The end of October...Already? Sheesh!

So, I think a post is a little overdue, but you'll understand when I tell you that I've been busy getting our new house situated and organized. Yep, we finally got our house. It's pretty amazing, not gonna lie. REAL Hardwood floors, stainless steel kitchen appliances, gas fireplace, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths... which might I add-the spare bathroom is the only room in the house that is completely decorated. Anywho, super nice. Even though I know the only people who will see it is most likely the people who already live in Williston. :) No worries, I understand, It's freakin' cold up here.
All the "locals" (not sure why that should have quotes... just seems fitting I guess...) say that usually there is snow on the ground by now. With this underlying tone of worry. Making it sound like an inevitable people-killing-blizzard-snow storm is to occur at any given moment.

So, A lot has happened in since the last post. Me and Jay flew down to Houston and Fort Worth to visit some family and friends for his week off, and we went to Ranch Bash (Which was an awesome beginning to a chaotic night, but fun none-the-less). We had a really great time visiting family and meeting new friends. Chuck even drove us up and went to the concert with us! You can see some of the Ranch Bash pictures on my FB page. (If I'm not friends with you on FB, then you'll never be able to see them, and that sucks for you.) That was one crazy night, I hope I never have to relive...well at least part of it. :)

Let's see... What else should I talk about.... OH! The Texas Rangers are in the WORLD SERIES!! Last night was game 4 and they won! So, now they stand 3-2 Rangers in the series!!! They came so close last year, they deserve it this year! LET'S GO RANGERS!

So, since I have been working on getting the house in order, I've basically been inside all day, every day, and it is making my two 4-legged children BONKERS! That and the fact that it's cold outside, and... I don't really want to go out there...I'm a terrible parent. We don't have a fence for our yard yet, but they say we should have it "next year"... I dunno if that means January "next year" or "next year" as in a year from the time we moved in... Hmm... So the pups have a stake with two lines on it for them. I don't know what I'm going to do when it starts SNOWING.... I am told that I should expect close to 200 inches of snow this season... so I am to assume we may be having to dig out a walkway to the back yard for the pups... :/ yay.

Colt has become quite a talker since living in CO. I can almost make him say "I love you" in the morning, when he is buggin' me and trying to get me to either feed him or let him out. Annie would prefer to stay in bed all day long if she could. So she seems irritated by the fact that Colt is so... energetic. He is constantly bringing me his ball to throw to him, but since we do not have a rug for the living room yet, I usually just roll it to him, or throw it directly at him (no violence involved) so he can catch it. Or else, I end up with scratch marks in the floor where he peels out like a cartoon character for a few seconds from not getting traction on the floors before getting to his ball.

Did I mention that I sweep like 4 times a week... I've never swept that much in my life. I guess it's the fact that the floors are a darker wood, so the (colt) hair shows up a lot more. The only carpet in the house is in the 3 bedrooms. The bathrooms and laundry/mud room have tile and everything else (kitchen, dining, and living room) have wood floors.

Our TV is going to be mounted above our fireplace, which will be new for us, since our TV sat on a stand at the last place, and leaves us with a useless piece of furniture now... :/ good thing it's a piece of crap, and weighs like 1,358,259,564,223 pounds. :) I don't even know what number that is... I know it's past a billion... Right????

I haven't drawn anything for a long time, I kinda miss the hilarity in that whole process. :) I know I keep saying "maybe I'll draw..." and I never do... yea well... I got crap to do... only not really. Today, I felt completely useless. I can't hang anything on the walls, because Jay wants to be there to put his say in the matter. "I think this duck mount would look better in the dining room..." uh.. yea... he's a duck hunter.... We have 3 new mounts that were added to our "collection" right before we moved. Thing is ... Where the heck to put them... Put them in the guest bedroom and freak our guests out to where they can't sleep, put them in the dining room and gross our guests out.... So it will either be in the computer/craft/scrapbook room or in our bedroom... next to my bridal portrait.... how romantic. :/ They are beautiful birds, don't get me wrong, but I just don't know if this house is ... set up for mounts. The only place we can imagine his huge Canadian goose is above the fireplace, only that's where our tv is gonna go... sigh... "noooobody knowsss, the trouble I've...."

Ok, I also cook a lot too. So that keeps me pretty busy. Cook, Clean, unload dishwasher, load dishwasher, cook, clean, repeat... It's pretty lonely with Jay working so many hours, but he brings home big checks. :) which is good. Did I mention we are the new owners of a Can-Am 4-wheeler? Yep, when we were down in Houston, we bought a 2011 model and it is AWESOME! It has a seat for a passenger, so it's "legal" for me to ride behind Jay. It has a back rest and handles for me to hold on to... which I've already gripped them so tight there are scratch marks... (not really, those are from a tree, when Jay was climbing up the bank of a creek bed). But they really are handy.

So that new friend I met while being locked out... we've been to lunch once a week every week since I moved into the house, with the exception of the week we were down in Houston. :) She's really cool. I think she'll be my friend for a while at least... until she realizes what an odd-ball I am. :)

Anyway, I gotta get to the kitchen to load the dishwasher before Jay gets home and it doesn't look like I've done anything all day. :/