End of September...how can that be??

Hey all,

Well, here we are almost to October!! 2009 is just flying by at a rapid speed!!

Kalyn was unable to take her drivers test. It had been a year since her written test, so they made her retake that and then reschedule the driving part. Her new test date is October 14th. Kalyn is going to Homecoming with friends next weekend (Oct 3rd), so we bought her a cute black dress.

Tyler is doing fine. He is really busy with school and working. Since Emily is a vegetarian, I had been wanting to buy them a rice cooker for their apartment. I finally ordered one and had it delivered to their apartment and Tyler told me they got it alright. He will come for a visit around Thanksgiving.

Shane is doing really well. He has been promoted to Specialist now!! Woohoo!! He is also in charge of the armory and has over 2 million dollars in equipment that he is responsible for. Yikes!!

I'm doing well and enjoying the time I have with just Kalyn at home. We get along well and she is still at a point in her life that she WANTS me to be around her, so I'm taking advantage of that. :) When I'm not working, I'm trying to get her to come exercise with me and then she's been doing really good on her homework while I cook her dinner. It's working out well and like I said, I'm enjoying this time with her.

Not doing a whole lot this weekend. I got a lot of my "projects" completed last weekend, so that is nice. I did buy a plastic shelf unit for the storage shed to get the paint cans, gas cans, gloves, etc off the floor of the shed and now there is more room and looks nicer. I'm working at the gym today and cleaning for Angie tomorrow a.m. Kalyn suggested that we go to a movie tomorrow, but we will see.

That's about it for now. I will be sending out my newsletter here soon. I have decided to make it quarterly. Be on the lookout. Until next time....

Our cats

Hey all,

Not sure if I have posted pics of our cats recently for you. Thought I would crawl around the house and snap a few photos for everyone. Enjoy!! The siamese is Ginger, the multi color is Gizmo and the orange one is Sugar. :)

Until next time....

September Weekend

Hey all,

Haven't written in a bit, so figured I would type something up quickly here. It sure is cooling down a lot at night now. I have to actually close all the windows at night so we don't have such a chilly morning around here. The cold makes it easier to sleep at night too. Love it!! :)

Kalyn and I are doing well. Been real busy catching up on my jobs since I had Labor day weekend off. Shane came and went and we had a nice time! He will be back at Thanksgiving time and then again for two weeks at Christmas. :) Kalyn is about to take her drivers test on Tuesday and has already asked to use the Jeep on Wednesday!! Ugh.... this is going to be fun....she wants to spend a little time tomorrow on going over things in the Jeep like hazard lights, etc. that she may be asked to turn on for the instructor. Hopefully all goes well and she passes with flying colors!!

Talked to Tyler here and there. He got his job at Satellite coffee and started work right after Labor Day. He has been broke for two months so he told me he is really stressed out. He is doing fine in school and has Fridays off.

I am off this weekend so I'm doing a little baking (making homemade cinnamon rolls with pecan syrupy topping) on Sunday and today I washed all the curtains in the house and ironed them all. I also clean for Tj and Diana now, so I went over there and finished up the cleaning I started last weekend and now their house looks really nice!! (Kev actually texted me and said the "house looks great"!! Awww) I'm also finishing up some projects for my sisters birthday and also a couple of scrapbooks. Should get it all done tomorrow and watch some football and some movies. I went and worked out today too. Haven't ran since last Monday, so I needed to get a run in.

That's about it for now. Hope all is well for everyone out there. Until next time....

Labor Day weekend

Hey all,

We had an awesome time over at Tj and Diana's and the dinner was MOST wonderful at El Paragua. I also got a job offer from Tj!! I am now their part-time housekeeper!! I am hired to go clean up the house now that they have left for Florida and then once a month after that. I'm so excited as I was pondering what to do about another cleaning job. Didn't really wanna start with someone new and didn't really wanna do it unless I HAD to. This works out perfect though and I appreciate them hiring me. :)

Had a fun time going to Durango and back. Julie cooked us a wonderful lunch and we had some nice time with her and then with Barb also. Barb was gracious enough to give me her log bed!! We got it home and put it together...and it's for a full size bed, NOT a queen as we all had thought!! So, we will keep it in our storage shed until we either downsize (Shane says that won't happen) or if one of the kids would like to borrow it at some point. So, I'm a bit disappointed tonight that the whole bed thing didn't work out. :(

Monday, tomorrow, Shane and I will go on another 3 mile run, then get ready to head to ABQ to see Tyler and Emily and their new place. We will all go have lunch and then head back to LA to get Shane packed up and ready to leave early Tuesday. We've been working real hard on stuff around here all weekend, but we've had a great time just being together. :) I'm really appreciating the time we all have now. Kalyn is enjoying her dad also.

That's all I've got for now. Thanks to Barb for meeting up with us and thank you to Julie for the wondeful meal. It was really appreciated. :) Until next time....

Happy September!!!

Hey all,

It's Labor Day weekend already!! Shane is home and we are painting a dresser, packing up clothes and getting items of furniture ready for Shane to take to Kansas to furnish his apartment with. Today we painted the peach dresser that Kalyn had, black so that it matches Shane's stuff. Turned out real nice!! We also fixed our shower, put new cushiony things on the bottom of the kitchen chairs and Shane showed me how to turn off the water (in case of emergency) on the house and how to shut off the water to the a/c when it gets cold. Right now we are at Tj and Diana's waiting for Kevin and Jesse to show up. We are all going to El Paragua for dinner tonight. Tj and D leave for Florida tomorrow, so they wanted to spend some time with us.

Sunday we are driving to Durango to meet up with Barb. We will be eating lunch with my Aunt Julie and she is going to feed us all some lunch. We are also picking up the headboard and footboard (made of logs) for me from Barb.

Monday we are going to Albuquerque so that Shane and Tyler can see each other! Shane will also get to see his apartment and we will take Ty to lunch. Tyler got the job with Satellite Coffee and will start very soon. He's very happy about finally having a job. :)

The bank was quite fun this week....NOT. Lesley was out on vacation and of course anything bad that could happen, did. We had a water leak from upstairs and then the alarm system went awry. I got everything fixed and taken care of, thankfully. Had a very busy week with opening and closing the bank and then going straight to the gym after the bank. I'm happy I have the weekend off to enjoy with the fam!!

Have a good weekend. Until next time....

End of August!!

Hey all,

Been a pretty busy week and now another one is approaching!! The cool thing is, that at the end of the week, Shane will be home for Labor Day weekend and I have the whole weekend off!!! Will be very nice!! We are going to be doing a lot of running around, driving here and there, but it will be a fun time.

Kalyn is looking at cars lately. Kinda scary, but necessary. We are looking at one today and then we are going to try to get her a loan for a car, so I will let you know how this turns out. The DMV no longer accepts driving tests performed by police officers, so she has to wait until Sept 22nd when her scheduled test is at DMV. She is looking forward to it.

Tyler starts college tomorrow!! Woohoo!! We hope all goes well for him. He is job hunting also. He got a loan for school, but he doesn't receive it until the end of Sept, so he is broke right now.

Kalyn and I are going to see "Halloween II" today in Santa Fe. It is not playing up here and we are really excited to go see it.

I work open to close at the bank all week due to Lesley being on vacation and then Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights I work at the gym (so that I could have the weekend off) and then Thursday night I clean a house. Really busy this week!! I will be working,eating and sleeping if you can't find me. :)

Until next time...

Saturday

Hey all,

Don't have to work much this weekend, for once, so I got all my scrapbooks caught up, laundry done and now working on Tyler's room. He has some things in there he didn't want to take to ABQ, but would like for me to keep, so I'm dealing with that and cleaning the walls, window, etc. I got a standing fan for that room so that when I'm exercising, the air can circulate in that little room. It's really sad not having him there. He lived in that room for 11 years. :(

Kalyn is getting into the swing of school and about ready to take her drivers test!! She's pretty excited about it. Hard to believe she began her Junior year at the High School.

Shane is getting ready to come home for Labor Day weekend. We have a lot of furniture moving to do and we are even driving up to Durango to meet Barb to pick up a bed from her. She has this log bed that I have been wanting for a few years now. She no longer wants it, so I get it!! Diana is giving us an old "dry sink" too. Love inherited furniture!!

I've been busy working and such. Lost one of my Saturday cleaning jobs, but that is ok. I'm trying to cut back anyway. Had a great time in Wisconsin and hoping to get back there next summer for the Wilson family reunion.

Until next time...