Nano Crisis

Okay. You may be asking yourself, "Why is this dumb picture of Alison's nano on her blog?" I will answer this question my dear friends. This happens to be my sixth ipod. Much to my chagrin, and even much much much to Blake's chagrin, I have a nano abuse problem. I LOVE my nano, and I have loved my IPODS. I cannot survive running without them. The problem I face is upkeep. My first died from all the sweat getting into the main system and failing. The second IPOD got rained on while I was running. My third just didn't ever work out for me, so I gave it to my son. I like the nano better. It's smaller, and can click right onto my shorts. However, that proved to be disatrous for my fourth nano. I washed it right along with my shorts. Now my last and final nano, according to Blake, is ruined. I got it my birthday and I was so excited. I kept it in my car and pampered it ever so gently. We were on our way, late, to the Fowers for a barbeque. I held our meat marinating in soy sauce on my lap. Blake turned sharp, and the soy sauce spilled. It got onto my nano. I hurried and brushed it off, but it was dead. So, I had heard that you can wash them, let them dry out, and then they will work again. So this is day five of hoping the nano will regenerate. I washed it. I dried it with a little fan, and charged it. No signs of life. I am a wreck about it. Blake says no more. I say it is really his fault for driving liking a crazy man. Who wins? We'll see......So goodbye purple nano.

Fourth of July Fun

Did you all have a great holiday? We enjoyed ours very much. We took the kids to hike the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. It was great. Very hot, but great. Supe thought he would perish on the way, but a good song of "Oh One Fine Day" brought him right out of his funk. We had yet, another barbeque and five thousand calories later, went to bed. I am grateful for this holiday. It gave us a chance to be together as a family and celebrate life in general.

Family Kickball

Tonight was the kick-off of our summer kickball. Every Sunday night in the cool summer evenings, our family gathers at my house for kickball. It really is a hilarious event. The kids look forward to it all day. It's great to see my seventy year old parents out there just a kicking and running away. They are great sports. I hope to be doing that when I am seventy! It always gets a little heated. Last night we thought of calling our neighbor to referee us. We play and then have a yummy treat. This is one of the reasons why I LOVE summer!

Three hours and pink background!

I hope you enjoy the pink background. It only took me an hour to figure it out. I am very proud. I hope, fellow readers that you do indeed like pink, and that you don't get sick of it for a very long time!!! Cheers!

Pets R Us

I frequently ask myself, why pets? We have two cats, one dog, and now only one bunny. We have buried three bunnies already. Supe has a tendency to kill bunnies. Blake continues to fold, and buys him one right after the other. I took this picture when our dog had puppies recently. Our dogs name is Aggie. Unfortunately, she was date-raped by a black dog. She is a golden lab, and all twelve puppies were black. Last week I took Aggie in to the vet for a hysterectomy. I have felt bad ever since. I took away her right to bear future puppies! She was very groggy, and almost passed out on the way home. I can't stand the dog. She is big and gross and very bothersome. But seeing her coming home from the vet, staggering in pain, I felt so bad! I wasn't going to pay the extra $18.00 for the pain meds. But then Ethan made me feel guilty by telling me he would have to think about paying extra for my pain medicine when I am old. So I called and told them to give her the pain meds. Then next day she was her old self again. Crabby, hairy, and barking at any stranger. Tomorrow is the two male cats day to shine at the vet. They are being neutered. Somehow, I don't feel as bad for them. Is it because I hate cats? Or is it because I can't relate to being neutered?

Five Things.....

Hello
I am back to my blog. I had to take a hiatus from it for awhile. I spent like two hours trying to figure out how to put those cute backgrounds on my blog. But, alas, I couldn't do it. I was so frustrated that I have had to take a break. So if any fellow bloggers out there have a few minutes to call me and talk me through it, I would be much obliged. It really would be for you benefit afterall. You won't have to see Blake's soaked picture all of the time. I have been challenged by my friend Angie to do this five things list. So, if you get bored, surf away. Otherwise, here we go.....
5 Things on My List Today:
1. It's Sunday. I love Sundays because there are no lists!
2. I do try to make a nice Sunday dinner. I hope for an invite from mom or aunt Jill!!
3. I take a big breathe and gear up for my eight little beehives awaiting me!
4. I usually coerce my family to take a walk around the loop.
5. Every single Sunday night we go out to my mom's house for "happy hour". My brother and his family go also. We visit, have treats, and usually watch a "Murder She Wrote". It's tradition!

5 Favorite Snacks
1. Wheat Thins- like by the box!
2. licorice
3. oreos with peanut butter and milk
4. chocolate covered cinammon bears
5. Michelle Fowers pumpkin bread

5 Things I would do if I had a billion dollars
1. Fly my whole family to Africa and spend the summer doing medical aid
2. Build a swimming pool in my back yard. Complete with trees, barbeque area, the whole shebang.
3. Have it, and enjoy knowing I have tons and tons of money!!
4. Buy anything I wanted from Athleta magazine
5. Buy a beach house in Mexico or Hawaii and go EVERY year with my family.

5 Bad Habits
1. Eating too much!!
2. Picking my cuticles until they bleed.
3. Germ freekazoid!
4. Being moody
5. I tend to be a little too over-protective of my children

5 Places I have lived
1. Hyde Park -in a shack with snakes and huge spiders. It used to be a shed where cattle walked through!
2. Hyde Park- we built our first house there. I still love that house!
3. Smithfield
4. Lehi-
5. North Logan

5 Jobs I have had
1. Queen raspberry picker. My family had fifteen acres of raspberries. They wanted to teach their children to work. It was oh, so fun!!
2. Logan Valley Nursing and Rehab. I worked at this job for 8 hours. I never went back. It was traumatic!
3. Dr. Odell at the budge clinic
4. Treehouse pediatrics- current job. Blake doesnt' really call my four hours a week a job. But I do!!

5 Things people don't know about me:
1. I hate these! I dont' want people to know things about me!!
2. When I run, I have to make sure I don't run on the lines of the road. It really throws me off at times. And it is messing up my hip. OCD!
3. I really am SEVERELY computer challenged!
4. When Blake and I were first married, I couldn't even make Campbell's soup.
5. I am pretty much a democrat. At least, I can't stand George Bush.

There you have it. Probably much more information than you wanted!! Now, fellow bloggers, let me hear from you!!!

SUMMER

Well, it's the first day of summer at our house. This picture says it all. What could be better than sitting under an umbrella selling lemonade and cookies? Oh, I long for those younger years! Now I get to enjoy them through my kids. I should have taken a picture of my sunburned arms. Sitting through almost two hours of soccer try-outs fried me today. I wonder why the sun loves to burn me! To all my blog readers, have a great summer! We better enjoy them while we can still remember them!