PAY-IT-FORWARD 2011

♥ PAY-IT-FORWARD 2011: I will send something handmade to the first 3 people to leave a comment here. To be eligible, you must also post this in your status, offering the same thing to 5 other people. The rules are that it must be handmade by you & it must be sent out sometime during 2011

So this was a message I got on facebook and loved the idea. I got 3 people on facebook so I thought I would offer it to 3 people here on my blog:) Share the love!!! I am not sure when or what I will make but it will be a surprise sometime in 2011. So first 3 people to say they are in I will do this for:) Just a fun way to share with people.

Duke playing in the snow at work today! Just cute!!

He totally runs himself into the fence on this one. Funny but gosh you would think it hurt!!

He was just cracking me up. Wish I had video taped him earlier when he had more energy it was hilarious!!!!

FIRST DAY OFF in 10 weeks for eric!!!

So Wednesday Eric finally got a full day off for the first time in 10 weeks. He just wanted to get away from the ranch and see some scenery. So we took a drive to Silverton, co which was stinkin amazing. But however red mountain pass was SCARY!!!!!!!!! Very narrow, sharp curves and only one guard rail and it was beat up bad. I can see why it is know as one of the deadliest drives. But I will say the weather was awesome and the scenery breathtaking is an understatement. From there we drove back and went up to Telluride. What an awesome little town. It has such beauty and atmosphere. I have to say I thought it would be extremely expensive and uppity but really found it to be nice. We also took the free gondola up to mountain village which is awesome but Eric did not find it beautiful or amusing he wanted out!!! Poor Cowboy guess he likes horses. He said if he was meant to fly he would have been born with wings:) Silly cowboy!!! But it was just awesome to get out and enjoy some time together in this awesome state. We also took little duke and he was VERY popular:) Well here are some pics.

drive towards Silverton, CO.

ya that is the edge of the road right out my window and that is going towards the bottom

looking back towards home and see the road on the side of the mountain to the right. It is built just on the side of the mountain no much room.

sooooooo stunning!!!

Me and Duke on the streets of Telluride

They had these everywhere but he wanted nothing to do with it!!! I would never have left him there but cute pic!!

Eric at mountain village right after gondola ride you can see he isn't very happy:)

Happy again after awesome pizza. Just not realizing he has to get back on that thing to get down:)

Mamma's Boys!!!

Do you think I have a bunch of mamma's boys??? Imagine when duke is bigger than Kohanna?? He grows by the second I swear:) I love my boys they make my life soooo much better:)

A year of change???

So this year I really want to change some things. One of the main things is I want to learn to not be afraid of people. Yes this will probably come as a surprise to a lot of people, but I am utterly scared to death of people. Yes it is true!! To pick up the phone and call someone about makes me throw up. I know that sounds weird but when you have been violated emotionally, physically and sexually by people throughout your life it really causes a lot of pain and distrust. I am sooooo very blessed to be free of all that now but the hurt and the pattern is still there. I know it is a defense mechanism and it did keep me safe in the past but it has also kept me from building relationships and allowing good people in. I want to change that this year. I want to be able to pick up the phone and have a chat with those I love and care about. I want to be able to go out in public without feeling so stressed out. I know a lot of that has to do with self image to and I don't have a good one of those especially not with all the extra weight(which I want to change this year also) but I want to enjoy life and not worry so much!!!

To be honest with all the things that I have went through in life I can't believe I am as normal as I am:) But really without GOD I wouldn't have made it through. So I am going to rely on him to help me with this, this year:)

An awesome surprise to visit with a blogger friend

So this morning I got a surprise when on facebook my friend Sarah from between you me and the fence post http://sarahsthoughtsandpictures.blogspot.com/ told me on facebook she was in Colorado and not only Colorado in Montrose which is only like 13 miles from us. I was so excited so I jumped in the truck, stopped by Starbucks and got there just in time to visit for a little while:) It was so awesome to meet Sarah and Malcolm and their "girls":) Which by the way are way to stinkin adorable:) It was so great to get to meet in person. We have missed each other here and there for like a year so it was well way overdue:)

Sarah is as sweet as she seems in her blog and sooooo easy to talk to. It was like visiting a friend I had known for years. I have to say it was definitely a blessing and started out my year good:) I look forward to more visits.

Not the best picture of me. But Sarah is beautiful:) Oh and she has the best southern accent. All I can say is "I want one...." Don't think Eric would move there just so I can have a cute southern accent:)

New Years Resolutions?

I see the blogs bursting with New Years resolutions and goals and I wonder what is wrong with me. I don't really have any. I mean of course I want to get unfat:) But that is a given. But other than that I really don't have any want to write some resolutions. I think I have been so intent on thinking my life should go a certain way or that by this age I should be doing certain things that I am going to let go and let GOD this year!!!! Hey I think that sounds like an awesome idea:) I know it will be easier said than done. But I want to see what GOD has for us this 2011. I am sure I will be surprised and I am sure he will help me to grow in him in whatever we do this year. May every ones year and resolutions be blessed this year!!!