Finally a 40th Anniversary photo!

I finally did a layout with my favorite photo of my parents on their anniversary!! I just love how both of them are smiling in this picture.

Kit Credit: Eastern Spice by JulieO at Stone Accents.

The kit I used was a freebie on her blog a few months ago. Today is opening day for her store, so be sure and run over and see what all is going on in the store and forum!! I'm going to try to find time to go do the scavenger hunt....we will see if I manage it. LOL

This morning DH and I ran into town cause I needed to get a cleaner. I was out, and since the state of my house has started affecting my mood, I thought it would be a good idea to do a little bit of cleaning. Little bit being the operative word! LOL The floors are horrible, and I so hate scrubbing them, actually scrubbing isn't something I like doing anyway, because it bothers my hands. I think I could have arthritis or something starting, even though I am really to young for that. The little bit of scrubbing I did yesterday afternoon, made my hands hurt all evening, and they are still kinda stiff this morning. Anyway, that's probably one reason, I don't scrub much, yet after awhile I can't stand the spots that seem to show up on the floors, and also one reason why I tend to do a half baked job of any scrubbing I do do. I imagine I will be having trouble like my Mom does or worse, in a few years, which isn't fun to think about but I'm sure I will manage. Well I will as long as I can still use a mouse and type!!!! LOL

Anyway, the reason I started this story was to say that on the way back from town, I had to chase a cow. We rent our pasture out during the summer, and as we came around the corner we saw a calf...he wasn't real little, but I'm sure he was one of this years babies...laying by the gate on the road side, and several cows standing on the other side of it. Its not really an easy thing, trying to have a gate open, make sure the others don't come out, and get a calf in at the same time. DH was going to leave me to guard the gate, while he chased it, but I refused for two reasons...one because I didn't want to try to keep them all in, yet stay back, for the calf to come and go through, but more importantly, because while I sometimes can have trouble with my knees and the foot I tried to break years ago, he has way more trouble in that area than I do....so I elected to do the chasing. First I walked to the south on the opposite side of the road and got around it, and herded it back toward the gate....naturally it saw DH and didn't see the open gate, so it took off past the gate to the north. Wonderful!! So I go jogging (not a pretty site! LOL) down the road to the north, on the opposite side naturally, hoping to get around it so I can push it back to the gate again. It finally decided it didn't like me coming behind it and started trying to push through the fence. If finally managed to find a spot where it could push through and went racing out into the pasture and then back up to the others. Dh had to come home and get some staples and reattach the wire to the posts. I'm just thankful the other cows didn't all decide they had to investigate the open gate!! LOL

Thankfully its been cool here this week! I enjoy being out when it is...not that I've had a lot of chance to be, with cleaning. But the little jog along the country road wasn't to bad since it wasn't hot. Ya gotta love fall in the country! I adore fall...almost as much as I do spring. I have a hard time knowing which is my favorite...I love spring with all the flowers, the frogs, and everything coming to life again, but I love Autumn, with the crispness to the air, the pretty colors, and the end of the heat. Its really hard to decide which is best, so I just enjoy both of them!! Even when I have to chase a cow! LOL Enjoy your day, and don't forget to go check out Stone Accents new store if you have time! I have to go do a little more cleaning...maybe by the end of the week, at least the kitchen, will be halfway presentable, it would be sooner, if I would stay away from the computer!! LOL