PIGS

Last night we were over at a friend's house for dinner(we had a great time by the way) and I thought I would share with you what I learned about pigs. 

(**Disclaimer: This information was taken from a certified vet from the U of I but please do not quote me in case I did not hear correct.)

• A female pig is a "Swine"
• A pig's gestation is 112-115 days long
• A female pig will have aprox 2.5 litters a year
• A baby pig is called a piglet
• A female "virgin" pig is called a Gilt
• When a boy pig "fertilizes" a girl pig they shoot a gel like substance that creates a plug to help keep their "little piggies" inside.
• A full size pig can weigh around 300 pounds
• A Swine vet has to shower about 100 times a day. Once when they arrive at the farm and once when they leave so they do not spread disease to other pigs. 

It is funny to me how different people's lives and jobs are from each other. Anyhow if any pig farmers are reading this I know a really nice swine vet. :)

When you have bad days....

When you have bad days it is easy to: 

• Bite someone's head off
• Think that your life is so much worse then everyone's else
• Curl up on the couch and cry
• Eat a lot of ice cream
• Shop till you drop
• Wish that time would pass
• Forget about all the ways you have been blessed.
• Choose to keep on feeling depressed
• Fight with your spouse
• Frown

These last few days I would defiantly say have topped the cake on bad days. So in effort to choose to have good days I am going to make a conscious effort to: 

• Treat everyone I come in contact with in love
• Look at all the things that make my life pretty awesome
• Cry if I need to but not under a blanket 
• Eat ice cream but in moderate amounts
• Shop without buying anything
• Enjoy today and be thankful of every moment
• Write down all the ways I have been blessed
• Choose Happy
• Love my husband and show him that everyday
• Smile

The "MINI" Blizzard

Last night after I spent two hours cleaning up dinner, doing laundry, picking up the house and taking care of my fish tank I was in desperate need of a treat. I got online and started researching what treats from Dairy Queen were under 300 calories and I stumbled across the new "Mini" Blizzard. At 6oz this little treat falls under the 300 calorie treat at 235 calories. You defiantly need to try this!

Hatchery

Have you ever been to a fish hatchery? Well I have once when I was younger and then again today. Today was a little stormy when we woke up so we decided since it was probably not going to be a sunburn day we would do something else.

The journey to the hatchery was long and treacherous. When you get to the hill there are signs that say "restricted". Me being the rule follower was paralyzed after seeing the sign did not want to to go down the hill. However realizing that my dad and two other peeps over 50 were already 1/20 the way down succumbed to the peer pressure. I figured if we were to get arrested that I had a pretty good chance of making a run for it and leaving at least one behind:)

We spent about a hour at the hatchery. Basically it is made up of about sixty very long in grown open air tanks with literally millions of fish. Each tank housing a different size fish/breed.

Not a bad activity to do but seriously if you have the tackle the Arkansas mountain to get there just call me and I will fill you in.

Meg

Watching "True Grit"

Thoughts of The Day

1. Sunburn happens even when you put on 30 SPF.

2. I dominate at bags, my husband and I won but seriously I better then him!!

3. Mahong Titans is a very entertaining game if you do not have it download it.

4. What is all this Twitter stuff. I mean between Facebook, blogging, Texting and now Twitter does anyone keep anything private anymore. It is a full time job to keep up with all these things.

5. My new favorite author is Lynette Eason. I just read books one and two of the women of faith series.

6. God is good, I am blessed with a wonderful husband, incredible family and completely unworthy of everything given to me.

Dog Days of Summer

Do you ever wonder where the saying "dog days if summer" came from? I really think that this picture sums it up pretty well. After doing a little swimming but mostly floating on a raft Bentley was pretty content to nap on the boat.

I hope everyones 4th of July weekend was great. Besides eating good food and fireworks the day is about celebrating our freedom and and being thankful that we get to be a part of this great country.

We had the pleasure of watching the fireworks in the boat out on the lake. I have never in my life seen so many boats out on this lake ever. The fireworks works were great and the family and friends were even better!