Beatrice and her favorite summer activity

This is too funny not to post, and I have been meaning to do so for a while now. I have been waiting to get a really good picture to document. A few summers ago, Mark bought me a wonderful porch swing for my birthday. I love swings of any kind, and I have ended up spending many hours on this one reading, sleeping, etc. Well, it seems Beatrice loves this swing as much as I do. She loves to be outside in the warm weather and bask in the sun. And her new favorite thing is to swing on my swing. We often find her just sitting on it looking around the yard, pondering if you will. She takes a running leap onto the swing, sits down and actually swings for a while. Once it stops moving, she lays down and takes a nice nap. It is pretty funny to watch. I have to say that we never encouraged this behavior (I hate dogs on furniture), she just figured it out on her own. Its sad to say, but I doubt we can break her of the habit. Believe me, we have tried. I guess I will have to share my swing with someone other than Mark after all.

Flying update

As I posted about a month or so ago, I have started a life long dream of getting my pilots license. I just thought I'd give a quick update. As of now, I have taken about five or six lessons accumulating about five or six hours of flying time. Its been very exciting learning and nerve racking at the same time. This last weekend we had one of my mission companions and his wife come visit us from Ogden (a post exclusively about that event is in the works). Anyway, I had my flying lesson on Saturday, so I had Kendall tag along. As my instructor says, "hey its your hour of flying time. If you want people to sit in the back seat and watch, you are more then welcome." I hope Kendall had a good time. It was his first time in a small airplane. I'm sure he was a bit scared at times because in this lesson all I did was practice taking off and landing. We did eight touch and go's in all, and in most of them my instructor just made me do everything without any help. Needless to say I had a few harder landings, but hey that's how you learn right? Kendall was nice enough to take a photo of me in my complete focused/serious state. As he put it afterwards on our way home "man, I've never seen you so intense!"

Lets all go to the lobby???

Tonight Kimmi and I went to see the new Batman movie (great flick by the way....except for the part when that beautiful Lamborghini was smashed to smithereens) Anyway... we were sitting there, enjoying this stunning piece of cinematic entertainment and "BAM" the movie stops! And up comes a sign for intermission!!! WHAT!! do we live in the 60's??? There's no intermission in Batman!! Did people protest? NO! Like lemmings, everyone stands up and leaves the theater to fall for the marketing ploy and buy more snacks. Well you know what I did??? I'll tell you what I did. I stood up....walked out of the theater....and bought a bottle of two dollar water...sigh...hey, if you cant beat them... join them. Anyway, after a short break, the movie began again and we got to watch the final instalment of the greatness called Batman. I just thought it was funny they actually had an intermission. Gotta love Idaho!

always a good laugh

Probably my favorite comic out there is called "Pearls before swine." If you've never heard of it I'll post a link so you can read it daily like I do! http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/ I like it because its more of a comic for grown ups. Sometimes the characters even cuss! (exact words blocked out with "*$#%#" of course) anyway I just thought I'd post a frame from Todays strip. It made me laugh.

Gummy bear heaven...my happy place

You call that a wrench? THIS IS A WRENCH!!

So, as you know, since nice little mormons boys stray away from the "typical" bachelor party before they get married they have a substitute. It's called a "man shower." Typically, or at least in my case, this consisted of a get together with my male compadres, dinner, and the exchanging of gifts. But not just any gits, no no no. We get TOOLS!!! I can honestly say that I have used every single tool I was given at that event.....all except for one..... THE WRENCH OF DEATH. A few of my friends pooled their funds together(you know who you are) went to harbor freight tools and purchased pretty much the largest wrench they could afford. Honestly and truly it was the largest wrench I have ever seen in my life! I'm pretty sure if I were to ever use it as a weapon, I would easily kill my opposition with a single swing. However... sadly I said to myself when I recieved this wrench "when the crap am I going to use this thing?" But don't fret, I kept it because on the other side of my brain I realized, you know?...one day you are going to have a task that I'm going to say "Hey I have a perfect tool for that!!." And guess what? A little over two years later.. that day arrived! This last Monday was demo day on the guest bathroom in our house. I got it all done except for two tasks that I just couldn't complete! 1. The stupid old spigot on the tub wouldn't come off. 2. The line supplying the toilet with water was just not going to leave without a fight! So in my last attempt to get my jobs done I grabbed my mega wrench and with the ease of the butterfly fluttering in the breeze the two tasks were DONE! I was very impressed and very thankful that I had such a tool. So thank you all who participated in getting me this great gift.

It's Runge Time!!

First off I want to thank my lovely cousin Laurie for letting me steel this clip from her blog and post it on ours. But I saw it, and thought it was so good I wanted to share it with my friends as well. Most people familiar with Salt Lake City News knows what Runge time is but for the sake of those from out of state, Mike Runge has a Sports News show on Fox called "Runge Time" every night before he starts he has a clip of someone in the community saying the famous catch phrase "ITS RUNGE TIME!!" I just thought it was awesome that my grandpa was such a good sport to participate in this time honored tradition. Probably my favorite part though is seeing my grandpas security guard, Tracy, behind his left shoulder trying to old back a smile and continue to be his serious self. I hope you all enjoy.

Tagged....a lot.....

I have been tagged multiple times this week by multiple friends. So here are the results.....

The Husband Tag

What is his full name? Mark Spencer Dibb
How long have you been married? 2 years and 2 months
How long did you date? 1 year, then engaged for another 6 months
Who said "I love you" first? Mark did, and he said it the best way ever
How old is he? 25
Who is taller? Mark is by almost a foot! He is 6'2" and I am only 5'4"
Who is smarter? Depends, I have book smarts, Mark has street smarts
Who does the laundry? I do most of the time, but Mark will always pitch in when needed.
Who pays the bills? Mark does, he is excellent at it.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are facing the bed, Mark does.
Who mows the lawn? Mark does. It is therapeutic to him. I doubt I will ever mow a lawn when Mark is capable of doing it himself. He loves it.
Who drives? Mark
Who is more stubborn? Compared to Mark, I am, but I don't think I am that stubborn on a daily bases.
Who kissed who first? Mark kissed me first, but I kissed back for sure.
Who has more siblings? Well, Mark has three and I have one, but I do have 6 step brothers and one step sister so it depends on how you count.
Who wears the pants? I think we both have a leg in on most days.

Random Stuff

Joys
1. My husband. We don't get to see each other a lot because of my crazy work schedule, so when we do, we take advantage of it. I love being able to spend time with him, even if it is just watching tv. I guess the advantage of not seeing each other is that when we do we appreciate it so much more.
2. Visitors. I love having people visit us. Since moving to Idaho a year ago, we have had a lot of friends and family come up. We are so thankful for that because we still have not made any friends here! So so sad....Anyone is welcome, the guest room is always waiting.
3. Remodeling. We have been remodeling our house slowly but surely since we moved in. The basement is almost complete. The bathroom is the last on our list. The tile is ordered, the paint color is picked out, and the old room is demolished...we are ready for the hard labor! I cannot wait to have our house done and to our liking. It is so rewarding to make a house all your own!

Fears
1. We are never going to make friends here in Twin Falls. I hope this is far fetched, but I really am starting to wonder if there is something wrong with us???
2. My primary class is not learning anything from me. If that's the case, at least I am learning something week to week, and that will have to be good enough.
3. I will be stuck at my job forever and never be able to move up or get a new shift.

Current obsessions
1. Buying things for the remodel whether we need it right now or not. I can't stop looking at the kitchen displays at Lowe's. We aren't anywhere near that project, but I can't help myself.
2. Martha Stewart. She is my idol. I spend my slow hours at work just pouring over her website. I love it.
3. Shoes. I love shoe shopping. I have way to many shoes, but I can always make room for more!

Facts
1. I hate drying dishes. We don't have a dish washer at the moment (one is coming in the remodel!) so all dishes are washed by hand. I don't mind washing, i just hate drying. I just put out towels on the counter and let them air dry. Thankfully, if Mark is home, he will dry for me, which makes the process so much faster, and that makes me a happy wife.
2. I love antique stores. I could just sit and look for hours. One store I went in had old Time magazines from the 50's. They were so fun to read. I love stuff like that. I love being able to see the past.
3. I have finally began reading again! And they are books that I choose to read. Its amazing! College just took the fun out of reading....actually, I think it was Chemistry that really did me in. How boring! But now that I don't have to read text books anymore, I am really enjoying my reading time again. I have a massive to read list, and I have only made a dent in it. This is where the other slow hours at work come in! ( I do work, I promise! Its the only hospital in town!)

Well, that's it for the tags. I hope it isn't a boring post. I tag anyone that wants to join in on the tagging fun!!