Tagged

I'll try to make it interesting...
4 places I go over and over-
to my to-do list because I can't remember what I'm supposed to be doing without looking at it, to Craig's List and KSL.com classifieds, to the garden (water or weeding), D.I. (my friends got me addicted to bargain hunting here)

4 favorite places to eat-
Aguila con el taco (authentic Mexican that hasn't made me sick yet), Subway, Little Caesars (for the crazy bread) and my all time fav when visiting SLC is RUBIO'S for fish tacos.

4 places I'd rather be- visiting family, someplace where they speak Spanish, working in the garden with my man after the kids are in bed, or hanging out with some girls, yakking away

4 tv shows I watch all the time- tv life would be better with a DVR, but for now our top four are American Idol, Wheel of Fortune, The Office (we're all caught up thanks to netflix), and I'm becoming a fan of PBS's news hour with Jim somebody.

4 people I tag (but only if you want to)- Flutterbug, Meggan, Chandra, and Mel

Adios Duckies

I'm all for learning through trial and error. I will swallow my pride and admit that the ducks were an "error," on my part but a cute one at that. Last week I took the ducks out to the canal behind our pasture and turned them wild. I'm sure they will wander home from time to time, but I doubt they will want to leave their water oasis for a permanent trip back to the chicken coop.

Originally I hoped that the ducks would be a great alternative to pesticides in my garden because they are major bug hunters. I hadn't realized what stinkers they would be...literally! Bless their cute little hearts, they are just gross! Their instinct for water causes them to swim in the water dish, which isn't a real neighborly thing to do when they are sharing with the chickens. Anyhow, I feel happy as I lay in bed at night and hear them quacking in sync with the crickets and frogs. A happy ending after all.

p.s. if you're interested, I've heard that guinea fowl are great garden grazers - they eat the bugs and not the garden

So true

I had to laugh when I saw this - not so much for the picture, but the caption which read:
"This must be child number 2 or 3 because mom grabbed the camera instead of the kid"

Drumroll please...

After 3 working days and a flash-flood rainstorm that only impeded progress slightly, we have finished the rock on our house! I have to admit that this project robbed me of some of my equity-building addiction, but that's probably healthy. As usual, I wondered what caused us to undertake such a project - somewhere around lunchtime on the first day. However, like childbirth I forgot the pain after a few days and am ready to rock a hundred more houses (I really must be sick in the head, eh?) Here are some picts for those who have been as anxious as were to accomplish this project...

YES, that IS A SIDEWALK and DRIVEWAY! Our good friends surprised us with this while we were on vacation - it was a great treat to come home to.