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I Will Survive!

2009-06-19T07:29:00.000-07:00

So, still no TV. At times I'm going a bit crazy, mostly because of this Rainy Rainy Rainy weather we've been having! My kids will not go out and play in it because they are afraid of the wind, I guess I exposed them to The Wizard Of Oz at too young an age. Anyway, I'm going a bit crazy trying to keep them entertained, but so far it's working and I only long for the TV about once a day, usually in the late afternoon when I've completely had it! I think we're all going a little stir crazy. On the good weather days we've been...

riding bikes,

feeding cows,

having fun with neighbor kids,

and helping to herd some local sheep,

We really love where we live!

ps. the amazing photographer is my husband, Ashley.

Video Killed the Radio Star

2009-06-06T08:52:00.000-07:00

I did it! I took the TV away! Well, actually a fairy came and took it away while my children were sleeping, somehow that makes it ok to them. Life has been GREAT since I did it. You should try it, really. I know it sounds crazy, but it is a really good thing. I thought it would bee really hard for me the first few days, not having something to turn on when the kids were driving me CRAZY (ie. Cinderella, Annie and Mary Poppins), but they haven't been driving me crazy at all! They have been well behaved, nicer to each other and to me, more interested in making things, playing outside more... it is amazing. It's like I have 2 new kids. I know it sounds scary, but just try it! Even for a couple of days, it just might change your life, or your kids..

Oh Lisa...

2009-05-08T08:22:00.001-07:00

Remember this? Great song, lame video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffLg_3O1KyA&feature=related

Oh, April.

2009-04-14T19:25:00.000-07:00

I have a love/hate relationship with Spring in Utah.
I love the crocuses, the buds on the trees, the birds coming back, sun kissed noses and cheeks, bare feet, and playing outside again.

But April... You do tease me so. One day is sunny and hot, the next is freezing and snowing.

Oh! And the MUD!

We are doing our best to make it through, but the going is slow, and the warm days pass so much quicker than the cold. We will savor the sun when it is here, and hide inside when it is not, until May arrives (or maybe June), when we can pack away the coats and gloves.
We will make it!

Our house, is a very very very fine house

2009-03-14T08:12:00.000-07:00

After 16 months of working our fingers to the bone, we're selling...

We've decided to simplify and downsize, and not have a mortgage! Any takers?

2009-01-14T07:39:00.000-08:00

Sunshine on my shoulders

The sun is shining again! We still have a foot of snow outside our front door, but the sun is shining! It's really amazing the feelings that sunshine can evoke. When you get a chance today, find some sunshine and soak it in. It feels so good.

And then check out this amazing inspiration:

http://thelongthread.com/?p=2021

2009-01-12T06:36:00.000-08:00

Baking Winter Away

Is that possible? If it is, I will do it! I can't help myself.

When it's cold outside, I just want to bake!

Looks like I'm passing this trait on to my little Ava.

2008-11-06T06:37:00.000-08:00

Well, well, well. I guess word travels fast in the world of bloggers. I don't think I told any friends about our blog yet, but you all found me! I was feeling a little self conscience about my writing skills, since everyone else seems to be seasoned, so I was working up to telling everyone that I had jumped on the wagon... but the cats out of the bag now, so read up.

2008-11-04T18:44:00.000-08:00

Winter is finally here. I'm feeling the need to knit and bake bread. I love this time of year. It's just a few short weeks that I actually like the snow, then the next 4 months I'm longing for Spring and cursing the cold!

2008-10-30T05:53:00.000-07:00

I have the nicest husband ever! Yesterday morning, right before he went to work, I asked him if he could help me move this giant armoire upstairs. You must know that I ask him to help me move furniture about every other day because I'm always changing things around, and he always drops everything to help me (mostly, I think, because he knows I'll try to do it myself, even if it means trying to move our couch up the stairs). Anyway, it became a serious game of tetris that took an hour and a half because it just wouldn't fit around the corners on the stairs. At one point I actually said, maybe we'll have to take this wall out to get it up here," and Ashley replied, "let's try a few more things first". I know that he really would take the wall down if that's what it took, just because his crazy wife wants an armoire in her room, that probably wasn't meant to be there in the first place, because it doesn't fit! We did finally get it up there after getting it stuck, taking the doors off, and lifting it over the railing a few times... Thankyou Ashley! I love you!!!

2008-10-29T05:17:00.000-07:00

It's early. Maybe not so early as dark. The house is so quiet, a rare thing, and I'm feeling peace. It's not often that I have time to myself, and I'm loving the solitude. I'm afraid to turn on the light, start breakfast, or do anything that might awaken a small child. So, I'm blogging because it's quiet and requires no light other than the glow of the screen.

Life is really good now. My kids are bringing me much, much joy these days. What will we do today? Draw more pictures of "Monsters" (stick figures with some sort of scribbles on their bodies), go outside and stomp in piles of leaves that they beg me to rake into piles over and over so they can jump in them, throw them, kick them and bury themselves (and me) in them, or play endless games of, "Mommy, count to three" which is basically 'hide and go seek' except I count to ten, (yes, I do count to ten even though they still say three and we've gone over it a million times, they just like three) while I watch them hide in the same spot everytime, and then pretend I don't know where they are until they decide they're ready to jump out and say, "BOO".

Which adventure will we choose? We won't decide just yet. We'll wait for the day to take us there.

I hear the first kiddie steps of the day...

2008-09-30T07:18:00.000-07:00

So, the blogging has begun... what do I do now?