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Somedays I write about all I give to life, other days I write about nothing in particular. |
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** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** I am still all the things I was before, in "Invalid Item"  , only now I'd like to think I'm better at this journaling thing. I guess we'll see.Here goes nothing.... If you want to read this journal/blog in its entirety, you'll have to be a member, as I have a lot of the meaty entries set to members and above. |
| an old friend just found out she got into grad school. she's studying something I dont have an interest in, but the fact that she's in is pretty cool. i can't help but be awfully jealous of her.... |
Well, this weekend finds us up in Big Arm again, visiting my in-laws. Should be a good time with lots of fun hang out time, good food and laughs. Last night we were telling stories about adventures on "the dark side" from when we were kids. Erik has quite a few stories, more than I have, actually, which is funny. Paul, my father in law, said something about now that just goes to show we often look for someone the opposite of ourselves in a spouse. I have told him before that if we had met in high school--which is actually impossible considering we were in differnet states AND he is 7 years old than I am, but dont think about that too much cuz it gets weird to think about how old I was when he was in highschool--that I wouldn't have talked to him.  Now, he has changed a lot since high school, which is a good thing. But I think that the major differences in our personalities and interests would have still put us in different social circles way back then. So its really interesting to think about that! We're coming up on our 6 year anniversary this week which seems crazy to me. We've been through so much if feels like it should be more than 6 years, but its gone so quickly that I can't believe its already been that many years. Weird how that works,huh? |
| is wdc kinda...i dont know...dead lately? no email. no new blog posts to read. no blog comments to read. no nothing... where is everyone?  |
| BUT things, as in "life", are still looking up.... I feel hopeful for things again. I have a gameplan for my health and goals to reach for. I have good friends to lean on and to help pull me through the mud. I have a loving, supportive husband who works hard to take care of our family. My job still sucks, but it won't always. AND I think it'll work out that I wont have to get another job. I am still going to work on turning my writing into some sort of income, but I'm not under pressure on that now. My kids are healthy & happy and spring is around the corner. Today, my glass is half-full.  |
Okay, for those of you waiting on the edges of your chairs for the account of my vacation, let me just say, Ixtapa was awesome!!!!!!  It is the most beautiful place in Mexico, hands down. The water wasn't all blue/green like over in Cancun, but there were mountains and lots of growth and the ocean was beautiful even w/o the color. So all the variety in landscape really made it beautiful. Our resort was perfect for just relaxing poolside--lots of mature palm trees and manmade palapas to shade for sunburners like myself. The beach was nearby for those brave enough to do more than dip a toe in the saltwater (not me!) and the waiters & waitresses were very effecient. What did I do? I mainly lounged by the pool interspersed by water aerobics and a couple walks into town to shop, ate really good food & good drinks, watched a few night shows put on by the resort, and even watched some tv movies (in english even!). There really is nothing to compare to sitting in the shade, feeling the ocean breeze, reading a good book and eating fresh mexican salsa & guacomole with a cold margarita in the other hand. It was total relaxation. (are you jealous yet?!) All in all, it was an excellent vacation. For once I actually feel rested. And Erik thinks its the best vacation we've ever taken, or maybe he was just saying that to get half of the leftover vacation cash I had in my wallet. Now its back to the piles of laundry, the zillion emails and papers in my inbox at work and the general "resettling" after a long trip. Its so funny, we are already looking forward to the next trip. We really want to take the girls to Ixtapa next time, (the resort we stayed at was so relaxed and family friendly, not even close to the bar/party atmosphere of Cancun), but we're looking at probably 2 years from now for that one. So inbetween now and then we'll probably take the girls to DisneyWorld next winter--kera will be 3 1/2 and hopefully tall enought to do most the rides. That's how old Lindz was when we took her and so we think it would be really fun. What little girl doesn't love Disney?! Lindsay was telling me today that she wouldn't want to meet Syndrome (from The Incredibles) at Disney and I reassured here that only the good guys are the ones we can meet...lol. Funny how kids think, huh? |
| Just wanted to stop in and say hi. We are home and I am swamped--its crazy how full my "inbox" is at work as well as at home. Its good to see the girls, although Kera managed to stay sick while we were gone and now I have to take her in to see her dr.--i think she has an ear infection. oh joy. Mexico was wonderful--lots of relaxing, good food, sun and sand. I'll be sure to tell you all about it later! |
| just a quick note via spanish keyboard to say hola and how relaxed i am right now! This is my fav spot so far.... |
| will see me on a plane heading towards Mexico. Today will see me packing and doing laundry and cleaning. You'll see me in a little over a week. Hasta la vista! Don't have too much fun while I'm gone. |
| The first time I.... met Erik, I don't remember it and he thought I was stuck up. Obviously, he got past that. left home I refused to drive my car full of belongings on the icy road, so my mother drove it all the way to Nampa. I did drive back and forth everytime after that. met my first roommate, I thought we'd never be friends. Now she's one of my best and was my maid of honor. gave birth I was induced and puked the whole labor until they finally had to use the "vacuum" to help get Lindsay out. Turns out she was the smaller of the two and Kera's delivery was much easier. had something published was in high school. It was an article about how messy our campus was that was published in our school newspaper. went to Mexico was for my honeymoon. We stayed in a timeshare in Mazatlan as a gift from my parents. Since then we've been back four times, but will not ever again go to Mazatlan. went sailing was with Erik's dad and one of his former coworkers. It was on Flathead and I got freaked out when the boat keeled over so that water was running up over part of the deck. Turns out that's a common thing in sailing and I've gone sailing several more times with Erik's father. I enjoy it. went to Disneyworld, I was 27 years old. My parents always said they'd take us when we were older and they had more money to spare, turns out that didn't ever happen together, so Erik took me. I was pregant with Kera and couldn't ride many rides, so we spent the day tooling around Epcot center. was in a wedding it was for my good friend from college, Laurie. At her wedding, I swore I wanted to be the next one of our group to tie the not. You guessed it, I was. lost someone to death, I didn't realize how many more of my loved ones & friends would also die so early in our lives. let myself cross the line--the one I'd always drawn for myself in the sand--I didn't realize how far I'd go over it before I discovered what I really wanted was back on the other side. |
| I've decided to participate in another round of "Invalid Item" . I think it starts next Monday. That should spare you from any more surveys, at least for a while. I don't want to become a survey queen...but than again, whats wrong with that?  |
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