Storm Windows

So i was amazed at my electricity bills and how expensive my little place has been to keep warm....and now i know why!! Storm Windows.
Well i guess you have to close it!! Will was helping do some staining smelly stuff (on our handmade bootjacks) and i'm like please open the window...well in the process he's like...HEY there's another window and its opened...well guesss what...storm window! hahaha
so now in my final month of living here...i might have a cheaper electricity bill now that the storm windows are CLOSED!

just funny i had to laugh, such is life, we learn as we go..right???

i'm enjoying being here. I'm getting used to the cold/snow/driving over the pass. Work has had some major changes over last few weeks...lets say overwhelming, and very stressful.
i went to the foot doctor aabout a month ago and need to get orthotics...and i haven't...they cost a lot. saving up for them...but i have been wearing my shoes up til i get to bed. and so that has helped, i aslo stoppped my kick-boxing since i think that was aggravating my ligament...punching the bag with my leg...yeah..no wonder i couldn't walk the next day. So once again, the foot is bearable (my right one has a heel spur that has developed over the years..on the BOTTOM, i also have a small one on my heel (achilles tendon) but that doesn't bug me...anyway..it was fascinating how dr described it to me...i won't bore ya all)

anyway..so i think i've gained weight :( it has been nice a few times tat will and i have ridden bicycles...so that was fun. Plan to do a lot more when the weather is better...

i'll keep ya updated on life...just sometimes it goes to fast! Being here i have slowed down and am enjoying what life really is...but it still seems that the days comea nd go toooo quickly.

i'll try to post more pictures later.

Living in Livingston: Photos for your viewing pleasure

here are some photos..
will and i went up to bozeman, and he drove. So i got this shot of some of what i drive each day. Its after we went over the Hill. That is what you say when you go to/from Livingston. Going over the Hill. Yep i'm learning Montanan.

my honey. This little bridge is just a few blocks away, over the river/creek, its the community center/park area. Notice the moutains? Every which way you turn you see mountains. I love it!

We went on a walk...itwas a nice day..got cold/windy toward the end...i took my own picture.

The fake side of livingston.!! what is up with my font?? okay there it goes..and now its blue?? whatever...i'm sooo clueless with blogging stuff...me the computer expert?? hahaha. This is my photo of main street. Will and I go to the STOCKMAN. that is where I had my b-day dinner. Its interesting you have to go through the bar before you get to the little restaurant area. It one page menus and cash only. Always crowded. Its a home-town favorite. Simple low fuss favorites. Its dang good and very reasonable prices...why we go a bit mroe than we should! Steak and potatoe anyone?

The Real Livingston. Lots of alleyways, Will says he wants to do a book of images of 'real towns' hahaha. I don't have a picture, but the houses are interesting, you have house then the detached garage behind, with a small street/alley inbetween the garages and then houses on the other sides...i know i'm confusing!! i don't make much sense...so i need a picture. and then some houses are hidding in the middle of the other ones...We went and looked at a house for sale..couldn't find it from the street..until we went up the alley/dirt street and there it was...nope, i don't want that house! hahaha. A view of the Garbage cans and cars and garages? Not unless i ihave to.

from front of apt building...Library then a little down..is the Post Office, behind the Red Truck/Tree is the Movie theatre. One side of the marquee got blown off. You aren't able to sneak away during the day and watch a movie. Two movies only. 7 and 9pm showing. Saturday/sunday i think i've seen like a 4pm one. Very quaint...I haven't been yet. I'm going to get will to take me so we can expereience a small town movie theatre..i wonder if it will be like the Valley in Oregon?? The red building is the chinese restaurant the WOK, great wonton soup, but we must've gone on a bad night.

From the front door of Apt. This is the Library.

and that's all folks!!

02/07/09 Me and My Honey

Here are two photos from today! Not the greatest..but pictures. I forgot to carry my digital camera around today, it was a very beautiful day, sunny and NO WIND. So that means it might snow tonight. It was pretty warm, most everyone was walking around in long shirts.

Back OnLine and Ready to Blog :)

Okay. Just got the internet set up today (and tv also) so this is my first post from my apt.
Where are the pictures??? yep i gotta upload some photos and take some of my new home in Livingston.

To Be Continued.....

Made it to Montana

I made it here :) yippee. I will update this weekend sometime or when i next get to the library which just happens to be across the street from where I live. I had orientation Monday/Tuesday and today only had to go up for my TB shot. Why? Because last night it snowed and the facilitator was nice and got me and another lady done so we didn't have to come back.....but i forgot about the TB test read :( that's okay, i went to Walmart to pick up some supplies. So i had my first driving experience in the snow....through the pass in Bozeman-Livingston MT. Quite the new experience.
i'll have to get pictures etc...but for now...I'm here.

Blogging Downtime

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. I'm very thankful for this past year. For the opportunity to move to Oregon, to have done some personal growth, for having found a really great job, great co-workers, some who i really will miss since i've come to really rely on them, for my parents and all they did for me, for putting up with me, for being their to help out financially when i first moved back, for being there with laundry, internet services without charge, just for being wonderful parents. I look back and see that i have come a long way and this Detour was much needed in my life. I'm ready to hit the road, and savor this new journey I am about to take.

I'm thankful for the internet the ability to stay in better contact via emails and of course the blogs. Unfortunately I won't have much access right off the bat, and i'm not sure for how long. Maybe Santa will bring me a computer, or at least send his Elf to get my man's computer from Utah. With that said...There will be a Blogging Downtime for an unspecified amount of time.

Next Chapter: MONTANA

I fell in Love with Livingston/Bozeman, MT when my main squeeze and I rode the bike up to visit his sister (end of Aug/1st of Sept). Its small town country and that is where I've always wanted to end up. With my own little mini-farm. And now its all happening :) since that trip, i've been applying off and on to different jobs at various locations within the Bozeman/livingston area. I didn't think anything would happen, since i never heard anything. Yet i kept at it. Figuring, what's meant to be will be. Well On Oct 27th, I received a phone call from AMI. She had noticed I applied to a position, yet they had already filled it, she noticed my impressive resume (not my words) and wanted to know if I would be interested in the Tech Aide position, she said some very magical words. Day-time hours, full-time, same rate of pay, no holidays, details/organization yet also a bit of patient care (assisting when needed in biopsy, or whatnot) WOW. So i sent her a detailed resume since she wanted to call back the next day...well I oops and put an "e" in the email direction where there wasn't one. Finally I figured it out and let her know.. I thought I had ruined my chances. Nope, she understood (i did come off a graveyard shift!) and called and set up a phone interview for Nov. 4th with the other manager.
Nov. 4th came and had a good chat with them both (with-holding names since not that important) and just was excited for the possibility of this new job. Sounded like a good fit for me. And so I said I could come out for face to face. That was scheduled for Nov. 11th. Yes I was nervous enough that I got sick in my tummy.
yep, I was nervous, but also confident and at times doubtful. I ended up packing my car with as much stuff as I could. My main squeeze said if i didn't get the job he could always drive it back. So up until i was offered/accepted the job i was a bit nervous. Since then I gave my two week notice. (notice how much i said 'nervous? hahaha) And came back to OR to back up the rest of my stuff. ITs a bit surreal. Its all fallen into place so quickly, and so right. I found a studio apartment off the bat. And no one LIVES UNDER ME!! :) that was a big selling point, and its cheaper than the 1 bedroom. One bad draw is its a 6 month lease. Well, I told my M.S. that if he moves and we aren't married. I'm staying put :)
montana State is also in Bozeman, they have an excellent Nursing program. So i will get started on that, although won't go full-time until after i establish residencey (1 year for university level) since its DANG more expensive than PCC. Maybe i do regret not taking a class or two while i was here...but then i'm big at putting things off sometimes. but that was the last chapter,i've turned the page and looking towards what happens next.