FRIDAY!

Yep, pretty much sums it up!

Join Amanda and I for our weekly link-up!

FLIP ON!

...to winning my very first giveaway from the blogger world! It's from VAL, and it's SUPER cute! A little pig oven mitt! Val is a hog rancher, so she's as big of an advocate for pork as I am for beef. Thanks Val!

...FLIP ON to my amazing blogging family! You guys showered me with comments this week, and I truly felt the love!

...to Patrick and I's birthday week next week! WOOHOO!

...to attending my first yoga class this week! It was regular yoga, not that super sweaty/smelly hot yoga nonsense. I would probably pass out if I tried that. My boss, coworker and I went right after work and it's conveniently located in our office building.

...to getting new carpet in our bedrooms! I went and looked at samples yesterday and just have to pick what I want and schedule it!

...and to painting our bedroom! I've been scouring pinterest to see what I can find, and haven't fell in love with anything yet, so we'll see what happens. It's a REALLY REALLY small space, so I'm going to have to get creative. Don't worry, there will be before and after pictures taken.

...to my schedule slowing down. I still have lots to do, but it's not as crazy as this summer was.

...to having LOTS of blogging material! Seriously, I have almost all my blog posts for next week done already!

...to Kenny Chesney. Yum.


FLIP OFF!

...to not hearing back from the company who's driver cut me off and made a giant crack in my windshield from a rock that he kicked up. Oh well I guess...

...to the mother-flippin' wind this week! It was out of control! Like the kind where it swings your vehicle doors open, rips your screen door on your house from your hand and where you can feel the dirt/sand blowing against your face. And my hair? Don't even get me started.

...to those stupid chocolate chip cookies I made for Patrick...that I've eaten most of. Dang it!

...to myself for not cleaning the floors in our house for almost 3 weeks. Gross, I know.

...to people who are rude on the phone. You being rude doesn't make me want to help you any more than I have to :)



Hope you have a GREAT weekend friends! 

Friday!

Link up my friends! 

Welcome to my weekly link-up, that Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle host. Feel free to create your own blog post, and make sure to link back to mine or Amanda's blog. This is a way to give a virtual flip off to those not-so-great things from the week, and a virtual flip on to the awesome things!

FLIP ON!

...to cuddle time with my niece a couple weeks ago. She loves to cuddle right away in the morning when she gets up.

...Flip on to my doggies getting ride along with Patrick in our semi! We hate leaving them at home all day by themselves, and with the truck they get to drive around with him!

...to being a rock star at my job...just sayin'.

...to less than 2 weeks until my birthday! Woohoo!

...to seeing Christmas stuff in the stores already!

...Flip on to taking time for myself, to really do the things that I want. 

...to supporting bloggy friends :) I'm talking about YOU, Amanda! I mean, this chick texts me more than some of my in-real-life friends do, and asks how I'm doing. And I haven't even met her! Now that's love :)

FLIP OFF!


...TO THIS:

When I opened the door, I think my exact words were, "What the SHIT is this?" Poor Barbie the Bug. 

...Flip Off to myself for not showing you guys more pictures of my niece from my trip to see her 2 weeks ago. 

...again to myself, for JUST figuring out that we had individual thermostats in our offices at our work building...after 5 months.

... to people putting their nose where it shouldn't be.

...to gas prices. And bills. These are regulars on the flip off list...

...to the year just flying by! I mean, how is it the middle of October already?


Well, I know those flip offs are lame, but that just means I don't have anything to complain about...which is amazing! 

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC weekend!

It's Friday, People!

This is a link up that Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle and I do every week...Please join us! 

 Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating! 

FLIP ON!

...Do I really need to say this one? Ok, twist my arm. FLIP ON TO MY FARMER'S MARKET SALE TODAY!!! I am beyond excited! As you read this, I'm standing at my table selling all of my veggies and baked goodies. I promise to have a post on Monday letting you all know how I did! And if you're in Sidney reading this (Ahem, AMANDA! PENNY!) come by and buy my stuff!

...FLIP ON to several new blogs that I follow. I really enjoy reading what these two have to say!

Tiffany @ Figuring Out the Plot

Lelia @ Life On the Homestead

One of the reasons I like both of these girls, is because they both reply to ALL of the comments I put on their blogs! And let's be honest...who doesn't love that? 

I enjoy talking with Tiffany because she knows about all of this agriculture stuff that I talk about, and I can understand when she talks about FFA and her ag upbringing. It's like a secret farmer code!

Lelia is just cute as a button-she is a newlywed who talks about their home remodeling, fashion, and had some GREAT anniversary ideas for your spouse. 

Show them some love people!

...FLIP ON to my grandparents who are visiting this weekend!

...FLIP ON to firefighters who save doggies. This pup was rescued from a fire in an apartment building in Bozeman, MT this week. Warms my heart, it does.

Thankfully, NO ONE was hurt in the fire-animals included! 

Source: Bozeman Daily Chronicle

FLIP OFF!!!

...FLIP OFF to my soda bottle not being completely closed, and emptying into my Coach purse :( :( :( Super double-triple sad on that one. The life of my ipod is still in question at this point in time...

...FLIP OFF to the shit stick who dumped salsa and God knows what else in the public bathroom in my office building and plugged the toilets. That's what TRASH CANS are for, clown.

...FLIP OFF to the random cat who attacked one of my cats at home last week. He now has an infected abscess on his tail. I had to go to the vet and get antibiotics for him. It's a big lump under his fur and it's very sensitive to the touch. Poor baby :(



That's all my friends! I can't wait to share the Farmer's Market with you!

HAPPY WEEKEND!

FRIDAY!

This is a link up that Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle and I do every week...Please join us! 

 Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

FLIP ON!

...Flip on to getting to eat fair food today! So bad, but SO good!

...Flip on to the rain today...after it's been ridiculous hot the last month, it's a cool 58 degrees this morning. LOVE it!

...FLIP ON to getting a massage today! It's been four months...TOO LONG!

...Flip ON to getting all of my stuff ready for Farmer's Market! I am realizing that if I do well, I'm not gonna have a whole lot to sell after the first 2. But that's a good thing!

...FLip ON to getting caught up at work. It's an AMAZING feeling.


...Flip ON to my grandparents coming in 6 days!

...FLIP ON ON ON to it being 2 weeks until I go to Texas to see my best friend! YAHOOO!!!!

FLIP OFF!

...to the above-mentioned fair food that will inevitably give me way more calories than one should consume in a normal day. I think I'll start back with myfitnesspal after the Fair...ol' jeans are gettin' a lil snug these days.

...FLIP OFF to myself for still not finishing my Nashville posts...I'll probably only do one more and just condense it down as much as I can.


...FLIP OFF to the stinkin flies that have appeared out of nowhere, and are EVERYWHERE. I'm comin' for ya suckers!




That's it my friends! I hope you all have a FABULOUS weekend!

FLIP ON/FLIP OFF FRIDAY!!!

Hey there friends!!! Thanks for coming to visit me this week for Flip On/Flip Off Friday. Grab the button below and play along!

This is a link up that Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle and I do every week...Please join us! 

 Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating! 

FLIP ON! 

...to finally being able to treat myself to a latte today! I try to save money (and calories!) by only going to the coffee shop once a week. Today is the day my friends!


...Flip on to beautiful sunsets on the farm. I love them! I would post a pic, but I took a bunch that I'll be sharing next week.



...FLIP ON to Spotify! I just discovered this amazingness, and can't wait to be using it more. For any of you who don't know about it, it's like pandora...but more awesome cause you pick the songs you want. It's like having itunes, but without having to pay for the music! You can't download it on your ipod, but you can on your mobile. How awesome is that??? SPOTIFY...DO IT!


...Flip on to my little brother getting here in 10 days! Woohoo!


...Flip on for a giant bun on top of my head, and NO makeup on at work today.


...which leads me to flipping on that I had the time to make breakfast at home today since I decided not to do my hair or makeup. I know Patrick appreciated it!


...Flip ON for free books on my Kindle. Enough said.


...Flip ON to the summer reading program at the library! I participated in it this year, and hope to win some of the big prizes! The biggest one? A Kindle Fire! WoohoO!





FLIP OFF!

...to the Colorado shooter guy...so sad :( My heart breaks for those families.

...FLIP OFF to the rattlesnake that decided to grace my dogs and I with its presence last night. More on this story next week...

...I love bacon...don't get me wrong. But flip off to smelling like bacon the rest of the day after you cook it in the morning.

...Flip Off to chipped nails the day after you paint them. UGH. 

...flip off to this blasted heat that seems to want to stick around forever. Lame.





That's all for today friends! I'll be blogging from Nashville next week-woohoo!

Link up with us below!

T.G.I.F. my friends

Holy hell Batman, I don't think you guys understand how happy I am for it to be Friday. I'm just gonna skip the BS and get right to it.

This is a link up that Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle and I do every week...Please join us!

 Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

FLIP ON!!!

-to going to the Wolf Point Stampede this weekend! A year ago, I did my first VLOG, taking a video of the wild horse stampede. For those of you who are new, you're in luck. I will be taking video again this weekend, and you'll be able to view the madness next week!


-to really good friends who are just so amazing, you don't know what you'd do without them.


-to really good books, that you can't seem to put down!


-to the Good Lord above, who always takes care of us. Sometimes I forget that, but I just need to keep in mind that He is in charge and everything will be ok.


-to finding out that through my local library, I can "borrow" books on my kindle for free! FREE people!




FLIP OFF!!!


-to people who think they are better than you. I cannot even begin to express what a dick this person is that I'm talking about. But every time I talk to him, he just seems like a bigger and bigger jerk. Get off your high horse pal...you still put your pants on the same way as eeeeeverybody else.


-to gaining 3 lbs somehow this week...hmmm, didn't I say something about eating ice cream in excess this week?? That might have something to do with it...


-to conference calls...who invented those things anyways?


-the door bell that rings at my work every time someone walks in or out of the front door. It's motion censored, and has to be on so we can hear if someone comes in. That thing will be the death of me.








And that's all I have friends...I hope you guys have a nice, relaxing weekend!

Flip On/Flip Off Friday!

It's here folks! Chant it with me now....FRIDAY! FRIDAY! FRIDAY! FRIDAY! Ok, I know I'm lame :)

This is a link up that Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle and I do every week...Please join us!

 Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!


FLIP ON!
...to the corn in my garden, that is finally getting taller than the weeds. I feel like I'm making progress, even though I haven't done anything. LOL.

...to being able to work from home. I know I said it yesterday, but I'm lucky my boss lets me! And I find that I actually get more work done here...weird.


...Flip On to owning DVD sets of certain TV shows. Clearly you know that I love Sex and the City, but I also own parts of CSI: Las Vegas, Dukes of Hazzard and Saved by the Bell. Yes, I am aware that is probably the most random combinations of TV shows ever.


...Flip On to this patriotic little baby! Isn't my niece the cutest?!?!

 ...Flip on to my hubby who installed our window unit A/C's this week. No, we don't have central air. When summer only lasts 2 months of the year, you don't really need it that much!

...to my amazing parents, who are always there to listen and give great advice. They are wonderful :)



FLIP OFF!!!

...to paying $30.18 on produce at the grocery store, in one trip. I mean, I know it's not THAT much, but I just can't wait until the food in my garden is all growing, and I can save that much each grocery trip. That will be extra savings/fun money for me! (See that Janna? I'm already thinking ahead for my savings!) 

...to cell phone batteries. They never seem to last very long, do they?

...Flip off to not having a boat that we can take to the lake on a nice weekend. I'm thinking I need a Pontoon.

...to insurance companies...that's all I'm gonna say about that one.

...flip off to fires...the biggest one in Montana is about 225,000 acres. No, that is not a typo :( Just say some prayers that everyone stays safe.



Hope you all have a great weekend!!! 

Flip On/Off Friday!

I'm here everyone! For Flip On/Flip Off Friday! This is a link up that Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle and I do every week...Please join us!

Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

Flip ON!

...to my friends for always making me laugh...especially Celeste!!!

...Flip On to the hardworking men working to restore our electricity to our house! THANK YOU!...

...Flip On to all of the firefighters in Montana and Colorado who are fighting these big fires. Stay safe everyone! Well, and firefighters in general. They all kick ass...

...Flip on to SARAH KATE, whom I get to meet in real life in 28 days!!! Yes, I'm counting!!! We are both each other's "firsts" for meeting a blogger in real life. SO excited!!!

...Flip On to having a wonderfully, amazing, supportive family. I love all of my aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, great uncles, great aunts, cousin-in laws and everyone else. Pretty sure I have the best!

...Flip on to my sister helping out in the garden as much as she has the last couple days since the power has been out. Woohoo!

...And Flip ON to these boys making this corny but cute video below. It's a spoof of "Sexy and I Know It" but it's about farmers...pretty funny to me!

FLIP OFF!!!!

...I think you already know I was going to flip off windstorms for knocking out my power for 3.5 days. Lame.

...Flip off to calories. Can you just count yourselves?

...Flip Off to unpacking...moving sucks, but unpacking may be worse.

...Flip Off to weeds in my garden. They deserve a big ol' flip off.

...Flip off to those who complain about their lives, while seeking sympathy and attention. If you're looking here, you're definitely not getting it from me!

And that's all friends! I hope you all have a great weekend, and I have lots of pictures and things to share with you next week. Too-da-loo!

Flippin'

You guys know the drill. If you have a blog, feel free to grab my button and either link back to Amanda or I...

Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

-Flip ON to it being Friday! I mean, does it get any better than that?!?!

-Flip ON to going to the rodeo this weekend! I looooove me a good rodeo!

-Flip ON to finally getting my hair done today! It's been 3 months...about 1 month too long. It's bad. Just sayin.

-I know this may sound cruel, but Flip On to Smoke getting neutered today. His hormones have been going crazy and he hasn't been listening well at ALL. This will hopefully help him get under control a little bit!

 -Flip on to getting to work with cows this weekend. I love working with cows, and ours are pretty easy to deal with. For the most part.

-Flip ON to our cousin Nathan coming down to spend some time with us this weekend. I see bonfires and BBQ's going on!


And for the bad...

-Flip OFF to heartbreak...the poor sick kitten Binx didn't make it :( She was too sick. And after a freak accident last night, the other kitten didn't make it either :( It has been a sad sad day in the Hackley household the last couple days :(

-Flip Off to plastic silverware that breaks when you're trying to eat your food, causing said food to fly all over you, your clothes, your hair, the floor, your desk...you get the idea...

-Flip Off to myself for being too embarrassed from all of the weeds in my garden to take pictures and share with you guys :( I think I'm just going to suck it up and take some this weekend, so you guys can at least see what the heck I have going on out here!


Ok friends, that's all for today! I hope you have a GREAT weekend!

It's Friday!

And you guys know how much I like Friday! I mean, who really doesn't though?

You guys know the drill. If you have a blog, feel free to grab my button and either link back to Amanda or I...

Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

Flip ON to my hubby, who came in to my office this week and brought my the famous smile cookies from Baker Boy bakery in Sidney, Montana. How sweet of him :)

Flip ON to my sister for going and getting me coffee this morning! Yum :)

Aaaand another flip on to Patrick and my sister for all of the carpooling we did to work this week! Yay for saving money!

Flip ON to my garden! It really has grown a lot this week, and I finally have my gourds and baby watermelon coming in!

FLIP OFF to bad drivers who pull out in front of you when you're going 70 mph, and they get up to a whopping 45 mph. Lame.

Flip off to loooooong, boring conference calls at work. Ugh.

Flip Off to my house that always seems to get dirty/messy RIGHT after I clean it.

Flip off to starting your grill, only to have it turn off 5 minutes later because you ran out of propane. Sad :(

Flip Off to sick kittens :( One of them has gotten better and now is kind of obnoxious now since she's meowing so much! The other one that we think is blind is still pretty sick, so I'm taking it to the vet today to get some antibiotics. Hopefully that will make it better.

Flip Off to hot coffee that burned my poor niece two days ago :( You can read my sister's story about it HERE. It's so sad :(


That's it! I hope you all have a great weekend! Nothing big planned for us-just working on the farm and in the garden!

Be sure to come back on Monday for a guest post from my sister BOONE, who is living with us this summer!

Thanks for joining me today for an online Flip Off and Flip On of this week's happenings! If you have a blog, feel free to grab my button and either link back to Amanda or I...

Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

Flip ON!!! This is my biggest FLIP ON of the week! I got a new refrigerator! The old was was, well, old. And it leaked water in the inside. It has metal grates for shelves, built-it egg storage in the door, and one long glass shelf at the bottom above the one veggie drawer. My new one is a GE with french doors on top and the freezer on bottom. It's like the clouds parted, the sun shone down, and the angels sang, "AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" That's how awesome it is!

Flip ON to only working 4 days this week! It's always better when Tuesday starts off the week instead of Monday!

Flip on to my In-laws, who brought Patrick and I a WHOLE bunch of stuff back from their trip to Charlotte!

Flip ON to the new BBQ joint in a town near us. Can you say helllllooooooo fried pickles?!?!

Flip On to my garden, which is coming in amazingly well! Once I get it weeded and am not embarrassed to show picture on here, I'll do a better update. So far, the stuff I have growing is: corn, green beans, peas, yellow, red and white onions, broccoli, beets, carrots and cucumber. There's still a lot of stuff to come in, but so far it's doing pretty well!

And on that same note...

FLIP OFF to all of those stinkin weeds that are growing. I mean, I spent 3 hours weeding this week, and touched about 1/6 th of the whole garden. It's pretty huge, so I kind of brought this on myself. The beginning of weeding is always the worst, so I hope it gets better from here!

Flip OFF to all of my TV shows being over for the season :( I get excited cause it's Wednesday for CSI, or Thursday for Grey's, only to remind myself that they left me hanging...and I have to wait a couple months to watch it again!

Flip OFF to airline prices for being so stinkin expensive. Imagine all of the places we would go if they were cheaper!

Flip Off to myself for not taking advantage of the nice weather the past couple days. I should have gone for a walk or run, but just didn't...for shame.


That's it! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! See you next week!

Friday, Friday, Friday!!!

Yup, never gets old!

Thanks for joining me today for an online Flip Off and Flip On of this week's happenings! If you have a blog, feel free to grab my button and either link back to Amanda or I...

Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

 Flip ON!

-Flip ON to the three day weekend! Can I get an amen?!?!

-Flip ON to my garden! So far, I have corn, yellow onions, red onions, white onions, cucumber, broccoli and green beans coming up! They're all very little still, but they are there! It's always somewhat of a relief when it all starts to come in.

-Flip ON to it being my last day of my part time job at the Boys and Girls Club. Today is the kids' last day of school, and the Club is closed for the summer. Yahoo!

-Flip ON to my niece, the cutest toddler there ever was :) Look at all that hair!

FLIP OFF!!!!

-Flip OFF to my stinkin' cats who can't seem to stay out of two of my flower barrels! I'm going to have to figure something out this weekend to keep them out.

-Flip off to this cooler weather we've had this week...I thought summer was on its way?!?!

-Although my garden is coming in nicely, the WEEDS are getting a big ol' flip OFF this week. I think since we put cow manure over it, that added more weeds which are coming in at full force. Guess you know what I'll be doing this weekend!


That's really all I have for this week! It's been a pretty ho-hum non-eventful week here, which I don't mind at all. I hope you guys have a GREAT long weekend, and Happy Memorial Day! Remember to celebrate responsibly and don't drink and drive :)

Flip On/ Flip Off Friday! And a SURPRISE!!!!

Thanks for joining me today for an online Flip Off and Flip On of this week's happenings! If you have a blog, feel free to grab my button and either link back to Amanda or I...

Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

Flip ON!!!
-To coming home after working a long day on Wednesday, to a full meal that my sister made! She made homemade spaghetti sauce, meatballs, pasta, fancy salad, braised brussell sprouts, garlic bread, peach tea and vanilla pudding for dessert! AMAZING!!!

-Flip ON to my hubby for installing Sirius Radio in my little bug! We have one of those units that you can move around to different vehicles...or in our case, tractors. Come harvest season I already know I'm going to have to give it up for a couple weeks so it can go sit in the combine. Hey, I'll take it!

-Flip ON to my sister being here! It's so so so awesome to have her here, I can't even tell you.

-Flip ON to it being a more relaxing week at work! I love being able to get caught up on stuff!

-Flip ON to our branding this weekend! We did our Uncle's last weekend, and this weekend is ours. We've been doing stuff to get ready for it all week, and I'll be glad to have it done!

-FLIP ON to going to an auction this weekend! They have these farm auctions around here, to liquidate farms that are no longer operating. Usually it is older couples getting rid of stuff which means...antiques! At this one, I have my eyes set on two old butter churns...hopefully I get them!

-FLip ON to getting my WHOLE garden planted! I can't wait for stuff to start coming up! And another flip on to getting my flowers all planted this weekend! 

And the NOT SO GOOD...
-Flip OFF for having to wait a full month to get my hair done! I called to get an appt and my lady is booked out for a MONTH! That's like, unheard of for here! Lame.

-Flip OFF to the stinkin mosquitoes finally coming out :( That means I will reek of bug spray every evening :(

-And that's really all I have! As you can see, most of the stuff that happened this week was GREAT...I can't complain!

Stay tuned for my SURPRISE announcement!!! 
And NO, I'm not pregnant.

Freakin Friday!

I cannot BEGIN to tell you how happy I am to see Friday! It will be even better when I hit that door out of work and am on my way home! I feel like I say this every week now, but I am SO ready for the weekend.

Thanks for joining me today for an online Flip Off and Flip On of this week's happenings! If you have a blog, feel free to grab my button and either link back to Amanda or I...

Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

FLIP ON!!!

-Flip on to my cousin Lacey In The City, who asked me about visiting us in early June, which is only a mere month away! We had quite the adventures last year shooting guns, riding 4-wheelers, lighting off fireworks and taking adventures around the far. I REALLY want this to happen again!!! This is the epitome of City meets Country, and I LOVE it!

-Flip On to my niece, who got her hair in her first ponytail this week! How cute is this?!?!:

-Flip on to my friend Kiley from college, for posting this on Facebook:

I feel as if that picture needed to be huge. Yup!

-Flip ON to planting my garden this weekend!!! I'm super excited to get everything planted. Stuff should start coming out of the ground in about 2-3 weeks. Let the growing begin! I have BIG plans this summer for stuff from my garden and I am SO SO SO excited about it!


FLIP OFF!!!

-Flip off to a freaking long week! I woke up this morning, sick to my stomach, because I am so tired. I really hate that feeling :(

-Flip OFF to myself for buying 3 donuts with the idea of giving them to my husband for his breakfast the next day. Well, he forget them on the counter and I ended up eating two of them. Yes, TWO! Lesson learned: do not buy donuts!

-Flip off to this pain I have in my lower back. I think I just need to stretch or do some yoga or something, but it really bothers me some days. Today is my massage day, but surprise, surprise I had to reschedule it due to a work conflict. Seems like every time I make an appointment I have to change it! UGH!

-FLip OFF to wood tick season. These creepy crawly little blood suckers are out in full force and I've pulled about 30 of them off of each of my dogs this week. I use Frontline on them, which works really well, but doesn't work until the ticks actually bite. They are still on the dogs, which means they are in my house. I think one of the dogs must have jumped up on our bed, cause I found FIVE of them in my bed the other night. SICK! We actually got up and slept in our guest bedroom that night in case there were any more that we missed. GROSS! If you want to know more about these little monsters, check out my post from last year HERE.

Flippin' Flippin' Flippin'

I'm telling you...Friday never gets old. NEVER.

Thanks for joining me today for an online Flip Off and Flip On of this week's happenings! If you have a blog, feel free to grab my button and either link back to Amanda or I...

Now for the link up: We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button to put on your post, and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up. Thank you for participating!

So what's good with me this week?

-FLIP ON to the rain that's supposedly coming this weekend! Patrick and I have all of our crop in, and we need it to rain rain rain! I want it to rain so hard that Patrick says, "It's raining harder than a cow pissin' on a flat rock!" Yep...

-Flip ON to my friend EMILY, who has decided to come visit us in a couple weeks...which just happens to be the same weekend that we're branding cows! Home girl is from Wyoming, so she's familiar with the whole country/cattle/ranching/farming thing. But, she's not so familiar with the guns. So we'll just have to have a little lesson :)

-FLIP ON ON ON ON ON...I could go on....to my sister coming this weekend!!! She'll be here sometime early next week, and be with us for the whoooooooole summer! I'm so excited to have her here!!! I'll use some more exclamation points just to show you how excited I am!!!!!!!!!!           !!!!!!!!!!

-FLIP ON for the month of April almost being over! It's been one helluva busy month and I'm just ready for it to be done. I feel like I need to just take a big breath and RELAX...

-And for the biggest FLIP ON of the week...I got to talk to my baby brother, who is at Basic Training with the Army! He called me yesterday afternoon at work and I got to talk to him for a total of 3 minutes. It was great to hear his voice! We've sent several letters back and forth so far, but it was just so awesome to hear from him! He was also chosen as his squad leader, which is a pretty big deal. He's doing great and I can't wait to see him when we travel to Columbus, GA for his graduation.

So....the NOT so good....

-I had a an acquaintance from college pass away this week :( We don't really know what happened yet, and the guy was only around 29 years old. I've mentioned before that I was in a sorority, and this guy was in a fraternity. It's just hard to lose one of your fellow Greek members. Prayers are with his family and friends as they go through this unbelievably hard time :(

-FLIP Off to the flippin' wind that blew alllllll day yesterday. And not just a slight breeze...like, when I opened the door to outside, I had to hang onto the door handle with both of my hands and brace myself against the wind. It was NUTS!

-Flip off to the stinkin heat this week-it was over 90 degrees earlier in the week, which is UNHEARD of for practically living in Canada. Oh, and our a/c wasn't working in my office building...which made for a bunch of lazy, unproductive workers who became slightly delirious by the end of the day :) he he he


Ok, that's enough bitching for this week...have a GREAT weekend everyone!

WOOOHOOOOO!! FRIDAY!!!!

My friends, I cannot BELIEVE how excited I am that today is Friday! Unfortunately I have a BIG thing going on for work, so it's not like I can just sit back, relax and enjoy. It's gonna be a doozy of a day for me! I won't keep you waiting, so let's get started! And remember, if you wanna link up, grab the button and make sure you reference back to Amanda and I...thanks!

FLIP ON!!!

-Flip on to my garden being rototilled! Patrick brought home a tractor with a rototiller attachment on it, and got it all done! Some of you might think, "why the heck did he rent a tractor to till a garden?" Well folks, because we don't do any manual labor around here that can be done with a machine! HA! That, and any of the tractors that we own are too big to till my garden. And in case you're wondering how big it actually is, my garden measures 71 feet by 53 feet. HUGE!

-Flip ON to it being Friday. Like I said above, I am SO SO SO stinkin excited for the weekend. Not because I have anything amazing going on, but because I am SO ready to be done with work for the week.!

-Flip ON for coffee today, and well...every other day of the year. I'll be going for a triple shot latte right after I'm done with these here post!

-Flip on to my dad for sending my mom flowers at work!Everybody now...Awwwwww! She works at a bank and they merged with another bank. It's been hectic to say the least and everyone is cranky and working long hours.

-Flip on to the two letters we have gotten from my brother, who is at Basic Training for the Army! I typed a letter back to him-do you think that's lame? Should I actually write one out? I didn't think it was lame but someone else thought it was silly that I didn't hand write a note back. I figure, as long as he's getting something, it doesn't matter what form it's in...right? Wrong? Help?

-Flip ON for helping our local library start their very own Pinterest page! I'll be getting it started today! You think I can quit my regular job and just become a FB/Twitter/Pinterest/Blogger person for the local companies? That would be GREAT.  Social media for everyone!

FLIP OFF!!!!

-As much as I'm ready for the weekend, FLIP OFF to the mayjah mess that awaits me at home. UGH. And it's been a little rainy this week, so needless to say my floors are covered in muddy puppy prints.

-Flip Off to there only being two new episodes of Desperate Housewives left! I am going to feel like a part of me is missing on Sunday nights when those bitches are gone :(

-Flip OFF to all of those Victoria's Secret emails and catalogs I get, what seems like every day of the week. Anyone else have that problem? They suck me in! It's like they know I just paid my VS card off, and they want me to buy buy buy!


Ok friends, wish me luck with my work event today. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and we'll see you next week! P.S. Sorry for the bad language below, but I think most people can agree with this :)

Flip On/Off Friday!

Hey friends! Today is Flip On/Off Friday, but I'm going to keep this a more positive post! If you'd like to join in, grab the button and play along! Just make sure to link back to Amanda and I :)

FLIP ON!!!
-Flip On to my sister Danielle who will be here in 4 short weeks! She lived with us in the summer of 2009 right after we first moved back, and she's coming back again! My brother won't be living with us, since he's still going to be in Basic Training most of the summer, but he said he'd be sure to come visit!

-Flip ON to having Easter dinner at our house this weekend! It's a lot of work to make the house all clean and pretty, but I love hosting and entertaining people, so I enjoy it. I got a bunch of new ideas for our meal from Pinterest and Pioneer Woman of course, so it should turn out well! What are you guys eating for Easter Dinner?

-Flip ON to my GARDEN! Project Prairie Princess Garden is underway for this year already, and I have my seeds ordered...are you ready to see what I'm going to be planting??? Ok here goes...Carrots, cucumber, green beans, broccoli, bell peppers, cauliflower, corn, gourds, mini pumpkins, cilantro, dill, green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, head lettuce, mini watermelon, red onion, peas, jalapenos, green chilies, spinach, yellow squash, roma tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, beets, yellow onion, red leaf lettuce, and potatoes. Whew! That's A LOT! I'm actually going to have to plot everything out. But, I know if it needs to be bigger, I always have the room :)

FLIP OFF!!!
-FLip off to the ol' allergies. They're not doing so hot right now for me, and a lot of other people around here. It's not as bad for me right now as later in the summer with grass pollen, but I'm definitely feeling it.

-Flip Off to weekends only being 2 days! With the weather getting nicer, we have a lot more things going on and events to go to. I need another weekend to just recover from my regular weekend!

-Flip off to getting tractors stuck in the mud...even though it hasn't rained or snowed excessively since last Spring. We seriously still have places in the ground where when you drive over them, water squirts out and the tractor tires start to sink in the mud. That's crazy-makin! But on the surface, everything looks normal...that's when it gets tricky!

Well, that's enough for now...I'll leave you with this fun video, which is a spoof of "I'm Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO. This one is "I'm Country and I Know It," and does a little take off of Sweet Home Alabama. I found myself laughing hysterically when I watched it.

Enjoy!

It's Friday-You Know What That Means

It's time to Flip On and Flip Off!!!

Feel free to grab the button and participate in your own virtual flip on/flip off Friday!

FLIP ON!

-First of all, for those of you who follow Amanda over at Princess of the Panhandle, she had her baby! Momma's blood pressure was very high, and they had to take the baby via C-Section. Little miss Teale Marie was born on Sunday at 11:21 p.m. Amanda was only 30 weeks along, so miss Teale was only 2 lbs 8 oz and 14.5 inches long. Momma, dad and baby are all doing well though :) Please send prayers that they both continue to stay healthy, and that they get to go home soon. Love ya girl! My Flip On goes to YOU this week!

-Flip ON to being able to fit into my jeans that I haven't worn for 3 years! There may be a slight muffin top situation going on, but that's what flowy blouses are for :) Shiz is buttoned and looks CUTE! I haven't lost any weight lately, but I have lost some inches. My clothes are fitting better too! I totally fell off the wagon last weekend with my trip to CA, but I'm thankful to say that I lost the small amount of weight I gained while on vacation, after a little detox this week :)

-Flip On to coffee...'nuff said.

-Flip ON to my little brother! This is a feel-good story of the week: My brother got to call my dad last weekend. Since he's started basic training with the Army, he's gotten to call home about 4 times. Well, he calls my dad last Saturday and says he got 10 minutes of cell phone use for good behavior! How awesome! And then he tells my dad, "Well, I have 10 minutes but I'm just going to use one of them to say hello, I love you, and to check in. There's a kid here who doesn't have a cell phone who hasn't been able to call home since we first got here, so I'm giving my other 9 minutes to him." Ummm...melt my heart! That makes me SO SO SO beyond proud that I can call him my brother. Listen here people-THAT is the type of person that is serving YOU and your country. There might be a few bad apples in there that give the military a bad name, but that goes to show you that a 19 year old country kid from Montana is not only being selfless by joining the military, but being selfless in helping others out. That makes my heart happy :)


FLIP OFF!!!

-Well this first one goes to myself...So we don't have a trash service where I live. There is no trash truck that comes. So when we take out the garbage, we take it to an old metal barrel to burn it. We usually dump a little gasoline on it and light a match, so it starts easily. Well, last night when I took the trash out, I decided to dump a liiiiiittle extra gas on it so it would burn HOT. I lit the match....and BOOM! There may have been a slight explosion. Stuff came flying out of the burn barrel...I had to grab the shovel and run after the pieces of flaming paper that had come out, to make sure I didn't start the field on fire...and I may or may not have checked to see if my eyebrows were still on my face. LOL...whoopsie!

-FLip OFF to allergies! I've had a weatherbug alert on my desktop for the past week for high pollen levels. My friends, I am definitely feeling it and my sinuses are KILLING me. Guess I'm onto the ol' allergy medication earlier this year. Not fun :(



Well, overall I've had a pretty darn good week! This weekend we're cutting up beef again, so I'll be sure to take some pictures of that to gross you out with. Saturday night we're going to a Sports Memorabilia Auction to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club-they raised $30,000 last year! And Sunday, we're going to an engagement party for one of Patrick's childhood friends. Should be fun and fun-filled! Hope you all have a great weekend!

P.S. Thank a service member next time you see one :)

Flip On/Flip Off Friday!

Well friends, I'm back for today's Flip On/Flip Off Friday, but I'm going to just make this one a positive one!!!

I don't have a linky this week, but feel free to grab the button and join in!

 Today Patrick and I are leaving on a jet plane, headed to the land of palm trees, oranges, and our family! My cousin Erin is getting married in California and ALL of our family will be there! We leave today about 11 a.m. and will be spending the whole weekend eating good food-including In n' Out-family time, lots of pics, and fun wedding festivities. We'll come back Monday, and back to work on Tuesday. So let's give a big ol' FLIP ON for that!

I have LOTS of fun stuff to share next week....including a VLOG!!! It's not your typical vlog where people sit in front of their computer screen and talk. It was taken with my camera, and shows how I feed all that molasses to the cows! And of course, I'll have all sorts of fun wedding pics.

Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!

Flip On/Off Friday and My Very First Linky!

Last week Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle approached me about doing our very own linky for the Flip On Flip Off Friday-of course I said yes! She contacted her pal Pege. You can find Pege at www.neverforgottendesigns.com. Thanks for creating our amazing button Pege! Both Amanda and I appreciate it! So come on, link up with us for our very first Flip On/Flip Off Friday!!

Isn't that the BEST button EVER??? It combines three of my favorite things-pink, bling, and GUNS!

Here are the rules-it's VERY difficult, so pay attention! We all have highs and lows of the week. This is a place to review your past week and give a FLIP ON to those great things, and a virtual FLIP OFF to those not-so-great things! Make sure you grab the button and give both of our blogs credit if you decide to link up!

 First of all, FLIP ON!!! We had our first baby calf! I got home from work yesterday, and grandpa came outside and told us there was a calf born last night-and it was one of ours! It is cute as a button, and I'll get to sharing the picture on a later post.

Flip ON ON ON to finally getting my hair done today! It has been a LONG 5 months since I've gotten it colored, and let's just say the current color is not the best...and my split ends leave something to be desired!

It is officially one week until I see my niece! And the rest of my family-so FLIP ON to that!

I enjoy my boss, I really do. She's a very nice woman who works very hard...but I gotta say FLIP ON to her being on vacation for half of this week and all of next! Yippeeee!!!

Flip ON to it being in the 70's here this week-that means we'll probably start seeding the wheat soon, and I should probably get my garden stuff ordered.

And now for the bad....

FLIP OFF to the oil well going in down the road from us. This has increased the vehicle traffic by a RIDIC amount. Like, before we might get 3 vehicles down my road in one day. The other morning, I saw 6 drive by within a span of 45 minutes. NO THANKS!

Flip OFF to the mother effing price of gas that decided to jump 40 cents in the past week. LAME. SUPER lame.

Flip OFF to the ending of Season 4 of Dexter!!! FOR REAL?!?! Do any of you watch that show??? My best friend got me hooked on it, and I started from Season 1, and just finished Season 4. I can't believe it! I'm not going to give it away for any of you who might be watching it.

Flip OFF to political elections and smear campaigns. It's only mid-March, and we have a LOOOONG way to go until this stuff ends in November. Who's with me on this one???

So enough of that...come on everyone! Link up! And even if you don't (which you probably should so just do it already) I'll still love you anyways :) Have a great weekend peeps!