Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a wonderful and meaningful Thanksgiving, wherever you may be. Thanks for all of your friendships and the many blessings I have experienced from my loved ones. Happy Turkey Day!!

Twilight

OK...I am off to see TWILIGHT with my daughter, Sadie and my mom. I am so terribly excited...I can't wait to see the special effects! Although I have a problem with some of the people who have been cast. This is MY Edward...down below. He gives new meaning to the old phrase..."bite me!"

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I feel like I've been smashing into this a lot lately. For the last 3 months, I have been trying to do something good that will help improve our family situation. I tried one thing, and it was a complete and utter disaster, beyond my ability to describe. I tried another thing, and it is also turning out to be a disaster, maybe even bigger than the fist attempt. I made yet another attempt and was really excited about it, but that is not going to work out. Today I made another attempt, and it looks like I am hitting another brick wall. How many times do I hit the brick wall and fall down on my face before I am able to either give up or finally break it down? Life is so confusing sometimes, especially when you feel like you are flying solo and feel so alone in your efforts to make a solid change, especially if you don't know if it will yield positive results even after you get there.

Happy Birthday to Me!

I can't believe I'm turning 20! (for the 18th time!!)

Addendum to the Rocky Horror Picture Show~~Kiss My GRASS!!

Who needs a scary Halloween when all you had to do was come and look at our yard? It was truly frightening looking out and seeing everyones exquisitely and professionally done yards and only seeing boulders and rocks in our yard.



YAHOO!! After 2 1/2 LONG years of hard work, we had grass delivered on Halloween!! On Saturday, we were so thrilled that first thing in the morning, about 10 neighbor men showed up to help Andrew lay the sod. I was so touched I was brought to tears. So I bought everybody doughnuts and chocolate milk. With all the help, it only took 1 hour to lay all the sod, front and back! It would have taken Andrew forever to do it alone. So THANK YOU to all the good neighbors who gave such wonderful service to us.





Even though it has been so difficult cultivating our yard over the last 2 1/2 years (thanks to this ROCKY substance they call Herriman), we have grown so much as we have humbled ourselves and have done the work as a family instead of hiring someone to do it. Each member of our family spent months throwing rocks into the wheelbarrow, raking, and shoveling up dirt. But the greatest thanks goes to my husband, Andrew who has spent every minute of sunlight, before and after work and every weekend to put this thing together. WOOT WOOT! KISS MY GRASS!!

Trick-or-Treat!!

We had a great Halloween this year. It was very low key, non-stress, and just a lot of fun. I could never have experienced this night with my kids if it wasn't for my friend, Nikole at work. She selflessly offered to trade shifts with me so I could spend this fun night with my kids, so here's a shout out to Nikole THANK YOU!! We had a great night, and the kids cashed in royally (which I am very happy about hehehe!!)