Sunday, January 5, 2014

Well....


We are in the WTF zone... LOL! So far its just snowing like crazy, multiple inches on the ground.... Grim and the monsters have been out a couple times shoveling and snowblowing!

I love this type of weather!!! It reminds me of my childhood...

The monsters will be home tomorrow!

SNOW DAY!

Several of the surrounding cities have already called for school closings for Tuesday already. I think it has to do with the wind chill. It will be in the minus area. So Christmas break may continue well into the week!

Since it was that type of day. I made chili for dinner. Then since there is so much snow I made snow scream and honeyed bananas. Huge success!

Since the monsters were suppose to be gone and tomorrow was suppose to be my first day of work... With the Uppercase Living Business for this new year! I'm still planning on running a new type of marketing. Come on over to my facebook page tomorrow to become part of the fun!

Yart


Wednesday, January 1, 2014

2014

There is no point in doing a year in review.... There was so much that happened and most of it I didn't post about.....Sad I know, but no worries... On to bigger and better.

We had a couple folks over last night. Everyone was gone before midnight, so we watched the ball drop in our room. Then Grim watched Counting Cars and the monsters played on the computer. I finished knitting the first of the second pair of leg warmers.... By the way I wore the first pair yesterday with my boots and I got a compliment on them... YEAH!

Today we took the monsters sledding. We were there for almost an hour. Since it was still snowing they really weren't doing very well. They had a ton of fun though and hope to get back there before Un-monster has to go back to school.



While they were out there I sat in the truck and knitted. I got a got 3 inches done of the second of the second pair of legwarmers done... I like this yarn, its Loops & Threads Impeccable in Charcoal Tweed... Black with flecks of other colors. pictures will be coming soon.

Today I officially started being Paleo. Bacon and eggs for Breakfast, spaghetti squash and sauce for dinner. Plus, I'm also juicing 1x a day. Also did 10k today. I would like to be down 50 pounds by my b-day in June. But it not at least I'll be healthier, even if I'm not.

Yart

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Come on get here, NOW!

2013.... See ya... I won't miss you... I will be happy to see you go.... Can you move out of the way so that BABY NEW YEAR can get here already!!!!

I decided that this year there will be no resolutions.... Resolutions have no structure, they have no end. They are hopes and dreams of something different. This year I have goals. Most of them are short term. But that's fine because I will have such a feeling of accomplishment once they are done... With that being said, it should motivate me on to the next goal. All of the goals revolve around one another. 

Get the address to the property
Loose 2 pounds a week
Get Thyroid under control
Start eating more organ meat (liver)
Juice more
Make $500 a month (31~UL~yarn)
Get the electric on property
Fix soffits on shed
Find a used mobile to put on property
Plan on going to convention
Clear orchard area
Plant trees
Find out about cementing the floor of the shed
Get 2 does
Breed out 4 sets of kits before the end of the year
Get 1/2 a cow
Get 1/2 a pig

This year is going to be about focusing on the property, me and my home. Two of which have severely ignored. 

Here is to Eating that Frog in 2014!

Yart


Thursday, December 26, 2013

Stuck in the Smoke Hole of our Tipi.

This is my newest favorite Christmas song.... Then Dominic the Donkey and Jingle Bell Rock! Enjoy!!



Yart

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Oh, where is it?

The Christmas Spirit.... It really hasn't made an appearance to my home in a couple years now.

I'm not depressed or down trodden!?!

I'm not rushed or frazzled!?!

Almost everything is done....

Decorating -Check
Cookies - Check
Presents bought - check
Wrapped - check
Meal Planned - check
House Cleaned - Almost 

Not sure what the deal is....

But I feel like its just another day... I think it has something to do with the monsters getting older.... I fell like I'm going through the motions.

On a side note... 

I took the family to help out at Toys for Tots... We sorted and placed toys.... Then we went back and assembled bicycles. We had such a great time... Picky even commented that how cool it is that we put the bikes together that little ones will be getting on Christmas morning... I love my monsters! I was so proud of them... They jumped right in with what needed to be done... Never a complaint... Always looking to see where they could work next!

Winter Solstice -

We didn't do anything special... Mouthy worked on her Pooka Pages. The older girls helped me make cookies. It was a very quite day together!

Yart 

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

What Spring Holds!

About a month or so ago we lost our Tickety-Boo. Not really sure what happened to him but he didn't make it. So that has now freed up the hutch for two females this spring. Grim works with a Fella that has rabbits. He said that we can come out and get them once the weather breaks! YEAH! I am so excited to actually have does!!! I'm hoping that I get them old enough so that I can breed them right away and have the first kit before the weather warms up to much.

Now if I could just figure out how to make these bark, I could have a couple!


Baby Doll Shetland Sheep!

Off to by lottery tickets!!!

Yart

Monday, December 16, 2013

Lots going on!

Since its that time of year again, I feel the need to clean house... I know it would make more since to do it daily or even weekly... Which we do keep up on the top layer of stuff.... But its the deep down cleaning that I feel the need to do... I didn't get a chance to do it at Thanksgiving because of the dreaded funk of 2013. So now we are just 10 days from Christmas and I need to get it done... But what am I doing instead.... Playing on the computer of course.... LOL! And waiting on the time to come for me to leave and get my oldest Monster from the bus depot! She will be home for almost a month... Its going to be weird her being here again.... When she was here at Thanksgiving I was so sick that it didn't matter to me who was here... :D Since she will be home during the day with me as the others are at school, she will be able to help me get a ton of stuff done....

I haven't even started my Christmas cookies yet... 
Chocolate chip
Oatmeal
peanut butter
magic bars
cherry nut bread (oh, my mixer is going to hate me)
snowballs
russian tea cookies
thin mints

The shopping is done... Just need to get everything wrapped! Still need to get a turkey, already have the ham. I have most of the stuff for the side dishes. Just need to get a few more things.

Yart