Time, Time, Time.... See what's become of me......

Holly, Tony & lil' Max stopped by for a visit this last weekend. It was so good getting to visit with them for a little while. It seems like yesterday we were at Holly's mom's house listening to the Chipmunk's Christmas & watching the muppets. Where does the time go? Every time I hear Alvin & the Chipmunks, Kenny Rogers or Dolly Parton I think of Holly.... =)

While out looking for gifts and stuff for the family, I came across a little yellow tractor & I knew just the little boy that would like that. So I put it in a little bag & put it under the tree. As you can see Max was all smiles when he saw it. Holly said he even sleeps with it. Awww!!! He kept looking in the bag to see if anything else would come out of it. Maybe he was hoping we would refill it. LOL!

The Emig family met Terri, our crazy lil' round dog. She loved meeting them - she just wanted to lick them all. Then after I gave Holly a grand tour of the House of Bowers, we visited for a while. Before we visited the goats, I got a pic of Max by our tree. He is a photo pro. He flashed a very cheesy smile, but I was laughing too hard to get the photo, but I ended up getting this great one. Then we had to get a photo of Max Blue on a Blue Tractor....... As you can see-- ADOREABLE!!!

Then Max & his parents got to meet our extended "smelly" family--- the goats. They were very curious about him..... I enjoyed feeding George out of my hand (See Emig Family Blog for photos from that "enjoyable" time.) Our time was over & they had to go. It was time for them to go to a Christmas party. I know Max will be excited to see what Santa is going to leave him. He is a good boy, so I know Santa will leave him lots of goodies.

Merry Christmas to all & Happy New Year too!!!!

Whew!

I took my last final last night. It was in Government. While I was taking the test, I thought to myself, "hey this isn't so bad," When I was finished with the test, I looked at my study guides & I got a lot right, but I did get some wrong, and there was 2 questions about the House of Representatives that I didn't study. I did not know at all the answers to that question. Hopefully I did well enough to pass. I am so glad this semester is over.

I was watching Andy Griffith this morning & it was the episode called Opie the Birdman. This is where Barney helped Opie make a slingshot.
Andy warned Opie to be careful. Opie, says he is only going to shoot tin cans and stuff. Opie shoots all kinds of stuff, then he sees something in a tree, he aims for it & shoots.
A little bird falls onto the ground. Opie pleads with the bird to fly away. He finally realizes it is dead & he killed it he runs inside the house crying.
The bird he killed was a mother bird. In doing so, he oprhans several baby birds.

He asks his Pa, Andy what should he do? Andy says he should take the place of the mother. So he gets all of the birds in a cage & he dutifully cares for them.

Then one day the birds are grown and not babies anymore. Andy tells Opie that it is time for the birds to be set free. Of course Opie has become so attached to his little babies.

So they are outside, and Opie asks, "Pa, do I have to?" Andy says yes, and explains that these are wild animals and they need to be able to fly around. So Opie sets one of the birds free & it flys away up into a tree. Opie asks again before he sets the second bird free, "Pa, do I have to?"

Once again, Andy looks at him and nods, so the second little bird is set free and flys away into another tree. All now that is left in the cage is the last little bird. Opie's eyes are full of tears & he looks at Andy and begs once more to keep the last bird in the cage.

Andy says no & that he must let it go..... So you see the last little bird fly away from his cage.

Opie says "The cage sure looks awful empty, don't it Pa?" Andy says, "Yes son, it sure does. But don't the trees seem nice and full?"

*sniffle*

FINALLY FINALS!!!!

WHEW!!! It is finals week. I am so so so so so glad. I had to go to the college on Saturday to a study session & to take the final... but when I got there, the professor said that the final was not ready yet. :(

So I will take it tomorrow. I had a History & Nutrition final yesterday and I had a Computer final today. I am so glad to be finished with 3 of my 4 classes. My math class starts tomorrow. :(

It will be good to go through it even though I don't want to. I have to finish & make it through the spring semester.

Well, Joey bought a Trackloader. He is going to use it to clean up the property & build a bigger pond. A semi truck delivered it. I have posted some photos of it being delivered. I just wish the driver would have left the black Hummer that was on the truck too. Andy was so excited to see it. (Me too)