Why am I so terrible at this blogging thing? I don't really know the answer to that but I know it's definitely true! I can't believe it's been 3 months since my last entry...that's horrible...you would think I didn't have anything to talk about or something.

Anyway, here's a quick update of what we've been up to since my last post. We have made a couple of trips to visit with family and are getting ready to make another one. We went to Dallas the weekend before Thanksgiving to see my family...they all spent Thanksgiving in Dallas so that was fun. Then we went to Denver to spend Thanksgiving with Jim's family. It was cold!!! We had a great time though. It was nice to get to visit and catch up.

We are leaving on Saturday to go to New Mexico for Christmas. We will get to spend a whole week hanging out and Jim will get to do some skiing (which he is very excited about). This will be a special trip for both of us since neither of us has seen where the other grew up. I am so excited!!! Plus, it's always nice to go "home" and let mom love on you and take care of you!

I think my New Year's resolution will be to get better at this blog thing. Maybe it will happen, maybe not...we will just have to wait and see.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Randomness

So, here I am...I am really getting good at updating every 2 months or so...have I said that I am really bad at this? I am sitting here in the church office and am bored which is very unusual here. I am usually very busy but for some reason this week has been extremely quiet and I am caught up for now so I thought I would blog but don't really know about what. I thought maybe if I started typing something would just come to me...so far, not so much.

We are going to Dallas this weekend. I am really excited about it for 2 reasons. Jim's mom is closing on her house in The Colony this week so we will get to see it...I love new houses...she has been sending pictures of the process along the way so I really can't wait to see the finished product. The other thing I am extremely excited about is getting to see my friend Jennifer's new baby boy. He is a month old and I haven't seen him yet...it is horrible! Anyway, that should make for a fun filled weekend. We still have not sold the house in Irving...so, y'all keep praying. I know it will happen in God's timing, not ours...but I am so not patient.

We went to OKC last weekend to the Parade of Homes. It was awesome! We went to some middle of the road houses that were just beautiful and then we decided to find the biggest, most expensive house on the tour and check it out. Can I just say it was AWESOME!!! I think our entire families could all live there and never run into each other. I told Jim that I would get lost in there. It was so fun just to look. We both really love doing that kind of stuff and it's really cheap entertainment. Love that part too! We had a great time.

Guess that's about all for now. Until next time...

Update

Well, a whole lot has happened since I last blogged...I am so bad at this...anyway, I will just hit the highlights for you.

We made a weekend trip to Amarillo in June and met some friends...it was so fun to spend time with them...we went to see TEXAS at Palo Duro Canyon...it was Awesome!!! Then we went to Wonderland (a small amusement park). We were supposed to go to the water park but it was not warm enough for them to open...the kids were very disappointed (as was I) but at least we got to swim at the hotel. It was just a great time of fun with friends. We really enjoyed it and it was a little get-a-way out of town for a couple of days.

I started a new job last week as the secretary at our church...I absolutely love it so far. That has been the really big news this summer. We really haven't been doing much else...we made a trip to Dallas to do some work on the house as we are still trying to sell it (please pray that it sells soon), and we have gone to OKC a few times. We got a new computer (a laptop) because our hard drive crashed on the old one. The new one is so great and I love that it's a laptop (you know, I can sit in front of the TV and use it or better yet, the hubby can...I don't lose him to the dungeon of the office). Anyway, last Friday, we made a trip to OKC to get the CD/DVD drive on the new computer fixed and Jim was so sweet and took me to Joe's Crab Shack for an early 6 month anniversary dinner...it was so good, y'all...YUMMY!!!! I can't believe we have been married for 6 months on Saturday...wow, time sure flies!

Everything else is going great...we are gearing up for some trips to see friends and family this fall so we are definitely looking forward to that.

The Weekend

We had a great time with lots of family this weekend. First, on Saturday, we traveled about 2 hours to Hugo, OK for some great time with my extended family. My mom & dad & sister were there along with my mom's brother and sister and their families and my grandparents. It was a good day of visiting. Then Saturday night we traveled back home along with mom, dad, and Tore'. Mom and dad had not been to our house in OK yet so they wanted to come see "the farm". Jim's mom also drove in Saturday night. So, we spent Sunday at our house with all the family. We went to church and then just hung out and grilled hamburgers. It was such a great time just relaxing and catching up. It was so fun to have everyone in our house. Yesterday, Jim had to work so his mom and I headed to OKC with mom, dad, & Tore'. We took dad to see the OKC Memorial and then we dropped mom and dad off at the airport and Tore' headed back to Dallas while Rose (Jim's mom) and I headed back home. Jim was there by the time we got home and we all sat down to relax...we all ended up taking a nap (YAY!) then we relaxed the rest of the day. It was such a fun weekend!

Mouse Update

OK, it occurred to me this weekend that I never finished the mouse story so here goes.

Jim came to town that afternoon and looked for the mouse...didn't see anything so he drove my car to church and then home and never saw the mouse. We stopped and got some mouse traps on the way home and set them in the car that night. Jim came in the next morning and said there was good news and bad news...good news - caught the mouse...bad news - there were 2 of them. Double EWWWW!!!
Then being the wonderful husband that he is, he let me drive his truck to work while he kept my car at home and thoroughly cleaned it out to make sure there weren't any others (all this on his day off - isn't he the best?). He then set the traps one more time that night to make sure they were all gone. There was nothing in the traps on Friday morning and we have seen nothing since then so I am confident they are gone.

That sure was some excitement for this city girl!

My Heart Attack

OK, so I think I had the ultimate experience in country life...or if not, this is not something I wish to experience again. I was driving to work this morning in a huge rainstorm (raining so hard you can barely see) when I stopped at the end of our road getting ready to turn on the highway. I looked left and then right and when I looked right, I saw it, scurrying across the floorboard on the passenger side of my car...A MOUSE! Oh my gosh, I about had a heart attack right then and there. I called Jim (yes, on my cell phone, in the pouring rain) and told him I found the mouse...well, I think we must have a family of them living in our house because we have seen evidence of them and Jim has found 2 floating in the dog's water bowl in the garage. I think he was a little surprised that it was IN MY CAR...yeah, so was I! Anyway, he said he would look for it tonight...but in the meantime, I have to get in the car and go to lunch and then to church tonight...maybe I will let him drive it home after church and I will drive his truck. I drove the rest of the way to work with my feet up off the floor. I know they won't hurt me, but they are just so NASTY! Anyway, I think I am scarred for life after that one...I think my heart has just now slowed down and that was 2 hours ago...I feel like I need to have my car fumigated! YUCK!!!

Bad Blogger & Last Month

So, I think that I might be officially bad at this blogging thing. I haven't posted anything in almost a month...and I never finished putting up the wedding pictures. Not to mention that I have some other new pictures that I want to post. Part of the problem is that out in the boondocks we have slow internet speed so waiting for the pictures to post takes an eternity and I simply don't have the patience or the attention span for it. I do have some great pictures that I took of cows right outside our back door and Dottie (our dog) chasing the cows. My goal is to get them posted this week. Jim starts receiving a new batch of pigs on Wednesday which means long days the rest of the week and he will be exhausted so I will have plenty of time in the evening...ok, enough of that.

We have done some fun things this last month...we went to a hockey game, a baseball game, and spent a weekend in Dallas with Jim's family and Tore'. It has been a busy month but so much fun! We went to a baseball game on Saturday...Oklahoma City is home to the Redhawks, the triple A team for the Rangers...it was so much fun...our seats were in the first row above the dugout on the 3rd base side...awesome seats! And when we walked in the gates, I told Jim that this is a sure sign that summer is coming...we had a great time! I meant to take the camera with us so I could take pictures but of course I walked out of the house without it. Oh, well, there will be plenty more games to come as we both love baseball! The other great thing we did (well, really, I did and Jim was just patient about it) was get my first pedicure of the season...yippee! It just makes you feel pretty to have your toes done...can I get an AMEN???? Anyway, my toes are now ready for summer and of course then it is barely 60 degrees today...oh well, I feel pretty anyway.