- Our February started a spiral of crappy events. We blew the transmission in the pick-up, the water pipes froze at the house, our car got rear ended on our way to Mary's state hockey tournament, one of Mark's role models passed away, we haven't been able to find a home or land to buy, and the snow cat blew up this weekend while they venturing out on the lake for a fishing derby. It seems like it has been one thing after another, BUT we are thankful for the troubles because it makes the good times so much sweeter!
- On the bright side, we wrapped up the big Prosser shop project last week. I must say that it is beautiful! We could totally live in those conditions: 60 degrees, bathroom, kitchen, and tons of space. I think Mark is jealous of it. It looks like we might be building a shop before a house. :)
- I'm still chugging along with school. Thankfully, this semester seems to be going super fast! I cannot wait to be done, so that I can give this big ol' brain a rest. (Ok, maybe it's just an average brain, doing average things ;))
- My to-be-brother-in-law, Matt, has had the pleasure of working cattle with me a couple times, too. Just kidding! It's been an absolute pleasure for me to be working with him! One day in particular, we were working calves and things had finally started running smoothly around 1 in the afternoon, when we (Matt, Clarence, and I) decided to run inside quick for a bit to eat. (We had been sorting the calves into two different pens, keep in mind.) It was probably 30 minutes later, and we were heading out to get right back at it. When we walked into the barn, we found five or six calves standing in the barn, munching on the papers that Matt had been keeping his records on. While it didn't seem that funny at the time, I can't stop myself from laughing now just thinking about it! At 4 that afternoon, I was supposed to meet with our dear friend Kay, about my wedding dress. Sure enough, it was 3:45 and Matt looked out in the yard, and about 30 of the calves we had already sorted were freely roaming. I turned to Clarence as his dad quickly chased after them and asked "how did they get out, Clarence? You were supposed to be in charge of the gates." He quickly responded with "I'm not really sure. I think that either Lola or Lilah (his bottle calves from last year) got their head in-between the gates and just got them open on their own!" I couldn't help but giggle...I think he had actually left the gate open when he went to get corn screenings for them. :) We did get them back in, though, and I was only a couple minutes late to see Kay.
- Mark is as sweet, kind, handsome, and hard-working as ever. Oh, and I seem to fall deeper in love with him every day. :) He's been busy finishing up the shop and trying to keep everything organized. It seems like there is always something going on, and he has people calling him every week with new, challenging jobs for him to tackle. We love it, though!! He is spending this weekend with his Dad at Rocky Point, and I think that they are having a lot of fun and making cool memories. :)
- While he's been away, I have been doing fun things too! Saturday Mom and I went to Grand Forks to look at fabric for my dress. Unfortunately, they did not have what we needed in the store, but we were able to order it online when we got home. Since this was the last days of spring break for some, and the beginning days for others, some of my good friends from high school were home. We had made plans earlier in the week to get together and do something. I seriously looked forward to it all week. They are some of the coolest, sweetest, kindest people I know. To Derek, Shelby, Blake and Kyle: You made this lady's entire month. Thanks for being such fun, great people to be around. I love you all!
I guess that's about all that I have for right now. Plus, I have homework that I need to get back to.
-Stay classy.
MJ
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