This last week has been a much needed break from the craziness of the last few months. The things I have done during spring break
weeded*exericsed (almost everyday)*read a little bit of Jane Eyre*made cards* cooked*facebooked*blogged*mopped my kitchen*scrubbed the bathroom*dusted the living room*went to the DI*grocery shopped*went to Pepperidge Farms store*watched Cheaper by the Dozen (original version)& Sahara*got bored*worked at the Extension Office*napped*went to the temple*still need to make bread and go case lot shopping*tried to get fitted for a bridesmaid dress*did 2 SAE visits*talked on the phone*looked forward to graduation and finding a job*avoided house work*attended Ag-ri-Culture Club meeting*talked with my husband*cursed the snow*enjoyed the brief sunshine* spent too much money at Jo-Ann's*relaxed*
I was going crazy for a little while on having nothing to do, then I went to work at the Extension office and came home much more relaxed. Crazy how I sometimes can't stand the time I am given to relax. The card making I did was me trying to work on developing a hobby. I don't really have many or any and so I kind of like doing it and am thus expanding the time I spend doing it. Yay for Spring Break in Cache Valley.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Friday, April 8, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Garden 2011
Each year since we have been married we have lived in a place that it has been possible to grow a garden. We love the opportunity to work in the soil and have the fresh produce it yields. We try to set goals every year of how to improve it and what we can do better. This year will hopefully be the best year yet. Justin took advantage of the nice weather this last weekend and tilled up the plot.
The tiller we got for a great deal last year and has come in handy several times so far. I am excited!
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
The tiller we got for a great deal last year and has come in handy several times so far. I am excited!
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
I Married a Logger
I look out my window and what do I see?
Yep, this is a pile of boards Justin has sawed with his new saw mill. He stacks them to 'dry' outside our front door because it has a covering over it. I never truly understood this man's passion for wood until now. He is wonderful and talented.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Yep, this is a pile of boards Justin has sawed with his new saw mill. He stacks them to 'dry' outside our front door because it has a covering over it. I never truly understood this man's passion for wood until now. He is wonderful and talented.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
He's Got Wings
Justin loves snowmobiling. He grew up at the base of the Uintah mountains and for recreation his family always went sledding. When we were dating he had one. Then he sold it. I now wear the token of the snowmobile on my left ring finger. Yep, the revenue from its sale was used to purchase a little diamond ring that I love. Well, last week Justin had the opportunity to go play with his Dad, brothers and family friend on 2010 Ski Doo XP Sleds. He had a blast. I always slightly worry and here is why.
All I can say though is, "What a Stud!"
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
The books I have been reading
The last 13 weeks of life for Justin and I has been a great experience. It has been full of early mornings, late evenings, FFA activities, work, and alot of reading.
Justin's favorite reads for the last few months would be Scriptures, Top Tech Books for work, and Accounting 2010 (He has had a lot of fun with that class).
I have been reading and learning how to truly study and gain information from a variety of text books. Because of our dilligent effort to expand our knowledge, our home has books dropped in every location almost every day.
Here is the collection my nose has been buried in and why.
This would be the Horticulture and Livestock text I taught out of for Greenhouse and Animal Science. We became very good friends as I built powerpoints, double checked my previous understanding of the reproductive system, and wrote lesson plans.
These were second hand references for the Greenhouse, Animal Science, and Ag Biology classes. I checked them out from the ASTE library. You know you are serious when you study from multiple texts. :)
These are the books that kept me going.I am so grateful for the scriptures and know there is power in reading them.
The large blue one is a biography on Ardeth G. Kapp. What an awesome women. She also had the opportunity to student teach. I read a majority of this while I was sick in February. The other one "The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society," was the book of the month for book club. I highly recommend it to any one. That was a challenge, staying up on the reading for book club, but so fun. This month is Jane Eyre.
This isn't a book, but rather a publication. I have the wonderful opportunity to teach Relief Society on the fourth Sunday each month. I have had many hours studying and developing lessons from the words of the Prophets.
I am now excited to have time to finish reading the biography of Ardeth G. Kapp, Gone With the Wind, Jane Eyre, and anything else that catches my fancy. I may even head to the library and check books out. I have a renewed appreciation of the written word and am grateful books are so accessible for our learning.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Justin's favorite reads for the last few months would be Scriptures, Top Tech Books for work, and Accounting 2010 (He has had a lot of fun with that class).
I have been reading and learning how to truly study and gain information from a variety of text books. Because of our dilligent effort to expand our knowledge, our home has books dropped in every location almost every day.
Here is the collection my nose has been buried in and why.
This would be the Horticulture and Livestock text I taught out of for Greenhouse and Animal Science. We became very good friends as I built powerpoints, double checked my previous understanding of the reproductive system, and wrote lesson plans.
These were second hand references for the Greenhouse, Animal Science, and Ag Biology classes. I checked them out from the ASTE library. You know you are serious when you study from multiple texts. :)
These are the books that kept me going.I am so grateful for the scriptures and know there is power in reading them.
The large blue one is a biography on Ardeth G. Kapp. What an awesome women. She also had the opportunity to student teach. I read a majority of this while I was sick in February. The other one "The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society," was the book of the month for book club. I highly recommend it to any one. That was a challenge, staying up on the reading for book club, but so fun. This month is Jane Eyre.
This isn't a book, but rather a publication. I have the wonderful opportunity to teach Relief Society on the fourth Sunday each month. I have had many hours studying and developing lessons from the words of the Prophets.
I am now excited to have time to finish reading the biography of Ardeth G. Kapp, Gone With the Wind, Jane Eyre, and anything else that catches my fancy. I may even head to the library and check books out. I have a renewed appreciation of the written word and am grateful books are so accessible for our learning.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Saturday, March 12, 2011
How Much Wood Could A Would Chuck Chuck?
The logger in Justin just will not let him rest. He has been hard at work this Semester on his Senior Project. Here is the finished product. We will walk you through how it works, step by step.
Step 1-
Load the Log
Step 2-
Set and clamp the log securely in place (we want straight boards!)
Step 3-
SAW!!!
Step 4-
Rotate Log 1/4 Turn
Step 5-
Saw and Repeat
Step 6-
Make Boards
Always wear proper eye and hearing protection and do not try without supervision of a logger/sawyer. That wood is going to build a table.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Step 1-
Load the Log
Step 2-
Set and clamp the log securely in place (we want straight boards!)
Step 3-
SAW!!!
Step 4-
Rotate Log 1/4 Turn
Step 5-
Saw and Repeat
Step 6-
Make Boards
Always wear proper eye and hearing protection and do not try without supervision of a logger/sawyer. That wood is going to build a table.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Life As We Know It.... For right now
For the past nine weeks Justin and I have embarked on the final chapter of our lives when both of us will be in college.(that is what we are planning anyways) It has probably been the hardest semester we have had to face yet. I am currently student teaching at Sky View High School, Go Bobcats! and Justin has been continuing school and working at Agri- Service to keep the roof over our heads.
These last few months have consisted of
5:30 a.m.- Ruth gets up
6:13 a.m.- Justin gets up and makes breakfast& cleans off car for Ruth (Yes, he is a keeper, and I love him very much!)
6:35 a.m. Ruth leaves for School
7:30 a.m.- Justin goes to accounting class
8:00-5:00 p.m.- I'm not really sure all that he does, and I hang out at the high school working on lesson plans, grading papers, etc.
6:30 p.m.- Dinner (anything quick and easy)
7-9 p.m.- More lesson planning, while Justin does homework or wathces a movie
10 p.m.- Bed time
I used to think it was bad when I had a 7:30 a.m. class I had to be to. Now I realize, that was like cake, I could wear my sweats to class and pull my hair into a pony tail. The real world looks pretty rough, I never thought I would say this, but I just might miss college.
It has been a great semester of laughs, ups, and downs, strength and endurance building, a trip to Las Vegas (that is a great story for a different post) and helped us grow closer together.We are looking forward to graduation in May for me and Justin's in December.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
These last few months have consisted of
5:30 a.m.- Ruth gets up
6:13 a.m.- Justin gets up and makes breakfast& cleans off car for Ruth (Yes, he is a keeper, and I love him very much!)
6:35 a.m. Ruth leaves for School
7:30 a.m.- Justin goes to accounting class
8:00-5:00 p.m.- I'm not really sure all that he does, and I hang out at the high school working on lesson plans, grading papers, etc.
6:30 p.m.- Dinner (anything quick and easy)
7-9 p.m.- More lesson planning, while Justin does homework or wathces a movie
10 p.m.- Bed time
I used to think it was bad when I had a 7:30 a.m. class I had to be to. Now I realize, that was like cake, I could wear my sweats to class and pull my hair into a pony tail. The real world looks pretty rough, I never thought I would say this, but I just might miss college.
It has been a great semester of laughs, ups, and downs, strength and endurance building, a trip to Las Vegas (that is a great story for a different post) and helped us grow closer together.We are looking forward to graduation in May for me and Justin's in December.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
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