oh blow dallin blow!

the beauty of fall and all the leaves!

gives my husband something fun to do on a simply gorgeous saturday afternoon...

don't you just love the changing of seasons?? i do...

death in a bottle

wonder what this is?? it's a disease in the making...

i've hesitated to share the following photo, mostly for my personal pride, but after much contemplation decided it is all for the better to share. beginning in october i started to notice these random spots all over my body-- typically on my hands, wrists, feet, forearm, shins, calves, ears, and then one day my face-- to which i diagnosed myself the "quasimodo disease."unfortunately it came just one week early to halloween-- it could have been an award winning costume.

after two months of what the doctor diagnosed as "hives" or common allergic reaction, and two weeks of writing EVERYthing i ate or put in my mouth, nothing seemed to match how many new spots i was receiving a day. the more i itched, scratched, the bigger the spots spread... i truly concentrated on NOT scratching, but who can control that in the middle of the night!

until one day, it dawned on me, two months ago i purchased this new refill, nothing fancy hand soap. to which i have now dubbed DEATH IN A BOTTLE. yup. after not using this soap anymore, i've had ZIP ZERO ZILCH... NO hives. the pieces all made more sense after this blessed epiphany... once i had the hives i used the soap ten times more to wash my hands of the cream i was using to stop the OUT OF CONTROL itching and swelling. i began to wash them even more when they were getting worse for fear of spreading them to myself. when my feet are cold i habitually wash my feet in the bathroom sink and wash them with the handsoap to warm them up. and the day i woke up as quasimodo, the night previous i used the simple handsoap to remove my make-up from sunday.

nothing soft about this!

alas, this is my plea to friends and family... please don't purchase this hand soap. not sure any of you would have the same reaction, but who wants to find out? and, i'd like to be sanatary, if this is all you offer for handsoap then you can guarantee i won't be washing my hands. and i'll be sure to wipe my hands all over you ;), your children, and your little dog too...

Anika turns ONE!

so officially anika's birthday is november 6 2007... and she's ONE! just some pics of our little angel... i know... pictures of my dog turning one?? isn't it obvious i have no children.... haha!
fun to see she went from brunette to blond ;)

PLAY BALL!!!

softball seasons have come to a close... only one charity tournament left this saturday and it's over for 2008. this was the tuesday night co-ed c league dallin and i played for: Gloves of Stone... we placed second in the end of season tournament. really good games that night.

dallin hit a GRAND SLAM in the middle of the second game clearly over the fence and another just over the fence home run he was ROBBED of... the guy climbed the fence and caught it. mister left center fielder who made the catch thanked dallin after the game though, said he's always wanted to make a catch like that. we could only congratulate him for his good play and laugh. we almost had those buggers! and the night was beyond FREEZING!! guess we'll just get 'em in the spring ;)