Handsome fellows

Allyson's photography

This morning, my shopping buddy and I set out for the supermarket to get the groceries for the following week. Allyson, my shopping buddy, took along her camera and captured various moments of our morning such as...me drinking my coffee to-go from BP while driving to the grocery store, checking my shopping list, reaching up for a can of French Onion condensed soup, and then at last getting ready to swipe my debit card and purchase our buggy load of groceries. What a fun morning I had w/my best shopping buddy! :)

Do I HAVE to live here?

On Capitol Hill, a $1.7 million earmark for pig odor research in Iowa has become a big, fat joke among Republicans, a Grade A example of pork. But the people who live cheek by jowl with hog farms in the No. 1 pig-producing state aren't laughing.
They're gagging.

"You hold your breath and when it's really bad you get the taste in your mouth," said Carroll Harless, a 70-year-old retired corn-and-soybean farmer from Iowa Falls.

In Iowa, where the 20 million hogs easily outnumber the 3 million people, the rotten-egg-and-ammonia smell of hog waste often wafts into homes, landing like a punch to the chest.

To those who make light of the smell, Harkin extended an open invitation: Come to Iowa and take a whiff. The Associated Press

Considering the clean fresh crisp mountain air I was accustomed to breathing before moving to Iowa...I have to laugh at this article to refrain myself from exhibiting gloominess. :)

Smiley

Happy Birthday!

Hey, dear brother...I hope ya have a great birthday tomorrow! You are lucky to live close to the folks...so you're sure to get a savory meal fit for a king from Mama's scrumptious kitchen! I love you so much! :)

Winter Wonderland for Virginia

I wish I had some skiis!!!!

Sleeping angels :)

After Sunday morning service, we went over to spend the afternoon at Steve and Kelly Cope's home. The men went outside to look for sheds(deer antlers) on the Cope's 10 acres. They found no sheds but saw a big herd of deer!

We girls stayed warm inside snuggled under blankets, sipping coffee, and watching a movie...well, that is I watched the movie. :) The other two girls watched the back of their eyelids. We thank the Lord for good friends!