afternoon in a museum.

today we were feeling a little restless and decided that it was very necessary to get out of the house for a while... just to have a reason to get out of pjs really. kittys grand escape yesterday kept us kinda busy for a while so today we decided to go to the museum in augusta.
exciting i know.
so ron, carrie, neil and i ventured off in the focus and definately had $6.80 worth of fun.
here are some of the pictures i took. im not going to give any sort of commentary because i am not really feeling it right now...


im still not sick of pandora radio. i actually still love it. i actually love it even more now that itunes refuses to work. its so weird and annoying i wish i could figure out what is going on with my itunes. i miss it like crazy.
ron and i watched fall from grace today. its pretty awesome. and shocking. and even made me bust out my bible.
fred phelps is fucked.
seriously fucked.
if you dont believe me you can check out his sermons at http://www.godhatesfags.com/ or you can check out his other equally fucked website http://www.godhatesamerica.com/
fucked.
anyway... i am going to find something to snuggle in bed to now.

loves.
ames.

i am not a stalker.

so i just added all the blogs that i read to the official list of blogs that i follow. i have been reading all these blogs for a long time but i just figured out how to add them to my page... i know. im a little slow. i read a wide variety of blogs for a wide variety of reasons. if i read yours and you just found out... hi.
nice to meet you.
im going to go make some coffee and breakfast now. maybe i will write something interesting later.
maybe i wont.

loves.
ames.

christmas pictures.

so christmas was yesterday. yay for that. i like christmas but i am glad that it is over. we have the family christmas tomorrow and then thats it until next year. everyone seemed to like the presents i made for them.
this is kasey and mike in their hats.


this is carrie and neil in their hats.


this is mama laughing at the cow pot holder that i made for her. she thought it looked like a combination pig cow.
she called it a pow.


kasey was really excited about her double boiler.


i tried to steal some of kaseys rudolph characters.


even evelyn was showing her christmas spirit.

hopefully i will have some more fun pictures to post after tomorrows christmas.
for now i am going to go snuggle ron and watch some tv.

loves.

ugh. snow way can i handle another storm like that.

um ya. so we got a little bit of snow. 15 inches to be precise. and add little wind.
yep. pretty much a complete white out. at one point it took me an hour to get from one property to another. there was about 4 inches of snow on the highway and you couldnt tell which way was up. i was literally using the rumble strip to stay on the road. i got called in at 5 last night and got out at noon today. i was punched in for 18 hours. 18 hours is way to long to spend in a truck.
way to long.
you get to this point where coffee doesnt do anything except make you have to pee. its pretty terrible. i havent slept yet but i plan on it very soon. i decided it was best to try to stay up until tonight so that my sleep schedule maybe wont be quite as messed up.
maybe.
dinner is ready so i gotsta go.

loves.

snow place like home for the weekend.

so i plowed some more snow today.
yippy.
it wasnt as bad as i like to pretend it is. we got like 5 inches. i got called a little before midnight so i was in my truck around 130. then i plowed until like 10. came home watched a couple episodes of its always sunny in philadelphia. passed out for a few hours. woke up smoked and took some xanax. made a hat. and now i am ready to pass out again... we are supposed to get between a foot and 18 inches tomorrow and tomorrow night so i am thinking passing out isnt that bad of an idea. i was going to hang out with nate tonight but its only 8 and i am literally fighting to keep my eyes open. i think i am going to snuggle into bed and watch more philly.

loves.
ames.

digital downside.

um. hi.
so its been a couple days...
i was uh..
busy.
i plowed some snow today. it wasnt too bad. we only got a couple of inches.
and i dont have to do griffin woods any more.
and ron came with me for my last couple hours.
way more fun than being alone.
and... um.
ya. im home.
i maybe have been cheating on this blog with another blog.
i started a second blog that is set to private that is my new online journal. i decided that it was worth trying out since it is both convenient and green. the downside is that i cant type anywhere near ron without him trying to peak.
and it is a lot easier to sneak a peak at typed text than it is hand written text so....
ya.
ron is making digital journaling not as fun as it should be.
i dont have any new pictures to share. i hope to maybe go play outside tomorrow and take a few new ones...
yep.
i guess i am going to go do something more fun now.

loves.
ames.

ice ice baby.

sooo....
i have had a pretty productive day today. i got up took some pictures of the ice. drank some coffee. went to target with my mama and ran a couple of other errands. then i came home and worked on rons christmas present. kasey and mike came over for dinner. i enjoyed spending a little time with them. i dont get to see them nearly often enough.
yep.
a good day indeed.
aaanndd... i get to see ron tomorrow. i am really excited.
i should go to bed soon. the sooner i go to bed the sooner tomorrow will be here and the sooner i will get to see ron.
so um ya here are some of my ice pictures.
this one is from the night before last when i was at my last property. the sun was just going down and everything was pink and shiny... it was really pretty.


my mama came for a little walk with me around the yard while i took some pictures.
i like her gloves. they match really well.


i like this picture. i like how bert is in the background.

i took about a trillion pictures of the ice and sun...
what can i say? i thought it was pretty.

after tromping around in the field mama and i went over to see bert. there was this really cool frozen spiral in one of the puddles in the pasture.


he was being captain naughty pants and trying to bite my scarf.


i pretty much love it when he pulls his ears back like that.


poor little ruby was trying to find some grass that wasnt coated in ice to nibble on.


thats all for now.

loves.
ames.

i think i already have a post called slush soup...

ugh.
so i ended up having to plow today. i got the call at 440 am.
thats probably my favorite thing ever. being woken up from a good sleep and dragged out of my cozy bed.
my car was one big block of ice i could barely get the door open.
then it took me over an hour to drive into work.
real fun.
there were trees in the road and power lines down all over the place.
i felt really safe.
then i plowed for a little over 10 hours.
i just want to say that plowing ice mixed with snow mixed with down pouring rain...
ya.
not even a little fun.
it was actually really hard.
it was like slush soup.
plows arent very effective in water.
they like snow better.
and not to mention all the stupid limbs that i had to keep moving out of my way... one was so big that i couldnt move it. i had to push it with the plow.
on the upside when i went to get lunch at 3 at mcdicks they gave me 2 doublechins burgers instead of just one...
i threw it away because i only want 2 chins not 4.
but its the thought that counts.
um ya. then after work i drove roger home, went and got supplies for making rons christmas present, came home, ate some pizza, worked on rons present, and now i am up in my bed doing this, wasting time.
i like wasting time.
i also like lots of short sentences.
short incomplete sentences.
but i bet you have probably already noticed that.
i am excited for tomorrow.
i am going to take a jillion pictures of the ice.
its really pretty. i wanted to today but it was dark when i left this morning and it was dark by the time i got home so that obviously didnt work out.
i think i am going to watch some greys anatomy now.
yep.
i am.

loves.
ames.

walking in a sleeting wonderland.

so today i decided that i couldnt take it anymore and i needed to get out of the house... i mean seriously the only time i have left is when i left to go plow for a few hours the other day. other than that i have been here non-stop since i came home sunday morning.
ugh.
so ya... the weather was nice for a little walk. it was about 30 degrees and sleeting. so i dragged the dogs off the couch and headed out to the back field.
this is a nice picture of some of the sleet on a stump.


and some moss on a stump.


this is when my path disappeared.


i saw this sign from a little ways away and i thought the neighbor was trying to draw some kind of line in the woods, like these trees are yours and these are mine... so dont cross the line.
i guess not.
im not really sure what this is about. i guess its ok to shot deer on his land as long as they are trophy worthy... idk.


this is me enjoying my walk.


this is a shot of the house from the back field.


after my walk i went to visit baby bert. i tried to take his picture but he wouldnt stop biting me...


my walk did wonders for my mood.

and so far we have just been getting ice from this storm which is going to suck for some people because they are forecasting major power outages with some areas getting up to an inch of ice. but its great for me because it is looking like i might not have to go out plowing.
and we all know how much i hate plowing.
so um... ya.
other than going on my walk i also worked on my christmas presents, watched a couple episodes of greys anatomy and scanned a bunch of pictures. when i am done with all my scanning i am going to have some awesome pictures to share. there are some pretty fun ones.
when i was uploading some photos today i came across a photo album full of pictures from when nick and i went on vacation a couple summers ago. there were a bunch of pictures of madelyn... i have been missing her like crazy lately. i cant believe it has already been almost a year. my heart still aches so much for her. she was my everything...
i miss her so much.

i guess i am going to snuggle into bed now and watch some something... and hope that my sleep isnt interrupted rudely by a call from ben goodall.

loves.
ames.

ugh.

so i am stressed out today.
i didnt do a single thing all day.
i didnt even crochet.
i am heading into winter melt down waaaaay to early.
i pretty much need to get my shit together and stop freaking out.

loves.
ames.

ps. ice storm 08' is on its way so get ready.

i dont love snow.

so today was a little more eventful than yesterday. we got some more snow. the forecast was for about an inch and then rain. and tomorrow is supposed to be almost 50 degrees.
soooo... i laid around in my pjs the first half of the day thinking i was home free...
then as i was contemplating what to eat for lunch i got a call from my boss ben.
he decided that since there was almost 2 inches on the ground in topsham that we should go out and scrape. mostly he thought it would be a good opportunity for us to get used to our routes before a big storm comes through. which might be friday...
ugh.
so off i went, without lunch... to do my least favorite activity.
its amazing how much better your mood can be if you add a little xanax and coffee to the mix.
ya so... i plowed.
didnt strangle anyone.
or hit anything.
or have to plow anyone elses route.
went back to the shop.
started my car.
went in to hand in my paperwork and punch out.
went to go get in my car to leave....
and realized that i had somehow locked myself out of it.
retard.
so ya... i was starving. and tired. and more than eager to go home.
and i was locked out of my stupid car
and it was running.
luckily one of the men that plows for us also runs a towing service so ben called him and he came over and broke into my car for me...
i only had to wait a half an hour.
ugh.
so anyway...enough complaining about my dumb day.
i have some pictures to share.
this one is of evelyn when she came inside last night.
she is a friggin idiot.


this is the birds having a party.
they are really happy that my mama has the special warmer thing that keeps the bird bath from freezing.

and this is me making the i hate plowing and really dont want to go to work face.

i am going to watch some greys anatomy and snuggle in my bed now.

loves.
ames.

unemployed laziness.

so today was day one of my lay off...
what did i do with myself?
wellllll....
i stayed in my bed until almost noon organizing and deleting photos.
then i went down stairs and made some toast and tea.
then i did the dishes.
then i crocheted.
and watched greys anatomy.
then i ate easy mac.
then i sat on the couch some more.
and crocheted some more.
then i ate dinner.
and hung out with my mama.
and now i am in my bed.
and i just got done watching another episode of greys.
and i think i might watch an episode of its always sunny in philadelphia.
so um ya.
and i never took off my pjs.
oh! but i did fill out my unemployment form.
and i called the school.
so i was a little productive.
i had this list of really fun things that i wanted to do today.
like play with baby bert.
and kitty.
and go for a walk.
or maybe ride my bike.
and take lots of pictures.
but um...
it was cold.
like ridiculously cold.
like in the teens cold.
so ya... i stayed inside.
all day.
and didnt take off my pjs.
sounds like a good day to me.

loves.

kittys new house.

scott has been working on building kitty a new house. she was getting waaay to big for her old one.


the paint felt dry to the touch but apparently wasnt all the way dry...


she rubbed all over the outside of it when they first put it in her pen. i guess she was trying to mark it with her smell or something...


she likes to have her picture taken.


how can you not love that nose?


the chickens like her house too.


and this is what i spent my weekend doing...


thats about it...
it snowed today but not enough to plow. im extremely grateful. although i would like the first snowstorm i plow to be a small one i am still not feeling ready to plow...
man, i hate snow.
im officially laid off from my job so im not really sure what i am going to do with myself. i am thinking i would like to try to do some reading and crafting.
and i would like to take some pictures.
and maybe ride my bike.

loves.
ames.