City Luxuries

So we moved to the country.

Canyon Lake to be exact.
 Before you all go crazy with summertime plans and want to bring your boats and move in with us, you should know that we are not on the Lake part of Canyon Lake. 

We are in the boondocks part of Canyon Lake. 

The part where if it rains we will be flooded in because of low water crossings. (and this week this has happened)  

The part where you can shoot guns and no one cares. 

The part where you have to plan grocery shopping because HEB is not 7 min. away, Brookshire is but it has crazy expensive prices! 

Cable and internet options were Satellite. 

We have our own well and our own septic. 

 The country.

And with country territory comes "critters", of ALL kinds.

Like 

This GIANT AMAZON size  (aka Texas Giant) Centipede 

The black "antennae" at the top are not antennae at all!! Those are it's stingers.

And this LONG ribbon / garden / garner snake 

and these..... 

I get no sympathy just a "welcome to the country " answer.. 

Well there I have it. Welcome to the country. Get used to it! I can get used to it as long as these things are NOT  in my house. 

No country life is complete with out other animal adventures. Well let me re-phrase that to no Haltermann day is complete with out an animal adventure. 

I had to keep the cats in the garage for a few days to get used to the new house and smells etc. I feed them wet food so they would still love me after the traumatic adventure of taking them (all 3 at the same time) in the car for 45min... 

During their garage stay Hauss did this.

 Twice. I managed to coax him down the first time, but I didn't close the attic door and the next time he was up there for HOURS.

BC did this during the night 

And it dried. 

So now her poor legs are bald. 

And in the spotlight again is Hauss and his height defying obsession. 

He is up there everyday when I get home, and won't come down the same way he went up so I have to go let him in on the 2nd floor patio. 

All this aside, I do love it. C is living his dream! He builds a fire in his fire pit every night, and we leave the windows and doors open and hear nothing! We feed the deer and are making everything our "own" :) 

Until next time. 

Tschüss

How Abby Sleeps 2

I know everyone wants to hear about the new house but it will have to wait until next week. We are coo coo busy and I would like to take pics after we settle :) 

So for the time being please entertain yourselves with a post on 

"How Abby Sleeps"

This week the dog bed made a better pillow than a bed. 

I would also like to compile a list of things I say to Abby that I never thought would be coming out of my mouth. Maybe I will alternate between them both. 

I should have recorded the things kids said and/ or wrote to me while I was teaching! Those were priceless! I tell my mother all the time that she should make a book since she has been teaching way longer than I ever did!! 

Do any of y'all have funny stories of things you said to a child or pet, or things your child (or pet) said to you? Please share!! :) 

Tschüss