OK my friend passed this on to me, and I thought it was post worthy. I am going to try and donate one, every one blanket helps reach the goal. :)
You can go HERE to check it out
Goal: 400 handmade Patriotic Fleece Blankets
Blankets: No Sew Double Fleece (See me if you want me to email you directions)
Colors: Red/White/Blue or Patriotic Prints ONLY
(Army Camo or Army Print is also acceptable)
Size: 45" to 55" wide x 72" long
Deliver to: (see me for the address to mail them to, and any other delivery/prep directions!)
Deadline: NOVEMBER 1, 2008
Pass this on to anyone else you think might want to help :)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Florida
So, the cat is pretty much out of the bag and I figured I might as well make this official.
So, here is the long story to preface the decision:
My husband Tyler has been a fan of the University of Florida (Gators) for a very long time, longer than I've known him at least. He has a Florida Gators golf bag (very lovely display of orange and blue), a toy gator that dances and sings Gator cheers, a cereal box from Publix with the coach (Urban Meyer) on the front (which will NEVER be opened, probably not even if we were dying of hunger), many many shirts/hats/etc and we have a cute little gator sticker on the back of our XTerra. He's a fanatic.
We often get asked "Why do you guys like Florida? Are you from there?" (No.) "Why do you guys like Florida? Did you go to school there?" (No.) "Why do you guys like Florida? ...."
So we've decided it is time to do something about this.
We're going to move to Florida and get this show on the road. Tyler is planning on majoring in Golf and Sports Turf Management, and if any of you have been following our blog-recorded lives this summer, you know that he loves Golf just as much as he loves the Gators. (Maybe more...) So, we're really excited about this, but it is probably not going to happen for a few months. We're in the process of looking for jobs for me, and figuring out all the details with our house, and our belongings, etc.
It's always scary making a drastic change like this, so it's slightly surreal and although we talk about it a lot some people are thinking that it won't actually happen, and that we'll chicken out (those people don't know me very well). Ty has to get enough credit hours to transfer in, and so we'll be living in the Ft Lauderdale area for the first bit so we can be close to family and then once he's all set and accepted we'll move up to Gainesville and officially become a part of the Gator Nation.
(Side Note: Lots of people also think that maybe we like Florida football because of Urban Meyer who coached at Utah for a little bit. The answer to that is a definite NO. We are BYU fans to the core! We see the time Urban spent at Utah as a minor flaw, but no one is perfect, so we will continue to root for him as long as he's at Florida. :))
Anyway, like I said, we don't have all of the details worked out yet, like exactly when, etc. but when you know it's the right thing to do you do it. The warm weather, and not having to drive in the snow is a plus. :) (Tyler would point out also that the hurricanes are a non-plus, but we're not thinking about that too much!)
So, here is the long story to preface the decision:
My husband Tyler has been a fan of the University of Florida (Gators) for a very long time, longer than I've known him at least. He has a Florida Gators golf bag (very lovely display of orange and blue), a toy gator that dances and sings Gator cheers, a cereal box from Publix with the coach (Urban Meyer) on the front (which will NEVER be opened, probably not even if we were dying of hunger), many many shirts/hats/etc and we have a cute little gator sticker on the back of our XTerra. He's a fanatic.
We often get asked "Why do you guys like Florida? Are you from there?" (No.) "Why do you guys like Florida? Did you go to school there?" (No.) "Why do you guys like Florida? ...."
So we've decided it is time to do something about this.
We're going to move to Florida and get this show on the road. Tyler is planning on majoring in Golf and Sports Turf Management, and if any of you have been following our blog-recorded lives this summer, you know that he loves Golf just as much as he loves the Gators. (Maybe more...) So, we're really excited about this, but it is probably not going to happen for a few months. We're in the process of looking for jobs for me, and figuring out all the details with our house, and our belongings, etc.
It's always scary making a drastic change like this, so it's slightly surreal and although we talk about it a lot some people are thinking that it won't actually happen, and that we'll chicken out (those people don't know me very well). Ty has to get enough credit hours to transfer in, and so we'll be living in the Ft Lauderdale area for the first bit so we can be close to family and then once he's all set and accepted we'll move up to Gainesville and officially become a part of the Gator Nation.
(Side Note: Lots of people also think that maybe we like Florida football because of Urban Meyer who coached at Utah for a little bit. The answer to that is a definite NO. We are BYU fans to the core! We see the time Urban spent at Utah as a minor flaw, but no one is perfect, so we will continue to root for him as long as he's at Florida. :))
Anyway, like I said, we don't have all of the details worked out yet, like exactly when, etc. but when you know it's the right thing to do you do it. The warm weather, and not having to drive in the snow is a plus. :) (Tyler would point out also that the hurricanes are a non-plus, but we're not thinking about that too much!)
Sunday, October 12, 2008
First Snow!!!!!!!
So, yesterday we had an awesome football day, BYU won at home and the Florida Gators tromped on LSU at home.
Then this morning we woke up and I caught a glimpse out the window, only to see a whole lot of... white.
It's pretty early for this, and so the weather people had said it would snow, but I was not expecting this:
Then this morning we woke up and I caught a glimpse out the window, only to see a whole lot of... white.
It's pretty early for this, and so the weather people had said it would snow, but I was not expecting this:
So what did we decide to do? Of course... We pulled out the Coco-Motion
(shout out to Alaska!)
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Traumatic Event
The other night, Tyler was in the bathroom taking out his contacts, and I was getting dressed for bed, when out the window of our bedroom I heard this loud bang... It almost sounded like a gunshot or something, it was very very loud, and sounded pretty close. Tyler came out from the bathroom and asked "what was that?!?"
The next morning, Tyler went to play basketball at an unearthly hour, and asked one of our friends who lives down the street (and plays basketball with him) if he had heard anything. Chad (the friend) said no he hadn't heard anything, so we were starting to wonder if we were imagining things...
He came home from basketball and we were both getting ready for the day, and he glanced out the window and noticed a piece of our fence was broken off... Upon further investigation it seems that the loud bang was... our neighbor's tire (or the car) blew up. We're not exactly sure because it was a mess! See exibit A and B:
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