HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

TO BE CONTINUED.....................

I HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM!!!

I have a drinking problem, it is a 44 oz. 3/4 Diet Pepsi & 1/4 Pepsi a couple of times a day. I know I really need to quit but I look at it this way. There are only a few things that bring me GREAT JOY in this life and my drink is one of them. I know that I could probably lose a great deal of weight if I were to quit so I am currently in the hunt for a new GREAT JOY in my life to replace it with. But until then I will keep drinking. A couple of weeks ago one of my agents walked into work with a big drink. I have stopped getting my drinks first thing in the morning but this day I was craving one SOOOOO bad. As he walked in the door I asked him if he would do me a BIG FAVOR, he then replied with "What time do you need me to watch your kids" I started to laugh and pointed to the Texaco about a block away. I asked him if he would go and get me a drink. He started laughing and said, that isn't a BIG FAVOR. The funny part was that he decided to walk. He got in his car, put on his coat and off he went through Albertson's parking lot. I was able to get a couple of shots of him on his way back, THANKS ERIC YOU ROCK!!!

ROAD RAGE!!!

(WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD)

ROAD RAGE is the behavior by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle, which thus causes collisions or incidents on roadways. It can be thought of as an extreme case of aggressive driving.

It has taken me a week to be able to blog about this because I have been so ticked off about the situation. I was driving to Manti last Wednesday night to watch Manti play Gunnison in football. I dropped the boys off at their dad's house to go hunting and I headed up Spanish Fork Canyon. As I got down by Thistle I tried to pass a truck and as I was passing he sped up. I had to slow down and get behind him. I followed him for about 3 more miles and then I passed him. As I passed him I sped up thinking if I could just get away from him I would be better off. He was about 3/4 of a mile behind me when he turned on his head lights and started to come up behind me pretty fast. As he got closer I tapped my brakes to see if he would slow down and that didn't help. He got right behind my car and swerved to pass me, missing my back bumper and then started to come back into my lane making me go onto the shoulder and once he was in front of me he slammed on his brakes. He started going 5 mph. After I realized he was going to keep going 5 mph I tried to pass him and he swerved over into the other lane. So I got back over and I really thought I was dead at this point. I did not want to stop or be stopped by him, out in the middle of no where and there is no cell phone service. He finally pulled off to the side and I passed him. Again, I thought if I can get far enough in head of him he will just leave me alone. Again, he decided to speed up behind me as close as he could, swerve left just missing my car again and then pushing me off the side. This time there was a cement wall on the side so I didn't have very much room to move over. As he got in front of me again he slammed on his brakes. I was pretty scared at this point and didn't know how I was going to make it until I could have cell phone service again. He started going 5 mph then about 20 mph. There was an SUV behind me and I was motioning to this lady to follow me and I needed help. She kept shaking her head like she didn't know what I was talking about. This guy finally pulled over and I passed him again. I looked in my rear view mirror and the SUV that was following me pulled over with him and they pulled into their house. I wanted to die!!! I drove to the next road that there were homes and I called 911. To make an already long story shorter I am pressing charges against him. Once the highway patrol got a hold of him he decided he wanted to press charges against me. AUGH!!! I am ticked off that he can do that and I am ticked off the there was not an officer willing to drive to Birdseye and give this guy a breathalizer test. I really think that this guy was drunk, there is no way that a sober human being would do this to someone.

I know that looking back there are things I should've, could've, wish I would have done but it is in the past. But I have learned that if I was to ever get into a road rage situation again, to get into some kind of wreck in order for the authorities to come to the accident scene and fully investigate it the way it should be. Now, 1 week later I am waiting for the highway patrolman to get back to work to come and issue me a citation from this JERK that was trying to run me off the road. I get to go to court and plead NOT GUILTY to reckless endangerment but now who will the judge believe. It is now a HE SAID, SHE SAID game.

I have never been to court before and I think that is what I am the most nervous about. Well..... I am actually pretty nervous that this guy is going to hunt me down and kill me too. He wasn't a very nice guy at all!!! I will keep anyone who read this long post posted about what happens. I should be seeing the UHP tonight. Oh HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY!!!

FLAG FOOTBALL IS OVER

Last week we finished up flag football. We got ripped off in the end because of the change of "HATS" at the Spanish Fork Recreation Department and the new guy not knowing what the heck is going on. They put the final bracket together before we were done with all of our games. We should have had a play off game with the Steelers because we both had a record of 8-2. That would have put the winner in the championship game but instead we played for 3rd and 4th. We won that game 30-0 and played so well. They would have beat anyone that night. The boys had pizza after the game and stayed to watch the championship game.

A couple of weeks ago I met Derek's twin. Well....... I am not sure that they are twins but all the kids at school think that they look alike so when we saw him last week we had to get a picture of him and Derek.

Well twins or not they are both pretty dang cute!!!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST... a kid on the boys team, Noel (brown boy in the top picture) taught the team the HAKA!!! The boys have loved learning it and love to show it to whomever will watch.

6 ODD QUIRKS ABOUT ME...

Ok, I've been tagged. Here it goes....6 odd quirks about myself

1- I have a cow part in my head... I had surgery in 2003 and they cut out the bottom part of my skull and put a "PERICARDIUM PATCH" (i.e. stomach muscle of a cow) in place of what they cut out.

2- I am a little OCD... :) I like things to be put away and things to look clean.

3- I love to mow lawns... since I don't have one of my own I mow my grandparents every week. I also have to mow it a different direction every time I mow them. I love the look of a freshly mowed lawn when you can see the straight lines. (I know, no life here)

4- I was born on Friday the 13th... I blame my life's problems on that.

5- I remember dates of when things have happened in my life. We aren't talking about dates that you should remember like birthdays & anniversaries. We are talking about things that don't really need to be remembered. There is a 2 year period in my life that I don't want to remember and I seem to remember every little detail and date of those details. AUGH!!! Maybe I should write it all down, take it to the top of the mountain & burn it and maybe my brain will forget it. Surely I could use that space for something useful that I should be remembering. lol

6- I have MOVED 13 times in 13 years... From Manti (19 1/2 yrs.) to Ephraim (6 mo.), to Orem (1 yr.), to Provo (2 yr.), to Mt. Pleasant (5 mo.), to Mt. Pleasant (7 mo.), to Springville (6 mo.), to Manti (3 mo.), to Springville (1 yr.), to Springville (6 mo.), to Springville (2 1/2 yrs.), to Spanish Fork (3 yrs), to Spanish Fork (7 months and counting.)

Well for not thinking I had 1 single QUIRK I guess it's good I had to stop at 6 or I would definately start revealing "TO MUCH INFORMATION" about me... I tag Angie, Jen, Michelle, Karlie, Andria & Heather Lewis.

BROTHERLY LOVE!!!

I wish I could post about BROTHERLY LOVE more but I guess I can be greatful to even be able to do it at all. The boys came by my work and Derek was on his scooter and Wesley had walked. They come in, find the food in the office and then they are off to home. As they left my office one day my broker asked me if they get a long. I told him that most of the time they do. They seem to be the best of friends at times and the worst of enemies at other times. As I looked out the window to see them leaving my office I caught them being the BEST OF FRIENDS. This was a moment that I had to get on camara to show them when they are being mean to each other. Since Wesley did not have a scooter they were riding on the one scooter together, I thought it was so cute but I was also worried that I would get a call from someone saying that they had wrecked or one of them had knocked the other one off because these moments don't usually last to long.

PUPPIES!!!

Since I am not a fan of having pets at my house the boys are lucky enough to have 2 BIG dogs at their dad's. Zack & Allie are weimaraner's and Zack happens to have to sniff my butt everytime I am around. That would be one reason I don't care for big dogs. Well their dad was misinformed about the length of time Allie could get pregnant after having her last litter of puppies so here she is again having another litter. It is fun to watch the boys expressions during this process. The last time she had them I actually watched her have 1 from beginning to end because I had never seen an animal have a baby before and I thought it was very interesting how Allie knew exactly what to do. This time she had 9 little puppies and they are so cute. I like them when they are little but not as they get big. Here they are with Allie when she had 7 of the 9 out. She was so good with the boys but she did not like the sight of me. :)

Crazy Hair Day!!!

A couple of weeks ago the boys had Red Ribbon week at school but unfortunately they were with their dad and I was only able to get them on Crazy Hair Day.

The greatest part about this is that they walked home from school with their "FRIEND GIRLS" and even wore their wigs. LOL I am not quite sure what these girls were thinking.

CANNING PEARS :)

Well I have tried to dodge the canning projects for years now with my mom but since she broke her wrist I thought I would go down and help her can her pears. It actually wasn't as bad as I remembered it as a child and I might even do it again. I think there are things that we do as kids that seem so awful but I guess after you experience life a little they don't seem so bad. My dream is to have a house with a big storage room so that my mom can stalk it with all of her good canning products. :) I told my mom that if something happened to her or my grandma I would be toast because I haven't learned their tricks to good canning so I guess I better start taking part. My grandma is amazing too and even did all of my mom's peaches & beets for her this year. Thanks mom for helping me can your pears and I hope to be able to help you again, next year. :) Just remember I won't can BEETS!!!

YUMMY!!! Don't they look good???