Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I have always liked Thanksgiving since it is a day we can stuff ourselves and not feel bad about it. It is also the beginning of the Christmas season. We spent Thanksgiving with my mom's family in Logan. We have to meet in a church since there are too many of us to fit in anyone's home. We had a good time stuffing ourselves and visiting with relatives. On another note, we finally decided on a name for our new puppy. After much debate and a lot of suggestions, we named him Trigger. It fits him well. We are enjoying having him in our lives and our other dog, Sam, seems to enjoy having another dog to play with. After dinner, I went to the fire station for my shift and Megan went with my sisters to a movie. So now I am sitting here at the station, bored and hoping for a call. I decided that we needed a new post. All of you have a great holiday and enjoy your long weekend.

Puppies and Dogs

Sad news first... a few weeks ago one of our labs got hit on the road in front of our house. The saddest part is that our other dog has been in depression since then so the fun news we got a new dog today. He is a Walker Hound and super cute. Sam our lab seems to like him so far and is acting a little more frisky. I am putting a picture on and would like suggestions for a name. It is not a very good picture because it was getting dark. I will try to get a better picture soon.

Leave a comment if you have any name suggestions. Thanks.

Tags All Around!

Psuedomyns Tag

1. ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car):
Nike Pontiac

2. GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe):
Cake Batter Boot

3. NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal):
Red Horse (Same as McKensy

4. SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born):
Hope Payson

5. STAR WARS NAME (the first three letters of your last name, first two of your first name): Mapme

6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink):
Black Water

7. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers):
Gale Herald

8. HUSSY NAME ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Island Vibe Licorice

9. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your fifth grade teacher's last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Hansen Hartford

10. SPY NAME (your favorite season/holiday, flower):
Winter Lily

11. CARTOON NAME (favorite fruit, article of clothing you're wearing right now): Strawberry Slippers

12. HIPPIE NAME (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree):
Waffle Maple





8 Favorite TV shows:
Friends
CSI Miami and Las Vegas
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Grays Anatomy
Simpsons
Whose Line is it Anyway
Law and Order SVU

8 Favorite Restaurants:
Iggy's
Applebees
The Black Pearl
Cold Stone (Does that Count)


8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
Went to work
Found an idea for my sharing time
Talked to my mom
Made Tom one of his favorite dinners (BBQ ribs and ranch mashed potatoes)
Dishes (daily chore)
Made my bed
Christmas shopping
Watched tv

8 Things That I Look Forward to:
The Holidays
Going and cutting our Christmas tree
Spending time with the Hansen fam
Spending time with the Maples fam
Paying of all medical bills
Buying a house
Becoming a mom
Retail Christmas rush OVER!

8 Things I Love About Fall:
Playing in the Leaves
The color of the leaves
Turkey
Almost winter
Family and friend get togethers
Cooler weather
Decorating for Christmas (my favorite)
Shopping for new sweaters or just shopping


8 Things On My Wish List:
Vacation
New computer
New car
King size bed
Children
Camera
A week off to relax


These were fun and I want to tag Maggie, Heather, Heidi W and Heidi M, Megan G and anyone who wants too...

Need something new

Since I am sick of seeing the same post everyday, (and Megan is at work and I am bored) I decided to do one myself. Since I have no idea what to put in the blog, I thought I would include a couple of my favorite pictures. The barn on fire was a barn fire just across the field from our house. It was the biggest fire we have had this year. The barn and outbuildings were a loss before we even got on scene. We did save the house however. The second picture is a picture of Truck 3 in San Francisco. On our trip to San Francisco, while Megan was in meetings, I was out looking for fire trucks and found Station 3. The firefighter I talked to was nice enough to let me crawl all over his truck and take pictures of it. There have been rumors we are trying to get a ladder truck for our station sometime in the near future. This would complement our 3 engines and other equipment we currently have and be a great addition to our department. I am also grateful for the election to be over. I never enjoy the presidential elections since it just seems to be a mud slinging contest with a lot of empty promises made by either side. I have to admit I was not happy with the outcome, but hopefully he keeps some of his promises and doesn't keep some of the others. I often wish that the presidential elections were like the Utah Governor's race we had 4 years ago. Both candidates agreed at the beginning to run clean campaigns. A couple of times some mud slinging started and the candidates immediately put an end to it. It was such a nice election and I wish that all campigns were like that. This blog proves that Megan should do all the blogs from now on.