IT WAS AN EXCITING DAY!!!!!!

 Yesterday was a most exciting day! I'm not sure who was more excited- Banjo or myself. The concrete trucks came to pour the concrete for the footing. Banjo loves big trucks, especially ones that make a lot of noise, so he was on cloud 9. Especially with the first guy- that guy would pet both Banjo and Guinea, so they adored him. 

  All went well with the concrete, at least as best as we can tell right now. The first guy was super sweet. He would stop pouring to give us advice and tips on how to get the top as smooth as possible and little tricks for making sure it was (and stayed) level. He was really cool. Unfortunately, there was water in the trench. We had to make forms from all of the cave-ins from rain. And of course, it had to rain again. Dad was able to siphon quite a bit of it out, but not all of it. Which made it extremely difficult to level off the fourth side. We are hoping that everything held level when the water rushed around the entire footing, over top of the concrete. Here's hoping! 

Ladybug was quite cozy on top of the dirty whites this morning. She purred when she heard my voice, but was not too happy when I sat her down to let her go outside. She stared outside for a moment, then went, "Nope, too cold!" I had to be the bad guy and set her outside. She was none too pleased with me. 

Smokey was posing for me the other day:

 This was Ladybug after the extra bit of concrete was poured next to her area in the barn. She did not care as long as she had something to lay in and a warm patch of sunlight.  

  Banjo was so excited, but we had to make him calm down and stay out of the way at times. Whenever that happed, he would sit on either my foot, or Dad's foot, just like he did as a puppy. 

  So, the first time this was put on Smokey, he was rather ticked and vocal about the whole ordeal. Kirst put it on him again the other day, and he was incredibly happy the whole time. 

  He thought it was quite convenient whenever he got cold- he would just tuck his little paws inside until they warmed up enough. It was adorable!!!

  It was interesting seeing what everyone was stocking up on in Walmart yesterday when I went with Mom after my appointment. One lady had a lot of kitty litter and some kitty food. Others had a bunch of junk food. Still others had games, clothes, or movies. You could tell what each cared about most. 

  I think that is all I have to say for the moment. A lot of people are panicking around here, so toilet paper and bullets are in short supply. Can you tell what the average Missourian cares most about?

  Happy stitching!

 Emmy