okay...i just deleted an entire entry

trying to figure out how to change the font. ARRRGH!!

so i will attempt to re-create it, although, as we all know, perfection is hard to imitate.

it is starting to look like i will be a once-a-weeker for the next little while...at least until i get my bazzill assignments finished. i just turned in one assignment today, and now find myself staring into the cold, red eyes of another HUGE assignment! (isn't that right ang?)

so anyway, we are going to our friend's cabin in strawberry for the weekend. it's a great trade off...richard helps omar do work around his house and business, and in return,we get to use the cabin a couple times a year. one of our new favorite times to go is thanksgiving.

our friend, elder jenkins, who is now lovingly referred to as simply "jenkins", will fly in from wyoming friday morning. he can do that now, you see, because he went home from his mission some time ago. then we will load up a couple of cars and head for the mountains. oh, and by the way,

have i told you lately that i freakin love my car!

on saturday, the kids want to hike into fossill springs. supposed to be a great swimming hole at the end of the trail! meanwhile, i will be scrappin' my little heart out back at the ranch...i mean cabin!

still haven't had time to learn how to put pictures on here, but i promise i will. i have an entire file of "all about me" pics that i know y'all are just dying to see, not to mention the 2000 we took in europe. and yes, angie, we went to florence...the real one...in italy. it was freakin beautiful! i want to move to tuscany! i do, however, have two nieces who live in the other florence...the fake one...in arizona.

well kids, i'd better go e-mail some pics to good ol' wal-mart one hour photo...wouldn't want to be stuck in the mountains without any pics for my projects! so until next time...see ya next week. take care of you...goodnight!

today i went to the airport to pick up richard. he has been in utah the past week visiting his parents and attending a class reunion. i drove there all by myself! and i didn't even get lost...i felt so grown up! as soon as we got home i ordered pizza to feed the missionaries. i always love to have the missionaries over...i truly believe that if i feed the servants of the lord, my own family will never go hungry! not to mention that they set a good example for my children and bring a spirit of peace into my home...go elders!

and who knows, maybe i will find another husband for another one of my daughters! j/k

i hope to figure out how to put pictures on this silly thing, but you know how it is...baby steps and patience. i am truly a computer dork. i work on a computer all day, but really have no idea what i am doing here.

jessica and austin have been in queen creek all week, and cody is rarely home (he's 18...need i say more), so this past week has been very quiet. i have even been home all alone a few times...now with richard home, i guess the party's over. i really don't mind a little quiet time, ya know...it's all good.

sarah moved out a week or so ago, so i took over half of the girls' bedroom for my scrapbook nook...don't you just love how that rhymes? anyway, it is great to actually be able to leave a project out while you are still working on it...and still be able to eat at the dinner table!

gotta go. maybe we can chat about my trip to europe next time. take care of you...goodnight!

hi there...i think i am writing a blog entry...not sure what i am doing yet. just testing the waters. if it works, i should be open for business soon!

right now i am just trying to comment on some of my friends' pages...so let's see what happens...