Cows in our pasture (11/6/2013) Here I was, leisurely walking through the living room, when several large black objects entered my peripheral vision.  They were definitely not Timber or Walker (black horse next door), but cattle!  Finally, something is happening at the ‘ole Lazy J! Where, do you ask, were our “guard dogs” while these cattle…

Morticia and Gomez Addams (10/31/2013) Well, here we are – crazy middle aged folks dressing up for Halloween! That’s right, we went as Morticia and Gomez.  So many times this year people have asked us, “do you really have this much fun?”  One person asked us, “do you guys always laugh this much?”  Um, yes, why not?  And my favorite,…

Whoa! (10/24/2013) Wow, time really got away from me there.  We have been B-U-S-Y.  First of all, it took awhile to get out from under all that snow.  We lost power for a few days, we shoveled and shoveled, and shoveled again when the snow finally fell off the roof!  And, it has snowed two more…

I felt like a kid last night – I kept waking up to see if it had snowed yet.  It’s like I was waiting for the AM radio station to call out my school’s name as “closed for the day!”  Remember how great that felt! Well, it did snow.  And, the snow was of the “heavy, wet”…

My New Favorite Picture (9/29/2013) I took what I think is my new favorite picture: It would only have been made better had Timber been in there too.  But, he was relaxing in the shade after a “w” through the tall pasture grass. In order to get one “good” picture like that one, take a look at…

Golf (9/24/2013) On Tuesday, JR and I played hooky from work and went to play nine holes of golf.  I have a lot of unused vacation left, so I decided I’d better start using it up!  At 9:50am, we decided to do it.  JR called the Red Lodge Mountain course, and then told me our tee time was 10:30am. …

Success (9/22/2013) I picked up JR from the airport on Sunday after he successfully passed his tests to be certified – MCSA.  Woo hoo!!!  Congrats JR!  I’m really proud of him.  He spent seven days a week in class for two and a half weeks and passed three different tests.  A job well done!  Since JR’s flight arrived around lunchtime, we…

5 miles round trip / Elevation Gain:  1,200 feet A few weeks back, JR and I hiked the Phantom Creek Trail to Slough Lake.  It was a beautiful hike the whole way, and we were rewarded with a scenic lake in a glacier-carved meadow at the top.  We saw exactly zero other people on the entire…

Cooney State Park Reservoir (9/11/2013) On Wednesday, I took half a day off work and went to Cooney State Park Reservoir to get my kayak back in the water.  This is what life out here is supposed to be!  I could never have done this in Atlanta.  No doubt traffic would have delayed or deterred me. …

Kayak!  East Rosebud Lake (9/8/2013) A dream I have long held has been realized!  For longer than I can remember, I have wanted to kayak.  This Sunday, the dream came true! Since our first excursion to East Rosebud Lake, I have envisioned being out on that water in a kayak.  So, of course, I made East…