Wanna Good Laugh

OK, I am telling everyone right now that I am not the one to cut any ones hair. First of all, I plead the 5th and will not say anymore. So, without further words, take a look at the below pictures of my poor Kale, new nickname, Patchwork!
Please remind me every time you see me that you will NEVER let me cut your hair or your pets!

Do I need say more. Nathan just gave up and said that there was nothing else he could do since the blades of the clippers are damaged from over use!! Over use, right, but I know what he is saying. Before I take him anywhere we'll let his hair grow a little longer so people don't ask why he looks so stupid.

This was done Saturday night about 9 PM outside, can you say, blind Karen, what the heck?

His cute little face is the only thing that looks normal and didn't change. We clipped his whiskers and eyelashes but he looks just as beautiful!

Every time I look at him, I apologize to him for making him look so dumb :o)

A few moments

I have a few minutes to write something if I can think of something to say.
I just read through my sister and brother in laws blogs and laughed and then cried. What great people they are.

OK, I just had to put this aside and work a little bit, which is fine, it'll benefit me more to get a raise this next month to work than do the blog! Imagine that...work, money, smiles, blogs!

Here is something funny for one to think about. I don't take many vacation days. In fact, right now I still have over 40+ hrs that I can use for a vacation and that time is getting ready to roll over to sick time on 1-September and then I'll be allotted 160 hrs of vacation time for this next year plus 76 hrs of sick time and then sick time keeps growing because I won't use it. Its great. At least I have it just in case there is a huge emergency. Yeah, right! Not only that but Nathan informed me that his insurance is completely covered by the school district which is fabulous so he can use our "main" insurance and then use what he is covered under and there is no additional costs! What a blessing that is!

Now if I could just buy a house again.

Anyways, thought I'd write it before I forgot it.

Have a good day. I'm going to have to go back to blogging every Sunday night, I've just been so tired and so lazy that as the reader, you can tell that I haven't done it in months.

See ya later.

Karen

2 years strong and growing

Oh yeah, Nathan and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary this Monday.
Wow what a wonderful time it has been. We've been through thick and thin, we've been there done that, what ever that was and where ever there was.

Its been fabulous so I had to change the design of my blog this morning too just to remind myself that this is totally real.

The Lord has certainly blessed us and via our desires to follow the Savior, he will continue to bless us. We love our Heavenly Father and our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.

Karen

Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn’t you say?

Man Kills Self before Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day, called the Editorial Room, and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.

I just couldn't help but sending this along. Too funny.
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No crap, really? Ya think?
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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!
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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
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Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
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Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?
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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!
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And the winner is....
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

Did I read that right?

Slackin'

I've been slacking for the past few months on my board to keep people updated about this side of the Wicke/Nihipali clan. We've been extremely busy. Nathan is finishing up his masters program and only has 2 classes left.......can we get a YAHOO! Graduation is in November and so is the big celebration. He loves his position at the charter school that my uncle owns and operates and is learning tons and is enjoying everything that he does there. I'm so glad that he finally found something that he really enjoys and is able to do because of things that he has learned from his program. It is awesome that he is able to apply school right into his work right away because he can see the benefits of it all and reap the blessings.

We inherited an exchange student from China. She is hilarious, only 15 and a joy to have in the house. She enjoys school (which is a private catholic school) and loves going to young womans (which is ironic because she says that she thinks everyone at church is so nice and friendly and she hasn't said that about school yet, hhhhmmmm, is there is a real difference? Yes). Her name is Shiqi Li but we call her Cherry. She'll be here all school year so we'll be keeping her busy.

My busy season at work has ended, thank goodness. Now it will be very slow and it'll give me the next few months to put things together at work to build my business for next spring and summer. My sick time will more than double starting 1 Sept because I have tons of vacation time that I didn't use and it will roll over and then I'll have 160 hours of vacation time given to me that again I'll probably not use forever so Nathan is going to have to pull me away from work and take me somewhere.

With Cherry being here we want to take her to all kinds of places. With us knowing that Landon Haymore is in San Diego now, we'll have to buddy up with him and go out and visit. We're also wanting to go to Rocky Point for a day or two and visit there too. I know that we'll end up at the Grand Canyon some time and even probably the 4-Corners/Mesa Verde National Park and Lake Powell. I love those areas and they are so beautiful.

I think Nathan also said something about taking Cherry skiing up in Utah and taking her to see snow and temple square so I can tell ya now that we'll be going that direction sometime this winter.

We love the ward we are in and haven't been given a calling yet, which is fine, we are barely getting things settled here with Cherry being added to our family and with the job things finally settling down.

I need to close for now so that I can clean my house. It is really dirty.

Love everyone,

Karen

Family Memories

This is a picture that is priceless that I'll never forget.

This was taken up at Timpanogas (spelling is probably wrong, oh well, you'll figure it out) Lodge up at Provo Canyon right outside of Provo. What a beautiful place.

This is the Haymore side of the family. This side belongs to the family of Dot Wicke, 1 of 14 children of the Haymores. As you can tell, the family is quite large and then 7 of the children and their families were also there. (The Wicke children that is).

It was fabulous.

Karen