d and rained.... and then it was partly sunny... well, i woke up this morning to say goodbye to marco as he headed off to work, and it looked like it was going to be one of those back and forth days again.... well.... it's been back, but not forth. it hasn't stopped snowing. when i finished getting ready for the day, this is what it looked like, and it hasn't stopped snowing since. i'm not sure how i feel about it. this is my first "real" snow of the season.... (i don't count the moving across country snows we encountered... they weren't ours.) anyway, i think i'm definitely going to take the tahoe to my dr. apt today. who knows if it will let up. maybe i should check the weather report.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Seriously.....
So yesterday it snowed... and then it rained, and then snowe
d and rained.... and then it was partly sunny... well, i woke up this morning to say goodbye to marco as he headed off to work, and it looked like it was going to be one of those back and forth days again.... well.... it's been back, but not forth. it hasn't stopped snowing. when i finished getting ready for the day, this is what it looked like, and it hasn't stopped snowing since. i'm not sure how i feel about it. this is my first "real" snow of the season.... (i don't count the moving across country snows we encountered... they weren't ours.) anyway, i think i'm definitely going to take the tahoe to my dr. apt today. who knows if it will let up. maybe i should check the weather report.
d and rained.... and then it was partly sunny... well, i woke up this morning to say goodbye to marco as he headed off to work, and it looked like it was going to be one of those back and forth days again.... well.... it's been back, but not forth. it hasn't stopped snowing. when i finished getting ready for the day, this is what it looked like, and it hasn't stopped snowing since. i'm not sure how i feel about it. this is my first "real" snow of the season.... (i don't count the moving across country snows we encountered... they weren't ours.) anyway, i think i'm definitely going to take the tahoe to my dr. apt today. who knows if it will let up. maybe i should check the weather report.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
almost april
ok, so i'm totally sucking at getting blogs out... i'll work on it though....
but i just wanted to say that it's snowing... lots, of big white flakes are coming down....
looks like suzy just couldn't stay away!
(here is a pic of Susy Snowflake and Frosty the Snowman for those of you who don't know Suzy)
but i just wanted to say that it's snowing... lots, of big white flakes are coming down....
looks like suzy just couldn't stay away!
(here is a pic of Susy Snowflake and Frosty the Snowman for those of you who don't know Suzy)
Friday, February 29, 2008
Birthday Surprises!!
Happy Birthday to ME!! So, yesterday was my birthday... (two more years until my golden birthday) It was an OK day... they guys poured concrete yesterday so they were busy ALL day... they started at 6:30... which was kind of a downer, no breakfast in bed for me (but it's OK I'm over it). Mom had a Relay for Life meeting (and then picked up a fabulous Cold stone Cake) last night so she didn't get home 'till late, and then there was the concrete thing which took forever so they didn't get home 'till late too! So, I made roast chicken (which ps. is like the easiest thing EVER) for the B-Day dinner and then we did the whole 26 candles on the cake thing... Marco got me one of those chair massager thingies (which is totally going to be my best friend!!) BUT...the best birthday gift i got was when Marco and I went to the doctor (which is unusual because I'm really NOT a fan of doctors... no offense to any doctors out there) a HEARTBEAT! Not mine, but the little LIME sized "it" growing inside of me! We're PREGNANT!! Here's a preview of "it"... it's got a head and legs and feet a
nd arms and all sorts of stuff.... We even heard the heart beat... bu-bump! the doctor lady kept asking me questions as she's doing the ultrasound and i couldn't answer ANY of them... i was just way too involved in what was happening on that little monitor.... cause seriously... WOW! We've "known" for a while, but there is NOTHING like actually seeing it! The Doc tried looking for the sex, but it's still a little early (only 12 weeks), so maybe we'll know next month. Nothing to interesting to note of so far... a LOT of nausea, but no vomiting. Everything is going smoothly so far! We'll keep you posted as we go.
nd arms and all sorts of stuff.... We even heard the heart beat... bu-bump! the doctor lady kept asking me questions as she's doing the ultrasound and i couldn't answer ANY of them... i was just way too involved in what was happening on that little monitor.... cause seriously... WOW! We've "known" for a while, but there is NOTHING like actually seeing it! The Doc tried looking for the sex, but it's still a little early (only 12 weeks), so maybe we'll know next month. Nothing to interesting to note of so far... a LOT of nausea, but no vomiting. Everything is going smoothly so far! We'll keep you posted as we go.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
lunch at the park
so for lunch today i went and picked up some food (mmm... bagels from the bagelry) and met my mom, justine, steph, hayden, and kayla for lunch. we went over to the park behind civic feild (not anything special, but close to both justine's and my mom's office's) i don't know what we were thinking.... actually, i do. we were thinking "... oh it would be fun to get together with the girls for lunch and go to a park and then the kids could play... (etc)". the bagels were good, the company was great, and we did play on the playground.... but it was FREEZING COLD!!! well maybe not quite freezing, but it was definitely not a day for a picnic in the park.
We did try make the most of it though. a runner went by with a cute little golden retriever puppy (which was so excited to see hayden and kayla) they stopped and let the kids feed the doggie little treats. it's so funny watching them (hayden & kayla) interact with random people/animals/things.... they are such good little talkers. Hayden is big into telling stories right now, and kayla does this ba-ba-ball/ ju-ju-juice etc ting. So cute!! today they learned how to climb up the slide... it's so much faster than having to walk all the way around climb all the way up (whats with the playground steps being so big!!) to take a 2 second ride down the slide...
We did try make the most of it though. a runner went by with a cute little golden retriever puppy (which was so excited to see hayden and kayla) they stopped and let the kids feed the doggie little treats. it's so funny watching them (hayden & kayla) interact with random people/animals/things.... they are such good little talkers. Hayden is big into telling stories right now, and kayla does this ba-ba-ball/ ju-ju-juice etc ting. So cute!! today they learned how to climb up the slide... it's so much faster than having to walk all the way around climb all the way up (whats with the playground steps being so big!!) to take a 2 second ride down the slide...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
a moment to breathe
things have been pretty hectic since we got here... i've been looking for a few minutes to update the blog, and it's been pretty hard. i'm working from home now, which has both good and not-so-good aspects, but leaning more toward good. i don't have to shower before i start work (which i generally do, to the dismay of my father) i can leave the "office" and go swimming in the middle of the day. i get the best kinds of visitors (family) , and if i have a deadline i can stay up until all hours of the night and then walk 20 feet and fall into bed.
i'm trying to think of the things that aren't so good.... and it's a little more difficult. the fact that the people i'm working with are on the east coast and start work at 5 my time and get off at 2:30, well that's not my favorite thing. i don't even mind the rain so much. but i have to admit that i do wear my slippers often.
but other than work.... things are great here. its wonderful to be with the family so much... it's great to be able to play with my neice and nephew... see my brother and his wife every day.... see my sister a couple times a week. my parents built a smaller place (aka home... 2br 2ba 900sf place) joking that it's so that the kids, now that they're grown, won't be back to stay too long.... but that's not how it's happening, it just makes for closer living quarters, so far we fit 8 people....
i'm looking forward to valentines day and my birthday (both this month!!) and i'm looking forward to seeing chad, rach, and baby lil's again in march (yay for baby blessings!!) i'm looking forward to taking this afternoon off to run errands (pvc pipe, and post-it notes.... and maybe, just maybe, i'll stop by the bagelry and pick up a dozen bagels)
i'm trying to think of the things that aren't so good.... and it's a little more difficult. the fact that the people i'm working with are on the east coast and start work at 5 my time and get off at 2:30, well that's not my favorite thing. i don't even mind the rain so much. but i have to admit that i do wear my slippers often.
but other than work.... things are great here. its wonderful to be with the family so much... it's great to be able to play with my neice and nephew... see my brother and his wife every day.... see my sister a couple times a week. my parents built a smaller place (aka home... 2br 2ba 900sf place) joking that it's so that the kids, now that they're grown, won't be back to stay too long.... but that's not how it's happening, it just makes for closer living quarters, so far we fit 8 people....
i'm looking forward to valentines day and my birthday (both this month!!) and i'm looking forward to seeing chad, rach, and baby lil's again in march (yay for baby blessings!!) i'm looking forward to taking this afternoon off to run errands (pvc pipe, and post-it notes.... and maybe, just maybe, i'll stop by the bagelry and pick up a dozen bagels)
Friday, February 1, 2008
Hello Washington!!
Here we are.... we finally made it. Actually we made it here day before yesterday. We've been busy unpacking and getting settled. We got our "room" all set up yesterday, and today we're going to work on organizing the remaining boxes and getting Marco's tools where they should be. Right now I'm working on setting up my office space and updating the blog (obviously).
When we were in Idaho we got to see my new beautiful niece... lily belle. she really is a beautiful baby. I'll post some pics of her....
We stayed in Idaho an extra day because the roads were so bad getting out of there... and then once we got to Washington, the pass that we were going to take going over the mountains was closed so we took an alternate route and a different pass (stevens instead of snoqualmie). I've got a couple videos of that. Its a good thing we made it over the pass when we did, cause now there have been avalanches (ug) and there is something like 18 feet of snow covering the roadways.... i bet those road workers are loving their jobs right now!!
Friday, January 25, 2008
... you can't beat the wings...
and i have to admit that they are my favorite. Wingers wings that is. Marco and I made it to Laramie, WY tonight. We stopped at Wingers for dinner. Driving was pretty uneventful.... yesterday we drove from wherever we were in KY to Boonville, MO. There was a little snow in the morning, but nothing that slowed us down. we drove thru St Louis and stopped and John John's or something like that and got some nummy subs. and then continued on... This morning we left Boonville and drove over to Kansas city, and then up to Iowa, across to Lincoln, NE and then thru to Laramie. We had a little snow first thing just past Kansas City and then a little just before we got into Laramie. you know how the snow whips by and fans out and it looks cool.... kind of like star trek where they go into hyperspeed or whatever it is... well Marco hasn't ever seen that before so at first he thought it was mosquito's.....
We're excited to be in idaho tomorrow. rach is set for induction tommorrow morning and we'd LOVE to meet lily!! we hope that the weather continues to be as good as it has been so far.
We're excited to be in idaho tomorrow. rach is set for induction tommorrow morning and we'd LOVE to meet lily!! we hope that the weather continues to be as good as it has been so far.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Travel day #2... oh, wait. make that #1
so, here we are.... sitting in some hotel in the beginning part of kentucky (for us the beginning part this time is near west virginia) I have no idea what the name of this town is.... i don't think that there is even a piece of paper with the name of it. we are livin' the large life though... here in a Super 8!! it auctually doesn't have a funky odor to it, the hotel last night did, which was unfortunate.
anyway it's been an interesting journey getting here. monday & tuesday we were busy packing and running final errands in Raleigh... we were supposed to close at 12:30, but the lawyer's weren't ready til 4.... which meant that we couldn't get our check until Wednesday around noon.... we packed and re-packed the trailer and tahoe and still couldn't fit everything... so after closing (when it was dark) we had to go back to the house and finish packing, and it was cold and rainy, and no fun!! we finally got done packing around 7:45 and took off to burlington
the check engine light came on and we had to get that checked out (at the place we bought it in burlington) before we took off across the country..... so we got a hotel in burlington with the intention of getting the car checked out early in the morning and then taking off from there.... our real estate agent was going to pick up the check and deposit it for us which was going to be breat, but seeing as i'm talking about that in the past form that didn't happen.....
while we were driving to burlington Marco remembered that we left our bikes and dehumidifier in the closet on the back porch... UG!! so we decided to come back to raleigh after we got the car fixed, get the bikes and the check. which turned out to be a cool thing cause our friends, Jason and Tinka, had their baby and we went by the hospital and saw her..... she was such a beautiful little girl. so small. marco was afraid to hold her she was so small. she was so soft. her name is Kiera (not exactly sure on the spelling, but shout out to Tiffany!!) so that was fun.
We headed out of Raleigh between 1:30 and 2:00.... I drove thru NC and VA all the way to exit 45 in WV where marco took over. I'm proud of myself for driving so far... i generally get sleepy after an hour and get marco to drive, but i was determined this time!!
We're really excited to finally be on the road. we haven't had any bad weather yet, a little wind that has been wobbling the trailer a little, but nothing too bad, after yesterday we haven't had any rain or snow which we're really thankful for. Our plan for tomorrow is to get to Kansas City....
anyway it's been an interesting journey getting here. monday & tuesday we were busy packing and running final errands in Raleigh... we were supposed to close at 12:30, but the lawyer's weren't ready til 4.... which meant that we couldn't get our check until Wednesday around noon.... we packed and re-packed the trailer and tahoe and still couldn't fit everything... so after closing (when it was dark) we had to go back to the house and finish packing, and it was cold and rainy, and no fun!! we finally got done packing around 7:45 and took off to burlington
the check engine light came on and we had to get that checked out (at the place we bought it in burlington) before we took off across the country..... so we got a hotel in burlington with the intention of getting the car checked out early in the morning and then taking off from there.... our real estate agent was going to pick up the check and deposit it for us which was going to be breat, but seeing as i'm talking about that in the past form that didn't happen.....
while we were driving to burlington Marco remembered that we left our bikes and dehumidifier in the closet on the back porch... UG!! so we decided to come back to raleigh after we got the car fixed, get the bikes and the check. which turned out to be a cool thing cause our friends, Jason and Tinka, had their baby and we went by the hospital and saw her..... she was such a beautiful little girl. so small. marco was afraid to hold her she was so small. she was so soft. her name is Kiera (not exactly sure on the spelling, but shout out to Tiffany!!) so that was fun.
We headed out of Raleigh between 1:30 and 2:00.... I drove thru NC and VA all the way to exit 45 in WV where marco took over. I'm proud of myself for driving so far... i generally get sleepy after an hour and get marco to drive, but i was determined this time!!
We're really excited to finally be on the road. we haven't had any bad weather yet, a little wind that has been wobbling the trailer a little, but nothing too bad, after yesterday we haven't had any rain or snow which we're really thankful for. Our plan for tomorrow is to get to Kansas City....
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
"Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop"....Landon Pigg
Ok, so there is this commercial, one of those cheesy romantic jewelry commercials that (i think) are so cute..... the couple is driving down the road.... i think it's snowing, but don't quote me on that... and the guy is driving, reaches over and puts a diamond pendant in the girls hand.... all the while he's got that look of adoration on his face. Anyway, there is a song playing and it's lyrics are "... i think that possibly maybe i'm falling for you, yes there's a chance that i've fallen quite hard over you..." I've been trying to find out what it was forever. i think it's great.... anyway as the title of the blog says i've found it....
Landon Pigg's "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop".
I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
Yes theres a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you.
I've seen the paths that your eyes wander down
I want to come too
I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
No one understands me quite like you do
Through all of the shadowy corners of me
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew
I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
Yes theres a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you.
I've seen the waters that make your eyes shine
Now I'm shining too
Because oh because
I've fallen quite hard over over you
If I didnt know you, I'd rather not know
If I couldnt have you, I'd rather be alone
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while, I never knew
All of the while , all of the while
Landon Pigg's "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop".
I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
Yes theres a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you.
I've seen the paths that your eyes wander down
I want to come too
I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
No one understands me quite like you do
Through all of the shadowy corners of me
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew
I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
Yes theres a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you.
I've seen the waters that make your eyes shine
Now I'm shining too
Because oh because
I've fallen quite hard over over you
If I didnt know you, I'd rather not know
If I couldnt have you, I'd rather be alone
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while I never knew
I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while, I never knew
All of the while , all of the while
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