Parks

This picture made me laugh. Its so a "Steve" face. We sometimes play on the playground. which reminds me of the days when we were dating and used to hang out at Liberty park and a couple other fun ones. I miss Slc parks. Its so weird and I never thought this would happen but I really did love Utah and miss it a lot. Its so fun to live in a place where at some point you always know of something fun going on. And there is always something.

We love living near a park here. That is where we go when we walk Sophie the dog. We can let her run without a leash cause technically it's not illegal. )I looked it up and someone who didn't care one way or the other must've wrote that one since it can be interpreted whichever way you want. So it is there we go but I did learn my lesson this week. Never ever let my dog play with another when it's on the leash. She was just fine for a moment as hung on tightly but without warning she took off the opposite direction from which I was facing and I tried to hold her back but I was totally off balance so I fell onto the asphalt path and got all torn up. So I now have a big scrape on each hand and on one of my knees there are 2 big ones. I would actually be happy with just the knee scrapes if I could but the hands are just driving me crazy. I can't even wash the dishes until the heal up better. Washing my face is a really interesting chore. So there it is. My dog is really really strong. She probably weighs about 70 pounds. and is a really good runner. Now she only gets to run if Steve will take her since the leash would burn my hands and I sometimes take her to the dog park which is nice since I don't have to do anything but sit and watch her run around and sniff dog butts and play.

Sitting Waiting Wishing

I just wanted to show off the beautiful flowers my mom sent for Easter. They really made my week. So here we are stuck in April and its so interesting to watch the weather go from cold to hot to cold. You know they say that's just how Michigan weather is., but I feel like the same thing is true of Utah. Probably other places too. One small difference is that my hands aren't drying out like crazy here. But in Utah my hands would be cracking and I would have to lotion them every hour. Anyway we are just hanging out right now. Steve is scheduled to take the Board (Step 1) on May 10th. After that we want to play a little since its such a rare occasion that we have time for whatever we want. (I say we but I really mean Steve seeing as I have time to build a rocket ship and plant a whole acre of cabbage.) So we are hopefully going to visit my Aunt Esther in Kentucky and then go to Colorado for a bit. Then on to home with our beloved pooch. By then hopefully we will have some sort of vague plan for where rotations are going to be.

Here are our top 3 choices and a few lemons with silver linings.

1. Saginaw- Staying here would mean that we don't have to move and its cheap cheap cheap! one problem is that it only starts in August so we'd have to pick up a rotation somewhere else til then.

2. Janesville Wisconsin- Which we found out we could got to almost at once and then just stay. There's not much bad parts about this option other than us having to move.

3. Danbury Connecticut- Which I wish was #1 but its more expensive there so its not #1. We would love to live in New England with all the snooty falooty old money people. It would make us so close to all these amazing things and I would get live the "Gilmore Girls" dream which only Those who watch that show understand.

Lemon #1. New York- It has every rotation and we wouldn't have to move but when you start thinking expensive this is top of the list plus New York is an intimidating city. Yikes. Still I'm ok with visiting it does have cool things to see.

Lemon #2. Any other place that is available for example; Chicago, Atlanta, Ohio, and many many others, most of which don't have all rotations which would mean moving again and again which frankly we can't afford.

Anywho that's kinda where we are at the moment. We are just sitting waiting and wishing.

Oh I almost forgot that I did get the babysitting job that I was fired from the day after they hired me. Its not bad. I don't have all 3 days a week yet cause she's phasing out the other girl. (Sorry to all those out there who have been phased out in this way by intelligent brilliant people like myself. That's a cruddy feeling. Luckily for me I'm not in that position at the moment.) So I think they like me. I've been working really hard with the kid he's 2 and was a premi so he's a bit behind but its so fun watching and helping him make progress. There is a nurse there 24/7 with his twin brother so I'm never alone with him. I like having someone to chat with through the day. It sure makes it fun and the day goes faster.

Also I wanted to put in a little bit about what I'm reading right now since those of you who know me well know that I'd rather read a book then do just about anything. I just started the "Lord of the Rings" and Its going good. They are very dark though so I'm gonna have to take breaks and read other stuff or I'm going to get my crazy nightmares and the depression will kick in. /i also just read "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. If you haven't read it I think you should it is so so good. This is the same author that did the Giver and I can't wait to find another book by her. Its just amazing writing. If anyone has any suggestions of good books please post them. I am always looking for another winner. Though please realize that My favorites are mysteries, fantasy, and children's literature. so if you're going to suggest something outside those realms than it better so so so amazing. Anyway thats our life. Hope you are enjoying the show!