Early Anniversary Gift!

Since we moved into our house in Los Alamos, I've been saying that I wanted an elliptical machine.  It is my favorite way to get a cardio workout if I can't dance. Russ chose to get me one for our upcoming anniversary!

We drove to Santa Fe to purchase it from Sears. (We didn't know where the Sears was before yesterday, now Russ is very happy to have found it because he loves to look at all of the tools.)

 

The box weighed 200 lbs and had LOTS of parts.  Fortunately for me, my Super Husband is very handy and was able to get it done in an hour. (I promise, I helped.)

Here's our audience. The doggies were watching us from beside the cooler. :)

Look at that beautiful machine all put together!

I love him! 

Seven Days Away from OKC

A week ago, we were driving away from OKC to New Mexico. We had stayed up late the night before packing because, like I said in my last post, we had A LOT more stuff then we realized.

We had originally thought that we could pack everything we needed into a U-Haul trailer attached to the back of Russ' truck. Boy, were we naive!  Fortunately, we were blessed to have Russ' dad volunteer to drive with us so that Russ could drive the U-Haul truck. Thank you!

It took us twelve hours with all the potty breaks, stops for gas and for food. Pirate rode with me in my little car and Roxy rode with Russ in the U-Haul truck. They both did great; napping most of the time and getting to be in the U-Haul truck together when we made stops, AND, Pirate only tried to crawl into my lap a few times during the trip. :) 

Recap: Leaving Our First Home

It was hard to leave our first home. A little one bedroom, one bathroom apartment that we'd filled with all of our stuff and, until we were packing it all up, I had no idea just how much stuff we really had. 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone who helped - Mom, Dad, Nancy, Big Russ, Sabrina, Thomas, James, Stephen and Brock. We couldn't have done it without you and if we'd tried, I would had pulled all my hair out and become a very sad looking bald person.

Recap: Finding a Place to Live

Last week, we came to visit Los Alamos for the first time. We flew into Albuquerque, rented a car and drove the hour and forty-five minutes to the Los Alamos-area.

Our first stop was to see the house we had put a deposit down on for the summer... My first thought was, "it smells like camp," and not the fresh, clean, outdoorsy smell of camp, instead, it was a musty, dirty, stale smell. It was a one-room, tiny guesthouse that didn't even have the bathroom completely blocked off from everything else (which = no privacy ever). Yuck.

Fortunately, through some divine intervention, we were exploring the Los Alamos town square and found a rental property company that had a duplex that allowed dogs. Hallelujah! We looked at it, it was clean and we signed a lease right away. **Cue the heavenly choir of angels.

Our new home even has a doggie door!

A New Adventure

We've moved! We packed up all of our belongings, drove for 12 hours and finally arrived in Los Alamos, NM.

The park in Los Alamos.

Until a year ago, I never would have dream of moving away from Oklahoma City. OKC is all I've ever known. It's where my family is, my church, my dentist (if you know anything about me, dental care is very important) and everything familiar. But Russ has been offered an amazing opportunity and I could never deny him that.

This is going to be an adventure of a lifetime!