what have I done?

Not much - oh wait - yes I have - I cleaned out a freezer that got left open by mistake on Sat night - so that took all afternoon Sunday since it isn't a self defrosting freezer. UGHHHHH. So we then had fajitas for count it - 4 nights - in a row!!!! Finally Avery got to eat the last of it - she was impressed! Last night it was a big pan of homemade scalloped taters with pork chops on top in the oven. We finally had to put it away in the fridge so we would stop eating so that the law of economics would work out for leftovers tonight. Friday night is fall sports preview - Volleyball at 5 pm in the new gym for Diddie. After that - barring no rain - burgers at the football field.

Pedro has one more Saturday of Sylvan. Yeah - not because she is done - but because honestly - we can't squeeze any more extra out of our account at this moment. Maybe once bean harvest is done we can look at some more skewling. Poor crack baby - we wanted her tested at the end of the school year last year - it didn't get done. Now I am having words with the new school psych on laws and such of what they do and don't have to do for her. I am calling the KS Board of Education in Topeka today over lunch hour. I will figure out what my rights are as a parent of a child that shouldn't be left behind - but is getting left behind. UGHHHh.

Last night we went online and took another step towards Diddie's future. We officially signed her up as a college student at Cloud County to get dual credit for her Chemistry class. WOW! and another check wrote.

I am also reading a new book - actually several - "How to Talk so Kids can Learn." and How to talk so Teens will listen and Listen so Teens will talk. So far - very informative - I think that every single parent and teacher should read these books.

Hopefully I will have pics from Volleyball and last day of Sylvan to upload Sat night. I will try to get those done in between E-Baying.

Then and Now

Do you see the similarities? Izzy in 2005 and Pedro in 2009.

Leonardville Hullabaloo Show Results

Whew - that is all I can say. We had a very successful, albeit confusing, day for our tractor show. It decided to sprinkle and gently rain off and on but then the sun came out and it went away and turned into a beautiful evening for a parade. The wind blew and kept us cool for most of the day. We had over 90 tractors at the show yesterday - and yes, John Deere was Outnumbered. Next year our goal is over 100 again. The parade I heard several people say was way better than any show Manhattan puts on. Don't know - Just repeatin what I heard. Pedro and Diddie both started their own tractors and drove them threw the parade themselves this year. Charles got his Spoked Flywheel D runnig like it should - it was the first D sold at WW Smith & sons in Clay Center. We are looking for information about this tractor so we can bring it to Piotique. We paraded in the morning to the nursing home. I wish I would have counted how many tractors there were - well over 30 I bet that paraded with us. It is nice for the nursing home residents, since the parade route has been cut off from that way now.

First and Second day of School RC 2009

Here are pics from Pedro's First day of 5th Grade and Diddie's First day as a Soph!

Leonardville Hullabaloo Link

Since I am "Special" and haven't quite figured out how to do this all - here is the gosh darn link to the Hullabaloo. On the left hand side is a 2009 link you can find an agenda for what all is to go on that day.


http://sites.google.com/site/leonardville66449/Home/index-of-articles-on-this-website

Leonardville Hullabaloo Info

Saturday August 15th, 2009 is the Annual Leonardville Hullabaloo. I keep trying to upload pics and it doesn't work - so here is a link to go see what it is all about on a facebook page.

On another Note - Izzy started her own tractor last night also with assistance from Daddy! It was great.

A lot has happened in the past few weeks - dog eating the tomatoes, school shopping and enrollment is done, a few sprinkles of rain here and there - though knock on wood the bean crop still looks excellent, Pedro's room STILL isn't clean, we babysat my niece and nephew, had the brakes replaced on my car, went to Geossel to the tractor show (one of those big beasts will be at Leonardville), talked to our great friend Danny from Tx, and we are dreading the start of school Thurs. How can you make children go to bed early to get into a routine when it is still very light outside? Anybody? Oh well - If I can get them to load - a couple of pics of Goessel and a way back when one.

Pedro started her own tractor

So Mr Dugan just called me at work to brag on his littlest Pride and Joy! She started her own BR. They had to replace a water pipe on it today and they put it back together like the puzzle that it is. With that - I am not sure where it went from there - but she started her own tractor. Seeings how it is one of those you have to crank and crank the round thing on the side called a flywheel - pretty big stuff!

Here her and daddy are in the parade last year I think. That tractor will be there again this year - along with a few more of our others. If you can make it over to come sit and visit with us this year on August 15 - we will enjoy visiting and seeing you! the Parade is at 6 pm.

What I am doing today!

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