Blur...

That is all it seems to be sometimes, a blur. But we do not ever get any of this time back. I've been quite lazy with writing lately. And all I can attribute it to is having completly too much to do! Thanksgiving has come and gone, with no real problems, except the fridge dying the day before Thanksgiving. No big deal. Got one the same night and was still able to cook the whole dinner. And speaking of dinner, this Thanksgiving I was thankful for the ability and the knowledge to cook a Thanksgiving dinner :) My mind is completely lost at the moment, with thoughts scattered all over. I want to write about food, my kids, my family, my friends, the lack of time in every area, but how somehow it is all worth it and you really don't notice until you make yourself stop and think about it. And before ya know it, you're 40! (no offense to those who are there and past). This coming week I will be making Christmas candy. Peppermint Bark, Peppermint Cookies, and gonna have a go at making Glass Candy. I will have to post pics and see if I can get more feedback if I bring food into the picture!

The backyard

 The beautiful Teton Mountains, seen from the Jackson Hole, WY side...Millions of people come from all over the world to see YNP, GTNP and Jackson Hole. We are happy to call it our back yard. So much we take for granted, including the beauty all around us. With a world as beautiful as this, how can we be blue?

A picture of my wonderful kids and Brian! They are so well composed and happy to be standing for a family picture! (Big Springs, ID) The water is so clear that you can see everything! Huge fish too! The picture they took with me, on the other hand, every child was going in a separate direction! I stomped my foot to insist on a happy family picture!! The kids reluctantly posed for the picture, looking bored and so, so dissapointed! ;~P
     So, there ya go, a little snapshot into our beautiful backyard we call Idaho! (and Wy, and MT...)

My heart...

will be so strong by the time I am 30...You go through hard things in life, but nothing will test your hearts limit and strength like having children. All aspects of it. Full of joy for the new life, the worry about thier well being while growing like a watermelon in your belly. You just want them to be born so you can take care of them and love them! By the time they reach 5, and school politics, you wish you could shelter them and keep them safe from this cruel, nasty world. But you cannot, so enjoy that time when they are innocent and protected inside of you. There is nothing worse than seeing your child be hurt by someone else, with nothing to do about it. All you can do is hope you have done a good enough job in the first years of thier life, that they know they are quality human beings, and to have a heart strong enough to take the school of hard-knocks, and keep on loving. My mother sure did a good enough job, because after all I see out there, I can still find the mushy, trusting(to a fault), heart that I know is mine. Always wanting to see the good but being constantly dissapointed. I sure am thankful that I have such a wonderful little bubble I call my family to keep my heart strong. Bubbles is a whole 'nother entry...note to self...bubbles...So hold your kids dear so they may be strong in heart. Your family keeps your heart warm. Cold hearts are to be stayed away from....Day by day, the tests never end, and what seems unbearable now, in 2 months, or two years, will seem like a piece of cake...

Isn't it all the same?

So, here it goes, my first blog. What a word. Blog. Anyway, I titled my blog "Life in the Fast Lane" because that is how life seems to be for me at the moment. On permenant fast forward. But I have to assume that many, or all of us feel that way, all or some of the time. Some days I have wonderful thoughts that I think should be shared. Others days, no thoughts at all....so I do hope that someone out there can find some happiness, or help, or encouragement in my ramblings. I love to write, always have, and it has become a lost art in my days of feeding, cleaning, and cleaning some more. :~o But really, when it comes down to it, Isn't it all the same? All of us out there are searching for that elusive "thing", striving to make a difference in our life or someone elses. I seem to be all over the place, but with time I hope thoughts will become more focused. I think I must have alot to say-But this will be it for the first entry. I must google a witch face to draw for a Halloween Party, fill out passports for my husband and I, and perhaps start a load of laundry at 10pm. My life is never boring, so I do not foresee running out of material to write on anytime soon. Goodnite to those of you who are lucky enough to sleep! Muah!