After we came home from snow tubing yesterday, I noticed everyone had pulled their window wiper blades up. I thought I looked very strange and then it dawned on me, they didn't want their wiper blades to stick to the car. I'm glad I put mine up because my car had a layer of ice covering the entire car. I've never seen anything like it. So, I understood why schools and businesses and the attorney I was working with today cancelled. YEAH!!! So no work and no school again! I love Virginia. Today, we slept in, watched movies, played games, and I was able to work on terminology for my classes at JMU, Econometrics and Astrology. I wonder if we'll get another snow day tomorrow?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
2nd Snow Day/Ice Day No School
After we came home from snow tubing yesterday, I noticed everyone had pulled their window wiper blades up. I thought I looked very strange and then it dawned on me, they didn't want their wiper blades to stick to the car. I'm glad I put mine up because my car had a layer of ice covering the entire car. I've never seen anything like it. So, I understood why schools and businesses and the attorney I was working with today cancelled. YEAH!!! So no work and no school again! I love Virginia. Today, we slept in, watched movies, played games, and I was able to work on terminology for my classes at JMU, Econometrics and Astrology. I wonder if we'll get another snow day tomorrow?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
1st Snow Day -- No School
Can you believe this? Not only were schools cancelled, but businesses were closed and James Madison University was closed due to weather, too. Yeah!!! No school, No work. I like it when it snows in Virginia. I went to the store and it was like a ghost town. I only saw five people in the store, and two were cashiers. I guess I know when I'll be grocery shopping from now on. I decided to take advantage of not having to work today, so we went snow tubing at Massanutten Resort. It was a ton of fun. You slid down the hill extremely fast. I don't think I've ever gone down a hill that fast on a tube. We took some of Alexis' friends with us, too.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Escape Artist, aka Penny
Well, this is Alexis' 2nd hamster. The first one we got was sick and didn't make even a week, so sad. So after a proper burial thanks to Petco, we have a new hamster. She's a lot more playful, and Alexis is having fun with her. It's her job to take care of her, cleaning cage, feeding, etc. Last night when we came home Penny was not in her cage. ARGH, not again. Two hamsters gone in less than one week.
She had pushed open the lid and had a few hours of complete freedom. Then we came home. We searched everywhere for her. We finally found her in my bathroom, tucked away in a corner, dang it, she'd been found. She looked a little scared or maybe it was the fact that she knew where she was going -- back to her cage. The lid has now been securely fastened, so no more escapes.
1st Snowfall in Virginia
It snowed on Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday. WOW!!! Alexis was sad she didn't have school, because they definitely would not have had school, because of the snow, can you believe it? I don't think we'll be having any more snowstorms this year, if you can call this a snowstorm. The next day, the snow had all melted, no snowman making here. It was 55 degrees last Friday, YEAH!!!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Vacation is over
We had such an amazing time in Utah for Christmas. The white Christmas was absolutely beautiful and just what we needed. Both of us enjoyed being surrounded by family and friends. Thanks for all the family parties and get togethers. It's surprising the things you miss and take for granted when they're always there.
While we were there, Alexis' grandma passed away, Grandma Barbara Day. She was an amazing women and will be missed by both of us. She was always so happy to see us, she had a great big smile. I'm glad we were able to attend her funeral.
The trip home was another adventure, flat tire on the way to the airport, I've never been so rushed at the airport, we didn't even have time to stop for breakfast. Luckily, Joy made some toast for us. After we arrived in Baltimore, we had a bus ride, metro ride, cab ride -- I decided against hauling all 7 bags of luggage on foot back to Kimberly's. We were exhausted and completely famished. We finally had real food, it tasted amazing.
I also knew reality was just around the corner, 9:00 a.m. church and work, yes I do have a job. Well, Monday I had a deposition with four witnesses, the attorney ordered the transcript of 2 witnesses next day and the other 2 witnesses, two day delivery, since they were going to court on Friday. So, I'm freaking out, knowing this has to be transcribed by tomorrow. It's a good thing is was short, only 85 pages. I still had to work all day and night Monday, early Tuesday morning and Tuesday and Wednesday in order to transcribe this deposition. Thursday I sat in on a sexual assault case in court. Friday I had a deposition in the morning, which he wanted transcribed and I was in court all afternoon and part of the evening. I didn't make it out of there until 6:30 p.m. We're paid by the page, but I was so hoping the attorneys didn't want this transcribed, whew, they only wanted the Judge's opinion not the entire 189 pages.
Classes at JMU start this week, I have an Econometrics and Cosmic Perspective class. Yeah, for math and science classes, really, I know I'm strange. I'll also be out on depositions and court on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I think I'm finally adjusting to reality and my fear of swearing in the witness no longer exists. This job has been such a good learning experience for me. I have to admit as crazy as last week was, I was ready to start working after taking three weeks off.
While we were there, Alexis' grandma passed away, Grandma Barbara Day. She was an amazing women and will be missed by both of us. She was always so happy to see us, she had a great big smile. I'm glad we were able to attend her funeral.
The trip home was another adventure, flat tire on the way to the airport, I've never been so rushed at the airport, we didn't even have time to stop for breakfast. Luckily, Joy made some toast for us. After we arrived in Baltimore, we had a bus ride, metro ride, cab ride -- I decided against hauling all 7 bags of luggage on foot back to Kimberly's. We were exhausted and completely famished. We finally had real food, it tasted amazing.
I also knew reality was just around the corner, 9:00 a.m. church and work, yes I do have a job. Well, Monday I had a deposition with four witnesses, the attorney ordered the transcript of 2 witnesses next day and the other 2 witnesses, two day delivery, since they were going to court on Friday. So, I'm freaking out, knowing this has to be transcribed by tomorrow. It's a good thing is was short, only 85 pages. I still had to work all day and night Monday, early Tuesday morning and Tuesday and Wednesday in order to transcribe this deposition. Thursday I sat in on a sexual assault case in court. Friday I had a deposition in the morning, which he wanted transcribed and I was in court all afternoon and part of the evening. I didn't make it out of there until 6:30 p.m. We're paid by the page, but I was so hoping the attorneys didn't want this transcribed, whew, they only wanted the Judge's opinion not the entire 189 pages.
Classes at JMU start this week, I have an Econometrics and Cosmic Perspective class. Yeah, for math and science classes, really, I know I'm strange. I'll also be out on depositions and court on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I think I'm finally adjusting to reality and my fear of swearing in the witness no longer exists. This job has been such a good learning experience for me. I have to admit as crazy as last week was, I was ready to start working after taking three weeks off.
Tubing at Jolley's Ranch
We went tubing again, so much fun. This time there was a group of us. They had tons of fun making trains, going down the hill. At one point, Alexis laid across them and went down the hill. I thought for sure someone was going to get hurt, whew, no accidents.
Mount Timpanogos Temple
We were able to do baptisms for the dead. It was an amazing experience that I'll always remember, I hope Alexis, Michael, Hannah, and Nicole feel the same way. Our appointment was at 7:00 a.m. on Dec 31st. I was shocked to see the number of cars in the parking lot when we arrived. The temple is open at 5:30 a.m. and is quite busy at that time, unbelieveable.
Cross-country skiing
First, when cross country skiing, always follow directions. Keep your skis on your feet at all times, and always stay on the trail. We had an amazing time. Joy was chasing after Alexis and Sydney. Sydney even threw a snowball at Jason, the end result whitewash for Sydney. Can you believe they buried themselves in snow, completely crazy but so much fun.
Salt Lake City
We had a great time in Salt Lake. We went and saw Marley and Me at the Jordan Commons and went to Build a Bear. That's been a tradition of ours for several years. It was fun to share this experience with friends and family.
Snowman
It had just snowed on Christmas morning, we had to make a snowman. We used ginger cookies for the eyes, celery for the nose, and M&M's for the mouth.
Christmas
For Christmas, instead of buying Alexis presents that end being forgotten about, we've been taking trips. Last year we went to Disneyland and SeaWorld. This year Alexis wanted to go to Utah, I'll admit so did I. We were both extremely homesick. Santa knew how much Alexis loves cheese, it was a big hit. I had to document the phone call, although, it was Daddy. The teenage years are coming up so, so fast. Where does the time go?
Tubing with Taylor and Eli
We went tubing in Payson with David, Taylor, Eli, Jane and Larry. Taylor and I got into a snowball fight. Everytime I saw him after that, he would comment how, "I started it". Great memories.
Christmas Party
We had our family Christmas party at Cindy's house. It was tons of fun. We really enjoyed being surrounded by family, especially Alexis' cousins. They're the best.
Ice skating
We had a ton of fun ice skating. Ben, Alexis and Hannah played tag.
We made a snowman on Christmas, I guess Alexis was still hungry. Apparently the snowman was too tempting.
We also made snow forts for our snowball fight.
Temple square was freezing. I don't ever, ever remember being that cold. Neither does Alexis.
We also went cross-country skiing and tubing at Jolley's Ranch, up Springville Canyon.
Brick Oven
Of course, we had to have dinner at Brick Oven. Alexis was so happy to be able to drink rootbeer, last time we were there she had her braces on. It tasted so, so good. So many memories at Brick Oven. As a child, this was always a favorite of mine for my birthday lunch. My mom would always treat me to pizza, salad, applebeer, and a sucker. They're so yummy.
Rocky Mountains
The mountains are absolutely beautiful, especially when they're covered in snow. I found myself constantly admiring them, taking it all in. I even missed snow, is that possible? Had I gone crazy? I was always complained about it, being away -- even if only for a few months -- I was so happy to see so much of it. It snowed and snowed and snowed some more. I even caught myself wanting it to snow more. One day when it was snowing, the snowflakes were huge. The biggest I've seen in a long time. They were slowly falling down from the sky. It was absolutely beautiful. I felt like I was in a snowglobe.
Snow Angels
We went home for Christmas. It was the best Christmas ever!!! It was so nice to be around family and friends, and sleeping in every day was pretty awesome, too. We had a great time with all new snow. Alexis and Sydney had to make snow angels. Every morning Alexis would bundle up, and play in the snow at Grandma Nichols'.
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