaking out! And to think that I call my daughter a drama queen .. wonder where she gets it from.

So Harvest is done for another year. Who knows, maybe new year BW will drive truck & I'll be on combine. Ummmm, I don't think so ... well at least the me on combine part. We had a wonderful post-Harvest dinner @ Wingers with the Wigen Family and MS. KR & JP kept us entertained throughout the meal ... vocal entertainment included. :-)

Five Fav Friday ... a couple days late!

OK, so I'm way slow this week. Too much going on. I need to stop, take a deep breath ... and have a glass of wine!

So my Five Favs' for the past Friday were:

1. Having JP & KR spend the day with me on Monday
2. Working on grandbaby stuff!!
3. It was soooo hot last weekend that we (me & my guy) actually spent a whole day together. Went to the river & had a pop from the store there & then we headed over to Pullman for lunch.
4. Secretly enjoyed the rain we had although it did stop Harvest for a few days
5. Received some fun scrappy stuff in the mail that I can use for my newest addiction ... grandbabies!

Five Fave Friday

So following suit from Dena's blog, Organized Chaos, and a fellow CMKer .... here it goes.

My five favorites of this week are, in no particular order:

1. Finding out that Nina is having a boy!

2. Realizing that Missy is due in less than 10 weeks, which means I'll officially be a Grandma in less than 10 weeks! Am I ready????? Do Grandma's have to be ready????

3. Having a cold beer on the lawn last evening with my guy.

4. Finally!!! getting into the scrapbook room and spending more than 10 minutes in there ... actually working on a project.

5. Oh, I made meatloaf one evening for dinner and I love!! meatloaf.

What were you 5 favs for the week?

A few more bales to buck....

Can you believe he gets up in the middle of the night to do this!!!! The hay needs to be baled when the moisture is just right, which means he might start about 11 p.m. and get to bed about 4 a.m. or go all night. Sometimes he'll be up at 2 a.m. and go until breakfast. We make alfalfa big bales. It amazes me how the bales are lined up and spaced so perfectly. If you're following hay prices, well they are up alittle (understatement) up from last year.

Syncronized Harvesting at its best....

I wanted to share a few scenes of Harvest. I love to watch the wheat go from the auger into the truck, watching the swirling of the wheat as it empties into the combine. Here on the Palouse, we are known for our rolling hills. The combines do adjust to these hills ... those from the midwest are often in awe of how we are able to harvest the hills. At times it does feel like a roller coaster ride -- a slow one, not a fast one.

I was riding with MS in the truck and we saw the deer run through the field ... just a few of our harvest visitors.

Two Grandsons!!!

Well, Nina called and she is going to have a boy also. Gavin will be my first grandson & Mason will be my second. Sounds pretty cool to say "I have two grandsons!". hee hee I've been buying lots of 'boy' material & scrapbook paper, so this is going to be way fun. When they are at Grandma's they're going to be little cowboys. Oh, I can't wait to buy them some wranglers and cute little plaid shirts & boots, and of course, hats. Can you say "L.O.V.E.D." ... not spoiled. Can't spoil a baby, can only love them.

Grandma???

Wow, less than 10 weeks and I'm going to be a Grandma. I wonder what the babies will call me. Missy named my Mom "Honey" and that is what we always referred to her as. My brother nicknamed me "Tootie" as he couldn't say Suzy ... so who knows. I am 100% ok with Grandma. Honey was the ultimate grandma. She sewed, baked & was just 'there' even from a distance. I have much to live up to.

Still so hard to believe that my girls are each pregnant. Missy is due October 21 and Nina is due December 28. Big sister and then little sister. Perfect order. Missy is sooooo beautiful pregnant. Her pregnancy has been uneventful as far are complications, etc. The events have been wonderful ... feeling Gavin kick, watching her belly do 'the wave' and the great cravings that come along with being with child. I saw pictures of her this morning and oh my goodness, Gavin Liam, is going to be one big boy. She is all belly. Thank goodness she didn't take after me in pregnancy ... I was all belly, all butt, all boobs, and more! This morning we find out what Nina will be having. Nina, on the other hand, has been on bed rest off and on. We continue to pray for her health and that the little one in her keeps 'cooking' for a while.