Toothsoap

I thought I'd enter my dogs in the Funny or Cute Pet Pic contest to see if I can win them some tooth soap to help their smelly breath.
I desperately  need toothsoap for my dogs.  We live on a farm and they like to eat cow poop and horse hoof clippings.  Just for the record both of these things smell very very bad.  I could totally use some tooth soap to clean there little teethys!

I know I post this picture ALL the time but It's too funny not to....  My dogs LOVE to jump hay bales.  We have none right now so this was from last summer.  They start on one end and run all the way to the other as fast as they can.  Silly dogs. 
Visit Shell to enter your own picture!

Writing

Kelly @ Keeping up with Kelly & Co.  Tagged me for a fun handwriting assignment.  I'm almost embarassed to post mine because her's puts me to shame!!  She was a teacher and her handwriting is amazing and so is her drawing.. I'm so jealous of people that can draw!!  I guess that's why I choose to take photos instead!!
Ok here are the rules:

Write down the following, take a picture, and then post!

1. Name/Blog Name

2. Left-handed, right-handed, or both

3. Favorite letters to write

4. Least-favorite letters to write

5. Write: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

6. Write in CAPS: CRAB, HUMOR, KALEIDOSCOPE, PAJAMAS, GAZILLION

7. Favorite song lyrics

8. Tag 5 people

9. Any special note or drawing

Please don't laugh at my horrible hand writing.  I used to have pretty hand writing..ok I'm lying I never had pretty hand writing.  But I hear that bad hand writing=genius. I wonder why I'm not a genius? 

You would think as a kid I would've practiced my handwriting while bored at school but I instead prefected the art of doodling stars, spirals, and boxes. 

For the record I do not love or hate any letter of the alphabet more than the other.  I just chose random letters that came to my mind. 

I'm totally embarassed of my drawing.  I even suck at "stick."  In the second grade I won a red ribbon at the fair for drawing a clown.  Maybe I should've drawn that for you instead...maybe another day.

Have a good Thursday!!

Wordful wednesday

Hey! 

We're participating in Wordful Wednesday for the first time in a long time!

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I'm pretty sure I have a male and a female now that they are getting bigger. 

I need two cute names... i was thinking something clever like

rachel & ross

Or

edward & Bella

alice & jasper

....barbie & ken??

Got any good Ideas???

Have a great Wednesday!!

and lots of runs were scored

Last night I played my weekly double header Church League Softball game.  I'm semi gifted when it comes to sucking on the softball field.  But it's a lot of fun and it allows me to tell people I exercise weekly without lying about it. 

Last night I took my new camera and snapped a few photos before it got time to get serious.  The team were were playing were all college softball players and I had to put my game face on. 

This is the proper way to watch the game from the dug out.  It is also acceptable to bend your arms at the elbow but you must hang them from the fence in some capacity.

This is Lauren.  She had to miss the game last week because she was on her honeymoon.  She really missed out too.  I'd much rather be playing softball than on my honeymoon on a tropical island. 

I'm pretty sure Lyndsey had decided this ball was too high to swing at because she is totally not looking at the ball.  And I remember the pitcher walked the first four batters.  and then they swiched pitchers and guess who was batter number five? 

Me.  I hit a line drive up the middle for 2 RBI's .  yeah I know, I'm good.  

...but then I quickly cancelled that out when I got burned in left field with a ball I should've caught and then hit a dribbler to the pitcher to loose the game.   

Here's Sean's Auntie Linda.  Linda tore her hamstring in the next inning..  Tore it in half.  Had to go the the emergency room.  Almost passed out.  yuck.  Hope she's feeling better today...hope she got some good pain killers.

We lost the first game...but at least the sky was pretty. 

Elephant Trunks are Sexy

I went to a sleep clinic on friday night for the second time.  Apparently I have every annoying sickness possible and truthfully my parents should claim lemon and trade me in for a new model. 

The first time I slept at the sleep clinic I woke myself out of a deep sleep a total of 23 times an hour.  I was only "asleep" 69% of the time I was "asleep" which is apparently why I'm tired and cranky all the time. I totally have no idea what all that waking up and precentage of sleep means but the Doctor who called me and told me about it sounded like he knew what he was talking about.  Sooo on his advice,  I went back friday night and had to sleep with a Cpap Machine and I haven't gotten the results back yet but Saturday I felt like a new person.  It was wonderful.  I slept like a baby.  Except, I think that means that I'll have to sleep with that horrible mask to feel good. 

How Sexy am I going to be in this elephant trunk thingy?  Can you just imagine how embarassing it will be to have go to bed in this contraption and then kiss your husband goodnight?  great...  After I put my mouth piece in so I don't grind my teeth I should be reaaaal cute.

Maybe I'll be more loveable since I won't be so tired and cranky all the time... maybe that will even itself out and Sean will still love me....the funny thing is that Sean has sleep apnea too and he was recommended one of these machines but decided against it...maybe we can share?

Anyone have an experience or advice on these things?  I'm really excited about it.... *sarcasm*  

Oh and Saturday &Sunday i had a couple photo shoots, an engagement and a Bday party.  You can check out my Photography Page to see the photo shoot....it's new and up top on my pages.  Here's a sneek peak...

Look what I got

I've been absent for awhile...I just didn't really have anything to blog about until today!  The exciting thing to blog about is this baby...

What's that you say???   No big deal just a photo of your camera?

BaBam Baby!!!!   I Got a 7D  AHHHHH!!!!    18megaPixelsADuelProcesser8framesPerSecondspeedandHDvideo....oh be still my heart... i've fallen in love.

*sigh*

It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.  I bought it yesterday and it set in the box until this afternoon because I was so nervous and intimidated by it.  I was shaking as I pulled it out of the box and I'm almost afraid to use it just yet.

The first photo I took....

The most beautiful crisp box and BestBuy bag I've ever seen.

I then took more meaninful photos.

*gasp* It takes my breath away..Such crisp beauty such vivid color...oooh I can't stop staring!

I immediately search for the Chocolate Children but they were no where to be found...swimming I'd imagine.  So the chickens got their photos taken.

This is the Hen

And I'm still unsure of this one's sex.

oh I'm off to take more photos!!

Uberfallen!! or "Attack"

Well My sister Finally Graduated this past weekend.  I went to my home town and had a very relaxing weeking that consisted of Naps, Fishing, and helping Haul Hay.  The chocolate Children went with me and napped on the way.  They love each other so much.  Notice the Seat Protector I bought on ebay for 20 bucks....on Cabelas for like 75!  I'm so thrifty...ha

Here's a graduation photo.  It rained and hailed so they had the graduation on the indoor practice field.  It was so humid and hot that I looked like a wet dog.  Here are me and my sisters and our other "sisters" (close family friends)  When we got home we were without electricity for about an hour so I turned on my lap top and taught mom how to line dance to Copperhead Road because I'm cool like that. 

Sean Had a great weekend.  He won about 800 bucks and was .1 second away from winning and additional $1,000.  That's POINT 1 second!!!  so close...but close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades....oh and he also hung his spur in the saddle horn to loose what would have been a pretty good check in the average.  Why can't he catch a break?!

Last week I got to visit the Saline County Jail.   And No I wasn't arrested.  I went on a "field trip"  As a member of the Saline County Leadership Board, we get to tour all the things that make Saline county run.  We also got to visit one of the new Fire Stations, and I rode up 100 feet in the ladder truck.  It was a little nerve racking.  I took photos on my Camera Phone.  I didn't take my big camera because I wasn't expecting such fun experiences that day ha!

Here's the view from 100 feet up. 

And here's all the chickens that wouldn't go.

The County Jail was a horrible expereience.  Let me just say that after visiting the Jail, I would never EVER want to do anything to have to put myself in that position..it was HORRIBLE.  They had five "pods" where the inmates are all together and they just sit there, all day.  I couldn't handle it!  I would drive myself Crazy.  I felt as if I needed a shower after we left because it was so dirty..not that they didn't clean it was just 30 people living in one room...it got messy.

Anyway at the Police Station we got ambushed by the S.W.A.T. team.  It scared the ever living crap out of me.  They turned off the lights and set off a light bomb and came busting in the room with all their gear on and guns..man it was scary.  I would've done anything they asked had it been a real live situation!  Glad I'm not a criminal...  And then we met Lucky, who was the most well trained dog I'd ever seen.  He was so sweet and loveable and then with one German word (yeah he spoke german) He would attack.  He was amazing. 

One minute he was just chillin...

And then "Attack" (in german)

Yeah, My dogs won't do that.  Unless you're a cow..and then they just bark. 

It's Friday People!

Well It's Friday.  Five Question Friday!!  It's Follow me Friday also.



Visit Mama M. for more 5QF or for more Follow me Friday visit One2Try!  If you want to Follow Along with me, I'll follow along with you!!

1. Take your pick...date night, girls night out, or night out alone?

Oh I can't just decide right now...it depends on my mood.  If I were to decide tonight I would spend the night alone..napping.  Sinuses play a huge part in that decision. 

Gah I'm in such a bad mood today...

2. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

Nope, and I'm not even going to try.  I just know I can't.  I'm resisting the urge to try while sitting at my desk at work.  Resisting the Urge.  resisting.  Crap...no still can't do it. 
3. What is your favorite flower and why?
I don't really care to talk about flowers right now.  My sinuses can't handle the word flower.
4. If you could go back in time, what advice would you give yourself?
Spend more time with your family.

5. If you won the lottery, what is the very first thing you would do?
Well It depends on how big of a jack pot I hit.  
Joke:
A man asked his wife, "If I won the lottery and promised to give you half would you give me a divorce?"   She replied, "Of Course!!!!"   He replied,  "Good, give me my divorce because I just won 6 bucks!" 
 
ha..ha..  Ok so maybe it's not a funny joke but I would have to win a huge jack pot to do anything worth talking about.  Like going on vacation....to Tahiti. 
 

Biride and Banjo and I went for a walk around Downtown and then took a walk down to the river to visit the old bridge.  It's shown for a split second in the movie SlingBlade.  It was a spooky bridge but I got some good shots.  OH and you can look at my last blog post to read more about my weird obsession with old bridges...

Above is a railroad bridge right next to the old bridge. 

The old bridge is in the photo below.

The railroad bridge.

Have a great weekend!  I'm off to see my Youngest Sister Graduate High School!!

Bridges

It is truly amazing what you can find on the internet.....

The movie Slingblade staring Arkansas native Billy Bob Thorton was filmed here in Benton, where I live.  A little while back the newspaper here did a write up on the old Saline River bridge, a rickey old bridge that was featured in a scene in the movie.  The city was trying to restore the  bridge but in my opinion its way past repair.

I'm a huge fan of history and I love seeing history.  I took the Chocolates down town for a walk around the downtown square after work today and decided I would try to find the bridge and take some photos. 

After a few wrong turns we found the bridge and walked down to the river.  There were a lot of people down there fishing, we also saw another chocolate lab who made friends with Banjo.  ha!  I got some good photos of the bridge too.   You can see there on my 365 page.    

I got home and thought I'd look up some stuff on the internet about the bridge.   I found it was built in 1899 and quit being used in the 70's.  Anyway, finding that information led me to find a lot of neat info about the bridge on our farm!!  I was so suprised at how beautiful that massive concrete bridge used to be.  It makes me sad that they tore down a beautiful historical bridge and built this big ugly concrete bridge.  Yeah it's safer and it will last longer but it's plain and ugly...why couldn't they have built it back as pretty as it used to be??

ok here it is now...i've browsed all my photos and this is the only photo I have of the bridge....  can you kind of see it there behind the barn? or kind of see it in the tree line??     It's just a regular old bridge.  I should go out and take a photo of it to show you but I'm too lazy...maybe I'll do it later  :) or not.

Well anyway Look at these photos i found online...this is what it used to look like back before it was rebuilt in the 80's!!!
Isn't it beautiful?!

Oh This makes me sad!  Why tear down such a beautiful structure and build such an eye sore??  why not rebuild something just as beautiful? 

Ugh, I hate change.