Thanks for All the Emails!

Just a quick note to say thanks for the many emails !

I am just trying to make it thru a very busy summer and stay alive.

We are both doing ok.  Roy has lost 45 pounds and I have lost 25.

My email is messed up, so I can’t send anything out and my computer needs a tune up. 

Hope to be back in the fall.

I miss everyone and hope all is well with you.

Love,

Barbara

I am Here and Hope to be up to Full Speed Very Soon!

 

Things have really been wild around here and there are several changes…..

Sad Things…..Mr. Tom Turkey got on the road and was hit by a car.

Big Nose Kate ( Hen ) disappeared and today, Gypsy has not been home in two days.

Good things……Bunny the little kitten Roy brought home from the rig had Kittens and two are alive and growing.  They are darling, they are still too tiny to be sure of their sex.

Miss Pearl is still here, but she wonders off everyday.

We went to Victoria for Matt’s Graduation from College, he graduated Cum Laude.  We are very proud of him.  He will be a great History teacher.  We stayed at the Peaceful Pelican in Palacios and it was wonderful.  The old house sits right on the bay and the view in the morning is awesome.

 

 

Roy is doing great with his weight loss, he has lost about 40 pounds in about nine weeks.

I had mine on the 27th of May and have already lost about 5 pounds.  I am sure mine weight loss will be slower.

We have not finished fencing, there is  a lot of clearing left to do to fence the last 2,000 feet, so it will take a while .

We have been working at the Lake House, getting it ready for the summer, hopefully Juan and I will finish up most of the work this weekend.

We have been praying for rain and today at 8:00 am, it started raining and it is still sprinkling at 7:00pm.  I think we had at least 4 inches of rain,  The pasture should be covered with grass in about a week.  Thank you, Lord.

I am working on my furniture on the Patio, still painting it.  I got new cushions and a few other things, hope to show it soon.  I have done a couple of new tablescapes and will post those also.

I have painted some flower pots with chalkboard paint and different colors, I am going to give those as hostess gifts and I made some tags to give also. 

My computer was on the blink for about three weeks and right now I can’t send email and just yesterday my printer stopped working…….always something.  I will tend to those things in a day or two.

This week, I am just reading and sitting, I am very sore and can’t lift or do much housework or work outside.     Taking it easy for a week or so.

I want to thank everyone for the comments and all the emails, I can’t answer.  It is nice to have people out there thinking you.

Thanks so much….see you real soon. 

Boy do I have a lot of visiting to do….it will take time.

Love,

Barbara

 

TUESDAY TEA AND VIGNETTES

 

 

 

 

Today I am joining Tabletops Tues with Marty @ A Stroll thru Life. Tuesday Tea for 2 @ The Plumed Pen with Wanda, Tea Party Tuesday @ Rose Colored Glasses, Tea Cup Tuesday with Martha and Terri, Tea time Tuesday @ Rose Chintz Cottage . Tea Time Tuesday @Lady Katherine’s  and Two or More@The Gypsy Corner.

 First I will show my Vignette which is in my Bathroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have lots of tea cups and pretty plates to serve cookies or scones on…….

Hope you have the best Tuesday ever !

Pink Saturday is also May Day!

 

 

 Thanks Beverly ….it’s May Day.

 Here are some May Baskets and May Poles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May your day be filled with Sunshine, Flowers and Happy Times.

Sunday Favorites at Happy to Design

Chari at Happy to Design is hosting the 52nd. Sunday of Sunday Favorites and is having a tremendous giveaway.  Hurry over and check out all the participants and sign up for a chance to win!

My very first !!!!!!!

Goats, Dogs, Cats, Ducks........

Hello, My name is Barbara and this is my first day!

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This was my very first post in November of 2008 and it was a real step for me.  I have now posted 366 and have over 200 fantastic followers.    Life is good and blogging friends are the best.  

We finished one fence project yesterday 2000 feet of new fence and today we will begin another shorter one. 

Yesterday we had 3 workers and Roy, this afternoon, we will have one worker and Roy.

Why one the weekends?    This is when our young man can help out, he has another job during the week.  We can’t afford to hire him full time…….wish we could.

Have a Blessed and Happy Sunday and pray for the people in Mississippi that suffered and died from the tornados that struck their area.

Barbara

 

Couldn’t Sleep with the Storms!

We have just had our last storm for now.  My dogs are scared of thunder, I could hear them crying, so I got up and thought I would try to catch up on visiting, but it has been very slow, because of tremendous  rain, hail and lightning.

I know it has moved east and I hope everyone is safe as it passes over your area.

We are still very busy here at the Bar H……We are continuing our fencing today and tomorrow.  Sooner or later, we will have it done so that the goats can’t go visiting around our neighbor or come in the yard and eat my rose bushes. 

You know the old saying….Grass is greener on the other side,  Well they sure think it is.

Hope to be back in the blogging world soon,,,,,,please don’t stop visiting and leaving comments or sending me an emails. 

Fence Builder Barbara

 

NAPKINS RINGS FOR THE{ beach house} LAKEHOUSE

 

 

Today I am joining

1. It’s  So Very Creative 

2. Make it Monday

3. Mosaic Monday

4. Motivate Me Monday

5.  Metamorphosis Monday

Before I show my copied craft, I want to give an update on Miss Pearl…….some of you may recall I was worried that she had broken her leg.  She has been laying under the Wisteria bush for about 4 days and I have been taking her food and water.  Today in all the rain, I saw her walking around with Mr.Tom and the other hens……she has a slight limp.  I am so happy, she is my favorite.

I am always looking for ideas for the lake house and I saw some napkin rings with shells made by Beth and I made some of my own.

Please visit the above blogs and see tons of creative projects.

Happy Monday!

Barbara

UPDATE ON OUR TURKEY SITUATION!

 

AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE REALIZED, I AM

TAKING  A BREAK, NOT A PLANNED ONE.  THIS

BREAK IS NEEDED BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH

HAPPENING ON THE BAR H.

THE THREE HENS ARE STILL HERE, BUT MISS

PEARL, my favorite, SEEMS TO HAVE BROKEN

HER “ankle” AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING

TO HAPPEN WITH HER.

Today they are coming to replant out pasture.  This winter we are the victims of Army Worms and they destroyed nearly all the grass in the pasture.

This means we have no grass for our goats and  we are forced to turn them loose in parts of the property that are not properly fenced.

It also means we have a crew due today and tomorrow  to disk the entire pasture and replant.

Tomorrow, I have crew another crew coming to fence a part of the back pasture to prevent the goats from getting into our neighbors property and prevent the predators from hopefully getting in.

The part that makes it hard on me……….Roy is at work and I am in charge of being sure everything is done correctly……..

YEP…you guessed it…….WHAT DOES A CITY GIRL

KNOW ABOUT PUTTING UP FENCE…..NOT MUCH,

BUT I HAVE 2 PAGES OF INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW

ROY WANTS IT DONE.

My neighbor, not next door, my next door neighbor is about  6+ acres away on one side, informed me yesterday that he had trapped three Bobcats and killed about 15+ coyotes in his back pasture, which joins ours where I am having to put up new fence.  I will start carrying my gun back there with me, but I doubt the cowards would come out while I am back there.

Thank goodness I have Pilgrim and Mary to guard my goats. 

Well, I also have been trying to work in my yard, keep the house clean and do some crafting.  I am making gift tags to give as a thank you for the hostess when I play bridge or bunko.

Well, if you have stuck around long enough to read this entire  PITY PARTY I am having….I will stop and let you move on.

Hopefully by Wednesday, when Roy comes home, things will have settled down and I can get back to visiting and maybe post a word or two.

On days like this, it is nice to have blogging friends to leave messages.

Barbara

Wow, I am overwhelmed!!!!!

 

Today I checked my blog and found three awards waiting for me from CC@Lace’n’RibbonRoses.  What an honor……Thanks CC.

Please visit CC and see the other more deserving bloggers.

Mr. Tom thinks they are for him and I guess they are.   He is an  award in himself. 

Thanks again CC.   Happy Monday to all.

Barbara

 

THERE’S A PARTY GOING ON!

We are celebrating at the Bar H and thanks to Beverly@How Sweet the Sound, we can share our happy event with all of you.

Hello, My name is Tom T. and I live at the Bar H with Roy and Barbara, 6 dogs, 6 cats, ducks and about 80 goats.  Things have not gone to good for me lately.     I have been moping around the yard,  well how would you feel if you were me.  No mate and I had looked everywhere.

Thursday afternon  I saw Roy and Barbara pull up in the truck with a big cage and WOW!……..I couldn’t believe my Eyes!


There was a cage full of the most beautiful Ladies I have seen in a while.  To be honest there were only three, but to these happy eyes it looked like hundreds.
I rushed to my closet and put on my best,  well listen, I need to look nice for my visitors.


I rushed back to that big cage and introduced my self.  Boy are they pretty ladies. 

I was dancing around the yard, trying to show them what a handsome fellow I was.  I walked over to the cage and Bang……..



It was love at first sight!!!


Being the gentleman that I am, I invited all three ladies to have lunch. One lady was so excited that she laid an egg.  Boy that is real love……did you ever lay an egg for you favorite Guy?  No, then stop laughing.
We are still getting to know each other, but I am looking forward to having a great family real soon.



I want to thank all of you for your concerns and kind remarks about my sad dilemma.   It is nice to have such caring friends.
Life is good again!!!!!!
I ask Barbara if she would take some pictures of the new ladies, my camera is broken.
Mr. Tom T

Here are the pictures I took for Mr.Tom’s  of his new lady friends.



This is Miss Pearl, she is a young hen and she stays right with Mr. Tom.


Here is Miss Gypsy, when we opened the cage this morning, she took off and left and went down the road.  Later she came back…I guess the grass wasn’t greener on the other side.


Last but not least is Big Nose Kate,I am not sure if  you can see her beak, but it is very large and curved. 


Mr. Tom has been courting since we unloaded  the cage Thursday afternoon, he is so excited, he has even stopped to eat.
He has his wings full taking care and keeping up with three hens.


So for now, all is well at the Bar H.  I think I forgot to mention that Roy brought home a young cat (wild as a March hare) several days ago and she is in the den in a large kennel while I try to tame her so she will hang around.
Live is never dull……now is getting ready to build some nesting boxes for the hens he wants to buy.
Life just gets more interesting for this City Girl married to a Country Boy………
Barbara