Things are nuts...

Wow, it seems like things never seem to go our way. Just when we think that the money is starting to roll in, something goes wrong and we have a week of no work. But some good news...The new Stroker (delimber) came today and the guys are having a blast trying it out. It sure is funny how men get so excited about pieces of heavy equipment. They are all like kids in a candy store.
We were supposed to be home in Montana this week, but things didn't work out that way and so now the plans have changed. We hope to be back there for two week at the end of October while the men go on their annual hunting and camping trip. There is another exciting thing for men...Hunting Elk. They just get so giddy when they hear that huge animal Bugle and charge at them. Every year it is the same routine. They start getting excited about September and watch a ton of hunting videos, then they start buying things and cleaning guns, until the time comes when they decide to go camping and spend a week without showers and wearing female elk urine to attrack the big one. Then when the snow finally hits, they are out the door and don't come back for a couple of weeks. I guess it's a man thing.
With my husband, the snowmobile season starts right after that and he is gone again. I suppose I would rather he did that than went out partying and chasing other women so I let him do it without any complaints from me.
The kids are getting excited about Halloween now and have even decided what they want to be. I love watching them get happy about holidays because my parents did everything in their power to make holidays special for me. I sometimes wonder if they felt the same way about us kids as I do about mine when they smile.

Possibilities??

They are all around, and apparently if you pray hard enough and wait very patiently.....good things will eventually come to you. I think that might be happening to me. A couple of years ago when my husband was hit by a tree everything seems to spiral downhill, hit bottom and then keep going even farther than that. We were in bad shape. We had lots of help from family and friends but it wasn't enough to fix things.
Then we decided to move to utah.....we hated that idea, but the logging is good here because the old mill owners stole from a lot of people and then the land owners didn't want to go through that again and just let the bugs kill their trees. Now we are making more money than we did before, but we have to deal with rude and inconsiderate people. We have to wait around to use the phone, share the hot water (showering is tough), and listen to things on television we don't want to listen to. Then another possibility jumped up at us. The trailer next door is rented but they are thinking of moving out next week. So....sneaky me.....I called the landlord and put my name in for it. It is pretty dumpy, and Hubby refused to rent it for me when I first got here. But since we have lived with these other people, he has changed his mind and can't wait for the dumpy trailer to open up. LOL I thought so, told him so.....LOL
It isn't town like I wanted, but since the kids are homeschooling and since we might not be here the entire winter.....no one knows what we are really doing. This will work for now. I am just glad to be with my husband. I don't think I could handle staying three states away from him and only seeing him once a month.
Another possiblity is showing it's head also. Even though hubby doesn't want to waste gas until his hunting trip, he is thinking of taking us home next week for a few days. It won't be as long as I wanted, but we will be home at the end of the month for 10 days, so we can handle that. I miss home, the kids miss home, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do to survive.

Autumn

Well, it looks like fall is sneaking up on us. A few days ago we had summer weather and yesterday it froze. It is only 40 degrees now and windy on the lake. I hate winter, cold, wet, sick kids, etc. My husband would like it to snow all year. You would think he would like summer because he works outside all year, but no.....he is really into hunting and snowmobiling and that is all he thinks about. My father in law asked me if we would consider staying in this house all winter, since the heating costs are going to be lots more, and we could all share the expense. I understand his thinking, but I do not want to drive to town on that scarey road and I do not think I could stand my brother in law that long. So.....I am still looking. Only a few more days until we get to go home to Montana to visit everyone and get more of our things. I miss my scrapbooking stuff and my kitchen supplies, but I know they won't all come back with me. I can't wait to see everyone. My kids are sooooo excited!

Strange Places

I used to think it was fun to travel to strange places, see new people, eat at new restautants, etc.....But now I realize it is just a pain. At home I knew where everything was and I was the one giving directions. Here, I can be two doors down and have to ask someone where a store is. I am the stranger here. Today we were in need of a CB antenae so we ran to WalMart of course. They didn't have a single antanae in the superstore! I thought wally world had it all. So we drove around until we found a Radio Shack, we got what we needed and headed out to get gas. Well, as you know the prices are sky high so we went to every station in town to see who was the cheapest.....actually costing us the extra few cents just driving around.....LOL
We then needed a flat file and no one at sears or walmart new what we were talking about. hmmmmmm........
Anyway, it was then way past lunch time and my daughter is ill and has to have lunch at a certain time so we were off to KFC for lunch on the run. By the time we made it home it was storming and cold. It was 85 in town and 60 at home. another hmmmmmm....
I spoke to my sister today and she said she felt like she was invading my privacy by reading this blog. LOL....I have no privacy honey, so don't worry about that! hahaha My life is an open book it seems like. my kids follow me to the bathroom even!

What is it?

What is it about certain people? Some people just have to be jerks, no matter where they are or who they are talking to. I have a certain person in mind, of course. He is disrespectful to everyone, kid or adult, he is rude, inconsiderate of other's feelings, and thinks he is the best at everything. He treats women like slaves, and adults like he is older than them and they are stupid.....and he is only 18! Have you ever had that uncontrollable urge to stab someone when they weren't looking, I mean seriously kill someone??? Well, I have.
This guy was talking with his father today and when his father would tell him to stop and listen, he would make fun of him and laugh and ignore him. He talked about his sister as if she was a cheap hussy and when asked to stop, he just says "don't tell me how to talk, nobody tells me what to do!" As if he is 50 years old and has the right to treat anyone with that kind of disrespect. It makes me so angry I could just punch him in the mouth. I just don't understand how his brother and father can sit by and let him talk to them and about their family members that way. They don't do anything. If it was my father.....well, let's just say he may be getting up there in age, but you wouldn't be using that mouth for long if you talked like that to him.
Which brings me to another certain person. My dad. I love my dad. He can be a pain in my side sometimes, a little overbearing, but he is such a great dad and grandfather. From what I hear, he can cuss like a logger.....but I have yet to hear it. He doesn't talk that way in front of women, or kids. He has instilled in me a love for family and respect for elders, and also taught me how to be independent and strong, but still sensitive. I can change a tire, oil, shoot a gun, fix a water heater, paint a house, and make my way in the woods because of him. He also taught me how to act like a lady with that......"Keep your legs together, sit like a lady", and smacking me every time I said a foul word. He always made sure memories happened, even when I fought to stay home. We never sat around, we were always busy doing something, and it had to be with the whole family. My husband is getting better at that, but he still needs a little training. LOL

Anyway, We had a family day yesterday and now it back to the grind. I have a sick kid to take care of today and the doctor is closed.....doesn't it always figure? You only get sick on holiday weekends? Just our luck.