TAKS tests this week!

I finally finished cleaning up the paperwork for the 3-day AQHA show I secretaried in Bryan April 10-12. I always come home so tired (long hours) and sick of the show, and can't get motivated to finish all, but am now glad it's done though AQHA will be ticked that it is late. Kids at my school TAKS or LAT tests every day this week, stressful for me, and it seems I can never get it down pat and easy. Am heading to Wal-Mart now to try to find a flowering plant to put on my desk to brighten the week, then to grocery store for extra food for the stress! I need something like Mexican cornbread or ?.

huggable

Josey in her high chair

a high chair at Mama Cannon's house

Yesterday I bought, at Once Upon A Child in College Station, a high chair for Josey to use at my house. She ate supper at my house last night and sat in a high chair for the first time, and she seemed to love it. After she finished I gave her a big plastic spoon which she loved to hit on the tray and/or chew. Laney's to send me photos of her in the high chair.

I worked Easter weekedn

Though I'd told them last year that I wouldn't help this year, I worked the Bryan AQHA Horse Show this past weekend, long hours but I enjoyed seeing my horse friends. I got home before 5 on Sunday and Josey and Laney came and ate supper at my house, making my day perfect! Got 1/2 inch rain, terrific. Wayne Turner did good job of tending my animals. I need to catch up on sleep and eat some real food, they didn't feed us well there.

Attached is a photo of my great niece, Riley Farris, showing her miniature pony at the County Fair pet show on Wednesday. It was a wild affair, more like a big can of fishing worms than an organized event! Riley is a joy, as is, of course, granddaughter Josey!

great spring break

Life in Madison County has been good lately, better than usual. I love spring. A few weeks back we finally got 2.3 inches of rain, and things are greening up, though we still need more rain. I bought a full slicker suit for myself at Christmas, since I put out round bales for my cows every other day all winter, and I never opened the slicker suit until March 13, that's how dry our winter was! I nearly froze March 13, on the tractor in cold drizzle, but I was still thrilled with every drop of rain! We've been on Spring Break this week and I've seen lots of Josey - she and Laney came and ate breakfast on Monday and lunch on Tuesday, and today, Wednesday, we went to the Outlet Mall this side of Conroe where we bought Josey lots of necessities - mostly every day onesies, but a few other darling things. Poor thing, she didn't have a bathing suit or a cardigan to put over a little dress -- now she has several more little dresses plus a cardigan, pink. She's getting so that she smiles at me a lot, and I'm sure at lots of other folks too, but I really love it when she smiles at me! Now I've got to get to the Fair - Pig Show! Maybe it'll rain tonight!