I've had quite the time trying to get pictures to upload, so this is all that i will do for tonight. Most of these are from Wheeler Farm. I will upload more and update you on life tomorrow. For right now, I'm tired. A nice old John Deere tractor. Brian was driving one once and ran it into a builing and dented the building. Needless to say, they didn't let him drive the tractor again...
There are tons of old farm tools and equipment all over the place. I think it is cool that they have so much of the original stuff.

What a big sheep, huh? There was a lamb, too, but it was hiding from us. I think this is one of the biggest sheep I have seen.

This is the milking barn. You have to pay 50 cents to watch them milk the cows or to milk them yourselves. It's crazy. I though it was interesting...

This is the farm house. It has been there since late 1800 something.

There were TONS of geese everywhere up there!

I think this is my absolute favorite of the bunch. I prefer to take pictures of landscape rather than people. I think they turn out better.

I love this tree.

An old and likely broken wagon. Cool though.

I just liked the way the stream looks with the tree.

Activities barn at Wheeler Farm. They were supposed to have an art show going on, but it was some stupid corporate meeting, so no art show on the day we went. :(

This is the entertainment center we bought for our new tv. It was on clearance for like a hundred bucks, regularly 200. We also bought a blueray player and Brian got a PS3 from his work for free, so holy technology...

This is what part of our taxes bought us. A 47' flat screen LCD tv. It was on clearance. We liked it so we bought it.

This is Brian's turtle. ADHD. He is the easiest to get pictures of. He just sits there. I have to admit, ADHD is my favorite of the two, even if he is a little crazy. :)

Long Time No Post

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted. My new job keeps me really busy. I only work 4 days a week, but some days, it feels like I work everyday. My boss has made me her lead, which is great. Now she is talking about her leaving and me being a manager. That will be awesome. With that, Brian and I could actually afford to buy a house. That makes me very happy. :)

In other news, I have been busy getting all my stuff repacked and put in storage, finally. It has taken me forever to get it done. I actually got it all nicely restacked and reorganized. I feel like I have actually gotten a lot done. I have a lot of pictures, but I need to actually put them on my computer instead of my camera card. They are from easter and from staying at the in laws when they were out of town.

I think that is all I will write for now, so I'll talk to you later.

What a week

I am SO glad this week is over. Going back to work has been a little rough. It's been hard transitioning to the new company who likes to do things the hard way sometimes. Sam's hasn't been very welcoming toward us either. They all sit and watch us and tattle if someone does one little thing wrong. They won't let us use their break room and stuff, so I have been eating lunch in my car, which is relatively boring and lonely. Today it was cold because of the stupid snow.

My windshield on my car broke the other day too. Now Brian and I both have to replace our windshields and I need to fix my broken tire rod. Somedays, I really hate my car. Thank goodness for taxes...I would never have been able to afford to fix it.

We spent some of our taxes (ok most) on paying our bills down. We spent some on buying a new flatscreen tv and a new entertainment center. We also bought a bluray player that I really like. We've been buying all the new movies as blurays because most come with a dvd copy inside too. I convinced Brian to spend some of our taxes on garden stuff. My dad is going to let us have some of his garden, so I'm happy about that. I've been trying to convince him to let me do it since last year, and since we're living here, he said yes. I'm really excited. We bouht pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, and my favorite, pear tomatoes.

There's nothing else really going on right now, and I do have some pictures i need to post, but that will have to wait. I'll talk to you later!

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So, I already have a love hate relationship with my new job. I made my boss mad at me today. She doesn't tell us anything about how they want things done, and when we do it the only way we know how, they totally freak out. She told me rather rudely that i no longer work for Sam's. I felt like saying no duh sherlock...I told her she needed to realize that we can't read her mind. I mean, seriously...sheesh. She did interview me about becoming a team lead, and apparently I wasn't supposed to tell that she interviewed me, so my bad by putting it on facebook. This lady is going to be a roller coaster ride and then some.

Anyway, I've had a really tough and a really long day, and I have another one in store for tomorrow, so I am going to talk later.

valentines day

Valentines Day was pretty good for us. We went to dinner at the Olive Garden and went to the theater to see Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif. All thanks to the gift cards we got for our birthdays. Free Valentines date night is the awesomest thing ever. Seems how I no longer am employed, things have been a little tight, well, a lot of tight. It worries me not to have much money...we have enough to make our bills, and that's it.

These are the flowers that Brian got me. I'm so happy. I'm glad he always remembers that Daisy's the best. They are my favorite, and that I don't like pink or red roses.
They are so pretty. I convinced him to get them early and because they were already wilting, we got them for like 7 bucks, which is perfect for a tight budget.

Ah, such pretty daisies. I like them. And they last forever...

I've always liked the wat the Olive Garden looks on the outside. I like how it looks like a really old building, and that they try ot make it look like its actually not from around here.

I think this one is my absolute favorite. The rock work is so much nicer than the brick work.

Such a bad picture of me. Bleh...but Brian took the picture and he always looks so cute.

Being jobless has its perks...

Did I tell you all that i got a job, I just don't start until March, which I kinda think is lame, but at least it is a job. It's better than nothing. I will start at $10 an hour, and will get no less that 25 hours a week. It is less than I was making before, but it is guaranteed more hours, so maybe I will make a little more in the long run. At any rate it will pay the bills. I just took my drug test the other day, and the nurse was warning me about how over the counter meds may cause a positive test and what not...so I turn to Kim, who was with me, and said, "Oh no! They're going to know that I drink coke and take tylenol." She thought it was funny.

Now that I don't have to work for a bit, I don't really know what to do with myself. I've cleaned til I want to never see a dirty thing again. I spent an entire week baking anything and everything I had stuff to make things with. I've caught up on a lot of my crafting stuff. And now I am left without anything to do for another 2 weeks. Hooray for me. I'm about ready to go through my filing cabinet and redo my filing system. That's pretty sad...

Anyway, I had a spare minute so I thought I'd catch you up on how things are going. Talk to you later...

Birthday

I turned 24 yesterday. I don't really feel old, but it does make a bit sad to realize that I will be a quarter of a century next year. My birthday was good. We went to Chile's for lunch and we bought a new game to play. It's called carcassonne hunters and gatherers. It's just like the regular carcassonne game, but with different pictures on the tiles. I love it. There is one called discovery and one called new world that I want to buy too. Any way, I thought I would show you what my parents got me for my birthday because I like them alot!

These are saucer size plates.
Salt and pepper shakers

A handsoap dispenser

And I actually got this for Christmas, the apple cookie jar

And the apple mugs that I love

But now I need to find one of these to put them on.

And then I started looking at more dishes I want.

I really like this one with the reds and the greens. Perfect for my kitchen.

I just like it.

Who doesn't want/need a nice set of casserole pans?

I'm particularly fond of these oval red ones.

And the ones below it too.

Anyway, I am obviously doing my kitchen in apples. I have so much good stuff now, I can't wait to have my own kitchen again, but I think I will start buying casserole pans and serving platters, because I don't really have any. Looking at all this dish stuff has made me want to cook like crazy. Anyway, I should get going, I have to make treats for tonight. It's my family birthday party, and my side and his side are coming, so I'll talk to you later!