Today

Today, we did one of the hardest things ever.

We did what was best, even though our hearts are breaking.

Today, we lost one of our best friends.

Gotta Get Excited About Something...

Sigh..this week has just been something.

Sigh...I really got nothing.

Sigh...it has really just been one thing after another and I'm exhausted.

Sigh...I just gotta get excited about something.

Sigh.

There is just so much going on in the next few days. Tonight is just the start of it all. Since I won't have my normal house cleaning, laundry, get ready for the rest of the weekend time, it is all getting shoved in with the rest of tonight's festivities. So my evening's to-do-list looks pretty non-exciting: Laundry, dishes, clean house, get packed for tomorrow, etc., etc., etc. Nothing fun or exciting. OH, and then there is hay tonight. 100 bales to move. Sigh.

Tomorrow, Kenzie and I have to work. We have our Annual Prospect Cattle, Lamb, Goat and Hog Show at the fairgrounds. We have to be on location about 35 minutes away all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 7:30. So besides getting up and going, we have chores and to finish getting everything ready to go. We are in work mode with the lambs and goats until 4 p.m. Our job isn't too hard. We are the Superintendents along with two other co-workers and our job entails weighing all animals, setting up the classes, running the show and making sure that everything runs smoothly. Knowing Makenzie, she is going to refuse to nap at all with all of the commotion going on around her...she is going to be exhausted by the time we are done. Thankfully, we have a lot of friends that want to see Muchkin Little, so she should stay pretty well entertained all day. Afterwards, we don't get to head home. We are headed to Denver for the Rockies game. It should be a lot of fun. I just have a feeling we are all going to be utterly exhausted by the time we get to our seats.

Sunday. No rest of the weary. Hopefully, fingers, toes and eyes crossed, the homestead will be dried up. We need to work in the garden big time. And the ever loving Honey-Do List is over three miles long. So, somehow, someway I need to find the motivation to buckle down and get a few things knocked off.

With everything that has happened this week, I just don't know where it is going to come from. The "umph" just isn't there. Somehow, I gotta find it again. Maybe, I'll feel like talking about it all later. Right now, I just don't want to. That is about all I've got at the moment. Kindof depressing, I know. But I was hoping to get a little excited about something. Guess I'm just not there yet...

Tornado Season Has Begun With No End Insight

Warning: For those brave enough to enter the disaster area.

Upon first look...it doesn't look so scary

There are such cute little girl things that create the feeling of calm before the storm...

There are even still her cute baby things that lead to a sense of security...

however misleading it may be...

Even the peace from a reading nook doesn't show the real damage that this storm creates...

Yes...They predicted correctly! Tornado Makenzie is in full swing and there is no end insight to the damage and destruction that will occur.

On Saturday at around 6:31 p.m., Tornado Makenzie was in full swing. It swept through the living room and obliterated all little girl toys in it's path. It relocated a little girl's room off of our bedroom and set it down with no major damage in what used to be Dad's video game room. Those affected by the storm are quite pleased with the new location. Momma is quite excited that she has a clear path thru the living room. Kenzie is quite excited to see all of the toys on the bottom of her toy wagons that have been unearthed from the intense winds that blew through.

The amount of damage created by such a sweet looking little girl is going to be an ongoing assessment made on a daily basis by her loving parents.