Fires

Today as the weather chills - literally - I am reading the news about the fires in California.  Cali is beautiful when the days are 80 degrees and it is February.  But the brutal side of Cali can be ugly.  The Santa Ana winds are like nothing you have felt, the hot air is hard to breathe in and of course super dangerous to the dry areas.  I went to school for a year at Cal State Northridge and lived in Chatsworth while I was there.  So these fires are just around the corner from where I used to live.  I just wanted to share this photo of the fires.  It is devastating, but beautiful in an ugly way. 

We hope that everyone in Cali is safe and that you are all stocked up on some Zyrtec!  Be safe!

I got tagged

Beckie tagged me and I am supposed to post a new photo, although I don't know which one so I am just going to grab a random new one.  Hold on.....

I don't know if it was supposed to have the whole family or me in it but no one takes pictures of me much.  I just take pictures of them.  This is a the Arbor Day Farm.  Kayla is in the tree house with these wonderful fabrics that you can move and tie together to make different the tree house look different.  It was very cool, but sort of hard to describe.  Oh well, here is my picture.  Tag Jnet, Rho and Tiya go post some photos to your facebook and myspace!

Nothing Really

Hi there!  You know for as much as we have going on in our lives there is really nothing to report this week.  We are getting ready for our fall break next week, which is exciting because my Dad and Jnet are coming to visit.  But other than that we are just moving along right now.  I guess that is good,  no news is good news, right?

The weather is changing, but much slower than I expected.  It has cooled down some but we are still having very pleasant days, over 70 degrees and rain maybe once a week.  The geese are still hanging out in the yard in the early morning and late afternoon and the leaves are slowly changing.  

That's about it folks.  Soccer is almost done - well outdoor soccer that is.  We start Futsol indoor soccer next month.  That is something new for us and we are excited to see how the boys react to a heavier ball.  

Have a good weekend everyone and maybe I will have something exciting to tell you about next week!

Boobs!

Go get your boobs checked!!

So, did you think I was going to write something terrible after that title??!!  Nope, not today anyway.  If you don't already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I say go get em checked!  I have my appointment set for later this month so I hope all of you have already done it this year or have it on your calendar too!

This month you will see all sorts of products out that promote B.C.A.M. and I hope that you will take some time out to purchase one or two of those items and notice what organization the funds will benefit.  I personally love the Yoplait lids, I have been saving for weeks and I also love the pink M&M's that are on sale at Target and most grocery stores.  Also, the Susan G. Komen online store usually has some fantastic goodies to buy this month so go check that page out too.

So, go have those "girls" checked out, go buy some great stuff to help support breast cancer research and may all of you be healthy and happy as you eat your pink M&M's this month!  Love you!

Do you know what time it is???

I do, it's fall!  I am reluctantly getting excited about the seasons changing.  Winter was really hard for me last year so you can understand why I am not ready for ice, snow and sub-zero temperatures.  

But, I do love fall.  I always have loved fall; the changing of the leaves, the crisp cool nights, the football season, and of course Halloween.  I have told you that the geese are a singing the leaves are a changing, right?  Well, tonight we have about 50 or so geese in the field behind our house.  For those of you who don't know what our yard looks like, we have no house behind us yet so we have four vacant lots directly behind us.  These geese are walking through the field getting some goodies before bed time.  I know from experience that they will keep coming back to the fields for a week or so and then get ready to take flight.  

I love the geese and the beauty of their majestic flight.  They are so graceful when they land and so hypnotic when they fly in their perfect "V".  I am glad we are here and I can experience something new.  Hey, maybe I am ready for it to turn cold after all.  Hmmm, we will see when that first snow comes how I am feeling.

Go football!

What a great weekend I had huh?  USC lost to the Oregon Beavers, the Irish won against Purdue!  Yee-haw.  The only way it would have been better is if Notre Dame beat USC...all in good time my friends, all in good time.  : )

We had a few soccer games this weekend, the football games and bought some Halloween decorations.  The weather is still really beautiful.  The days are warm, the nights are cool and it is sunny all day long.  Very nice.  I know it won't last for long, the geese and the leaves keep telling me that the cold is on its way.  So for now I am still wearing shorts, still sipping on cold coffee drinks and enjoying the glorious weather.

Today, we went shooting at the archery range.  It has been a while since I worked on my skills, but I only hit one elk in the eye and all the others were straight kills.  I am hoping Jeff will at least take me turkey hunting this year.  I know I am a girl and I have to go to the bathroom all the time, but I want a turkey too.  Wow, I just whined like a girl too, better knock that stuff off.

Hope you all had a great weekend too.  Loves and kisses!

Bored...

I got bored with the old template so I thought I would try something new today.  You know though it probably has more to do with the fact that I am not on facebook (thanks a lot Jill!) and I felt like I needed to mix things up a bit.

Do you know that I spent like 2 hours on that thing yesterday?  I was talking to my nieces and Jill and my friend from Oakdale.  It was fun but not very productive.  My niece Ashli and I were both supposed to be paying attention in class and were instead writing on each other's wall and then emailing each other.  I tell ya, technology is great but very distracting!  You know darn well I am going to go play with it some more later too!  : )

Oh and before I go, just want to say one more thing..... GO BEAVERS!!!!!!!!!  I am wearing orange today people!!!!  If you don't know what I am talking about go check out who just beat the No. 1 team in the nation baby!!