So I thought while I have a minute before I have to get stuff ready for work tomorrow (and baby girl is sleeping) I'd write a quick update since I have been absent lately.

Joe took a good amount of stuff to Utah and dropped off our dogs and our chicken for Mom to watch until we get there. And what a long trip it was..flat tires, closed roads..and oh I could go on. Luckily he got home safe and got caught up on missed sleep. We miss our puppies! And of course our chicken too :)

So I'll post a picture of our first round of packed boxes.

And that's barely a dent in our stuff.

By this point, we've gotten most of the house stuff packed, we just have to haul all of the furniture, appliances, kitchen, pantry, laundry room and shop/garage stuff and we'll be done! And boy, that's a lot more than what it sounds like!

So all in all we're getting there..slowly, box by box, but we're getting there.

So these next few weeks I may be a bit more absent than I have been lately. Why? You ask. Well because we are moving! We have decided that life here is not for us. We've enjoyed being near family and love our home, but if we could just change the weather and the surroundings and a few other things we'd be fine :) But since we don't have control over any of that we've decided to pick up roots and transplant them elsewhere. We will be near family, just different family. The other thing I'm quite excited about is that we'll have grass and trees! Believe me, I'd have them now if it were possible. I'll have a nice big area to garden, and I'll be able to go outside without feeling like a frying egg! This is not our dream move, but it is putting us in a much better position to be able to get to our dream home and life!

So...I may see you, I may not over the next few weeks.

Wish us luck!

The hot summer sun shines on my newly lanolized wool. The wind brushes the sweet scent my way, as the water drips slowly to the dry thirsting ground.

To add such sweet colors to nature for a short time is refreshing.

(A moment captured this week. Sweet, silent serenity)

I'm feeling very lost right now. I'm questioning the career that I've thought (for over 10 years now) that I want to go into, I really dislike my living situation, and I'm tired of not knowing what to do. It's exhausting! If I had my way I would just stay home with my daughter, but we need the extra money and the benefits that I bring home. I ask myself why I keep putting off school if this is really my dream job. And if I really don't want to do it and that's why I've been putting it off, what is my dream job?

I just don't know... :(

I've been really wanting to blog more lately (don't ask me why, I don't know) but the problem is what to blog about. I don't have ideas. I feel my life is pretty boring...well...consistent I guess is a better term. Not many new things happen, and if they do, they seem so minimal to me that I don't think that they are "blog worthy".

I have noticed on some blogs that people follow certain day posts. For example, Wordless Wednesday. They post a picture and just a picture. The picture itself tells the story. Ok....so question to all of you....any other "day post" ideas to fill the rest of the week? I'd love your input, really! The more input I get the better...this will benefit us both :) Give me ideas of things to post and in turn give you something to read that will entertain you! Eagerly awaiting suggestions....

With spring rolling around and hearing everyone talking about how the snow has melted away and the spring showers are gracing their newly emerging plants, I weep inside. It's over 100 degree's daily here now, and will continue to be late into the year!

I picture the nice warm sun filling my window first thing in the morning, pouring life into a dark sleepy house, waking it gently. This peeks the urge to emerge out into the morning...outside there is a cool breeze, but a warm touch of morning sun on my skin takes the cold away. I look around and see the newly planted earth that will produce the fresh vegtables that will be weeded and worried over until they stock my now bare pantry shelves. The freshly blooming trees with their buds poking out looking forward to produce the sweet juices from the fruit they will grow. And the soft green grass...Oh how I long for that.

There is plenty of sun here true, but it char's and dries any chance of softness and sweetness that may emerge from the thirsting ground. There is no softness here. It is a dry and brittle land that is depressing. Someday I will enjoy that soft morning again.