I need help compiling my reading list. Could you all suggest one book that you think I should read? It doesn't have to be your favorite book but it does need to be a book YOU think I should read. If you could share why you want me to read it as well I would appreciate it. I am always facinated at the reasons people want specific people to read specific books. You can email my your suggestions to mmarler@surewest.net

I am currently finishing up the 4 books I am reading and only have 2 in reserve, so I need suggestions. As most of you may know, I read a lot and read a wide variety of books. No book is too long, no book is too short. The only restriction I have is that it can't be about a true life serial killer. I am terrified of that subject and I live alone so ------ nothing scarier than Stephen King, k?

Thanks!!!!!

Andrea surprised me with a mini Dachshund. I wanted one so bad. A's brother's neighbor is a breeder and I knew she had a litter of red dapples, but A made such a fuss about how annoying little dogs are etc. She was planning the whole thing since she found out the ladies' red dog was pregnant! OMfG He is soooo cute. He's a red dappled and his name is Mozart. Will post some pics tonight. He'll be the office mascot for a month or so because he's too young to crate all day. He's so well-behaved though. He sleeps almost all the time and so far wakes up just in time for my regular breaks. I take him outside and he plays for 5 minutes and then wants another nap. He thinks he's a great big dog and drags his much-larger-than-him toys around.

Check out the Photog for pics of Tami's 40th Birtday BBQ

Tamara Jean!! Have a great birthday! Drink a couple glasses of wine for me!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!!


I hope you have a great day and get treated like a queen.

love you!

George, Jeanette, Tami, Andrea, Ronnie and Jeannette....Thank-you so much for the BEAUTIFUL flowers and the cute card with a cat picture on it!! They smell real nice and there's a real cute hummingbird attached to one of the flowers.

Larry, the delivery guy said "Happy Birthday" to me and I told him he had the wrong place.
He asked if I was Cathy Marler and I told him yes. I told him there was another reason for them.

Well...it got me out of bed! That's a good thing....

Much love,
Cathy

Tami's Birthday--Don't Forget

Hi. I hope you all remember that next Friday is Tami's birthday. For those of you who can come, there is a party at Ron and Jeannette's on Saturday 8/26 at 5 p.m.

(Since I can't seem to stimulate the Marler "Potluck Gene")
Here are your Assignments:

George is bringing 2 six packs (at least) of Corona. (No home brew from you).

Cathy and Ray: I know you are going through a stressful time, but if you could bring a salad, it would be much appreciated.

The hosts are supplying a nice place, and the meat.

For those of you who can't come, send love or money, maybe both.

Help Name the Farm:

ok, here is some pertinent background -
a. Flying A is already Andrea's kennel name, but only Aussie people would know that.
b. There is a Greenleaf Farms in the area and our one most likely competitor is named Meadowlark Farms.
c. There is a popular coffee shop in the area named Flying M.
d. We plan to sell lamb, eggs, poultry & rabbit for sure, possibly branching out to goat milk/cheese and maybe some produce and/or cut flowers.

Which name do you prefer/would you most likely buy from:

1. Flying A Farm
2. Greanleaf Meadows
3. Other: ___________

Got a buyer for my house. It should close on or before 8/31 and I'll get enough moolah to pay off all of my bills. Just got a "back up" offer, too so I guess it's set. Feels good to know I will get out from under.

I'm loving it at the farm. Andrea's being so good about 'sharing' it all and it's really starting to feel like home. I got some more chickens and this week I'm going to start re-vamping an old outbuilding/shed into a decent chicken coop. We're going to move the rabbits to where the chickens are now. We've got 6 does and 2 bucks now. 3 of the does are pregnant and expecting in a couple weeks. The other 3 does are out of the first litter and aren't old enough yet to breed. We already "harvested" their siblings. Tastes like chicken. haha.

The ducks quit laying eggs when it got so dang hot, so they're back in the big pen until Spring, then I'll coop them up again to get eggs to sell at the market. The chickens are still laying though. I have 3 bantam hens and 3 Brahmas plus 1 rooster of each. I won't be getting anymore bantams though, their eggs are about the size of quail eggs. Great for my Pysanky though.

I got all the information to set up a booth at the Boise Saturday Market next year. We'll sell eggs (duck and chicken), lamb and rabbit. I found a butcher that is USDA that will do the rabbit and we already had one for the lamb. We should be able to make enough for the farm to pay for itself - which is like getting a raise, right? I'm trying to figure out how we can sell the goat milk and/or cheese, but that's proving to be more difficult on our small scale.

Speaking of goats - our favorite nanny got her toe broke. We think the Billy goat did it. She's not always receptive to his advances and I've seen him stand on her hind feet before so she couldn't get away. Anyway, her hoof got all infected and gross and so the vet ended up amputating her toe. Betcha didn't know goats had toes. They do. So, now we have a one-toed goat. Any suggestions for names?

Andrea has a job interview today with the Elks. Fingers crossed. She's been temp-ing at Idaho Power, but it doesn't pay much at all. She's been looking since March, but everyone keeps saying she's over-qualified. Doh! She's sure handling it all well.

I applied for a job at the courthouse in Caldwell. Would sure be nice to lose the commute. Rush hour traffice in/out of Boise is stupid bad.

Still not smoking. 63 days today :-) My health insurance pays for the Nicotrol. Cool, eh?

Hey is anyone else watching this Rockstar Supernova? it's like American idol with tattoos and peircings. and a sexy Ryan Seacrest.

just wondering of my 'puter is blocking this blog site since I haven't seen any new blogs in over a week. hmmmmm

I made it to El Paso just fine. Everyone is taking good care of me. I will let you know how the service is on Sunday. It is being professionally recorded. The last word I heard about our granddaughter is that the mother will not bring her to the service. Everyone is very upset about that.

Hugs and love,
Cathy

Keep praying. Miracles do happen!

I can sing! I went to the throat doc again on Thursday. The hemorrhage has healed but there's still a lot of varicosity. My chords still don't close all the way so my voice is very breathy, but I do have wave which is very good. Bottom line: I can sing & do shows again! I just have to be very careful - no belting. He's changed my meds from Prevacid to Nexium (the little purple pill) and I'm not aloud to take ibuprofen or aspirin because I'm still a high risk for more hemorrhaging. The doc the next time I feel a pop I am to come in immediately & we'll schedule a laser procedure & zap the varicosities. Otherwise, I don't have to go back for 6 months. Hooray! Hooray for miracles! Hooray for singing!