Goodbye City Life.....

Farm Livin' is the life for me....yes I like my land spreadin' out so far and wide!

Well what a trip we had. We spent an entire week in New York City and did we ever see some sights. It's going to take several post to show you some of what we saw....so here goes!






From the our quiet country home you rarely hear a siren but in NYC...it happens every few minutes. Police were every where and I'm not talking 2 or 3 lets just say there were many on each block...walking, riding horses, in cars, on bicycles, motorcycles and the list goes on.



We did a lot of looking up....with all the lights and so much going on you wanted to take it all in.


A portion of Times Square...notice the sign not to remove seating for a souvenier...now where are you gonna stuff a seat especially with all those officers everywhere????



Had to go in the big Toys R Us....just look at that big ferris wheel right as you come in the door.




Someone was wearing a sign on their back advertising a dating service of course Jenn had to have a lil' fun with that.




Next we were off to a party! Lots of stars were there...did you guess where at?


Madame Tussauds....lots of silly fun.



That's me I'm a spice girl :)



Danny and Marilyn


Ohhh wonder what they are thinking!




Your fired!

Well enough said on that.



Let's head on over to the M & M Store....


I totally agree!



Just some of the many cylinders of M & M's to choose from.


I got Sloan his favorite color...yes orange it is!



Went to a street fair....with blocks and blocks and blocks of vendors.



Found some tasty treats.

Then the very last booth....Look a MoMo Hat.

Yes I had to have one.

Well that's enough for now and yet it just scratches the surface of what all we did. I'm anxious to stop by your blogs and catch up with all of you. We have a baby shower and a Fall Church Dinner coming up out here at the farm so the next 2 weeks are sure to be full days in cleaning and cooking.

Hope you enjoyed just a lil' bit of the big apple through the eyes of some country folks.

Happy Trails....Ginger

*Rug Hooking with Friends*

Danny celebrated another birthday today....actually we went out for a nice meal with Jenn our daughter and her friend Ryan last night since she was teaching a wellness class this evening. Then tonight it was out again with our son Dan and Danny's folks for another wonderful evening.

So A HaPPy Birthday to Danny!!!! He's a wonderful husband, dad, son, brother, and papa and he's not to bad of a boss at work either :)



My lil' guy is off visiting his other grandma so with time on my hands and with it being the monthly gathering of the rug hooking group in Moore, Okla. I loaded up my truck with this snow guy and a few wooly worms and off I went.



There was eight of us today and everyone had a great time visiting.






Carol does fine hooking and doesn't the Santa she is working on look beautiful!



Sandra has been working on an Autumn Rug by Buttermilk Basin.



Kaye finishes a rug or two by each meeting. She also works on needle punch and cross stitch pieces.



Pati brought her pumpkin rug that she has been doing the binding on. She is determined to get it done and soon!



Kaye was working on this needle punch by With Thy Needle and Thread.



Becky a brand new rug hooker made this pumpkin and crow mat. You would never know this is just her 2nd piece to hook!



This big friendly witch rug was made by Kaye and the colors were just perfect together.

Well it was a fun~filled day. I'm missing my lil' guy but sometimes I have to share!
Now about that ol' centipede....I found out some information on it and it has a bite that can cause quite a bit of pain so I don't feel so bad that it is gone as in SQUISHED! Yes, I'm just a bit leary looking around for more...so far so good!

Happy Trails....Ginger

An Unwelcome Vistor!

This guy might be neat to look at but not in my sewing room especially at almost 1 am. It's a Texas Red headed centipede....what are you doing in my Oklahoma home? Texas can keep these critters! Enough said.

Happy Trails...Ginger

Flown The Coop!

We have an escapee....Seems like I can't keep this one contained to the chicken pen.
She has decided to roost right on the ledge of the house close to the door of all places.

I must admit yesterday morning around 6:30 am I was awakened by what I thought was an intruder. Danny had left about 30 minutes earlier for the day and I was sound asleep when I heard banging on the house. What to grab....get the gun...no better not....but a big pair of scissors ready, poised to do damage....
Okay remain calm....good thing I did it was that crazy chicken out there on the ledge of the house banging around....




Looks like I'll be needing to get her contained back to the pen and clean up the house. She's very lucky that's she is not being served as chicken pot pie!



Pipsqueak loves following her around the yard at a safe distance!

Happy Trails....Ginger

Oxford Rug Punch, Crochet, Cows and Ninja's Oh My!

Well today as Sloan took a nap I drew up this lil' black sheep and before he woke up it was done....yes Oxford punch needle is super fast!


A couple of days ago I tried my hand at crocheting hats and made 2 in one afternoon. Got a special gal in mind to send them to. My cousin Sharron is dealing with a 2nd round of cancer and beat it once but it seems like it's back again but she's hanging in there and doing her best to beat it again. Please keep her in your prayers.








Last night Danny decided we needed to haul some of the older cows off to the market before winter days set in. So our littlest cowpoke came along to help.



He carefully made his way into the corral making sure where he was stepping to help them get into the trailer.




After he made sure they loaded up he decided he needed to have a lil' chat with his dad.





Today we had to go into town and pick up a few things and a lil' boy decided a ninja costume was one of the things we needed....and of course



WE did need it!

Happy Trails....Ginger

An Early Celebration!

It's hard to believe but Sloan will turn 3 on October 9th. We celebrated a little early with a party at his house with his Mom and Dad and lots of family. We enjoyed a cookout and then a Scooby Do cake. I think he had such a great time he wants to try it again tomorrow :)



As you can see he likes to ham it up!



Sloan and his favorite Aunt Jenn.



Jenn and Ryan



Mmmmhhh a cupcake


My dad and littlest sis "Bobbie"





Sloan and his cousins


Opening presents




Sloan is a very lucky lil' boy he has lots of family that loves him very much.



Papa!



Sloan had been wanting BigFoot and his Mom and Dad surprised him with this big fella. He was thrilled....I believe he really enjoyed his party!

Happy Trails...Ginger