I love English, I hate math......math never really worked for me, numbers/letters should remain separate, my opinion, after reading the following it makes me wonder why I didn't find English confusing:

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Park on driveways and drive on parkways? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible? And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it? English is a silly language — it doesn't know if it is coming or going.

Thought for the day??

The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

Prom 2009 "A Black Tie Affair"

Oh my gosh a real smile..how cute

Girls talking about the flowers

Waiting for the girls

Prom 2009 "A Black Tie Affair"

Prom was Saturday night and here are some of the pictures so you can see how cute my kid is....
Being goofy

Putting on the corsage..awwww

He is never this serious...he was really, really nervous

Jacob and Shelby

Shelby, Jake, Becca, and Joey

New addition

Good Morning, love going out to do chores to find little suprises. This is the newest addition to the Toews farm. When I got out there this morning at 5:30 she had "it" and the baby was already cleaned up and walking. I don't know yet if it is a boy or girl, it was dark when I was out the first time and then the second time the baby was laying down.

It is really tiny, yes it's mother is a small horse and I knew it would be little but you have know idea until you see it how small it really is.

SO CUTE!!!!!

Breast Cancer Awarness

OK, my daughter is more then likely going to "shoot me" for posting this but I couldn't resist. She went to the movies with her girlfriends and they had a display for a movie, being goofy Allissa picked up the gun and pretended to shoot, she didn't realize that the gun was backwards until this picture had been taken......what can I say, don't see her as the military type.
Her girlfriends posted this on face book and used it to promote breast cancer awareness, thought that was a very kewl thing since they are 14 and 15 years of age. Yes the picture is funny but please remember........

Every 2 minutes, there is a new breast cancer diagnosis.
Every 14 minutes, a life is lost to the disease.
Over 40,000 people will die this year; about 400 of them will be men.
85% of all diagnoses have no family history.
1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between ages 40 and 55.

My letter of resignation

I posted on twitter that I was resigning from parenthood, this quickly got a phone call from my husband telling me that I wasn't allowed. It got me thinking what would my resignation letter look like so here you go:

Dear Mini bosses and Spouse boss,

I am writing this letter to inform you that I am resigning from the position of cook, maid, nurse, chauffeur, personal attendant, chore girl, bookkeeper, tutor, and laundry attendant.
I have decided that due to the economy changing I must also make some changes. In doing your fiances for the last fifteen years I know that you cannot afford to increase my non-existence pay beyond what I am receiving at this point.
I would like to thank you for your time and tell you how much I appreciate all the on the job training that I have received. If I had not had the pleasure of working for you I would never have learned that I have magic powers, you see I have found that I am capable of locating items that don't belong to me and that I didn't put away (or leave laying somewhere). I would never have learned that I have psychic powers and can read minds, you see I can at this point tell if someone is lying without you having to take that stupid test. I would like to thank you for all the training I have received in your laundry department, because of the Minni's I have learned that I am capable of doing large mounds of laundry in record time and remove stains of things I am not even sure of their origin. I have learned other things about myself from working for you that I would like to share, I have learned that I can help the "Minni's" write fabulous papers but even if I understand the math problems they won't believe me anyway, that is OK it has made me understand my limitations. I would also like to thank you for the times you allowed me to take care of your precious livestock, I have found that I can locate the vet on my own, deliver babies and provide medical attention to things with four legs. I have enjoyed very much the times that I was required drive the "Minni's" from place to place, I have learned that I am capable of tuning the radio, answering three different questions and drive on my side of the road with WWE happening in the backseat.
If you have questions after I leave about any of the things I was once responsible for please do not try to call me. I will have relocated to a quite remote Island with drinks that have tiny umbrellas and I don't see myself being able to complete any of the previous job duties do to my future state of being.

Thursday's useless information

Strange fact and useless information:

• The electric chair was invented by a dentist! (This explains so much)
• A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove (did you just take one of each out to look??)
• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos (duh!!)
• Dolphins sleep with one eye open (related to teenagers??)
• A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day! (makes you wonder how they got this count!!)
• The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time. (so one less then 3000 would be ok??)

Grace in Small things #4

Needing a little grace, I honestly didn't see myself doing more then one of these and here I am on number 4, they make me feel better so here you are.

1. My parents for all there help at the sale.
2. People that bought our sheep
3. Pandora Radio - stress relief
4. 4 day work weeks
5. Random things that make me laugh

My Pirate

I found a quote today that said "good friends don't let you do stupid things (without a camera)"
I completely apply this to my family at all times, my husbands radio station was taken over by pirates today...an April fools joke. Duane decided to dress like a pirate because he was going to talk like one all day, the whole get into the character thing. I do love my husband he makes me laugh and every now and then you get to see the side I see.