When I started looking for this post, I could have swore Marcy’s fundraiser was this past fall. Silly me…the time goes way too fast! It was held in March. I was overwhelmed by the number of views this post received – but not really. Living in small town USA and being fortunate enough to experience neighborly caring has been something I will NEVER regret. You can keep the big city life and all that goes with it! As for me…my heart’s in the country and small town living. Read “When Community Comes Together” and you’ll understand where I’m coming from. On a side note, Marcy is doing VERY well! Surgeries have revealed the cancer is gone and she’s going to continue living life to the fullest! PRAISE GOD! It’s New Year’s Eve. Our plans are to be home (babysitting my two favorite little girls) where it’s warm and safe. 🙂 For all of you who are heading out to bring in 2013 with a bang…BE CAREFUL! We’ve already seen what a “small” wreck can do to a person’s way of thinking. Have fun and here’s to 2013! New trials, new roads to travel, new fields to enter and new memories to create!
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#3 – Today’s post takes us to Texas
It’s fun going back and re-reading posts over the year and remembering that particular day as though it were yesterday. This is one of those days. However, for it being the third most read post of the year, I wonder if it was the headline that caught everyone’s attention. It certainly isn’t one of the better ones – no pictures and very short. Maybe I should learn from this 🙂
Today’s post, “We gambled and won – for once!”, takes place in Burkburnett, TX. We had just finished the last acres of wheat and then it rained. Maybe it would be good to look back at the posting prior to this one to better understand – “Something’s going on with the sun”
ENJOY!
Countdown to the #1 read post in 2012
It’s been pretty busy around the Z household for the past week. I feel bad about pushing my writing to the side – but only just a little. I’ve been spending time with Christmas preparations, kids and activities of the season. One day soon, things will get back to normal and I can dedicate more time to my blog. For now, though, I’ve decided I will share with you the top four posts of 2012. The #1 posting will be shared with you on January 1, 2013 – a brand new year with brand new memories to capture.
Today, though, we are heading to Omaha for a movie, Lincoln, and supper out with the family. Can’t wait to see this movie (and spend the evening with my family – including my brother, Matt)!
The #4 most read blog of 2012 – “Right now…I HATE harvest!”
Merry Christmas from the Z Crew!!
I’d like to wish each of you a Blessed Christmas! I hope you’re enjoying your day with family and friends. We’ll begin our day opening the presents that took so long to pick out. When that’s complete and the pile of gifts have been reduced to a pile of boxes and torn paper, I’ll make Christmas breakfast. The afternoon will be spent watching movies, playing games or just sleeping. Roast beef, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls and cookies – LOTS AND LOTS of cookies – for supper! Thank you so much for stopping by and for being loyal Nebraska Wheatie friends!
Jamie – Our Firstborn/Our Guinea Pig/Our Leader of the Pack – turns 27
Twenty-seven years ago today, we brought home a tiny little baby – the beginnings of the Z Crew. Jamie was just a little more than 24 hours old when we left the hospital in my little blue Subaru. It was sooo cold that evening, we couldn’t keep the car warm. I remember feeling like I was probably going to jail when I took that tiny little baby out of her car seat and held her close to me. I was hoping I would be able to keep her warmer than the car was providing. Our little guinea pig was born at 1:01 p.m. on December 23, 1985.
Thankful Thursday: Ultrasounds
Baby Hermesch – making his/her appearance sometime around April 1, 2013. Can’t wait!
The Annual Hunt for Perfection
If you guessed Cabela’s – you were correct!
Yesterday afternoon, we made our annual trek through the pasture looking for the perfect tree. The actual job of finding THE one is an adventure in itself! Once you find one that might work, you just automatically think maybe you’ll find one better just over the ridge. The temperature was in the upper 50’s when we left home but the sun was going down. That’s what you get for trying to squeeze too many things in at the same time! But, as it worked out, we had plenty of time to find three trees that would fit the bill for what they were meant to be – a Christmas tree.
Who wants to guess?
Any guesses where we went after the visit to the orthopedic doctor yesterday morning?
We used to park next to Les & Jeff Johnson in Jordan, Montana when they were custom harvesters. Great guys! Wish we could see them again…besides on TV. It’s fun to see their “stuff” and feel like you’d like to tell those around you, “I know these guys”!
PS…we had Mexican food for lunch.
Jim, a trip to the Doc & Lunch
Jim had the first of two follow-up exams yesterday morning. As most of you know, he was involved in a wreck two weeks ago which could have disrupted our lives a whole lot more than just the two hours of not knowing how he was that night. That was scary enough to last me for quite a while. The trauma doctor we visited gave him a thumbs up for how well he had healed in the past two weeks. We go back again in a month for another check up.
Jim, a trip to the Doc & Lunch
Jim had the first of two follow-up exams yesterday morning. As most of you know, he was involved in a wreck two weeks ago which could have disrupted our lives a whole lot more than just the two hours of not knowing how he was that night. That was scary enough to last me for quite a while. The trauma doctor we visited gave him a thumbs up for how well he had healed in the past two weeks. We go back again in a month for another check up.