{31}

Lately Real Deals is my favorite store of all. In fact its so cool! Its only open 2 days a week - Thursdays and Saturdays. I just cant get enough of this store. Their home decor stuff just rocks. It is just an inspiring store to shop in. I am so glad that I heard about this . . . . . .and if you havent heard about it, you better find a store in your area with one, because it is a must!

{30}

This is one of Bob's favorite things to eat. Schnitzel is like a pork cutlet breaded and covered in gravy. Its a german thing. And Bob absolutely loves it, in fact he loves it so much that he has this shirt.

{29}

Tonight we took a drive out of town so we could let Jager run! Seems like lately she just needs to run and run and run. Today was the usual. The drive to work and home again and it seems to be getting old, hopefully I wont have to drive it forever. But on a good note: My tanning bed had been out of commission for the last month and I had no clue what was wrong with it, so my great dad came to the rescue today and got it all fixed up and running. What a relief! Its still fairly new, maybe had it for only a little over 2 years. So I am glad it was something easy, it could of been real bad. Well I took this photo tonight on our way back home from our drive. I love sunsets and this one was really cool. Picture doesn't do it justice.

{28}

Today after work, before heading home to G Falls, I just had to stop in and see little Miss Lyla! She is always so excited to see "Uncle MeMe" and was asking where Uncle Bub was but he was working. So I had to love on her for awhile and play a few games of hide and seek. Pam and Addie stopped in too, so I was taking pictures of Ad and Lyla. Let me tell you what, this little girl is so loved! Its amazing how much happiness and joy these little tykes bring you. (But not yet. . . . I know what you all are thinking!) We are perfectly happy right now with our little Jager. The time will come, but for now we are just enjoying it being us -the newlywed couple!

{27}

Today was such a long day! I am a day behind this week, Bob had yesterday off so we got to spend time together. So I went to Lewistown today to do Grams hair, then back to Stanford to work, and then home. So today was filled with lots of time (like 4 1/2 hrs.) in the car and the rest of the day standing on my feet doing hair. So tonight I had to get in my comfy clothes and take a load off while sitting in my bed with my computer posting this. This picture is taken from Stanford looking at the Mtns- Baldy is in the background. I waited too long to take this photo, I should of taken it a little earlier when the colors were brighter, but oh well. . . . I got a photo for today!

{26}

My husband is so amazing, and everyday I am so thankful that I have him in my life! Today he bought me something very special, something I use daily! I will post about it in a couple of days! I need to get a photo of it first. He royally spoils me. . .usually on a daily basis. Including cooking for me all the time. A few days ago he made pulled pork and oh man. . . . I cant even begin to tell you how good it was. And then the very next night he made the beer can chicken. It was so moist and ohhhh sooo good. Well just wanted to share with you all how spoiled I am and I am hoping that all your spouses spoil you just as much! (and if not. . . .Bob needs to give them some pointers!!!)

{25}

Today we were invited by a couple that we recently met to join them in their home for a game night! It was so dang much fun. Great food, great people, great belly laughs, and just a great time! I am so glad they invited us. We have all decided to do a monthly game night with all of us taking turn hosting! Tonight we played Loaded Questions (which if you havent played. . .its a must) and Guesstures. Fun Fun Fun. . . . .

{24}

Tonight we had a great surprise from some friends who stopped by. So we all ended up going out tonight for dinner at Chili's. It was real good food and always great to be among great friends who just make you happy! Today I also got to be in my scraproom. I almost have my layout finished. Its a wedding layout that I am working on, and I am sending it off to hopefully be published! I am gonna keep my fingers crossed! I will post it when I can (rules about not posting it, it has to be "never before seen" blah blah blah).

{23}

Well tonight was a ball! The Margarita Meltdown was fun. Bob wore his shorts, fish shirt, and flip flops and I wore a fun brown shirt, jeans, & strappy sandals! Brr... and let me tell you what it was cold. The high today was -1 below, not to mention how cold it must of been by the time we went plus the wind chill. It was worth it though. We were the first to arrive so we saved a table for everybody and got drinks. They actually had sand and the whole deal! It was a tropical paradise out here in Montana.

{22}

Tomorrow we are going to the "Margarita Meltdown" with some friends. Its a benefit for Eagle Mount. We have heard that we are suppose to wear our beach clothes and it going to be real cold tomorrow, so I guess we will see. Hope its a good time. I will post tomorrow with details!

[21}

Today my cousin Heidi came from Bozeman to meet with some patients of hers and made time with me to do her hair. We usually do her hair at my Salon in Stanford, but it was closer for her to do it in Great Falls. So we made the kitchen counter work as my "salon sink". Its a good thing she is so flexible and in good shape. That would of killed me! She left with a super cute haircut and looking much blonder!

{20}

Today I was out at the future home of the Mitchells (my sister, bro in-law, and niece). They have been working so hard on their home. I cant wait till its done. It has a great view. . . . you can see several mountain ranges from their future home location. Its beautiful there!

{19 - hands}

A while back I took a photo of my grams hands. Well today I was thinking it would be nice to have a photo of Bob and my hands together. Its nothing special, but its a picture! It would be cool several years down the road to update this hand picture (like at special anniversary's as we age together). Not that I want to see how my hands age, but it will be something to cherish as our love grows together. I am truly blessed and fortunate to have found him! For those of you who don't know our story here it is:

I had moved back to my home town- Stanford, MT and opened up my own hair salon. I never had a whole lot of time for other things, because I was so involved in my business. Plus Stanford is small, like 500 people. Yah.... I know, really small. Which also means not a lot of choices in the men department. So one day my little sis asked me if I'd ever thought about trying an online dating thing, like match.com or something. And my response was "are you crazy, there are some really crazy people on there". She went on to tell me that she was sure it was a great way to meet people, because there are other people out there who might be also in a small town, shy, tired of the bar scene, not sure how else to meet people, etc. So she basically said what do you have to loose. Mind you, I was not really looking. But figured ok Jen, what the heck. So online to Match.com I went. I was very lucky, and wasn't on there long, when Bob emailed me. We exchanged several emails, before deciding to talk on the phone. We talked for several weeks before we decided to meet. I was coming into Great Falls for a Bunko night, and it worked that we could meet up afterwards for drinks. So I guess the rest is history. LOL We met in April 2007, engaged by Sept 2007 (5 months later), and married in June of 2008. Now I guess we are just an ol' newlywed couple. I am looking forward to what our future holds together, and I am truly blessed to have an amazing husband!

Thanks Jen! (seems like the right idea now sis!)

{18 - Layout}

Wow its after midnight so I guess this counts for today, Sunday! I cant believe I am still up scrapping. At least I can sleep in tomorrow. Bob has the day off and Monday also, so hopefully we will get to do something fun! I haven't created a layout on "Me" ever, so I figure I would use the photo from the other day of me to create a fun layout! It seems like a was in a rut for a while and wasn't scrapping, well now I think I got my groove back! Glad I finally found it- I was really missing being in my scrap room! I just love it in here.

[17 -Purse}

This afternoon I was in my scraproom sewing a new purse. My old one was in bad need of being replaced. I even made pockets on the inside for little things-like my cell phone, and another one for chapsticks, gum, etc. I am very happy with how it turned out. When I was at the fabric store getting fabric for this one, I had a lady in line asking me what I was making with the fabric and I told her a purse. She went on to tell me how much she liked my purse that I had with me and told me I should sell them at the farmers market. Wow. . . . I had no idea that people would think that these are worthy of selling. She makes sterling silver jewelry and sells it at the market. Well I'm not sure if I would have time, but it was a nice compliment!

{16 - Lambic}

Bob is brewing a Raspberry Lambic beer for me. Mmmmmm. . . . . I am so excited for this to be finished, but not for another 6 months. It has to ferment for that long for the sugar in the fruit to be converted into alcohol. Plus it will give it the flavor and color. So I guess in July or August I will be in seventh heaven.

{15 - Rebel}

Figured this would be a great photo for today, since I will be using my Canon Digital Rebel to take all my photos. I recently got a snazzy new strap for it on Etsy.com . A friend told me about this so I had to check it out for myself, and of course, I fell in love with this one. Pink & Brown are my fav's lately!

{14- Me}

Well today was a nice day outside, so I decided I should post some photos of myself. These were taken in our backyard today! The "weatherman"aka my sweetie, tells me that we have a great weekend of nice weather ahead of us....... Gotta love nice weather in January.

{13 - Work}

So today I decided I would take a picture of my sign for my salon. Looks like it needs to be repainted. . . . sometime. This is where I travel to work. I have had my salon for almost 5 years in March. Its hard to believe its been that long already. Crazy how time flies!

{12 - Scrapbooking}

Yah.... I got time to scrapbook today. Bob is outside brewing beer, and I am inside enjoying the time in my scraproom. I found this sketch on Becky Flecks Blog, so this is my version. I plan on entering my layout in her layout contest. I guess we will see. But first I am going to take some better pictures of it before I submit it. Maybe tomorrow when I can get some better light on it. I cant wait till it stays lighter out later. Plus that means summer is here. Anyways I guess it works for my Daily Photo. Happy Monday! See you tomorrow. . . . .

{11 - Marley & Me}

Well if you havent seen this, its a must. Especially if you have pets! Bob and I went to the movie tonight, and really enjoyed this. I would highly recommend it. Best movie I have seen in a while. Which isnt saying alot, since I am not a big TV watcher, but...... Its GOOD!

{10 - Cell Phone}

I cant even tell you how happy I am today! I got to upgrade my POS (piece of ....you now what). The wait at Verizon wasn't even bad. Which is a shocker. I don't know about all of you, but I would say a majority would say that their phone is with them 24-7. I think cell phones have came so far. Its great that they are so portable, follow you everywhere, receive calls just about anywhere, and ignore the ones you don't want. Its a happy day!

{9 - Root Beer}

My husband loves brewing beer and has his homebrews on tap at his bar in our basement. He built his bar before we met, and its really awesome. He did a great job building it. I will have to post a picture of it later. Anyways. . . . . so he is always brewing, and loves his "hoppy" beers, which aren't my favorite. So I asked him if we could make "root beer". And he agreed. So now we have a keg of root beer on tap at the bar too. I cant wait to try it, it should be carbonated by tomorrow. A good root beer float sounds great doesn't it????

{8 - African Violet}

For some reason my thumb must be green. African violets seems to love me. The one I have is always blooming, and is beautiful. It is in my scraproom, and must like the lighting in here.

{7 - Oreo}

Whats your favorite? Mine is Oreo. I love blizzards from DQ. So tonight before

eating it all up, I had to get in my daily photo! Mmmmm........

{6- Jagermeister}

Today I grabbed my big lens, put it on, and grabbed this photo of Jager (her registered name is Jagermeister Hoenisch) in our back yard. She is intrigued by the other dogs in our neighborhood, and so badly wants to play with them. She is stuck playing with Bob and I since the dogs across from us dont seem to be very playful.

{5} - Melissa Monday

Well today is Monday. In my Grandmothers words it would be her "Melissa Monday". Every Monday for gosh.... I would say over four years now, I have been driving to Lewistown to do my Grams hair. She lives in an assisted living home there. I look forward every week to our time together, because one day I wont have that time. Our time is always special! She has always made my life bright! I have many memories with my dear Gram! She is 85 years old, and doing considerably good! She has good days and bad, but heck I'm only 28 and have those days myself! Someone once told me that they wished they had a picture of their Grandmothers hands and told me to take one if I had a chance. I have several now! I have taken lots of pictures of my Gram over the years. She is one of the sweetest women you could ever meet, and I am so fortunate to have her in my life!

Daily Photo 4

I had to share this one today. I had lunch with my whole family at my niece Lyla's favorite place . . . . . . "donalds". I just love how lately she has been wrinklin up her nose when she says cheese for the camera! I also love that she loves ketchup as much as her "Uncle Me Me"! Oh and yes. . . . . . for some reason she is on a kick and wont say Aunt, so she calls me Uncle now! She just makes my day! Love that cutie pie!

Day 3

This is a picture of a picture frame that Jen, Lea & Lyla got me for Christmas. So we put one of our wedding photos in it. Just love the style of it and especially love the saying. I think it go's great with our decor.

Day 2

I am sure there will be alot of pictures this year of our puppy Jager. Right now she is just about 6 months old and already weighs 45 + lbs. She is goin to be a big puppy dog. I think she is suppose to weigh around 70-80 lbs. I just love our dog. She is with me 24-7, she travels with me to work everyday and then hangs out and greets people in the salon, and then home we go to see Bob. Jager loves playing with Bob because he likes to wrestle with her! So far she is minding us farely well for still be a puppy. We are happy with her progress!

1st Daily Photo

Well today is Day 1 of my daily photo for the year! I have been looking around and getting so many fun ideas. I cant wait to put them all together once the year is over. I think this will make a really cool photo book on my life in 2009. This is a red berry wreath that I made this year for Christmas and I am thinking about changing the ribbon and keeping it up for a while longer. This wreath hangs outside by our front door.