Last night, the conversation went sort of like this:
“Dad, will you cut wheat tomorrow?” – Taylor
“We should be able to, if it doesn’t rain tonight”. – Jim
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Wordless Wednesday – Eli
Wordless Wednesday – Mr. Eli
One of many pictures Eli’s Aunt Jenna took prior to leaving for Germany. We’ll have to wait until she returns from her extended trip before I can share more. Proud Grandma! 🙂
STILL waiting!
Jamie’s due date was Monday, April 1. Tomorrow will be the week beyond the day she was expecting to give birth.
Last week’s doctor appointment   Â
I saw her today. Poor girl…she is MISERABLE! We had some really yummy peach/apricot wine (thanks Dale!) to sample this evening. She decided she’d have a few sips. She was paying for it big time with severe heart burn the rest of the evening. I remember being at the point she is now – just ready for my body to be back to “normal”.
While she was sitting here, she pointed to her belly and exclaimed, “watch this!”  I made it over to her just in time to see her lop-sided belly start to  move. One jab over here – another over there. While the whole family was gathered around her very swollen belly, we all began trying to coach that baby to make its appearance SOON! “Please, baby, come tomorrow”. “Stop being a bad baby and make your appearance”. “Come out NOW”!
She asked me to go to her dr. appointment tomorrow. No turning that request down! Maybe it will be her last. Jim’s birthday is Tuesday. I wonder if this baby is just waiting for Tuesday to roll around so it can celebrate his/her special day with Grandpa?
On another note, I hung clothes on the line today AND began cleaning garden debris from the flower gardens. I just can’t believe how therapeutic it is to dig in the dirt! My back is yelling a little tonight but I’m hoping I can get back out there again soon! It’s been a LONG winter and it sounds like the “S” word is making its way back in the forecast later this week.
It will soon start feeling like harvest is around the corner. The trailer house is coming out of storage on Wednesday. It has an appointment to get a few issues taken care of before the big trip south. I’m anxious for harvest to roll around but I’m NOT anxious to leave a six-week old baby and come home to a five month old. I will miss so much – it makes me want to cry!
It’s ALMOST Spring…
Any guesses? Hint…it’s not snow.
I saw a sign of spring in our “neck of the woods” on Friday. The snow geese have made their way through on their journey back to the northern country. It’s always a welcome sight…as is the return of the Robins. Know what I miss the most during winter? The song of the birds!!! The past couple of weeks, though, the songs have returned. I have to wait till the end of April for my favorite-the “Jenny” wren.
Another sign of Spring? Prom. Taylor attended her senior prom Saturday night.
I went to her friends house to take pictures…still not feeling 100%. But, Taylor convinced me she didn’t care about how bad I may look so I went. I’m so glad I did. Her very last class “fling” forever. I started feeling the tears well up in my eyes as I drove away from the school. How could it be that she and all these friends that I have grown to love be nearly grown up and leaving? I’ve been pretty close to several of her classmates since they were in kindergarten. The years go WAY TOO FAST! I’m sure those tears won’t be the only ones I shed this spring!
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! Â 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. Â 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. Â Our little guinea pig was born at 1:01 p.m. on December 23, 1985.
Struggling with the “Why’s” of the CT shooting
Why? Why must there be such horrible, horrible things happen in this world? And why to innocent children? Yesterday, as I was driving to the elementary school to sub in the preschool, my thoughts drifted to the events of Friday. My day was beginning like any other day…a normal day. The kids and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary began their day on Friday as a normal day, too. It suddenly took a turn for the worse…with no warning. How was mine going to end? A normal day? Â 
A sunrise…something we take for granted.
My heart aches for each family member suffering from the pain of losing someone they dearly loved. The magnitude of emotions they are trying to deal with is incomprehensible to me! Continue reading
Most recent school lunch guidelines are NOT what they appear!
I saw this article recently posted on my Facebook page regarding the school lunch guidelines, “USDA to allow more meat, grains in school lunches”. I also read where our Nebraska State Senator Mike Johanns was partially responsible for other positive moves towards a change in the strict guidelines and I felt like maybe the outcry had made a difference. Hmm…that’s what you get for ASSUMING! We all know what happens when we assume something.
Now, I’ve seen two blogs regarding the most recent information and it’s not what it seems. Go figure! The following are portions of the blogs with a link to each one. Now I am, once again, convinced the government agencies and the people responsible for the changes in the first place think they have pulled a fast one on us! In the words of my all time favorite…the ever so wise President Abe Lincoln:
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”