My life as it happens

My wife had to have a root canal done yesterday. Her tooth which has been bothering her for quite some time now has finally made it's presence known in full force. I kept telling her for the past several weeks to go to the dentist and get it checked out. She just wanted to wait. Well it got worse and she had to go a oral surgeon to have the root canal done. Shortly after it was done, she called me to say she was on her way home. Which if you've been around anyone who has had one side of their mouth numbed the last sentence I wrote can come across very funny.

It came across like this:

Hi bave, vy vouth is so thore, I had thou have a roof cammal.

A what?

I had thou have a roof cammal

Sorry sweetheart, I can't understand you (of course while I'm chuckling a little bit to myself)

I had thou have a roof cammal you muver fucker

So now I'm rolling in my chair, laughing, and I try to tell her I'll see her when I get home so I can get her pain meds.

After 30 minutes, I'm home and she's in her chair laying down. I walk in and she starts going at me for being mean to her. Her jaw and tongue are still numb, so you can imagine how everything was coming out.

I couldn't help but laugh and she was so animated that it made it funnier. Finally, she gave up and started laughing as well cussing at me.

After a bit, things quieted down and I took her to IHOP so she could get pancakes since she needed something soft to eat.

Just came across this out of the blue and thought it was pretty good.

When you pull a pizza out of the oven and let it cool.

Just because the top feels cool doesn't mean that the sauce is not still as hot as lava.

So next time give it a couple more minutes and you might not burn the roof of your mouth.

Since I have been rather busy as of late and not much time to blog I thought I'd fill you in on my weekend.

On Saturday, I went over to a friends house about 90 miles away to work dogs. I had a great time and it truly felt wonderful to get to do some actual farm work again. We started off fixing some electric fence for his mules. Something spooked them the other night and they ran through it or deer knocked it down which is possible too. So after an hour of walking the line to tighten it up, we checked it and put the mules back in the pasture. We watched as they slowly crept up to the fence and one was brave enough to touch it. We heard a loud hee-haw and suddenly all the horses were back into the dry lot. That proved that it worked, so that's enough for us.

We then set out to get all of the plastic panels from the winter field and move them into the summer field where the sheep have been grazing. The first thing we had to do was separate the lambs from the ewes. We gathered the flock and moved them into the sorting pens. Once we got the lambs sorted, since they needed to be completely weaned by us and not just by their mom, we moved them onto the summer field. Lambs are great for training on with experienced dogs. They are flighty and much more nimble than their parents. You can really learn a lot about pressure points and when you've become accustomed to over flanking your dog. So, we got all of the panels set back up and went to work our dogs for a little bit.

Here is a picture of the summer field.

This is my friends son Wyatt with his dog Spot. If you look through the panels towards the trees you can barely make out the figure of a man. That's where the sheep were. It's a pretty big course and his trial in the spring draws a large crowd from all over the U.S. and Canada. I sent my dog out there 8 times and then I took over duty to set the sheep out, so away I went on the quad bike.

We did that till lunch time, then after that we started putting up panels to give the sheep a shelter area. Which if you look at the picture again, those tee post closest to me are where we put the panels up at as right behind me was the lambing shed.

While I helped put up panels and helped with some of the chores around there, Wyatt was busy mowing down some of the excess weeds that had accumulated.

After that we worked dogs again.

It was truly a great day and I loved it.

Going to a friends farm on Saturday to work some sheep and help him out. It's been a while since I've been able to get out and truly work dogs in a more natural setting. They've got ~ 150 ewes and while he ran them through the chutes a couple of weeks ago before the Sheepdog Finals he needs them sorted before lambing.

Needless to say I'm very excited and then I told my wife my plans. She just looked at me and said "why are you asking me for permission?"

I said "I'm just letting you know of what I'd like to do in case you had something else planned."

She just gave me a puzzled look and said "go ahead."

Then she started giving me all kinds of hell for asking. I just laughed.

Later we went to her parents house to have dinner where she started to give me hell about it again, making jokes and then her parents stepped in and started giving her hell.

What goes around comes around, I guess. They supported me in my actions and told her she could stand to learn a few things about common courtesy when dealing with your significant other. "You are married now" her mother said.

I just smiled and asked her to pass the butter.

On Saturday the misses and I joined some friends and we drove to a small suburb of Kansas City, MO to partake in Oktoberfest. This little festival was quite the let down. Apparently, due to budget cuts, the big one they have in Riverside got canceled. It left us with this one.

First the beer wasn't bad, but they where all made by American Brewery's . So I felt a little cheated and there was only two beers to really chose from. Second, they had square dancers and people clogging as well as cheerleader competitions. Plus vendors that had absolutely nothing to do with Germany or even being German. It was really sad.

The absolute worst part was using Johnsonville store bought Brats as the main food dish with canned sauerkraut. That was it. No strudels, Würstel, Knödeln and even Weisswurst.

At least there was a German band playing in one of the tents that made it worth it. They where really good and we were dancing and having a good time. So we all had one last beer and left to eat a Japanese Steak house. I needed some fish on a stick or Steckerlfisch as it's called, only mine was in the raw form. Granted, I used some of this fish for bait down in Florida, but when you put it over sushi rice it suddenly becomes worth $2 a piece.

I hope this economy turns around so we can have a right proper Oktoberfest next year.

The trip was amazing!!!!! We touched down at Tampa International Airport, noon eastern time on Tuesday and headed right over to the car rental place. Once we got to the counter they immediately offered us an upgrade to a convertible. Seriously, you really can't go driving along the coast in a stuff hardtop, right. So we got the car, got the top down and away we went cruising down the interstate towards the little island of St. Pete Beach. Once we got through all the traffic, we made it to our hotel http://www.miramarbeachresort.com/. This was the first time that I've ever been there and I must say that is a really nice place to stay. Our room had a little fridge, microwave and the grill was right outside our door. Of course there is always a bad side and that is that it is cheek to cheek with hotels down there and the one next to us was being completely renovated so M-F we had to listen to them.

The real purpose of our trip down there was to get married on the beach at sunset! Yes married.

We both wanted a small private ceremony with just immediate family. So her parents were there along with her cousins who begged to come and they gave us such nice gifts that we couldn't and wouldn't say no and then there were my parents. Plus we had the Best Man of Honor! He pulled dual service that day. There was no rehearsal or anything like that and we arrived there the day before. That night we had some great seafood and lots of drinks.

Wednesday the 9th. The big day was actually calm and quiet for the most part. Got up around 7, brewed some coffee, and then we joined the others out in the pool area to watch the dolphins go by. Even living in Houston and taking trips down to Galveston I've never seen any dolphins so they were pretty neat to watch, especially the young ones. After about an hour they moved on, we put on our tanning lotion and went to the beach with our chairs and just hung out. It was really nice and relaxing. After about an hour we went back to the room and started drinking. It's really weird opening a beer at 10:00 in the morning, but we had a Scottish couple and their grand kids down there as well, so we figured it was 3:00 p.m. in Glasgow so it was alright by me and them. That's were we stayed till 3:00 in the afternoon were I went in, got my shower, shaved and got dressed so my new bride could have the room all to herself. At 6:50 the photographer showed up and the officiant to do the ceremony and away we went down the beach. The ceremony lasted all of 10 minutes and we drew quite a crowd. People stopped on the beach that were walking by and watched, except for one stupid fucking bicyclist. Yes Nick, there fucking assholes over here too and if I wasn't holding my wife's hands I'd knocked the fucker off his bike for being so disrespectful. So I just let it go and enjoyed the party that was coming afterward.

The reception was nice and we invited everyone at the hotel to come and partake of the festivities. The Best Man of Honor was nice enough to go and by a blender while he was there and made Pina` Coladas for us to drink with our meal. The best thing about this blender is that it had a spout on it. So there are several pictures of me filling my wifes mouth directly from the pitcher and she didn't get anything on her dress. By about 1:00 in the morning we finally called it a night and everyone was thoroughly liquored up. No one got to randy and everyone had a good time.

The next morning we woke up to do the same thing over again, just a little later in the morning, so we missed the dolphins, but that was ok. To be honest we didn't do a damn thing while we where down there but sit back, relax and enjoy each other and the company around us. I know have a great tan and the only thing I did do was was go fishing with the Scotland McGregor Clan that was there, more on that latter.

I will try to post some pics later.

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Don't judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life. Then, when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he's too old to fight, he'll just kill you...

Had a great time in Florida, got a great tan, drank lots of beer and it was an exciting trip. I'll fill you in a little later when I have more time.

Till then...

Hi all,
I'm on Holiday for 2 weeks in sunny Florida right on the beach. Staying at a nice self catering place where I can watch the sunset every night from the lounge chairs on the beach.

I'll talk to ya'll when I get back.