rodeogirl's journey to being self-sufficient

[wyoDreamer]

I had a friend who's grandpa was 93 and still lived alone. He hunted elk every year - by himself. At 93 years old, he was a road hunter. One year, he shot a huge cow that was out in the field. After walking down and as he was getting ready to gut it out, two young guys walked up and started talking to him - congratulating him on the kill, "man that was a great shot" (about 300 yards) and such. One of the guys knelt down and gutted the elk while they were talking. Turns out they were his nephews boys.

They were going to quarter the elk and haul it to the truck for gramps, but he said no, wait. He got his truck and backed it down across the field as close to the elk as he could get. Turns out he had mounted a winch in the bed of his truck - he just hooked the elk up to the cable and used the winch to drag it to the truck and up into the bed of the truck.

He said "At my age, I need to work smarter, not harder". The winch was attached to a metal bracket that could also be moved to the front of his truck to get him unstuck if needed, lol.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

You don't get to be 93 years old without having some smarts!

 

[Mini Horses]

You don't get to be 93 years old without having some smarts!

TRUE ! Just hoping I can remember any smarts I have when I get to 93

 

[rodeogirl]

So we had my little mans 6th birthday today

And then we had some family bonding Wyoming style

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Ahhhh - Happy Birthday to the little man!

 

[rodeogirl]

He had a full day birthday party in the morning, going out shooting withe the family. Then going to a friends house for dinner where he got to play minecraft (his favorite game) till abot 11 at night. He was one spoiled little boy.

 

[rodeogirl]

Well we are on the home stretch now. Only 7 days till my due date. I will say this if I go a day over my due date I'm going to get induced I'm done I want to be able to breath again and not have to use the bathroom every 5 min.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Wow, seems like it flew by- but probably not to you! Hope it happens quickly and goes smoothly!

 

[Lazy Gardener]

There are other ways to get labor going other than induction!

 

[rodeogirl]

Oh I will try everything before then.
So we are also trying to figure out what would be the best way to introduce the little man to his sister when she comes. He is excited to meet her and I'm sure it will go well but he hates hospitals and I mean hates them. Whenever we went to visit anyone that was in the hospital he would sit in the corner and not talk to anyone or make eye contact. What we are thinking is either Ron picks him up or we have someone bring him up the day Aubrey and I are discharged so he can come home with us. My thinking is that way it will be calmer and he wont be so scared having mom in the hospital.