Seems just like yesterday...

A look back...

8 years...Seems just like yesterday!

And yesterday was a pretty good day.

8 years ago today, I married my best friend and the love of my life. I cannot begin to describe how fortunate I am to have found such an amazing person to spend the rest of my life with. We have been together for nearly 14 years and I wouldn't trade a day of it for anything.

We've gone on some amazing trips, worked on (and finished) many home improvement projects, owned two homes, found a love for nature and the outdoors, started a garden and recently signed up to work on a farm together, adopted the best pup in the world, gotten all dressed up for fancy award shows, made homemade Halloween costumes, laughed, cried, seen each other through injury's as well as the loss of loved ones. I could continue this list for days and days. Tim and I have been through so much and I can't wait to see what else is in store for the years to come.

Happy Anniversary Tim! Now let's eat pizza and drink Rogue beer! =)

Let's take a little trip down memory lane, shall we...

The Great Blizzard Let Down!

So, this week the media, police, national guard, fire dept, etc had the city prepared for the "historical" weather event. And of course, the majority of the storm just whizzed right by St. Louis. It did dump a few inches of ice and sleet which is a pain in the ass, but still. It was no blizzard. Yes, the surrounding areas and the northwestern part of the state did get hit pretty hard and I'm sure they are wishing they could trade places right about now. But, for the whole city of St. Louis to shut down yesterday and prepare for the worst, it was kind of a let down. Some may argue that it's for the best, who wants to be snowed in for days or who wants to clean up that mess. Well, I for one was looking forward to 20 inches of snow! There, I said it! HA!

I use to love the snow and think it was so pretty. That was before it snowed just about every weekend and the temps have stayed below freezing for far too long. I hope that dang groundhog is right about spring being just around the corner, I'm over this winter crap!

I did manage to get out and take a few shots yesterday. Enjoy!

Highlights of 2010 and what's in store for 2011

2010 went by in a flash, but looking back we sure did a lot and have a lot to be thankful for. One things for sure, we went on a LOT of trips!

Hawaii (Big Island & Kauai)

Milwaukee

Oregon (We're standing in front of an 800 year old tree. It was amazing!)

New Orleans

Kansas City

Lake of the Ozarks with The Catty Kitchen

In between our many trips we managed to spend hours working on the yard and garden, building an office, spreading 5 cubic yards of mulch, a little hiking, lots of entertaining and spending time with family and much much more...

The new office (converted the screened in porch)

Tried to cut my thumb off just before my birthday luau but still managed to have a great time.

Grew a LOT of pumpkins, acorn squash, tomatoes and zucchini

And to end the year we received letters from EarthDance accepting us into their Organic Farming Apprenticeship Program.

This year we are going to be spending most of our time working with EarthDance but there are a few other things I am also looking forward to...

remodel the bathroom
new windows
build a compost pile
do more with less
hike more and discover MO
live a healthier lifestyle and shed some lbs
learn to love myself a little more
read more
try to let my hair grow out
be more active in the community
be creative with our EarthDance CSA share
paint the outbuilding
lots of misc yard work
use less paper towels
be less wasteful with food
drink less beer

Now that's a green beer!

Check this out! Come January, Boulevard will no longer dump anything into the landfill. They won't even have a dumpster on site! That's awesome! I wish more companies, and individuals for that matter, would get on board with this.

KC Beer Blog: Boulevard of No Landfill: "Boulevard Brewery is going landfill free. They're even getting rid of their dumpster. Whatever waste they produce will either be recycled or..."

Dog Days of the Holidays

Barley is still recuperating from all the Christmas excitement, as are we. We had a wonderful Christmas. I am so grateful to have such a loving and thoughtful family to spend the holidays with. I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas and make it an awesome New Year!