October 11 2008

I know most have you heard about it, but here is my story about Saturday October 11, 2008


It had been so nice in Burley up to that point and for some reason it was freezing that week. There was talk of a snow storm coming our way. Matt moved to Burley that weekend. He loaded stuff in his truck. His dad told him not to wait, just get on the road. Well he makes it with out a problem. It is still freezing and he keeps saying it is supposed to be warmer here!

The next morning, which was Saturday we wake up to snow. Not just a little skiff of snow, there was a lot of snow.

Patrick had Saturday school so I bring him and everywhere I drive I am burried. It is snowing so think and fast. It was snowing like it did on Christmas eve last year. We are thinking that in time this snow will stop so we go get breakfast and plan to go to Twin Falls. We got on the freeway and it is horrible. You cannot see and there is traffic bumper to bumper and we are all going 35 MPH. So we get off at the next exit and go home. It snowed this way throught the night and into the morning. There were 15 to 18 inched (the amount depended on where you were) of snow that fell that day. By the end of the week we were having 70 degree weather and the snow had all melted and we have not had any snow since then. It was a little crazy.

We were told that Burley will get freak storms like that or drop into a really cold temp for a few days then back to mild temps and nice weather. It was a little weird.



Patrick standing in the front yard Saturday night. All of this snow was from one day and it was still snowing when we were out there.









Matt shoveling for the 100th time


Snow coming down


The next morning.

Cell Phone

Matt decided to wash his cell phone yesterday. Now Matt is the best at washing clothes. He always hangs up what needs to be hung up and washes my nicer clothes separate. He has never shrunk or ruined anything and always empties his pockets.
Well yesterday he did not.
So we went to Altell to get him a new phone. He was quite angry. His phone was expensive and it was going to cost even more to get a cheapy one since we are just beginning our contract. We get there and the girl tells us that the price is full retail price and the cheapest on they have is $150. This phone has no features. Then she tell us that we can go to Wal-mart and buy an Altell prepaid phone and they can hook it up. They just happen to have one for $25.
This put Matt in a better mood, so to Wal-mart we went. There was the $25 phone along with other phones that were better, but so much cheaper than they would have been at Altell. We bring this cheap no frills $25 phone back to her and in a matter of minutes Matt has a new phone. He lost all of his contacts, but he has a new phone.

Now I had no idea that this was even an option. I wanted to share with you all so you don't go to the cell phone dealer and pay an outrageous amount for a phone. Go buy they pre-paid phones!! At least with Altell this is an option.

Band

Patrick has joined band. Now this is never what I imagined my son being interested in, but I am glad to see him get interested in something. Right now he is learning the percussion. At the concert he played the triangle and the bells. He has a trumpet and will soon be getting private lessons. So the next concert he should have more of a part in.

They had a concert on Thursday. I am a bad mom and did not bring my camera so I had to use my phone to get pics. Here is one of the pics.

Tagged

1. I hate to be touched. We went to a spook alley and I was more freaked out by them touching me than anything. I even get to a point with Matt where I have to ask him for space.
2. I have this huge space bubble and I despise when people get into it. If I sit at a table I need to be far enough away from everyone else. If there is too many things on the table as well as sitting really close I get a little claustrophobic and have to move.
3. I am a big fan of Disney/Nick teen shows. (Hannah Montana, iCarly, Suit life of zack and cody)
4. My dishes have to be put away in their correct spot and in a certain way. I get very irritated when I open the cupboard and they are in the wrong spot I get very irritated. This may not seem like a big deal, but I do not care about order on very many things. (dresser drawers are the only other things that HAVE to be put away a certain way in a certain drawer)
5. Like Jennifer, I cannot stand to not use Q-tips. I have to use one every time I get out of the shower.
6. I hate shortened names. I hate when people call Patrick Pat. I think that if a parent wanted to have their child go by the shortened name they should have just gave them the shortened name. If I wanted Patrick to go by Pat I would have just named him Pat
7. I watch reality shows. My favs are Biggest looser & John and Kate plus 8

Since everyone else had already done their tag all I have left to tag is Rachel

Houdini

Bogie had figured out how to do magic! Or he grew opposable thumbs.
The other morning about 4:30 Matt gets me up and asks me where Bogie is. I tell him he is probably under the covers. Matt tells me he is not. So I tell him he is probably in Patrick's room. So I get up and wake Patrick up. He does not have Bogie either. So I go back to our room and start ripping the covers off the bed. That little dog can bury himself pretty good. Well no Bogie. I start to yell his name, no bogie. I go to the front door (which is locked) and open it. In comes Bogie. Matt begins with oh poor Bogie you guys left him out all night! He has got to be freezing. Well he is not. His body is still warm and his metal tags are still warm and he is not shivering. That little dog has not been out that long. Well we jump back into bed with little more thought.
After Matt gets off work he calls me and I tease him about letting Bogie out while he is sleep walking. He says no it was Patrick or it was you and I tell him it must be the underwear Gnome (family joke). For the rest of the day I called Bogie Houdini.

Well as it turns out Matt had this dream that Bogie was scratching at the door and in his dream bogie says to him "let me in" so what I think happened is that Bogie scratched on the bedroom door just before 4:30. Matt has to be to work at 5:30 so he is somewhat awake. Not realizing it he lets Bogie out and goes back to bed. Well in his subconscious mind he knows he still has to let Bogie back in, hence the dream. When he realizes Bogie is gone he does not remember letting him out.

So either Matt sleep walks or Bogie is Houdini!

Long Time

It has been nearly a month since I have blogged! I have quite a bit I have wanted to BLOG, but we currently do not have internet hooked up in our house. This makes it a little harder to blog since I have to be sneaky and do it at work. I also have pictures, but I think MY camera hooked up to my computer would be a little funny. Well today is Friday and most Fridays are pretty slow so I thought I would take a minute and do a quick catch up. One of these days I will post all of the other stuff I wanted to.

Well as you all know we are all in Burley now and have been for a while now. It has not been easy though. We have had our share of fights and questions of whether or not this what we want. Or even if we want to keeping fighting the elements together. It doesn't help that we have not sold our house. It seems like all the odds are against us and that this is not the place we were supposed to land.

The odds are not little either. Patrick is struggeling with school more than he ever has. I have to help him with simple things I know he already knows. School has been in session for 4 months now and he is just barely starting to make friends. There are days Matt hates his job and wants to quit and there are days he loves his job and this town.

This town, that is a whole thing all in its own. I have lived here now for almost 6 months I just can't seem to relax or have it feel like home. Maybe because I lived in the same town for 31 years and it will never feel like home no matter where I go.
Does Anyone who has moved away from their home town have a take on that?

To top all of this off I have began to question my career choice, which has been really hard for me to deal with emotoinally. I worked too hard to get here and question it. I made a lot of sacrifices and my family has made more sacrifices. For me to question it really hurts me. But them it makes me wonder, is it just not as challenging as I had hoped? not as rewarding as I thought it would be? Or am I questioning as a scape goat? I know my family is not happy here but stay because I like my job. If I hate my job will we go home? And if we go home will we all be happy? So that makes me wonder do I question because I feel my family has already sacrificed enough for my growth and it is time for me to sacrifice for their happiness?

I don't mean to complain nonstop, but it sure feels good to get my feelings out. Helps me sort it all out a little better!

FaceBook

I love technology and the ability to communicate with the touch of a few keys.
I had a friend from a long time ago find me on Facebook. Not quite sure how since my last name is not the same. But she was a very good friend to me. I have not seen nor spoke to her in a long time. I was going through a lot of turmoil in my life and she always knew what to say to me to make me feel better. I was so excited to see her message on my facebook!

I love technology.

October

Tomorrow is October 1st
You know what that means??????
The start of the holiday season, which I love so much.

Matt's job

First I must thank everyone of the support I received by way of the comments left on my blog about being a renter. They made me laugh. Clifford I think I may go out and buy a set of bagpipes and learn to play!

But I got some good news. Matt got a job in Burley. He will be working with a plumber here doing some commercial and industrial plumbing. It will be a lot different from residential plumbing, which is what he was doing. He will be making about the same and will get at the minimum 40 hours a week. The guy he is working for got the bid for a chicken factory that is being built. As most of you know with Matt and most construction workers it is either a feast or a famine so it was nice to hear 40 hours.

Matt will be moving here and will start work on October 13. Pretty exciting. Now only if pour house would sell! We may have to rent it......

The Joys of Renting

Maybe the quircks that come with renting are normal, but if you have not rented in a while it may be annoying!
For those who do not know we are renting a house with the basement as a seperate unit. So we only have to share with one family. However, my complaints are huge!
I hate out landlord, he is quite a jerk. He does not care what happens in this house as long as we pay the rent on time. Getting him to fix things is a joke and he thinks he still has rights to come into the house when he wants. Yea it is lovely.
Now the family that lives below us.
First, they are slobs. By their back door is a pile of garbage sacks (not so sure what is in them), kids shoes, tool box, fishing poles, and on occasion empty beer bottles left on the porch.
Second, we rented somewhere that allows pets and has a little yard. We agreed to take care of the yard in exchange for $50 off the rent. It is a small yard so I thought piece of cake. Well the neighbors below us have a huge dog, not cute little one like Bogie, they have a huge dog. Huge dogs mean huge poop and we clean it. No they do not clean up after their own dog we get to.
Third, when we take care of the yard we usually have to pick up all of the kid toys off the yard.

all of this is nothing compared to my last complaint. They smoke. At first they would smoke outside, but right by the windows. If the window was opened it would come inside, but the smell would only last for a little while. Well they are from Arizona and it is getting a little chilly in the mornings and evenings so they have began to smoke in the house. Matt has commented that at times things from the house smell like smoke. One day I came home and our house smelled so bad. It smelt as if we had smoked in there. So I bought two frebreeze noticeables. I am not sure if any of you have used them, but they are pretty strong and you can always smell them because the smell changes. In fact we have one in our house in Idaho Falls and it is almost overpowering when you walk in.
Well I have two up and this house is much smaller than our house in Idaho Falls. Well I can't smell the smoke as bad, but I also cannot smell the Febreeze. It is as if the Febreeze is working overtime to keep the house smelling good!

However, we have began to look at houses to buy. Ours still has not sold, but we are looking non the less!