Saving the Apple Tree

Our Apple tree had a brush with death yesterday and we still don't know if it will make it! As you can see the lovely backhoe behind the tree was brought here to grade out our dirt. As it was being graded, it made a tight turn and the hydrolic line ruptured spraying...yes you guessed it, hydrolic fluid all over the tree, along with that black, sticky, goopy, greasy stuff all over it too! You can't really see it in the pictures, but the branches, leaves, and the newly budded apples are shining with an oily cover. In the second picture, if you look at the dark dirt surrounding the trunk of the tree...no it is not wet dirt..that is oil! We have tried spraying it with water and soap and soap and water and using towels to wipe off as much oil and the black goopy stuff as we can! We will not be eating any of the apples it will produce this season, and if the poor tree does live by some miraculous intervention, we will have to make sure that all of the dirt surrounding the area of the apple tree is replaced before we put grass in because it could also kill the grass later. Ahhh!! What a nightmare. It has taken so long for the dirt to be graded in the first place, but now it will take longer(the repair man has to fix the backhoe on-site..if you turn it back on it will just start spraying again) and that our apple tree might die and then have to pay for it do dug up and disposed of OR we will end up doing the labor ourselves :( Funny while I was wiping off the black stuff it reminded me of those specials on discovery channel where the animal people are saving those poor ducks from oil spills and cleaning them up...except for me it's an apple tree :) I guess we will just have to cross our fingers!

Latest Project

This is my recent project that took a week to do. I kind of went all out on this one, but only because an idea popped into my head and I didn't want to spend the time to think of anything else. I was really excited to do this one and posted it especially for my friend Charlotte in Denver. That is her little girl with Delia, Eden, and was the one who invited me to go with her on Earth Day...free admission. It was so much fun and was able to get these really special pictures! Delia was 8 months old, one of my favorite ages! My how time flies!

6th Anniversary!

Yesterday was Christian and I's 6th Anniversary! Wow, I can't believe it has been that long! We went up to Bayfield, Co to see how his pottery that was fired turned out. It was awesome! The weather was beautiful and the scenery was gorgeous! His pieces truned out spectacular! We have only had 1 mug break the rest have come out very nice! Afterwards we stopped off in Aztec, NM and got Deli sandwiches at Safeway, which were huge and delicious! Then Chrsitian's anniversary/mother's day gift...A new TV. He found one on sale at Sears, but I found a MUCH better deal on line, so we ordered it, along with some other electronic goodies and should be here in about a week or less. I am so excited. Both of us have been wanting a nice, new TV since we've been married and have finally got it. It is a Samsung 52" LCD widescreen!! Yippee! Best gift ever! I wonder what we'll get "ourselves" next year? I have also had a wonderful mother's day. Christian got a box of chocolates for himself..*sigh*..and "shared" with me because he knows I have a "fitness" goal. so I have only had 3 chocolates. Sooo proud of myself! Delia made me a card with a picture of a butterfly she painted using her hand prints...sweetest mother's Day gift so far! Below are some reminicing wedding pictures, the well fired pottery and the new TV.

Cool Shades

Delia never ceases to make me laugh! I caught her the other day strolling around her baby and wearing my sunglasses. I was surprised she was able to keep them on like she did. She seemed to think she was pretty cool and when I got the camera out she seemed to turn into "Miss Hollywood" that's what I call her when she is wearing them. Too Funny!

Of Heebie Jeebies and a Flying Child

Ok. So living in this new house seems to be drawing in some eight legged unwanted guests! I guess with the foundation being 30 years old even though the house is new, these creepy crawlies are starting to make themselves at home! Just in the few days we have been here I have killed 4 spiders already. now that may not seem a lot to you and living in desert area you would come to expect that, but in our other house, which was just up the street, I killed maybe 3 spiders in the 10 months we lived there! So to get to the story... I gave Delia here usual nighttime bath, wrapped her up in a new big, soft towel and took her into her room to rock her and snuggle, something we always have done. When I went to go and prop her head up by my shoulder, what do I see currying from my shoulder down my back?! ....That's right a GIANT spider! about the size of a quarter! Freaking out like I usually do around spiders, especially when they are crawling on me, I toss Delia on the floor, not even thinking as she goes flying through the air (luckily she was not hurt, she had a soft landing) and me frantically brushing the thing off me and running to get a shoe to kill it before is dissappeared!! All Delia did was look at me weird look like "what the heck is wrong with you, seriously" look. Even after the supposed attack of the GIANT spider was over, it still gives me the Heebie Jeebies just thinking about it. If you haven't noticed by now, I have severe Arachnophobia..I have to close my eyes during the spider scene in Harry Potter! I told Christian that we are going to have to get the house sprayed, hopefully within the next year because it is not going to get any better apparently! I would probably consider this close to a near death experience! j/k ;) Well, that's it. Hope you had a good laugh at my expense, and if you too have had a near death experience with an eight legged feind, please do share!

Easter Weekend

Easter this year was fun, but not without it's mishaps! First off we moved into our new house over the weekend, so that was stressful and exciting at the same time. (see previous post below for pictures!) We were late for church because I was spending too much time trying to take some good pictures of Delia who kept whining for more jelly beans. We were invited by some friends to go to the country club for lunch and an Easter egg hunt. We were late for that because of church time. When we got there, they had already done the easter egg hunt, but would have another after lunch. When delia saw the easter bunnny she went right up to him with no reservations while the other younger children cried! I was naturally surprised. Seconds before they opened the doors for the egg hunt, Delia spit out all the M&M's she was eating all over her white leggings and the floor! Ahhhh! What is up with that? She did pretty well with the egg hunt and was able to find a few(with my help of course) but when all the eggs were found, it was time to go and when I pulled her over to the wall for a picture she got mad and threw one of her eggs on the ground because she wasn't interested in pictures at the moment. So then we head out side to get a family picture, which didn't turn out like I would have hoped because it was cold and windy and we had our coats on and Delia was due for her nap! But other than that...it was great. Life wouldn't be interesting without all it's mishaps.

The New House!!

Here are the pictures of the new house! We are so excited! It is hard to pick one thing I like most about this house because I like so many things!! We close on the house this Thursday and will finally be official owners of a house!! Yeah! Enjoy the pictures. They may be in random order because blogger does it weird that way. There are 2 bedrooms upstairs with of course the kitchen and family room and 2 bathrooms. downstairs there are 2 more bedrooms with 1 bathroom and another living room with the back area being for the washer and dryer. Christian tiled the downstairs countertop by himself and he did a fabulous job! My dad built all of the cabinets, which are gorgeous! Everything in this house is so beautiful, it's just a matter of making it a "home" Sorry about the mess, but unpacking is a process!