Super cool eagle cam!

For all you nature lovers out there, you have to check out this link.  It is a live view of a pair of bald eagles and their nest.  This nest is on OG&E property at Sooner Lake north of Stillwater, Oklahoma. The original dead nest tree used by this pair of eagles fell down after they nested and got to raise two little eaglets to flight.  I watched last year and it was so cool to watch from beginning to end, especially because the eaglets changed so much every day. This year, OG&E has erected an artificial tower which these eagles have adopted successfully. The site is updated when there is any change in status of what's going on with the birds or any technical issues. I hope you have as much fun watching as I know I will!

http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html

Ahhhh....and ugh.

Spring is in the air around here and I couldn't be happier about it!  The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and I am uncharacteristically giddy.  I love being outside and taking in the warmth the sun has to offer, playing with my little girl, and generally being in bliss during my favorite season.  The flowers bloom, the grass turns green, and I feel like Snow White with all the creatures swarming around me while I sing to them and the look at me adoringly. 

With that being said, there is a flipside to spring that isn't so pretty or pleasant.  It of course has to do with people.  I am not a big fan of people and that's exactly why I don't surround myself with them.  Back to spring.  Spring is the time when people can't quite figure out how to dress.  The first inkling of a nice spring day and people are wearing short shorts and tank tops with flip-flops.  They are also wearing those short shorts from last year that they have most likely outgrown, leading me to see things that I don't necessarily want to see.  And the flip-flops.  Please spare my retinas and scrub your feet a bit (or more) before you don your summer shoes.  Maybe put on a dab of lotion, something! 

I am going to try a little something new and try to have faith in my fellow humans because, well, what's the harm?  I will try to hang on to that faith as long as I can but don't be surprised about how quickly it goes.  I am a somewhat impatient person.

Well, enjoy the beginning of Spring and try not to sprain your eyeballs on any of the monstrosities I went on a rant about!

In Spite of Ourselves...

This month I will be celebrating 10 years of marriage to my best friend/arch nemisis.  He is turning out to be a better man than I ever thought he could be.  In recanting our first meeting, my husband informed me that he thought my best friend, Laura and I were a couple of bitches.  Hot bitches, of course, but bitches nonetheless.  My husband and I were a hot mess when we first got together, and sometimes we still are, but have learned to roll with it and not to take anything too seriously.  We share a most excellent country life together that I never would have pictured myself in, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.  One thing I've learned in being married to my husband is that if you don't have bad intentions, you can't go wrong.  Oh, and to expect the unexpected.  He has turned my life into quite the ride.  In celebration of our "wuv...twoo wuv", I give you our song.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJ2IzQTnhI

Welcome, welcome!

I have just decided in the last few days about starting a blog about this thing called my life.  I hope for it to be a bit like a journal and provide a way for me to reflect on "stuff".  Maybe along the way I'll make a few friends by sharing my experiences with fellow mothers, wives, country-dwellers, book lovers, and whoever else joins in.