'not me' Monday........

 

Here we go again. Yeah!! And now it's time for that weekly fun carnival that we all love, 'not me Monday!' Let's all join in and see what we got. I'm sure we have a lot of those 'not me's' just stored.

It was not me who went to the bathroom this past week at work, hobbling all the way with a bum knee after surgery, went into the stall, locked the door, struggled to sit down, started doing what we do, and had the door start swinging open.  Nope, it was not me who was trying to stop doing what it is we do, jump up as fast as I could with a non-working knee, scrambling to grab the door, and praying that I would not fall flat on my face.  Nope not me, I wouldn't be that worried about another girl seeing me in all of my non-dignity, and besides there are only 6 girls that work with me and we never ever cross paths in the girls room, and I am totally serious about that.

And it was not me, who is so sad about the lack of self control lately in her life, that I baked a pound cake yesterday.  Nope, I do not go around looking for ways, at least in the back of my mind, to kill any hope that I have of ever getting ready for a half marathon.  I would never do that, just like none of you do that either.  I am not my worst enemy.

And I did not take the bandage off of my knee just to see what it looked like and wish silently to myself that I hadn't done that.  EEEWWWWWWW!!!!

Please everyone, join in the fun and let's see what you all have been not doing.

Love to All,

midRae

Flatbeds & Farmers

This black flatbed is midMan's truck.  He loves his truck, I honestly think he loves it more than me.  Just kidding, I know he love me more some of the times, like when I cook Marlboro Man Favorite Sandwich, which can be found here.  Boy, midMan and tailEnd sure do go crazy with the drooling when I make it.  I usually have to get out of the kitchen real quick so that I don't get trampled in the stampede.  Yes, they are that good!  You should all try them.

Anyways, back to flatbed trucks and farmers.  Now my midMan is anything but a farmer.  He's a truck driver by trade and a lover of the solitude in the mountains the rest of the time, and the seeker of big deer.  But he just had to have this truck.  And seriously folks,  isn't it just the quintessential farmer truck?  I know it is, and you would realize it also if you only paid as much attention to other flatbed trucks as we do now that we own one.  I am serious.  It's like now that we have a flatbed truck midMan is now part of some 'Farmer Flatbed Truck Fraternity'.  All that we need to complete the picture is the two ranch dogs lying in the bed of the flatbed truck while the other 2 ranch dogs race frantically to and fro.  Oh, and a couple bails of hay.

This is what happens when we drive down the road.  We will pass someone else in a flatbed truck and we will get the little finger wave.  I kid you not!  Ever since we have owned the flatbed truck we get nothing but nice little waves from every one else who owns a flatbed truck.  There was even one time midMan was sitting at the stoplight and a young kid, about 18, drives up next to midMan, looks at midMan's flatbed truck, and gives him two thumbs up.  Seriously!

And it doesn't just happen with flatbeds.  We owned a Jeep, which midMan had to sell to get the flatbed truck, and every person that we passed, who also happened to be in a Jeep, would give us the finger wave.  You know, the slight lifting of the finger from the steering wheel.  Yes, that one.  I am almost amazed.

I asked midMan, 'What is up with this?'  And his reply was, 'It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand.'  Man, did he love that Jeep.  It's was pretty hard for him to part with it but he wanted to join the 'Farmer Flatbed Truck Fraternity'.  I bought him a banner to put on the windshield of his Jeep, and I bet you can't guess what it said.

Yup!  'It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand.'

But my question is, does this happen with all men, who own a certain type of vehicle?  I mean do guys who drive Ford F150's give each other the finger wave when they pass?  Do the guys who drive Chevy Blazers do the same thing?  What about the poor guy who is stuck driving the Ford Taurus (I just really hate this car, sorry folks) finger wave or not?  Do Jaguar owners do this as they weave in and out of traffic getting looks of envy? 

I mean you just don't see us girls, driving our Jeep Liberty's or Chevy Tahoe's giving each other the little finger wave.  Maybe we are too busy yelling at the kids in the back seat, I don't know.  Oh wait, I know.  Maybe we should all come up with something so we can be in a 'Soccer Mom Chevy Tahoe Club'.  Maybe we could flip our hair to the right, or just wipe the sweat from our poor overworked foreheads.  Wouldn't that make us the envy of every man out there?  NOT!!  It's just not as cool as the little finger wave.

Anyways I just don't get it, but I do get to live with it.  I will still shake my head in wonder each time we pass a flatbed truck and receive the one finger wave, but I am still considering the flip of the hair to the right wave for us girls.  

Anybody with me?

Love to All,

midRae

One Word Wednesday.....

Out Of Time.

Love to All,

midRae

I did it again, didn't I?

Yup, that seems to be what I do lately.  I disappear.  My midMan can't even seem to find me lately, and tailEnd can get a little lonely if I'm not right there with him.  Poor baby boy, I can still call him that even if he is bigger than me now, it's been a little lonely.  

But.......

I have been working diligently on my Resolution List, which you can read HERE.  I have accomplished item #1.  Yes, I did it.  I had the surgery on my knee last Thursday and all seems to be going well.  They even smoothed out my bone a little so that the knee should be a lot quieter than it has in the past.  I tend to grind when I walk, I know, I know, just a little too much information. 

Right now I am back to work, iced and propped up on a box, and told by my boss, 'NO Walking, unless you have to go to the bathroom.' (I overdid it yesterday and my whole leg decided to swell a little bit.)  Isn't my boss great?  Who has a boss that tells them to just sit and do nothing?  Guess what?  I do!!  He's pretty cool.  Lucky me, both the bosses rock!

So enough about the knee and on with a few photos I took a couple of weeks ago.

I love the feel of this one.  It came out so warm.

The oldest child of mine thinks this would be a great background for some portraits.  I agree but to bad that I haven't any to take.  I don't dare yet until I learn a little more.  Resolution #4.

Wheat in the winter.

  I just can't seem to resist.

  And what else am I going to take a photo of,
while midMan is checking out the local population of mule deer,
which I have taken thousands of pictures of already,
and I am left to sit and ponder the side of the road?

Love to All,

midRae

Hello?

Hello? 

Hello? 

Is any body still out there?  Can you hear me?  Is anybody there? 

I'm serious here, now is any body still out there?  Hello? tap tap tap  Is this thing on?  Can any body hear me?



Oh, hello, I am so relieved.  Some one is still there.  Thank you, thank you.

I know.  I know.  I took a little break and you all began wondering if I was still in here.  I am!  I promise.  Just having one of those 'Do I really want to blog anymore?' moments.  I think I have those moments quite often.  And you all are thinking to yourselves as you roll your eyes, 'No way, not midRae!  She would never think like that.' hahaha (I should have done one of those 'not me, Monday' post's, because it was so not me)

Anyways, here I am, at least for one more post (you all get it, sometimes it's a daily battle).  I wanted to share a few great photo's, at least I think so, I took this last weekend.  Please keep in mind that I was in a moving truck on a dirt road, snapping pictures through the windsheild, so the quality could be a thousand times better.

Wait for it.........

Wait for it.......

Wait for it............

BAMM!!!

Love to all,

midRae