Cute animal pictures...

A friend of mine sent me a forward today full of cute baby animal pictures and I just had to share a few of them with you to put a smile on your face too! Enjoy~

This was my first day of spending a full 8 hours "On the floor" at the Care Center. I learned a lot and was able to start helping with some things. I made a list during chores and found that I know about 2/3 of the residents' first names now and remember most of the staff's names as well (the ones that I've met). Now I just need to learn the others' names, and then the last names, and then their likes and dislikes, and how much help they need, and when they takes naps and when they get up, and........ Thankfully, they're very gracious there and know that these things take time!

Exciting things have been happening at home too, I hear...

Two of the Bartletts came to join Dad in talking with a Senator friend of ours about home schooling (and then they also bought a steer from us to raise).

The railroad people have come and started clearing up our rock piles in the fields, as they need the rocks for building up a track about 4 miles away.

Many more new calves are popping out each day. I hear 4 of my cows had babies today! :)

Mom had a new client this afternoon here at home.

Andrew (mostly) and Dad still have lots of grain to clean.

And I'm sure much more has happened too that I'm not even aware of......

It is so wonderful to come back home again after being gone for what seems like a good part of the day. What a wonderful comfort home is!

On the floor...

Today I finished up with most of my book-learning part of class and went out on "The floor" to observe the CNAs (Certified Nurse Assistants) working. Tomorrow I'll actually be starting to help them, and will do that for a few days before my test (on Tuesday). It's really helpful to see the actual cares being done instead of just reading about how to do them!

It was a little scary driving home today, as the wind was so strong that it was blowing water and debris across the road by the big lake. Thankfully though, the Lord (via the old faithful car) got me through safely!

When I made it home, I helped Mother make supper and then went down to the Quonset to see what improvements the guys made on the grain cleaner, and to call them for supper, as they'd never hear us calling from the door (as we usually do) in all the wind. When I got down there, Lady (my dog) was in there and she was apparently so happy to see me that she started making little howly noises that sounded like she was trying to talk. Jacob and I had a good laugh about that!

Tomorrow morning, I get to sleep in a little more than I have been, as I won't be going to town until 1:00PM and then will stay until 9:30PM...

On the home front, there've been a lot of new calves making their entrance into the world on our farm lately. :) There are also some new kittens to play with! I love Spring!!!

Class.

I know that's a boring title, but that's mostly what my day was spent on. My family was so kind as to do chores without me later so that I/we could sleep in a little longer. :)

When I got home at 5:00, I made bread and a pizza crust, and just when I was about to bake the crust, I looked out the kitchen window and happened to notice a bull walking down the side of the road. After notifying Dad, Mom and Jacob, I saw two more bulls in the ditch. Fun, fun! Bulls are definitely not my favorite animal to be working with..... We jumped in vehicles and got them in, only to have them walk over to the fence and crawl right through it again! Dad had fixed the fence in that spot a few days ago when one of them was out, but since then, the snow-pile that was in the fence-line has melted and the wires were sagging severely. So, Dad and I fixed that bit of fence (while 3 of the bulls that were still in the fence were having a head-pushing show down) and then we all went and got the bulls in AGAIN. Thankfully they stayed in the fence after that. The bulls that had been out were the young ones, so if they don't respect the fence now, I guess someone will have to take an electric fencer over there...........

It is really, really windy out now and it sounds like the house is going to blow over, but I don't think it will. :)

That was my day. I'm sure this day was very different for the other members of my family, but I'll leave them to tell you of their adventures as they have time.

Sweet dreams and God be with you~

Brushing dentures~

I learned much more today in class----such things as: how to make a bed properly (with about 6 layers of different materials) and how to clean dentures! It was a long day and I'm heading to bed early so that I'm ready for one more day of stuffing knowledge in my head before the weekend. :)

Thank you so much to those of you who are praying for me/us and those of you who've sent well wishes! Mother's still in a lot of pain with her tooth, so she especially could use prayer tonight.

" Alvederzein"~

One day down, many to go...

Well, the first day of class went well and was full of a LOTS of things to learn... I came home with a bit of a headache, but after doing a BodyTalk technique (what my Mom's trained in and does for others weekly,) that went away quickly. After a good nights' rest, I think I'll be ready for another day. There originally was going to be a couple other ladies taking the class with me, but it ended up not working out for them, so for the majority of the time (outside of when one other lady joins us on two days), I'm having one-on-one teaching--like I'm used to. :) The staff was very friendly and helpful and made me feel as much at home as possible.

Mother's feeling somewhat better tonight, as she was able to get into a dentist to get her tooth pulled this morning. That tooth's actually been bothering her off and on for a couple years, so it was time to get it out I guess. She hardly got any sleep last night, but is in bed now and I hope and pray she'll be able to rest very well tonight!

I'm sure there's much more I could write and I'd love to comment on others' blogs and everything, but I'm pretty tired and would like to get a good nights rest in before my alarm blares at 6:00, so I'd best go.

Good night everyone~