Saturday Afternoon Fun

 Today Del and I rode our bikes to lunch. We went to a little Mexican food place near our home and had carne asada fries. They are to die for (literally they will clog your arteries and kill you). They are so yummy. Good thing we rode our bikes because they have like fifteen hundred calories!!
 

This is my cool old early 1960's Schwinn. I had another cool late 1960's three gear Schwinn that had the original green paint, but someone stole it out of my backyard. I bought the first one at a yard sell a couple of streets over from my house. I paid two dollars for it. ( I think she wanted five) That was all I had on me at the time. The only thing I had to do to get it running was by a new chain and fix the flat tires. I was quite upset when it got stolen. So, I was on the look out for a new one. I found this frame, seat, fenders and  racks at another yard sell that was around the corner from my in laws house. It was all apart and didn't have any wheels. Needless to say, I was super excited to find another one and at a price I could afford. It was only five dollars!! I did have to sand it down and paint it since it had already been partially stripped of paint. The fenders and racks were all rusty. I used some 00 steel wool on those. They shined right up. I had an old sears bike that I stole the rims off of and I found the white walls at Kmart. Soon after my first Schwinn was stolen Del bought a new crotch rocket so we in closed our carport to keep this motorcycle safe. (He had one stolen before.) I got to keep my new Schwinn in the garage.  I have had this one for about five years now and hopefully I'll have it forever!

 

 

 

 

We then rode to Circle K to get 79 cent diet sodas. We obviously shouldn't add any more calories to our day. After that Del wanted to ride to the bike store called, Biker's Edge, in downtown Peoria to get some tire patches. We have quite a bit of farm land around us and there are no sidewalks by them. So we are riding in the dirt/rocks/stickers sometimes. I've gotten a flat tire everytime we've taken our bikes out for a spin. That's why we need more patches. And my honey husband is so wonderful fixing my flats for me.
 Now, don't get to excited about our trip downtown since our downtown is quite small. It mostly consists of  a few churches, a couple of insurance businesses, a Napa, a barber shop, the bike store, a jewelry store, a pool store, a car repair shop and as of last week three resale shops. We went into the new one today.The shop was very small but I did find something useless/useful (not sure which category it's going to fit into yet) to buy.

 

Isn't it cute? I really like the jar. It's just a plastic bunny glued to the lid and then spray painted. I've been trying to decided what to put in it.  A while back I bought a little jar that has stars around the top and it has a bail with a lid. It's super cute and I put my tooth picks in it. I also have another similar one that I put matches in.

 

Here are my other two jars. I think it's fun. Kinda goes with my whole farm/rustic/rusty kitchen. What do you think I should put in my new bunny jar? It's a little bigger then a baby food jar.  Comment and let me know. If I choose your idea maybe I'll make you one!!??

 

Love, Monica xoxo

Fisherman's Point on Haigler Creek

 

We have recently started throwing knives when we are camping. Denver has one knife that we throw, but he has been pretty stingy about sharing it with Dillon. So, I decided that that would be a good Chritmas present for everyone. Their own set of knives. I've ordered three sets so far, but of course I couldn't break them out for this trip since Christmas is still two months away. Luckily Del found a used set at a thrift store a few weeks ago so we brought them along and Dillon was able to practice all he wanted.

 

Del and I had to get a self portrait in since I didn't take any pictures of people last time.

 



 

On Sunday the boys and Del hiked down stream. They thought it was so beautiful that I needed to go. So, the next day I went and Denver tried to kill me. This creek is in a canyon and the water is really low so we could walk along the creek in most places crossing back and forth though. In one place it opened up and there was this 3 foot tall grass growing. I'm not sure what you call it but the grass is  the same material as palm fronds but only an inch or so wide. It was growing all over this area and there was a precariously placed log going across it. Dillon walked across the log and I said to Denver "I'm supposed to walk on that?!" he said  "unless you want to walk through all that grass" giving me a look like I was stupid if I did, and then he walked safely across the log. So of course, I climbed up on the log giving into the "son pressure". They were both standing on the other end "to help stabilize the log", but no sooner did I have both feet on it when it moved suddenly and I fell off into that super tall grass. It did help cushion me though. I landed on my side and my neck got whiplash cracking all the vertebrae in it. It's been almost a week and it's still a little sore. They didn't laugh at me though so I guess that's good.

 

 

A view of our hike down stream.

 

 

 Another picture of our hike down stream. On our hike back to camp we stopped and made lunch. We had bean burritos. I bought some refried bean flakes that just need hot water to reconstitute. Del brought his little homemade stove, fuel and surviver man cup to heat the water. We layed the tortillas on a rock in the sun to warm them up. I broke out the taco bell hot sauce packets and added the hot water, salt, and pepper to the beans. Then you wait a couple of minutes and presto yummy beans. Danelle thinks refried bean flakes taste like dog food but she aways makes her own beans from scratch. I think they taste pretty darn good though! And if you are using them for food storage they would be a lot faster and easier to prepare if you didn't have any power.

 

 

This picture is from our last day right before we hiked out.

 

 

Denver made a sundial with some cool rocks he found.

 

 

 

These two pictures are also from our trip down stream.

 

 

Dillon caught a rainbow trout big enough to keep and eat. Del also caught a keeper later that day at a different place on the creek near our camp site. They cleaned the fish and then cooked them on our hot dog roasters over the open fire. They were quite delicious. We had a great time. The only thing that could of made it better was if Morgan had been there. Well, she could of ruined it too. Love Monica xoxo

Saturday Morning Fun

The last couple of days here in Phoenix have actually felt like it might be fall. Earlier this week we were still in the mid nineties but last few days have only been in the seventies! I know that for some of you out there that is still pretty warm, but for us it's HEAVENLY!!  This morning my husband and I decided to ride our bikes to get some breakfast and then go to the movies. We ate at a coffee shop near our home called It's a Grind. We didn't have coffee because we are good mormons, but I ate a huge lemon poppyseed muffin and Del had a cinnamon raisin bagel, toasted with cream cheese. It was so yummy and it cost less then five dollars.

After breakfast we rode our bikes down to the AMC theater at Westgate. I like going to the AMC even though a Harkins is closer, because AMC does five dollar movies. Monday through Thursday before six pm all the movies are five dollars and on the weekends and holidays before noon they are five dollars. This is actually the second movie I've seen this week. I've been off work for fall break so I went by myself and saw Pitch Perfect which was really good. Today Del and I saw Here Comes The Boom with Kevin James. It's only PG and it was hysterical. A really good, fun, clean family movie. Why can't the movie industry make more of those? Even a lot of the animated cartoons have inappropriate stuff in them. They are made for kids but have sexual reference's or other crap in them!! What's up with that? Anyways we had a great morning. Love, Monica xoxo
P.S. If any of my sisters read this please post a comment of some sort so I know you read it thanks.