A Dollar Short and A Day Late...

Well I hope everyone had a special day yesterday. We couldn't venture too far away from home because we still had mama's to watch! With 4 heifers left to calve my Valentine's Day getaway plans were nixed. We left home, stopped at my in-laws quickly to check the heifers before heading uptown for a quick dinner with a couple of friends. The place was packed and they were short of help, so needless to say I was put to work while we waited for our friends to join us. Don't get me wrong, I'm always willing to help out....that's just what you do in a small town. It just seems like it's always the same people wearing the volunteer badge. Ahhh...the joys of bussing tables while in high heels balancing plates loaded with dishes full of au jus (and me in a white shirt). All was not lost however, I enjoyed a great meal, wonderful conversation and a few hours together with my Valentine.

Now, you might be wondering how this all ties in with my blog title and I'm not going to leave you guessing any longer. When my husband stopped to check the mama's he switched boots, took off his good coat and removed his wallet and checkbook from his back pocket (for some reason he's paranoid they'll fall out). When he came back he switched back into his good boots, put his coat on and hopped in the pickup. Yep! He left his wallet and checkbook on the shelf in the garage. So, when I went to pay the bill at dinner we were a dollar short. Actually we were $42.36 short! Ready for another benefit of small town living? You can charge things! And I don't mean with plastic. So, we left the restaurant without paying and went home to a quiet, childless (and calfless) home. So what about the day late you ask? Well, that's today! Guess how many new calves we had this morning? Three! Of course, if that had happened yesterday, morning I would have been able to go out of town to a real restaurant where I wouldn't have had to bus my own table and get my own drinks. But then, what would I have done when I was a dollar short?......

Would that I could....

So...I've been whining for quite some time about how I don't have a blog to show off all of the wonderful things the designers at Plain Digital Wrapper create. "If I knew how to design a blog I would...." ...Would that I could. Of the 2 foreign languages I can semi-comprehend (well 3 if you count my Franish which is my composite of the 8 combined years of French and Spanish that I have nearly forgotten) HTML is NOT one. ...Would that I could.

So...I think the forces of evil must have gotten sick of my whining, because I had a nice little RAK in my mailbox yesterday from a sweet princess. What was the prize you ask? Well, this blog of course and ALL of the work that comes with it! But lo and behold the prize was even sweeter than I thought because, although now I will be forever chained to my own little piece of the world wide web, the princess gave me the ultimate blog gift! The gift of blog beautification in the form of an easy peasy Beautify Your Blog kit by the wonderful Courtney Wilson! Needless to say within an hour or so here is my beautiful blog...Wood that I could. ;-) Thank you Victoria for the name, and to everyone who voted!

Oh, and it took me longer to write this post than it did to design the blog. You really DO need to check out Courtney's kit!