(Rich will come back on here and correct me, right down to the months and days, you watch...

He's SUCH a persnicket!)
Is this where I am supposed to "correct" her? Can't do it. When ya have a bunch of critters (whether ya calls yerself a farmer or a rancher), ya essentially have nailed yer foot to the ground. Ya just can't be gone anywhere for more than a couple hours (unless ya have enough money to hire a caretaker - we don't). In the first few years, we used to go shopping together (one day per month to stock up) and actually had lunch together at TGIF, but now I have to go shopping alone while Wifey stays here to manage any potential crisis (if none of the critters actually has a problem, one of them will invent a problem just to get Lannie to run around in circles for awhile).

In any case, as she said, we haven't had "a day off" since we got here and, unless I win the lottery, it ain't likely to happen in the near future either (and someone keeps telling me I can't win if I won't buy a ticket - darn - how come I can't just find the winning ticket in the parking lot?). Oh well... so much for Mr. Persnickety correcting her...