Long time, no post

Yeah, I believe I did comment at some point that I might not be very good about keeping this puppy up to date. No reason to doubt me now, eh? Alright... so the last post to this was before the last time I went to Ohio, before Myrtle Beach, and before Yellowstone. So... if you read my husband's blog, you can figure out a reason why I haven't felt much up for posting.

The trips have been great... it's been nice to see familly and relax to the site of Yellowstone National Park. So, let's see... where to begin. My newest niece is already getting big... and the family looks healthy and happy. Yes, a lot of stress, however for the other side of the family with my father-in-law being diagnosed with cancer. Recent news seems promising, apparently all the prayers have made a difference.... so keep at it people. :)

Myrtle Beach was a mixed bag since we learned of a portion of the initial bad bad bad diagnosis during the trip. At least we were at a beach and together, I think it made the difference. Regardless, my favorite picture from that trip is on the right side there... so enjoy.

Yellowstone!!! Wow, what a whirlwind enjoyable 4 days. We saw so many sites... and tons of animals! We saw black bears, grizzlies, coyotes, a weasel, cranes, bison, and elk. Phew! And let me tell you, some of them were darned close... so much so that my pictures turned out somewhat blrry. Hey, it's life man! My mantra for my whole life is applicable now... "I can only get better from here." Because I'm still learning tricks of the trade when it comes to photography. Anyhow... I'll put some links to my photo albums up eventually. We took over 300 pictures during Yellowstone, most of which look almost the same. :) Hard to stop photographing a wild animal when they're like 20 feet away from you!

So... after that. Well, we have some house sagas... but I'm not gonna talk about those on here for now... it doesn't feel right. Ummm... work is work. A new forecaster started recently, he came from a neighboring office (well kinda), and seems like a nice guy. I met him for the first time today.

Am currently watching the season finale of ArmyWives, do you know that show? I'm slightly addicted... well, ok... slightly is an understatement I'm sure. Alright peeps, time for me get rolling... the part in the previews is about to happen, and I don't want to miss it.

Later!

Moving shmoving...

Sagas and dramas. Moving continues. We're still slowly getting things into the house. Moving day was not as easy as it was with the old house. Our sellers' movers left from Denver at 10am to be here in Riverton before noon. Yeah... not gonna work. It's a 6.5 hour drive for a semi to get to our little town from Denver. So, they arrived around 430, and it took them an hour to get the truck into a good loading spot in our little cul-de-sac. So 530 is here, and they're starting to load up the truck (we got possession of the house at 4). They finally got the sellers' possessions out of the house around 1215 that night. Needless to say, we barely got anything of ours into the house that first night. My husband had to go to Casper the following day, so we did as much as we could of our moving truck thanks to the help of two people - our young 19 year old friend, and our realtor. The remainder of the truck was done after Paul got back in town at 5p. At that point, everything was loaded into the garage... and the truck was empty around 730p. We weren't able to do much that first night... and have spent as much time as possible since then working on getting stuff into the house. We've made quite a bit of progress, though we still have a long way to go. I won't go into the selling of our old house... it's aggravating, and I don't feel much like going into it again. I'll get some pictures of the new place up once it looks like a home.

Work is going fine. I did some school talks in Casper a couple of days after moving, and that all went well. I probably spoke to around 150 kids throughout the day. Paul and I both caught colds during the move (likely from the stress and a cold house that first night), but thankfully mine did not hit until after I got back from Casper. Phew. I am still getting over it, though I am in the very end stages of it now. Outside of that, it has been evening shifts galore. Good money, hard to get house stuff done. Tonight is my last evening shift for a week+, which I'm pretty happy about. There's a lot of stuff to get done.

Let's see... what else can I tell you. Outside of the house stuff, very little has been going on. We enjoyed the hot tub for the first time last week, and I have to admit that I loved it! It's not something to do during the heat of the afternoon that's for sure, which is probably the other reason I'm pretty happy to get to day shifts again. Alright folks, guess I should get ready for work here. I hope everyone is doing well.