Police...

Dear Ucon Police,

We (my hubby and I) hate you! :) We think you are stupid and need to find a job elsewhere :) We also don't feel like Ucon needs a police officer to enforce any laws our parents don't already make us abide by. We are good folks in Ucon, and if I want to ride my four wheeler up and down the streets all day long I feel like I have every right to do so without being rudely interrupted by your authority. What happen to the days when I could ride my go-cart to my friends house 3 miles away at the age of 6 (or 10) with only waves from my fellow neighbors? Or the days I used to see the bishop/mayor/dad/neighbor/principle at the gas station when I was buying a soda, driving my mom's car when I wasn't a day over 12... I miss those days Sir and anticipate the day you are fired for sleeping on the job.

Sincerely,

David and Tiffany Spackman

As a side note: David got a ticket for $52 for riding our four-wheeler in the barrow pit in Ucon freaking Idaho. Are you kidding me? The officer told him the mayor said he prefers that over vandalizing Ucon but still wrote him a ticket, and was a jerk! Said he thought at the age of 25 David would be more responsible, ha! David handled it well and will be working over time on his Saturday off to pay for his 'mistake' but really Sir Officer... you need another job... Iona sounds promising!

No cavities...

I left the dentist feeling like a million bucks this morning when they told me I didn't have any cavities and I wouldn't have to come back for another 6 months! Mind you, I am typically excited if I only have 4 cavities and get to do it in two office visits- I take care of my teeth I swear but I have what you call 'soft teeth' meaning I inherited bad teeth! Anyway, my excitement was shot down when I got in my car and my check engine light was on- the typical if it's not one thing it's another phrase crossed my mind because I was just thinking how much money we were going to save by not having an extra bill this go around. This engine light was strange to me because right before I went into the dentist I talked to my friend Sari and she said her check engine light was on and she didn't seem to concerned but with David being a mechanic I told her via text, "this is not something we take lightly." Ha ha, so I call David and told him my situation and he asked if I had got gas recently, I thought to myself it's not my gas light genius it's my ENGINE light, and I hadn't got gas lately so I just said no and he told me to run my car up there. In the meantime I called Sari and told her what he said and the whole gas story and she asked well what about gas because she had just got it... well I didn't know all I knew is I thought he was being unreasonable so I called him and he said sometimes if the gas lid isn't put on tight it will trip the check engine light. I thought for a split second to check my gas lid, and then I convinced myself not too because of course its on tight I always put it on until it clicks and I have not got gas for a long time so surely it would have come on before now. So I make the drive up to Rigby, he hooks my car up to a machine, tells me to remember a code, take the code and find it in a book and he looks at me and says... "did you check your gas cap?" I said, "no" with a smile :) then he said something about evaporation blah blah we walked out to my car he opened the place where you put gas in and sure enough it was off... and so was my check engine light :) Another lesson learned. He also said something about it expanding because of the warm weather so before you pay to take your car in when your check engine light comes on check your gas cap. Oh I am so thankful that's all it was!

I called Sari on my way home and told her the rest of the story and her gas cap was off too!! But her check engine light didn't go off, so hopefully all they have to do is reset it.

What a crazy morning!! Have a great day everyone.

The perfect day off...

That day would be today. I didn't wake up until 9:00 which is usual on my days off but this is a list of things that made this day off extraordinary! First off I woke up to this sweet note on the fridge... which was well needed after a not so friendly night before :)

I got ready for the day and had just enough time to eat breakfast before I went to get my hair colored when Dave called and needed a few tools he brought home this week-end and forgot to take back to work, so I ran the tools to him and he came out with a cinnamon roll and a soda for me because I was complaining about not having time to eat... why is it when I complain, he is so nice and then I feel guilty? Needless to say I was a few minutes late for my appointment and still made it there before the girl who does my hair. Lindsey is her name and she is about 2 weeks away from having a little girl, yes I know I cut that one close but she did a fabulous job (as usual) A good hair day is always a good day!!

I then intended to take myself to Sonic for lunch but decided a Limeade was all I really needed today and home it was to finish all my chores including:

• laundry (everything washed, dried, folded, and put away)
• dishes
• vacuum
• sweep and mop kitchen floor
• water house plants (my house is like a green house, love it!)
• dust the entire house
• organize the fridge

And I still had time for an hour nap :) I also made dinner for tomorrow night so all I have to do when I get home is cook it in the oven- I also love that!!

And I still had time to make cookies...

I love productive days off!!

*As a side note, my poor hubby worked from 8-5 at his regular job, and now is doing security with his friend for the Michael Bolton concert tonight from 5:30-?. No wonder I accomplished so much but that poor guy is going to be dragging tomorrow!!

Birthday Week-end...

David and I were both so ready for this week-end get-away and a mini-v.k. was much needed. I decided around Christmas that I would take a few days off work to spend our birthday's in Jackson w/David, I was afraid he was going with or without me! We left Friday afternoon and finally made it after a little adventure on the pass. We were sliding sideways down hill (we were suppose to be going up the hill) I was asleep in the back seat w/Jeral when I felt him jump, heard David suck a huge breath in, and opened my eyes in time to see my dad looking back at me as we were going off the road. Luckily, my dad is a good driver and straightened us out just in time then decided to put the truck in 4-wheel drive- good call! It was a beautiful day once we got to Jackson, we checked in to our motel and went to the hill to check it out. We walked through the vendors and Dave decided on Merry Piglet's for his birthday dinner!

Dad wanting to rock the pink hat to the hill!!

Saturday was my birthday and boy do I take advantage of it! I made everyone let me sleep in as long as I wanted and told David if he was going to wake me up it better be with a nice massage, this is my day to be spoiled and get whatever I want, whenever I want it dang it!! So we slept in a bit, ate continental breakfast weird it's my favorite and I would rather have it in the A.M. than any homemade pancake plus it's free... well pretty much! After we got ready we headed to Snow King were the hill climbs are, we brought our camping chairs which worked great in the snow and sat and enjoyed our day watching the sleds race up the mountain. I got brave and decided I wanted to take the chair lift all the way to the top... that is further up than it looks and I was mostly scared the whole ride and didn't look out, down, or behind us!! We got Pizza Hut for my birthday dinner and hit the candy shop for sour peach candy, an amazing $4 brownie, and Cookies 'n Cream fudge!! It was a great birthday!!

A view from the Chair lift...

We even saw Sasquatch on the Chairlift :)

Just before we were headed home... all 3 of us sun burnt!!!

Luke/Jason concert...

Yes, I know it's been a long time since I've blogged but with good reasoning: I wanted to make sure that everyone knew just how upset I was with our tax situation this year so I left it up plenty long :) Which still upsets me and I just know I am going to get a "Sorry we messed up and here's all the money you paid in plus some" letter because it's not right to take 30% of our checks and we still have to pay... there must have been a horrible mix up- still convinced of it.

On another note:

My mother-in-law, sis-in-law and I went to the Jason Aldean concert on Sunday and it was so much fun! Oh how I love concerts w/ my fam and amazingly hot country singers with amazing voices and cute butts :) Needless to say I liked Luke Brian (Bryan?) a lot, a lot! He is super fun and love his songs but he had the ugliest pants on... dang it, why did he do that to us? Tricia and I decided his pockets were too big and it made his butt look flat and like he had girl pants on- not attractive!! But skinny jeans, cowboy boots and a button down shirt- what's not to love?

Then there was Jason Aldean, which I have always adored, which almost makes me sound creepy!! I've always though he was a major case of eye candy, when he came out he was behind a curtain so all you could see was his body and cowboy hat and I knew this one may top Kenny Chesney, then the curtain dropped and out he came singing looking like no one other than: MY BROTHER IN LAW DANIEL!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was disappointed instantly, and kept thinking to myself it's Jason not Daniel, stare at him, he's famous, and hot- but nope that brother-in-law image never left. UGH! When I saw Daniel yesterday I even saw the resemblance... not that I think my brother-in-law is sexy or anything it's more like the way he dressed, and acted, and talked, and facial expressions. Minus, the small detail I really enjoyed the concert- thanks for taking me Patty and Tricia :)

David and I only have 3 more days of work then off to the Jackson Hill Climbs to celebrate our birthdays :) Looking forward to the time off work and enjoying the cold weather with my hubby (& dad & bro) :)

Tax time...

So Dave and I got our taxes done... this is always a time I look forward to, getting a little extra money for a much needed vacation or to pay off a bill... or two. All of the previous things we planned on doing with this years taxes... we just bought a mattress and figured we could pay off that with the 'extra,' we have a trip planned to go to the Hill Climbs the end of March for our birthdays. Luckily, we weren't relying on this money at all because turns out-

WE HAVE TO PAY INTO TAXES!!!

Are you kidding me? We both claim single and 0 all year then file together so we should be getting at least a little back seems how they are taking 30% out of both of our paychecks!! Then the man proceeds to tell us we don't qualify for the earned tax credit or another bonus because we made over $43,378.49 (okay I made that # up) and we don't have any children!! Are you kidding me... because we are an honest hard working couple trying to invest, save, and be prepared and responsible before rushing into parenthood we are getting penalized. His next advice- buy a house! Oh yes, because we can afford a house payment... Grr... to the government and Obama for changing the tax bracket- I hate you all in Washington each and everyone of you equally!! Have a great night.

(and found the picture fitting)

annual Yellowstone trip...

Last Sunday Dad, Dave, me, Jeral, and his friend Grayson left for West Yellowstone after I got off work at 4, it was a long drive up there seems how the roads were slick since it had been snowing and froze! Good news is we made it safe even if it took us longer to get there than usual. We stayed Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday night coming home Wednesday. We rented sleds and had a lot of fun playing in the snow even though it wasn't that great of snow and Canadians over took the hot tubs and amazing Chicken noodle soup almost every night. I conveniently 'forgot' my snow clothes (meaning they don't fit anymore so I told a little white lie) so Dad rented me a one piece snow suit for $15 a day that was amazingly warm and so comfy unfortunately I forgot when we went to take the sleds back I would have to leave my snow suit there so I was wearing bright pink sweat pants and Dave's over sized hoodie with snow boots and didn't even have a coat to hide in!

Jeral getting ready to go out riding notice the awesome suit is my rented one and his mo-hawk it's tradition what can I say...

The boys getting ready to go out and play while I enjoyed reading and relaxing in the motel, they were so impatient I made them stop for a picture :)

Dad and Jeral wrestling around with shoes on the bed, that's a no-no!

David and Dad posing for a picture before they head out for the day.

He was excited to be back in the room spending time with me if you can't tell. Notice the big red bowl, yes that was filled w/our amazing chex mix also tradition...