Happy birthday to the most amazing woman I know, my mom...

She is the most hard-working, loyal, determined, loving, and lovely person that I know.
She may have been through a lot in her first 51 years of life but she is more beautiful and wonderful because of it.
Happy birthday to not only my awesome mother, but also one of my very best friends.

Bonus! Actual Pictures!

Remember how I live out in the middle of nowhere?


With only one friend?

(Sidenote-I thought I kinda looked like a cute little elf in this picture!)

And I drove up this super scary road full of switch backs?


But ended up here which totally made it all worth it...


P.S. "here" is natural bridges...go sometime, it's pretty amazing

You better believe I'll try this!

Homemade Fun!!

Mostly I just did this because Nicole is super creative and I wanted something from her! But here goes...look forward to something from me!

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year. That gives me a good eleven months to get it done!
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange (but don't expect my gift to be too strange because I am not good at coming up with strange things:).

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! *Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!*

Going on a yedi hunt...

Two of my favorite people are coming to visit this weekend.

It will be a weekend filled with:
-laughing so hard we cry
-good talks
-millions of games
-acting silly
-hunting for skinwalkers-cameras ready!
-talking about anything and everything


Those of you that know my cousins Liz and Julie will understand that this weekend is sure to be filled with more fun than anyone should have in one weekend!

You may have noticed that my new blog layout includes a number of adorable pictures of birds. And most of you may not know that I have a secret obsession with birds that was not pointed out to me until Angie came to my house and asked why I had so many wooden birds in random places around my house.
(Now that I think of it...I have always said that if I never get married and am forced to spend the rest of my life living by myself, I would like to be known as the bird lady rather than the cat lady).

I realized after visiting with my cute grandma, that I get my obsession from her (is that something that can be passed down through genes?). She has birds and birdhouses spread throughout her house. So while I don't look like her (she's only like 4'11 and tiny) and I don't have her temperament (she's super sweet), at least I can say I got something from her!

I need more money...any ideas on how I can get some?

And keep in mind that I'm living in the middle of nowhere so picking up a second job isn't really an option for me!

I'll be anxiously awaiting any ideas you have to offer....