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Fall or Halloween??

To say that I am excited about Halloween would be ummmm………………a lie!! I may be completely unlike the rest of the country, but I like to be my own person. I am not a big admirer of Halloween! I don’t enjoy dressing up, I don’t enjoy the scary-scary of it all, I don’t enjoy haunted houses, & I don’t enjoy the screaming and jumping! I do like the corn mazes at the beginning, but then when I get stuck in the wretched thing, I come to the realization that I don’t like them either! The only thing that I like is the candy! Especially these delightful treats…These are not just regular Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! They are, as Dora would say; yum, yum, yum, delicioso!! I can’t tell you how much I enjoy these delightfully amazing treats! I’m pretty sure that I could eat them all the time. They also have trees at Christmas that they come out with! I would highly encourage everyone to try them at least once.
Now you know why my blog isn’t halloweeny or spooky or scary. I’d rather just celebrate fall and do away with Halloween. Sorry for all you Halloween lovers!

Crazy Talk!!

Where has the time gone? It seems like I just barely updated. I guess it doesn’t matter because nobody reads these anyway. It’s more just for me so I can look back at all the fun times we had. Last weekend we made an impromptu trip to Boise with some of our friends to watch their son play football. They had a game against Aberdeen and so they played at a meeting point. We left Friday night at about 7 and made the 4 hour drive. With the time change, we ended up getting there at about midnight. We stayed at a really nice hotel for a really good price. They had the softest beds! I slept like a baby! We got up Saturday morning and went to breakfast and then the game. It started at 1:30 and it was a beautiful day. The sun was out, the wind wasn’t blowing…beautiful! After the game we made to make a not-so-quick stop at Cabela’s. We all wandered around in there for a while and then I had the genius idea to get stuff to make jerky. We went into Cabela’s looking only for a hitch for the back of the truck and came out with a meat grinder and a jerky maker!! I’m excited though. If only Justin would shoot something =) We then went and ate at Goodwood!! It was delicious. We were stuffed all the way home!

I’m excited to say that I’m getting a horse of my very own!! The lady that Justin has been breaking horses for has an old mare that is going to waste in their field. She said that she didn’t want to give her to somebody who wasn’t going to use her, and so she asked if we wanted her! FREE!?!?! Of course we want her! She’s 20 years old and on her way out the back door, but I bet I will have some fun on her. Justin said that she is bred really well. A horse is a horse to me. I don’t really care how they are bred. As long as they have 4 legs and don’t buck me off, I’m good to go!

A to Z--All About Me

A to Z - All About Me

A: Addiction: Pepsi

B: Breakfast: Swedish Pancakes

C: Chocolate or Chips: Chips

D: Dessert or Appetizers: Appetizers-I'm always too full by the time dessert rolls around!

E: Essential Items: Cell Phone, Chap stick, Sunglasses

F: Favorite Color: Lime Green

G: Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Gummy Worms-Bears make my teeth hurt

H: Hometown: Downey

I: Indulgence: Salt & Vinegar Chips

J: January or July: January-Who doesn't like hot chocolate and curling up in a blanket?!

K: Kids: None!

L: Life isn't complete without: Family-They are our biggest support

M: Most exciting memory: Getting engaged. Even though Justin had the ugly sweater on!

N: Number of Brothers and Sisters: 3 sisters

O: Oranges or Apples: Oranges, although I hate peeling them

P: Phobias or Fears: Fear is drowning

Q: Quote: "He who laughs last, thinks slowest!"

R: Reading: Love it, especially with a really good book!!

S: Summer or Spring: Spring, love the flowers, love the colors, LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!

T: Toughest Day: So far, moving to Nezperce and telling my family good-bye!

U: Unknown Fact About Me: Everybody already knows everything

V: Vacation I want to go on: Any type of cruise

W: Walking or Running: Walking0-Never enjoyed running, probably never will

X: X-Ray or Ultrasound: Depends on what they're looking for. Never had a "good" ultrasound, say for a baby!

Y: Your favorite food: Pretty much anything Italian

Z: Zoo or Bowling: Not a big bowling fan. Would rather spend the money to see the animals!

Us in a Chestnut!

This past week has been crazy busy for both Justin and I. Alvin, Wes, Mindy, Emily, Katie, and Trevor are all coming up tomorrow and staying for a few days. It would be nice to say that they are coming to see us, but they are really just coming to go hunting! Anyway, when you hardly ever get visitors, it takes a lot of planning. I'm not use to cooking for this many people, let alone, where are they all going to sleep?? Last week I made Justin help me plan a menu so I could go grocery shopping. Here is how the week played out:

SATURDAY: Justin let me splurge and I got to go to the new GINORMOUS Wal-Mart in Clarkston for groceries. I was there for almost 2 hours just taking it all in and, of course, spending lots of money.

SUNDAY: We had a HUGE wind storm that lasted all day. We had so much that we were going to get done during conference sessions, but we couldn't do any of it. Anyway, we have an extremely large chestnut tree right next to the house. It is so pretty and in the spring when it was blossoming, it was the prettiest thing ever. Then the bad stuff happens, the blossoms turn into these baseball sized bright green poky balls! They have spikes on them that hurt super bad. In the fall, the balls fall off the tree, rot, and out comes a chestnut. Needless to say, thanks to the windstorm, there were hundreds of them all over the lawn!

MONDAY: Get home from work and rake up the chestnuts so that I can mow the lawn. I wanted to get one more good mow in, even though the yard looks like a field. I wanted to cut down the weeds, pick up all the pine cones, etc. So I spent 1 hour raking up chestnuts into 6 heaping piles!

TUESDAY: Get home from work and have Justin fix the lawn mower so it will suck up the clippings into the bags. In the meantime, I got the privilege of scooping up all the chestnuts into a bucket and dumping them in the field. Finally got the lawn mower going and mowed a little piece of grass (dirt)

WEDNESDAY: Got home and it looked like it was going to rain! NO!!! I have to mow the lawn! I wasn't going to let it get me down and so I started anyway. It ended up not raining. I didn't think that grass was that long, but I had to empty the bags a lot! That's right, there are 2 bags on the lawn mower and I emptied them probably 7-8 times. I was mowing until 7 and it's dark then. Justin so graciously turn all the outside lights on so I could see. He's so thoughtful.

THURSDAY: Going to Kamiah to get more groceries. The last minute things like fresh meat and more milk. I also had to get the oil changed in my car. I'm only 500 miles over!! That's good for me!

FRIDAY: I get to stay home and clean because those guys are leaving at 3:30 in the morning and so they will be here at a fairly reasonable hour! I'm excited and just hope all goes well and that they all get animals!

P.S. I'm starting to think that nobody reads my blog because I never have any comments any more!! :(

COMBINE DEMOLITION DERBY!

This past week was the Lewis County Fair. It's a pretty big deal. They don't do too much with the animals, but they do have the Combine Demolition Derby and the Lawn Mower Races! Let me tell you, they are the funniest things! I do have to say that I felt a little red-neck sitting there and watching them. All of the events were on Sunday and lasted about 4 hours. I'm pretty sure that the population of Nezperce at least tripled! There were people everywhere. Justin was in charge of the camera and got some awesome pictures....There is a lot of pictures because I had to show all the damage and good stuff.

Yes, his back rims are off the ground!!

Does anybody know how hard it is to get a combine wheel to come off??

Getting ready for the final heat!

Look really closely at the header and you will see that there are chains holding it up!