OCD and "THE TRACTOR"!

Kade's first word was "tractor". He loves tractors! For Christmas I searched everywhere to find a little tractor with a farmer that was age appropriate. I found the John Deere tractor and the cart at the very last minute. Cost $8.98 each. Best $$ I ever spent! He plays non-stop with these things. Some days he drives me crazy because he can't get the farmer in the seat "just right" or attach the little wagon.

Another example of OCD...he and his mommy arranging his food in the cabinet. Alphabetical order, maybe?? They get it from Mike's side of the family!

A LITTLE GOOD NEWS!

We found a rock layer!! A really talented guy. After the first "ya-hoo" we were about ready to give up. He had installed the fireplace wrong so when we started a fire, it split the stone as well as the block. I was a bit relieved, though, because we had a justifiable excuse for tearing it down and starting over. Someone in Dallas gave us the info and we called this guy. He's young but very good. Also, a guy was at the house working on re-doing the bathroom after another mess-up and he asked did I want a better mantle. He had a cedar tree he had cut last year that he thought would make a really nice mantle. So, over the week-end he made this one and put it up. It has plastic on it so you can't tell much but it is really nice! I know this doesn't seem like much but, trust me, if anything good happens we get very excited! (I was hoping I had left my bad luck behind but, no, it followed me here. Ha!)

TANNER NOMINATED FOR "CAT OF THE YEAR"!

Tanner is by far the sweetest cat I've ever had! He was originally a house cat but he has one little vice...he eats furniture. (And his litter box was GROSS!) Therefore, he is now mostly outside even though he is de-clawed on his front paws. Tanner occassionally makes it through the door when we go in or out. Do you think he might be rethinking his decision?!