Bear Grylls on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

Owen and I have become quite facinated with this show on the discovery channel called "MAN VS. WILD". This man named Bear Grylls --(his name suites him), is dropped into remote places of the world and has to try and survive, only carrying a cantene and a knife. It's quite amazing, but it can be quite disgusting! Some of the things he eats and drinks, I often wonder if that can really be safe for your body--live poisonous spiders, snakes and his own urine. IF you're a pretty squeemish person, I would not recommend watching this--otherwise, Enjoy!--YOu have to watch the whole thing to get the full effect!

Drew got a buzz!

Drew was starting to sport the mullet again. We decided to go a little shorter this time, so Owen buzzed him. He did very well, but all his hair landing on his back made him itchy and look like a little sasquach.

Livin in the Country

Unfortunatly, the owner of our home took the dryer when we moved in. We have been meaning to buy a dryer, but we're still looking for a good deal on Craigslist. So, we've been using our handy dandy clothesline in the backyard. It really hasn't been too bad, but you would think your clothes would be clothesline fresh? Well..that is very decieving. Even after using lavender fresh snuggle fabric softener, our clothes are quite crunchy, and they don't smell too fresh--kind of sweaty like. Not to mention the "G's" hanging. THis is defenitly something I never thought I would ever do--I'm all about modern conviences. So, soon I hope we'll have a nice fresh dryer.

You found WHAT in your car?

One of the great novelties of living in the country is a little wildlife. Yeah right! We have little bunnies that roam through our backyard and a lot of cute little birds. Last Sunday our car started having problems AGAIN! When we got home from church, Owen looked under the hood to check the transmission fluid, and lo and behold, there was a dead, very large grondhog nestled under the engine. It was not easy to get out, and I should have taken a photo of it, but it was pretty freaky. So, even after we got him out we were still having problems and so this is my testimony on Mazda's--I HATE THEM! I will never buy another one again--sorry to any of you who like your mazda's. But, we have only owend the car for 2 years, and have already put over $6000.00 into it. We've had problems since the day we drove it off the lot--(should have got the warranty) We really believe we have a lemon on our hands. I'm a truely devoted Honda owner. Owen's little civic has been in the shop once in the last 10 years.

Allentown Adventures

So we're starting to warm up to Allentown life, which I can honestly say is a little different than life in the big city of Philadelphia. Not that I live in a podunk town, but it is smaller and more quaint. Lots of cornfields and farms--reminds me a lot of Lancaster and Scranton--2 areas I served in on my mission here in Pa. We discovered this fun little trout farm called Li-Le-Hi. It's a lot of fun for the kids because you can buy these big bags of trout food to feed them. There are hundreds of them, and they go ravenous at one morsal of food. If you look close at the photo, you can see a big glob of them.

Whle we there, Owen rescued a baby duck that he found shivering in the weeds. It had to only be about 3 days old, and there was no site of the mom. So, of course we had to bring the duck home, and We all of the sudden had a "Pet" which we aren't supposed to have. --(By the way, this had nothing to do with me.) Well, the duck took quite a fancying to Maggie, and all of the sudden Maggie was the ducklings new mommy. The duck snuggeled with her and cried whenever she left. Owen went out and bought a HUGE bag of duck food, and then...the novelty wore off. The duck wasn't as cool as it was on Saturday, and it was spending more time alone. I felt very sad for the duckling, thinking about him as a little newborn baby, and how he really needed a mommy to hold him all the time. Owen then found out that it was illegal to have a wild animal in you home, and so I called the wild life preserve and we dropped him off in hopes that he will be taken care of and released into the wild some day. I think my kids have had their first experience with at pet--and that they are a lot of work, and they aren't sure they are ready for the responsibility!

We're living here in Allentown

We finally made the transition from full time student to employee. It only took us 10 years! Now that Owen has finished dental school, he has accepted a position as a dental resident at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown Pa. for 1 year. We only moved 1 hour away, and it's been great so far. We love our new place here is Emmaus--pronounced ee-may-us. We have a really nice backyard and a coverd porch in the back. We also have 3 floors, so now the kids get to have a play room just for all their toys and they won't be all over my living room floor anymore! Owen and I have already commented on the fact that it is very quiet and the sky is even bluer. Church was....quiet, and roomy. We have a large building and we're the only ward that meets there. No new members in 2 years! This will be an adjustment from living in Philly and having 7 baptisms a week.--Not to mention the small chapel and 3 wards that met there. Did I mention our buildng is in the middle of NO WHERE! Some where in the middle of a bunch of corn fields!
Our neighbors our very friendly--in fact everyone is very friendly--hard to get used to coming from Philly--sorry! So here are some highlights and downfalls of our new move. 1. Apparantly there is a lot to do here--they say it's called "the Little Apple" --like NY. 2. it's peaceful and clean. 3. we finally have a paycheck 4. a nice big backyard for the kids to play in. 5. There is this great outdoor mall called "The Promenade" --there is a shooting water fountain (like the one in SLC at the Gateway mall) for the kids to play in. 6. Dorney Park 7. Elementary school is 2 blocks away, and Maggie is excited that she doesn't have to wear a uniform anymore. 8. There has to be a lot more, but hey, I've only been here a week. Downfalls---1. Our house has scary wallpaper and woodpaneling--hey, but it's cheap. 2. it's kind of lonely--so far the phone has only rang 2 times in the last couple of days. I miss hearing on my answering machine--"Hey, it's Ang, or Hey it's Tamar." I guess I need to make some new friends. Easier said than done. Good thing Krystin isn't too far from me. You're all welcome to come visit anytime! You can even sleep over if you want!
For some reason my slide show wouldn't take my captions--so if you're wondering about any of them--obviously our house front and back. Our street, and the water ones are at The Promenade--water shooting park. The other one is Drew at the Kutztown Festival on the 4th and the kids passed out in the car afterwards. And the empty room is our old place in Colonial Village as we checked out. Good-bye Philly!

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Billy Joel 04/13/07 Cleveland, Allentown

When living in Philly we heard Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom" many times on the radio. So now that we are in Allentown, I guess this is our new theme song. Although, Allentown doesn't seem as drab as Billy makes it sound.

Terrible Two's!!!!!!

So my sweet little Drew is 18 months now and is not so sweet anymore. He has officially hit the terrible two's--at 18 months that is. Yesterday we were at Target, and my Dad called. So as I'm trying to talk on the phone, I decided to let Drew out to play with the toys. Well, that would be mistake #1. He grabbed two bouncy balls and threw them and then would chase them and do it all over again. Well, it was getting a little out of control, and I was starting to get dirty looks from the Target team members. SO I ended my call and put Drew back in the cart. He was fuming mad and did not want to leave. He had a full on screaming bloody murder temper tantrum. It was time to go, and as we left and lady walked passed me and said, "Good Glory --(I don't think it was quite that nice) Can't you control your children?" Don't you LOVE people like that? I yelled back to her, "I guess you've never had children!" I usually just turn the other cheek, but....had she walked back, I probably would have had a few things to say. I can see her side though. Before I had children I used to wonder why people couldn't control their children, and now that I have 3, and have had my share of tantrums in public places--well, let's just say been there!