It's Been Awhile

Well it has been awhile since I posted anything...not too much has been happening with us except of course the process of planning a house to build (hopefully) this year. We are currently in the phase of waiting on getting a detailed bid, which should happen by sometime next week. We will decide from there what we will do. I can tell that it will take up quite a lot of time but I'm happy with doing things this way. If we're going to spend that kind of money, at least we know things will be the way we wanted and planned them to be!! Plus, it's kind of fun picking stuff out - I've already started looking at options for flooring, cabinets, etc. My "house" folder is growing bigger by the minute!! The builder we have talked to so far has been very helpful, organized and willing to bend over backwards to find us something we really like in our price range...No complaints there!! And, most importantly, no fights have broken out between me and Jay - at least not YET!! It helps that we have very similar taste in things...

Other than that, work has been busy and we look forward to our weekends!! Jay has gone ice-fishing a few times this month but so far no luck with catching anything...he made the comment the other day that it's a good thing we don't rely on him to provide us with food from his fishing and hunting!! So true...

I spent the past weekend at my parents' house organizing stuff that I have stored there for the last 10-11 years or so plus a lot of our wedding gifts that we couldn't fit in our little trailer!! It is all boxed, labeled and ready to move out of there when we move to our house. I'm glad it's done and feel like we accomplished something!! Thanks to my parents for their help with that!

We aren't some of the many people on trips or planning trips somewhere warm this year! But, we may have a Caribbean-themed dinner at our friends' house this Saturday evening. We'll just pretend we're somewhere warm...and NOT where the HIGH temp is 10 BELOW ZERO like today!! A year ago, we were sitting on the beach in Jamaica, soaking up the sun in 80-some degree weather...a lot can change in a year, I guess!!

Hope everyone has a great week and weekend...Stay WARM if possible!! Spring is on its way soon!

Big Week in Birthdays!!

Lots of birthdays to celebrate this week!!

First off, TODAY is Missy's birthday!! This lucky girl gets to go to Jamaica in a couple weeks and then come back to Bismarck to move into a new house!
Cheers!

Next up is Julie, who turns the big 3-0 on Thursday, JAN. 17TH! Don't worry Jules, I'm not very far behind!

Finally, we cap off the week with Lyndsey's birthday on JAN. 18TH!
Jay & Lyns at our wedding dance - flashing "west side" signs...Must be a Glen Ullin thing! ;)

Other than that, our quest to find a builder for our future home continues this week! Work continues to be hectic as well....but we get through it!

We hope all the birthday celebrations go well this week!

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Belated Anniversary & Birthday Wishes!

Well it looks like we missed a couple important days YESTERDAY!!

First Happy Anniversary to Tom & Candace! I think there is just a LITTLE difference in temperature from the day you got married to the 30-some degree days we now have in January!!

Second Happy Belated Birthday to our friend Cody! Honestly, Jay has a card just waiting for you in Bismarck!

Our only relatively interesting news is that we are meeting with a builder today to possibly start planning for a house to move into someday! We'll keep our fingers crossed that we can afford something with a little more square footage than the trailer and which comes with a dishwasher and a foundation!

Have a GREAT week everyone!!