12-12-11

So after a week of living in the bathroom Tom told me to call the Dr. I haven't been able to keep liquids down, I am dizzy (I feel like I am going to pass out even though I am laying down), my heart has been doing some funny things, I lost 20lbs in a week, fun stuff like that. Tom was reading the baby book the Dr gave me and it said to call the Dr if was having any of these symptoms. I called this morning and the nurse wasn't too concerned at first but then I elaborated on the situation and she changed her mind. She gave me a prescription and said that if it doesn't work in the next couple days I need to let them know. They might want me to come in. She also said that I was allowed to take Dramamine!!! Yeah! I am so going to try to sleep the whole way back to Kenosha! We might be leaving tomorrow to come back because there is supposed to be freezing rain coming and Tom wants to get out of here before that comes. Please pray for us as we make our way back to Kenosha.

12-7-11

I am dying! I swear! Not really but it feels like it. We are pregnant. Normally that statement would have an exclamation mark at the end but I am too sick to put it there. Lord willing Baby Guthery will be arriving July 27th. I had my first ultrasound on Monday and they confirmed that the baby is in the uterus and the heart is beating! I am very thankful for this. I am not sure I could handle another miscarriage. I am so sick right now it is ridiculous. I have a nest of towels and blankets on the bathroom floor. I have lost 9lbs in the past three days. Poor Tom went to work without food or breakfast today because I was too busy in the bathroom.

I call this my nest...the layers keep the cold away.

I also have a container of green works wipes handy. My bathroom gets wiped down often now that I am living in there. There is nothing like living on the bathroom floor to make you feel really gross. I am praying that someday soon this goes away. I told Tom last night that this was our last baby. He reminded me that we had already discussed this and that I decided that 4 was the perfect number. I informed him that I had changed my mind since then. He still didn't take me seriously...

12-3-11

So it has been almost a month since the last time I posted. Why? Because there hasn't been anything to post about.

So Tom keeps telling me that it is going to snow and I keep getting excited thinking that I am going to wake up the next day to a winter wonderland and I am constantly disappointed. But today it really did snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I woke up to this!

So of course we had to go sledding :) But we had to get a few essentials first; like snow pants, long underwear and a sled.

We considered our options and I think we got the best one!

After he blew it up we were ready to go!!

 You have no idea how steep that hill was!!!!

I wish I could have gotten a picture of both of us on the innertube (we both fit) but I didn't really trust the little kids we were sledding by not to drop my camera in the snow.

After our first run down the hill I was covered!

This is the other side of the hill we were on. We decided to sled on the side that didn't have water on it :)

On the way back to our car Tom had some extra fun!

And ended up in a tree. Lol :)

We had a lot of fun!

11-15-11

Its been awhile. So long in fact I am not sure which day we're on. Therefore I will jut be putting the date as the title.

Okay, What has happened since I last wrote? Not a whole lot. I went home last weekend for my almost sister's bridal shower. It was nice to be able to spend time with my family and friends.

This past Wednesday we had Tom's uncle/boss, Gino, over for dinner. Due to the fact that only half of our clocks were set back for the time change dinner did not turn out right at all. The good thing about it? Gino hasn't tasted this recipe when it was good so he had nothing to compare it to. :) He said it was good. That was nice of him.

Over the weekend Tom and I had an epiphany. If we are going to try to share the couch to watch a movie we should just get a futon. So Saturday we drove around town pricing one out. Lord willing tomorrow we will be picking one up.

Tom has been having trouble sleeping because his back hurts so yesterday I made him an appointment to go see a chiropractor. Lord willing he will be able to get some relief today at his appointment.

We also invited Hans to come over tonight after work. I guess him and Tom are going to play MW3.

While I was perusing facebook this morning I found a coupon for free curly fries at Arby's for today only. I love curly fries! So I printed it out and decided to do my shopping early today. I was cruising around town trying to find Arby's and at the last second I realized I was in the wrong lane so I decided to go to the store first and swing by Arby's on the way home. I went to the store and got what I needed and then headed over to Arby's. I pulled into the drive thru thinking that it would be faster than going in. Boy was I wrong!!! So I sat there for a little while waiting for someone to say something. When the person working drive thru finally said something it was hard to understand. They obviously didn't know what the greeting for today was. It was painful to listen to. I finally ordered and was asked to pull around to the window. I did so and then sat there for 6 minutes waiting for someone to come. 6 Minutes! All I ordered was a small curly fry and a small drink. That's it! When the lady behind me got fed up and drove away I laid on my horn hoping that might get someone's attention. (Ok, we have to pause for a second. I have worked in fast food. I know how long it takes to make what I ordered. I also know that it is rude to honk your horn to get the drive thru people's attention.) After no one responded to me honking my horn I pulled around to the front, parked and went in. There was a guy standing at the register waiting for some one to wait on him. I started yelling.
"So do I get my food or what?" I yelled at the first person I saw. The worker looked at me from the kitchen and then walked away without saying anything.
The man waiting by the register said "I have been standing here for awhile and I was starting to think there wasn't anyone here!"
A group of people came out of the kitchen then.
 "Can I talk to the manager please." I asked.
 "Yes" said the lady in a black shirt who was walking towards me.
"Are you the manager?" I asked
"Yes" was the reply.
"I have been sitting at the window for at least 5 minutes waiting for my food. No one came to the window. No one offered to take my payment. Nothing."
She then starts asking other employees who was on drive thru. After they established the fact that my food had been sitting at the window this whole time and there was no one on drive thru they handed me my food.
"Is it even still hot?" I asked scornfully. "Oh, do you think this guy might want some help? He has been standing here for a long time too!" I added.
The manager started taking the man's order and another lady went to get me fresh fries. She came back with a large curly fry and let me know that I didn't need to pay for it. Darn right I'm not paying for it! The manager came over then and said that she was going to give me a coupon. She wrote out a coupon for two free value meals. I then left with a scowl still on my face. I have never had to throw a tantrum for my food before. I know it sounds like I was really mean but they should have done there jobs. Just saying.

I am now going to pick up the apartment and get stuff ready for Hans's visit tonight.

Day 44 - 48

Early Sunday morning I woke up to Tom throwing up. Poor guy! We decided because we were both sick that we would stay home from church. I slept until noonish and Tom didn't wake up until around 3. We watched some movies pathetically on the couch for awhile. We were both laying down on our couch which is right under our living room window. The curtain was closed because the sun was too bright. Tom was laying closest to the window. As we were watching Malcom in the Middle out of the corner of my eye I saw the curtain twitch. Seconds later Tom says "woah!!!" I look over by his shoulder and I see a snake! Yup, that's right, a SNAKE!!! I immediately jumped up and started screaming "kill it! kill it! KILL IT!" I was having issues controlling myself so Tom told me to go to my room. I went in our room and stood on the bed hoping that there wasn't anything in there. Tom got a towel and captured the snake and released it into the wild. That wasn't cool... He then checked the window to see how it got in. There is a small hole about the size of a pencil eraser in the screen right at the bottom. Tom asked where the tape was and I informed him that we didn't have any duct tape. So he went to get some. I called my mom and told her about it. I was a bit hysterical at this point. I was sick, I had a migraine and a snake got in our apartment! She was very kind to me and tried to cheer me up. She didn't laugh at all which was nice. When Tom got home he fixed the hole and checked out our other windows to make sure there weren't any holes. We will be keeping our bedroom window closed from now on. For the rest of the night I was paranoid.

Monday Tom was still sick so he stayed home from work. We sat on the couch and watched movies and played video games. It was boring but its all good. I am glad that he got some rest.

Tuesday he went to work but came home around one. He was doing pretty good until break.He started feeling really sick after break and came home. We watched some movies.

Wednesday he went to work and lasted the whole day which is good. I went grocery shopping and did some Christmas shopping. We watched some movies and went to bed.

Today is Thursday. So far I have read my bible and worked on the blog. Tom went to work today too which is good. It looks like he is better. I don't really have any plans for today. Probably going to was h the dishes and mail the mail.

Day 43

Saturday we went to the Omaha Zoo. It was great! It is pretty big and has a lot of animals. The habitats were pretty big too so it didn't look like any of the animals were going crazy or anything. We had a lot of fun looking at the animals and checking out the exhibits.

 I have never seen so many gorillas in one zoo before! At fist I only saw two, which I thought was kinda a lot, and then I noticed there was at least ten. The cool thing is that they had a lot of space, they weren't crammed in to the habitats with no room to move. One of the information signs by their habitats said that the young males had fun rushing the windows and scaring the people. I was kinda hoping that it would happen but they were tired that day I guess.

We spent most of our time by the monkeys. I was a lot of fun watching how easily they swung around. I hadn't noticed before that they had thumbs on their feet. It makes sense though because they have to be able to grip things securely. We got to watch one of the employees feed the orangutans. It was interesting that they had been trained to climb up the netting and stick out their hands for food. It was also super cute.

We checked out the desert dome, which was really cool, part of the exhibit was different kinds of snakes that you would find in desert areas. Tom felt the need to tease the rattlesnake...I think the point was to try to get it to follow his hand.

Another fun part was the cat house. The had so many tigers! Orange ones and white ones. Some of them weren't sleeping and it was interesting watching them move about. They are so graceful and they look peaceful, like a domestic cat.

 Another fun part was the jungle portion. I liked this part a lot because of all the trees and plants that the incorporated into the exhibit. It seems like these people want to make the exhibits as close to the places that they are trying to mimic as they can. Yeah the rope bridge was scary. About halfway through water from the water fall nearby was spraying on it making it slimy and slippery.

 I just wanted a picture of me in the jungle. This is probably the closest I am ever going to get to a real jungle so I wanted to make the most of it :)

Okay, the reason I included this picture is the story behind it. As we were walking through the "jungle" I noticed a few groups off by the big trees rearranging children for a group picture. I then noticed the there were semi private opening along the path by the big trees. I wanted to get a good kissing picture of us but didn't want to stop in the middle of the path to kiss my husband in front of strangers. So next time we came to one of the  openings I asked if we could go in to take a picture. He said "sure." So we went in and sat on a fake log and just as I was getting ready to take the picture a group of people came by. No biggy, right? Well a girl about 13ish came over and just stood there and watched us as I took the picture. I was trying to go fast because Tom is not a huge fan of posed pictures and because she was just standing there staring at us. It was weird and creepy. As soon as I was finished taking the picture she walked away and rejoined her group. What the heck?

Another fun part, although kinda scary, was the Skyfari. I was a ski lift that takes you over the African animal exhibits. I was pretty cool being taller that the giraffes. I was also nice not having to jockey for a space by the animals.

Were nearing closing time so after the Skyfari we started heading back to the gate.As we were heading back we came across the railroad tracks.

Its in my genes, I had to cross the tracks. Multiple times.

On the way home we stopped at a mexican restaurant in Columbus. It was really good. We will be going back :)

I was really tired on the way back to our apartment. I was struggling to stay awake. I hadn't slept almost at all the night before and we got up early to go to the zoo. Well when we got home I went into our room and changed into pajamas and got comfortable with the intention of falling asleep on the couch watching a movie with Tom. When I came out of our room Tom asks me "hey, so could you give me a haircut?" I tried to explain to him that I was too tired to give him a hair cut but he really needed one. So I went into the bathroom and got the buzzer thing out. I also got the number 2 and 3 guards out. 3 goes on the top and 2 goes on the sides. I went to put the 3 on the buzzer thing and then "realized" that I had the wrong one. I put the 2 on and started cutting his hair. "Wow" I said "your hair is cutting funny tonight." After I finished with the top I I took off the 2 and went to get the other one. That is when I realized that I had messed up. I told tom and he sighed and said "I guess you'll just have to used the 1 on the sides." I said "okay" rooted out the 1. I should have just finished his head with the 2...

After all of this we watched movies and went to bed.

Day 35 - 42

Friday we went to the gym and watched some movies.

Saturday we worked on unpacking and put all of Tom's clothes in his closet. We also went shopping for a couple things.

Sunday we went to Northern Heights again. It was good. At the end of church they asked for some helpers for Awanas. I really wanted to jump up and yell "I'll help!" We have only been to the church 3 times. I don't think that they will let strangers help. I talked to Tom about as we walked to the car. he said that if they ask for help again next week I should talk to them. After church we went to Sonic for lunch and picked up some milk. We then came home and watched some movies.

Monday...I don't remember what happened on Monday.

Tuesday I went to the gym and cleaned the apartment. We were going to go to small group but it was really cold that day and Tom came home exhausted. We watched a movie and went to bed early instead.

Wednesday I paid the bills and went grocery shopping. Ok, Henry rant time. First of all it was expensive to shop at the Hyvee (one of the two grocery stores in town. the other one being the Thriftyway) After gathering most of the groceries I needed for the week I took them to the check out. Here comes the rant. If someone hands you reusable bags, one of them being a thermal bag, obviously they don't want paper or plastic and obviously they want the cold things to go in the thermal bag. Duh! And another thing, as the bagger it is your job to bag the groceries. That involves putting the groceries in the bags QUICKLY! Not try to make conversation, not flirt with the customer, just put them in the bags. This was the slowest unimaginative bagger I have ever come in contact with. Not only did he bag the groceries SUPER slowly but he also felt the need to try to flirt with me, even after I told him I was married! He also couldn't seem to figure out that I wanted ALL of my groceries in the bags that I gave him even though I told him that they would fit and I didn't care how heavy they were. Ugh! I am not going there again. After that I went home super grumpy and put the groceries away and did some more dishes. When Tom got home we had dinner and watched a movie.

Thursday I went to the gym. After the gym I went home to shower and change. I then went to the mall to find some new pants. As I was looking around I started to miss Beth Hansen a lot. She was one of my favorite shopping companions :(  As I made my way through the mall I came across the Radio Shack there and remembered that I needed to get a thing to plug into our desktop so that it could access the Internet through our  wireless modem. I changed my course and headed into the store. As I walked in I saw a sales associate walking out of the back and headed towards him. As I walked up to the guy I said "hi, could I ask you a question?" He just stared at me! He had a weird expression on his face like he was waiting for me to say more. I explained what I came for and he said " they are right there" pointing to some boxes with USB looking things pictures on the front. He gave me a weird look like "duh! you are standing right next to them" How was I supposed to know? I didn't know what I was looking for. That is why I asked! So I asked his opinion on which one I should get. I got the one he suggested, paid for it and left. The whole time he was giving me this creepy look like "what are you really here for?" What the heck?! Not going back there ever again either! After shopping I came home and did the dishes and started on the laundry. We had dinner and then watched a couple movies.

Today is Friday. Today we went to the gym again. The girl working gave us a hard time about Tom coming again. When I joined she said that I could bring guests three times for free. After that they had to pay $5 each time. I brought Tom once last week. That's it. Therefore he should be able to come 2 more times for free right? She was being kinda a jerk about it. After working out we went to Wendy's for lunch. Yeah, I know, kinda counter productive. Now we are sitting at home watching a movie.

Day 34

Today is Thursday. Last night we went over to Jeff and Latrese's house for dinner. It was fun, awkward, but fun.  Dinner was good and they are very nice.

Today I went to the gym and ran/jogged/trudged only 2.25 miles. That's all I had time for today. After that I went grocery shopping. When I got home I made meatballs for dinner and I am now typing this. Super exciting day so far.

Day 33 cont.

Today is Wednesday. Today the cable guy brought us the internet! I was working very hard to contain my excitement! The guy was very nice and patient with me. He was one of the tallest men I have ever seen! He said that he was 6'11"! He had to stoop to get in our apartment and his head was only a couple inches short of grazing his head on the ceiling.

 Our apartment is, well, let me put it this way, I think that I could have designed it better. The internet outlet in the living room is in an inconvenient place. We now have black wire going halfway around our living room, most of it is going over two of the doorways. There is not an outlet in the office, its in our bed room. The modem that he brought has a wireless signal so in order to do the least amount of damage to the apartment. All together it is a small price to pay in order to have the internet!

After the cable guy left I got ready to go grocery shopping because it is Wednesday. I went to the bank to get cash because we still don't have our new debit cards yet. Well when I went to get money out I found out that Tom hasn't been paid yet this week. I order some checks so that I could try to pay some bills this week and came home to check our old bank account. Well, the money isn't there either. I called all the numbers I could find to try to get a hold of Tom's work's office. I left a message and now I will wait to see if someone will call me back. The good thing in all of this is that we didn't use all the groceries from last week so we definitely won't starve :)

Last night we went to the small group. The people were very nice. We sang a few songs and then jumped right in. Everyone had a red book with them, so I assumed that we were going to go through that but no one even opened them. The small group leader opened up his lesson book and started. We went through Matthew 28:16-19 I was saddened at how little some of the people in the group seemed to know. I am hoping it is because they are new to the faith. I didn't agree with everything the leader said but that is normal I guess.The small group leader talked the most but there was some discussion. The group started late so it finished late but we were able to stay and talk for a little while. The people whose house we met at invited us to dinner tonight. I am looking forward to it.

I am watching The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe right now :) I am considering skipping the gym today...I haven't decided yet. I might do laundry instead.

Day 33

Ok so, I don't have much time right now but I am so excited I could bust! We just got the Internet installed!!!!

Day 32

Today I got up early because I was excited to go to the gym. I gathered my stuff and read my Bible and prayed. I went to the gym and stayed for about an hour and a half. I ran/jogged/trudged 2.5 miles and then walked another 1.5 miles. I am rather proud of my self. I love the gym! I came home and swept the floors. Some dried mud fell off Tom's boots this morning as he left. I then wrote out the grocery list and planned this weeks dinners.

Tonight is our first small group meeting. I am excited to make some friends. I hope we have a good time tonight.  

Day 31

Today is Monday. Apparently today is Columbus day. Who knew? I slept in a little(due to the fact that it took me a couple hours to fall back to sleep after Tom left) and got ready for the gym!!!! I ran/jogged/trudged 2 miles. I could have gone longer but I was expecting a call from Nichole and didn't want my phone blowing up the gym. After the gym I went to Walmart because bugs are invading my apartment. We have spiders all over the place in our apartment, I don't like spiders but they are beneficial and kill other bugs. I try to leave them be. If they stay out of my personal space then they get to live. If they cross the line, they die. Its very simple really. But this morning as I moved the scale, which is right by the bathroom sink, I came across a huge spider. Of course I had to give him the bathroom but I still had to get ready. I quickly grabbed my stuff and ran away. Other bugs that have invaded our apartment are the previously mentioned flies and a new bug. The cockroach. Okay, I am a pretty clean person. When it comes to the kitchen, which is where the roaches are currently residing, I usually don't like leaving it a mess. In fact, I usually make sure it is clean before I go to bed. Well, I have a family of roaches living under my microwave and coffee maker. It is super gross. I went to Walmart and got a spray that kills spiders and roaches and I am spraying down the apartment. If the spray doesn't work I am going to find something stronger. I hope it works though. After spraying down the bathroom and part of the kitchen Nichole called me and we were able to talk for about a half hour. It was a good talk. I am going to wash some dishes now and then I am off to the library. Lord willing, we will have internet on Wednesday. Ugh, I hope the guy comes.

Well, I didn't make it to the library yesterday. Instead I tore the house apart and cleaned it thoroughly. After cleaning it I sprayed it down with bug poison. Every time I saw a bug I chased it down and sprayed it. I also moved Tom's chair into the office and started a “garage pile” in the void that the chair left in the living room. As we unpack more, all of the seasonal stuff will go in the garage. The purpose behind this strategy is to cut down on the clutter in our apartment. I have already taken a couple bags to Goodwill (I found it!) and I have at least two more to take. I made Spicy Shrimp Alfredo for dinner and Tom and I watched a James Bond movie.

Day 24-30

So, the library has been having issues with its wireless internet and the maintenance man said that he would be coming to paint our door “Wednesday or Thursday between the hours of 10 and 5” so I was stuck at home.

Monday I mostly rested to recover from our 10 hour drive home. Tuesday I read a book. Wednesday I didn't do a whole lot, I think I read another book.

Thursday I was all ready to have a bad attitude about being stuck at home all day again but Tom came home early! He called the maintenance man to see if he was coming and the maintenance man said that we didn't need our door painted. So Tom and I went to the library to get some movies and a couple books. We watched one of the movies, Tom fell asleep about halfway through. I finished the movie and then read a book.

Friday I read another book and watched a movie with Tom. I also joined a gym. I am really excited about the gym because it is open 24 hours and it wasn't very expensive. I am going to go everyday except for Saturday and Sunday because Tom will be home and I want to hang out with him. We also went out and got Tom some new work boots and some new shoes. He took me out for dinner which was nice :)

Saturday we both woke up kinda early. We went to the store to get some stuff that we ran out of. We washed his tuck and pumped up his tires. As he was scrubbing off his truck I gathered the courage to ask him if we could go on an adventure. Columbus, NE is about 46 miles south of Norfolk. It is about the same size too. When I asked Tom he wasn't sure he wanted to go but he said yes because he knew I was stuck at home for most of the week. He pumped up his tires and got an energy drink and we were ready to go. It was a very pretty drive. As we were driving we kept seeing people pulled over on the side of the road with their hazards on. I kept asking him if he wanted to stop and help and each one he said “no” because it looked like they were fine, just checking something. When we were about 2/3 of the way to Columbus we saw another car on the side of the road when Tom said “hey that's the guy that was at the gas station.” It was the guy who was waiting for us to finish pumping up our tires so that he could use the air. I asked Tom if he wanted to pull over and give them a hand and Tom said yes. Apparently the one of the guy's tires was in shreds. Tom tried to help him get the tire off but didn't have the right tools in the truck. Tom offered the guy a ride to Columbus but he said he had a friend coming to help. So we got back in the truck and continued on our way. Tom said that he wanted to find an auto store in town and get a tire iron the would fit the guys car so that we could go back to help him. We found a store and got the tire iron and went back and helped the guy with his tire. While Tom was helping the guy with his tire I talked to Debbie (Tom's mom), we talked for a long time about various things. It was a very nice talk. While I was still talking to Debbie Tom came back from helping the guy and we continued on our way. We drove around Columbus for a while looking to see what there is to see there. After I finished talking to Debbie Tom took me to lunch at a microbrewery called Gottsberg Brewery (I think). The food was really good and the beer was pretty good too. After lunch we headed home to watch another movie.

Sunday we decided to try the mean church again. Mostly because the sermon had been good. Tom said we were going to give the church two more tries, if we still didn't like it after that we could try somewhere else. Well I am really glad we tried again. We got there a little earlier this time and the people were making there way from Sunday School to the main building for service. They were SO much nicer. Many people came up to us to say hi and to welcome us to the church. As we were looking for a seat we stopped about halfway up the room by a pew that had only three people in it. One on one side and two on the complete opposite side. The lady who was on the end closest to us said “ would you like to sit here? I have to sit on the end because I am saving seats for some friends of mine how come late but you can sit in the middle if you would like.” So much better that last time when someone told us to move. So we sat by her and she introduced herself as Deb. She welcomed us and asked us where we were from. She even invited us to her small group on Tuesday night! She was very nice. During greeting time many people came up to us to welcome us to the church. The pastor's wife was even able to make it back to say hi and to welcome us to the church. Last time we went to this church I came away from it feeling empty, unwanted and depressed. This week I felt welcomed, full and excited. It was so much better this time around and I am looking forward to Tuesday night. After church we went to lunch and picked out a movie. We ate lunch and then tackled the chores at home. While we were eating the maintenance man informed us that the garage we have been waiting for was available!!!! We were able to move a lot of stuff out of the office (you can actually walk through the office now!) and into the garage. I am excited. It is nice to be making progress on moving in again.

Day 21-23

So Thursday we left Norfolk at about 7:30pm. We left so late because the left leaf spring on the trailer had broken and Tom needed to get it fixed before we came home. It took 2hours to fix. The nice thing though was that the guys at the trailer place stayed after hours just to fix it for us.

So Tom drove until about 9:30. Then it was my turn to drive. We were using Gino's truck (he was kind enough to lend it to us) which is bigger than Tom's plus there was the trailer on the back. I have never driven with a trailer attached to my vehicle before. It was incredibly stressful for me because both were borrowed. It took me awhile to get a hang of it. Tom said he wasn't going to sleep until he was confidant that I could go around a turn without going off the road. It took awhile. I finally got the hang of it and Tom was just about to fall asleep when a kitten ran in front of the truck. I gasped and carefully braked so as not to hit it. It ran out of the way just in time. Tom, of course, couldn't fall asleep then. He was kinda mad that I freaked out. not super mad just annoyed. He said "I thought something terrible was happening! Like you were going to hit a person or go off the road or something! It was an animal. you don't brake for animals especially not small ones." I replied,  "Of course I had to brake! It was a kitten!" I guess we don't value small animals the same way. After that it was easier to drive. I'm not sure why. Even so, I was ready to be done when it was time to get gas at 12:30ish. Tom took over then and we were doing good until about 1:30. I was just about to fall asleep when I heard a huge "BAMMM!" noise. I looked into the side mirror and saw sparks and the trailer going from side to side. It was really scary! Tom slowed down carefully and pulled over. I guess we hit a bump just right and the trailer can off the ball. Well we put it back on, Tom had to lift it himself because the the twisty thing that holds it up wouldn't go down. There was no damage to Gino's truck, thankfully. We then continued on our merry way. About a half hour later it happened again. This time we realized that we had been using the wrong size ball this whole time. We went through all of the balls to find the right one, it took awhile but we found the right one. We put it on and kept going. We then spent the next half hour trying to figure out why it had come off. We had used the same size ball for all the trips we made with the trailer. The best conclusion that we can up with was that because the leaf spring was broken the trailer wasn't as bouncy as it was after we got it fixed. Altogether there was minimal damage. almost none at all. we just had to bend something back into place.

When we got to Beloit neither of us could drive,so we pulled into the Walmart parking lot and took a nap until  7ish. We arrived in Kenosha at about 8:30 Friday morning. We were exhausted! I climbed onto the couch and Tom sat down in Dad's pouf. Matty found us there a few minutes later and said "Hi" as he finished getting ready for work. Mom found us there at about 9 when she got up. She was very happy to see us. Tom left a little later to take the truck to the shop and I moved upstairs for a nap. I came back down around 10:30 and went on a sister/daughter/mother date with Nichole and Mom. It was a lot of fun. We went to Secret Garden for lunch and then went down by the lake. The waves were pretty big! We then went to check out the new consignment shops downtown and the new used bookstore. We then went home so that they could finish getting ready for the woman's conference. After they left I went upstairs and tried to take a nap. I got about an hour of sleep before a 1-800 number woke me up.  After that I couldn't go back to sleep. I tried but I was too tired :(  I messed around on the internet until Tom woke up. We went to dinner and then to Menards to get some supplies for a couple jewelry display stands. My husband is so handy! By the time Tom was finished making the stands Dad was home and we watched a movie together. After the movie Tom and Dad played some COD and I went to bed with a book.

The next day we hung around the house for the most part. After Tom finished staining the stands we took them over to Bentz Road Farm and rearranged my stuff. We went home and hung out with the family. It was a pretty laid back day.

Sunday was awesome. We were back at Missio and it felt like home. We got to say hi to many of our friends. It wasn't so hard leaving after that because it felt like we were going to be coming back instead of leaving forever. After church we went to Honada with my parents. I love Honada! Lunch was good and it was very nice to be able to spend some time with just my parents. After lunch we went to church to pick up the Ricchio trailer and then we headed back to Norfolk. The drive was mostly uneventful. We met up with Hans some where in Iowa and the drove the rest of the way together. We got to the job site around 12:30. It took a little while to unhook the trailers. We then headed home to sleep for a few hours before getting back up again for work. Monday was pretty rough for Tom and I imagine it was for Hans too. I got to go back to sleep after Tom went to work though which was nice.

Day 20

I feel accomplished and its only 1:38! Today I am finishing up some last minute travelling things. I went to the store to get a couple things but mostly so that I could get change so that I could go get quarters. I desperately need to do laundry but the machines only take quarters. It takes 7 quarters to do a load of laundry, I have one. So I got some change and went to the bank here in town. Tom picked one and asked me to open an account. I did so and I got a whole roll of quarters!!!! I am now at the library rushing through my post so that I can go home and do laundry, finish packing, and wash the dishes :)

Day 19

Today I found out that we were definitely coming home this weekend. In fact, we are leaving tomorrow right after work! Therefore today was spent mostly in preparation of the trip.

I went grocery shopping for the trip home, I balanced the checkbook and paid  rent. I then spent most of the rest of the day making jewelry to bring home with us.

Here are the results

When Tom came home I asked him if he wanted to go on a walk again and he said yes! This time I brought my camera :)

Day 18

Today I cleaned up the mess I made in the kitchen last night. I washed the mountain of dishes I made and cleaned the various surfaces that I dirtied.

After cleaning I decided to take care of the Goodwill pile and go to Hobby Lobby to make an exchange. I had seen the Goodwill a couple days ago and I was confident that I could find it again. I didn't need any directions, I didn't need the GPS either! I could find it myself. Or not... I drove out to the side of town that has all of the big chain stores and spent about 10 minutes looking for the Goodwill before I gave up. I know its out there somewhere. It is behind one of the big stores, which big store its behind I am still not sure of :) So off to Hobby Lobby I went. I had previously bought a package of transfers. It had 4 pages and the top one was the one I wanted. It was only after I bought it, brought it home and opened it that I realized that all four pages were not the same and that I would use the other 3 pages. All of this to say, I needed to return it. So I did and I exchanged it for a bunch of fall colored beads, some metal findings, acrylic paints and a pretty good idea of what I wanted to make!

Here are a couple results of my trip

I spent most of the rest of the day one these and i am pretty pleased with how they turned out.

When Tom came home from work I asked him if we could go somewhere, anywhere would be nice. He said sure and after we discussed the possibilities (which took about 5 minutes at the most) we decided to go check out the "lake". I put it in quotes because compared to the Lake at home, it looks more like a pond :) We walked all the way around the lake. It was beautiful out there, the sun was setting as we walked around the lake. I regretted my choice of leaving my camera in the car. 

Day 17

So today I cleaned the kitchen. I washed all the dishes we made over the weekend and cleaned up our mess.

I then decided to make meatballs. Well, I regret the choice right now. Our stove smokes every time we cook anything on/in it. it sets off our smoke alarm every time we cook. So instead of taking the smoke alarms down ( which is what I normally do) I decided to open the back door which is located in the kitchen. We do not have a screen door on our back door, just the door. It has been quite warm lately with only a slight chill on the air. Nebraska doesn't seem to want to give up summer yet. Unfortunately this means that there are millions of flies still going strong. In the time that it took me to cook  2lbs of meat no less that 100 flies entered my apartment. I am not exaggerating at all. In fact I am pretty sure there were more, much more. I personally killed 60ish flies with the fly swatter. I got fed up with the flies halfway through making meatballs and I decided that I was finished. I closed the back door and started hunting down the flies I missed while cooking. They all seemed to be in the living room trying to get out of the glass windows. I swatted and smashed, I chased and cornered, I did everything I could to kill those flies. Well most of them got away. I then decided to bring the fly paper from the kitchen into the living room. I set it up right by the window and then continued my chase. Well, inevitably I suppose, I backed up into the fly paper and got my hair stuck in it. It surprised me because I had forgotten already that I moved it there. I yanked my hair free and decided to give up the chase of the flies.

Here are some pictures of the fly paper. The sad part is that there are still many flies flying free and alive in my apartment :(

Day 15-16

The weekend :)
So to continue about Saturday; after the library we came home and Tom put some of the tools in his truck. Since he took them out of the office we were able to clean up and set up my half of the room. we put up some pictures and set up my bead table.

This is what the office looked like before

And this is what it looks like now

I can now walk into the room :) Lord willing we will be able to get the garage soon. we will then be able to get all the stuff off the floor and Tom's clothes in the closet. We would also be able to have people come over to visit then!

Sunday was depressing. I miss Missio Dei Fellowship so much. This week we tried out Northern Heights Baptist church. It was the most unwelcoming church I have ever been too. The greeters (the only way we could tell that they were greeters was by the name tags that said "greeter" on their shirts.) were stone faced statues. They shook our hands and said "good morning" and moved on to the next person. No smile, no "welcome to our church", no directions to the bathroom or sanctuary, nothing. We then made our way to the small crowded sanctuary and tried to find somewhere to sit. There were people everywhere talking and laughing, blocking the aisles and walkways. No one stopped to say "hi" or "welcome to our church". We found a seat in a half filled pew only to be told to move! Apparently one lady "claimed" the last available space in that pew and would be "right back". We got up and made our way back to the foyer. I was hoping that we were leaving but Tom was just trying to find a less clogged way to the other side of the sanctuary. We finally found a seat near the front of the room just before the service started. At this point all I wanted to do was leave. I missed Missio so terribly that I was fighting very hard not to bust into tears in front of everyone. Well we stuck it out. The music was ok, the band seemed new and unpracticed. No biggy. The sermon was pretty good. I liked the message. The pastor preached on 1 Cor. 1: 26-31 "Nobodies for Christ" His main point is that God picks the "nobodies" to work through because He (God) wants the glory and we need to stop avoiding evangelism because we don't feel like we are good enough. He had to work hard for his congregation's attention though. People were whispering back and forth, kids were getting up and down, babies were crying with no one taking them out. The whole experience sucked. Out of all the people there only one lady welcomed us to the church and that was at greeting time. She was an elderly lady named Florence. I thank God for Florence.

After church we came home and ate. then we had nothing to do and it was only 1:00. So we decided to go to the mall just to walk around. We then went to the library to get some movies. We got 5 movies, Rocky, a documentary on the Medal of Honor, and the threes documentaries on bugs. And that is how we spent the rest of our day. I did get to talk to my dad for a little bit and my mom for about an hour. I am glad I was able to talk to them. My mom especially is good to talk to.

Day 14-15

So yesterday was Friday, which means Tom only worked 4 hours. I think Fridays are my favorite because he comes home early :) Not much happened yesterday. We watched movies and the best of the Johnny Carson Show :)

I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday to get a couple things and while I was in the bead aisle I heard a couple ladies talking about websites they go to to get beads and other supplies. I told them about a couple of my favorites. Then one of the ladies said that she didn't know how to wire wrap beads and the other lady said that she didn't either. I told them that I did and invited them over to show them. We traded business cards and Lord willing they will come over next week.

Today we cleaned out the bed of Tom's truck and changed his oil. I helped by reading my book in the truck :) Now we are at the library. Our life is full of adventure as you can see.

Tom is watching me type this. It's kinda creepy having him stare over my shoulder. He is also being a typing/spelling Nazi!

Day 12-13

So, I can't think of anything interesting that happened yesterday. I do remember that I came to the library and couldn't get on the internet. And I went grocery shopping.

Today I decided to go to the mall. It is smaller than Regency, like maybe a third of the size. They have a Maurice's so I am happy. I spent about 2 hours there just looking around. I then went to Hobby Lobby because I am almost out of waxed linen cord. I spent about 45 minutes there just looking around. They have things at this Hobby Lobby that isn't at the one in Kenosha. I need to start saving up :) I then came home to find a business card stuck in our font door from a police officer asking us to contact him. Apparently there are city ordinances about parking an unhitched trailer on the street. we don't have a driveway or parking lot or anything so we have been keeping the trailer on the street.  On Sunday a guy from across the street asked us to move it so that there would be more parking, so we moved it further up the street away from the apartment. I explained to the officer that we just moved here and we were Lord willing taking it home this weekend or definitely next. He was very nice and said that if we took it home this weekend, there would be no problem. I we couldn't take it home we needed to find somewhere for it to stay that wasn't on the street. I wonder where it will go...

I am trying to make BBQ Pulled Pork for dinner. I have never made it before so I hope it turns out. I am making it in the crockpot. I put the pork in with 3 cups of water and some salt and granulated garlic. I put it on low for 8 hours. About 3 hours later I added more water because the pork soaked up most of the water I originally put in. I hope that works...

I started on some jewelry last night. I hope to have our office unpacked and rearranged soon. We can't do anything though until we get a garage. We are waiting for one to become available. When it is available, all of Tom's tools will go in there along with par stock type items and seasonal clothing. This will all but empty out what is in the office right now. We will then be able to unpack Tom's clothes (the closets are much smaller here so Tom's clothes are going to go in the office) and I can set up my bead table.

Day 11

Today I was having trouble going to sleep after Tom left. After one too many crazy dreams I got up at 8:45.

I decided to pay the bills due this week. I am very happy to announce that we paid off one of our medical bills today! Two more to go. We hope to have all of them paid off by the time we come home with money left over.
I took the bills to the post office. I was going to go on a walk but it was too cold to walk into the strong wind without a hoodie so I went home to find mine. I couldn't find it so I decided to wait until it was a little warmer.

I read Matthew 6-10 today. It was very convicting. I am not perfect and I know that I will never be. I am very thankful that Jesus loved me so much that He came and died to pay the penalty for my sins.

After reading my Bible I started on the mountain of dishes leftover from dinner last night. I have given up on my dishwasher. It doesn't clean my dishes. I found my self scrubbing all my dishes with soap before putting them in the dishwasher. There is no point in doing that and  then wasting money on "washing" them again. So I am now washing the dishes by hand and putting them in the dishwasher to dry. I watched/listened to Mamma Mia! while I did the dishes. Yes, I even danced around the apartment a little.

Last night was a disappointment to Tom. He talked up my cooking all last  week and I guess quite a few guys sounded interested in paying me too cook for them. I worked really hard yesterday to make a complete dinner for 6 men plus us too. I just barely finished it on time. I then got a call from Tom saying that they were going to be working an extra 1/2 hour. I was able to get everything portioned out and in a laundry basket with some towels and to the job site with the extra time. As I pulled up everyone was leaving. I was kinda confused because I thought I was supposed to be bringing them food. Tom came over and told me that they had to go to the ATM. I left the food with Tom and went home. I was pretty sure that he was going to be home soon. After waiting for an hour I texted him to see if he was on his way. It only takes about 5 minutes to get home from the job site so I was kinda wondering what was going on. he came home soon after that with the basket full of food still. I asked him what was wrong and he said that no one came back. I didn't care that much but he looked like he was upset about it. When I asked him he said he was just upset about having waited so long. I got a text around lunch time from him saying asking me to bring 3 dinners tonight. Hopefully it works out better tonight. I hope so because we spent a lot on the food.

Day 10

Not much has happened today. I went for a walk/jog. About ten minutes in my mom called me. It was very nice to hear her voice. We were able to talk for about an hour.

I started reading Matthew today, I read 6 chapters and then noticed the time.

I am at the library now, I found out yesterday that instead of using the library computers (which I have a limited amount of time on) I can use my laptop. I left my camera in the car but I should be able to upload some pictures tomorrow :)

Today I am going to be bringing some of the guys dinner. I am kinda nervous about it. Oh well, God will work it out :)

Day 8 & 9

Not much happened on Saturday. We went to the Library and got a couple movies. one wouldn't play at all and the other was boring. Tom fell asleep really early (poor guy)

Sunday we tried out our first new church. To quote Tom it was mercifully short. It started at 10:30 and was done at 11:30. this included a baby dedication, singing, children's lesson time, the sermon and an alter call. The sermon's main passage was very out of context and the other passages He used to support what he was saying didn't seem to match either. One good thing about the church was that they were very welcoming. People came over to us and introduced themselves and tried to make us feel welcome. I liked that.

Tom decided he wanted to make breakfast tacos so we wen to the store to get the ingredients that we were missing. One part of breakfast tacos is a big piece of beef roast. Tom usually cuts it into strips and grills them. We had everything ready to go and set up to grill but we couldn't find and lighter fluid so Tom sent me to the store to get some. When I got back as I was making my way to the back yard I heard voices and just assumed that it was the neighbors talking to themselves. When I go to the back yard to my surprise Tom was talking to one of our neighbors! He made a friend before I did! So not fair... Please keep us in prayer as we hopefully continue to develop this relationship. Lord willing as we get to know him better we will be able to witness to him. His name is Jake.

While we were cooking the meat we were being swarmed by flies. After a while Tom got fed up with the flies and went inside for some weapons! He declared war on the flies outside. he brought out some fly paper and tried to get them that way. After a while he realized that it might be too far away so he brought it a little closer.  He then thought maybe if he held the plates close to the paper the flies might get caught on it. He caught a few that way but not enough. we finally finished grilling and brought everything inside. Unfortunately the flies came with us. Tom then proceeded to attack all flies within his reach with the fly swatter.  It was a little funny but much appreciated. Altogether I think we killed 10 flies last night. There is one left but he will die soon (I hope)

We got a miniseries from the Library yesterday called "The Pacific". It is made by the same people who made "Band of Brothers". I have enjoyed it so far. I am looking forward to watching more with Tom.

Day 7

I am excited for 2pm to come today! Tom gets off early so I will have some one to hang out with!

On to things I have accomplished today. I finished the third book I got from the Library and I mostly finished making my dress. All I have to do is make the sash for it. I am pretty proud of my dress :) Thank you Nicole for buying me the fabric and fixing my sewing machine!

Despite the fact that I am so far away from y'all I am enjoying myself here. Instead of getting a job (for now at least) I will be making meals for some of the guys that Tom works with. After this I am going home to make them a survery of sorts in oder to make sure I don't feed them something that they are allergic to. I am kind excited about this. It seems like a very womanly job and I am looking forward to it. It will be an adventure for the fist week or so as we figure out the best way to do things. I am enjoying the fact that my kitchen is clear of moving debris and stocked to cook. I am going to try to surprise Tom with blueberry muffins tomorrow morning. I got the recipe from his mom. Tom says that they are the best muffins EVER!!! So hopefully I will be able to make them just as good.

We are hopingto get the internet next week ( I really hope we do!!) so Lord willing there will be pictures coming soon.

I am kinda nervous for our first church service on Sunday. There are 3 baptist churches in town. We are going to try those first. I think we are going to First Baptist this week...I'm not sure.

As I read back over what I have typed so far I realize that there is no clear connection between thoughts. I'm sorry. I guess this is what comes from not talking to anyone all day. Oh well. Call me any time between the hours of 10 and 4. I would welcome your calls.

Day 6

I was pretty sure I was going to freeze to death this morning...It was cold when I got up to make Tom breakfast. I couldn't go back to sleep when I went back to bed because it was so cold. I ended up having to get another blanket.

I didn't do a whole lot this morning. I did get to have a 45 minute long phone call with my Mom :) It was very nice hearing her voice.

After talking to my Mom I decided I better get to work. Last night Tom bought me a pantry because I was struggling to fit everything in to our 6 cubboards. We got it on sale from ShopKo :) I finished unpacking the kitchen today! It lokks really nice. When we get the internet at home I'll post before and after pictures.

I don't have much time today so I have to go. I hope y'all are doing well

Day 5

I got to sleep in this morning, I didn't have to get up until 6:15 :) I am hoping that I can get a bike soon. Lord willing, I will just stay up after getting things ready for Tom and take a bike ride or something.

Today I am unpacking the "office". We can actually walk in there now, lol. I unpacked most of  the boxes and cleared off my desk. I got tired of unpacking and decided to try to make a dress. I set up my sewing machine and put thread on my bobbin. I then spent twenty minutes trying to get the bobbin tread to come up top. It worked (I cheared quietely to myself) and decided to test it first on so scrap materiel that Nicole gave me. The top thread was fine but the bottom was really loose. I tried flipping the bobbin over and it still didn't work. I got fed up and came to the Library. I am very thankful for my friends who gave me all sorts of options of how to fix it.

It is kinda chilly here. It feels like Fall started.

Just saying, nobody here seems to get the whole "be quiet in the library" thing...

Day 4

9-13-11
Not much happened yesterday after I left the Library. I walked over to the museum by our Apt. But it cost money so I decided to save it for another day.

The maintenance man came over and fixed our dishwasher (Yay!) I was still having a bad attitude about unpacking so I decided to watch a movie and sew up some holes in our pants. I watched 27 dresses. I really like that movie.

When Tom came home we went to Walmart again to get some food. I made beffy mac and cheese for dinner with buffalo (not as spicy as it sounds) velveeta. It turned out pretty good.

We took a drive to get a better feel of where things are in town, we brought our map just in case. It is pretty hard to get lost here which is nice. We drove out into the country to check it out. Lots of corn...it was pretty though.

Day one-three

Our Grand Adventure                                    

9-10-11

We went to Mom and Dad's house for brunch before setting off on our grand adventure. Mom made coffee cake and eggs :) She makes the best coffee cake ever! Nichole and Lydia were able to join us. It was a meal filled with  laughter and love.

            After we finished eating Lydia whipped out two full grocery bags full of snacks for our drive. Then Mom asked if we wanted any of the leftover from our party the night before to bring with us. My initial thought was “ were are we going to put all of this?!” It all fit and it was very helpful. We were able to eat that instead of stopping to eat somewhere along the way.

            It took about 10 hours to get to Norfolk, Nebraska. It was an adventure in itself following Tom! I think the trip home for Thanksgiving will be better because I know what to expect now.

            We made it safely to Norfolk around 10pm. We unloaded most of the essentials. We were up until about 1am trying to settle in. It was very nice to sleep in our bed again, I missed it so! It seems bigger after sleeping in a twin size for most of last week.

9-11-11

We woke up around 10am. We unloaded our vehicles and the trailer. While we were doing that we realized that the windows didn't lock. Tom would have none of that! He said “we need to secure this place. It would be way too easy to get in!” So we went to the job site and cut some scrap wood to hold the windows shut. (The job site was very impressive. It will be interesting to see what it looks like when its finished.)

            After getting the wood we came home and secured the windows and grabbed my computer. We then spent about 20minutes driving around trying to find some free WiFi. We eventually found some in the parking lot of the Country Inn and Suites. I'm pretty sure we looked like creepers sitting in the parking lot :)

            We then went to WalMart to get some groceries and then back home. We were very hungry by then but didn't know where any of the pots and pans were. So we spent a couple hours unpacking most of the kitchen just trying to find something to cook in. Of course they were in the last boxes that we looked in. We made dinner/lunch (linner?) and the maintenance man and the landlord came over with some paperwork.

            After dinner we watched the Breakfast Club (Tom picked) All around a profitable day. The next day real life would begin.

9-12-11

The alarm went off at 5:30 this morning. Ugh! I forgot how early 5:30am was! I made Tom breakfast and lunch and packed it all up for him. Due to the fact that we haven't found his alarm clock yet I woke him up. He went off to work and I was all by myself... I went back to bed and woke up to the sound of little, running feet. I think the upstairs neighbors have a kid, I'm pretty sure his name is Anthony because I have heard his mom yelling at him on more than one occasion. It made me think of  Kendal and how even when she is frustrated with Anthony she deals graciously with him. I miss Kendal.

            I did laundry today.  The laundry room is right outside my front door. There is only one washer and dryer so I set a timer for the clothes in order to be polite to my neighbors. I apparently didn't press start because it never went off. I put the clothes over and started a new load. When the dryer went off I found the clothes still wet. Not sopping wet but still wet enough that it needed to be run again. I thought to myself “I'm not wasting another 75 cents to run it again, I'll just hang them around the house to dry.” I switched the setting on the dryer from “normal” to permanent press”  It didn't get the clothes any dryer than normal did. So I used my last three quarters to run it again. It dried the clothes the second time around. I wander if this is a normal occurrence. Oh well, its still cheaper to wash clothes here.

            I was tired of unpacking the kitchen stuff so I decided to work on the bedroom. I turned on some music to drown out the silence of being by myself and the occasional noise from upstairs. I unpacked the stuff in the dresser first. I set up my jewelry box and my jewelry. I came across the green necklace Nichole gave me. I felt the need to text her and tell her that I missed her. I unpacked most of my clothes (I think we are missing a box)

            After all of this I decided to be a big girl and venture out to find the post office and the Area commerce building. I brought the GPS just in case. I put the post office into the GPS and followed it to the post office that is one block east of our apartment :/  I filled out our change of address form and went back to my car. I tried to put in the area commerce building in to the GPS but it couldn't find it. So back into the post office I went. When I asked for directions, they ladies asked me if I knew where the Ford dealership was. “No” I replied “this is my second day in town, I don't know where anything is” “Well, this street out front is 4^th st. Take that south and go through 2, no 3 lights. Take a right and the building is right in the middle of the dealership.” I thanked them and went on my way.

            I followed the directions and found the building but didn't see anywhere I could pull into. To late I realized I would have to park on the street. I went around the block for a second try when I noticed a shop called The Craft Gallery. I think yes! I kept going and went into the Area commerce building. The lady was very nice and gave me a couple phone books and some Norfolk booklets. One had a map in it! After this I went back around the block to check out the Craft Gallery. It was a cute place with country style crafts like bird houses and such. When the lady who ran the place came over to ask if I needed help I told her I was new in town and just checking stuff out for now. “Oh” she said “did you get a job here?” “my husband did” I replied. “Oh, what is he doing?” “ He is one of the men building the Family Aquatic center” “Is that an Aquarium or a pool?” “Its a pool/water-park type place.” She wrinkled her nose at me and said “I voted against that.” What do you say to that?!?!?! I said “well I'm glad my husband has a job!” She tried to pull the words she spoke back but it didn't work. Oh well. She drew me a map of how to get to most of the places I might want to go in town. And gave me the name and number for the only Cable company in town.

            After I left there I tried to find the cable company's office to find out how much it would cost to get the internet. I couldn't find it so I went home. I got really excited when I saw Tom's truck parked outside our apartment building. It was only 3pm! Two whole hours before he was supposed to be home! He came out of the apartment just as I was getting out of the car with a tool in his hand. :( He told me he loved me and that he would be back in a couple hours, LW.

            I went inside disappointed and feeling quite sorry for myself. I thought “if only I had a book!” I then got the bright idea of using my newly acquired map to find the library! It was just across the street from the post office according to my map so I decided to walk. When I arrived I went strait to the front desk to get a library card. The lady was really nice. She told me what she needed from me and of course I didn't have half of it. I explained to her that I didn't have anything official with my address on it because I just arrived Saturday night. She was very kind and gave me a library card anyway! She then explained everything I would need to know about the library. I was able to get on facebook and check my email there, which was nice. I also got a fun book and a book of Nebraska History in pictures.

            I came home and started dinner for Tom. I turned out ok. I think the carrots were the best part... Oh well.

            Tom took me on a drive to explore the town. Johnny Carson grew up here or something so we went to find the house. Couldn't find that so we went to the park looking for the cowboy trail-head. Couldn't find that either so we came home to watch a movie. On our way into the house as we were passing under the lone tree in our front yard I caught a glimpse of something moving by Tom's head. It was the biggest spider I have ever seen!!!! Tom didn't seem to concerned. And then told me about the giant spiders in the desert somewhere. I don't think I will be going to the desert any time soon...

9-13-11

I'm tired of unpacking already. I unpacked most of the bathroom stuff today.

            While I was doing that I was thinking about how it would be a good idea to keep a journal or something about our time in Nebraska. That thought led me to the thought of a blog so that our parents could feel included in our time here.

            This first post will probably the longest because I want to catch y'all up on the happenings here. My goal is to write something everyday. Until we get the internet I will be typing up the day's happenings and saving them to a USB and taking them to the Library the next day. It is 1:48pm and I don't really feel like unpacking. Therefore I am procrastinating a little. Please don't think badly of me because of it.

            When I get a chance I will upload pictures of our apartment and of my progress unpacking and setting up. Ok, I am taking this to the library now. I am sure something will happen later. If something does happen I will write it down tonight and post it tomorrow. Well I thought I was taking this to the library, I had to go find the USBs. Didn't take me super long though. Sandy packed the desk up very nicely and put it all in the same box.