So since I started working for the farm I am torn between doing farm work and actually taking a day off. There is never an end to the piles of bills coming in, the papers that need to be signed and the contracts that need to be gone over...Luckily for me so far hubby has to be the one to sign the contracts! But today I had planned to go to my hometown and visit my brothers family and see their newest little addition. But as I sit here I realize that I can't take a whole day off without feeling guilty, so my day trip has been scaled back to a half day trip and I am going to attempt to tackle the farm bills....that is if little boy here will cooperate, he is as we speak screaming my name and blowing on a wooden flute!
We are still waiting for the exchange student to get his social security card...it has been applied for but we kinda need a social security number to pay him, and well he needs to be paid...so pretty sure I just broke the law and entered a false SS# into our payroll system till we get his....it is not like I stole some random persons number, I used my hubby's! But that way I can at least get him a paycheck...
Yesterday I did the mountain of laundry that accumulates from 5 people in one house....If I counted correctly I did 8 loads...and those are front load washer loads...and I still have one in the dryer and one in the washer to finish...Now I know why those old time families with 15 kids only let their kids have 2 outfits...less to wash!
Still trying to get back on track here after having my best friend come visit...it is really easy to stay connected to her thru email...but then we get to see each other and I realize how much I miss just having her around...It is just not the same to tell her something funny over email, when I know in person she will wrinkle her nose and squinch up her eyes and it will be twice as funny!
Okay off to tackle those bills and payroll, and maybe get a shower before I head out.....
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Shopping Day
Well most people think of shopping that they do for fun, or even out of necessity a couple of days a week. Since I quit my job, I have limited myself to going shopping one day a week. There are a couple of pretty significant reasons why.
1. I live 45 miles from the nearest shopping. (yes there is a grocery store 18 miles away but that is it!) I don't want to make that kind a drive on a regular basis. It costs me approximately $8.67 in gas each time I make the trip to GF. So I shop once a week, and try to make the most out of that trip.
2. I still take the little boy to daycare one day a week so he can interact with all his little buddies and so he doesn't get complete mommy burn out, and so I don't go completely crazy as well. Shopping is a much more pleasant experience when I am not lugging a 2 1/2 year old around during nap time.
3. It saves money, when I am forced to plan out meals a bit and not run to the store on lunch to fill time, I buy significantly less.
So today once I get out of my jammies I will be getting the little boy ready to go to daycare and then heading off to GF. I do look forward to it, just cause with being a SAHM and working with my hubby, it is one of the very few times I get to be completely alone. I don't have to fetch, print, or run anyone between fields.. It is kinda nice...plus I get to eat hot dogs from Sam's club for lunch and that is a guilty pleasure!
1. I live 45 miles from the nearest shopping. (yes there is a grocery store 18 miles away but that is it!) I don't want to make that kind a drive on a regular basis. It costs me approximately $8.67 in gas each time I make the trip to GF. So I shop once a week, and try to make the most out of that trip.
2. I still take the little boy to daycare one day a week so he can interact with all his little buddies and so he doesn't get complete mommy burn out, and so I don't go completely crazy as well. Shopping is a much more pleasant experience when I am not lugging a 2 1/2 year old around during nap time.
3. It saves money, when I am forced to plan out meals a bit and not run to the store on lunch to fill time, I buy significantly less.
So today once I get out of my jammies I will be getting the little boy ready to go to daycare and then heading off to GF. I do look forward to it, just cause with being a SAHM and working with my hubby, it is one of the very few times I get to be completely alone. I don't have to fetch, print, or run anyone between fields.. It is kinda nice...plus I get to eat hot dogs from Sam's club for lunch and that is a guilty pleasure!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Well this is my first blog so I guess I should start by introducing myself a bit. My name is Cary and I live in very rural North Dakota. I live 18 miles from the nearest town with my husband and three children. I recently decided that working on the farm with my husband and taking care of my kids was the life that I really wanted and quit my job. It so far has been a wonderful decision. I wanted to start a blog so that I could really keep track of my life and so that my extended family could keep track of us as well. Plus I really think that there are so many misconceptions about farmers and stay at home mom's, my hope is that someone might read this blog and have those misconceptions shattered and realize that neither of those professions is what they believed. I don't always promise that my stuff will be interesting, but I always promise that it will be truthful.
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