Thrilled!

This week has been so busy for us and that is why I've not posted anything since last Sunday. Besides having to take care of ranch paperwork, etc. it still was fun for us.

Last Sunday Hans & Marita invited us to eat dinner with them and Stephen & Eva, on Tuesday, at Stephen's & Eva's home, in Fredericksburg. Because Hans had bragged several times about Marita's fabulous Norwegian cooking, Marita was going to do all of the cooking. And they also asked me to please bring my guitar too, so Stephen Morris, Hans and could do a little jamming.

After we had confirmed the date with them, Tony went over to Kinky's Lodge to visit with Kinky's and our good friend Brian Molnar. He's the great singer/song writer/ musician who often tours with Kinky and he also produced Kinky's latest CD, The Loneliest Man I Ever Met.

Anyway, when Tony came back home, he said, "Nance, you're not going to believe this! Brian is good friends with Hans & Marita, too...." And when we told Marita & Hans about Brian being here they asked us to invite him, too.

So late Tuesday afternoon the three of us carpooled, in Brian's rented Lexus, so we could go eat dinner with our friends and Brian brought along his guitar, too. And to say the least, "We all had a total blast. Marita is a really great cook and we had a lot of fun jamming together.

Wednesday and Thursday were quiet days, so that is why I didn't post.

Friday was a great day. Our great friends/dog-walking volunteers came out and after walking our dogs for us, we went up to, the Koyote Grill, to eat lunch together. As always we did a lot of laughing and we did a lot of talking about how great Netflix's Season-5 of Longmire was. And we were all excited about getting to watch the hilarious, Netflix sit-com, The Ranch-Season-2, which airs on Friday, October 7th.

Saturday morning and most of that afternoon we spent with our good friend Jim,"The Mineral Man," over at Kinky's Lodge, because Jim had volunteered to try to help fix the Wi-Fi problem that Kinky's guests were having trouble with.

And after Jim had to make another round trip back to his home to get his PC— he came back and solved the problem and fixed it. After all of us had used our own devices to make sure that we could all get on the Internet easily, I decided to call Kinky.

When I called Kink, I already knew that he was sitting, in the, San Antone airport, waiting to catch a plane to Australia, because I knew that he would be glad to know that Jim had fixed the Wi-Fi problem for his guests to use. And I was right.

After telling Kinky the thrilling news, Kinky asked me to please thank Jim for him and to tell him that he wanted to take Jim out to lunch to thank him, when he gets back to the ranch. "Okay," I said. "But you can thank him right now, because Jim is still here, packing us his computer stuff." Then I handed the phone over to Jim, so Kinky could talk to him. And before their conversation had ended, Kinky had told Jim that he was going to put Jim's Brisbane, Australian friends, on his Brisbane guest list  and that thrilled Jim.

And that is about it for tonight, because tomorrow is going to another busy day for us.

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!

Mud Pies 101!

This morning, around ten o'clock, I went outside to see Becker Boy. When I arrived at the pig pen, Aaron and Tony were inside the pen playing with him. "Kinky just called and he is coming over to see Beck, again!" While playing soccer with B., Aaron, Tony and I discussed moving Beck to Bob Dylan's pen, because our gigantic white pig, Babe, did not like Beckham and was constantly taunting him.

Before Kinky showed up, we had our plan of action. When Kink arrived, he sat in a chair and laughed as he watched Beckham play ball with Tony—needless to say there was much laughter!

After Kinky left, Aaron went to get Bob Dylan, our shy Blue Heeler. Tony put a leash on Beck's halter and walked him out of the pig pen to meet Bob. Bob was nice, but not sure he liked the orange and black little pig. Tone and Aaron walked them down to Bob's pen and then unleashed them. We stayed in Bob's pen for over an hour, before Lana, the sweet woman, who adopted our two Poodles—Muffy and Max, arrived so she could meet Beckham in person! "I was over at Carol's house, and she couldn't quit talking about how much she loved Beckham, so I just had to come over here to see for myself. He is too cute!"

After a fun visit with Lana, she needed to go home, so she left. Right after she left, Beckham started chasing Bob—scaring Bob! "This isn't going to work," Tony said. "Let's try David with Fred Astaire. They are about the same age and Fred is fast on his feet."

So, Bob left his pen, and Aaron came back with Fred. Fred wasn't real happy with the overly friendly pig and growled when Beck tried to nibble on his tail. "Nope," Tony said. "This isn't going to work either."

"Tony, why not put Bob and Fred together in this pen, and put Beckham in Fred's old pen?" Aaron and Tony liked my idea, so Aaron brought Bob back to his pen—and Fred and Bob got along beautifully! Then Aaron offers to carry Beck down to his new pen. Tony liked the idea, but Beck didn't because he does not like being carried! As Aaron carried Beckham, he screamed, squealed and made scary grunting sounds—that would have scared off a mountain lion!

Five gates down, B. was put on the ground of his new pen, and he liked his new pen! Aaron then went and found a hose and returned to make Beck a 'waller' (Texas pronunciation), so he could wallow in the mud! And did he wallow! I made a short video of Beck meeting mud and it is pretty funny when halfway through the clip—Beckham does the strangest thing! Y'all have a great evening! Tony and I are going to watch 'Australia!'