Avalanche Safety & Hockey

Posts are coming more slowly these days. The add-on where I live is coming along nicely so hopefully B & G will be moving out soon...which means, David and I will be moving out soon too :0)

This weekend David went to an avalanche safety course and I'm really glad he did. He learned a lot and they got to go up into the mountains and search for beacons and use probes and stuff. He learned a lot. Now we need to get him a beacon. If he and Austin both have a beacon they can find each other in the snow.

We went to another hockey game last night and that was fun. The only thing that stunk about last nights game was that there were 3 refs on the ice and so they quickly broke up all the fights. The last game we went to, there was only one ref and he just let the guys fight. Oh well.

That sums up my weekend!

Last night David and I learned the Tango. I think so far that may be one of my favorites. I don't know why but I like it. I was imagining David and I being Gomez and Morticia Addams from the Addams Family. I just needed a rose!

Looks like the add on where we live is coming along pretty well and hopefully in a month I would bet, we'll be able to move into town. Well, closer to town. I don't know if it's considered town... Anyways, I'm super excited. I cannot wait!

I can't believe that David and I are creeping up on our 5 year anniversary! I also can't believe we're creeping up on a year here in Idaho! This last year has tested David and I in so many ways but we're making it. Praise God he is faithful and has taken care of our needs in so many ways and beyond food and a roof over our head.

I'm still excited for what's to come!

Thankful Thursday

I've been doing a lot of studying and reading lately and I love it. I've been reminded of a lot of things and learning a lot of new things.

So, today I am thankful for my God who loves me and accepts me as I am. I'm thankful he saved me by grace. Ephesians 2:8 & 9 says "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."

Nothing I can do will ever make me acceptable to him but Jesus' blood covered that for me. God's love is amazing!

Monday Already?

I just had to sign in to my own blog. This private things sucks. Sorry.

I'm going in tomorrow to talk to the people at the county about filling in for the girl on maternity leave. Maybe she'll need an assistant and they'll create a position for me :0) Sounds good to me.

Tomorrow I may be driving down to Salt Lake to take David's welder to the shop. I can't wait to get it fixed so we can sell one of his welders!

I heard a Carrie Underwood song this morning on the radio and there's a line in it that kind of applies to me and how I've been feeling about wanting a house of my own. The song is actually talking about earth and heaven but I'm going to say it applies to me and my situation as well.

It says "This is just a temporary stop on the way to where I'm going" I think that's it. It's the idea though of what she said. My living situation is just temporary :0) I also like to remember Dave Ramsey's motto: "Live like no one else so you can live like no one else" Actually I'm being dramatic, cabin living isn't that bad. I just miss the conveniences of a home and I'm missing all of my stuff.

Anyways, that's all.

Hockey

Last night, David, Austin, Vicki and Carson and I went to a Utah State hockey game. It was alot more fun than I thought it would be. They played a local team because the other team couldn't play but it was still cool.

We saw 2 fights. That's always exciting!

I should have gone to a Blazer's game when I lived in Oklahoma--had I only known hockey is actually fun to watch!

Now I'm going to be lazy and watch TV and mess around on the computer while I can :0)

So...

Nothing to say as usual. David and I were supposed to go to Salt Lake today to get his welder fixed but the people wouldn't answer the phone so we didn't go.

I am currently sitting out side of one of David's co-workers house. I thought he was just dropping something off but I thought wrong. Thankfully someone around here as unsecured wifi.

That's all for now. No news is good news...I guess.

Ramblings...

I wonder why in Oklahoma, they don't have Barq's famous red creme soda. It's delicious.

David was telling me last night how he had been looking at pictures from this past summer on his ipod and it made him wish it were summer again. Well, I think he would always want it to be summer but anyways...

I told him that I think I'm ready for summer too. I have nothing to write about during the winter. I need something to write about. I mean, I could write about all the things I think about or all the feelings I have but I'll spare everyone the boredom.

I mentioned yesterday that I'm getting tired of cabin life. I was thinking though about how I am thankful that we've been given the opportunity to live there. I think even more than the financial help it gives us, I am thankful for the time without TV and internet. I could really use a phone though...

I have used my time studying God's word and am loving it. I have no distractions and I've been reading book after book after book. God is really opening my eyes and has given me a desire to know Him like never before. For that, I am grateful. I could write on this subject alone every day!

Looks like David and I might be going to Salt Lake tomorrow to see about getting his welder fixed. Other than that, I'm not sure what the weekend plans are.

I had fun at our dance lessons last night. I just love how David grins the whole time. He likes it :0)

That's all for now!

What to Say?

It's getting harder to write about things when it's winter and I haven't done anything.

I will hopefully be working for 3 months at the County...starting in March or April, to fill in for a lady going on maternity leave. In the mean time, I still need to find a job.

Well, I'm tired of living in the cabin. I want a home. I want my belongings. I want running water and a kitchen and a laundry room all in one place. I'm thankful for the cabin but I am ready for a house. No telling when that will be.

I need to find a place to volunteer while I have no job. I need something to do.

Delivery

I found a package on my porch this morning :0)

Actually it's just some of my crap that David moved out of the kitchen and put on the porch. He has great aspirations of one day moving it to storage...I just know it. In the meantime it's making a great bed for my 2 little friends. They're so cute!

Grrr

I tried to go get new tags today and I can't get them because I don't have the title yet for my new car and I don't have an Idaho driver's license.

Hopefully I can get a bill of sale printed up or something and get a temporary tag so I can get a new license and get the title in our names.

It's snowing today which is nice.

So, I guess no errands today again because I don't want to get another ticket. Back home I go.

Bummer. I will have to wait for David to get home.

Mondays

My Monday has started out reeeeal lovely. You see, I woke up with a lovely headache stemming from my lovely bed, which isn't really my bed. Then, you see, I packed up all my laundry, which I did last Thursday but somehow the hamper was already over flowing by today. I haven't figured out how David goes through so many clothes.

I packed everything up. Lugged it to my car that has expired tags and a missing license plate on the front. Forgot David's check to put in the bank so I make a mad dash back into the cabin and grab the check. I hop in the car and drive into town praying that I don't get pulled over again.

What's that you say? The banks aren't open today? Yeah, I found that out. Dang Martin Luther King (just kidding Dr. King, you're a great guy).

David didn't have time to cash his check on Friday because he worked late. Couldn't do it on Saturday because, well, I live in Preston where the banks think they don't need to be open on Saturdays. And I couldn't do it today because it's a holiday.

This also means no new car tags until tomorrow which of course means no leaving the cabin today. And not to mention I need to go to the grocery store. *sigh*

I love today.

Boring Weekend

So yesterday David came over to Austin's so he could finish up welding some stuff for a side job he has and I locked my keys into my car so I was stuck at the cabin all day. Bummer.

I was finally rescued by Vicki and we went and saw the movie Blindside. I liked it.

Today David and I haven't done much. He was sick once again this morning but seems to be ok now. I don't know what the deal is. Now he's working on the side job again. He says after this batch of thingies he's welding, he's not going to do anymore. Except he has one set of spray tanks to make for a guy. Then no more side jobs! That's probably why he keeps getting sick. He's always going.

Tomorrow I've got to get new tags for my new car...I got pulled over the other day. Another bummer.

That's all I know.

Cha-Cha-Chachacha

I really need to find a picture to put on the top of my blog!!

Dancing last night was fun. We learned the Cha Cha. We learned it a few years ago but either I completely forgot all of it or we didn't get too far into learning all the steps.

David grinned the whole time. It was cute.

I am getting excited for my trip to Oklahoma in March. I just thought of something today though that might propose a problemo for me. How will I get to the airport? I guess I could drive myself and park...but that costs dinero!

I'm super bummed that David won't be coming with me but I'll have fun anyways!!

Whoop Whoop! A wedding and family and friends!! I miss everyone!!

Latin Ballroom Dancing

Tonight David and I are going to latin ballroom dance lessons. We went 6 or 7 years ago and that's how it all began :0)

I'm excited to be doing it again. I loved it. The good thing this time around is we won't be signing our life away...I mean that marriage wise and money wise!! Thankfully we got out of that contract or we might still be paying for dance lessons now.

I'm excited that David and I will be doing something together. I just wish we both weren't a million pounds fatter this time around :0)

Argh

I have nothing new to report today. I'm ready for this day to be over. I'm annoyed and I need to go to bed.

I'm going to a bible study tonight. Hopefully David will get to go too and I'm hoping it will help end my day on a happier note.

I always liked to do laundry. I don't know why but I enjoy it. Not any more. When it becomes such a big ordeal to wash it, it seems like it takes over your life and that's all you do.

Argh.

Snowmobile Down

Yesterday David and Austin went snowmobiling. These pictures below depicts something that happened:

Something threw David off the snowmobile and when he got up he noticed the snowmobile going down hill and as he stepped to grab it, he sunk into some really deep snow. Austin jumped off his snowmobile to go after David's and he tripped so they both stood there and watched it go down the side of the mountain.

David said they could hear it hitting the trees and finally there was a loud thud and they knew it had stopped so Austin hops on his snowmobile and goes down to check out the damage. He yells back up to David "Do you want to hear it now or wait and see it?!" David said "Just tell me now" and Austin said "It's fine!"

And I say thank goodness it was such a cheap snowmobile. It still runs, it was still running when they got to it. I'm also thankful David wasn't on it or in the way of it when it went down.

I have some exciting news!! David and I will be taking latin ballroom dance lessons again!!! It was soooo much fun so I'm excited to do it again! It is of course where the story of David and Hannah first began :0)

Moving Again??

Yesterday Gloria (the lady who owns the cabin we live in) asked me if David and I would be interested in renting their trailer for only the lot fee and utilities. I just about jumped in the air in excitement. I said as for me, I say yes but let me talk to David. He said definitely yes. It would be worth the little extra each month for us to have OUR OWN LAUNDRY ROOM and KITCHEN all in the same house! The utilities are on a fixed amount each month so they're really cheap.

Then when I started thinking about it, I thought I might miss our little cabin. But I won't miss it that much when I don't have to haul 50 lbs of laundry around! Or when it's 2 degrees outside and we need to take a shower or brush our teeth or cook. I would be around other people! I would be in town where my phone works!

I don't know if it will happen or not but we'll see. I'm pretty excited about the possibility though!

One day I'm going to look back on these days and think about how I've gone from my own home to a basement and then to a one room cabin and laugh. It makes me laugh now! I am thankful that I still own my own home though.

I'm still looking forward to what this year is going to bring us!!

Laundry AGAIN

So, I'm doing laundry once again. It really seems that's all I do. I rotate between Vicki's and the laundromat. I guess I'm going to have to ask the owner's of where we live if David can run a 220 outlet to the laundry room. They told us that the electrician was supposed to do it when he wired their add on but as far as I know, it hasn't happened.

I'm disappointed that it's January now and there isn't alot of snow on the ground. David and I move here and the whole time I'm excited about snow. What do you know? There's hardly any snow. Figures.

Last night I made chicken friend steak with mashed potatoes and gravy. It was my first time making chicken fried steak and it was pretty good. Thanks to the Pioneer Woman for walking me step by step through her lovely cook book. She rocks.

Well, surprise surprise I have nothing else to say. My life is really exciting at the moment.

Boredom

I need something to do.

Back to The Grind

Well, the only exciting thing that has happened in the last few days is I signed up for netflix and got my first movie last night. It was like getting a present in the mail. I LOVE getting things in the mail, except bills of course!

Yesterday David brought home more meat from his old boss Jim who also wants David to build another set of boons (?) and tanks for his sons spraying business. It's such a blessing to have people looking out for you.

I did learn something yesterday about cows and their meat. A cow is only a calf until it's about 14-15 months (I think that's what Jim said). David asked him yesterday why his beef was so good and he said it's because he doesn't slaughter his cows until they are older. He said that older cows don't produce really good steaks, they tend to be tougher but taste better. They do produce really good hamburger though. He said the younger cows produce better steaks but not as good hamburger. Learning something new every day!

I'm not working this week. Bummer. I was productive yesterday and plan to be all week. I've been studying alot on my role as a wife lately and I'm super excited!

Well, that's all for now!

**Today I saw a truck pulling a flat bed trailer with a cow on it. I'm assuming it was dead.

T.V.

David and I spent the night at Austin and Vicki's last night because David felt so bad he didn't want to get up and go home. Thankfully our bed is still here!

I got up and went to church and then came back to Austin and Vicki's and we've all been having a lazy day watching TV. Ahhh, TV...

I just realized that it's been almost 5 years since David and I have been married. Wow. I better start thinking now about what I want to do to celebrate!

Hardware Ranch

Today David is ice fishing again and I'm off to do laundry (again) and do some running around.

Last night we went to Hardware Ranch and rode around on a wagon and checked out some elk. Then we went and ate at Texas Roadhouse. It was cold but fun. The baby elk were calling out to their moms and they make a funny noise. There weren't alot of bull elk so that was kind of disappointing. The guy said he didn't know why they hadn't come down yet.

The ranch feeds the elk to keep them out of Cache Valley. They tear up farmer's fields and get hit by cars. They're free to leave the ranch too. The guide said they have plenty of food to eat in the mountains too. Here are some pictures.

Wow 2010!

I can't believe it is 2010. Time is going by so fast. I hope this year will bring good things for David and I and our family and friends. I know I'm hoping for some good things to come about. I'm curious to see what this year will bring. So much can change in a years time. I made no resolutions because I never do them.

We brought in the new year by hanging out at Austin and Vicki's with Austin's sisters Kalie and Elaine and Elaine's husband Kolby. Also of course Carson, Trace and Austin's little sister Elizabeth. We at burgers and then watched a movie. Then we went out and played on Austin's hill. We had out sleds and a tube and saucers. Austin, Kalie or David would give us rides to the top on the snowmobile and then we'd slide down the hill and sometimes up the driveway and down the other hill that goes into the lower area of Austin & Vicki's yard. When we got cold we came back in and watched another movie and had a good time. David and I didn't get home until after 3.

Today we're going to go to some place called Hardware Ranch and go on a ride to see the elk and then we're going to go eat. Sounds fun.

I really need to write about this past week so I can remember what all we did when I'm old and have a worse memory than I already do.

We've had steady snow since last night so that's cool. David, Austin, Kolby and Elaine are going ice fishing tomorrow. Of course David is excited about that. I hope they catch some fish!

Here's the view from my porch. The snow is so beautiful!