canada is stupid

well i am here. unfortunately no pictures yet cuz during my hairy cairy of moving i didn't realize that i needed a cord that i packed to put the pics on my computer. so that will come later.

We left on Wednesday the 17th. we just went to blackfoot to stay with brother in law but a car/cop chase broke out as we got there so the sky was lit up in the rosey glow of blue and red across the street. super fun.

we finally got really on the way on thursday and got not quit to Dillon MT when we had a tire blow out and was stuck on the side of the road for 3 hours. so our day ended with us not getting past Great Falls. a total of 400 miles. not bad but it took till 10 pm to do that.

friday was better. got through the Canadian border. they really do talk weird. it was the most boring drive from there. for three days flat, flat, flat. boring.

i do have to say if you ever travel to another country...exchange your money BEFORE you leave! they could not do the exchange rate and give me back the correct money and i got ripped off about $15 before i found a bank that would exchange. totally pissed off and flabergasted that they can't do math. really? Also on another note of that country...they do not know how to make maps. the map would show one thing and the actual streets and or highways it was completely different! we got completely lost in edmonton. looking for the largest mall in the country and we ended up in some suburb.

how do you miss a mall? go to canada.

but we got through the stupid county of Canada.

got to Alaska. i can't tell you how happy i was. we finally got home on monday about 6pm. a very long drive. i wouldn't recommend it it in a uhaul. it sucked.

but we did see lots of elk, 9 bears, a fox with a rabbit in its mouth (good for the fox!), a rabbit, deer, lots of buffalo, and finally a moose about a mile from my dad's house. the buffalo were eating gravel. who knows.

i will post pics later. and ps its raining here too.

grey the sweety


fuzzy the lover

jungle juice

use bucket or very large container and add fruit - water melon, cantalope, grapes, oranges, mango, frozen berries, etc.

then add alcohol. i generally use flavored vodka like citris and raspberry. add just a little bit of juice like sunny D or orange juice. till covers the fruit. let sit for 1 to 2 days. then fill with either a combo of juice and berry/fruit kool aid.

very, VERY potent and extremely good. and can say you got your fruit for the day!!

sadness...

i am sad. its very hard not to cry and just go home and drink. i don't think my boss would be ok with that and my husband i don't think needs me drunk. i am a mess. lets hope i can just get thru the damn day without being a totally snot mess.

on a good not i am planning a party on the 13th to give a farewell. what will make it easier is there will be adult beverages included. to bad i can't have that at work. it might make it easier.

just so sad

ps my husband is home and it is VERY nice to have someone else take out the stupid garbage!

moving moving moving and all the headaches...

what is it about moving that brings out every single emotion in a person. fear, excited, worried and just plain crazy. i have have a constant to do list in my head and forget it just as quickly. the worst part about all of it is i have to go through tthe stupid country canada to get to my new home and believe me, the requirements are terrible. i thought asking for a loan was hard. i have to list everything in my house. you heard me right EVERYTHING. how stupid. it would be easier to pack it and burn it.

3 weeks left at the job. so very sad. i am going to miss everyone. and the pay. but i will be able to sleep in and go fishing at any time. how cool.

but i will be seeing my husband in 14 days!!! on my birthday. can't get any better than that!

geez the count down is almost done.

map of where i will be

my baby is almost...

niomi is 16 today. i am amazed that she has lived that long and that i have not killed her. she is able to drive at night and everything now. i actually like it. she calls and checks in but she is able to run to the store. she told me the other day that she is kinda scared of growing up. she said she sometimes wishes that she could still be a little kid running around without shoes.

they just grow up to fast and not fast enough.

i am moving jobs within the company. i am moving to text processing and my new hours are 7:30 to 4 pm. i am very happy about that but i know me and know that i am going to be a bear in the morning. but i will be able to go to the gym again right after work. yea!

other than that things are good and trucking right along. i am extremely excited about going to alaska in T minus 2 months.

things have really changed

most recently i have been on the pursuit of losing weight yet again...I went to my doctor and told him that i am just very tired of trying my guts out and not getting anywhere. he has recommended that i get the lapband and i am going to go through with it. my insurance is even going to pay for the majority of it!!!

while researching all this joy, my heart problem has cropped up again and i have been in the er 2 times in a week. i went to my doc and they put me on heart meds and a 'king of hearts' to monitor. i also have high blood pressure and feel like crap. i know the pressure is from my weight and my heart is something weird cuz i haven't had a problem in years. but in order to get the lap band i have to have the heart checked out. i even might end up in heart surgery too. the lady at the hospital today told me they have a new procedure to laser the heart where the electric impulses are making the heart do the tach thing. i am definitely scared about the idea of having surgery on my heart. but i am more scared of not doing anything.

so that's my sob story.

good news and tepid news.

niomi is getting her license on monday. i am glad cuz now she run her self around but i am also scared since my baby is in a moving vehicle without us to tell her to watch out.

i also have a commission! one of the people at work has asked me to do 3 painting of some records covers. i am very excited and look forward to doing something challenging and different. i also have decided that i would like to do the spring fair here next year. it is a VERY big thing around here. thousands come from several states to do the fair and when i went i didn't see anything like what i do.
so i am going to give it a shot. maybe i will do well. no, i will do well!!!

jeremy is the same. well older, fatter and with a mohawk now. he is so cute.

steven is being a good boy. not crashing his bike so much now that i put my foot down.

other than that i still have all the cats -7 and 1 wiener dog, an albino hamster that goes in circle cuz we think he had a stroke and my goldfish that are so big that they could be dinner.