Hooray we have new windows! The installers left this morning and we now have 5 beautiful vinyl windows and one of them is a bay window. We are taking advantage of the tax credit for energy efficient windows and hoping that we can stay a little warmer this winter. So all day yesterday we had no windows in our house and at the end of the day our house was full of flies. Thank goodness that global warming has taken a vacation in CA because it has been a burning 75 degrees the last 2 weeks. Of course it happens to be the weeks that my kids are in swimming lessons so they have been freezing. Yesterday one of Daves work colleagues came by to look at our goats. Seeing that we know nothing about them except what I have found googling, this guy is a definite expert. He told we should butcher them soon or sale them as they are ready. If it was a matter of me being ready they would have been butchered 2 weeks after we got them. They have been a real pain in the neck. I have gotten used

Dave is the young mens president in the ward and there is a big hike coming up in Yosemite. The sad thing is that the leaders are way more excited about it than the boys. Suddenly, Dave finds that he needs all this hiking gear- Boots, backpack, self-inflating mattress, pedometer, and that is all he has mentioned right now. So 500 dollars later his wife is on the verge of a heartattack. Would I feel better if I went out and bought the 3oo dollar wheat grinder or a new camera to replace our dead one or an acoustic guitar that I have been thinking about learning to play? I don't know but I would definitely use them more often than his inflatable mattress or maybe not. I also wouldn't be able to hold any bad feelings over his purchase if I made some of my own. Curse you thriftiness gene. I love you and despise you. I love how you saved us through college though I am sometimes embarrased for myself looking back with how little we had but at the time it was great. I hate tha

I always stress about writing a blog. What if it is not funny? What if nobody enjoys reading it? Do I really have anything blog worthy to write about? Don't get me wrong, I don't think my life is dull. I just struggle when it comes to writing it down. But this summer, I am going to try to blog a little more frequently. So here goes...(disclaimer: Don't be surprised if this turns into one of those journal entries that I write every few years about getting back into journaling and then never again.) Kids are out of school. Yeah and AHHHHH... First of all, I am not looking forward to making lunch everyday. The girls just kind of eat whatever and call it lunch but throw in two more opinions to the mix and it gets stressful. I had a friend who recommended the kids planning the menu for lunch over summer and then they also get to help cook. I am excited to send them outside and enjoy the sun, the dirt and some freedom in the great outdoors. The fundraiser for the youth