Catching up

So lets see....what has gone on since January? Jacob and I went to the west side for Valentines day. We went to a wedding in March. We have been watching a lot of movies at the theatre. We have gone rock climbing. We are working on the kayak to get it ready for the summer. We are going hiking tomorrow at Elk River Falls. We have been dancing some. Just attended Swing out Nowhere and learned a ton of new dances and moves. Lots of fun.

I received the out of state tuition scholarship of 5000 a year for two years. I am all registered for the fall semester. I will be taking 17 credits. Hopefully I can finish this program in two years.

Work is work, nothing new or exciting. Getting ready for inventory.

Jacob and Artemis are good. Life is pretty boring actually. My birthday is next month. I will be 25 again! yeah! We are going to my sisters for the weekend and then a wedding on sunday. the next weekend we will be going to Jacobs parents so we are there for Shrimp Fest. We have two other weddings this summer, one next fall, and one next spring. Those are the ones we are attending. There are at least a dozen others that we know of but arent going to. It is marriage season in this tiny college town.

We just got back from seeing The Losers. It was predictable but an entertaining action flick all the same. It was pretty funny. That is the extent of my oh so exciting life.

Darn boyfriend came back in the house and started reading over my shoulder again. Anyway, we had fun at his parents too. We exchanged presents with them and just relaxed. It was lots of fun to spend time with my sisters family. I miss the kids. We stayed up late every night. Sabrina is too smart for her own good which actually kinda works well on game nights. She holds her own pretty well against a house of adults. she kicked butt at Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Today is house clean up day at Jacobs. Free pizza for me...yeah. I did help hang the bulletin board and swept the stairs. Tonight we are going dancing. At least Jacob is anyway. I might stay home and make cookies.

Speaking of cooking, I made super yummy Tuscan chicken pasta from my crock pot recipe book I got for Christmas. It was super yummy. I will be eating it for at least a week. I need to remember I live alone and half recipes. Oh well.

Last night was the 1 1/2 year mark for Jacob and I dating. I took him ice skating. It was fun. It was only his second time ice skating. He did really good. That is it for now.

spies are everywhere

So on my last post Jacob came in and started to read over my shoulder. I dont have any secrets from him but it makes me super self concious when someone reads as I write. So i ended it. Anyway we had a great time on the West Side. We played Settlers of Catan with the boys several times. I was really glad they enjoyed it because it is Jacob's favorite game and he would be bummed if they didnt like it. The puppies had a great time chasing each other around the house. Artemis tries to be the boss of both Sissys dogs and they just look at her like she is crazy.

the wanapum dam on the snake river we try really really hard to kayak to. upriver. we dont get too close.
the amazing kitty litter scoop I bought at the dollar store to catch jelly fish with. jacob gets so annoyed when i stop rowing but i love to watch the underwater life. this trip he was nice enough to let me catch some jelly fish.

Being dipped on the dance floor.

Nothing new to report. work is the same. life is the same. I spent four days between my sissy's and jacobs parents house. the end

Let me see if I can remember all the wonderful things I have done since last September. I work mostly which is getting better-ish. Jacob no longer works there so it is a little lonely. Although there area few guys who have gone out of their way to make smile, laugh, and enjoy work in general. Both married so nothing scandalous about it. They both really like Jacob too.

We made several trips to Jacobs parents place as well as Sissy's. We finished getting up all the rock bolts and did some repelling and cleaning of the routes. For Halloween my mom made Jacob and amazing Gnome hat and boots. We found him a beer stein, a pipe, some glasses and other accessories. We went dancing at CJ's. He had the best costume by far but the contest came down to whoever was with the largest clique of people. We had fun anyway.

November brought Turkeyday and Jacobs birthday. We ate dinner with Britney and Danielle for T-day. I had to work that night to get set up for Christmas. Dinner was super yummy. I had homemade cranberry sauce for the first time and it was sooooo good.

For Jacobs birthday I bought him some ceramic bladed knives. They are super duper sharp and work really really well. He shares them well but I am afraid to use them....I am accident prone but have yet to get stitches. I would like to keep it that way. We went over to his parents place that weekend. His mom made a big dinner with my help and his favorite dessert. Sissy, Sabrina, Spencer and his horrid girlfriend came up to celebrate with us. We played apples to apples.

For Christmas we stayed on this side of the state. I was able to send my sister's family's presents with a couple of the boys' friends who drove over there to visit. Saved me on shipping which was really nice. Jacob and I slept in and then did our stockings and presents. He got me some awesome dance shoes, a video game I wanted, and a couple cases of Dr. Pepper. The really good original formula Dr.Pepper made with cane sugar not corn syrup that you can only order online or buy in certain parts of Texas. It is super expensive to ship so I am very very grateful and doing my best to stretch it out so it lasts. I also got some xmas dish towels, cookie cutters, hiking socks, oranges and some other stuff in my stocking.

I got Jacob an espresso machine and a steamer/rice cooker. We have been experimenting all weekend with them. After we opened presents we drove up to my mom's to hang out and snack on yummy snacky foods. Mom and Jim got me lots of good cooking stuffs. Pans, french fry cutter, shredder, whisks, and such. Artemis got some treats from both Nana and me, and a new squeaky toy from Santa. Jacob got a gift card to his favorite sport store from Mom and Jim.

My sissy got me a calendar, a crock pot book with yummy recipes I will be trying this week, and super duper comfy footy pajamas with sock monkey feet. They are awesome!

I will be buying myself a new chain for the crucifix Jacob got me last year with the gift card I received from my dad and stepmom. And probably Disneys Snow White as well. All in all it was a great day. Nice and relaxing. Until 9 pm anyway when I had to be at work to set up for the after Christmas sales. I worked until 6:30 Saturday morning. Jacob stayed up almost the whole time so he could come over and snuggle up with to sleep for the day. We slept until about 2:30. We played Settlers of Catan with one of his roommates and some friends. Today we were too tired to go to church and have been big bums. which reminds me i have cookies in the oven. crap.

self portrait of me and my honey
the cove at whitney point where we kayak.
jelly fish i caught in my super duper red jelly fish scoop while we were kayaking.
Scary rattle snake that tried to eat me and Artemis.


Just some random pics of my latest adventures. This weekend my mom came to stay for a few days. Friday we went to dinner at Rancho Viejo. We took went shopping earlier at walmart. we then watched part of Harry Potter 3 and went to bed.

Saturday we lounged around a bit before showering and getting ready for the day. we drove down to lewiston for the day. we stopped at the Dahmen barn and looked around. they were having their festival days. we bought some puple peppers, purple beans, peaches, green beans, and tomatoes. We ate lunch at a chinese restaurant then tried to find some garage sales. we didnt have any luck but had fun driving around. we stopped at a cute little store. the cottage gate i think it was called. then we headed home to do some shopping for my apartment. mom made a super yummy dinner for me, jacob, and britney. I made a yummy dessert with the recipe my mom gave me. it was a peach cheesecake dessert. we hung out for awhile watching harry potter 4.

sunday we went to church. then we went to lunch. then we went to the pottery store and painted pottery. it was really fun. i made two dessert plates and my mom made a salad plate. painted anyway,, not made. we made dinner for jacob and brittany again. then we watched harry potter 5. it was a busy and relaxing weekend all in one. it was very nice to hang out.

today i made a ton of fresh french fries with my new deep fryer. it was fun and all the guys at jacobs house really appreciated them.

work sucks. i hate my job. i am hoping to miraculously find something that pays the same. we will see. i have had enough of wally world. blah that is it for now. i need to go pick up my honey from his teaching job.

weekend getaway

Last weekend we went to stay with Jacob's mom in Brinnon. (his dad was in Colorado visiting his mother and other various family members) I would have visited with my family but my sister A) forgot I was coming, B) never called me back friday night until way later and my phone was out of service range, and C) my phone died before I could call her again.

Anyway, it was a very relaxing weekend. Jacob got up about 9 on Saturday and hung out with his mom and his laptop. I stayed in bed until 10. We went to eat lunch at the Timberhouse restaurant. It was soooo yummy. They have the best cheesy bread with garlic, sun dried tomatoes, and green onion. After we awoke from our food comas, and my food baby stopped kicking, we went to Rocky Brook Falls. Jacob put in two more climbing bolts while I repelled down a previous route and cleaned all the loose rocks and moss out. I used to be terrified of repelling. Actually, I hate being lowered when someone else is belaying me. Repelling is fun because I am in control of my speed of descent. I guess I really am a control freak. huh

Saturday night we went to bed at 8.We slept until 7 Sunday morning. Jacob really needed the sleep as he had been on nights the previous two weeks and didnt sleep much during the day due to his 7 roommates. I was just happy to have so much cuddle time that I was willing to go to bed before I was ready. We lounged around most of the morning. We went back to Rocky Brook so Jacob could finish the last bolt. We got on the road fairly early for us. We were home by midnight when we usually get home around 3-4 am. Jacobs mom also made a super duper yummy dinner for us on Saturday. We were hoping to pick some apples from his parents orchard but those darn elk already stripped the trees bare. We also were hoping the eggplant his parents planted were ready so we could make ratatouille. I decided we needed to try it after seeing the movie. Guess now we will have to buy some.

Work is super stressful. They are removing positions in the store through attrition. The lady in charge of cosmetics switched to Pharmacy which means I inherited the cosmetics department. Now i have twice as much work to do. Its so frustrating. I cant get another job that will pay me what i am making now so I have to just deal with it. It has been a very long week.

My mother is coming to spend the weekend with me. We will be garage saleing in Lewiston, making pottery, watching movies and relaxing. It should be a fun weekend. Next weekend is the womens retreat at church. I am not sure how it will go. Hopefully better than last year. We will see. I have met a lot more women in the past year from bible studies and church in general. Hopefully that will help make it more enjoyable.

In October we will be going to the west side at least once if not twice. I decided jacob is going to carve pumpkins with me for our front porches. He plays along with my holiday instructions very patiently and willingly. That is about it i guess. Nothing else too exciting.

I had to buy a new battery for my car. It kept not wanting to start. Speaking of car batteries....I had one leak acid all over me at work this week. I got a free pair of pants out of the deal. A really cute pair I had been thinking about buying. Since it was a work related accident, they paid for me to get a new pair of pants. I had to change out of my other ones right away cuz of the whole caustic element of acid. I didnt notice until way later that night that it was on my shirt as well. Nothing like realizing you are showing a huge amount of skin in a room full of guys. Luckily Jacobs roommates are tactful.