Yay for blogging like crazy

Ya, I know. When I blog I really blog, but still! I had to catch you all up on what has been happening! Anyway, The real reason was that I was super bored that day and I had remembered to bring my camera home from work so ya, that's why all the blogging. But fun though huh? And all that stuff has happened within the last month or so. And ya, it all started when I started blogging so I figured why not do it all at once? Anyway, I'll save my some of my pictures for another time....





Ha ha just kidding!!





Here's some more pics for ya to feast on:

Here's my beautiful saddle that I bought a few months ago. Ain't it purty? (For those of you who don't get 'Hick' talk here's the translation into plain English: Isn't that pretty?Look at all the detail in the tooling in the leather! ha ha I'm funny huh?)

And now...(drum roll)... making her debut on the blogging scene....Miss...Sassy....Blue....Somesocks!!!

She's cute. She looks kinda little in this picture. But she is only two, so she's just taller than I am. So probably 5'10" tall. Maybe taller. But Robert has been working her a bit more and he thinks that I will be able to get on her and start working with her next week or so. Fun huh? Im kinda excited but nervous too. I'm hoping that she doesn't buck me off or something. I'll keep you posted though.

And here's our dog Izzy. She's a purebred chocolate lab. She'll be three this month or next. I can't remember for sure but it's somewhere close to now. But she's a really good dog. However she's not always as smart as she should be. Last fall she was playing around by the horses (and what I mean by playing around is really that she was playing under and between the horses feet) and she got stepped on and ended up breaking her back leg. Sad huh? To make matters worse, I think that this happened the weekend before the opening day of the duck hunt. And for those of you who know Robert, you KNOW that he loves to duck hunt. So this was a big deal for him. He had been working really hard with her to get her all ready to take out with him. So it was really sad. But we got it all fixed and she had to stay inside for about 3 months. And we all know that that is also a big no no. But we managed. And luckily this all happened before we did all of our remodeling.

But anyway, I think that's enough for this time. Until later!

Visit from Sue

So to tell how bad I am about getting pics up, my sister Susan and her family came through town on their way from moving from Indiana to Washington about two weeks or so ago. And her son Carter loves horses and cowboys. And of course who better to do cowboy stuff and see horses than to come see Uncle Robert and Aunt Bonnie. So they came out and we rode horses for a few hours. It was lots of fun and everyone had a good time. Carter rode with 'Cowboy Robert' the whole time and I got to take William with me for a little ride.

Then Charlie got on a rode, and I think that if Sue wasn't so pregnant at the time, she might have also gotten on. But you never know...

This is Pregnant Cowgirl Sue. Aint she cute!?!

Anyway, Robert is such a good uncle - he let Carter hold the reins and let him turn Red where he wanted him to go (with a little help from Robert, of course).

Towards the end of the 2 and 1/2 hours of riding, Carter decided that he wanted to try going faster so Robert nudged Red a little bit and they trotted around the arena a couple of times. And oh my goodness did Carter eat that up! It was really fun to see him talking and having fun with Robert.

William being just like his daddy. Cute huh?

So after we got done riding we went over to my house (which is only three houses down from this arena. Cool huh?) and had a barbeque. It was lots of fun and my dog sure did love being around the kids and being chased. Carter loves to chase her.

More Pics

Here's some more pics of our new room:



This one is of some of our friends and Tom helping us put in the sheet rock on our ceiling. Before it was this horrid drop ceiling that was broken all over and when the wind would blow the tiles would move. Way creepy so I'm glad that it's gone!
this is the finished product of our doors, walls, and trim. These doors are to our huge bathroom and to our closet.
This is our awesome red wall. It's not as crazy red as it looks. It's a little bit darker but with the sun shining on it it looks way bright. And the red stuff on the floor is our pad for the carpet.
Robert cutting the carpet the right size so that the carpet layer can get it all in and stretched. The carpet is an olive green color with tan and darker green flecks in it. It looks way cool.

Stay tuned for more of pictures of riding with the nephews and my cute animals.

Pictures!! Finally!!

So I've finally had some time to download some of our pictures. So here's some to update you on what's been happening with us:
This is a picture from when we went to Hawaii over Christmas and New Year. It was WAY cool by the way, just in case you were wondering. But this was taken at the Polynesian Cultural Center at the Luau they have there. And yes those are real Plumeria flowers and yes they smelled wonderful!

This is when we were on Kuai. We spent the majority of our time here. It was cool. This beach is usually a hot spot for visitors but at this time of year the tide is so strong and the waves are so huge that they close it off to swimmers. So instead of swimming on a overcast, windy day, we just walked down the beach. It was awesome! You can't really tell but we were about 50 feet from where the waves were breaking on the shore. And let me tell you what - those waves were at least 15 feet tall! No joke either! I'm probably even under estimating that too! It was cool!

We got the chance to go deep sea fishing and this is what Robert got to reel in on our way out fishing. It was a small Marlin. And yeah, that fish is really as big as it looks. And that was SMALL!! The fish was about like 6 feet long. I've even got video of him reeling it in. I'll try and post that another time. That trip was really fun too because pretty much everyone but me and Mark got sea sick and threw up over the side of the boat. And it was me, Robert, Jim, Tammie, Mark and this other guy that was staying in our complex. but it was crazy!

This is what my family room looked like when we moved in. and yes it was really as ugly as it looks. Probably even worse that you think though. But anyway, it's gone now... he, he, he
This old barn looking wood is what was underneath the ugly paneling in our family room. Cool huh? I thought so and luckily for me, my husband and I think a lot alike. So we kept the wood paneling and changed our original plans for remodeling that room. Oh and it's also cool because it even has some lichen left that had grown on the wood from who knows when. It's awesome!

It has begun

So today marked the beginning of the busy season for us. Today was the first real day for us at the greenhouse. Today we began selling to the public for the first busy Saturday before Mother's Day. And it will continue to get busy up until we start running out of things to sell to people. It's crazy. Today I helped a steady stream of people all morning long. It was crazy! And it's fun too because a lot of the people that come out are people that have come out many times before. And it never fails for me to hear people say "Oh my gosh! I've lived just down the street from here for 20 years and I've never known that you were here until my friend told me about it!" It's funny. People don't really notice the things that they are surrounded by until someone else points it out to them. It's fun though. Retail sales keep me running around all day long, and shoot, with all this running arounf keeping tabs on all the people in all 30 some odd greenhouses, I'd be skinny as a stick by the end of the season! We'll see though.

It's also begun for Robert too because Posse just started with their weekly drill practice this last thursday and then this morning they went on their spring ride up North Ogden Divide. I wish that I could have gone because that is a really pretty ride. But of course, I had to work. But it's ok. This last week has started the endless running around from event to event. It'll be so much fun with all the things that the posse is going to be involved in this year. They are doing a stage coach robbery this year in conjunction with the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo. I'm excited.

Busy season, well it's supposed to be anyway...

So it's been forever since I last did a blog. So here's what's been going on. I have been running around like crazy trying to keep up with everything that is going on at the greenhouse. We've really been getting busy this last week. But all this stupid weather is putting a cramp in our selling. But hopefully this weather will break and then we'll start selling like crazy! That would be AWESOME!!! Anyway, pray for really good weather for me so that I can get rid of all these plants! Robert's been doing a few carpet cleanings and satellite installations. But he's also been working a lot with Sass (aka Sassy Blue Somesocks, my horse) She's getting pretty good at doing what he wants her to do. He says that I need to be ready to get on her in a week or two. Scary! Hopefully she won't throw me off! That would suck. Anyway, We just found out that she could possibly have some Roan genes in her. That would be was cool cause I really want to get a blue roan. Those horses are georgeous! For those of you who don't know what they are, it's a black horse that has a blue sheen to it. It's neat lookin. Since I last blogged, my sister Susan and her family came through and stayed for a few days with my parents and were able to come riding with me and Robert last Sunday. It was so much fun. We rode for about 2 1/2 hours. And Carter rode with Robert the whole time! It was really fun for Robert. We also got Will on and he rode around with me for a little bit and then was done. Charlie also got a chance to ride around for a bit and Sue didn't get on because she's pregnant with their third child (She's having a girl. YAY!!) I will hopefully get some time to post all my pictures this weekend now that finals are OVER!!! YAY!

Yesterday Robert went out and worked with Sassy, my new 2 yr old gray mare. He decided that she needed to be worked a bit so he worked with her on running circles in the corrall. It took her a little while to figure out that she was supposed to run around the right way and when Robert wanted her to but she eventually figured that out. She's starting to shed her winter coat and she's looking a lot lighter gray than she did when we got her. Well, at least her back end is getting lighter, her front end is still really dark. Robert is glad that she's dark and not light. But I'm glad that she's light not dark. So we'll see if she's a mix or is she decides that she wants to be one shade or the other. I'll try to get some pictures posted of her soon. But for now use your imagination. She has white on her front two feet and on one of her back feet. A blaze down her face, a very long tail and thick mane. She's cute. I like her. She's also starting to recognize my car and that I'm in the car. When I get ready to leave for work in the morning she comes over to the fence and whinnies at me to come over and give her a scratch on the head. It's fun. I can only imagine that she's kinda like a kid, but she doesn't talk and she doesn't have to go every where with me. Ok so it's not really like having a kid, but I love her just the same. It's the closest that I can get to one for now though.

Ouch!

Today was the day that I have trying to forget about for the last month. Today went to the dentist to get some work done on my teeth. I had to get three fillings on the right side of my mouth. That's not too bad, but to make it worse than I already felt that it was going to be. Eveything started off normal. I sat down and was waiting patiently for the dentist to come in and get started. So I sat there for about twenty minutes just waiting. It was incredibly boring. Anyway, so he came in and numbed the right side of my mouth and went and did his thing then came back and started working away. He started on the top two teeth and then began on my bottom tooth. (Before he started he promised me that I wouldn't feel a thing, just a little pressure and virations.) So he gets going on the bottom and I start feeling pain, not much but just enough to kinda make my stomach hurt. Then he keeps going and he got a little closer and it hurt and it hurt bad!! So I flinched and put my hand in the air. And he goes "You can feel that!" and I thinking DUH! it's not an April fool's joke or anything! So he numbed me up again and continued on. He got done about 30 mins. later but my mouth was numb on the bottom right side for about 4 hours! It was crazy! So it was over without too much trouble but those kinds of visits aren't fun. Too bad I'm not done with him for a while... I have to go back in on the 29th to get some work done on the other side too. I'm not excited... Can you blame me?