spring forward...

I'd like to apologize for my lack of updates.. I have lacked the patience to deal with our dial up speed internet connection. Apparently Qwest thinks it's 1997.. but I digress...

Although I led many of you to believe that Dave and I would be escaping the desert soon, I must confess.. it's not looking promising. Now we have changed our immediate plans to staying here for another 2-5 years.. which, given our history, might be an eternity. Pray for us. I am no longer enchanted by this desert land.

The good news, however, is we will be moving closer to civilization in the next couple of months. I am fairly certain that we have broken some sort of record involving moving frequency. If only there were some sort of prize we could claim. I should look in to that, eh?

This week has been a pretty exciting one. Filled with adventure and wallet emptying fun. On Tuesday, we went to get our oil changed and also took out a mortgage to fix our brakes. I might be exaggerating, or maybe not? We also wandered around Barnes and Noble with Scott and Junior (hahhahahahahahahahahhahahahah). Then David and I drove around looking for a new place to call home.. to no avail, unfortunately. But later that evening we rewarded ourselves with a date (with a third wheel, mind you) to see Rango. It was surprisingly good, but definitely not appropriate for children, in my humble opinion.

Wednesday was spent gardening and topped off with bible study, a forbidden trip to Denny's and a quick 2 hour visit at Rachel and Daniel's house. We kept the poor little teacher up way past her bed time.. oops.

There was even more gardening on Thursday, as well as endless hours of boredom and work for David.

On Friday (or yesterday, if you will), we tried to go grocery shopping, but alas, Walmart was out of everything necessary to sustain our lifestyle so I was forced to drive an hour away just to purchase fruits, vegetables and soy free earth balance... but luckily, Scott and Dave came to my rescue and made my boring trip fun. Well, if you think eating delicious food and looking at the blinding moon with hilarious strangers fun. I obviously do. I also got to stop in and see DoriAnne before driving back to pick Dave up from work.

Today, however, definitely takes the cake. I went and looked at rocks with Rachel for 3 hours. And also ate funnel cake with chocolate and walnuts and caramel.. And bought a pewter owl. And helped Rachel pick out 9 pewter dinosaurs. It was a true adventure.  If you're lucky, I'll continue these updates next week.

Keep your fingers crossed.

words unspoken are the only words I know are true

 

Today was a rather uneventful day.

We cleaned the kitchen.

We went grocery shopping.

Dave polished his boots.

I cooked lunch..

The only redeeming part of the day was how delicious our lunch turned out. I made a black bean chili with cilantro-almond pesto and some jalapeño cornbread. I used 5 cloves of garlic, so my breath is incredible.

the world requires no audience

In honor of the release of Disney's classic animated feature and tear-jerker Bambi, here are a few "candid snapshots" of Bambi's distant cousins. They joined us for a hike yesternoon.

 Where's Waldo, Bambi Edition

So Majestic....

A Two For One, if you will...

(the following should be read in the voice of an NPR radio-host for your ultimate reading pleasure)

Ah Tuesdays... by far the most superior day of the week, if you ask me.  This Tuesday was an especially fine example of __________.  We started the day off with a nice hour long car ride. Swiftly followed by some hot bagels. And some eavesdropping. I won't lie. I was definitely dropping some eaves. They were asking for an audience, mind you. I'd tell you more, but I'm no gossip.

After a breakfast of champions, we headed over to Kinko's to have my new Harry Potter piano book snipped and coiled by a talented young gal. Then I was whisked away to Walgreen's, where my dearly beloved showered me in love covered sunscreen.. sick.. but he really did purchase me some sunscreen. And he sprayed it all over my pale white skin. Lucky guy. I mean, he's a really lucky guy..

After our mini shopping spree, we headed up the mountain for a little hike. We intended to sit by the waterfall and relax, but instead we sat by a water trickle and were harassed by flies. Not as tranquil as I had imagined. 

Then, my lover and I attempted to ascend the canyon walls to reach the summit of the raging water trickle. It seemed like a simple little climb.. In a matter of minutes we learned that looks can truly be deceiving. Not ones to give up easily, we put our heads down and powered through. Upon attaining the pinnacle of our journey, we were decidedly underwhelmed by the spectacle that greeted us. I didn't even desire to document the site through my photographic lens..

Our midday nourishment consisted of a delightful green salad wrapped in a locally sourced whole wheat tortilla. The oven roasted garbanzo beans really complemented the garlic infused dressing. Simply divine.

The climb down was treacherous, to say the least. There were a few moments where I contemplated sending out smoke signals. After shedding tears, sweat and even some blood, our feet once again danced upon the flat ground of the canyon floor. What a joy to behold.  Blahdidy-Blah-Blah-Blah....

Ohh... you're still interested?

Well, you are in for a real treat. Our adventure continues.

We still had 2 miles to hike back to the safety of our white crossover. We lollygagged our way down the trail with time to spare! Once we reached the car, Dave made friends with some grandmas while I changed into a skirt.

We really switched things up after the hike. We went to the ever-so-classy mall and did some serious people watching. My favorite sport. After some laughing and cajoling and a little canoodling we headed to a nearly private screening of Gnomeo and Juliet. Ah to be young again.. We topped off the evening with a romantic dinner at our favorite little Italian bistro. How divine.