Is that a horse running toward me?

I almost hit a horse yesterday! Well, actually a very mad, bucking horse almost hit me! (This was all close to the location where I had to stop for the chicken!) Maybe that's what Geico meant when they raised my rates after we moved, due to "excessive livestock danger."

Strawberry shortcake gone wrong.

I grew up in the 80's and I loved Strawberry Shortcake. I had all the dolls and the scratch and sniff stickers. Last week Nate accused me of trying to turn Sarah into a bad Strawberry Shortcake character. Hmmmm, maybe he is right.

School lunch is serious stuff

Ben came home last week and asked, "Is it bad to go against the government?." Trying to be parent of the year, I gave him a small talk about the constitution and freedom of speech. I now realize I should have maybe toned it down a bit.


1. School lunch lady tells Ben he can no longer have seconds because of the government.



2. Ben tries to create a strike, telling all the kids not to eat lunch, until seconds are reinstated.



3. Ben gets hungry, decides to strike hot lunch and tell everyone to bring cold lunch (posters and signs were made)



4. Ben would then miss the yummy peach cobbler.



5. Ben decides to simply have a petition with all the kids asking for their "seconds" back.



Ahhh, freedom of speech.

Sanctuary part 2

Here are a few more happy little things about my weekend.

Accommodations: Ya know when little orphan Annie walks into Mr. Warbucks for the first time, and is in awe that she is staying there? Yea, it was a little like that.

Food: If you have never had a "Flying Saucer" you haven't lived. I also had Sushi and more Mexican cuizine. Hmmmm! One of my favorite things was just going out and picking an orange whenever I wanted one. Not a lot of orange trees here in Montana.

Personal Hygiene: I realized how sloppy you become when you

realize that you can go 3 days and the chances of seeing anyone outside your family is slim.

I had a manicure, pedicure and got my hair cut.

Entertainment:

I saw my boyfriend: Actually we saw "When in Rome" but a girl can dream.

Company: I got to spend time with family, and my long lost friend




And most importantly

Alvin, Simon, and Theodore.

Sanctuay part 1

Ahhh, I just got back from a fabulous trip to Arizona. Thanks, Kris! Here is the first highlight.

1. Cute Missoula airport. I love it when you are one of 6 trying to make it through security. Of course there was a sign that says, "We have the right to randomly search patrons." So, out of the 6 there were: 2 Amish looking people, 1 young mother with 2 small boys, and me. Who do you think got "randomly searched"? If you guessed the Amish you are wrong.

Traffic Jam

I created a three-car traffic jam last week. I was going down the little road to get my boys from school when I stopped suddenly because a chicken was standing right in the middle of the street.
I waited patiently for the chicken to move. I even joked to myself, "Why won't this chicken just cross the road?" He eventually did cross and traffic continued to flow. Hmmm, maybe we will hit the Montana news. Is there a Montana traffic report?

Don't you think this little chicken seems happy

that I didn't plow him over with my trusty mini van?

I've always had a thing for Bunnies

Everyone loves bunnies. Right? I mean, there's Brer Rabbit (one of my favorites thanks to my Grandpa Checketts) and then there is good old Thumper.
"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"
I even had two cute bunnies growing up whose names were Thumper and Bumper. So you can see why this weeks sale item at our grocery store was a little upsetting.

Warm Weather

I was so excited when our radio announcer (live from Missoula ) said, "It's going to be a beautiful day!" "Woo hooo," I thought until his next statement. "Highs in the mid 30's." Where in the world is that considered a beautiful day? Crazy people.

Have you heard of Road Rage!

A couple of days ago, Dave and I were driving down the main street in Hamilton when all of a sudden a truck pulled out right in front of the truck in front of us. ( I know-it's a lot of trucks, but that is all people drive here.) Anyway, as a Denver-ite I yelled, "Hey, that guy just cut him off!" Then all three of us stopped at the light. The first driver jumps out of his truck, runs back to the second truck. My first response was "Oohh a fight" but then he starts to apologize. SERIOUSLY, I caught a few words here and there but it ended with "Sorry, that was my bad" It reminded me of something that would happen in Mayberry.

Today, I was backing out of the church parking lot. I swear I thought that I looked behind me, but I plowed right into another TRUCK parked in the adjacent parking spot. I heard that horrible CRUNCH, and wanted to die. So, I went into the church to find the owner of the truck. When I told him I had just hit his truck his response was :
Him: " Yea, well it's old."
Me: "Aah, why don't you come out and look at it"
Him: "I don't want to go outside"
Me: "Hmmm, well what should I do"
Him: "Is your car hurt"
Me: "Ah........, no."
Him: "Well, then just know that I am going to tease your husband about his wife hitting my truck"

And that was it. Seriously, if we had called the police, I would not have been surprised if Gomer Pile had shown up.

Sugary Goodness

The new year started off on a good note Thursday night. I started by making homemade, deep- fried Twinkies and Snickers at a friends house. It was happy, sugary, fried goodness on a plate.

Now you might be thinking does life get better than that? Oh yes, my friend. Yesterday for breakfast, I took my normal, old, boring french toast recipe and exchanged the normal sugar for cotton candy floss. (Basically sugar with a little #2 blue dye, and Razzelberry flavoring).

AHHHH, Happy New year to me!