Ponder Pages

I know you were expecting me to post on the first. Well, the only excuse I can give you is....I was not in the mood. I think my posts here are going to be a lot more random. I will say within a couple of months I will be done with the letters on Dear Howard, A Fading History.  I might start spending more time here pondering things. Time will tell. As for other things going on in my life. I have not been able to start my hiking adventure yet this year. The husband is still not able to. And he doesn't want me out in the woods by myself. I'm still hoping maybe next weekend we might be able to give a short hike a try or at least take walks down the road. I've tried to tell him he could drop me off at one spot and pick me up at the other end but he is not going for it. He enjoys these hikes to and wants to see what I see at the same time.  Well enough about hiking. I do have a couple of pondering things to bring up. One question I've been asking people late...

Greeting all! This is what you get from Mother Nature when Easter falls on the 1st of April. MERRY EASTER! This is what April 1st looked like back in 2015. I didn't take a picture for the last couple of years but they did look similar to to this one. With all that snow on the ground my hiking season will be delayed. Well that and the husband just had surgery on his foot. So no hiking for him for a while. He wants to once the cast is off but I'm not sure if he will be able to as soon as he thinks he can. So I'm trying to line up a few partners to join me from time to time. I really didn't get much else done this month. I didn't work on any projects. I have been working some Saturdays so my weekends are shorter then I like them to be. For this time of year my work place has been busier then usual. I just hope it will settle down soon and I can go back to my regular 5 days a week.  With the husband home now 24/7 I have to help ta...

Well, that was an interesting month. Most of the month I was kind of battling with a cold. It is finally letting me go from it's grasp of coughing and sniffling and blowing the nose. I hope this next month will be a healthier one. I hope everyone else is not having to deal with this cold or even flu. February for me was an uneventful one in other areas of my life. It can be good but then it can be very boring.  Work is a little busier then I like. There are hints that it is only going to be busier. I'm not looking forward to over time. I would say where I work but I won't. I will say it is a cheesy one. There is one customer that is wanting a lot from us and our company has, in my opinion, has over committed us for the workers we have. They try to hire more people through temp agencies but most of them never stick around very long.  I just hope someone in charge soon really sees the problem and solves it so the workers have more to their lives then work and very...

How was your first month of 2018? Mine, had it's moments. Lets see if I can remember. Well, lets start by showing you some of the projects I've finished. There was one more that looked like a gingerbread house but I gave to someone for Christmas. These things took a while to do. The last two things I did do in January. So I've been a little busy. As for the rest of things going on well, the husband is still dealing with a broken foot that is not healing like it should because he does not sit still very well. It might get to the point very soon that he will end up with a cast on his foot. I'll try to keep you posted if I remember. The weather is typical Wisconsin weather. Right now, cold. below zero with wind chills maybe 20 below. There is snow. I'm not going to take a picture of the swing anymore. It doesn't pay. Last week or so I've been dealing with a cold. The cough is still lingering a little bit but it is getting bet...

It's hard to believe that another year has gone by.  It was definitely one for the record books.  But I guess you can say that about every year. But this one made my head spin. All the bad politics.  President Dweeb is quickly breaking down the core of America. All he has done is insult everyone that has a real brain. The difference between him and other political people is, they are always being bought by others( Not to say that is a good thing). While he is doing the buying. And if he can't buy you, he calls you names and demonizes you.  In my eyes, he is still the spoiled brat that had never heard NO while he was growing up. He didn't listen to others then and he will not listen to anyone now. He is the number one BULLY in my book. He is close minded and will never change. He is the main thing left over from 2017 that will make 2018 feel so much worse then we can imagine. The weather was another thing that made it a stand out year.  ...

I know I'm a day late. What can I say it's kind of distracting around here right now. This month has been not what I wanted. The husband is dealing with a broken foot that happened at work. The doctors are not being very helpful. The doc he was seeing said it was just a contusion. Wrong! He went it the other day again and was told it is fractured. Now he has a boot on and they said they are going to get on top of it. They were suppose to call yesterday and start setting something up. No call. I'm thinking it time I release my inner bitch and give them all a piece of my mind in a way they won't see coming.  This is seriously going to damage my plans to continue hiking the Ice Age Trail. I know I sound selfish. But the husband is also finding it very hard it get a lot of other things done around here. It is making it harder for him to care for the cattle with ease. Now it is a struggle to get around. Cutting firewood is not easy. And I'm sure he is having a very ...

I know, you are wondering why I'm late with this post. The best excuse I can give you, it's all the husband's fault. Over a week ago he was hurt at work. He runs a loading dock. He got his right foot kind of smashed between to heavy carts. He thought be broke his leg when he called me from the emergency room. They told him he is a contusion. But he still can't walk on it. So since he can't get around very well I have to pick up the slack and help out with more things. Plus trying to pick up after him is a challenge enough too. He tries to do somethings but it's kind of hard and makes him very frustrated when he has to get my help. But it has not stopped him from going bow hunting. Too many nice bucks showing up on the trail camera. He did get one.  I guess it's a seven pointer. Notice the crutches in the background. Nice big body. So we will have some good meat for the freezer. There was one other thing that showed up on the camera that can not...