The other day I was at my sister, Michelle's house. We put in the movie Annie for Jackson to watch. I could hear it in the background while we were doing other things, and it made me remember how bad I used to want to be Annie. I think Annie has probably been one of my all favorite shows since I was 2 years old... Its such a cute movie.

So growing up I wanted to be Annie. Was it a subconcious wish to be an orphan? Because I was sick of sharing a room, or bathroom with my 4 sisters? I will never know.... :)

That got me thinking of all the other characters that I would dream about having their lives.

Such as:


Stephanie Tanner from Full House

I don't really know why I wanted to be her.  But. I did.

"How Rude!"



Anne from Anne of Green Gables

I would have given anything to live in Green Gables on a farm with a boy like Gil....sigh.

Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride.

Mostly I wished I had fields and fields to go run my horse through. Oh and Wesley.

Asssss Yooouuuuu Wiiiisssshhhhh

Samantha from 16 candles. Wasn't that every slightly nerdy girl's dream in highschool?

To have the highschool hottie realize you were actually the coolest girl and hottest around....

And Obviously WONDER WOMAN!!! I even had a leotard I used to play in.

I mean seriously, she could just twirl around and her outfit was changed.

Who did YOU wish you could be back in the day?

Consequences

(I'm doing a ritual dance in this one below)

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Recent Happenings

Earlier this month, some of my family and I went to a family reunion in Canada. So we camped along the way in Montana, Idaho and Canada. It was fun.

Here are some pictures.

This was a nice day at the lake. At this precise moment of me being in the kayak, Anne-Marie is stuck on the bay watching 3 dogs (we took 3 dogs with us, yes crazy.)  I turned around after snapping this picture and see Anne-Maried running after the dogs who have gotten loose and are terrorizing the nearby campers.  I was glad to be in the boat. 

My Dad takin my mom for a stroll on the "motor" canoe.

Heather in the Kayak

My cute Mom an Dad at Glacier National Park

Daphne and Milo in Glacier National Park

 One of the semi-smiling pictures of Anne-Marie. She does NOT like camping.... :)

Molly at Glacier. My two little dogs drove her nuts. She needs her space, just like me.

A cool tree,

During a "flash flood" that ended up flooding our campsite overnight....



My Genealogy Blog

For my family that may be interested, I started a blog with posts about my ancestors (and maybe yours!)

This is the link:

http://whoweareandwherewecamefrom.blogspot.com/

Mi Jardín

I am a gardener. I LOVE it. I spend almost every hour after work until dark outside working in the dirt. Luckily - I bought a fixer upper that needed a lot of attention and change to the yard. - which I LOVE to do!!!

My little house on Park Ave (yes that is the street name - its the ghetto version) is old and worn. But that also means there are a lot of memories.

As I have been digging I have found tons of marbles, a doll head, coins, and a bunch of beer bottle lids. :)

This was the house before I bought it: (for a refresher)

This is what it looked like the day I got the keys.

This was last summer after living there for 7 months:

This was last week....(ignore the weeds on the sidewalk and driveway)

Still have lots of work to do. But I like it.