more redneck tales

Last Sunday Michael took my 2 great-granddaughters to the river, (Red) to play in the mud. They are both teen-agers now and you would think they would have out grown this tendency by now. But it hasn't happened yet. This is Harley, 13, and her cousin Dakota, after an afternoon of playing in the mud.

The Red River is mostly dry and sandy, with a narrow, shallow stream of water meandering down it. The only time it actually looks like a river is after a very heavy rainfall upstream. It can get bank full and very swift running for awhile, but then goes down as rapidly as it arose. The problem is that there are also patches of quicksand, and if one does not know where they are it is easy to get into bad trouble. Not long ago some people were riding 4-wheeler atvs, dirt bikes, and pickup trucks on the river bed, and 2 trucks hit a patch of quicksand. Down they went! They managed to get chains hooked to one and pull it out, but the other is still there with 8 or 10 inches of one corner of the cab sticking up from the sand.

This is totally a redneck pastime. The evidence continues to emerge. I do not make these things up, just report them.

Still here as a witness,

Grandma in the yellow house

Fish

Hope you like my addition of the fish tank. Feel free to feed them, they never get too much.
Something fishy here
Grandma in the yellow house

Redneck? You Decide

My Granddaughter Sunshine swears her husband is a redneck. Some evidence:

He blew up her mailbox a year ago, July 4, 2008, with a homemade bomb, put together with firecrackers and sparklers. He had help from a couple of his brothers, and no, I don't know just how they did it.

He recently bought a mid-voltage taser, and immediately accidentally tasered himself. His remark was, "Well, that wasn't so bad." Thankfully he had not fully charged it.

His latest project is to have t-shirts made for himself and some of his dove hunting buddies with Dove Task Force printed on the fronts. They are also getting caps with DTF on the fronts. I will give them credit for not shooting up things indiscriminately, they clean and eat what they shoot.

I asked Harley if she eats dove, and she said she does. It tastes good but not as good as quail. I harbor the suspicion that she is a redneck girl in the making.

This is Harley and her (redneck?) Dad. His racecar from last summer in background. He did place second in a race or two, and it was his first year to try this. Not bad. Sunshine said the racing thing was his mid-life crisis.

Hope this is enough evidence for you to make the decision. Redneck or not.

Contributing witness:

Grandma in the yellow house

September 11, 2009

It has now been 8 years since our country was attacked by radical Islamists. We ordinary Americans have not forgotten, and we won't. Some politicians would like to gloss it over now, and perhaps the media will follow their wishes, but for most of us it is as though it happened yesterday. As a patriotic American, I love my country, but I am becoming more disillusioned by my government as they systematically take away our freedom and trample on our constitution. I believe we all will have to depend more on our God than on those who have promised to guard our freedom.

Today, September 11, is a significant day in our family also. 16 years ago Sunshine and Michael were married in Chester, Montana, while working on wheat harvest. This is also the wedding anniversary of Derek and Teresa Sanders, Barb and Jack's youngest son. Congratulations kids.

Yesterday was our son David's birthday. He came into this world 54 years ago with great difficulty, backwards, and is still doing things his own way.

Just reminiscing a little,
Grandma in the yellow house

Chili

I made a pot of homemade veggie chili today, and 00000h was it hot! I followed the recipe, added the jalapeno pepper, used the amount of chili powder and cumin listed, and thought as I added items, this is going to be hotter than my normal version. I was right! But it cleared the sinuses, and I am still breathing better than normal.
Easy recipe:
Put 1 or 2 tsp. olive oil in dutch oven.
Add 1 chopped green pepper and 1 med. chopped onion.
Cook about 2 minutes, then add 2 minced cloves of garlic and 1 chopped jalapeno pepper. Cook 2 more minutes.
Stir in 1 Tbs. dried oregano, 2 tsp. chili powder, 1 tsp. cumin
Add 1 lg. can diced tomatoes, 1 sm can tomato sauce, and 2 cups water.
Stir, add 1 can each rinsed and drained white cannellini beans and 1 can kidney beans.
Stir in 1/3 cup bulgur. I did not have this and couldn't find it at the store so substituted barley. Works fine.
We had this for our supper, and needed nothing else. Not even a cracker! And yes, it was hot, did I mention that?
One other thing, we drank more water than usual with the meal....ha
Still warm, and thankful for all God's blessings,
Grandma in the yellow house