In Celebration of Community, Or A Near Goat Tragedy Experience

Published on: October 19, 2008 by catballou24 2 Comments

Our horrible, no good, very bad day started Friday night with our little girl goat, Kubra. I went out to feed the goats and get them shut up for the night and she was acting very strange; not walking around, not eating, but not in any obvious pain…just standing funny. I was worried she was […]

Butterflies Both Seen and Unseen

Published on: October 5, 2008December 30, 2015 by catballou24 2 Comments

Our Baby is 3!

Published on: September 28, 2008December 30, 2015 by catballou24 2 Comments

Just some pics of her third birthday weekend. Started on Friday, actually birthday yesterday, and then another bbq today. What a lucky little gal! The cake:The princesses:The skate gear: The sparklers:

Good News, Bad News

Published on: September 8, 2008 by catballou24 3 Comments

Sorry I haven’t updated in a bit. It’s been crazy busy around now that I have the kids back that I take care of. They took the summer off but are back in full force. So with my own 2 girls, I have 5 kids running around. Adjusting has been busy to say the least. […]

For The Love Of Cupcakes

Published on: August 18, 2008December 30, 2015 by catballou24 Comment

But first, a little background info… A few weeks ago the girls and I went out for the evening with our darling neighbor – Rosemary. We went to Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, where they were having a fossil exhibit for the kids. The girls got to run all over looking for different fossils and […]

It’s So Hot!

Published on: August 13, 2008 by catballou24 2 Comments

Is it ever going to cool down? We are having record breaking heat here in our neck of the woods and it’s taking it’s toll on both our garden and energy bills. Today is finally a cool 95 degrees! It literally has been over 100 for days and days and days. The kids don’t even […]

Spring Isn’t The Only Colorful Season

Published on: August 6, 2008December 30, 2015 by catballou24 2 Comments

Look at all our Summertime blooms…

Another Weekend…

Published on: July 27, 2008December 30, 2015 by catballou24 2 Comments

Another garden project! We got alot of veggie gardening done as well as ornamental. Alot of work, but we are having fun. In the veggie garden I got transplants of pumpkin, cukes, basil, and cantaloupe all in the ground, as well as transplanting a few more peppers. I’m working on what is going to happen […]

For a Dear Friend…

Published on: July 25, 2008December 30, 2015 by catballou24 Comment

I belong to a group of women who are some of the most amazing women who have barely ever met. We all had babies together in September 2005 and met online at the mothering.com forums. We’ve seen each other through alot the last 3 years. Some of us meeting in person, many of us not, […]

A Couple Pics

Published on: July 14, 2008December 30, 2015 by catballou24 1 Comment

“Can’t I have just one? Please?” The new planters out front, filled with our homegrown dirt and the Poincianas we grew from seed. Closer shot of the planter nearest the front door with it’s Poinciana. More to come, we also put in a small walkway that is the start of our paths threw our front […]