STUFF AND OTHER STUFF

I haven't been able to post in a while because my computer crashed. Totally and suddenly. I still haven't gotten it back from the tech guys but they finally gave me a loaner out of pity.

The picture above is of the award that Cheyenne got at the CMSA (Country Music Singers Association) State Awards show. She was named the NE chapter's female horizon award winner and she won her category (age and genre) at the state competition. This won her a place in the national competition in Pigeon Forge, TN. That will take place in March. It is interesting that she is going to be taking this particular song to Pigeon Forge since that is the home of Dolly Parton and the song she is taking is from a Dolly Parton album called The Grass is Blue. It is an old, old, mountain spiritual song called I Am Ready.

An interesting note: I couldn't get a clear enough pic for you to see the writing on the plaque but it lists Cheyenne in the 13-16 year old category. She was 17 at the time of the first contest and will be 18 by the time of the national contest. But, she was 16 on January 1st so she was placed in the 13-16 year old category.

We didn't actually get to attend the awards show. It was on Saturday, September 22 in Del City. We started down there early that morning because Cameron and Cheyenne were each supposed to do 2-one hour sets at the Old Time Thresher Festival in Fairview after which we were to go to Del City for the awards show. The Lord had something else in mind... or at least our truck did. We stopped at a WalMart in Sapulpa to buy a map and when we started to leave the truck Would. Not. Move. We had a tie rod broken completely in half. We didn't get rescued for about 2 hours and didn't get our truck back til Sunday afternoon.

In other news, we have finally found a little mini-farm. We have been looking for several years now and finally, we move in on the 15th. Having Cheyenne's horse right in our back yard, so to speak, not to mention being in a position to get Gini and Harmoni a horse, put in a garden, get a couple of feeder calves for beef, some chickens... etc etc. That is how we desire to live and we finally will be able to do that. Praise God.