8 Things About Me..............I have been tagged and so will you..........

Amy tagged me for this thing everyone is doing where you write 8 facts about you and tag eight more people so here goes.

1. I have had grey hairs since I was like 17, a handful on both sides and a few on the top of my head. I don't dye them or anything but I do pull out any visible ones, Dan is 29 now and still not a grey hair! SO not fair!

2. I love to ride my bike to work. It makes me feel so great and it saves time by combining my commute and my excercise time.

3. I am VERY allergic, especially to animals, but I couldn't bear to part with any of my pets so I just suffer through it. (I am getting allergy shots and taking some medication now so that helps a ton)

4. I am, as Dan so correctly stated, an "eye rubber"; constantly with my fingers in my eyes until they are very irritated and red and swollen. It used to be from my allergies but now I think it is just habit.

5. Dan has affectionately nicknamed me "snot monkey" (again, because of the allergies)

6. I like to wear red. I have always wanted to be that super sexy, mysterious "woman in red"........yeah you know what I am talking about :)

7. I carry 5 separate knives in my purse(a few large and small pocket knives and a 7 inch survival dagger that I can strap to my leg); you know, for self defense.......................... and hangnails.

8. I want nothing more than to be a homemaker, to cook and clean, and take care of Dan and our babies...maybe some people might think that is lame but it is my biggest dream. Annie know's what I am talkin' about.

And now you know.......................I tag Annie Callister, Brandi Clark, Treeva, Tasha, Ashley Wimmer, Krystine, Amanda House and Jennavier Gilbert. For those of you who don't have a blog you can just click on the "comments" link for this post and post your list there if you want to. Love you guys!!!

Hendricks Park

Today we went up to Hendricks park to take some pictures for Krystine and Zack. It was a beautiful day!

The sign says: "Please do not climb on this grand old branch" - awe such a rebel.


My sweetie!





My buddy Krystine.

The Raccoon Skin Hat......to be continued

For some silly reason I have always wanted a coon skin hat(like Davy Crockett) not that I would ever really wear it but I have always fancied them nonetheless. So last Saturday on his way to work, Dan saw a fresh road kill two houses down. Poor critter, she(I think?) was one messed up raccoon. He called me up and told me where to find it so I put on some gloves and went down to get it. I carried it back by it's tail and got lots of weird looks from people(especially that guy at the bus stop - he just couldn't stop pointing). Dan thought I should have bawled and made a scene: like it was my pet and "how did this happen?" - That could have been funny. But no I just tried to be as discreet as possible while gathering up the remains of a dead critter in the middle of a busy street. It was a very fresh kill, with her little raccoon feet still warm, and the head was total mush. So I called my mom to get some instructions for skinning it(she used to date a trapper so she is quite knowledgeable in this area). At first I was a bit queasy and whenever I pulled the tail I think it tooted because it would start to smell funny. So 2 hours later with cramps in my hands I had successfully removed it's pretty fur and tacked it to a board and salted it. Bellotti bunny has some nice fur too, hmmmmm maybe while I am at it.....just kidding.

Curtains!

We finally finished the drywall and painting around our new window in the kitchen. But alas, we are like a fishbowl on Barger so I made some pretty yellow curtains with red accents and a red tablecloth with yellow bows to match. It was so much fun!

I love Dan!!!!!!!!!

Ripping out the Chimney

On Dan's birthday (7/16) we decided to take a "whack" at our old chimney and rip it out in preparation for the putting in of some tile for our new wood stove. It actually went pretty fast and made a big dusty mess. Luckily Dan tacked down some plastic over the hole in the roof because that night it rained! Nothing like a hole in your roof to bring on the rain

My first diaper

Tuesday night Tannya let me watch her four children (ages 7, 5, 3 and like 8 months)This would be my first "for real" babysitting. Paige, Grace and Whitney all did so good. They ate their dinner, watched Cheaper by the Dozen and didn't give me too much trouble when it came time for bed. Crew on the other hand(such a cute baby!) was having some separation anxiety and cried...the entire time. I changed my first diaper(a good messy poopy one) as he screamed bloody murder and flailed around. I think I might have even put the diaper on wrong or maybe it was his sister's pull-up. But anyways, I did have a good time (aside from being exhausted) and I am proud to say I have finally at the age of 22 changed my first diaper! I avoided this day for so many years and it is finally done :)