From Here to Eternity

Monday, October 20, 2008

It Lives.....Again!

We bought this vehicle in 1990 when Kade was just a baby. We paid $15,000 for it. It had a few miles on it and we thought it was a good deal. This car now has over 330,000 miles on it. We put a new engine in it about six years ago. Recently, the transmission went out of it. We couldn't decide rather to put the money into it and make it run again or to finally let it die. Kade found a used transmission on the internet and he and Brian tore the broken one out and put the new used one in. It is up and running once again. Kade is thrilled! He loves taking it into the mountains. I'm so proud of my guys that they can fix cars when they are broken. I know Brian hates playing mechanic but he has literally saved us thousands of dollars over the years in repair bills. The best part of the whole deal is that Kade has his own vehicle again and won't have to take mine to work. Woohooo!!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Picture Tag

I've been tagged by Meggie. So you go to your fourth file and pick your fourth picture to post...here it is.

This is a photo of my grandparents. . .Ora and Levi Myers. This is my mom's dad and mom. My grandparents were both born in Panguitch, Utah (I know.....bad place to come if you are a Rich Rebel fan huh?) Even though they were born and raised in Panguitch I loved them so much. :) They were the best grandparents. They took us on vacations with them when were were little kids. . .we went fishing everywhere with them. My grandma could sew anything and my grandpa could fix anything. I share an anniversary with them (September 25th). They were married in 1929 and kept it secret for over a year. When they were married my grandpa was going to college in Logan and my grandma was working as a telephone operator. In those days, a woman couldn't be married and still work as a telephone operator and they needed the money from her job so they kept their marriage a secret. Anyway, that is my photo for the picture tag game.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

No Trespassing!

So I'm up on my soap box today as you can probably tell from the title of this blog. My last blog dealt with Kade and hunting for ducks. . . .well now he has moved on to geese. However, he hasn't been nearly as successful. . . . they have been quite elusive to him. He and Eric Showalter decided they were going to set up some goose decoys in our field and try to lure the geese in that way.

They got up early yesterday morning (like 5:30 a.m. which is way early for boys that age....lol) and drove down to set up the decoys in the field. When they got there they found two people already set up in the field with decoys. Kade went and asked the people, "Do you know whose ground this is?" They reply, "Yeah Brown's." Kade asked, "Do you have permission to be here?" The man says, "I don't need permission. I was raised in this area. My name is _____________ and anyway the property isn't posted." Kade tells him, "You don't have permission and you need to leave this is private property." The guy says, "We aren't leaving. You don't own this property." Kade says, "I don't own it but I'm part of the family that does." The guy says, "No you aren't and we aren't leaving. Go ahead and call the cops." When Kade called me back and told me this I was furious. Brian knew who the guy was when Kade told us the name. So I called the sheriff and ask him to meet us down there and Brian and I went storming down there. We yelled from the road for the guy to leave they just sat there in their blinds. By this point in time we were boiling mad so we drove out into the field where they were set up.

Brian proceeded to ask them why they hadn't left when they were asked to. They tried to give us the same song and dance about the property not being posted. So I gave them a copy of the proclamation to read that explained they were clearly in the wrong and should have left when Kade asked them to. Bottom line. . . .they figured Kade was a kid and they didn't have to leave.

Since it was a "local person" who had been raised here I let them off easy this time. . . .with only a written warning from the sheriff.

I guess the guys biggest gripe was that I didn't have the property posted. Its going to be posted soon. I think the signs will read, "TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT! SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN! Do you think people will get the hint then? You know if the guy had called and asked me before he went chances are I probably would have let him go. But he ruined what was supposed to be a good morning for Kade and Eric and that really made me mad. I just get so tired of people who think it is their right to trespass on other people's property. Okay.....I'll get off my soap box now.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Hunting. . .au naturel

As a parent you are always worried that you are teaching your children what you need to teach them. Its a big responsibility to raise kids. You would think with children that are 18 and 25 years old I should be pretty much done with the teaching. . . . right?
Kade decided to get a small game license so he could hunt ducks and geese this year (since the deer tags were already sold out when he tried to get one.) Fast forward to last night. . . .he comes home from work and dresses in his camo and drives down the canal that runs through our property. He said he slowly crawled up to the bank of the canal and peeked over it. . . .sure enough there were three ducks floating down the canal. He brought the shotgun up to his shoulder and they started to fly. . . .bang he shot one. . . .it falls into the middle of the canal. Okay. . . . he is relating this story to me and I'm thinking. . . .this might be a little bit of a problem. How is he going to get the duck out of the canal? He doesn't have a bird dog that will swim for it. He said he thought a minute and then started taking off his clothes. (Of course he doesn't want to get the precious Cabela's camo wet ya know!) He wades out into the middle of the canal. . . .naked! Man I soooo wish I would have been there with a camera! Blackmail material to the max!!!!!
Apparently he didn't listen the first time I taught him about taking his clothes off. . . .the day he was out peeing off our front step! Note to self: Set Kade down and reteach him it is not appropriate to take our clothes off where other people can see!

P.S. If you see Kade please don't tell him I wrote this about him . . . .just smile and laugh at him!!!!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Four Years Wasn't Enough for Him

So I guess four years of college wasn't enough for Rory. He has decided he wants more. He has been admitted to Utah State for a second degree (Social Work) and is working on getting admitted for grad school next fall. He says he wants a masters degree in Social Work to go along with his Psychology degree. He will be taking social work classes and also Spanish at USU spring semester. He thinks he should pick up on the Spanish quite easily because of living with so many of the Spanish speaking Elders on his mission. I think its a great idea because so many people in the USA speak Spanish these days.

I am so proud of him. He is the first member of my family that has graduated from college. So kudos to him for his fortitude to keep plugging along for another degree. I just can't understand why some cute girl hasn't snatched him up by now.....but I guess that is a whole other blog subject. Hahahaha

Man Tag

A. The rules are posted at the beginning.
B. Each person answers questions about their sweethearts.
C. At the end of each post, the person then tags people and posts their names; then goes onto their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know they have been tagged.

All right people, here are the facts and details:

What is your husbands name? Rodney Brian
How long have you been married? 27 years
How long did you date? Ummmm......well actual dating I guess from the time I was 16.....but we hung out with out families together long before that. I started liking him in 7th grade. How is that for growing up together?
How old is he? 48
Who eats more sweets? Definitely him!
Who said I love you first? Gosh that was so long ago I can't remember.....but probably him.
Who is taller? He is.
Who can sing the best? Ummmm......well he can sing he just doesn't so I guess me cause I will sing.
Who is smarter? He is much smarter than I am.
Who does the laundry? I do when it gets done. Well except Kade's. . . he does his own.
Who pays the bills? I do.
Who mows the lawn? Kade mows the lawn. I'm looking for someone to do it when Kade leaves.
Who cooks dinner? I do.....unless we go to the Gator....then he is the cook.
Who drives? We take turns. Usually I drive when we are in the city though.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? We are both never wrong. Hahahahaha
Who kissed who first? He kissed me and I about jumped off the step when he did.
Who asked who out first? I think he asked me but again it was so long ago who can say for sure.
Who wears the pants? He does most of the time.....but only cause I let him. Hahaha

I tag whoever wants to do this.