Redneck Country Bumpkin Landscaping

I had this idea to put a fake ranch entrance in my circle driveway.  I needed cedar post and I couldn't find them, especially not tall ones.  So I found this guy down by Burnet and Marble Falls that had every size I needed plus he would cut the tall ones with a Y in the top.  So yes I know I'm CRAZY! I drove 400 miles to get the posts......

My sweet husband rounded up the guys Saturday morning and started on the project!  I'm not so sure Chad and Butch were too excited about the whole thing.... but thank goodness for their help because we got 'er DONE =) 

They had to stand up on a pallet to put the top rail on.... it fit perfect and was even level!

Who knew a little old cedar fence could make a girl so happy!

And the neighbors had to come see what the heck we were doing.... Daisy, Bootsie and Dixie said it was looking good!  And Dan Byrd even said he thought it was "alright". And if Dan Byrd says it's "alright" then by golly it's "alright".  I'm just saying.... te/he

The boys worked hard!  We put down landscaping cloth to keep out the weeds. I hope it works.... I'm not too much on pulling weeds.

Then, JoeByrd came by and wanted to know why in the heck I wanted that old rusty plow???? 

He just doesn't get it! Does he?!  He said it's gotta be John Deere green for JoeByrd.

 I wanted the plow.... the older and the rustier the bettter. 

 Kerry Don says this is an old horse drawn plow and I assume it was Wylie Byrds.

 I'm sure there's a story behind it. Anyone know it?  I wonder how old it is?

Then we filled it in with gravel.  It's a start but we've got a LONG ways to go. 

I'm also hoping to get a sign to hang from the top.... Justin? 

Will you help me, can you put a windmilll on it?

 We can't plant til mid April.  My goal is to have drought resistant plants that don't require ANY attention.  BUT what I really want is a Yucca that has a trunk, but they are very hard to find and hard to transplant.  Anyone know where I could get one?  Anyone have any suggestions? 

Thank yall for listening to my Redneck Country Bumpkin Landscaping and Y'all Come See Us! ;)

Spring Break Road Trip II

So the coolest part of the the Horseshoe Bay Resort was the golf course.  Well it was an 18 hole putt putt golf course, but all the greens were real greens.  It was awesome!

They had a blast with the water arch... see the water shooting over their head.... kinda cool!

We putted and putted and we weren't too good.  Probably not a big surprise though... ha/ha

I loved it... it was so pretty!

Tater Jack thought it was baseball! 

It was the most beautiful landscaping, with waterfalls, streams, fountains, and palms.

Did I mention that they played in the water arch?  They got wet!

We had to park our redneck ATV trailer with cedar post at the airport

and this was the view looking down on Horsheshoe Bay.... it was a site to see!

Then, we hit the road and we passed this gorgeous ranch entrance!   

Then we stopped outside of Llano and saw the bald eagles.... WAY cool!

Next, we stopped and bought cactus!  I was on a mission.  And today we worked in the yard and if I may say so myself it looks good (guess what I will blog about it )!  It was all worth the 2 day road trip with 3 punks that fought and entertained me the whole way! 

Spring Break Road Trip

Good ole Spring Break finally came to see us and I was soo happy!  Then I started on a mission to find cedar posts because I have a project in mind for my yard (more on all that later), but I couldn't find cedar posts ANYWHERE in the Texas panhandle.  SO a friend found them listed in Craigslist, so I called the guy.... he had what I wanted and would even cut them fresh.  SO, we loaded up in the ole Excursion pulling our ATV trailer and headed south.  Heck 400 miles really isn't that FAR right?

Actually it was kinda far.  But we made it and these nice guys that had just cut the big posts loaded us up.  So we asked the landowner that had sold them to us, where we could go and spend the night and have alittle fun.  I had three punks in tow and they wanted to swim!  So he says..... aw yeah about 10 miles down the road at Marble Falls there's the Horseshoe Bay.  I though heck we'll check it out.....  so I plugged it into my GPS and hit the road....

So picture this in you head.... a beat up old Excursion pulling a beat up ATV trailer, full of cedar post that are hanging out, 3 snotty nose punks with ball caps and cowboy hats on and then, me, one red neck Momma with a thick hick accent.....

We pull up to the resort and see this........ Opps holy cow!  This place might be alittle fancy for us.  Can you imagine what the Valets thought when they saw us coming?  But come to find out, our money is just as good as city folks and they gave us a room.  And we felt like we were up town!

So we took the shuttle down to the Yacht Club and we thought we were at a beach!

That's Horseshoe Bay and to us that's alot of water!

Talk about beautiful landscaping.

We had supper (or as the city folk say... dinner) outside by the bay.  The boys loved it!  Our trip was quite eventful, so part two will be coming up!  Until then, hope everyone is enjoying spring break. 

Tate Gunnar

His name is Tate.

He's my baby.

He rides his dirtbike everyday.

He gets BIG air!

He's not chicken.

He's actually way too brave!

His Mom likes to take his picture.

She thinks he's cute.

She hopes he doesn't wreck!

The end.

P.S.  Tandy ain't no poet!

Green Chile Breakfast Omelet

My sweet, sweet hubby made me the most delicious breakfast omelet!

 Sausage, jalepenos, and pepper jack cheese!

Then, there's this secret sauce! 

Well it really ain't no secret..... but it's GOOD, GOOD!

Roll it up... like a burrito, top with more green chili sauce and cheese! 

Can I just say YUM!  It'll make you wanna slap yo Momma!

Dear Mr. Summertime

Dear Mr Summertime,

   Where are you?  Where have you been?  We've really been missing you! 

We've been thinking about............



Golfin'.......

Swimmin'.......



 Tubin'.....

 Ridin'

Fishin'.......





Maybe even some Wonderland! 

Dear Mr. Summertime come see us!

Baby Bobcats

Kerry Don and I saw 5 baby bobcats yesterday just right north east of Roll-a-Cone.  Well they could have possibly been baby teenager bobcats. I'm just saying they weren't baby babies, but they weren't full grown either. Three of them ran off, but these two just hung out in the tree and looked at us.

Of course, this is the one and only time I didn't have my Canon!  But I got a few pictures with my phone.

 They really weren't that scared.  Kerry Don even said they were so durn cute he didn't even want to shoot them!  OK seriously I don't think he said cute.  Maybe he said cool.  Cool Cats!

 I, of course, wanted to take them home, declaw them and let them live at the Backwards K. 

But I don't think Maxie would like them.

I also found this picture in my phone taken by Judy. 

Anyone know who this freak is? 

It looks like she's wearing her student's Elmer Fudd cap.  Cool Cap.... Cool Cats too.  Is it Friday yet?

Snow Dawgs

 Riding on an old car hood behind the RZR, what more fun could a little boy have?



And make no mistake, Miss Maxie is right in the middle of all the action too! 

She follows the boys EVERYWHERE.... then she can hardly walk!  Her hips are bad, so she has to hobble around on 3 legs.... BUT she has to be with her boys!

Mind you, these boys are CRAZY, it was like 4 degrees, ok maybe it was about 17.
 But the drifts they were riding on were in the shade so it had to be about 10.

I didn't personally witness them getting air, but I'm certain it possibly could have happened..

That's Tater, he was all bundled up with a mask and all, then he got in the pickup to warm up and all the little rascal  had on his feet were one pair of no show socks and irrigation boots!  

He assured me next time he'd find his snow boots! 

We had to go tell them to come in, that it was gettin dark! 

I assure you, Miss Maxie got a ride in the RZR when they headed to the house! 

Her and her snow dawgs had a blast!

Meatful Mondays

This blog is for my sister.... Ok she's on a mission!  Here's the deal..... Oprah has started this crusade for Meatless Mondays. Meatless Mondays are you kidding me? WELL y'all know we're BEEF people!  And we eat BEEF and we're proud of it!

SO Tori wants everyone to posts their beef recipes on Mondays.

I didn't have time to take pictures of mine this time..... maybe next week..... I mean hello I had to watch the super bowl yesterday.  

Here's my recipe:

Chuck Roast Done Easy

Chuck Roast  

1 pkg of dry Lipton Onion Soup

Ground Pepper

That's it you say? Yep that's it I say.

Throw your roast in a cake pan, sprinkle the Onion Soup mix on top, and season with pepper.  I recommend putting about a 1/4-1/2" of water in the pan, too!  Then seal that baby up tight with foil and pop it in the oven at 325 for about 4 hours.   I mean it's that simple.  Sometimes, I call KD at lunch and say "Hey babe will you throw a roast in the oven, so I don't have to cook tonite."   He says "Sure babe".... cuz he likes roast too!   And he likes me to make gravy, see that water you add to the pan turns out PERFECT for the makins of brown gravy!   This roast will just fall all apart and it's also good slapped in a tortilla with alittle BBQ and Picante sauce, for a spicey beef roll! So there's my recipe and I'm stickin to it!

Well I wanted to include a picture of a few of our cows.... it snowed yesterday and we had to get out and haul hay.... these gals were pretty happy to see us!

    

 Black Motelys are my favorite! 

 Thank goodness for this trusty ole cake/hay wagon....

And these two came along for the ride.... until they got ta fightin in the back seat... that's when we dropped them off at the house and told them to sweep the garage! That's a true story!

Y'all have a lovely week!  And I just want to throw in how happy I am that the Packers WON!!! Woop Woop