Not sure where this post is going to go today.   Just a hodge podge of stuff I guess..

I'm glad it's almost Friday....I'm tired.   I'm just sitting here watching it rain.   It's gonna be soggy all day.    Which really doesn't bother me, maybe it will keep things quiet, which would be nice...but I'm not holding my breathe...LOL

We had our last Leadership class on Tuesday.   It was Agriculture day.  So we got to see lots of cows, goats, more cows, horses, cows, and colts....did I mention we saw cows...we saw lots of cows.     We got to drive out in the middle of corn fields in the middle of no where...it was interesting to say the least.   I'm amazed how hard the smaller farmers are having it with sky rocking prices and fuel prices.   Most are having to diversify just to break even.   You don't see many family farms anymore, which is really sad.

One of the highlights was seeing all the horses and their colts.  Must have been 30 horses on this farm.   We drove into the pasture and the gentleman leading the tour got out of his truck and shook a bag and called to them....and the next thing you know is 30+ horses running toward you.   An amazing site to behold.   They were beautiful quarter horses. 

The last stop of the day was at an Organic Farm.   Which was really interesting.   Kristy you would have loved it.    It was called Bountiful Blessings.   They have a customer share plan type thing, where you pay to help them with their planting and you share in the harvest or crops...if it is sucessful your able to recieve tons of the veggies and things all thru the year.  IF the crops do not do well...well you share in that too.  It's called a CSA.     If your interested in something like this...some things to read would be The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman.   ATTRA.org has free info on all aspects of sustainable agriculture.   A Magazine called "Growing for Market"...also a website called localharvest.org.   It was a really interesting day and I learned alot about the agriculture in this community.   

I spent all day yesterday trying to play catch up.  Plus trying to get my office organized.   It's been driving me nuts, so I'm trying to figure out how to use my space better.   I've ordered some things to help towards that end and hope they come in soon.    I'm being buried under paperwork, pretty soon all you will be able to see is the top of my head...*laughs*

I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day.   I got a surprise...my mom called me to wish me a good day.   I know to most of you that doesn't sound like much of a surprise.   But my mom never calls me unless something is wrong.  So for her to call me was nice.   She is always worried about long distance on her phone and wouldn't call.   But I pay her phone bill and I put long distance on it so she could call.    I'm glad I did...because she is really enjoying it.    

Were having our lunch here at the office catered today, which is really nice.  One of the ladies who shares our office -  her husband and his mom - own a catering company so they are going to do our lunch.   Which is great because if you had to get out today in all this rain you'd need a row boat...LOL

It's still quiet at the moment...think I'll enjoy that and go read some blogs...

Have a great Thursday everybody...

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