Pickles

I absolutely love pickles. I have since the day I was born. 4 years ago a few weeks before I got married my Aunt Cathy gave Lindsey and I my Grandma's pickle recipe. Since then I have been making pickles. To me this has to be the best recipe in the world and the hotter the better. Some say I should just sell them year round but man I would have to make gallons of pickles. So come Friday I will be picking up 3 bags of pickling cucumbers to make into pickles on Saturday. I am so excited and in 6 weeks I will be cracking open a jar of new pickles. Oh I can't wait.

Simple Prayer Request

I myself don't normally pass these along because they are usually not true. This is the son of mine and Chris' best friends. His Aunt Katy posted this today and I would like to pass it on to as many people as possible. They may get to bring him home in a few weeks but like Katy said his progress has been slow and minimal with little movement in his legs.

If you would like to buy a band please let myself or Katy know. You can email me here or at tanehajo@hotmail.com.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.

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Okay so I never post these bulletin or blog things much! Because honestly I think they are a wee... bit corny! But when you need to get something out to a lot of people I figured this was the best way to do it!

Some of you may already be aware of the tragedy that has recently occurred in mine and Troy's family, yet others of you may not be, and we are in need of as many extra prayers that we can possibly get.

About two and a half to three weeks ago our 9-month-old nephew was emitted to the hospital with a serious spinal cord disease, and has no movement from his neck down, with very limited movement in his legs. There is a possibility that he will recover. Yet with blood dialysis and physical therapy lately, there has been little progress.

I am asking for all of you to include him and his family in your prayers in the days to come. I am hoping that with the support of all of you he will be given the strength to overcome this battle and be given a chance that he greatly deserves.

This message is in no way meant to ask for anything other than a simple prayer. But for those of you that are interested, I have created "get well soon" awareness bands with his name on them. They are 7 bucks and all the money earned will be given to him for medical expenses. Contact me via email tkjenks05@yahoo.com if you would like one!

There has also been a donation fund set up at the Key Bank, on Farmington Road, for any of you that wish to donate.

Please Pray!!

Thanks! Katy Jenkins

Family

Chris and I spent this last weekend over on the Snake River on the boarder of Washington and Idaho with his family. I can't beging to explain how much fun we had. I am so blessed to have in-laws like I do. I know sometimes we take advantage of the fact that we get a long with each others families so well.

We spent an entire weekend laying in the sun playing in the water and relaxing. Here are some of the goofy pictures we took while we were gone. I hope you enjoy them I know we did.

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What is important?

I have always been one that has either lived to constantly please people or doing things for them. Some people in my life would say at one time I was a door mat for my friends and relatives. Through the years God has taught me 1 how to stand up for myself and 2 not always do what everyone else wants but what Taneha wants. Imagine that, it is possible. So recently I have taken on the approach that I can't do everything just to please everyone. Well, this doesn't seem to fit well into everyone's way of thinking. Some still think that I should do everything for them and not worry about myself sometimes or other important issue going on.

Last Monday the 7th our best friends 9 month old baby was put in the hospital. They have always done a lot for Chris and I. So in turn when they need us we would like to be there for them. They are a huge part of our life. This ended up causing a little bit of a problem for other people that didn't understand because I put everything else on the back burner so if they needed me or us we were there for them. If Reina wanted me to go and sit with her for a few hours and drink wine I would. If she wanted me to watch Big Brother with her I would. I just don't see how some people can get so irritated if you don't do one small thing for them. Maybe I am being selfish. Maybe I should have thought about how my actions were going to affect someone else cause honestly what I was suppose to do was taken care of by someone else and in my mind I had something that took priority over anything right at that moment to do.

It is all over now but I just don't get how you give and give to certain people in your life but it still isn't enough. Why is it when you can't do something they are hurt and mad at you. I have come to the conclusion if they are mad at you for something so small they will get over it and I can't spend my day trying to fix it. Instead I am sitting here typing a blog about it. How funny is that?

Shoes

I am a bit frustrated and irritated by my shoes. I am really and always have been a shoe freak. I love shoes to say the least. I used to be really bad but now that I have responsibilities I try not to buy every pair of black shoes I see and love. My philosophy if it is a black shoe, it is cute and I don't have it I need it. You can never have too many pairs of black or brown shoes. A few weeks ago I was walking in the house and ruined a new pair of heels I had just bought. The heel slipped in a crack in the side walk and ripped up the leather on the back. UGGGGG so I was limited on my shoes cause I hadn't bought any in a while and didn't have many summer work heels, OK I had none now. So Saturday I found a cute cheap pair at Kohl’s to get me by for a while till I found ones I love. I wore them yesterday for the, yeah they irritated me a bit but they were new I expected it. I decided to wear them again today to work. As I was going to pick up my lunch I saw something, what looked to be mud on the end of my left one. NOPE my cute shoes now had a stupid rip in the leather. OMG are freaking kidding me. I am not having any luck. NOW I have 2 new pairs of shoes that have to be taken to the shoe repair man in Fred Meyer. I can't even begin to explain how irritating this is. I now this sound so trivial but it is really a bit irritating. I want to take both pair of shoes and throw them against the wall or through a window. Right about now I wish I could one just go barefoot every where or just wear flips the rest of my life and look cute. But I am sure some how they will rip or scuff 2 days after I get them.