The Luckiest Girl in the World

So the main men in my life just got some updates. Rick got some specs and Blaze got some new Sunday duds! They both look very handsome if I do say so myself! I wanted to get Blaze a suit jacket but they actually don't really sell them around here unless you go to a wedding store and even then they have to order them in and for the one store they take a couple weeks. So I decided to get the pants and the vest for now as it was much needed and I will go in and order the jacket from the wedding store. Man, there are sure some beautiful dresses in the store I went in to. Just gorgeous formal dresses. Makes me want to dress up all fancy...too bad they are pretty much all immodest.


Ricks glasses are bifocals...does that mean he's getting old? He was a really good sport for the photo shoot but Blaze was very unhappy about it on the other hand but managed to smile genuinely for a few good pics and you would never know by looking at them!



Oh, and the girl in the pic with Blaze?...she's just been called to be the first counsellor in the YW. And the handsome guy in the specs?...just been called to second counsellor in the YM. I don't know what they're thinking but...ha ha...actually I'm really looking forward to my calling. I think I've been in YW now for over a year. It's a great place to be actually. And now that I'm the Mia Maid advisor, I get to have a say in what they do for activities. And that's cool cuz now they'll be doing a bit of cooking/baking which will allow them to make yummy stuff like this...


This pie was made today when a friend of mine wanted me to teach her how to make pastry and specifically, pie! It is a fresh pear pie. She took it home to her family and also made a quiche and a batch of yumm cheese and bacon muffins. Everything looked AWESOME! Too good to eat almost! I would so love to open up a little cozy cafe or the like...anyone wanna come over and join me?

funny stuff

I just posted this new Mother's Day post and looked at it and for some funny reason, the laptop doesn't post things properly. It has put everything together with no return spaces in between the lines...Also, the pictures show up as a bunch of words and commands when they are on this post page but are ok on the actual blog. Does anybody know what's going on? As a result I'm unable to move any of the pics around after they are uploaded...hmmm???

Mother's Day is here again...yuck...

Ok, so I am a Mother's Day party pooper. I guess I take after my own mother on this one. I think it's just a silly day and usually in my case nothing special happens anyways. I mean, if I'm offered something unusual I'm not gonna turn it down though. Last year my kids and Rick made a lovely supper and this year I didn't have to cook anything at all because we are having leftovers. I have also been up on the deck reading The Work and The Glory for most of the afternoon too. This is probably the most relaxing Mother's Day ever for me though cuz the girls are gone and so not much to do. It's also fast Sunday today for our ward so I haven't even eaten anything. Actually I did sneak a couple pieces of chocolate but shhhh! Don't tell! Rick and Blaze gave me my very own set of tools in a little tool box! I was a bit dissapointed in the size of the box though...I mean, what do they think I am? A SISSY?? ha ha...no really though guys, I LOVE my new tools. And don't even think about stealing them Ricky! Plus my girls called me too...but I think that's the thing I don't like about this day is that everyone thinks they need to call their mom's and it's like we're all being FORCED to call our moms and granny's. And well, I don't like to be FORCED to do ANYTHING! Well, I personally don't need a special day to call my awesome mom and granny. I talk to them all the time. So whatever...I'm a party pooper. But I did get this email the other day at work and thought it was pretty cool so I'll post this poem by Maya Angelou who I think is Oprah's favorite author. Wouldn't bet my life on that though! Enjoy!

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....

Enough money within her control to move out
And rent a place of her own,
Even if she never wants to or needs to...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..

Something perfect to wear if the employer,
Or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...

A youth she's content to leave behind....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...

A past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
Retelling it in her old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .....

A set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....

One friend who always makes her laugh... And one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....

A good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..

Eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems,
And a recipe for a meal,
That will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....

A feeling of control over her destiny....

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

How to fall in love without losing herself..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW..

How to quit a job,
Break up with a lover,
And confront a friend without;
Ruining the friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

When to try harder... And WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW....

That she can't change the length of her calves,
The width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

That her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

What she would and wouldn't do for love or more.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
How to live alone... Even if she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW. ..

Whom she can trust,
Whom she can't,
And why she shouldn't take it personally...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

Where to go...
Be it to her best friend's kitchen table...
Or a charming inn in the woods...
When her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

What she can and can't accomplish in a day...
A month...and a year...

So sad too bad

Well, my girls have left to go to Canada this morning. It's so quiet here without them. I'm sad that they're gone but at the same time will enjoy a bit of a break for a while...like maybe a week...no more...

I've also come down with a cold with all the stress I've been under lately. Girls leaving, construction just to name a couple. I'm hungry. I made some chilli and should go eat some. But I just wanted to let everyone know that my girls are gone. :(

Summer?...or Winter?

Well, Summer has been here for about 3 weeks now. We've been having some good times since she arrived. Not over the moon fun but its been good to have her here. She wanted to dye her hair black (cookooo!) but in order to do so since it was blonde, she has to do it in 2 stages. First was the dark brown with a hint of red and then the black will follow in a week. I for one loved her blonde hair so was not super excited about wrecking it but even I have to admit that the brown actually looks pretty good. Hard to get a girl this gorgeous to look bad anyways! I'm always telling her shes so pretty but she doesn't believe me. Someday maybe...

Anyways, here are some before and afters. What do you think? I know the one pic is not very flattering but it really is a truer picture as to the colour. The other 2 after photos were taken in the sun so the hair looks lighter and more red.







I just realized that I didn't really tie in the winter part of the title. Well, what I was thinking was that Summer is more bright and blonde and Winter seems like more of a dark hair name...in my opinion.

Interesting and strange...but true!

Well, I don't know how I ended up on this girls blog...actually I DO know but my first instinct is to tell you I don't b/c I don't feel like typing it all out! Sometimes I am a very lazy typer. I love to talk and talk and talk but I don't always love to type. Don't get me wrong though, I do love typing and am quite good at it too but am not always in the mood. Actually I'm probably only in the mood about 50% of the time I actually need to type. Ok, I'm getting off topic here so there I was looking online for a recipe for one of our all time fave Mexi foods...California Burritos...especially if they come from Los Prrrrimos! Right DAN?! Anyways, my search led me to this chick's website who is from LA and she talked about her California Burrito experience at Roberto's on Garnet in PB...does anybody know where that is? Well, we do. We've eaten there! Anyhow, apparently California Burritos is a San Diegan invention and not a traditional Mexican dish. ANYWAYS...from there I found a link to this chicks friend Maria and for some reason was inspired to check out HER blog. Totally weird I know! I don't know what came over me. But anyways, her blog doesn't even have anything that exciting on it and she hasn't even written on it since August of last year! Lllllooser! But she did have something kind of cool and that was some sort of "find out what kind of sleeper you are test" So I took the test by clicking on this link and answered about 10 short and somewhat weird questions but in the end it revealed my sleeping pose which I think is exactly right! Oh my GOSH! Kind of weird but whatever...I'm desperate for something to blog. I was reading Jeni's blog today and she says she has a boring life. Yah...whatever Jeni...not so compared to mine! I mean, that's why I don't blog hardly at all! I got nothin to say or see that would be interesting. Unless you were to see a picture of me suntanning on my upper deck. But...well, that won't be happening will it Kelly? Wow, this is probably the most interesting post I've had in a while eh kel? ha ha...Well, if you would like to know what your sleep position is you can click on this link


www.evany.com/sleeptest/index.htm

Crazy Creatures

We had a ward camp on easter weekend and it was pretty good. Saw a couple of weird critters. The first one was called something that I can't remember and it was so weird to see something like it in real life. I mean, coming from southern alberta, you don't see much weirder than a 3 legged dog or the like! I'm always really amazed when I see new and interesting creatures that I know the Lord specifically created. The kids just told me it was called a Guana.The second thing I saw which was cool was this snake. I never saw much more than maybe a garder snake when I was growing up. Then in Cali saw a few rattlesnakes which I thought were totally cool but scary at the same time. I think every time I see a snake I think DANGER! even though most of them really aren't dangerous to humans at all. I was listening to Ellen the other day at the gym and she was talking about how Bob Irwin (Steve's little boy) got bit by a snake and Terri was just brushing it off saying no biggy and that Bindi got bit when she was only 18mos! Ha ha ha...she tied some sort of joke in to it and it was pretty funny. Most kids grow up playing with kittens and the like and then there are the Irwin's...playing with SNAKES and ALLIGATORS! ha ha too funny. I love Ellen! I think she's hilarious and I could care less that she is a gaybo...she's funny as. Click here to see a funny clip!

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/EllenMediaPlayer/?id=1

When we got back from camping we came home to this...

Disgusting!! Some poor little gecko had met up with fate and the ants were having a feast! He was like half eaten! Disgusto!