Nothing to do with dirt!

ONLY because I have so much respect for the Angry Georgian, am I going to post on here about my first picture in my photo folders. This is Ms. Holli. She is SO beautiful and one of my three pride and joys! This was a photo shoot Holli and her friend Megan did at UVU this past fall. The thing about Holli is, she could be covered in sand, dirt, mud, or anything else, she would still be beautiful! I suppose I now need to tag three others so here it goes...Clayton, Neisha, and Madi. Let's see how far this challenge travels!

The United States Postal Service

What would the holidays be without mail coming in and mail going out. Now that the holidays have past, I think about how amazingly efficient the United States Postal Service really is. Sure we complain about the price of a stamp going up. Sure we complain when something gets damaged here and there. And of course, we all complain when something gets lost completely!

But for me, to have someone pick something up at my house, and within a week or so deliver it to another person for me for under a buck... It's still a bargain. I have gotten a few dirt samples in the mail recently, that made me giggle when they arrived. I've posted some pictures. The funny thing is, the one that says we care was delivered with a bag of dirt in the envelope inside of it. Apparently, it traveled so far on it's journey, that it just got all messed up. Even funnier? It came from Salt Lake City! The State of Arizona wanted to be sure that I got my dirt sample in very good condition and didn't take any chances with theirs. They even went as far as labeling the envelope FRAGILE! Now that's a new one. Dirt being fragile. Thanks to the USPS for delivering my dirt to me in rain, or snow, or sleet, or sun, or ...

New Year? New Dirt!

Truth be told... if I had my way, everyday would be NEW YEARS DAY! I love new beginnings. That is probably why when I go out each day, I love to get the mail! Everyday is different and there is always a chance some NEW dirt will come my way. In making my plans for the new year and what I would like to accomplish with my dirt collection, I thought it would be wise to recap all of the states that I recieved dirt from in 2008.

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Alabama, California, no wait...

On second thought, it would be easier to list the states that I DID NOT recieve dirt from....

Connecticut, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

So 2009, HERE I COME! I hope to finish off my list of Capitols for sure. And another goal is to have dirt collected from the new LDS temples being dedicated this year. I have even thought of starting my celebrity dirt quest as well. With the Sundance Film Festival right around the corner, you never know who might be walking around, just waiting to hand out some samples from their hometowns! (You never know, it could happen?!)

I could use everyone's help for sure! So call your travel agents, plan lots of trips, call lots of relatives, and send lots of samples! I will be sure to give you credit. Out with the old and in with the new! Send me some dirt, and I'll always LOVE you!

From BLOG to BOOK!

The people in my family, simply put...are AMAZING!

They contacted a company called Shared Book. www.sharedbook.com They are so proud of me for finally getting my blog up and running that they rewarded me BIG TIME! They took the information that I have put on the world wide web and had it produced into Book Form... All of my posts up to the end of November 2008 are there in that book. All 34 pages of it. It has a Dedication page, Table of Contents, and even has a footnote section that lists all of the comments that have been left by readers of my blog!

They are going to update it for me periodically and promised me that the next one will arrive sometime in May. Mother's Day perhaps? Whenever it comes makes no difference to me! I am just glad they found this place and had it delivered on Christmas morning. Thank you so much to my family. And of course, all of you, since, after all YOU are the stars of my show. So now, when I write stuff on my blog, I know that eventually, I will get to see it in book form. Hit the web site. It really is amazing, and very affordable to do as well! Look closer, that may be you on that page!

I've got some catching up to do...

Dear Blog Buddies,

Sorry, I have gotten a tad bit behind. I'm horrible I know. I am constantly requesting that everyone that blogs, do so on a regular basis. Mainly as a complement however, because I love to read what they have on their minds. Now I know how it feels...to be bugged about it! To those of you waiting to see your posts, please be patient. I haven't forgotten about you. To those of you sending more dirt to me...HURRY UP! I don't have all day! Just kidding of course. As you can see, I've got some catching up to do...Please be sure to tune in on December 25th for a SPECIAL HOLIDAY post. No Peeking until then.

Dirt! The Movie

da da da da da...News Flash! This just in. Scott "Skippy" Jessop, you know the fellow that proposed to Mandy Moore last year at the Sundance Film Festival? Well, he just called to inform me about a new movie that will be premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Believe it or not, it's title is.... Dirt! The Movie. You can read about the movie by going to http://www.dirtthemovie.org/ . I really liked the production status section. WOW! Finally a movie I can enjoy! Did somebody say OSCAR?

The game of RISK

Many years ago my family played the game of RISK. It got to be more of an obsession than just a means to pass time with a family game. We played religiously every Friday night. The winner was even awarded a giant belt similar to the one worn by wrestlers in the WWF. The board game itself wasn't big enough to accommodate all of the people we had playing each weekend so we created a larger version of the game out of several kinds of wood, stain, and a wood carver. I spent probably 2 days on the art work alone. On each side of the board was even a rolling tray for the dice. The whole thing took a little over 2 months to create, and up until now has just hung on our basement wall. As I was redecorating the basement in preparation for the holidays, it occured to me that I have dirt from almost all of the different countries on our risk board. Whalaaaa...the new display case for my dirt collection. Complete with velcro in order to remove and admire the dirt, it holds about 200 samples. Needless to say, it was filled up quickly. The whole display takes up an entire wall. I L.O.V.E. it! Now the only question is where do I put the other 200 bottles?