Funny Story

Okay, my friends son was in a bike accident a couple of weeks ago. Among all the head trauma, they were also worried about pneumonia. The chest x-rays showed a dark spots on one of his lungs. They were treating him with antibiotics and were vacuuming out his lungs. Yesterday I guess, they were doing this same treatment, when Eric coughed and guess what came out......? BUBBLE GUM! He was chewing it when he crashed and exasperated it into his lung. How weird is that? I guess it really will stick to your ribs if you swallow it.

Mission Complete :)

I am done!!!! Yeah!!!! I don't think my laundry room has been this clean since we moved in??? But now it is done and I think the shelf will help out wonderfully with my laundry issues. The room isn't as I would have it, but the finer touches will have to wait. I want to put a curtain up to hide the shelf and dirty laundry, some cutier baskets for all the odds and ends that get thrown in there and I want some cute cleaning decorations or something to make it cute. I know that's weird, but if I have to spend time in there it might as well look nice.

Thanks for all the cheering and support, now just wish me luck to keep it up. Enjoy the pics.

Goal

DISCLAIMER

As you scroll down this post you will see two pictures of my laundry room. At the moment it is messy and I have a lot of laundry to do. If you can't scroll down and not judge me too harshly, then don't scroll down. If you can scroll and understand the goal that I am about to accomplish and cheer me on, scroll down all you want.

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Now here is my goal. In the second picture you see two very long boards. They will make up the shelf that will run at waste height along that wall so that I can fold laundry straight out of the dryer, instead of throwing laundry on the chair in the family room and leaving it there all week. But before the shelves get hung I need to finish all the laundry, clean the room and then I want to paint the room, trim and all, then paint the shelves and begin with the laundry cycle all over. I am hoping to get this done by Thursday night. I am going out of town Friday so I want it done before then. I will post pics as soon as it is done. Please cheer me on, I need all the help I can get with my laundry problem. (Those pictures are really pathetic. How embarrassing. But hey it is motivation to get the goal accomplished).

Happy Halloween!!!

It's finally come and gone (too fast I say). The kids had a great Halloween and have way too much candy. But I doubt it will all get eaten, we still have some from last year. Do you think I should throw it away? We first went to Dave's work and got the most candy from there. Cait then went with some of her cousins around Grandma's neighborhood. We only went to a few houses here in Tooele, then came home and put the very tired and worn out children to bed.

You should have seen Cora at Dave's trick-or-treat. She was grabbing handfuls, dumping it into her bucket then quickly moving on. At first she wouldn't leave the bowls, but then figured it out that there was more too come. Dawson, just wandered off. Scared me to death, but he didn't seem to care that he wasn't with mom and dad when Dave found him about out the front door. I guess there were plenty of camera's around we wouldn't have lost him for long.

So that was our Halloween. Now that it's over we can start thinking about CHRISTMAS!! Holy Crow.

I took this picture this morning of the kids in their tie-die pumpkin shirts.

L to R: Master Ninja, Bellezee Bug, and Dorthy.

Weekend In Review

What a weekend. We went to my mom and dad's this weekend for our annual Halloween Party. Well and branding cows too.
Friday was pretty uneventful except that I sewed my first zipper onto clothing. Yeah for me right. I also didn't sleep. Miss Belle was not comfortable at my moms and was screaming all night long. It was not the greatest night at my moms ever but not the worst. So needless to say Saturday I was very tired and had to go do bows at my moms Super Saturday, which lasted 6 hours and help set up for the Halloween party. The party was fun though, we had all sorts of games including, Pumpkin Golf and a cake walk. My sisters and I have all decided that this Halloween party was the best tradition ever started.
Sunday was great. I got my hair fixed and I slept better because Dave took Cora home Saturday night. Sunday night however, was not so great. We got a call from a friend (some of you may remember the Bettridges that lived in our ward) that their son was in an accident and was severely injured. He was life flighted to PCH from Cedar City in critical condition. So we stressed all night about him. And decided to go visit them this morning. It was great to see our friends, but in a really sad circumstance. Their son is doing better and looks to be returning some brain function. But it will be a long road to recovery.
The most exciting event of today was when after we took the opportunity to go on an afternoon date, a homeless man appeared out of nowhere demanding food. He didn't ask for cash just food, but was very insistent. Dave finally just shoved my left overs into his hand and told him to leave us alone. I was really scared and was grateful that my protector was there and I wasn't alone.
So all in all it was a pretty busy weekend. Stay tuned for pictures and please pray for our friends.

Oh My Gosh

I want this bad. I have always wanted to walk around in a big puffy dress and I suppose I could live through my daughter. Check it out Please.

Blessings

I was cleaning my very messy kitchen today (I mean no silverware left, kind of dirty), when I started thinking of all the things I am grateful for, so I thought I would share (since it is that time of year and all).
I'M THANKFUL FOR:
1. My practically perfect in every way, husband. What would I do without my Dave? I really don't know? I am the luckiest girl to have such a wonderful father to my children and the greatest eternal companion. What more can I ask for? Why am I crying?
2. My practically perfect in every way, children. Cait is pure as pure can be, Dawson is the funniest, handsomest boy around, and Miss Belle's search for adventure keeps me on my toes. I love them more than anything in the world. Here come the tears.
3. My practically stupid in every way, dog. My dream when I finally had a home of my own, was to get a dog. Little did I know she would be as stupid as Labbie. Okay she's not that bad, the first few years were that bad, but now I think the drugs have finally worn off and she is just fine and I think she might be just a little bit loyal? I like having a dog around when everyone else is gone, she keeps me company and eats Miss Belles leftovers.
4. David has a week off of school.! No more to be said
5. My newly cleaned kitchen. I have been canning like crazy and I am very grateful that I am finally down to only one set of dishes left to go into the dish washer.
6. Quiet moments, kind of like right now. The only sound in my house is the radio (turned down low) and the dishwasher. I love moments like this.
7. Life Long Friends. Not to leave anyone out, but there are three friends that I hope to have until I die. Holly, Jeanine and Stephanie. I really don't know if you could find better friends in this world. Look I'm crying again. Girlfriends I love you. I love my new friends too and I am grateful to have them living so close by that I can have a good friend fix whenever I need it.
8. Hair Bows. Okay I know that's weird, but I've never really had a hobby and I am grateful that I enjoy making hair bows so much.
9. For empty laundry baskets. What??? What empty laundry baskets? A girl can dream, right?
10. And at the moment, last but not least, blogging. I have always loved keeping a journal, but since my kids were born it happens less and less. So with blogging I can keep a journal and keep up with good friends. Thanks blogger.