Life Happpens!

Life happens, and it doesn't happen conveniently. You can slide along for months, going about your everyday routine with nothing much happening. Wake up, drink your coffee, tend the animals, go to work, come home, do house work, cook dinner, tend to the animals, watch a little TV or read, go to bed.
Then all of a sudden life just starts happening. Here is what is going on around here:

1. I decided to redo the bathroom and it is finished now, but it took about a week, mainly two weekends, fitting it in around the regular life stuff.

2. My niece, who has started her own photography business, is going to teach me about cameras, so I'm in the process of reading up on good cameras and trying to decide what kind to get. She says the Canon Rebel would be good for me since I just want a good "enthusiasts" camera not a professional. Cameras have come a long way and I am still the point and shoot kind of photographer.

3. My sister, her husband and daughter are coming to visit for 4 days from Kansas. I haven't seen them since last summer when she got married and moved back to Kansas.

4. David's daughter is coming in from Seattle, Washington on April 2 to visit us and her grandmother (her mother's mother) for about a week. She is bringing with her her youngest son, 3 year old Ethan. When she leaves she won't be taking Ethan with her, he is to stay with us and his great-grandmother for 3 or 4 months. We're not really sure why she decided to do this or even if she is going to come back to get him. The two older boys are with their father in Seattle (or there abouts,) who isn't Ethan's father, or I suspect he'd be there too.

So. Life. It goes along smoothly for months on end, then WHAM, a whole big bunch of it lands on your door step. Ya gotta love it. It keeps you from becoming stuck in a rut. I think a three year old will do us a lot of good, really get us out of the old rut.

Coffee, Gotta Have It

I love coffee. There it is. I've been told by peopel that: it's not good for me, it's yucky, I could drink tea instead, etc, etc. However I remain a great fan of coffee. Even more so in the past few years since I discovered grinding your own beans at home! Recently I tried this Mayan Black Onyx Blend. Usually I don't like the dark roasted ones as well, but this one is good! I tend to brew it a little weaker. And here's the added goodness: it's ORGANIC. Now the nay sayers can't cay it isn't good for me. Can they? Below is a discription of the coffee straight from the web. Now I have to go drink a couple of cups of this wonderful stuff and get ready for work!

Organic Mayan Black Onyx Blend
Our darkest roast, this certified organic, premium Arabica coffee is hand-picked high in Mexico's southern mountain ranges. This mellow, yet hearty full-bodied coffee is slow roasted to lock bittersweet smokiness in each bean.