This is one of my new accomplishments, I haven't finished the cover yet but all of the months of the year are done. This is called My Important Date Book, in here you write all of the birthdays, anniversaries, dates that you need to remember year after year and it will always be there for you to check if you forget when someones birthday or what ever is. In the pocket on the right had page you either make cards for the birthdays, anniversaries etc in that month and place them in the pocket so that you are ready when it is time for you to send a card. If you go through in January every year and make or buy your cards for the year and fill this book up it will take away the stress for the whole year. I only put three of the months that I have done in cause I didn't want to use up all of the blog space for 12 months worth of pages. Enjoy

The page below is my cover page so that when you open the front cover you have something to look at and it kind of tells you what is in this book.

Jamie asked me to take some pictures of some of the projects that I have been making. So here are some of the greeting cards that I have made in the last couple of days

An afaghan that I made if our new grandchild is a girl and if not I have started a blue and white one. So that way no matter which we get I will have one done.

This is some more pictures of the scenery around Glendive. This is called Sand Creek and it is part of the Montana Bad Lands.
There are Buttes that just appear in the middle of the Prairie kind of interesting landscape.

I forgot that I wanted to put this picture on our blog it is a better one of the fawns that we saw in our park on Monday. I sure hope they survive without their mommy.

trenna hard at work at a rental we are working on for Rick Jensen, hopefully this will be a property she is going to manage for Rick.This is Bob by an old snag tree, wouldn't this make a great head board for a log bed. Chain saw anyone?
While we were out discovering all about our surroundings we came across this Gold Miners Cache, but he took all the gold and supplies with him darn it.

This is a view of Makoshika State Park it is part of the the Bad Lands of Montana and quite interesting land scape.

Another view of Mikoshika State Park

The day that we were exploring it was 106 degrees and Duke saw it fitting to find the nearest water to cool down in. He did not want to come out very easy.

These are two fawns that ran through the park as we were having Family Home evening with a bunch of our new friends. I think they were looking for their mother but someone said she had been hit.

Our ward has planted a garden at the community garden sight this year and anything that we harvest out of it will go to the food bank in Glendive. There is no well at this sight and so all water must be hauled. Bob and I were asked to take our turn to water the garden.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.Come on and play, it should be fun!
Posted by

Paddlefish in the Yellowstone River

People fishing for Paddlefish
History of paddlefishing

The big bill (nose) on these fish are long and fairly flat. It has electrodes on its nose to sense where the plankton are. Plankton give off an electronic current and the fish senses that and goes to feed.

This paddle fish is a mid-sized one at about 40 to 50 pounds. They say the biggest one caught this year was 110 pounds.

This is the Fish and Game cop that had to stay out there all day today and tag and measure each Paddlefish and he was still nice enough to pose for our picture.

Paddlefish are a new thing to us. They look like some pre-historic animal kind of like a Duck billed Platypus we think. The nose on these fish are long and hard. They only eat plankton from the bottom of the river. They can only be caught in the Yellowstone River near Glendive and in China. They spawn like Salmon do and only at this time of year. They will only let about 800 fish be caught before they close the season. The season could last only two or three days or over a week depending on how fast they are caught. They harvest the eggs for caviar as they are pulled out of the river and then the fish is yours to take. After the season they have 10 days of catch and release. When they have catch and release a Fish and Game officer will tag each one and measure it before it is released. The fish do not have bones they have an exo-skeleton so all the meat can be made into steaks. Some say it is a poor mans lobster, some really like it and others say it is too oily. We just want to catch one and have it taxidermy hopefully next year.