Talk About Old

This is the actual door handle on my back door. Now don't get any ideas, I have a deadbolt above it and yes you can see daylight through the keyhole.

Blue Skies At Last

It is still a bit cold outside, but I was more then happy to have some blue skies overhead. Ok, so there are a few clouds, but the blue behind them is what matters to me.

My Little Grinch Friend

This is my little Grinch friend. Whenever I go on vacation, he goes too. I think I have undeveloped film of the last time we took him on vacation. I will post pics as soon as I find the film and develop it.

It Has Been Decided!

I have decided that I am going to plant a Veggie Garden this year. It is going to be a Container Garden. That just means that I am going to get a bunch of large containers, fill them with dirt, throw some seeds into it and hope that something grows. This will be fun : )
I think I will plant

• Tomatos
  
• Squash
  
• Beans
  
• Peas
  
• Carrots
  
• Onions
  
• Peppers
  
• Cucumbers
  
• Anything else that I can think of
  

I just rememberd that I planted potatos last year and never dug them up........OOPS! I wonder if they are still there. Maybe when the ground thaws, I will go out and try to did them up.

Stupid Groundhog Shadow

All I want is Summer! So when I heard the horrible news that the Groundhog saw his shadow this morning, I was very upset and did not even want to get out of bed. I finally crawl out of bed just to find that it is so foggy out, that I could not even see the mountains.......BLAGH! The only good thing about having six more weeks of winter, is that Slackers like myself have six more weeks to work on getting into shape for the Summer : )

Speaking Of Summer

Today has been a very lazy day, as you can see by all of my postings today. Anyway as I was sitting here freezing and thinking about Summer, I have decided on some things that I am going to do this Summer.

1) Go bike riding down by the Lake more often.
2) Go camping, I have all the gear, but have not been for years.
3) Maybe float my raft around in Deer Creek again.
4) Wash my car, at least once.
5) Hang out in my hammock and read a book.
6) Go to Saint George, just cause I keep saying that I am going to, but never have.
7) Go to Lava Hot Springs, that is always fun.
8) Put on some overalls and take pics of myself standing in the veggie garden that I may or may not plant this year. I was suppose to do that last year, but I forgot.
9) And of course, take pics of all of these adventures and post them here on my Blog.

I Want Summer Back

Ok, I love Winter and I love Snow, but I think it's about time that we start getting some green around here again.

Lazy Days

I want to be a cat!
Who wouldn't love to just lay around and get waited on hand and foot.

Who Needs Expensive Cat Toys

Why buy expensive cat toys when you can use your old puffy coat to entertain your spunky little friends.

Got My Hair Permed

Yeah, Its True, I got my hair permed. I have had three responses to it

1) It's Interesting
2) It's Different
And last but not least and my Favorite response
3) Huh, the last time I got a perm was in the 80's

Survival Of The Smartest....I Am A Dead Woman

The Monturf, David, and I played a game tonight. It was something about survival and I got about 4 out of 30 questions correct. Basicaly that just means that if I was ever Camping in the Jungle, Lost in the wilderness, or Walking on Ice, I would be a dead woman. I could not believe how much I thought I knew, but was was dead wrong about. It was funny cause Dave got a lot of of Hostage and Bondage type of questions, I got mostly Survival in the Outdoors questions, and Monturf (who does not drive) got tons of questions about Driving Saftey. Dave won the game, so I guess I will just have to take him everytime I go outside of my happy little bubble.

A Few Days In The Life Of Nessie

It all starts on Jan 18th, 2006 as I arrive home from work at about 5:00 pm to find a large dog running around my yard. I did not think much of it until I was entering my home and the dog plowed his way in with me. He immediately sniffed out the cats and chased them through every room in the house. It was like a scene out of a movie, large dog chasing cats through the kitchen over the table and under the chairs with the cats hissing and scratching the whole time. The cats finally ended up in my closet and would not come out for about 3 hours. So now that the cats are out of the way, I try to remove the dog from my home, well that was not an easy task, but 20 minutes after I started, he was outside. Then I hear this big thud up against the front door, so I look out the door window and there is this dog with his big muddy paws pounding up against the door howling and trying to get in. He did this for about 15 minutes before he finally gave up. So now that the dog fiasco is over, dinner has been made, dishes are done, and showers are taken, I finally get to bed at about 9:30 just to be woken up at 10:30 pm by my teenager who just HAS to have some laundry done because it would kill her to not be able to wear that special something to school the next day. So I get up and put the laundry in the wash. 12:30 am comes around and the laundry needs to be dried, not a big deal, I can sleep walk and put clothes in the dryer. But nope it does not end there, at 1:30 am the Princess (teenager again) is screaming because snow has collected on the satellite dish and there is no picture (What the crap was she doing watching TV at 1:30 in the morning) So I have to go out and scrape of the dish, in my jammies! Yeah, so you think that it ends there, OH NO! At 3:00 am I hear the bird cage being rattled and look over to find Peety (my cat) over there tormenting the bird. I guess he was just picking on the bird because he was picked on by a big dog earlier that day. So I think that it just can't get any worse then this, but it does, Oh Yes, It Does! Just as I fall back asleep, my dog starts barking at who knows what, so I gave up on sleeping at all that night. I finally just get up at 6:00 in hopes that the new day would be better, but it wasn't. I get in the shower and start out by putting conditioner in my hair instead of shampoo, so I have to rinse it all out and start over. Then I get to work late and start my daily stuff just to print all of my paperwork to the wrong printer in another office.........AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
HHHH! Ok, so you would think that things would get better and maybe they did, but not much better. I get home that night and things went pretty good until I went to bed. I was all cozy and just getting warm when my stupid dog starts barking again, I have tried everything on the planet to try to train her not to bark at night, but she thinks she knows best and so she barked non-stop the entire night. Needless to say, I did not get any sleep again. I got to work the next day on time, but I got in trouble because I had apparently ignored a couple of customers by not e-mailing or contacting them about something that they got upset over.....OOPS : ) I think it is Friday by now, but I have probably lost track due the my lack of sleep. I finally got me some ear plugs and that seemed to help me sleep last night. So well will see what happens tonight, if I ever go to bed.

You Know You're From Utah When...

Green jell-o with carrots mixed in doesn't seem strange. You can pronounce Tooele. The U is not just a letter - Neither is the Y. You have actually eaten funeral potatoes. You've gotten both heat and frost burns off your car's door handle in the same month. You are not surprised to hear words like "Darn, Fetch, Flip", "Oh, My Heck" and "Shoot". Your tulips get snowed on three times after they come up and twice more after they bloom. Hunting season is a school holiday. The largest liquor store is the state government. You can go skiing and play golf on the same day. 30% humidity is muggy and almost unbearable. Somewhere in your family tree is a polygamist. You know the difference between a 'Steak House' and a 'Stake House'. The elevation exceeds the population You've broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you You can see the stars at night You have a bumper sticker that says "Families are Forever." You were an aunt or uncle before you were three. Your spouse's mother was pregnant at your wedding. You have more children than you can find biblical names for. Your family considers a trip to McDonald'd a night out.. Your first child was conceived on your honeymoon. You feel guilty when you watch Monday Night Football. Your kids believe the deer hunt is a national holiday. You drink Coke from a brown paper bag. You consider a temple recommend a credit reference. At least two of your salad bowls are at the homes of neighbors. You believe that you must be 18 or older to order coffee at a restaurant. You wonder why fire truck drivers honk when you drive 35 mph in the left lane on the freeway. There is a similarity between a ward basketball game and the L.A. riots. You think Jack Daniels is a country western singer. You negotiate prices at a garage sale. You can make Jell-O salad without the recipe. You've heard about BYU football in a testimony meeting. You have two gallons of ice cream in your freezer at all times. Your father-in-law thinks Ronald Reagan was a liberal. A member of your family wrote in Lavell Edwards for president in the last election. Cars in the slow lane are traveling the fastest; cars in the fast lane are traveling the slowest; cars in the middle lanes are always trying to exit. Sandals are the best-selling shoes. You have to ask for the uncensored version of "Titanic." Hotel rooms all have the Book of Mormon. You buy your wardrobe at the local grocery superstore. You learn about the Mormon Church by taking history in elementary school. You live in a state where Democrats always come in third place, unless a zoo animal is running. Then they come in fourth. You're on your own if you are turning left. Schools stay open, even if two feet of snow falls overnight, but close for the opening of hunting season. People wear shorts and T-shirts if the temperature rises above 32 degrees. There is a church on every corner, but they all teach the same thing. The most popular public transportation system is a ski lift. People drive to Idaho (or Arizona) to pick up a gallon of milk so they can play the lottery. In-state college football rivalries are bigger than the Super Bowl. Beer drinkers don't shop on Sunday. You don't have to breathe cigarette smoke until you walk outside a building. The cost of living rises while your salary drops. Every driveway has a minivan and a pickup truck. When you buy a new vehicle, cigarette lighters are optional equipment but gun and ski racks are standard. Every time a new family moves into your neighborhood, the local elementary school has to hire a new teacher. Your paycheck has an additional 10 percent deduction. "Temple recommends" is acceptable identification for cashing a check. More movies are filmed in your town than in Hollywood. You've never had a Mormon missionary knock on your door. Your neighbors complain about where they live, yet refuse to return to the state they moved from. You make a toast with red punch at your wedding reception. You have more raw wheat stored than some Third World countries. Your idea of a good time is playing Pictionary in the cultural hall. Your idea of a wild party is a six pack of Pepsi and a PG-13 movie. You and all your friends come to your mother for a haircut in her kitchen. You measure Kool-Aid by parts per million. You think "You're a 10 cow wife" is a compliment. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Utah.

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Yes it is true, there is a new addition to the Nessie Family. His name is Spool : )
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