What if your nose really itched???

......I don't mean a little... I mean itched so much that it was driving you a little mad. So much that you wouldn't think twice about sticking a sharp pencil up there just for a little relief???








Would you scratch it???????

And just hope some lady didn't just happen to be standing on the side of the road snapping photos??

I need a little color in my life......

...or do I????

I took more senior pictures of KayLeigh this last week. While I was editing them I could decide if I like a few in black and white or color better.

B&W..........???....

...or color...???....

B&W???..................

...OR COLOR!!!!?????????

I just can't decide!!!!!! While you contemplate this earth shattering delemia.....here are a few others of my favorites.

The WEINER!!!!!

.......Wanna know who won my quiz?????

........you do???

....well, why don't I tell you than...........................................................

AFTER I give you the anwers! (I'm such a tease!)

1. Toilet Dog: We have a rule in our house that if a dog can fit in a toilet....its not a dog! Hence the name 'Toilet Dog!

2. Crack Salad: Its the McDonalds Grilled Southwest Salad. The addiction has gotten so bad that I think I may need to invent some kind of methadone for the stuff!

3. Shaky Cheese: Parm!.....you can shake it, 'nuff said.

4. Doink Doink: You people are all sickos!!!!! Doink Doink is the sound the gavel makes at the end of Law and Order!

5. Buttons: Because I am lazy, I aparently felt the need to shorten the name remote control to buttons because it took too much effort to say.

6. Doggie Crumbs: Doggie crumbs are the result of puppies to head out in the morning to take a tinkle and then feel the pull the jump into bed and snuggle.....they leave behind sand or DOGGIE CRUMBS!

7. Dragons: For some reason, people seem to think, when it rains or one single snow flake falls, a giant dragon is pateintly waiting to jump out in front of them and devour their car with them inside if they go over 10 mph. So whenever there is traffic......we just say there are dragons out today!

8. Hair Binder: The only reason that I included this one is because it seems to be a Minnesota thing to call a pony tail holder a hair binder. Whenever I would say thing out at school it fueled a 10 minute conversation about how I was strange.

9. Clicker: Garage door opener.......get it? It Clicks!

10. Tomfredo: Ty has some pretty wicked heartburn so my culinary exhibitions have been limited to non spicy things, which is the very opposite of my dreams. Even Spaghetti sauce gives him pain. So I was making tortilini one day and decided to mix spaghetti sauce and alfredo for the sauce and it did the trick! Its one of Ty's favorite and it didn't have a name so I came up with the dumbest name possible!

11. Buddy & Butthead: This would be Blue and Scout....respectivly.

12. Camel kiss: When I want to annoy Ty I open my mouth, put it up against his check and close my teech. My lips are still where they would have been if my mouth was open. I call this a camel kiss because it gets him all slobbery....he loves it!!! (please note sarcasam here!)

As far as Duck Duck Gray Duck goes......this is another Minnesota thing. It is an ongoing argument between Ty and I whether it is Gray Duck or Goose. I have even gone so far as to start calling al Geese Gray Ducks.

After much deliberation and a...........................................the winner is...............

Kristin!!!!!!

(and before you ask...no I will not take the picture down:))

Tell me when you want the cinnamon rolls!!! Saturday?

A pig and a quiz...

Ty and I were talking the other night and it occured to me that if any normal (and I mean that in the most general way possible) were listening......they would be as confused as a live pig at a picnic. By Golly...we have our own language!

So today, we will be having a little fun! Below are some words that Ty and I routinly use 'round these parts (insert dorking western accent here).

Whoever can correctly define the most words, will win either a batch of my kick A cinnamon rolls (seriously, ask around)......or if you are not from a 30 mile radius of me I will send you this nifty $5 target gift card in my wallet from an origin that I no longer remember.

Here's how to play....just copy and paste the below words into a comment and leave you definitions. Its that easy!!!! If you havn't a clue....take your wildest guess, extra points may be given for creativity of wrong answers in the event of a tie so you never know!!! Some may be more obvious than others. Winner will be announced ThankfulThursday morning!!!!!! GOOD LUCK!


1. Toilet Dog:
2. Crack Salad:
3. Shaky Cheese:
4. Doink Doink:
5. Buttons:
6. Doggie Crumbs:
7. Dragons:
8. Hair Binder:
9. Clicker:
10. Tomfredo:
11. Buddy & Butthead:
12. Camel kiss:

EXTRA CREDIT!!!!
13. Duck Duck Gray Duck....this is fairly easy however I want you to tell me when Ty (or most of the country for that manner) disagrees with me on this game.

me so thankful!

Today, on this greatest of ThankfulThursdays, I embrace my inner hermit. Today is one of those days where my greatest joy would be spending the entire day in my pj’s sliding across the kitchen floor singing in to a wooden spoon at the top of my lungs. My luck, whenever I enjoy those times the window is open and the neighborhood gets a good listen to my ‘hermit-dom’.

So today’s ThanfulThursday is dedicated to all of you who love me despite my love of occasional solitude….

Today, I am thankful for…..

…..post it notes………how else would I organize my obscene number of shopping lists, appointment list, and lists in general???
…..asparagus season……I no longer have to wistful think about better times when these green stalks of joy don’t cost $327 a bundle. I embrace the stinky side effects!
…..Toilet brushes……seriously, think of life without and I bet you will be thankful too!
…..a dog smart enough to run away when I wake up to one giant lick on the face….seriously, she licked me right when I opened my eyes this morning then bolted. Ty couldn’t stop laughing.
…..whoever invented the headband……..it makes dirty hair days okay
…..sunglasses……..do I really need to explain this one???
…..lists…..does anyone else find this ironic?
…..garlic salt…….this has become a staple in our home
…..flip flops…….murder on my feet but heaven on my toes
…..my bicycle…..its that time of year that feeling the breeze is amazing


p.s. I’m ready to not be a hermit anymore. Does anyone wanna play with me?

The thought of a towel and some soap makes me howl....

This is Dirty Dan....

Dirty Dan lives between the pages of 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstine....

The Dirtiest Man In The World

Oh, I'm Dirty Dan, the world's dirtiest man,I never have taken a shower.I can't see my shirt--it's so covered with dirt,And my ears have enough to grow flowers.

But the water is either a little too hot,Or else it's a little too cold.I'm musty and dusty and patchy and scratchyAnd mangy and covered with mold.But the water is always a little too hot,Or else it's a little too cold.

I live in a pen with five hogs and a henAnd three squizzly lizards who creep inMy bed, and they itch as I squirm, and I twitchIn the cruddy old sheets that I sleep in.

In you looked down my throat with a flashlight, you'd noteThat my insides are coated with rust.I creak when I walk and I squeak when I talk,And each time I sneeze I blow dust.

The thought of a towel and soap makes me howl,And when people have something to tell meThey don't come and tell it--they stand back and yell it.I think they're afraid they might smell me.

The bedbugs that leap on me sing me to sleep,And the garbage flies buzz me awake.They're the best friends I've found and I fear they might drownSo I never go too near a lake.

Each evening at nine I sit down to dineWith the termites who live in my chair,And I joke with the bats and have intimate chatsWith the cooties who crawl in my hair.

I'd brighten my life if I just found a wife,But I fear that will never beUntil I can find a girl, gentle and kind,With a beautiful face and a sensitive mind,Who sparkles and twinkles and glistens and shines--And who's almost as dirty as me.

......I think I may have found Dirty Dan's twin brother..........