tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53124151762941350492024-03-12T16:35:36.856-06:00Life. Love. Outdoors.Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-57362034435879370312013-09-08T16:06:00.001-06:002013-09-08T16:06:33.833-06:00Spring/Summer 2013 Update!!So....although I would love to say that we have been so busy and therefore I have not been able to post on my blog for a really long time, tis not the case. I have just been lazy!! This is the first time in our entire marriage where we weren't working on things (remodeling our house, moving, etc;). This means that from January 2013 on, we have been really enjoying our house and getting to know each other better :) Its been awesome!! I cannot imagine life without my husband. He is my everything. LOVE YOU Jeremy!<br />
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Right off the bat, we started rearranging furniture and cleaning up the house after finishing our remodel.</div>
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For Jeremy's 30th Birthday, I took him snowshoeing and to Café Rio!</div>
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It was beautiful!</div>
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Trent took his kids fishing up here near us and its was COLD! Vern complained the whole time :) I love that man!</div>
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Jeremy started a new job and was able to buy some new toys! We have 2, 3 person kayaks and 2, 250 gallon water tanks. </div>
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Because of our awesome tax return (Thank you our equally awesome tax accountant!), we were able to remove the monstrosity of a tree that was ruining the foundation of our house.</div>
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With the massive tree gone, we then turned our focus to the 3 ton head gate for the irrigation line that runs along the front of our property. The head gate is a junction where we can open one side and irrigate our garden (we also have one in our yard) or close it and it goes down the line. This particular head gate was about 10 feet to far over. When we put in our driveway, it would have been right in the way. So...like we tend to do things, we basically dug it out and moved it to the correct position! The entire family showed up to help! We love all the support we receive from them. </div>
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Not so helpful but way cute :) !!</div>
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After getting all the big stuff out of the way, it was time to prep and plant our garden for the year. </div>
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Apricot Tree in full bloom - the weather turned bad soon after and it froze all our blossoms :(</div>
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And then we planted!</div>
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But because no good garden is complete without a GIGANTIC greenhouse, we had to acquire one.</div>
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This is fully assembled on our property. It took months to get it put up, because we had to take out another gigantic tree (the one that caused our truck to catch on fire two years ago) and level the ground. Jeremy is so excited that it is finally up though!</div>
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Back to our timeline - My cousin got married in May. It was a gorgeous wedding! And she was an absolutely beautiful bride!</div>
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On the same day as my cousin's wedding, almost all of my family participated in the Ogden Half/Full Marathon. The best part was receiving these mustaches from the expo the day before!! Jeremy and I totally matched :)</div>
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After all this work, me, my mom, and my sister, totally decided to take a Girl's Night Out! My sister and I took my mom on the town!</div>
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It was a blast!</div>
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In July, my little brother went to the temple and left to serve his mission in the Czech Republic/Slovak. He is loving it so far!</div>
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Random - Jeremy got a jerky craze. It turned out really good.</div>
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At the end of July and the beginning of August, we spent a few weeks helping my in laws remodel their bathroom (here) and my brother in law remodel his house (in Wyoming). It was fun and exhausting! I forgot how much work it was to remodel stuff!!</div>
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Now this was funny! ..... At the gas station in Big Piney, there is a bathroom that is combined genders. I thought it was just the toilet (how most gas station bathrooms are), but no, there were stalls! So I went in and hurried into one stall. When I came out of the stall, my brother-in-law came walking in the bathroom door. He stopped, looked at me and didn't know what to think. I started laughing. He doubled checked the door and then said he would wait outside. Ha ha ha, he was turning so red! At least we are family or else that would have been awkward! </div>
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We started working on our garden and it is flourishing! This picture is a little old. The plants are now really tall and producing a good amount of food. Canning is a long process!</div>
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Random - My dad left us in the drive through at Dairy Queen to hurry in and double check our order. Luckily, they take forever to move the cars!</div>
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Towards the end of the summer, our family gathered to participate in the Horse Parade and July Rodeo. We opted to just watch the parade and it was fun! I have to say, that I look pretty darn good as well :)</div>
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Because school was starting, it was time to go SHOPPING! This is my once a year shopping trip. I totally made the best purchases ever this year. I shopped the clearance racks and had gift cards to boot! It was amazing!! I bought both me and Jeremy new clothes. Very successful!</div>
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While we were shopping, I noticed a crib I love at Costco (NO - I am not pregnant). My sister had to photo bomb my shot. Ugh!</div>
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Summer quickly came to an end. I am now back at school and I love it. My classes this year are amazing and my coworkers are so fun to be around. We were too lazy to walk back to our cars, so we caught a ride down to the parking lot. </div>
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A week or so after school started, I got home and Jeremy had put my bar up in my kitchen. It has changed my life! Just having that extra space has really changed the flow of my kitchen. I love it. Eventually we will have enough money to put in real countertops :)</div>
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Well, that is about it for our updates. Jeremy started school again this semester and is having so much fun in his classes. He can't wait to finish and start his career. I am so happy for him!! </div>
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We love our whole house. For the past two years we have been living in a construction zone. Ever since finishing most of the work last week, we have realized how much work we really did put in. We have also realized how nice it is to RELAX! Our favorite room is our family room in the basement. Jeremy put together his surround sound system and it is AWESOME! Instead of living in a warehouse type building, we actually have a home! We absolutely love all the work we have done and how it turned out.</div>
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Ok ok ok ok....I know I haven't been great at goals in the past and I know that my resolutions two years ago didn't work, BUT this year it will be different!</div>
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A couple things have changed in our life recently to put things in more perspective for us and our future. Because of these new events, we have realized that we need to make some changes.</div>
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<li>LOSE 30 POUNDS - I know this is the biggest goal everybody always makes each year, BUT like I said, this year will be different for me. I have some future goals in mind, but I need to do this one first. I actually plan on losing 70 pounds, but right now I am just planning on 30 to make it through the next 6 months. My doctor and I have talked and we have decided that I need to be exercising 4-5 times a week for an hour each time. To reach that weekly goal, I will begin with walking then work up to running. My parents so graciously :) signed me up for the Ogden Half Marathon in May so that will be what I am working towards. I will totally blog about this gigantic goal.</li>
<li>EAT BETTER - Along with losing weight, my doctor also discussed that fact that I need to change how I eat. My goal for 2013 is to change my serving size portions and to focus on less of the bad stuff and more of the good stuff. We are changing to all wheat bread and pasta, fruits and vegetables 5 times a day, meat sparingly, and hot breakfast instead of processed cereals. We are also eating less dairy (milk and cheese), more chicken, and one sweet treat a day. These changes will be huge to our lifestyle and I'm hoping we can do it especially on a low budget.</li>
<li>STRESS LESS - I am the Queen of stressing, just ask Jeremy. I stress about everything. I constantly think about all of our problems and I wallow in despair. This attitude is bringing our relationship down and my morale down. This year I am going to try to stress less. I am going to put more faith and trust in the Lord and believe that everything is going to be ok. I have seen this in the last several months, but I need to remember it more. </li>
<li>GO ON ONE CAMPING VACATION THIS SUMMER - While growing up, my family always went on a few family vacations a year. We traveled all over the west coast. I have very fond memories of these times. This summer, Jeremy and I would love to go on a camping vacation. It could be anywhere, but my top places would be Arches National Park, Zion National Park, The Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, or Mount Rushmore. Jeremy hasn't been to any of these places (except Yellowstone once as a kid), and we would love to go!</li>
<li>ORGANIZE MY HOUSE - Oh my goodness! We have been living in our home for 2 years. For the entire 2 years, we have been under construction. We have finally reached a spot where we are almost done in our basement (we still have a few things to do all over, but we will do those as we can). As soon as its painted, mouldings are up, and the carpet is laid, we will begin to unpack the boxes in the back bedroom and attic that we haven't seen in almost 3 years. When we start to unpack, I want to organize everything and CLEAN everywhere. I want to be able to use my house! We will also organize the garage, barn, and shed. This summer we will be cleaning up the yard and out buildings. I AM SO EXCITED!</li>
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My five goals for 2013 are huge. I am so excited for this year. I know that good things are in store and I can't wait to work through my goals. I can't wait to feel better about life and myself. </div>
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Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-22684099824658933712012-12-31T14:40:00.001-07:002012-12-31T14:40:05.161-07:00End of 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
It has been quite the year for us! 2012 definitely was full of lots of ups and downs. </div>
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We planted our own garden and it was huge!! It took up over 1/2 an acre. We were able to preserve hundreds of quarts of food and stocked our freezer full. Especially now that times are getting difficult, it is awesome to have food when we need it. Basically it has cut our grocery budget to almost nothing!!</div>
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We have been working non stop on our house. The basement is almost complete. As of today, we have all the first coats of mud done and sanded for the second coat of mud. Soon we will be priming and painting. We can't wait to have space to unpack things we haven't seen in over 3 years. We also can't wait to set up Jeremy's business stuff again. He is anxious to start using his laser engraver and vinyl machines again.</div>
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I went from part-time to full-time at my job. I teach six full classes of World Civilization, AP Government, Honors Government, and Regular Government. I also got my own classroom and it is fantastic. I have spent time getting it all set up, organized, and decorated. I have grown to love my department and have made more friends with coworkers around the school.</div>
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Due to an accident in the summer, Jeremy quit his job and started at school Full-Time. He did so well this semester and recieved a 3.85 GPA! He worked so hard. He is excited to keep at it and graduate in the years to come.</div>
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We enjoyed our first vacation since our honeymoon! We went to Park City for a night and rode the Alpine Slide and Extreme Zipline at the Olympic Park. It was a blast!</div>
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Jeremy was released from Young Men's and called to Primary with me. We taught the 5 year olds and have had such a fun time. Starting in 2013 we are moved to the 4 year olds. This will be an adventure!</div>
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We have thoroughly enjoyed all of our family time we have had this year. We were able to welcome new members of the family and celebrate lots of birthdays, anniversaries, and special events. We had one family member come home from a mission and another member get a mission call. We also said goodbye to Grandma Lowe after 92 full years in November. We love and miss her so much.</div>
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Although we had such a great year, we cannot wait for what 2013 will bring us. We have been so blessed by Heavenly Father in our time of need and trials, we can't imagine what to expect.</div>
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Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-3635547447318579132012-11-25T21:56:00.001-07:002012-11-25T21:56:04.173-07:00Thanksgiving 2012We had such a great week! <br />
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After the viewing and funeral on Monday and Tuesday, we relaxed a bit on wednesday. I was still pretty sick, so I slept most of the day. It was heavenly. <br />
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On Thanksgiving, we got up and I was feeling much better. Still sort of stuffed up, but no longer with the flu symptoms. We visited Vern and Vickie for a bit, then headed over to my parents. Paul and Susan, Adam and Nichole, Brian, Steffanie, Brian and Alyssa and Royce, and all of my family were there. It was fun! Congratulations to Adam and Nichole for their little one coming in February. I can't wait! We had fantastic food and played lots of fun games. The family time was so enjoyable.<br />
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By Saturday, I was no longer sick and we headed to Thanksgiving dinner at Vern and Vickie's. Everyone was able to show up and it was so fun to relax after the last two weeks. Due to the way Vickie had arranged the living room, everyone was able to eat and converse together. It was fun afterwards to sit and chat and enjoy each other's company; and I have such cute nieces and nephews! <br />
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We definitely gained a few pounds after all the good food from the week, but it was so worth it!<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving!<br />
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Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-87176637729482236242012-11-21T10:48:00.003-07:002012-11-21T10:48:54.150-07:00Grandma LoweWell....its been a rough couple of days. On wednesday afternoon, we recieved a call from Jeremy's mom that Grandma Lowe wasn't doing so well and we better go to the hospital and visit her. She had pneumonia and her lungs were filling up with fluid. We traveled up there and realized there wasn't much time. Everybody in the family came by to say goodbye. At one time, it seemed that there were 50+ people there. As the night wore on, people came and left. Jeremy decided he wanted to stay the night, I packed up around 12:30 in the morning and headed home. Our dogs were there and they hadn't eaten or been outside in hours. <br />
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In the morning, I called Jeremy for an update. Grandma had made it through the night and nothing in her condition had changed in a while. I left for the hospital. When I arrived, everybody was crying. Grandma had died about 15 minutes before I arrived. Jeremy says she quickly went downhill after my phone call. She was only getting about 70% oxygen and her body couldn't handle it anymore. With her family surrounding her, she passed on to the next life.<br />
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We loved her so much. She was a great lady and had lived a long full life. We will miss her.<br />
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We had the viewing at the mortuary on Monday Evening and the Funeral on Tuesday. She was buried in Logan next to her husband. <br />
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Throughout this whole experience and in the last several days, I have had my testimony tested and strengthened. In life, there are trials we go through to test us and to see how we react. Heavenly Father loves us and will only test us with what we can handle. While at the hospital and by ourselves, Jeremy and I have felt the spirit of Heavenly Father. We have felt peace throughout this experience and joy in the plan of salvation. I know that we will see Grandma Lowe again. I know that she is safe, healthy, and happy. Her death was not the end, it was only the beginning of a new chapter. <br />
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Love ya!Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-62707706341348304362012-10-28T22:30:00.001-06:002012-10-28T22:30:36.999-06:00Sometimes...Sometimes I get tired of life. Sometimes I get tired of going through the same motions everyday. Day in and day out. It is hard to constantly be doing the same things without a break. <br />
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As I have looked back on our life the last 2 years, I have noticed that things seem to be that way. We have constantly been working on the house or yard without an end in sight. Sometimes I love it, but a lot of times it is really hard. <br />
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(This weeked we worked hard on clearing our garden to till it under for next year. I actually went out and helped him as much as I could. I worked so hard that I pulled a muscle in my back :) and I haven't stopped complaining since!)<br />
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I am so grateful for my husband and the love he shows me all the time. I am so blessed to have him in my life to be the example of what I need to work on. Thank you sweetheart, I love you.<br />
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Love ya!Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-42092601727592041432012-10-14T23:04:00.001-06:002012-10-14T23:04:30.289-06:00Exciting News!!We have reached a milestone in our marriage and relationship. We have some really exciting news....<br />
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We are so proud of ourselves!! This little black honda has made it through quite a bit and we hope to keep it for quite a bit longer. Happy Birthday old guy!<br />
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First, on this General Conference weekend, I just want to express my love and faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have never enjoyed the talks more than I have this weekend. Every talk seems to hit me right in the heart. I absolutely have felt the spirit and I know that I have a stronger testimony now than before. <br />
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Also, I love our family. Jeremy and I are so blessed to have people around us who would do anything for us and who are so strong. All week, we have had my Mother-in-Law helping us can our beautiful peaches and we were "blessed" with the opportunity to help Jason and Bonny debone, grind, and package 250 pounds of elk. (So blessed....) To top things off, Jeremy and I showed up on Saturday night for him to attend the Priesthood session with my father and me to go to dinner with the girls, just to find out that my little sister Jaynanne is going on a mission. It was fantastic news and we are so excited for her! Plus, just found out tonight at Skylee Marie's Bday party that what I suspected about Shanna and Jon turned out to be true!<br />
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(Part of our row of Peach Trees)</div>
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(This is our pumpkin patch. It was my favorite part! Behind me is the corn. It grew sort of sporadically but we got 8 foot stalks in some parts!)</div>
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There was a lot more to our summer but I will post those in things to come. Just some pictures to end the post!<br />
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(Jeremy helped Ryan to finish his house before their little Presley arrived)</div>
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(We hiked Ben Lomond peak with my Uncle and his kids. It was way fun and Jeremy loved seeing all the mountain goats, but not so much the height (below))</div>
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(On Peach Days, we got to go to a Voice Male concert. It was the best night in a long time!)</div>
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(Jeremy got into a bad accident in July that has affected his back ever since)</div>
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(Finally, I know Jeremy doesn't seem very pleased here, but we went to a night away in Park City and had a fantastic time. We cruised the cable TV channels all night eating Little Caesar's and Moutain Dew. We got to ride the Park City Olympic Alpine Slide and Xtreme Zipline. It was so much fun!! Jeremy and I loved every minute of it! It was nice to get away after such a busy summer!)</div>
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Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-2794603276928640632012-03-24T23:09:00.000-06:002012-03-24T23:09:26.485-06:00Hi!It has been such a great last couple of months! Our house is coming along perfectly. After a long (still going) battle with the furnace contractor, we have moved on to putting our drains into the basement. We can't wait to get the house done so that we can enjoy it fully (and start working on the yard)! <br />
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This is our tile in our kitchen:<br />
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It looks amazing! These pictures were taken in November but the cabinets are all in with plywood counters! Gotta love being poor.<br />
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We finally got a kitchen sink in November as well. I know that some people might think its weird, but we had been doing our dishes and things in the tub! Gross and now I have an almost done kitchen. I love it!!<br />
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My husband is so talented! He installed the entire system himself. The only thing we have hired out in our house was the furnace (and that was a huge mistake!). I can't believe I married someone so awesome!<br />
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And so stylish and sexy (Camo and Dew, can't get any better)!<br />
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Anyways....just wanted to let you all know that we are still alive. We are doing great and working hard on our house. We can't wait to be done and have everybody over. We feel so blessed to be in this beautiful home and to have all of the blessings from above we have recieved. I just recieved news of a long term sub job at my high school that would make me full time. This news has come right in the time we need it the most money wise. Of course, just as Jeremy said, everything would work out, but sometimes it is just hard to remember. <br />
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Love ya!Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-53877275240599194562011-11-15T22:46:00.000-07:002011-11-15T22:46:50.051-07:00SO BUSY!!!We have been so busy lately! I have been planning lesson plans and getting everything organized with my school stuff and classroom. I absolutely love teaching! Best decision ever!! I would never give it up for the world! <br />
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I don't know if we mentioned this, but we got a new dog and she is the cutest thing. Her name is Moose (thanks to Danielle for the name!) and she is a Shih-tzu! She gets along perfectly with Rocky. The hardest part has been to train her. She can't seem to pick up stuff as easily as Rocky did. <br />
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Our house is coming great. We have started working on the basement and we tiled our kitchen the last couple of weeks. I'll post some pictures in a bit on that, but it is looking fantastic. I can't wait for the holidays! I am going to clean and get my house ready this weekend for the holidays. I am also going to cook some goodies for thanksgiving and prepare for our family parties! <br />
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Anyways...just updating the blog. I have been so busy, but I do promise to post things more! <br />
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PS! I've been attending the gym!! My little sister Jaynanne has been my personal trainer. I am determined to lose weight! I probably won't lose the 50 pounds I wanted to this year, but I am already feeling better about myself! Just got to keep it up. <br />
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Love ya!Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-64258837051363978452011-08-21T20:58:00.000-06:002011-08-21T20:58:51.677-06:00FANTASTIC WEEKThis week has been totally awesome!! I started the week by giving my notice to quit my current job. I decided to become an Intervention Specialist (a tutor at an Elementary School for math/reading) at Ogden School District and then substitute on the side. I was super nervous about doing this, but I knew that I wanted to work in Education so I took a giant leap of faith with the full support of my fantastic husband. I soon got a call to go in and interview at Weber High School in the Weber School District for a part time teaching job. I interviewed and waited patiently for the results.......I GOT THE JOB!!! I am the newest Government teacher at Weber High School!!! Yay!! I start school on Tuesday and I can't wait!<br />
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That is really all of the news but here are some more pics and stories on the previous months:<br />
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This is our fireplace/living room under construction.....<br />
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This is our fireplace/living room now.....<br />
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It is so gorgeous! We love it!!<br />
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A few months into our remodel, Michelle (Jeremy's Sister), gave us a loaf of pre buttered and garlic french bread. To be honest, we forgot about it until a week after we had recieved it. I decided to cook it for dinner and didn't unwrap it, I just threw it on the grill. Needless to say, this is how it turned out.....<br />
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It was a giant loaf of mold!! It smelled so rancid! Disgusting :(<br />
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This was our first flower of the year and at our house.....<br />
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Anyways, closing note....I know that sometimes life can be hard and depressing. The last several months have been that way since I started my job search. Jeremy was always the stalwart faithful who knew everything would be ok. I didn't have this faith and trust until recently. I made the choice to be ok with anything that was thrown at us. I made an effort to thank my Heavenly Father every single day for the opportunities I was presented with and the blessings we already had. I quit stressing out and being nervous about the future and accepted that everything would work out when it should and it has. Our life has been tremendously blessed and we are so grateful for everything we have been given. Life rocks!!<br />
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Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-85174729062429762542011-08-14T21:10:00.000-06:002011-08-14T21:10:47.779-06:00Long Time, No TalkIt has been such a long time since I posted something! We have had such a busy life the last 7 months. I'm trying to get all my pictures uploaded, but it might take me forever....so we'll do the updates in spurts over the next few weeks. <br />
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I have not followed my new year resolutions very well. I went to work 80 hours a week during my final semester of school and we started our remodel on the house. I have had no time to actually focus on myself. I am just starting to exercise regularly and trying to eat more healthy. It feels pretty good....I guess :) (I have decided that I absolutely love food. There are people that eat to live, but I live to eat!) So we'll just start from the beginning. We closed on our house on January 31st of this year. We moved most of our stuff that night. We pack our basement and garage full. We lived in a creepy bedroom in our basement that was half finished. We decided to live in our house during the remodel, because we knew it would be easier for our schedules to just toughen up and do it that way. It was sort of fun. It was a huge adventure that we are still having!<br />
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After we moved our stuff in that night, we started our remodel....I think testosterone was the pushing force.<br />
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This is Jeremy's brother Trent with the sledgehammer and our nephew Tucker. Jeremy is walking around. Our other brother-in-law Casey is the one that is talking. The wall they are taking down is in between the dining room and kitchen. We wanted to expand the area to make it feel bigger. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From that point on, the house demo took over our lives....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But in the end everything was worth it....and I'll post those pictures later!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ending note, this was our Valentine's Date this year. It was so romantic! Jeremy stopped working for the day and made dinner for when I got home. Keep in mind that we didn't have a microwave or kitchen. He used the grill and the next week we tried learning how to cook on our old fire stove thing we found in the basement. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love you sweetheart! Thank you for all the work you have done on our house and the support you have given me during school and now! I couldn't make it through life without you!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love ya!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-3271667271260097162011-01-01T14:28:00.001-07:002011-01-01T14:29:13.927-07:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;">New Year Resolutions for 2011 - </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1: Lose 50 pounds</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2: Floss every single day</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3: Blog at least once a week</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4: Enjoy Life!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-76575833669592453172010-12-31T15:17:00.000-07:002010-12-31T15:17:46.773-07:00The Month of December<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">It has been a long time since I have posted something. In the month of December we have been very busy. We started the month with me having a horrible cold! I had it at the beginning and now Jeremy has had it at the end. While I had a cold, I stayed home from work so that nobody else would get sick. The day I stayed home, happened to be the day the dogs in the back got out of their pen three times. It was a nightmare. I was so worried that the dogs would get lost like earlier in the week so I tried to shut their gate, but they seemed to get through everytime! Finally I rigged up a system to keep in. It was awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TR5LFqaJLtI/AAAAAAAAAFg/PP5qGNMbH2I/s1600/IMAG0063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TR5LFqaJLtI/AAAAAAAAAFg/PP5qGNMbH2I/s320/IMAG0063.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was no way the dogs could get out again!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TR5LLcffZCI/AAAAAAAAAFk/lJHnsLm5FKQ/s1600/IMAG0064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TR5LLcffZCI/AAAAAAAAAFk/lJHnsLm5FKQ/s320/IMAG0064.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TR5LaO-SdPI/AAAAAAAAAFw/ecl9BfNxWDs/s1600/IMAG0067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; height: 158px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 207px;"><img border="0" height="150" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TR5LaO-SdPI/AAAAAAAAAFw/ecl9BfNxWDs/s200/IMAG0067.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TR5LRrVetfI/AAAAAAAAAFo/b73OiD1qtqw/s1600/IMAG0065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TR5LRrVetfI/AAAAAAAAAFo/b73OiD1qtqw/s200/IMAG0065.jpg" width="200" /></a> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It was genius! I was so proud of myself. I took all the pictures and told everybody that walked in the house to go out back and take a look. Finally I was able to relax and start feeling better. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Also in the month of December, we got the basement ready for Christmas.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I absolutely love the Christmas season! This is my favorite time of the year. Our tree turned out great! We had a great family party with the Butlers' and Santa Claus came. The kids had a blast! On Christmas Eve we headed to my parents house where we had our traditional Clam Chowder and Rolls dinner. It was delicious. After dinner we read the Christmas Story from the Bible and enjoyed family time. All of my siblings were itching to get to bed so that Christmas Morning would come sooner. Finally Christmas came...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We woke up bright and early at 8:30 in the morning! It was fantastic! This year, Jeremy announced that he wanted us to make our Christmas presents. I had no idea what I was going to do. I started thinking about the presents really hard. I decided to make him a tie rack (Jeremy hangs all his ties on a plastic hanger that is bowing really bad) and a shooting target. They both turned out fantastic! Jeremy was really surprised. The first thing he said when he saw the gifts was that he was impressed. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The tie rack is the small wooden box in the left bottom corner of the picture. The shooting target is the big metal frame. My brother-in-law Ryan, was a huge help in getting the presents completed. He showed me what tools to use for the tie rack and he welded the target for me. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The target has 5 individual targets on it. They swivel on the main bar when a bullet hits. The hands on the targets were meant as a joke for Jeremy because of his accident earlier in the year. Everything looked great! The present Jeremy was going to make me didn't work. He was planning on making a rolling pin out of Corian with his new lathe, but the material wasn't working properly with the machine. So he gave me some of my favorite treats (the chocolate and cherry cordials below) and we spent the whole day together, which is a present in itself.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After opening our presents to each other, we spent Christmas Morning with the Butlers eating delicious omelets and opening presents with the family. Jeremy got a great jacket and some movies and I got a great jacket and some lotions. In the afternoon, we spent time with my family. My parents gave us movie tickets and a dinner card. They gave Jeremy a great socket wrench set and me some new coats. Our Christmas was fantastic! We love spending time with our family and friends. We can't wait to start the new year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love ya!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-1250020457909690152010-12-05T21:24:00.000-07:002010-12-05T21:24:32.628-07:00ThingsAfter being sick for the last 5 days, I have nothing exciting to report. Here are my thoughts:<br />
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1. Best part of last night's dinner at Rickenbacker's was the Peach Cobbler dessert.<br />
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2. Since that Peach Cobbler, I may give up chocolate all together.<br />
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3. I really need to be skinnier. <br />
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4. I love food!<br />
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5. I want a ranch in the mountains where it is just me and my handsome husband.<br />
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6. Must be a slow news day when all they play is the same clips about a plane crashing for the last 20 mins. <br />
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7. Starting my new exercise routine tomorrow.<br />
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8. Wish me luck!<br />
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9. I was just kidding about that comment about turning away from chocolate.<br />
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10. If I ever turn from chocolate, feel free to start an intervention!<br />
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Love ya!Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-30613784030788850472010-11-28T21:57:00.000-07:002010-11-28T21:57:01.935-07:00Sunday NightAfter spending the afternoon at my parents, enjoying a good dinner and watching last Sunday's episode of Amazing Race, we headed home to relax some more. We moved things around for the Christmas Tree and party at the Butlers. Santa is a regular visitor! I know, everybody should be jealous! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Christmas Tree goes in this corner. Santa usually sits near it. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We sort of moved things back as far as we could so that the chairs would fit. It looks pretty good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After settling in to watch a movie, we got hooked on a Hallmark movie on Channel two. I don't know what it is about Hallmark movies but I bawled! It was about a little girl who was ill and got all her holidays bumped up. It was a definite tear jerker! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Or at least I thought so! Jeremy fell to sleep about halfway through.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finished the movie and cried by myself! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh well! I still had a great day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love ya!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-86470467035796945812010-11-27T22:26:00.000-07:002010-11-27T22:26:44.032-07:00Thanksgiving Holiday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TPHm6jvjHkI/AAAAAAAAAE4/4ZIh5GdTp6g/s1600/IMAG0045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TPHm6jvjHkI/AAAAAAAAAE4/4ZIh5GdTp6g/s320/IMAG0045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We spent the morning and part of the afternoon with Jeremy's family and then we spent the rest of the afternoon and evening with my family. It was great! We were able to see all our family and enjoy good company and food! Although I have an anxiety about the holidays, because I hate traveling and all the family obligations, I really did enjoy this holiday. Things I'm thankful for include my husband, my family, and food. By the way, I now need to go on a diet. I say this every year. Maybe I should just start eating less........ha ha he he ho ho! That would never happen!! <br />
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Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the holiday :( I will have to raid everybody else's cameras for some. But enjoy the pictures I provided of the BEAUTIFUL snow! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">It did snow this Thanksgiving and I LOVE IT!! This is my favorite time of year! I can't wait to go skiing and make a snowman and enjoy a good book while wrapped in a blanket! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I made some delicious salsa....</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the Chorizo. It is a sausage you squeeze out of the package. When it cooks, it smells very spicy and lets off some pretty nasty looking grease. The sausage cooks down to little bits and pieces. We mixed in 8 eggs and made it a scrambled egg chorizo mix. It went great with the salsa and beans.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TONjEqMHbSI/AAAAAAAAAEw/6DNRC5B9WEU/s1600/IMAG0022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TONjEqMHbSI/AAAAAAAAAEw/6DNRC5B9WEU/s320/IMAG0022.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Little did we know how long this would take. Basically, we started Sunday morning and didn't get to eat until 2:00 that afternoon. But it was delicious! You put the beans, chorizo/egg mixture, and salsa on a plate and eat it with the tortilla as a fork. I didn't get any pictures of the final product, because we ate it so fast! By the way, these pictures all came from my new cell phone. They look great! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">**I'll be posting recipes later after I figure out all the little details to my blog posts and things. Hopefully you can try this delicious Mexican meal!</div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-13056334372036406292010-11-11T21:38:00.000-07:002010-11-11T21:38:32.885-07:00Water LineWe are stuck in a mine field here at the Butler house. <br />
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My in-laws took a giant leap forward today by installing a new water line that reaches to their animals in the back. Since they graciously feed everyone's animals every single day, rain or shine, snow or summer, they decided they needed a water line near the animals this winter. It is getting very difficult for them to go out and feed the animals everyday. These new water lines will help them immensely. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNzB31YV0wI/AAAAAAAAAD4/_cTQdUg6gBY/s1600/DSC_1138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNzB31YV0wI/AAAAAAAAAD4/_cTQdUg6gBY/s320/DSC_1138.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then down the dirt road to the pens in the back.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNzCUubyjXI/AAAAAAAAAEA/YBVJ6rwCmh8/s1600/DSC_1142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNzCUubyjXI/AAAAAAAAAEA/YBVJ6rwCmh8/s320/DSC_1142.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And back.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNzCZsHQdAI/AAAAAAAAAEE/mdDjK3gyhFY/s1600/DSC_1143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNzCZsHQdAI/AAAAAAAAAEE/mdDjK3gyhFY/s320/DSC_1143.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It splits at the gate and goes east and north.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNzC0dxsF6I/AAAAAAAAAEU/JvshOuAOfbM/s1600/DSC_1151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNzC0dxsF6I/AAAAAAAAAEU/JvshOuAOfbM/s320/DSC_1151.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bill (Ryan's dog) posed for the picture and jumped over the trenches while I had to balance due to the fact I was in a skirt and dress shoes, which got ruined.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully this winter's watering and feeding goes easier for my in-laws. They are fantastic people.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the way, I started teaching at Wahlquist Jr. High for 9 days today. It has been great!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love ya!</div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-4161724148494735882010-11-09T23:51:00.000-07:002010-11-09T23:51:31.562-07:00Snow!I absolutely love this weather! This is my favorite time of year! I love the fall colors, cold mornings, and unpredictable storm clouds. I can't wait to roll in the snow. Jeremy and I quickly fell in love in the wintertime together. I have no pictures, but right before we started dating, Jeremy and Chad hooked up a tube to his truck and we sped around the lower field while riding on the tube. It was a blast. It was that day that I knew Jeremy was different than any other guy. He was roasting a hot dog over the bonfire and I thought he looked fantastic! We started dating a little bit after that. During this season, we love to go skiing and snowboarding! Hopefully we get better powder here in Utah than we did last year. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Isn't he awesome? I could never snowboard. Ask him, he'll verify it.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">But I think we look great!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-56137422609843087502010-11-07T19:57:00.000-07:002010-11-07T19:57:11.662-07:00New Phone<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Sorry I haven't posted anything in so long! I have been so busy with school. I am in my last few weeks and I am so excited!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yesterday, Jeremy and I finally got new phones and joined our cell phone service into one package. I am super excited we took that giant step in our marriage! Just kidding :) ha ha ha. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We both got myTouch phones from T-Mobile and we love it so far. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdhB2ajv2I/AAAAAAAAADk/Rfb8UWicvV4/s1600/DSC_1133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdhB2ajv2I/AAAAAAAAADk/Rfb8UWicvV4/s320/DSC_1133.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is what they look like on :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgMHYjoII/AAAAAAAAADM/_cZ4nYE2q8c/s1600/DSC_1123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgMHYjoII/AAAAAAAAADM/_cZ4nYE2q8c/s320/DSC_1123.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my FAVORITE part! I can now have someplace to keep all my dates in place. As you can see, I have already been using it! It is AWESOME!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgURrl_PI/AAAAAAAAADQ/vXBq1oiSLuI/s1600/DSC_1126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgURrl_PI/AAAAAAAAADQ/vXBq1oiSLuI/s320/DSC_1126.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">My other favorite feature is this texting string where is keeps your whole conversation going. And since Jeremy and I are always texting, it categorizes it by day. Yes this conversation was just practice. We really aren't that boring......sometimes :)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgdUc0lVI/AAAAAAAAADU/-ReAEiWn6RA/s1600/DSC_1129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgdUc0lVI/AAAAAAAAADU/-ReAEiWn6RA/s320/DSC_1129.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Then there are pages.....</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgm4IGzKI/AAAAAAAAADY/TXqTyo6JLNs/s1600/DSC_1130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgm4IGzKI/AAAAAAAAADY/TXqTyo6JLNs/s320/DSC_1130.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and pages........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgvyzvNPI/AAAAAAAAADc/hk-gmmlN8Sk/s1600/DSC_1131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdgvyzvNPI/AAAAAAAAADc/hk-gmmlN8Sk/s320/DSC_1131.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and pages........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdg5NDvyCI/AAAAAAAAADg/TD8A2lZUWns/s1600/DSC_1132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdg5NDvyCI/AAAAAAAAADg/TD8A2lZUWns/s320/DSC_1132.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and pages of applications to play with!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">There is one app (short for application) that shows your screen liked it had been cracked. My sister and I tried to pull this trick on my mom and dad, but they didn't fall for it :( Trust me, it looks really realistic.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdhLhpcMOI/AAAAAAAAADo/dcLRlILLVV4/s1600/DSC_1134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TNdhLhpcMOI/AAAAAAAAADo/dcLRlILLVV4/s320/DSC_1134.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I promise I'll post more this week!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Love ya!</div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-33547605117331689982010-10-31T19:42:00.000-06:002010-10-31T19:42:11.354-06:00Halloween!Happy Halloween to everyone out there! We had a great time until Jeremy got sick :( but now we are enjoying some quality time together with the TV! On to happy times:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4W7v1ZYQI/AAAAAAAAACk/1ZbHdyzU7H4/s1600/DSCN1394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4W7v1ZYQI/AAAAAAAAACk/1ZbHdyzU7H4/s320/DSCN1394.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jeremy and I dressed up. Jeremy was the invisible man before technology. He wore his camo outfit he found for $10 at a garage sale in Tremonton. I know that was a great deal! I went as a rocker. Vickie and Michelle (mother-in-law and sister-in-law) helped me put all of my long hair into a mohawk. Yes, its my real hair. (Jenne Talbot (good friend) asked that questions several times) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4W-6I8FfI/AAAAAAAAACo/reFpJHu3IQg/s1600/DSCN1403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4W-6I8FfI/AAAAAAAAACo/reFpJHu3IQg/s320/DSCN1403.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a close up of me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4XDoI04fI/AAAAAAAAACs/tWLhd1RqHbQ/s1600/DSCN1398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4XDoI04fI/AAAAAAAAACs/tWLhd1RqHbQ/s320/DSCN1398.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a close up of Jeremy.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4XHrL_lbI/AAAAAAAAACw/76XHcUHgQE0/s1600/DSCN1396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4XHrL_lbI/AAAAAAAAACw/76XHcUHgQE0/s320/DSCN1396.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped by my parents house before going to a party with our friends. My sister (above) Jaynanne couldn't decide what to be. Mollie was a devil and Oskar was big foot. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4XMQ0ye1I/AAAAAAAAAC0/FSqD_C42qgc/s1600/DSCN1404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4XMQ0ye1I/AAAAAAAAAC0/FSqD_C42qgc/s320/DSCN1404.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went to a fantastic party with our friends. We ate chili, pudding cups, and carved pumpkins. It was a blast. Above is our friends Sam and Jenne Talbot. Below is our other friends Matt and Jen Johnson with their baby girl, Claire. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4XQc29gBI/AAAAAAAAAC4/HdNov8kzj1E/s1600/DSCN1405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TM4XQc29gBI/AAAAAAAAAC4/HdNov8kzj1E/s320/DSCN1405.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All in all, our holiday was great! I hope everyone had a good day. Like I said before, Jeremy woke up the next day not feeling so good, so we are just relaxing and enjoying Amazing Race! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love ya!</div>Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-61664455519048595752010-10-25T20:28:00.000-06:002010-10-25T20:28:29.498-06:00Lost and FoundSuch an eventful day! But the stories are for later. I was going through my old pictures and I found these....<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMY7xC1kAkI/AAAAAAAAAB0/F0DWv0zP3y4/s1600/Snapshot_20090329_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMY7xC1kAkI/AAAAAAAAAB0/F0DWv0zP3y4/s320/Snapshot_20090329_3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMY7zkYgDFI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Fysoiw5jMLU/s1600/Snapshot_20090329_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMY7zkYgDFI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Fysoiw5jMLU/s320/Snapshot_20090329_5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Don't ask me what I was thinking...these are from a year and half ago and I don't remember it at all!<br />
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Love ya!Abbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250599776513657204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312415176294135049.post-73643035426322604292010-10-24T10:32:00.002-06:002010-10-24T10:43:39.569-06:00DirtyLiving on a farm gets you so dirty. Last night, I fed the animals in the rain and I got filthy. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMRaMHLdoCI/AAAAAAAAABU/IBiybvWSSk8/s1600/DSCN1387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMRaMHLdoCI/AAAAAAAAABU/IBiybvWSSk8/s320/DSCN1387.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>These are my brand new boots that I haven't really worn and my jeans that I haven't worn since last winter. By the way, I still fit into them barely!! Yay! The reason for the mess, included my lack of strength to lift the bales of hay, the literally knee high mud pits I kept finding myself in, and chasing a loose dog all over the yard! For any of you that don't lift bales of hay on a regular basis, they are stinkin' heavy. Towards the end of feeding, Vickie (mom-in-law), came out to help me finish. I was gasping for air and she thought I was going to die! Like I usually say, I'm suprisingly weak.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMRbJ1IIbQI/AAAAAAAAABY/297vlCcg5WA/s1600/DSCN1388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMRbJ1IIbQI/AAAAAAAAABY/297vlCcg5WA/s320/DSCN1388.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="left">Since we've gotten a ton of rain lately, there are mud pits all over the farm. I had the chance of stepping in a few and almost sitting in one because even though its raining, all of the water barrels were empty (go figure). I was lucky enough to be the one to drag the hose around and fill the barrels up. The hose happened to catch on the corner of some weird metal looking thing with lots of angles that I don't know the name of. I pulled and pulled and pulled but nothing happened. So instead of walking over and just unhooking the hose, I stood 6 feet away from the barrel and tried to get the water to go in. I soon realized my stupidity when my pants were covered in water, I almost sat in a mud pit, and I thought the horses were laughing at me. There is nothing worse than getting laughed at by a horse. Eventually, I unhooked the hose and went about my business like I knew what I was doing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMRdoUB77zI/AAAAAAAAABc/oOd4aumVEgg/s1600/DSCN1390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cigNEcWxib4/TMRdoUB77zI/AAAAAAAAABc/oOd4aumVEgg/s320/DSCN1390.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>This is the dog that got loose and she did it very smartly. I was minding my own business trying to get a bale of hay that probably weighed 1 ton (it didn't, but it felt like it) and all the animals were making noises because they were hungry. I was all by myself so I kept talking to the animals like they were people (embarrassing) and Daisy (dog pictured above) started to wimper and bark. I was ignoring her because I thought she was just hungry like the rest of the animals. I finally looked over and she had managed to jump so high that her chain got stuck on top of the fence next to her. She was literally on her tip toes trying to survive. I dropped my bale (which I had to pick up later) and ran over to help her. The only way I could get the chain untangled was by undoing the clip around her collar. I think this was her plan all along, because as soon as I unclipped her, she bolted. She ran like her life depended on it. I, of course, ran after her through mud piles, hay, and eventually the back and front lawns. Finally I coaxed to come to me using my sweet voice after yelling for a while. She thought I was going to rub her belly or something, because she came right to me. Hahahaha (maniacal laughter). I got her put away, and everything back in order. I have to say, I rock!<br />
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