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Dottie, a good friend of mine, came down last night for the weekend to watch her hometown Winnett Rams in Divisional Basketball. They won last night so tonight they were in the Championship game against Rocky Boy Morning Stars. So somehow, they convinced me to dress up and cheer with them. I know that if Stanford would of been playing, Dottie would of dressed up for me. So I guess that its only fair. Winnett ended up getting 2nd in the Division, which is awesome and will be heading to the State Tournament in Billings in 2 weeks. Go Rams Go!!!

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Today is my Brother inlaws Birthday. Happy Birthday Lea!!! The frost was so neat looking today when I got to Stanford so I had to take a pict and share. Then off to have lunch with the Bday boy. And while we were waiting for our food I was teaching Lyla how to say "old fart". . . . since Lea is older than me (but only by a few months). She thought that was pretty funny. I think Lyla might be a photographer when she is older. She thinks my camera is the coolest. It makes my sister nervous when Lyla is packing it around saying "sheese" as she is taking pictures with my nice camera. I'm never worried though, I think she will make a good photographer! I think that her and I are two peas in a pod!!!!

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Bob and I recently watched Fireproof. It was a good movie-the acting wasnt the greatest, but the story line was awesome. It was about a couple having problems in there marriage and either of which wanted to make it work. So the father suggested to his son to do the love dare. Its 40 days of hard dedication to your marriage. All things that are needed daily to make a marriage stand the test of time. Thru time the couple worked things out and realized the true meaning to love someone unconditionally. I found this and it tells what the movie is about:

At work, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. But he follows his own rules at home. After seven years, he and his wife have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married. As divorce looms, Caleb's father challenges him to commit to a 40-day experiment he calls "The Love Dare." Caleb isn't sure it's worth the effort, but agrees. In frustration he finally asks his father, "How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?" When his father explains that this is the love God shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment. And--with God's help--begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife. But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever . . . rescuing his wife's heart.

So after watching this I did a little research and found that the book is great also for happily married couples, newleyweds, etc. So I went out to Barnes & Noble and bought it and Bob and I are reading it. In my life I have seen so many people staying in a relationship that are misserable, and why?? Why not fix your marriage and make it better? I just cant imaging living like that. Bob and I have always appreciated the things we do for each other, and we dont take our love for granted. We both know that we do most of things in this book, but we also want to make sure that our relationship never gets to those rocky points. Here is what I found online about this book:

Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home, but it doesn't have to stay that way.
The Love Dare, as featured in the new movie Fireproof, is a 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, The Love Dare is a journey you need to take.

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Square Butte is one of those places that is just neat. The shape of it just amazes me. It looks like someone took a knife and cut the top off of it. Its another one of those photos along my journey to work.

Today is Kristi's birthday! Happy Birthday Girly! Same stuff today . . . . work work work. I hope I can win the lottery, get rich, and not have to work. However I enjoy what I do, its definitely a passion of mine, but sometimes the drive makes it old. So I have been trying to make it better, by enjoying the simple scenery along the way. Which works out good for my daily photos.

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Yesterday I did my grams hair on our way to Winnett, so today I am taking advantage of a day off and getting some house cleaning done. I shampoo'd carpets in our living room, loads of laundry, vaccumed entire house, dishes, cleaned bathrooms, etc. It amazing how good it feels to have everthing spic & span again.

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Today was a hard day. This morning Bob and I got on the road to Winnett to attend Dotties dads funeral. Bill was a great guy that everyone loved in the Winnett & surrounding communities. He was always full of stories and always had a good laugh to share. The funeral was held in the Winnett gym and it was full! You could tell that Bill touched so many peoples lives and he will be greatly missed. Dottie had put together an amazing slideshow of her dad, and it was a real tear jerker. It really captured his life and shared many memories with everybody, to say the least, it was amazing. I cant imagine losing a parent right now, and I really feel for their family now and all the pain that they are going through.

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Bob was a brewing man today. He is brewing an IPA (India Pale Ale) which is one of his favorites. And I am not getting a whole lot accomplished, but o well. I guess there is days like that. But this evening we are heading out with some friends to a fundraiser for her job. Its goin to be dinner and a play from a local theater group. I enjoy acting myself and love watching plays, so I am excited. Hopefully we can all go out later for drinks.

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Well Happy Valentines Day!!! I know. . . . I know. . . . . I know. I am a week late. But since Bob was on Mids we both decided to wait a week till today. And I am glad we did. Let me tell you a little about this guy, he is so so swweeeeett. Spoils me rotten always. He loaded me up on Griz attire- lounge pants and a long sleeve T (I am always cold) also a light weight Columbia jacket, and chocolate! Loooovvvveeeeee this guy!! The pictures are of the album that I made for him with tags with sweet stuff for him. I also loaded him up with Reeses PButter cups (one of his fav) and a new Fender guitar stool for him to serenade me. Ha ha. We enjoyed prime rib at Jakers tonight-one of our favorite restaurants here in town. Mmmmmm. . . . . . And then home to enjoy a movie together. Definitely a perfect Valentines day in my book.

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Bob is just getting off his 7 in a row midnight shifts this a.m. He worked from 11 last night till 7 this morning and now is sleeping till around noon-ish and then up for the day to try to come out off these shifts. I always feel so bad for him trying to get re-adjusted. But I will tell you that I am so glad to have him back at night, sleeping without him at night just isnt the same. Its too quiet without the snoring and no one to remind me of my sleep talking!

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Do you enjoy the dollar isle at Target like I do???? I found this green St. Pattys day hat there, for 1 dollar and I couldnt resist it. My niece saw it in the back of my car today and just had to put it on. She said it was her favorite. She thinks a lot like her Aunt MeMe.

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Stanford . . . . . . . . so many words to describe our little hometown. Some good and some bad, but you will have that everywhere I suppose. This little town of around 500 population is a Class C school located in the middle of Montana. This is where I was raised, educated, established friendships, and grew into the person who I am today. This road has not been easy. It has had sorrow and heartaches, but yet many good memories filled with laughter and love. I remember the day I graduated in 99 with my class of 15 students and so glad to be on my way out of town heading for new adventure. But one thing I remember my dad saying is "never say never". With that referring to "I am never moving back here". Well if I knew what laid ahead for me I guess I should of never said it. Years later, after the education and time on my own I found myself moving back, buying a home and opening a business. Wowza. . . . but everything happens for a reason and all the steps had to fall in that order for me to find myself and to find the man of my dreams. All here in Stanford Montana!

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Snow in the Mtns today and looks cold up there. I took this on Jagers daily run this morning.

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Tonight I got word from my great friend Dottie that her dear Dad had passed away. My heart is breaking for her. They hadn't even made it back from Utah from her Grandmothers funeral when they got word that her dad was gone. He had pancreatic cancer and it took him quickly. Please keep her and the family in your thoughts and prayers as I know the road ahead will be hard.

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Well today was Lyla's birthday party. She was so cute today. I think she really enjoyed her 2nd birthday. She even had a Mickey Mouse and friends cake. Happy Birthday kiddo! Being an "Uncle" is so much fun!

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I just realized it was Friday the 13th. Oh well. . . .it has never had any effect on me. Anyways, I spent today in the scrappin room working on a Birthday gift for Lylas party tomorrow! She just loves books and loves loves loves pictures. So I made her a quick mini album of some pictures of her. Hope she likes it!

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So its Thursday night. . . . . . and I have something to admit to you all. I have a serious addiction and the major problem is: I don't think that there is any cure out there for what I have. Ok ok ok, I know I need to share. I have greysanatomy-itis. I am hooked! Its the really the one thing that I look forward in every week. Ahhh..... I just love this show. If your not currently a watcher of this, you need to be!!!! As you can tell from the pict, I have all seasons, and season 4 courtesy of Lindsey. I got her also addicted to this. It started when she was laid up from knee surgery and I loaned her my 3 seasons. Then she was hooked and went out and got season 4 and then out of the goodness of her heart she gave me season 4 for my collection! Thanks so much!!! Its such a great show (I think Bob is even hooked, but I'm pretty sure he wouldnt admit it to the "manly men"). Is anyone else out there secretly loving "McDreamy or McSteamy"?????????

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Happy Birthday to Miss Lyla!!! Today she turns 2 years old. Oh how these last two years have flown by. Seems like she was just born. And now she is running constantly, never missing a beat and she is really chatting up a storm. I think she changes daily! So today Uncle Bub and Uncle MeMe are headed up to spend the afternoon and evening with sweet little Lyla. Gotta go and have some cake and ice cream with her. They are having an actual B-day party for her on Saturday with her cousins and friends. So I will post pictures.

I love this picture of her with her hand on her face, its like saying "Uncle MeMe enough pictures already". Cracks me up. The other one is her riding Libby her horse.

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Well here is a picture of Jager today. I am sure by the end of this you will be all sick and tired of looking at Jager and I am sure that she will also be fed up with me taking photos of her. Oh well. . . . . . for now she is our kid until the time comes. Its amazing how attached you get to your pets. They truly become one of the family. We will be heading out of town in a month for a conference/workshop in Idaho and it will be so hard to leave her behind for a week. I am sure it will be harder on me than it will be her. I guess I have to tell myself "she is only a dog", but still she is my puppy dog. :) Today I made her sit and wait while I took her pict on the road that she runs on daily. Right now she is running about 2 or more miles per day and loves every minute of it. Its so amazing how fast she can run for still being a pup.

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Time. . . . . It controls every little bit of all of us. Have to be here by then, leave in 5 minutes, appointment at 11 am, time for dinner, time for this, time for that, time time time time . . . . I know that we all wish we had more time for certain things. The clock just seems to just fly by on certain days and other days not. I just wish there was an easy way to manage our time more wisely. I wish that there was an easy solution, but I dont think that there is. Simply because we all have lives, jobs, spouses, kids, etc. And those things require our time.

But on one note, I am glad that over these past 4 plus years that I have always made the time for my gram. Yesterday I got a phone call from my sister that my gram had been taken to the hospital. She was not responding normally, and having a very ruff time, so they took her in to get checked out. Later my dad called to say that everything checked out ok, and she would be heading back to her assisted living home. Scary scary. . .but glad all is well. I am on my way to Lewistown to do her hair for her, which always makes a her feel better.

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Today Bob is working evening shifts till 1o pm, so the house is quiet tonight since it is just me and the puppy dog. It has been a pretty non productive day, I napped for a while, computer time, thought about scrapbooking (never got anything done), played with Jager, and a few little things that needed done around the house. Jager was good today so I took her to DQ for a little treat. She got her very own icecream cone. So I just had to snap some pictures of her since I didnt have anything else to share today. Also I think I am getting sick. I have been congested, very tired, glands are swollen, and feel like a sore throat is comin on. Hopefully the nap today will help and tomorrow I will wake up a new person. I hope . . . . . .

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I think we all have routines that we do every morning. Some people are exactly the same (my husband) and some are very random (me). Its just the way our brains are programmed I guess. It justs makes us who we are and how we work. So today as I was getting ready for the day, I was fixing my hair and realize that hairspray is usually always a part of my day, whether its at home getting ready for the day or at work while working on my clients hair. I dont think it always works like the name- however I would like to make everybody sexy! But I guess . . . . . . . . . . "I am a beautican not a magician".

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Today I was off, and was so nice to get some house work done and the never ending laundry. It just feels good to get everything back in order. Today I recieved my Creating Keepsakes magazine in the mail and on the cover is one of my fav's - Becky Higgins. I blogged about her a while ago, because I just love her sketches. I cant wait to get a little time to go thru and read it. Happy Friday to you all!

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Well the week is flying by again! I am still having a hard time believing that we are in 2009 let alone in February already. Well I guess we all have no choice other than to get up everyday and make the most of it. The good thing is . . . . . .spring is not far away! This is a calendar kit from Basic Grey that I made.

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I threw this together the other day for our entryway as you come in our front door. I got the silks at Michaels & the sign at Real Deals. I just like something by our door it just makes it so much more home-e-er. (i know thats not a word but o well). I thought the reds would be great since Valentines day is just around the corner. Today has came and almost gone in just the blink of an eye. I was super busy at work today, not even time for lunch, and then back home already. Ate supper with my hubby-which we ate gourmet tonight- mac n cheese & hotdogs. Posting this and now off to bed to do it all over again tomorrow.

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Wow how the time is flying by. . . . I cant believe we are already into February. Today I am sharing a photo of my scrap space. It is so nice to have a place to be able to scrap whenever you want. Bob and I re-did this room ourselves. It was originally his office/guitar room before me, but now its "our" office and my scrap room. We laid the laminate wood flooring down and painted (it needed it bad- it was bright blue with a huge gold sun on the wall) and we put in the counter tops and cupboards too. It turned out great. I am happy with the results. Tonight my friend Lindsey is coming over to scrap with me. I cant wait. It will be a blast.

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Well today we headed off to Lewistown to do Grams hair. Bob had today off so he went too. Gram was having one of those not so good days. Its so hard to see her like that. She was really confused and I think she has a real hard time with dreams. She thinks that they really happen and gets so confused about them and has a hard time jumping back into whats really goin on. But on a better note, we took a drive to the Mtns. so Bob could get some fresh Spring water for brewing his beer. He has plans to brew a Maibock tomorrow since he is off then too. So while we were in the mtns I took a picture of where we where getting water and also a photo of a snow roller. Looks kinda like a life saver. I was surprised that there wasnt much snow in the woods.

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How was everybodys superbowl? Ours was great. We had friends over for a superbowl party. Most of us were rooting for the Cardinals and a few for the Steelers. Glad the game got interesting towards the end because it made it more fun as we were rooting against each other. I enjoy having people over, gives us a chance to visit, but also gives me a reason to bake fun stuff too. I made a few new dips, and even some sweet treats. Jager even enjoyed the game. She had her 3D glasses on to watch at the end of the second quarter. The grocery store was handing these out today and had I known that everybody thought these were so cool, I would of got more. I thought 8 would be plenty but I should of got about 8 more. Oops. Hopefully my team will do something next year. Go Chiefs!