Pictures are finally up!

YEAH! I finally have edited and upload our pictures from the last 2 months. Don't worry, unfortunately I was not very quick with the camera and there are not as many photos as I normally would have taken. They are all up on our shutterfly site. There are new pictures in November and I added December and January, I think I have included the link, but it is also listed on my main blog page.

Keith is home for a three day weekend then is off on another trip Tuesday through Friday again. The two off us are nursing colds and actually taking it easy this weekend. The girls are having a great time in the new house and are getting along really well lately. We are back into our school routine. Moving twice in one semester has set us behind but we just keep plugging away and will get it done eventually.

Our community has a brand new cable company and they have a contract with our HOA so our fees are included with our dues. They are still in their "Test Faze" so we do not have many channels to watch right now. Which leads me up to a show we watched Friday night that was so entertaining and I am sure we would not have watched it if we had "normal" channels. Anyway it was on CMT and it is called "My Big Redneck Wedding" hosted by Tom Arnold. We laughed so hard watching this show. This couple rode their horses down to the liquor store to order 2 kegs of Coors Light and 1 keg of Bud Light. We kept thinking what back woods town they were in. As it turned out they were in Norco, CA. About 15 minutes from Chino Hills. We could not believe it. Anyway if you want a good laugh, check out this show.

It has been colder than usual this winter, tomorrow I hope to see it get to 25 degrees. I am getting used to making extra time to bundle up everyday before we go out. I even have to put on a hat, mittens and jacket just to walk down to the mailbox.

I have been baking bread and using our new oven and it is working great. We love being able to both work in the kitchen at the same time. Tidying the house can be quite a chore though. Well, that is it for now. I will try to be better about the posts and pictures. Jane

Happy New Year!

Well we are moved in to our new home and out of our apartment. We had a fun but crazy Christmas. We are slowly finding places to put our too many, many things. Thankfully, the Goodwill pile is growing. I need to go back to the 19th to fill you all in on our moving events.

First of all, I had posted that my friend was taking the girls all day on the 20th so I could deal with the movers all day. Well, Victoria came down that night with a virus and 102 degree fever so I was alone with one sick and one very bored little girl and a group of movers to direct the next day. Well, I know that God is not going to give me something that I could not handle. I woke up the next morning and thought to myself, "I wonder how God is going to work this out today?" Because I knew that everything was out of my control at that point. Next thing you know my friend Amy sends an email, her husband stayed with her children and she was on her way to help out at the house! THANK YOU AMY!

I had asked the movers to unpack the kitchen boxes, knowing full well that they did not put anything away. When they were finished you could not see any counter top anywhere, how is that for motivation! The next day (Friday) Amy came back over and organized my kitchen. Do you think she was feeling a bit sorry for me? That was truly awesome! We now had one room that was functional and provided nourishment!

Saturday we moved the extra beds from the apartment to the house and my Dad and ShouLi arrived that evening. Sunday the 22nd we picked out our Christmas tree (50% off). Monday was Christmas eve. We did grocery shopping, church, baked cookies for Santa and tree decorating until bedtime. After bedtime was the most insane wrapping event I have ever experienced. It was all about speed. I did not look at bow shapes, sizes or colors. I did not match gift tags to paper. As a matter of fact I did not even write who the gifts were from, I just told everyone when they were opening. Luckily, Grandpa had done the assembling the night before so we did not have to worry about that. After all that I think we were in bed by 1:00am. Not too bad, if I say so myself.

We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas day full of snow all day and the next day was windy and snowy as well. We decided to get out of the house so we bundled up and went for a long walk around our neighborhood.

Today is Wednesday and we still have a lot to do but were are a functioning household. Keith has gone back to work today. We miss him but I am sure he is relieved to be back to an organized place. We know where about 90% of things are when we need them and we only have about 6 or 7 small boxes of books left inside the house and a few more in the garage to unpack. This is not to say everything is in place, but most everything is in the correct room or closet for now.

We lived here about 7 days before any other neighbors moved in. It was fun being the only people in our neighborhood. Now, we have 5 new neighbors since Friday. It has been interesting to say the least, not being on a map. We have had many deliveries and people lost trying to find us. We have thoroughly confused The Denver Post, UPS, USPS and Waste Management. I keep telling them if they get me set up correctly they will not have to deal with my 5 neighbors along with me. We will see what happens. We hope that you all have had a fun Christmas and New Year. Once again, I do plan to post pictures on the web page soon. - Jane