Stuck

I'm wondering if any of my friends feel a need to head out of the city and go for a ride to the country for a day. I fear I may become quite lonely and perhaps even go berserk. My van is broken. Sad sad day for me. We knew it was coming, the starter has been acting up for a long time but since we never had any money to fix it we just prayed it would keep working for us and it did.....until Sunday. It would not start for us and consequently we were nearly late for church. Lucky for us they run on Mormon standard time here. We all piled into "little red" ,the girls without their car seats no less, and drove our little country bumpkin selves to the church 6 blocks away. Good thing church was so close and that we do live in a place with absolutely no traffic.

Anywho, we still lack the fundage to fix our van (partly because Ivan had to take 3 days off last week to go to an interview in Kansas City) so I just might go crazy being stuck in Grantsville for the next few weeks until we can get it fixed.

Oh, and if any of my friends feel like hosting a Stampin' Up! party for me so I can earn some extra cash to fix my van then I would greatly appreciate that as well. =) (except you might have to come pick me up =) ).

Country Girl at Heart

So I've figured out in the last couple of weeks that I must truly be a country girl at heart. I have not minded one minute of my stay here in Grantsville so far and to my surprise have actually rather enjoyed it.

I think this must stem from my early childhood. I was born in a very small town, actually, I was born 30 miles away from my house because we lived in a very very small town. We lived on a dirt road and only had a few neighbors. There were no traffic lights and the high school was a combo jr high/high school with about 70 kids. Yes indeed, a very small town. I think I liked it there. I don't remember much but I must have liked it because I am back in a place that could compare I think and I love it.

Country folk are just different from city folk. The things that matter to them are a little less worldly and they are also much more friendly. I have felt at home from the second we walked in the door to our new place.

I have also gotten the homesteading bug. I think it would absolutely fabulous to have a house with a lot of land for a big garden and lots of animals. I know it would be a lot of work but fun work. What wouldn't be fun about planting your own food and growing it yourself (organically might I add) instead of relying on others. And teaching my kids about it would be priceless. I have even started by going in with some ladies here on buying seeds for my garden. I've ordered 3 kinds of tomatoes, peppers, onions, cauliflower, squash, melons, lettuce, spinach...etc.....you name, we'll have it. I also ordered a bunch of herbs so I can have those as well. Too bad I don't have anywhere to plant them yet. I will though (I hope)by next year. I am on my way to self sufficiency (as long as I can figure out how to tend my garden).

I have been thinking a lot about this self sufficiency thing lately and how our world is right now. I admit that I'm a little scared by all that is going on and the price of gas, which affects everything! There is also talk of a trucker's strike which could really do us all in where food is concerned. It's an uncertain world we live in right now. I'm grateful that we have church leaders who have counseled us to store food/ get out of debt/ save money. I have a feeling we are going to need it sooner rather than later.

Happy Easter

I just wanted to wish all of you a happy Easter! Oh, and just in case you were wondering, Huggies baby wipes do quite a good job of getting poop out of fancy frilly Easter dresses....and off of shoes... and socks. They work pretty well on chocolate too!

Back by popular demand!

Since everyone seems to want me to keep blogging I guess I will have to oblige. I guess I had been in one of my moods last time and really really just wanted to quit the blogging thing. I have thought it over however and have decided that my life really isn't so bad after all. My mom used to always say that things never turn out as bad as we think they will. It has proven true over and over. I thought I would be super depressed over leaving my house and moving so far away from my friends and all I know but it hasn't been that bad actually. Maybe it hasn't hit me yet but I'd like to think that I won't ever be sad about my house.

Granstville is turning out to be quite nice really. I enjoy the quiet a lot. The most that I ever hear is an occasional car (oh, and yesterday a tractor went by....the joys of living in the country!). Ivan even saw an owl in the tree outside our house this morning. So cool. Here is my short list of the good things about living in Grantsville:

1. So so quiet
2. I can see the stars bright and clear
3. Fresh air!
4. A yard to play in! Yeah!
5. Being in a family ward
6. I can go to the grocery store and not have to deal BYU students making out in the aisles
7. No traffic
8. My car insurance is lower (due to the fact that there is no traffic!)
9. living close to my sister
10. no annoying noisy neighbors that leave their trash and tobacco remnants in front of my house.

The only things I could do without are not having a dishwasher and being so far away from everything. I miss Target and Costco.

So I guess I will keep on blogging so that you all can keep up with us. Hopefully I will have a lot of happy stuff to write about.

I Quit

After much thought and consideration I have decided to quit blogging, at least for the time being. I look at everyone else's blogs and just think to myself at how utterly depressing my life is compared to everyone else's. It seems everyone has wonderful things happening, new babies, vacations, buying houses etc..... As much as I try I just can't seem to come up with anything positive to blog about. Negative things are consuming my life right now. I try to look on the bright side and see the positive but really, I can't seem to considering everything that is going on. So since I can't say anything nice, I'm just not going to say anything at all.

Perhaps is life gets a little better I will be up to blogging again but for now it's adios amigos.

Home Sweet Home

Since some of my friends now know and since I am feeling a little less embarrassed to tell the whole world, I am letting you all know that we are moving. It is not by choice either. We have to be moved out of our house by March 15th. I am very sad and very very scared but I know that everything will work out in the end. I am actually taken back by the love and concern that has been showed to us the last couple of days. We've already had 3 offers from friends for us to live with them. Since I like my friends and want to still be friends we have declined those offers but I am very very grateful for them and their willingness to share.

So who knows what will happen to us. For now our plan is to live in one of my sister's rental houses for a little while until we know what we are doing. Heaven knows I don't want to live in Grantsville but at least the rent will be super cheap and my girls will get to see their cousins more.

Now it's time for my bawl session. I love my house. This place has been my home for 4 years. It is really the only home I've had since the home I grew up in. I've had my babies here (literally had them here...in the house), we've grown into a family here. We have painted it crazy colors because that is who we are and now we have to leave it. I guess I would feel different if we were leaving for good reasons. For a job somewhere and a new adventure but since it's not that way it is super super hard. We are going backwards here. I thought we were supposed to be progressing. All I know is that the last year of my life has been about the hardest I can imagine. The Lord has seen fit to stretch me as far as I can go and then a little more. I only hope that I am proving my worthiness. Most of the time I feel I am not but I am trying. So now I have to get my act together and pack like crazy. The thought overwhelms me more than you can know. I have no idea how to pack a whole house. I've only ever had to pack myself up really and that's nothing. Now I have to pack myself, a husband, 2 kids and a piano....a very very heavy piano. Yikes. Any strong men want to come help us on the 15th??

Latino-American Love

I thought this was hilarious. But you might only get it if you've taken a semester of Spanish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw