I am excited!

It is Friday, and by two this afternoon, ALL the settlements were on Krl's desk! Hourly checks were written, bale driver and seed driver loads were spread and settlements finished!

I have even loaded a third of the tax deposit in my spreadsheet!

I have no idea what I will find to do with the rest of my weekend!

As most of you know, my favorite thing about winter is the food. Soups, stews, chilis! I love them all.

With the cool weather that came through, I was in the mood for stew. Krl got out her big crock pot and began putting together a masterpiece. It is really funny because she was so worried that it wasn't going to "come together". All her fretting was for naught as it was probably one of her best creations ever! We have eaten on it for two days and I am still not tired of it!

Next up, taco soup! I can't wait for the next cold spell!

We are rapidly working ourselves out of a job here at the jobsite. They are telling me Sunday or Monday and it will all be a memory.

I have finally begun to get excited about going home.

I already know we will go through our "culture shock" and eat out for several days. That is the nature of the beast after we return. I want it all! Of course we have Famous Dave's to add to our list along with Abuello's, Red Lobster, El Chicos, Larry's Better Burger, Arby's, Lytle Land & Cattle Company, Sonic, La Popular Bakery, spinach rolls from Joe's, on to IHOP, and Denny's and we will have pretty well covered it all, once we call Pizza Pro.

Of course, it won't take too long until we realize that the best food is at 5249 Meadowick Lane!

It is the convenience that suckers us!

So maybe by Christmas we will be clicking our ruby slippers together and saying, "There's no place like home!"

Since we are going to be home, we are finallizing our plans. We will spend part of the day at Memama and Pepa's. Of course this has always has been difficult with our seasonal work the past fifteen years, but had we known Fred and TJ were going to leave us early, we would have made a greater effort! We will always regret that, BUT, onward and upward!

We have about three or four thousand bales to attend to before we get that sparkle in our eyes!

Then it is EASTBOUND and down!


Oh FATHER, temper us. Keep us on task. Thank YOU for this opportunity. Thank YOU for safe work, see us through to the end! YOU strengthen me!