World in a minute.

Get it? Like the news updates. I just realized how lame it is that I haven't posted ANYTHING in forever. Not that there hasn't been a lot going on. Time just got away from me. So to make up for it here's a year in a minute update.

OK so it's not really world in a minute. It's really just a couple photos. But better than nothing right! RIGHT!

Hmm, I can do better than this. I'll take some good pics this weekend.

Oh and our chickens! You have not lived til you've seen our chickens? Oh my are they adorable. And their finally earning their keep by laying eggs too!

Mayzee likes to hold them.

I don't think the chickens like it as much as she does.

Stay tuned for the weather.

Testing your skills!

Ok time for a guessing game. Can anyone tell where we've been for the last week?

Any guesses at all????

Come on you can do it! Don't give up!

Did you guess? 

Sad Sad day...

We had to let my dear old Friend Loki , My 15 year old Black Lab, go today. His back legs had been getting weak for a while but the last few days it accelerated quickly for some reason and he could hardly walk. Although I know it was the right thing to do I also know my heart will never fully heal.

We will always love you Loki and our lives are smaller without you in this world. We'll miss you. Love you baby.

Mama

Wooo Wooo high fivin' is cool!

Just wanted to drop a quick hello to all my peeps out there and let you know we're alive and well! SOOOO excited about spring and can we all high five for daylight savings time! Woo wooo

Feeling good about this new year. Feeling strong and healthy and like my head is screwed on right for a change! :)

Hope you are all doing good too!

In fact I would love it if you would tell me about your fun plans for the year! Any trips planned? Any big events or milestones your looking forward too? Events you get to attend that you can actually get dressed up for? All the above? Let me hear ALL about it!

At LAST

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been a while since I've posted anything. It's been a crazy month! Came back to work and half my coworkers were no longer with the company which makes for a busier workday for those of us left. Don't get me wrong I'm glad and know I'm blessed to be one of the people nowadays that still has a job but just sayin...it's busy!

So I FINALLY got down and dirty last night and organized and cutified Mayzee's room. It had started to become the catch all for everything she ever looked at and said ohh that's cute! So as an adult in the situaion I needed to step in and get things under control before one day she couldn't find her way out of that mess! So just thought I'd share a couple pics of the end result. I think it turned out great for the only expense being the new girly curtains :)

Mayzee hasn't seen it yet since she's been over with Kolleen this week so it is a surprise! I'll let you know her reaction. Maybe I'll capture it on video and post it next time.

As a side note the bed and I believe dresser with the TV on it were Mike's mothers, then Mikes and now Mayzees. How great is that!

Crap end to a very strange year!

Hello all. Don't you just love my title! It pretty much sums it up right. Ok maybe it's just my personal perspective right now but I betchya 20 bucks I could find another person in less than 5 minutes who agrees with me on this one. It sure as hell isn't hard to find that person around my office right now as it seems everyday I come in another office is unexpectedly empty. Just poof one day they are no longer there to say my polite "how are you" too or the wonderful "how's it goin?" even though you don't really expect a response.

Where ever these disappearing coworkers land I hope that they find happiness and fulfilment in these trying times. I sincerely do wish this for them.

So on another downer note we lost the baby or I miscarried..pick which one you'd like because to me neither of them are terms that make the least bit of sense. I did not "Mis-Carry" anything..makes it sound like I fumbled the ball half way through an important play right! I also did not "lose" the baby..It's not like I misplaced it or was distracted and someone walked off with it when i wasn't looking. So I will tell you what we told Mayzee which is that the baby wasn't ready yet and it didn't feel well so it decided to leave mommies tummy for now. Until it IS ready and does feel well. She of course immediatley asked me when that will be. To which I could only smile and fight back the tears while I held her on my lap and said "Well sweetie that's the fun part it's a SURPRISE! We don't know WHEN he's going to come back but when he does you'll be the first to know and we'll have a BIG party!" She thought about it for a second and then looked straight at me and said "Are you sad mommy?" and I thought my heart would break in two right then and there. I thought about it before answering and said "ya know what, I am kind of sad but it's ok to be sad". She seemed to agree with that, gave me a big hug and hasn't much mentioned it since. What a great person she is growing up to be. I think she teaches Mike and I much more than we will ever teach her.

Our trip to Vegas was a bust. Mike got violently sick within 5 hours of arriving so we spent most the trip in the hotel room watching old Rocky movies on AMC! Thank god we had splurged on a super nice hotel so it was a pretty pleasant place to be stuck. Big flat screen TV, Jetted tub, cool art work, full kitchenette stocked with all new kitchen ware and cooking supplies all wrapped up in fancy mood lighting. Mood lighting to puke by anyone? :)

Poor Miss Mayzee got pink eye in both eyes the night before we were heading out for our "romantic" getaway. She was with her mommy Kolleen who took good care of her and by the time we got home you wouldn't even know she had it.

So all that being said I am very excited and HOPEFUL in SO many ways for what 2009 has to offer. With our new President being sworn in in just days now and Mike and I lucky enough to still be employeed we have some large goals for ourselves to become debt free in the next year which will free us up to do some of the exotic traveling we are always talking about. Berma, Thailand and Brazil anyone?

My hope and one wish for you all in this new year is that you find YOUR version of peace and to then spread it like an infectious disease!

Day of Thanks

I read a friends blog today and it compelled me to share a little note on this special day set aside for thankfulness.

Our friend Lindsay lost her dear grandfather yesterday as they were all just arriving at his home in Colorado for the Holiday Celebration. I don't know all the details as far as his recent health and age but I do know that reading her blog I was in tears with my heart aching for them. I think I was especially touched because I have a grandfather of my own who is ailing in health and also in Colorado. Their story hit quite close to home.

After I wrote Lindsay a note telling her our thoughts were with her family at this time and got myself pulled together I started thinking of my own family and just how wonderful and precious each of them are. To my Parents Gary and Joanne who raised me with such love and tenderness and to always see the beauty in the world I am thankful.

To my brothers and sisters Brett, Greta, Trina, Garet and David who have been my life companions on this crazy journey. You are not only my family but my friends. I respect and admire each of you and who you have become in your lives. The way you parent your children is something to be in awe of, especially now that I face parenthood in a new light for the first time myself. And last but for sure not least you keep me laughing even when times are hard. For you I am thankful.

And last but never least my dear husband and daughter Mike and Mayzee. The lights of my eye, the air in my lungs, the sun in the sky after a long cold night. I love you both so much. Mike came along at a time in my life that I was really starting to wonder if the person for me was really even out there. And suddenly when I least expected it there he was standing in front of me...with a crazy little red head in tow! For them I am forever thankful!

There is much much more that I have to be thankful for but today I wanted to make sure that not one of my family members close their eyes tonight without knowing what is in my heart. We aren't guaranteed anything in this life and sometimes, as Lindsay just discovered, tomorrow never comes so say today what you would have put off and live each day as it could be your last here on earth because one day it will be.

I love you all! Happy Thanksgiving 2008!