Monday, August 30, 2010

She found ME:)






Let me introduce you to the newest member of our Family..........

Her name is Hazel. If you know me at all you know that I should have been born in the 50's. I Love anything old! OK so back to the dog. I was visiting my brother's house. It was Friday night and it was just Lucy and me. So after eating dinner...Oh wait did I tell Aminta Thanks?......................OK I called her and thanked her for the wonderful meal:0 So now after eating we went outside to enjoy all the traffic. It's what you do in a small city. If there is any traffic..well it's worth checking out. The traffic was for the first Home football game. Anyhow we were sitting on the front porch when these guys passed by. Following them was the cutest dog. I thought she belonged to them. Well they kept walking and she stopped to visit. Instantly me, Lucy and Belen fell in love. After some time and the guys not even turning around......I took her home. I have Never done something like that. But I was alone and apparently cannot be trusted:) I bathed her for an hour she was flea infested. I sang to her, told her stories and just plain enjoyed her. I have felt for awhile that I was ready for a dog. A dog to love. Well I didn't go out to find her she found me....and I am not gonna let her go!! Just FYI we did walk the neighborhood to make sure she did not belong to someone. But as thirsty as she was, she drank three things of water. And how dirty she was I doubt it. So today we took her to the vet for flea medicine. She will be an indoor dog....I am SO HAPPY. She is an awesome dog. She loves us and we love her.......Take a look at my new baby!!!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Today we were COUNTRY.........

OK let me give you some background here...... Bryce had an extra job to go look at, so naturally(not really) we tagged along. I met this lady here at my house at a birthday party. Anyway we went out to their house to see this job. THEN they took us to their chicken houses....the 180,000 chickens. Yes I wrote 180,000 chickens were picked up last night to get processed. But we wanted to take a tour anyway. Well there were 4 chickens that got away they escaped being put on the truck.......So they gave us one. They offered us all 4 but we just decided to take Ralph! Bryce wanted to teach the boys how too process. It was so gross. I took pictures but had to leave when they were gutting it...So there you go. Explanations are good:) We, well I say we very loosely processed a chicken today. I will have to tell you how it tastes later...........Beware some of these pics are gross!!!!!
THE DEED




The Weapon......



Poor Chicken.....



my daughter stood there eating a Popsicle and did not even budge, her Daddy was so PROUD:)



Owen enjoying holding the chicken up.....not really.



He is so happy with himself!



My Fig tree will never be the same!



Really??? He was so excited to walk up to me with this new friend!




Boiled water makes the feathers come off so much easier.......



Plucking away....


Still plucking................



Yes this pic is blurry...Want to know why? Because my husband was chasing me with a chicken foot wanting me to give it a high five!!!



Tanner on the other hand...no pun intended was happy to slap a chicken's foot!



The finished project!!

Friday, August 20, 2010

A MEME: Well I was tagged what can I do but respond???




1. What do you normally smell like? Depends, after I work out like sweat...but then after a shower....well like me:)

2. How far away do you live from your parents?About 8 hours:(

3. Are you happy with your job? Yes, I am.

4. What did you get in the mail today? Nothing yet....still waiting on the mail man.

5.How do you like your steak cooked? Well done indeed!

6. What do you usually order at Taco Bell? Yuck!! I make my own Mexican food:)

7. Have you ever sat all the way through Gone With the Wind? Nope.

8. Have you ever been to Mt Rushmore? Nope.

9. Where is your favorite place (that you have actually been to)? We loved visiting The Grand Canyon....pretty amazing:)

10. What is your favorite candle scent? Pineapple Cilantro....so yummy

11. Have you ever smoked cigarettes? Yes, and sometimes...I still have cravings:((

12. Have you ever been to NYC or LA? Been to LA when I was a kid......I would LOVE to visit New York someday:)

13. Are you currently planning a trip? just got back from vacation...looking forward to spending some time camping in the fall!

14. Do you prefer to pack your own groceries? NO!

15. What is your favorite snack? Sunflower seeds






I tag: Jody, Judy, Jane, Gretchen and Shipra