Weekend Adventures

Last week was spring break and I had three whole days off in a row. With all this free time I decided to go down to the farm. I haven't been down there in months and there were a couple of new baby goats that were born the weekend before which of course I wanted to play with.

While I was there 5 babies were born!

We had one momma goat just lay down in the yard and give birth out in the open right in the middle of everything (which is very unusual for goats). She and her two babies just stayed right there all day, even when the herd moved on she never moved. But when it got dark they were still out there even though the other goats had gone back to the barn. We couldn't just leave the babies out there in the open all night, it would not be safe for them so we decided to pick them up and put them in the closest barn for the night.

But when we picked them up and moved them, momma goat went crazy! She started running around screaming at the top of her lungs. She was so scared, she thought we were taking her babies from her and hurting them I suppose. She was so scared and I felt so bad for her. It took us atleast 10 minutes to herd her into the barn that her babies were in, but when she finally realized they were safe in the barn she calmed down.



Baby Goats A Few Hours Old



Last weekend was alot of fun. I'm glad I was able to spend that time with my family.  :)

Over the River and Through the Woods........

On our way back from my Grandmother's 70th birthday party in Alabama, we stopped in Pensacola, Florida to play on the beach. Even though it was 60 degrees outside and the water was even colder we still had a lot of fun.

Here are some pictures of the good times that I took with my new Windows 7 Phone. (I'm loving it so far!)

We were feeding them cheesy bugles. They really liked them! : )

 When we ran out of bugles they went after our shoes!

This was at a gas station on the way home and I just thought it was funny.

All in all it was a pretty fun trip. My family is spread all over the south so it isn't very often that we can all get together.

New Years Eve

All I’m going to say for now is:

 

1. Alcohol was definitely involved
2. There was some gambling
3. Yeah someone passed out and got markered
4. Yeah someone threw up --- Causing other drunks to need to puke. LOL
5. Kinect Sports + Alcohol = LOTS of FUN!!!!

 

Perhaps I shall post stories later, but for now I don’t know where to start.

If only I could really fly

Yea, that's right I'm sitting in the pilot's seat of a helicopter. Unfortunately I have no idea what all those buttons and knobs do and if you want to continue living you best not fly with me....Yet! : )

I've always known that flying was tough and that it took a lot of practice. However, I was unprepared for the shear number of pedals, buttons, knobs, and other gizmos that are necessary to get this glorious heap of metal off the ground.

Can you imagine what it takes to be able to fly something like this? On TV we see action stars jump into the pilot seat and take off not necessarily knowing what they are doing or learning how to fly as they go along. But I can attest to the fact that if I were trying to fly this thing without any training it would be a disaster. I might be able to figure out how to start the engine, but after that it would pretty much be like trying to fly a spaceship and would most likely end in a fiery death.

But no worries I didn't do anything crazy. It was just a Christmas party and the pilot let me take a picture in his seat.

Good Times! : )

Fable III, need I say more!

Last week the video game Fable III was finally released. Lets just say it is awesome and I was addicted to it this weekend. Seriously I played my little heart out every moment I was home and awake. I haven't had that much fun playing a video game since the Nazi Zombies of Call of Duty. Not only was it fun, it was educational.

Things you can learn from Fable III:

1) If you don't want a STD use a condom
2) Your actions can change you
3) To much fatty food will make you fat
4) Trespassing is a crime
5) It's really hard to save everyone and still be nice

My xbox made me do it!

My favorite type of video games are the shooter games. They are just so much fun. My enjoyment doesn't come from pent up rage or aggression, I find them fun because they are challenging and entertaining. I find it humorous that people are trying to blame school shootings on the video game industry. If you don't want your kid to play violent video games, then you should refer to the rating system posted to every video game sold in America.

It's pretty easy to just look at the rating on the case or go online and do a little research on the games your kid is asking for. They have tried to make it easy. But it all comes back to personal responsibility. Everyone wants a reason to explain away their behavior instead of taking it upon themselves to exhibit some self control and ownership of their mistakes.

I can remember the first video game I ever had. It was Mario on the original Nintendo. Well it was actually my Dad's game, but while he was at work during the summers it was the fun thing to do. My sister and I play that game and the duck shooting game for hours until we were sent outside. Aww, those were the days........

I've only got three things to say to you today!!

1) I am super excited about our trip down south for the weekend!

OK, now that I've gotten that out of my system.

2) One of the things I enjoy is looking at and (when I have money) buying funny/cool t-shirts. So I figured that as I peruse the Internet in search of awesome shirts I'd post some of them here so that you don't have to go hunting for hours clicking through trying to find something that is in the least bit worth while. In that spirit I will post a picture and link to an awesome shirt for you're enjoyment.

My current favorite on the list is the one I found on Amazon of R2D2 running away from a giant Star Wars Camel

3) Again I was perusing the Internet when I found this blog post and felt the need to share. It's basically some pictures of some FAIL cakes in honor of breast cancer awareness month. Now I realize that breast cancer is serious, but you just can't help but want to V8 slap whoever made these.

Here's the link:

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/10/yay-for-tatas.html

You should go look, its pretty funny! : )

Its been awhile

Where have I been? Well life has been positively crazy! I don’t think I even live at my house any more, I just sleep there. I miss my XBOX and my Netflix!!! I’ve been going non-stop for the past three weeks, but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. This weekend I have TWO whole days in a row off. I am beyond excited because I don’t remember the last time I had two days off in a row. There is going to be some serious fun times this weekend. (And of course the occasionally break from good times to study, believe me I have not forgot about school).

I plan on heading down to Canyon Lake this weekend. I have no idea what I’m going to do when I get there, but I am getting out of the metroplex and trading in my current set of crazy people for a whole new set for the weekend. (Lord knows we’re all crazy and you can’t escape that).

For those of you wondering what a metroplex is:

A metroplex is a large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs. It is also sometimes used as an alternative to metropolis or megalopolis, which is a chain of continuous metropolitan areas. The term was coined for, and is still commonly used to describe, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex – Wikipedia

Basically what that means is that somewhere along the way some crazy person from Dallas/Fort Worth made up that word and it stuck and is now an acceptable word. So as you can see because we just make up new words from old ones so that we can be “unique” there inherently are crazy people all around me (and I might possibly be one).

But to get back to the point, I’m sorry for my absence for which I can give you any number of excuses as justification such as: I’ve been to busy with work and school or that I’m sick. All of these are true, but honestly the real reason is that I just haven’t made time till now to sit down and actually write anything.

But I shall leave you with one of my currently favorite songs and music videos. Enjoy!

My Cake was YUMMEY

So Yesterday was my birthday. Here's the cake! It was INSANELY yummey!

Yea! Thats how you do 23 on a small cake!

It was the same old birthday fun. We went out to eat, ate cake, etc etc. Then my sister and I played on skype while the boys watched the football game.

Aren't we Cute?!

Oooh!... Ahhh!

Perhaps the webcam should be taken away..... But it was fun. : )

Also somehow lots of extened family members got my cell phone number and either called or texted. Thanks guys! I saved your numbers so now we don't have to talk through the "grown ups."