21 years

December 18th was the 21 year anniversary of when dh asked me to be his girlfriend. TWENTY ONE years ago. Twenty one years. I can't believe we've been together 21 years, over half our lives. Wow. In case you missed it...TWENTY ONE YEARS!!!

Almost 17 years of marriage, two kids later and I still love the big oaf.

I do have to confess though when he asked me to go with him, I really didn't know what to say. We had flirted seriously in class (we were still in high school) but I didn't know if I liked him enough to "go" with him, kwim? I told him I'd have to think about it! LOL My best friend told me to just go out with him.....I could always break up with him later. I guess I still haven't gotten around to breaking up with him! I was always a procrastinator. ;)

I got nothin'

Nothing to say. Nothing going on here except Christmas preparations.

I guess I do have the newest Harry Potter book to look forward to, I finally got it from my nephew so I can read it. And NO I have no idea how it ends so DON'T TELL ME! LOL

Dh got a smaller Christmas bonus today. Small in the grand scheme of things, bigger than he usually gets. Beats the hell out of the turkey he used to get!!!

Off to wrap brothers present before he finds it. It's in a bag one foot from where he's standing! EEK

Friday Photo

My kids riding a giant bronze lizard at the zoo a few summers ago.

One day down

I managed to not go to the store on my lunch break yesterday. Ok, that's not technically true.....I did go but I was returning a pair of jeans I had bought for sister.

She has two pair of jeans that are way too big for her, falling down her butt big. So I go and buy her a pair that are a 1/2 size smaller. Makes sense right? WRONG. She can't even get the past her thighs. What the heck???!! So those are the ones I was returning yesterday.

So today I am trying to resist going. I CANNOT spend any money. Can.not.spend. I want/need to take my camera card in and get some pictures printed off. But I will resist. I can do this.

Anybody want to volunteer to come take over my check book for me. Tell me when and what I can shop for?

Thursday Thirteen #2

Thirteen Things about Why I love living where I do



Thirteen things I love about living where I live (not necessarily in order of love)

1. Wide open spaces. The land is divided in to 1 square mile sections, on the section we live on there are 3 houses.

2. Farm land. I love to watch the crops grow and to know that my dad is helping feed the world.

3. Clear skies. You can go out side at night and look up and see what seems like millions of stars!

4. Going outside at night hearing the coyotes howl. I love to hear them, such a lonely sound.

5. My family. Most of my immediate family lives close and I love it that way.

6. Small schools. My dd's school has 88 kids pre-K thru 8th grade.

7. Typical small town "everyone knows everyone".

8. Wildlife. It's not unusual to see a deer or pheasants or rabbits on my way to work. If you're really lucky you might get to see a jackrabbit.

9. Fairly low cost of living. Unfortuantley it also means lower wages, but that's ok.

10. Days with no wind. Which are few and far between here but when it's a nice day temperature wise with no wind it's the next best thing to heaven to me.

11. No traffic. No traffic jams here unless someones cows get out!

12. Sunsets. The sunsets here are awesome! Must have something to do with that wide open spaces thing I mentioned in #1 above.

13. My church. It's a very small church in a very small community. I love it, it feels like we are all family. It was founded in 1897 and I hope it's around for another 110 years so my kids and grandkids can love it like I do.


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Bragging on my girl

We recently got M's report card from school. She's in the 4th grade this year!!!! Anyway, she got a B in math and the rest of her grades were A's. Her math teacher said she has an attention problem in math which I totally believe because she hates math. So we had a talk with her and told her she really needs to start paying more attention since math is such a vital part of life.

Her teacher recently told her with her good grades she's been getting lately in math she is almost up to an A!!!!!! I'm so proud of my girlie girl!

Friday Photo

I haven't done this in a while.

This is a view out of my car on my way home a few months ago. We had been getting a huge amount of rain this spring/summer. I think we are 20 inches over our normal amount of rainfall for the year so far.