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I'm so sorry, Janet. I know that this is so difficult for you. You know that I'm here if you need someone to talk to. You and your Mom are in my prayers.
Things are absolutely crazy here!!!! Damon got out of jail on Monday so he can get ready to leave for Teen Challenge. He has to be there by Friday but, I think, Dae Lynn's taking him on Thursday because she has started a new job!! So she's trying to get things together for Damon, find clothes for herself for her new job, and get Karlie ready for school that starts next week!!!
In the meantime she's left me with tomatoes all over the kitchen counter!!! I got them ready yesterday to do something with today but last night Damon went and picked MORE!!! I don't want to can!!!!!! Oh well!!!!
Dae Lynn's job started today and she's going to be a para at the grade school. She actually had several job offers in the last few days but this is the job she wanted. She'll be in the same school as Karlie is and will be working when they have school so it will work great for being with the kids. Plus she'll be home about 3:30 every day. So next week it will just be me and Dean here at home. So much easier!!!
Everything is just happening all at once and it's just crazy......like I said. It's definitely one of those "Calgon take me away" weeks!!!!
For good news......we're getting rain!!!!! Yay!!! It's been raining lightly all morning!!! Sooooo good for our crops!!! I think that the corn's a bust but we still have our bean crop!!!!
Oh....and one other thing.......Glen and I went for a 4 wheeler ride a couple of days ago when we had time alone and it was sooo nice out. We rode around the pasture next to us then up a nearby hill then I wanted to go and look through an old barn that's on one of our rentals that's going to be torn down......the people said that there's nothing there that they want so I wanted to find some old rusty things to put flowers in next year.
Anyway.......Glen went to look at what was in a cellar and he picked up a bucket and saw an animal so he told me to come and look. We took a while trying to figure out whether we saw baby bobcats or some manx cats......they were too big for manx cats and walked like they were young cats....you know that kind of crawl kittens do before they actually walk. Glen was poking them (there were two) with a stick and I told him to pick them up but he refused because they had 5 weapons!!!! I told him to scoop them up in the bucket and bring them out. When he did I scooped one up and held it like a kitten!!!! Every once in a while it hissed and threw out its claws.....and bit a couple of times!!! They were soooo cute!!!! We ended up calling a friend to find out exactly what we had.......baby bobcats!!! He came out with his family and we called the kids to come and see them!! That's not something you find often!!! Several of the kids got to hold them!! The second cat was a male and he was definitely more aggressive!! In all we held them for a couple of hours then we put them back in the cellar. Our friend said that the mama cat was probably nearby watching us but we never saw her. Glen checked yesterday morning to make sure that the mama was taking care of them and she had moved them which is what we expected her to do. The girls took pictures of them so I'll try to get some pictures. I didn't have my camera with me!!! Anyway it was an interesting day!!! I have scratches and Glen has a couple of small bites.......definitely worth every bit of it to hold them though!!!!!
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