900th Post!

I am so sad, yesterday I came home from babysitting and our new kindle was on the porch. I was so happy to get it because then I wouldn't have to share with Jese anymore. Once I tried to set it up it decided it didn't want to work! They have to send me a new one, it will be here tomorrow. I wish I had it today, oh well, Jese said he would leave the old one here for me today. My nose, ears, and throat are all stuffy today.

-Christa

Poor, Poor Kipper

Poor Kipper had a bad night last night. I woke up around 4:30 having to pee and I noticed Kipper wasn't sleeping and kept moving around. When I came back upstairs I found him on the floor throwing up everywhere!!! I had to turn on the light to get it cleaned up so that meant waking Jese up. Good thing I woke him up because Kipper also got sick in bed, and Jese rolled into it. It smelled so awful!!! I let Jese clean it up so I wouldn't throw up also, I changed the sheets while he cleaned it up. Once it was all clean, Kipper decided he needed to throw up once more in the living room. After that he slept the rest of the night, poor puppy. Jese decided since he was woke up he wouldn't set his alarm this morning, he didn't get up until almost 10:00!!!! What a lazy bum :)

-Christa

It is Officially Christmas Season!

Pizza all snuggled up in the bathroom sink again!

Hello! Last night I went to bed at 7:00!! I forgot to say that Jese decided to do housework yesterday. He fixed the window and kitchen light, he wanted me to write that! He also did the dishes, cleaned the bathroom and folded clothes today when I was gone!!! I worked in the donut wagon today with Dad. We stayed pretty busy so that was nice! I brought home 4 corn dogs for supper for Jese and I, they were delicious.

-Christa

Black Friday Madness!

Hello!! I am super tired, but for good reason! Yesterday was a very good Thanksgiving, the food was a delish! I spent the night at Mom's house so we could go shopping. Spending the night is a little bit of an overstatement however! We went to bed at 9:00 PM and got up at 11:30 PM! Stores this year decided to open at midnight instead of at 4 or 5. Amy also came with us, we went to Walmart first. After that we drove to Mankato for lots of good deals. We went Old Navy first and stood in line for an hour to check out! I got Jese and I $5 PJ pants, we are wearing them right now. After that we were STARVING so we went to Perkins, we were there for 2 hours! They were super slow because they only had one waitress and one cook working and it was packed! After that we went to Target, Kohls, and Menards. We were in Menards for 3 hours!!! I got lots of good deals there though, I got 6 bags of dog/cat food for free after a mail-in rebate, and I got plastic to cover the windows free after a mail-in rebate also! After we were done shopping we went to Panara Bread for lunch, even though it was only 9:30 AM. Once we got back to Mom's I got the best deal EVER!! I got a Kindle for just $89!!! I got another one so Jese can have his own and quit taking mine all time. Mom was also trying to get it just in case I couldn't but she couldn't, hahaha!! I looked on Amazon's facebook page and hardly anyone was able to get them, I guess I was just super lucky! Jese drove me home because he was babysitting Liam and Josie while we shopped. Once we got home I looked at everything I bought then took a nap from 1:15-3:30. 

Now we (Jese) are decorating our tree. Jese put all the lights on and then I took them all of and redid it. Now I am sitting on the couch telling him where to put the ornaments because I am still super tired. My new angel I bought last year on sale is so pretty!! I hope I don't kill her like I kill all of my angels, that would be sad. I got lights for the house and our tree in the yard but we need to wait for our ladder to hang them up. (Cassie and Nick were borrowing it) Okay I am to tired to write more.

-Christa

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I thought the animals would like to dress up like reindeer...

Oreo only kept it on long enough for me to snap this picture...

Kipper did not like it one bit!

They decided to play with it instead!

Remi doesn't like bones so Kipper got hers! He loves the super duper big bone, he has been dragging it around all morning!

 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone has a safe and fun day!!

-Christa

Handyman Needed

We all know Jese and I aren't the handiest when it comes to home repair. We may need to start learning real soon...

Window won't close tight or lock...

Light won't turn all the way on...

Light doesn't work...

Basement floor needs to be redone...

Ancient line is probably made of clay making it very easy for roots to go in, causing many backups...

Top step is in bad shape...

Screen won't come off!

I am willing to trade baked goods for a handyman!

-Christa

72 Years Today!

Today is Grandma and Grandpa Trenda's 72nd wedding anniversary!! Yesterday I went with Cassie and Nick to Northfield to have cake and celebrate with some of the family. It is nice to see them together after all these years still! They both looked very happy yesterday. One can only hope their marriage will last as long as theirs. Most couples these days are either widowed or divorced by their age! Can you imagine everything they have seen change since they were first married in 1938!! In 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, it was normal to have a stay-at-home wife, women had only been allowed to vote for the last 18 years, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was just released, War of the Worlds was aired terrifying people, not to mention it was still the Great Depression. I wonder what they think of everything that has changed since the day they got married. 

Congratulations Grandma and Grandpa Trenda!

-Christa 

P.S. Who can say they still have Great Grandparents still alive and married by the time they are in their 20's!!

I am obsessed!

I am addicted to my wonderful Kindle!! When I am on the computer I can't help but go on the Kindle Facebook page or look at all the books on Amazon!! So far I have read 82 books (I think) I was brave today and let Jese take it to work with him since he had no homework to do on his down time. Don't worry though, I can still read all my books on my computer so I am not without them, thank goodness!! The other day Jese came home and I was watching TV and reading at the same time (if he would have walked in a few minutes earlier I would have been on the computer also!) It is a good thing there are so many free books otherwise I would have spent a fortune on books! My latest obsession is books about the Amish, I got a couple free ones and loved them! One of them was part of a series so of course I had to buy the other 2 books in the series!! Now I have to restrain myself from buying anymore! 

-Christa

Just another day in the sink

Pizza was begging for me to put a towel in the sink, as soon as I did, in she jumped! 

Liam and Josie are here again. They spent the night last night so Adam could work on a car. They were very good yesterday, today is another story! This is how Liam sounded this morning:

"Stop looking at me (cry), I'm tired (cry some more), I don't want to take a nap (cry), STOP LOOKING AT ME (cry again)" 

It was a very fun morning. After lots of time outs and a quiet time they are finally both napping! Hopefully they nap until Jese gets here, Liam likes playing with him much more than me...maybe it is because Jese plays with him! I must say, I am not the greatest babysitter in the world, after a couple hours my patients disappears when they are crabby! Kipper is also getting on my nerves because is constantly chasing Liam, jumping, and trying to steal their food! Well back to my Amish book!

-Christa


P.S. I still like my hair so far!

Chop 'er off!!

Yesterday I decided I need to cut my hair, so today I got a trim....

Christa

Baking Day!

I saw a squirrel on the bird feeder so I sent Kipper out to chase it away, he just wanted to play with it!!

I made Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Oatmeal Cookies, and Strawberry Muffins today!

This morning I was so sneezy!! I was talking to Amy on the phone and had to keep stopping to sneeze!! I think I got Jese's cold, he is over it now. I took a lazy morning and then right before Jese was going to leave for work I stole his car and went to the grocery store to get flour. I needed it for my gravy I am making tonight for my deer roast. Then I decided I wanted to bake today so I also got brown sugar, shortening, and chocolate chips! I brought $10 with me and got $0.08 back!! When I got back home Jese told me he wanted chocolate chip cookies or chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, I didn't listen very well!! Both cookies were supposed to have nuts in them but I didn't have any, bummer! Now the dishwasher is washing all the dishes for me! Tonight for supper is purple potatoes and deer roast, hopefully it gets done by 6:00, I didn't start it until almost noon because I forgot!! Well that's all for today!

Christa

More Updates Than 2007!

Hello! I haven't updated my blog very much this year. Last year I updated 190 times and so far I am only at 150, this is my 889th post, by Christmas 2011 I should be at 1,000!! Yesterday Jese and I went to Dad's to butcher all the deer, there were 17 of them!! Now our freezer is nice and full! I was going to make a roast today but I have no flour so I wouldn't have been able to make gravy! Instead I made pizza with Liam. He decided he wanted to come up here again today instead of me going down there so Amy brought him and Josie up again. They were both good but Josie is starting to be a trouble maker!! Adam just picked them up a little bit ago. I am chilly but I don't want to turn the heat up because I always get hot at night. Okay well I don't really know much.

Christa

Snow, Snow, Snow, oh how I love you (until Christmas is over that is!)

Yes that is right, I shoveled...well that is until I got to the back of the house and Jese took over!

Hello! Jese and I just got done shoveling! We decided to start it now because it is heavy snow so a jump start would be a good idea since we don't have a snowblower. Now I am eating a peanut butter cookie while listening the Christmas music! Kipper doesn't like the snow one bit, he is a big baby! He won't even go in it, we had to force him to go outside at 10:30 and he barley got off the back steps! He wouldn't even go outside with us until we had a path shoveled. I threw him in the snow and he wasn't very happy about that! Okay that's all for now!

Christa

Here comes the snow

Adam's Deer

Dad's 1st deer

Jese making creepy crawlers with Liam and Josie

I made turkey hats with Liam and Josie!

 Good morning! Yesterday Amy brought Liam and Josie here for me to babysit. They were both very good, they even took naps! Today it is a little chilly in the house! Jese needs to fix our stairs because the top step is breaking!!! That isn't very safe! I don't really know anything, I just wanted to put up more pictures!

Christa

"Hey, are my wheels spinning..." Dad

Dad's Truck got stuck

Then Mark's truck got stuck while trying to get to Dad's truck...

Then Lee's came and pulled Mark's truck out...

Then they hooked Mark's truck to Lee's truck and Lee's truck to Dad's truck, then they were all free!!

Dad's tire was a little buried!

Dad got a little muddy!

Lee was describing what happened!!

Good Job Jese!

Jese's deer, shot on opener around 5:00

Jese's deer, shot on Sunday around 7:45

Hello! All you get today are a couple pictures. Jese got 2 deer this year, I got 0, but that is okay! We left yesterday at 11:30 and are super busy today doing housework. More later!

Christa

P.S. I am stealing someones internet connection right now :)

Busy, Busy!!

Hello! Today I went shopping with Mama and Cassie, I got some good stuff but didn't get home until 4:00! That meant I didn't anything done today, which is going to make a busy, busy day tomorrow!! Kipper has an appointment at 9:00 to get his nails trimmed and sometime between 9:00 and 12:00 the TV guy is going to get here to install our cheaper cable and internet. I also need to go grocery shopping and make cookies for up north. I also have to bring Kipper to mother's and be at Amy's by 1:00, but she wants me there early so she can vote!!! That is a lot of stuff to get done all before noon. I would also like to pack for up north but I don't think I will have time so I will have to do that on Wednesday morning before we leave. 

Jese brought the bike upstairs today so now the old study is officially the workout room now. I just need to rearrange it a little bit more. The basement is super empty now. Okay well that's all I know today.

Christa