Take a stroll down Memory Lane with me, won't you?

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Leave me a memory about you and I! First time meeting, funny, sad, crazy events etc.
Here is how you play:1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

1. Family

2. Jansen and Holly are going to be coming to visit!

3. The best Mom that anyone could ask for.

Sad News

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week. Larry LaPrise, the man that rote "The Hokey-Pokey" died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in, and then the trouble started.

Shut up. You know it's funny. I'll have updates for last week in a couple days. :)

So can you tell that I have so much going on in my life right now? I'm sitting at work trying to think of things that I could write on my blog since I really haven't put anything on there for awhile. And I saw this story on Yahoo's home page. I've recently gotten couple email from friends that talk about how gas companies aren't certifying their pumps, so you need to check the price and the amount of gas that you put in your cars to make sure that your getting the same amount of gas that you pay for. But this story is something new that I haven't heard of yet.

I know it's lame, but I'll have some pictures for you of Montana by the 21st. Tyler and I are going camping in Bear Tooth, Montana for a week. It's a long awaited trip that will be much needed. I also am getting back into showing horses and the next show I'm doing is on the 19th. I know you guys are dying to see those pictures. I'm sure it will look like this one above. :)

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Here is that story of the gas scheme for anyone interested.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=8732039&ch=4226713&src=news

1. The church

2. Heating pads

3. Hot baths

AAHHHHHH!!!

Wow, so I've been trying to mess around with my background cause I was getting tired of seeing the same one over and over. I went on the internet (at work, cause it's Saturday and there is nothing to do) to look for some cute ideas. I found a good one and so I switched my HTML. It didn't work cause it said I had to have the classic blogging setting on. So I switched it over. Then all my stuff was erased. Can I just take a moment to say how computer illiterate I am? Kudos to all those computer nerds out there. To the rest of you, I feel your pain. I finally got some of my stuff back but now my list of friends is non existent. Bring on the jokes about me being friendless. I'm ready.

So here is my cry for help. Please, anyone out there know what I did?? Cause I don't really want to start all over. Plus does anyone know where I can get some cute backgrounds?

1. Computer nerds for in laws.

2. PC laptops

3. Nice doctors that bring me treats for being here.

So what do I find when I turn the TV On this morning? Boyz II Men is playing on the news!!! Happens that they are putting a new CD out so they invited them to perform. They Dance!! Not Brittney spears or some boy band dance. I mean they were dancing like something that you would see from that show back in the 70's that they would show in the middle of the night.

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It so happens that my awesome sister used to love Boyz II Men. I remember her having a lot of their Cd's. They actually did pretty good on the show. I have to say even enjoyed their dancing, but I'm a geek like that. So Emily, needless to say your going to have a surprise when you get home. Sure luv ya!!

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Thanks for the pictures Holly.

My dad has been one of the most influential people in my life. Even though he's not with us anymore, he's still a significant individual in my life. I still think about how he would like me to plant my plants in our garden. Knowing where to put the ones that needed the most sun. Trying to remember exactly how he would have fished a difficult part of the river to catch even the smallest of fish. When it wasn't really about the fishing at all. I love my dad so much for teaching me everything that he tried to instill into this hard head of mine. He was to patient, loving, and funny man. I still run into people that grew up with him and his siblings in California. I love to hear the stories they tell me about my crazy dad when he was growing up.

I still have a weird fondness for a complete stranger that happens to be wearing bib overalls. I wish he was still here so I could have him magically start our 100 year old tiller mom keeps in her yard next to her rose bushes. The new ones just don't do the job like dad would have liked. And I still have no idea how he would get it running. I think it had a something to do with spraying a lot of WD40 into the motor.

He's the reason that I have trouble killing little bugs in my house, even though Tyler thinks I'm weird. A dragon fly will never be just a dragon fly. Even when it's in a shoebox with lots of tissue. After six years I would have thought that it would get easier, but find that this year was one of the hardest since he's been gone. I love him very much and still miss his chuckles and words of good advice.

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1. The best dad any girl could have asked for.

2. Heavenly Father

3. A great Grandpapa

And so IT begins. . .

Tyler and I took the boat out over the weekend for the first time this year. Isn't she a beauty? Our neighbor was wondering if our huge truck is would be able to haul it. Needless to say our truck did fine. We set out to catch the much sought after wipers. The day was perfect. No breeze, hot sun, and no huge waves that would capsize our boat. We were golden. But when we set out, we noticed that people were taking off without any fish. We don't mind. We (mainly I) are out just to enjoy ourselves regardless of how much action we get. It's nice to sit out in the sun and let my iridescent skin get some much needed UV A's. A little while later, after a few false alarms with moss, we hook our first fish. We pull it up hoping to see a wiper, but to no avail .

Neither of us had ever caught a cat fish. For the record, they are REALLY ugly and they don't die. For the entire day, we caught cat fish. We didn't see any wipers at all. We felt better about it when nobody else was catching them around us either. You could tell Tyler was getting frustrated about it though. Anyways, we decided to keep two of them and give them a try. We feel a little better about eating them knowing we caught them on lures that look like fish. Tylers grandpa grew up in Missouri, so he loves them. And Mom says their good. So they can't be that bad.

1. Outdoors

2. Layne and Holly Thanks!!!

3. Gloveit