Battle weary

I looked out my kitchen window and I saw this:



Earlier the natives were restless



I asked them if I could play..........



They told me to go back and finish washing the dishes or they'd scalp me........

Gonna be a sobby feel sorry for myself post today

Most of my posts are nonsense. I've said it before, I try to go through life finding the humor in all things. All things that aren't evil anyway.

Today humor is harder to find but given time I'll find it. I promise.

The day started out normal enough. Got up early before the kids for personal quiet time, read my scriptures, meditated on some thoughts. I had this thought which actually ties a little into my thoughts now. We read in the scriptures, Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days on the land may be long. What does this mean? Many people are taken from this earth "early"
and they honored their father's and mother's.

Anyway, back to my morning. I got kids up, made them breakfast, took Brennan to work (he can actually take himself on his bike as it isn't far but I like the alone time with him for a few minutes so I can tell him that I love him and to have a good day), ran and fed the horses and scooped their poop which was monumental since it rained buckets yesterday and last night and the pasture is all under water and mud, came home and got the other kids off to school, cleaned up the kitchen, and then sat down to my e-mail.

I have a dear friend who has two children with LCA. They are both blind. I do not know all of the details of their disability but I do know that these two beautiful children are blind and have been from birth. I can't even comprehend what my friend goes through and has gone through in raising these beautiful children. She e-mailed me this morning with some incredible news. There is a gene therapy being done that is in its initial trial stages and the results are wonderful. The child/children who are doing this therapy are able to see a little bit. Can you imagine what this opens up for these children and adults with this disability?

My emotions hit a whirlwind. One second I am ecstatic with the news and then the next I am hurled into sorrow for Levi and then excitement again for my friend with these feelings of sorrow pushing harder and harder against my feelings of excitement for my friend. I am sitting here wanting to sob as the pain in my throat just hurts.

A cure! Yes, a cure! I want a cure! I want my Levi to go through life without pain. I want him to live a long healthy life. I buy him clothes that are soft to try to help him feel better. I buy him bedding that is soft and the softest mattress to try and help him feel better. I buy him expensive boots with cushy soles to help his feet feel better and the punk throws them in the ditch....... :o) What I am trying to say is THERE IS SO LITTLE I CAN DO FOR HIM!

Honor thy father and thy mother.........that thy days may be long upon the land.........what does that mean? Children who are not accountable are taken from this earth all of the time. I realize it has nothing to do with this but that is how I started my day....with that question on my mind..........

Okay, I've found my humor. I know the answer......duh..........it is simple. I have two two year old twins and why I should have even needed time to ponder this shows the lack of sleep I've had lately. Kids, ya better do what I say or I'm gonna take you out faster than you came here and that was fast. Just ask your father.........

HELP! My punks have taken over my camera.......

or at least I am assuming it was my punks........

I was downloading photo's on my camera and found these. I'm now trying to figure out what it is my poor deranged punks are trying to tell me........


Ooooh grooose, look at the crumbs on the stove and all of the gunk all over the toaster oven! Who put that there? When I left the kitchen none of that was there!



That is NOT dried petrified spaghetti sauce splattered on the wall behind the stove. It is called "texture". It is the latest in state of the art home decor painting.







I don't have a problem finding what I'm looking for in this mess......do you see a problem here? I didn't think so. Sniff!








Why didn't someone lick off that extra ketchup on the lid before it was put away last? Now it is all hard and sticky!








That crusty stuff on that plate was put there on purpose! Gives the baby something to gnaw on.








I realize the top of a bench is for sitting on but I purposely put those boots there to add to the decor.....and Jadon's shoes.........and all that dirt under the shoes......it creates a "feeling".....an "ambiance".........Hollywood pays big bucks for stuff like this!







Dirty laundry............ya, so what's your point? It's not quite ready to be done yet....it's still not overflowing the basket and oozing down the stairs!








Don't look at the crusty dust that is now a permanent fixture in the corners of the piano. It is holding the piano together! It's an old piano.............








Aaaa, aint that just cute.........WAIT, is it just me or does this photo make my window's look cloudy and dirty.........that's what I thought too.........it's the camera.








Leftover dinner from the night before crusted on the table....and the night before......and the night before..........Oh look guys! Left over pizza! Didn't we have pizza at Levi's birthday last month? I believe in having a year's supply of food storage.






Has anyone seen Brennan's thingy that he sticks in his ears and it plays music?











That silver is supposed to be unpolished! It's antique!











Hey! I found Brennan's stick in his ears music thingy. It was hard to find with all of the gunky dust distracting me on that there cool picture of George Washington but I found it! And some one's leg too.........anyone missing a leg around here?













I promise! It's the camera that makes my window's look cloudy!









After watching the movie "Charlotte's Web" it is against all my principles to extinguish any cobwebs...........those light areas under the shelf aren't from the lighting. I am saving Charlotte's future posterity.....and being environmentally friendly by not using pesticides, fly swatter's and the such to get rid of unwanted bugs.......













Okay, I want to know who took these blasted photo's. I see the pattern.....I'm not stupid......if you want a stinkin' cleaner house and your laundry done then go and petition your own dadgum fairy godmother cuz mine took a leave of absence and is in therapy. Last I heard what ever she has......... it's terminal..........

I had an affair with chocolate!

Right before I met Brian there was a young man who was serving a mission for our church "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" that I was "waiting" for. He was serving for two years and I was just sure when he got home that we were going to be married and live a life of bliss together. I decided to make and send him some brownies because I was sooo in love with him and wanted to show him how much I loved him. I boxed them up, addressed them, and sent them with my dad to work so he could mail them for me. They were to go all the way to England.

I cleaned my dad's office once a week. About a week later as I was cleaning my dad's office I found the package. My dad hadn't mailed it yet.......so.........I opened it and snarfed every last brownie...........soon there after I left for college......met Brian..........and forgot all about "waiting".........I should have known when I ate his brownies it wasn't meant to be.............

I want my own Harley

Last year when we drove up to Montana to visit my parents we had an odd thing happen. We were just outside of Idaho Falls in the predawn. I was driving that leg of the trip and out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash of something and then heard this THUNK sound. I knew I'd hit a bird........

We gassed up in Idaho Falls and continued on our merry way as the sun started to come up. When we hit Salmon, Idaho and gassed up again. I was more than ready to let Brian take over the driving. He walked around the front of the truck and got a funny look on his face and beckoned me to get out of the truck and come and look. There stuck in the headlight was a falcon. It had hit dead on and stuck with its butt and legs sticking straight out. Kind of morbid but looked quite funny.

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When I get on a motorcycle or quad I can't control myself. I can't quit laughing and smiling and the faster I go the more I bust up laughing. I passed a couple yesterday on a motorcycle and I had a vision. The male driver was sitting there behind the bug splatter glass while his wife (I presume) was sitting perched up behind him with her face in the wind. All I could think of is if it were me I'd be laughing my head off, mouth wide open catching bugs and some big ol' falcon would come diving in after them............SO, I want my own Harley with my own bug/falcon splatter glass because it isn't lady like to have bird feet and butt sticking out of ones mouth..........I would know.........I've spent a lifetime eating crow................

What is wrong with this picture?

Is it just me or does something look odd with this tree?




How about now?



A little closer...........how about now?




Who says there aren't any cowboy's and indian's out here in the west anymore........

Colin's joke

Colin is ten years old. He likes to make up jokes and draw comic strips. Here is his latest:

There was a bully at school who hated school. He heard that Heaven is called paradise so he killed himself. (Mommy note: I know it is a bit morbid but keep reading....it gets better I promise.) He opened his eyes and heard a voice say, "time for school, get registered, get your books, and supplies". The bully said, "hey wait, I thought there wasn't any school up here". The voice said, "Up here? You're DOWN here........."