Beatrice the destructor!

I'll tell you what. For Basset Hounds being listed (in most dog books) as one of the dumbest breeds out there, our Beatrice is one smart cookie. For example she knows what phrases like "lets go get some food, it's bedtime, lets go outside." mean. She can catch a dog biscuit in her mouth from like 10 feet away! Plus, to be honest, she's better at playing fetch then even my childhood pet Australian Shepard was.

Tennis balls happen to be one of her favorite things to play fetch with, although if you let her keep the ball for to long it soon turns into confetti...as seen below.

Before



30 seconds later



Shes got some POWERFUL jaws!

Minor Regrets.....I REPEAT....minor

So as most of you know or might remember from a post I made last March, I bought a car in February 2008 that I'd been wanting for a long long time. It's a Honda S2000 and it's a lovely automobile as you can see from this picture. Needles to say, I very much enjoy driving this car.

Now you might ask. "Why would you own a car like that in Idaho? It snows in Idaho and the S2000 is an extremely light, rear wheel drive car." Well I'll tell you why. The interesting thing about Idaho winters is that when it snows its usually a light snow and by the time its the afternoon its all melted (again, look at the picture that was taken in February...no snow on the ground). This being the case it is not really an issue to drive this car on a day to day basis......That is except for about 5 days a year where it decides to dump snow on Twin Falls...... and today was one of those days. I woke up to about 4 inches + of snow on the streets this morning and Ill tell you what, my car was a tad tricky to maneuver to work (once again, let me emphasise, I don't regret my decision to purchase this fine piece of machinery but I am disappointed in its winter driving skills). You don't even have to give it any gas when you let out the clutch and the wheels start spinning. That's even with 120 pounds of sand bags in the trunk. Sigh.... oh well. If you see me you'll just see me cruising around town at about 8 miles per hour. How much longer till spring!!!!

This is a picture of Kimmi's Flamingo. Kimmis favorite animals are flamingos and her grandpa made this thing out of Re-bar, an old shovel, a crow-bar, and an old drill bit for the head. Very cool. Anyway I took this photo to illustrate the snow we have gotten today. It may not seem like much to Utah standards but to Twin Falls its a lot, especially since this town doesn't seem to own a snow plow, so the streets are always covered with a slick piece of packed snow.

Two Christmas Trees!

This year Mark was kind enough to buy me two Christmas trees. One for upstairs and one downstairs. Its something my family has always done and I am excited to have it happen in my home this year. We went out to our local tree lot and picked out two of the best trees. They are perfect for our house! We had to really look at the size this year (last year we bought a nine ft tree and didn't realize it!) to make sure they would fit in both areas. I am happy to say they fit perfectly. So here are some pictures! Enjoy!

At home with our trees

The tree in our front room

Another view

My mantel with my nativity

The tree in our family room downstairs

Another view

Mark's getting to know you christmas edition

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper, and if it wasn't sociably unacceptable I would use the comic section of the news paper

2. Do you hang mistletoe? No I never have. Kimmi will generally give me a kiss whenever I want it anyway.

3. When do you put up the tree? Whenever we get to it. We are most likely getting one today

4. When do you take the tree down the tree? Whenever we get to it.

5. Do you like egg nog? i love it! The best egg nog out there is by cream of weber! SOOOOO good. I wont drink any other brand

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Probably our first Nintendo system. I remember being pretty excited for that

7. Do you have a nativity scene? The wife does.

8. Hardest person to buy for? My grandparents.... pretty much impossible

9. Easiest person to buy for? Kimmi. I usually get lots of ideas throughout the year.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, The wife takes care of all that. I just have to write the little blurb about our year..

11.Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I cant think of one....I guess I repress the bad Christmas memories.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Elf, A Christmas Carol (the one where scrooge is played by Patrick Stewart)

13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Sounds like something I'd do

14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? My moms Christmas dinner. SOOOOO good. my brothers and I always have a weigh in before and after the meal to see who ate the most. then usually I pass out on a couch in pain from eating too much...I love that feeling

15. Clear lights or colored on the tree? clear

16. Favorite Christmas song? Baby its Cold Outside, Last Christmas by Jimmy eat World

17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Its Off to salt lake!

18. Can you name all of Santa's rein deers? probably... I don't feel like it though

19. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Pajamas on Christmas eve, the rest in the morning

20. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Christmas music starting in October! Call me a scrooge but I only want to hear Christmas music maybe a week before Christmas.

21. Favorite ornament theme or color? Whatever my wife puts together

22. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? mashed potato's and turkey

23. What do you want for Christmas this year? A gun from Linda and Ken! (lets keep the tradition going! 3 years running so far!)

24. Who is most likely to respond to this? whoever

GRRRRRRRR

So my computer has been giving me a headache lately!! Usually I consider myself pretty tech savvy, but nothing I've done seems to fix this bloody thing! The computer in general operates o.k. it's just when I use the Internet that it won't load websites (unless I press "refresh" like ten times)! Therefore, I will be taking it to the computer doctor tomorrow. Hopefully they can fix it. Luckily, we won't be cut off from the world because we'll have my laptop. Anyway, I just wanted to vent....

Feelin' Crafty

Lately I have found myself to be in the crafting mood. I would have an idea pop in my head, I would then get the supplies and actually sit down the same day and complete the project! That in itself is a pretty big accomplishment for me.

The picture is of a wreath I made for our front door. All fall flowers were 80% off at Michael's so I couldn't help myself. And it only took about 20 minutes! I love the way it turned out!

I also made some curtains for our laundry room to cover the ugly windows. My other project has been to make more cards for the CSI craft fair that took place this past weekend. I am happy to say that I actually made a profit this time around, so I am pretty pleased.

There are more projects to come. Next on the list is making a big bag for myself to contain everything I need for Young Women's (I was just called as 1st counselor). Mark and I are in the process of completing the laundry room. And then we will be painting the hallways. When that is finished we will finally be done with the basement remodel! What a happy day that will be! Check back for more pictures! They will be coming soon!

The Dibb Clan

Kimmi and I both agreed that we were in dyer need of a few new posts. I guess nothing too exciting and worth while has been going on in our little mundane lives. but anyway I thought I would post a small blurb about my fun little family. This photo was taken over conference weekend. A tradition that we've started and a tradtition that I hope will continue for a long time is that when the whole family is together we will try to organize at least one night that we are all together as an imediate family to play a few games. This is an extremly hard feet for a number of reasons. 1) We aren't together as a whole very often. My sister and her husband live in Connecticut. My Brother and his wife live in North Carolina, and of course you all know that Kimmi and I live up in good old Idaho. 2) Since all of us kids with significant others have our inlaws in or near the salt lake valley we have to make sure and divy out our time to each side of the family accordingly. anyway we had a great time and Alan is always good for bringing and introducing us all to some new card game that he's found, This one was called Slide or something.