Hello friends and family! I have good news...well good for us. We are moving to a different apartment soon. There is another room in the building that has two rooms and we are moving into it. I think this is great! We will have a bedroom and a kitchen/living room combo. This has been a stressful subject for myself over the last month. Levi and I do not have place to relax and with him having a stressful job, it is important that he can relax! yay! So good news :) Finally something good..... Good news #2~We also got our car this past week...not exactly what we thought we were getting, but it's ok for now. It's called a Chevrolet Niva. At least it is not a car made in Russia.. So that was good.
Saturday was Levi's birthday. We had planned to go to the heliopark and stay the night. LIttle did we know that there was a group from Vietnam coming to look at the farm, so we decided we would go on Sunday, so we could enjoy more of our time there.
I made oatmeal cookies for Levi's birthday and they were delicious! For those of you cooks, who don't have a silpat......GET ONE! A BIG THANKS to Jane McGill for enlightening me on this product:) I was able to put the silpat on the oven rack and the cookies came out perfect, even the heart one especially for Levi <3 I also had a bunch of birthday cards to give Levi that friends and family had signed for him at our last gathering. He was so shocked to see one sitting at his desk every time he got up! Tricky, tricky! So Saturday was a good day, we had Michelle over for dinner that night as well. Levi's favorite fried chicken, potatoes, and of course, beer and cookies. We are lucky Michelle is here..she is a good worker for Levi and good company for me!
Side note ~ Everyone has been asking me about the beer....I'm going to leave this for a post on it's own, but I'll tell you that it's ok...there is definitely no Michelob Ultra :)
Sunday~ We went to the farm and Levi worked until about noon...we then went to the apartment and packed up for our one night away. I was pretty excited I must say, it had been a month since we had left the farm for an overnight stay!! I was told the hotel had a spa and swimming pool. We arrived at the hotel without getting lost and got checked into our room. Turns out...no pool or spa :( Oh well, it was about 2:00 and we hadn't eaten, so we went to the bar and ordered a small snack. I had a caesar salad and sauvignon blanc glass of wine, Levi had a club sandwich (comes with egg) and a Budweiser (it was from Czeck Republic). We then went for a walk, since we were in the city centre. We took a few pictures and just hung out... It was almost like we were in the good ole' USA, except the cars, the cold, the people....ok, ok, maybe it wasn't..but it was nice, because Levi was relaxed and we were having fun! It has been pretty high stress these last few weeks and we needed a get a way.
After we got back, we heard my computer beeping and Levi's mom was calling us thru skype. Levi talked to her for a while, as I as getting ready for dinner. I'm sure you all know, that I'm not one to get dressed up all the time, but after a MONTH of not dressing up...I was ready :) We headed to dinner and had a great time. The hotel staff is really great at the Heliopark, most of them speak English. They are quick to help and give great suggestions. The hotel is suppose to be one of the nicest in the city and this was the second time we had eaten there. It was once again great! Levi had a filet in cranberry sauce, grilled veggies, and mashed potatoes and I had a ribeye (not as good as the filet) and grilled veggies. Levi also had a glass of fress squeezed orange juice...he has a weakness for that :) It was his birthday, so no complaints from me. The next morning we headed out, but not before a short unexpected detour...I wasn't the best navigator and we missed turn! That's ok...we managed fairly well.
It was a great break to get away and we have vowed to at least leave the farm once a month. I am happy that we went....Levi was his old carefree self and I think he knows that he needs to get away some, for his own sanity!!
When we got back to the farm Monday....stress city began. I'm not even sure what happened, maybe nothing happened, but it wasn't good. Anyway, back to the farm life. Monday was a short day, because we didn't get the the farm until later. Tuesday it was freezing rain when Levi came to get me! He also learned that the cows are coming!! There are 1,624 bred heifers being delivered to the farm tomorrow. I'm making Levi take me to the store tonight, because otherwise it might be awhile! They are finishing up the final preparations today. I'm sure everything will go ok. I can tell the anxiety is rising though!! I promise to take pictures...it's going to be crazy here for the next few months! Levi says they will be calving 50 cows per day...right now they are doing 3!
I had better get off here! I got three emails today, so I need to get responded to them! Getting emails, gives me something to do! Yay! I'm also walking around with Levi today, because the weather is fairly nice. Missouri weather, freezing rain and 30 yesterday, today it's 54! At least that reminds me of home :)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! They don't celebrate that here, but the Americans d0:o) Michelle and I found some pumpkins! She is carving one and I am making a pumpkin pie with the other if I can figure out how!!! lol I'll try and write Monday!
Signed, Glad to have a few things going our way!
NOTE~ I have attached pictures to the private blog..if you are not on the list for the private one, email me and I'll get you added :)
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