MIA

MIA (Missing in Action)

Wow!  How neglectful I have been!  I just needed a break - so many thoughts going through my head and so little incentive to write.  Steve and I have been super busy doing things around the house and property.  He finally got all the insulation done and we got the walls put up in the shop.  Then the cold set in... and we haven't been able to stain the floor and paint the walls.  So everything is still sitting out in the lean to - and we need to figure out how to get the shop finished and everything back into the shop so it doesn't get nasty out in the weather.  It's gotta warm up - right?

Wow, the weather...  talk about taking some getting used to!  Yes, I love the cold weather - but living in south Louisiana and Singapore for 30+ years has warmed my blood!  Lol... It is taking a bit for me to remember to (1) layer, (2) dress in warm shoes (can you Sing girls feel the pain of my feet protesting?), (3) prepare to stay in because of the weather and (4) figure out how to maneuver this body across the ice - and soon to come - snow!  Oh I am getting there, but I sure had forgotten how to do some of these things!  We did live here in Tulsa for 18 months a few years back, but we lived in a hotel like place and we didn't have to worry about the outside stuff - here we do!

We got a critter camera (thanks Steph!) for outside - it is a camera that pics up infrared pictures of critters that pass in front of it.  Talk about DEER!  We have oodles of regular passers!  We also have seen bushels of raccoons and a skunk.  Lots of fun going out to check it every day.  The doe with twins made it through hunting season, though one of the twins is limping.  Hopefully it just turned a foot or something, but it is fun watching them grow up.  They are nearly as big as their mom now!  We have had a couple of bucks out there eating too.  Right now the red-winged black birds are eating us out of house and home so we are going to have to pause feeding the deer - cause the birds are eating all the deer corn!

Megan is doing well readjusting to living in a new home (ours), she misses the boys and Cheyenne and Jeremy, but she is doing fine.  She has a good lead on a job in Tulsa and is waiting on that to either pan out or not.  I am not making her rush on it, but we did want to get through the holidays before she started seriously looking for work.  Now that we are into the new year, I bet she gets serious about it.  We sure have enjoyed her being here!  She is a worker bee and a giggle girl - gotta love her positive attitude even though some days she gets discouraged she always bounces right back.  She figures at 20 she should be settled in life - HA!  Little does she know...

I am not sharing pictures today because I want to get this posted.  I will start again soon.  Sure did miss writing - maybe now my mind is cleared up and I can get on task again.  More later - with pictures - I promise!  Missed you - but I think I am back now...