Showing posts with label my father-in-law = my dad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label my father-in-law = my dad. Show all posts

Sunday, May 1, 2011

nature

so on Saturday (4.30.2011) Douglas & I were playing outside. we got a bucket & were picking up some Kentucky Coffee Beans from the Kentucky Coffee trees in the back yard. the in the grass, we saw this.




it looked like some weird crazy fussy alien worm 1/2 moth thing. it had tiny mostly red wings toward the top & fussy yellow antennae. honestly it was grossing me out. mostly the fussiness. If you don't know me you should know that I HATE MOTHS. they gross me out sooo bad. they are so disgusting. i get the hibby jibbies {sp?} from them. fussy gross thing plus it flies. ugh! 

anyway, I was really confused by this alien grub looking thing & wanted to know what it was. of course, so did Douglas. At that time Papa pulled in in the semi to get his truck & head home. We tracked him down & when we got back we saw this.

 the wings appeared to have gotten bigger... then I realized it was a moth coming out of its cocoon!

as grossed out as I was {still am if I think about it} you have to admit it's pretty cool! I mean how many people get to watch that?! Douglas loved it. specially because unlike me, dad isn't afraid, grossed out or allergic to moths.


it was super soft & of course couldn't fly yet. if it had been able to I wouldn't have been there. lol 




great experience

Friday, April 9, 2010

The Price of Corn

it's one of my 2 least favorite times of the year. Corn planting time. (the other is harvest time)



pros: 
  • getting fresh picked flowers
  • maybe riding in a tractor or something with daddy
  • having the bed to myself


cons:
  • having the bed to myself
  • Douglas not seeing his dad sometimes for days at a time
  • Mathew working a minimum of 13-14 hours a day
  • eating dinner without daddy, it just doesn't seem right
  • expecting a baby in the middle of corn planting
  • Douglas asking "where's daddy at" over & over while I'm making us dinner


Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for everything we have and the life we have. I AM SOOO BLESSED! this is just part of it but I'm looking forward to having a big family & doing all of it together. I know for our kids it's all worth it!