What a day!
I didn't write last night because I was out! Yes...I did go find some west river cowboys! haha...that I already knew thank you.
Yesterday we all woke up to the nasty rainy wet weather. After gettting we doing chores, we spent some time bedding down the barn. Then, it was off to other tasks. My task for the morning was not difficult at all really. I had to go to town and pick up a few things. Well, the picking up a few things wasn't hard but the getting to town is always a little challenging in the gumbo out here. But, I managed just fine in the F350...just did some sliding around.
While I was in town Dean was fixing a barn gate. By the time I got back he was finishing up and I was told to take the rest of the day off and go and meet my friends early. See, my plan was to leave just after chores last night and go to Winner to meet some friends who live gathered there for a wedding. Then, we were going to travel together to Norden, Nebraska for another barn dance:D
But, since I got the day off early, I decided to head out a little sooner than I planned. I was reluctant to leave because I knew that if Merle and Adrienne left that would leave no one but Ross to do chores, but Merle told me to go- they could handle it. Then, came the issue of my car. Could it get down the road? Well, by noon I decided to try and took off. I did managed to slide my way right into town- but when Merle called to check and see if I made it I asked him to remind me to never try that again! lol...it was an "intersting" ride to say the least. So, by that time I was getting ready to have some fun. I stopped at the gas station to fill up and grab a pop and I took off for Winner.
It's an easy two hours straight down highway 18 to Winner from here, so that part wasn't hard at all. By the time I got to Winner, my cell phone seemed to work without major glitches for the first time since I left school! lol But, I was in a hurry (apparently) so I found my friends apartment that the family has in town (for during the school week) and met them there. They were going to a friends smallish wedding at 4 and it was about 3:15. So, long story short, they talked me into going with them so that Jennifer wasn't the only strange person there. I put on the nicest clothes that i thought I could find in my bag and borrowed some of Jenny's and off we went to a wedding! I have never "crashed" a wedding before- but I think this qualifies. It was nice, and fairly small. When it was over the bride and groom were going to dismiss everyone from their pew. So, quick before anyone noticed Jennifer adn I darted out so we didn't have to explain to them who we were and who we came with! haha After the wedding we went straight to the reception and sat with some of the boy's friends and had a decent time eating their cake and dancing it up! We made a quick trip to the apartment to change clothes and grab our stuff, then returned to the wedding dance.
After a couple hours (at abuot 9:30) we took off for Norden. We had decided to take a shorter route that had (quote) "4 to 5" miles of gravel. We were in Ty's car, so this was a slight concern, but we figured 4 to 5 miles wasn't much of a big deal so we just went that way. Well, first off, we took Jennifer's pickup to the turnoff for their place (where we were staying that night) and dropped it off. But, in the process, we managed to get too far behind the boys and they turned and we didn't. Luckily we caught it and pulled over...with no cell reception. But, they eventually found us and we parked it on a section line in bum F nowhere.. Jennifer was concerned and couldn't believe we were parking it there in the middle of a "road". I told here not to worry...no one would even know it was there! haha So, we hopped in the car and off we went.
We drove on about 10 miles of gravel, then turned onto more...and up a nasty hill we went- and failed. Ty managed to get his car stuck going up the hill and then while trying to back out of it he managed to dump the front end right into a huge washout...leaving us stuck there pretty good. When I opened my door the mud was right up to it...lets just say that! So, we aren't sure what to do when this little pickup that was way behind us pulls up next to us. What are the odds...its a friend of our going to Norden as well! Ridiculous! So, no one has a tow rope and we came to dance, so we just get in with him...sorta. He has a little Ranger that we call the Cougar Wagon. Jen and I hopped in the back that has a topped on it. Mind you, this is Roan's pickup so there are guns and crap everywhere that we're laying on. In addition, there is a window that is missing glass in the topper that spewed mud on us the whole way there. It was hillarious and quite ridiculous! But, after lots of twists and turns we finally made it to Norden! It was about 11:15 so we got about 2 hours of fun dancing it. Norden is basically a blink and miss it town that I have never even seen in the daylight. But, it's one oustanding trait is this huge old barn that has live bands every other Saturday night. With so many of our friends there thsi time we were able to just switch dance partners and keep on going.
About halfway through our stay there Ty took off with the Cougar Wagon to follow some friends of his back to their place and get a toe rope. This was supposed to be a "short trip". Yeah, right. He was gone for over an hour and when he got back told us of his treck going about 20mph the whole time! But, he had a ratty old toe rope that looked like it would do the job. The boys took off in the Ranger and Jen and I hopped in with our friend Carter in his Geo Tracker. That's right...we like to ride is style! We were all headed the same place so we thought the Geo would be much more comfy than the topper. On a side note- Carter's family has a farm/ranch near Carter, SD and they use Geo Trackers for everything that we use horses or four wheelers for. They own over 30! But, we were in a "nice Geo" with the donut on the back! haha :D So off we went. Until we got about 10 miles down the gravel road and saw two vehicles blocking the road. Apparently this isn't all that uncommon. Some drunks turned to early and hit the ditch and another kid was pulling them out with a very familiar looking tow rope!
So we just sat in the Geo and fretted about breaking the tow rope and waited while the others saved the day. The tow rope stayed in one piece and the drunks girls went on their merry little way. After some sloshing in the mud and some serious Geo moves we made it to Ty's car, Carlos and watched and Roan and Ty tried to pull it out. Because of how it sat on the hill, Ty had to be pulled all the way back down the hill....meanwhile Carlos is whipping back and fourth. Carlos is Ty's pride and joy and we thought he was about to have a hard attack- but it all came out ok and no metal was dented.
Reluctantly, we got out of the Geo and headed toward the car to go home for the night. Then, we get to teh lovely Littau Ranch, and I can't find my billfold. After looking through both teh vehicles we were in twice, we came to the conclusion that I left in in the box of the Cougar Wagon. We hoped it was there because Roan and Carter live with Carter's parents on the ranch and we didn't think calling them at 3:30 in the morning was the best idea ever. So, the boys were way too nice and gave up their beds for Jen and I and we slept well until about 9am. I don't think I have slept that late since spring break! We basically sat around and ate cereal and watched Spongebob for the morning, Roan and Carter stopped by to drop off my billfold, and then Jennifer and I decided to get off of our butts and head home.
We headed towards town about noonish and ate some lunch at the DQ. Then, parted :( and went homeward. On the way I recieved a picture message from Adrienne of a baby! Whoa...what?! After making a call I found out that Merle and Adrienne had a baby girl, named Riley Jo (not sure on the spelling)! They left yesterday afternoon sometime after I did and then didn't have the baby until this morning around 10am-ish. So, they made it there ok and there were no major complications. She will be a fun and cute addition to the ranch :D I'm not totally sure on the spelling but I will give more info later. I am excited to meet her hopefully tomorrow...I'm sure I'm not the only one:)
So, I made it to Martin, picked up a couple things in town and then braved the road back. It basically rained the whole time I was gone and was still raining when I came back. Dont' ask me how I got back down the road and home...but somehow I did- very carefully.
I helped Ross finish up chores- which I could have done anyway...but he is stubborn and had to come out anyway! haha- not a knew thing. Then, I headed home and started in on some chores adn catching up on things. I think I am going to make a hotdish for Merle and Adrienne before bed so they have some food when they get back. I don't cook- but after discussing it with my mom, I think I can do it! haha ..this could be interesting.
Wow! What a crazy 24 hours:)
"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for."
I didn't write last night because I was out! Yes...I did go find some west river cowboys! haha...that I already knew thank you.
Yesterday we all woke up to the nasty rainy wet weather. After gettting we doing chores, we spent some time bedding down the barn. Then, it was off to other tasks. My task for the morning was not difficult at all really. I had to go to town and pick up a few things. Well, the picking up a few things wasn't hard but the getting to town is always a little challenging in the gumbo out here. But, I managed just fine in the F350...just did some sliding around.
While I was in town Dean was fixing a barn gate. By the time I got back he was finishing up and I was told to take the rest of the day off and go and meet my friends early. See, my plan was to leave just after chores last night and go to Winner to meet some friends who live gathered there for a wedding. Then, we were going to travel together to Norden, Nebraska for another barn dance:D
But, since I got the day off early, I decided to head out a little sooner than I planned. I was reluctant to leave because I knew that if Merle and Adrienne left that would leave no one but Ross to do chores, but Merle told me to go- they could handle it. Then, came the issue of my car. Could it get down the road? Well, by noon I decided to try and took off. I did managed to slide my way right into town- but when Merle called to check and see if I made it I asked him to remind me to never try that again! lol...it was an "intersting" ride to say the least. So, by that time I was getting ready to have some fun. I stopped at the gas station to fill up and grab a pop and I took off for Winner.
It's an easy two hours straight down highway 18 to Winner from here, so that part wasn't hard at all. By the time I got to Winner, my cell phone seemed to work without major glitches for the first time since I left school! lol But, I was in a hurry (apparently) so I found my friends apartment that the family has in town (for during the school week) and met them there. They were going to a friends smallish wedding at 4 and it was about 3:15. So, long story short, they talked me into going with them so that Jennifer wasn't the only strange person there. I put on the nicest clothes that i thought I could find in my bag and borrowed some of Jenny's and off we went to a wedding! I have never "crashed" a wedding before- but I think this qualifies. It was nice, and fairly small. When it was over the bride and groom were going to dismiss everyone from their pew. So, quick before anyone noticed Jennifer adn I darted out so we didn't have to explain to them who we were and who we came with! haha After the wedding we went straight to the reception and sat with some of the boy's friends and had a decent time eating their cake and dancing it up! We made a quick trip to the apartment to change clothes and grab our stuff, then returned to the wedding dance.
After a couple hours (at abuot 9:30) we took off for Norden. We had decided to take a shorter route that had (quote) "4 to 5" miles of gravel. We were in Ty's car, so this was a slight concern, but we figured 4 to 5 miles wasn't much of a big deal so we just went that way. Well, first off, we took Jennifer's pickup to the turnoff for their place (where we were staying that night) and dropped it off. But, in the process, we managed to get too far behind the boys and they turned and we didn't. Luckily we caught it and pulled over...with no cell reception. But, they eventually found us and we parked it on a section line in bum F nowhere.. Jennifer was concerned and couldn't believe we were parking it there in the middle of a "road". I told here not to worry...no one would even know it was there! haha So, we hopped in the car and off we went.
We drove on about 10 miles of gravel, then turned onto more...and up a nasty hill we went- and failed. Ty managed to get his car stuck going up the hill and then while trying to back out of it he managed to dump the front end right into a huge washout...leaving us stuck there pretty good. When I opened my door the mud was right up to it...lets just say that! So, we aren't sure what to do when this little pickup that was way behind us pulls up next to us. What are the odds...its a friend of our going to Norden as well! Ridiculous! So, no one has a tow rope and we came to dance, so we just get in with him...sorta. He has a little Ranger that we call the Cougar Wagon. Jen and I hopped in the back that has a topped on it. Mind you, this is Roan's pickup so there are guns and crap everywhere that we're laying on. In addition, there is a window that is missing glass in the topper that spewed mud on us the whole way there. It was hillarious and quite ridiculous! But, after lots of twists and turns we finally made it to Norden! It was about 11:15 so we got about 2 hours of fun dancing it. Norden is basically a blink and miss it town that I have never even seen in the daylight. But, it's one oustanding trait is this huge old barn that has live bands every other Saturday night. With so many of our friends there thsi time we were able to just switch dance partners and keep on going.
About halfway through our stay there Ty took off with the Cougar Wagon to follow some friends of his back to their place and get a toe rope. This was supposed to be a "short trip". Yeah, right. He was gone for over an hour and when he got back told us of his treck going about 20mph the whole time! But, he had a ratty old toe rope that looked like it would do the job. The boys took off in the Ranger and Jen and I hopped in with our friend Carter in his Geo Tracker. That's right...we like to ride is style! We were all headed the same place so we thought the Geo would be much more comfy than the topper. On a side note- Carter's family has a farm/ranch near Carter, SD and they use Geo Trackers for everything that we use horses or four wheelers for. They own over 30! But, we were in a "nice Geo" with the donut on the back! haha :D So off we went. Until we got about 10 miles down the gravel road and saw two vehicles blocking the road. Apparently this isn't all that uncommon. Some drunks turned to early and hit the ditch and another kid was pulling them out with a very familiar looking tow rope!
So we just sat in the Geo and fretted about breaking the tow rope and waited while the others saved the day. The tow rope stayed in one piece and the drunks girls went on their merry little way. After some sloshing in the mud and some serious Geo moves we made it to Ty's car, Carlos and watched and Roan and Ty tried to pull it out. Because of how it sat on the hill, Ty had to be pulled all the way back down the hill....meanwhile Carlos is whipping back and fourth. Carlos is Ty's pride and joy and we thought he was about to have a hard attack- but it all came out ok and no metal was dented.
Reluctantly, we got out of the Geo and headed toward the car to go home for the night. Then, we get to teh lovely Littau Ranch, and I can't find my billfold. After looking through both teh vehicles we were in twice, we came to the conclusion that I left in in the box of the Cougar Wagon. We hoped it was there because Roan and Carter live with Carter's parents on the ranch and we didn't think calling them at 3:30 in the morning was the best idea ever. So, the boys were way too nice and gave up their beds for Jen and I and we slept well until about 9am. I don't think I have slept that late since spring break! We basically sat around and ate cereal and watched Spongebob for the morning, Roan and Carter stopped by to drop off my billfold, and then Jennifer and I decided to get off of our butts and head home.
We headed towards town about noonish and ate some lunch at the DQ. Then, parted :( and went homeward. On the way I recieved a picture message from Adrienne of a baby! Whoa...what?! After making a call I found out that Merle and Adrienne had a baby girl, named Riley Jo (not sure on the spelling)! They left yesterday afternoon sometime after I did and then didn't have the baby until this morning around 10am-ish. So, they made it there ok and there were no major complications. She will be a fun and cute addition to the ranch :D I'm not totally sure on the spelling but I will give more info later. I am excited to meet her hopefully tomorrow...I'm sure I'm not the only one:)
So, I made it to Martin, picked up a couple things in town and then braved the road back. It basically rained the whole time I was gone and was still raining when I came back. Dont' ask me how I got back down the road and home...but somehow I did- very carefully.
I helped Ross finish up chores- which I could have done anyway...but he is stubborn and had to come out anyway! haha- not a knew thing. Then, I headed home and started in on some chores adn catching up on things. I think I am going to make a hotdish for Merle and Adrienne before bed so they have some food when they get back. I don't cook- but after discussing it with my mom, I think I can do it! haha ..this could be interesting.
Wow! What a crazy 24 hours:)
"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for."
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