Crack climbing

Poor Artemis was too little to get her rope unstuck from the littlest bunches of dried grass. It was so funny.

Repelling down. That is my least favorite part.

Climbing up an fairly easy part.

Almost to the top!!

7 months and counting!! :)

Jacob, his roommmate Alex, and I went rock climbing this weekend. I did so good!! I didnt need to be hoisted up once. It was lots of fun. The weather was perfect for it. I tied Artemis to a tree with a 50 ft rope. She had the best time running all over the place. She was on the move the whole three hours we were there. She slept for the rest of the day straight through until the next morning. The poor thing kept getting her rope caught. We were cracking up. She would get so upset when I climbed up and she couldnt get to me. Icant wait until its warmer and see how she takes to the water.

Sunday we went to church and then Jacob made spaghettti. It was for the group dinner but also its my favorite and it was our seven month mark.

Valentines Day

My beautiful Carnations

Yummy chocolates and Dr. Pepper. He only bought me one of the cases. The other was one I bought to keep there.

My adorable little bear.

I had to work Valentines night. At first I was fine with this because Jacob was supposed to be out of town. We talked about celebrating after he got back by going out to dinner. I decided i was going to make him dinner. Which is a pretty big deal because I dont like to cook and have never ever made dinner for a boy before. Then he informed me he was doing overnights the week he got back. Which means he would be home all day when I wanted to cook dinner at his place to surprise him. I ended up cooking steak, potatoes, biscuits, and cherry cheese pie last Tuesday. He ended up not going out of town because he still doesnt feel all that well.

Then I was kind of sad I had to work but not too sad because I would still get to see him. Then he decided he was going to go to the Valentines Ballroom dance here in town. Which was fine because I had to work and I didnt want him to stay home doing nothing. But I really hated the idea of him dancing with other girls on Valentines Day while I was stuck working. He ended up not going after all. When I got to his house after work he had flowers, chocolate, a mini stuffed bear, and Dr.Pepper waiting for me. The best part is I got to fall asleep with him on the couch.

New Job...New School...New Year

I have been very comfortable in my position in the womens department at Wal mart. Everyone has been telling me I should apply for a department manager position for years now. I havent really been interested in taking on more responsibility. Last week two positions came available and everyone started guilting me into trying for them. I finally gave in and took the manager test (which I passed) and applied for the Department Manager of HBA position. I interviewed yesterday and got the job. Now I will be working primarily M-F from 8-5. I will have to do some overnights and 5-2 when new features come in or we have to set for different seasons. Best of all is a $1.10 raise and working the same schedule as Jacob! The more I thought about it after applying the more excited I got. Now I am really excited for the challenge and the change.

As for school...I applied to WSU. Whenever I would go to do the paperwork I needed for U of I to switch majors and get ready for next semester I would get a feeling of dread and put it off. When it came down to the deadline I got physically sick thinking about going back there. I really do not like the school and was not happy there at all. So I applied at WSU. We will see if I like it better. Jacob has filled me in on some of their requirements of all students. I will have to take two world history classes which I dont mind at all. And I will have to put together a writing portfolio which I really dont mind. I love writing. At U of I, I would have had to take a stupid computer class which requires you to make a web page and learn some basic programming. I am not into computers at all beyond getting the info I need and stalking my friends. If I ever need a webpage made, I will pay someone to do it. And I will never program anything. There were other things at U of I that I didnt like either. I feel much better now about my future and schooling. Hopefully this will work out for me or I will have to go with my back up plan of winning the lottery!!!

Stupid cold

Jacob has been sick all week due to his ice climbing adventure last weekend. I thought I had escaped being sick since I just watched. Alas, I have caught his icky sore throat, stuffed up cold.

On the up side, I have had my license back for a few days now. And we got a washer/dryer stacked combo in our apartment finally. No more hauling giant bags of laundry up and down the stairs and to/from my car. Yeah!

one more thing

i am tagging shawna, karen, and rachel

Oh yeah...almost forgot

tag six people to do the same (see previous post)

Tagged by Wendy E who was tagged by Tina V. heehee that rhymes

The rules of the game......go to your sixth picture folder, pick the sixth picture and tell the story behind it.


So I almost cheated because this is such a boring picture. But then I decided to follow the rules anyway. This is a picture of Trevor's truck loaded with my dressers. When it was time to move out of the dorms and into an apartment, I enlisted Ben and Trevor who both have trucks. I bribed them with lunch but as it turns out they were both really excited to help. Niether of them ever get to do any hauling or other "manly" things with thier trucks so they were like little boys with a new toy. They bought bungees and nets and jumped right into loading up the stuff from my three storage units. It made the move so much easier. Its nice to have such good friends.

Happy Day!

Today my license is officially valid again. And we are having a washer/dryer combo installed in our apartment this very moment. Yeah!!! :) No more depending on my wonderful boyfriend to haul me around. And no more hauling huge laundry bags down the stairs, across the muddy ground to my car, and back again. Plus it will save me some money each month.

Not much else new. Artemis is getting bigger. I didnt really notice until I figured out her collar is no longer huge on her. You can tell if you look at older pictures too.