Small town life

This weekend is our little towns annual fair. It started yesterday with a parade, and the carnival rides will be at the park until tomorrow night.

This is the first time I've ever been to a parade that had tractors in it, with one even doing doughnuts on the parade route. And school children riding unicycles. Or the local Red Hat Society walking around dressed in purple with a giant red hat on the cab of a small pickup truck. What I thought was the funniest, were the people that had to follow all the animals pushing a wheelbarrow or carrying a big bucket. And the shovels. That, for some reason, just made me laugh. Or, one of the slogans of a local farming company: The Poop Starts Here.

On our walk home from the parade, we met a horse.
She (or he) really liked Andrew. And for some reason, being this close to a horse was so exciting that it eclipsed all the excitement of the parade. I'm sure we'll see this horse again.

Here is what my banner picture really looks like. Took this not long after we saw our horse friend. Enjoy.

This was yummy

Last week, I tried a new chicken recipe. It was super super easy. I love to buy Real Simple magazine. I buy it every month, and now that I have an address for a while, I just might get me a subscription to it. Anyway, I got this recipe from the June issue. Go here to see it. I used chicken breasts, not a whole chicken. (I don't eat chicken off the bone. It just grosses me out.) and it was really good! Except it was a little dry because I left it in too long. And last night, I cut up the leftovers and used them for making chicken salads for dinner, and they were so good!!! I will be making this again, that's for sure. Enjoy!!!

This is a three minute walk from our house

We went into those fields and picked flowers the other day. I think next time we'll wear pants and socks and shoes.

Just a few things.......

First, I'm going to try and not get online again for the day. I know, sounds crazy, but I've got to get things done in this place.

Next, send some good thoughts or prayers for my friends sister as her four month old little girl A~ undergoes the same sort of surgery that Andrew had.

And, something that just made my day.......my friend runs an orphanage in Cameroon, and one of the girls there just added me as a friend on Facebook. To help her practice her English. (they speak french in Cameroon) I've wanted to help him for a while, but couldn't really think of anything that I could do. And we couldn't send much money wise...but now I feel helpful. I was SO tickled this morning when I found that request in my inbox. I'm hoping to find other ways to be helpful for him, and for some other things around here. Especially within our unit. And, speaking of, I contacted the FRG leader, and so I'm hoping I'll hear back from her soon. I'll give it until Monday, and then call again. I guess it is kind of selfish. I want the support from others just as much as I want to give it!

Now, off to tackle my kitchen, their toys (we really need to get rid of some, I think they are taking over my upstairs) and maybe even a little bit in my bedroom. Even though it's raining today, I took my vitamin D supplement (yay for activia chews!!!) so I'm hoping to not be a bump on a log today. Cloudy days and I just don't mix well.

I'm off!

My door mat.

It is just awesome. The only thing that could make it better, is if it were purple.

Mind Vomit

I cannot take credit for the phrase. I read it here, where this permablogger used it in one of her posts.

I feel like I need to get out this mind vomit. And, we all know, we all feel better after we do it, right? Here are some of the thoughts in my head as I am unpacking, being a mom, organizing, being a housekeeper....yeah, you get the point. Anyway, as I was saying, here is what is floating around in there:

~Mustard colored pants are awesome, especially when the cut and fit are perfect. And even more awesome when they were $80 at J.Crew and you got them for $16. Plus, what kind of a wardrobe would you have if you didn't have a pair of mustard colored pants? See!! My point. :) (I wore them yesterday, and they just feel so good!)

~Unpacking things that should have gone into the trash is just irritating. Even more so, when the movers carefully wrapped them in copious amounts of packing paper.

~I have done several loads of laundry today, and then just ran the dishwasher. Always a little worried that the septic tank alarm is going to go off because it got too full.

~Trying a new recipe for dinner tonight. If it's good, I'll share it.

~Everyday is one day closer to his deployment.

~I heard today from a friend in my ward, that this past Sunday they were going to split the ward. But. One key thing did not go through, so they had to put it off for a few weeks. Oh the joy!!! Hooray!!! The RS president and bishop must be relieved. Although, the last time I was in a ward that split, I was called as the new wards RS president. I think we're enough under the radar enough (ha! they barely know who we are!) that I won't get a calling like that again.

~My doormat to my front door says Yo. That's right. Yo. How awesome is that? Thank you Tuesday Morning. I'll have to take a picture of it soon and share. Every time I walk out the door, I just smile.:)

~Have any of you seen Nanny McPhee? The kids were watching it this afternoon, and I couldn't get over the blue walls and doors. And then there were some yellow doors. While I can't really see myself painting a house in those colors, I thought it looked awesome! And, I just really really like blue and yellow together. They are such happy colors.

~I really want to hang stuff on my walls. But I just don't even know where to begin.

OK. I feel much better now.

I just LOVE this woman

I read a blog of a fellow military wife. I have never ever met her in real life. (that's not to say I don't want to) I love her blog. She is able to articulate things in such a way that amazes me. I laugh out loud almost every time I read her blog.

Recently, she did this post about her current housing situation. And then today, she posted this. I don't think the base commander really knows what is going on. If my housing office was treating us the way they are treating them, I would have a fit. If you're military and have ever lived in military housing, you must go and read what she has to say. I have never experienced what she has. But. Seriously. That deserves a WTF????? Especially when you find out how much they pay for it. (which in all honesty, you never see as it goes directly to housing. But if they lived off base they could have a much nicer place to live. Yes, she could move. But the point is that people are being treated in this fashion.) Happy reading.:)