The good ol' days

What ever happened to the good ol' days?

Rarely do I ever get time to myself. I began around 5pm tonight, on the tractor...bushhogging. I know... that sounds like "great fun" to most people. I actually enjoy it. It gives me time to think-and sing. I usually plug in my ipod and then me and the old blue tractor set out on our journey. Three and a half hours is alot of thinking time, but I really love it. Tonight I got to thinking about when we were little. When Daddy was a farmer and I used to LOVE riding the tractor, or whatever he was riding. I still remember the smells of the dust from the corn or cotton or soybeans... It seems like there was so much "extra" time then. Where did it go? Are our kids gonna think the same thing when they get older, or will they feel like we dragged them around everywhere? I'm afraid I already know the answer to that.

Keeping Afloat

Well, today started the first "full" week of school. Brennan started his last year of elementary school....WAAAA!!! They grow up too fast! Tanner is really enjoying his teacher this year. She told us how organized and neat she is (right up his alley!).

I have SO many plans for myself this week. Catching up on housework, errands, yard work and there's always a TON to do at the fire station. I really doubt there is enough hours in my week to accomplish all of my goals. But at least I started with a much needed trip to the gym this morning. It's probably been 4 months since I've been. If I learned one thing from our training burn this weekend its that I am out of shape. I need to build up an endurance to strenuous activity. We also got a kitten today. She doesn't have a name yet. I will try to post pics later...and a name!