The Job Market

Well, I’ve officially joined the millions of people in our country who are looking for a job. Similar to our situation a year ago when we were faced with selling our house at the worst time in the market … I think now I’m facing the worst time to be in the market for a [...]

This is my 103rd Post!

Well, I missed a milestone moment that some bloggers celebrate … 100 posts I was at my friend Utterances site today and noticed that she commented on her 100 posts and I thought … gee, I wonder how many I have?!? Well, what do you know … 100!! As far as other statistics [...]

Make Me Laugh Tuesday

Considering the economy and stress in our lives … I thought another day for fun would be good so here’s something that made me laugh. I’m listening to last nights press conference as I update my blog. Crisis, crisis, crisis … will economic recovery plan enough? that’s another blog so …
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Make Me Laugh Monday

Ok … so I’m a little late but it is still Monday and I thought I’d share a little something fun … courtesy of the Shriners down here in the big Laveen community parade. I think they must have had several hundred of them in our parade … first the motorcycles, then in go-carts, on scooters [...]

Journey to Arizona … the Condo Decision

Wow, I can’t believe that I wrote on this blog for 8 Days in a row!!! I was really on a good stretch last week. I’m pretty updated on current events so now is a good time to look back in time. It has been a while since I reflected on our journey here. I [...]

DayZ Too?

Well, DayZ II arrived a few weeks ago. We were a little nervous about getting another dog from the pound so we wanted to wait before making this decision “public” to you all. I think she is ready for her unveiling today. We knew you’d think we were all crazy if we kept getting dogs [...]

FBR Golf Tournament

Was so happy to have a teacher offer to give me his FBR tickets so I could go check it out last week. We went on the first day with the Pro-Am Tournament going on so there were not too many people there but it was so beautiful and a great excuse to get together [...]

Honor Roll, Principles List and More!

Both kids received awards this quarter, and this time, I was invited by Haley’s teacher to come and watch the events. I am so impressed with her new teacher who handles situations so smoothly … like what I am use to seeing in a classroom. I watched Haley go up and receive a Principle’s Award [...]

Pool Time in January?!?

Don’t you love this … canoeing in our pool in January … AND just look at the drama … those boys make me laugh so much!!!

Family moves back to Washington …

Well, I finally connected with my cousin … after living here almost a year. He has lived here for several years so we were looking forward to ‘hooking up’ when we got settled. We tried before Christmas time and he had a tire blow out on the way here – big bummer. So we kept [...]