Wednesday, March 11, 2009
January - March
Well it has been an interesting start to the year. January was pretty uneventful, just started up taking classes again, and adjusting to a new class/sleeping schedule. In February DBF and I celebrated our 1 year. I took two Jr. High girls from the youth group to a weekend retreat. That was fun. I got to catch up with some people I haven't seen for a while. I finished the month by having my wisdom teeth out. Half way through Feb. DBF got hired on with the Sheriff's Dept. His last day at the PD will be the 13th of March so in 2 days! and he will start for the SO on Monday, the 16th. Very exciting. Currently, DBF and I are working on repainting his storage shed, and starting to get spring fever. Even though everything has been going good we have had some grief strike. We both lost family members this week. On the same day no less, and neither of us are able to make it to the funerals. But I will at least get to see my family the day after when I go back home for a friends wedding reception. It has seemed like it has been so busy, however since I wrote it all out it doesn't seem to have been that busy. LOL. Anyways, That's all I got for now.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Vacation, Christmas Celebrations, and Moving
So Christmas is long over now, thank goodness. Actually it wasn't that bad. DBF and I went on vacation with my parents to the Ozarks for my family's Christmas. We left after DBF got off work, so around 4pm on Dec. 20th, the drive down was a long one. We made it all the way to the Arkansas/Missouri line before we got lost...lol...and that is only because our handy-dandy lil GPS unit is about 10yrs old and tried to send us backroads. Last time I was in the Ozarks I was about 10yo and I for the life of me don't remember the roads being to scary, but I was terrified the rest of the way, constantly yelling at DBF to SLOW DOWN, maybe it was because it was dark, but it was SCARY! But we made it safe and sound. We arrived at the condo at about 10pm.
The first day we were there didn't go quite as planned. Its was supposed to be a relaxing/wake-up whenever/lounge-around-all-day, kind of day. Didn't quite turn out that way. We woke up at 8am to a freezing cold condo, with no electricity. So we decided to go driving around and find a place to eat. Keep in mind that the roads the night before had scared me, so it was just music to my ears to know that we were going to go drive around. Anyways, we made it back to the condo around 1pm and the electricity was back on. So Mom cooked our Christmas dinner and we had our family Christmas that night. So all in all it wasn't a bad day, just didn't get to relax like we wanted.
On day two, we again woke up to no electricity. We were getting a little tired of it at this point. But we had decided the night before that we would head to Branson for the day. So it wasn't that bad. So we left at about noon to head to Branson. We went to old Branson where they just put in this really cool strip mall along with a Bass Pro Shop. It was really cool and had some good shops, I'd say we spent about 3hrs there. Then we decided to head to Silver Dollar City to see the lights. it was very pretty and very breath taking. I guess 4 million lights will do that. While we were there we saw a live version of the Christmas Story, DBF and I finally took some old time pictures (something I had wanted to do forever) and we watched glass blowing. We were getting ready to head out when we heard that the Parade of Lights was about to start so we stuck around for that, and then we got to see the dancing tree. After that we headed back to the Condo.
Day three was pretty decent too, we actually had electricity when we woke up, lol. We spent the day in Eureka Springs, and shopped, pretty much all day. I think we got back to the condo at about 5pm. We finished off the day with card games and drinking and relaxing.
Day four was the drive home, it was very uneventful.
So all in all the vacation was a success, and DBF and I survived our first road trip.
Christmas Day we spent with DBF's Mom and Stepdad. I made Christmas dinner at DBF's house and we ate once he got off work. It was a good day, spent with his family and relaxing.
The next day, Friday, was also spent with DBF's family, his Dad's side, in Salina. It was interesting. I got to meet the rest of the family, and got to spend time with DBF's Sisters and their Children. And that Wraps up our Christmas.
Saturday I began moving to my new apartment, from my house. It had to have been the worst move ever. I moved 5blocks from where I was. So I had to box stuff up just to unbox it about 10 minutes later. I took me 2 days to move, but I'm so glad I did, its a lot cheaper. Pictures will be posted at some point.
The New Year began while I was working, so nothing really to report there. I'm just looking forward to see what this year brings. 2008 was such a great year, I hope that 2009 can measure up to it.
Well thats all I got for now.
~D
The first day we were there didn't go quite as planned. Its was supposed to be a relaxing/wake-up whenever/lounge-around-all-day, kind of day. Didn't quite turn out that way. We woke up at 8am to a freezing cold condo, with no electricity. So we decided to go driving around and find a place to eat. Keep in mind that the roads the night before had scared me, so it was just music to my ears to know that we were going to go drive around. Anyways, we made it back to the condo around 1pm and the electricity was back on. So Mom cooked our Christmas dinner and we had our family Christmas that night. So all in all it wasn't a bad day, just didn't get to relax like we wanted.
On day two, we again woke up to no electricity. We were getting a little tired of it at this point. But we had decided the night before that we would head to Branson for the day. So it wasn't that bad. So we left at about noon to head to Branson. We went to old Branson where they just put in this really cool strip mall along with a Bass Pro Shop. It was really cool and had some good shops, I'd say we spent about 3hrs there. Then we decided to head to Silver Dollar City to see the lights. it was very pretty and very breath taking. I guess 4 million lights will do that. While we were there we saw a live version of the Christmas Story, DBF and I finally took some old time pictures (something I had wanted to do forever) and we watched glass blowing. We were getting ready to head out when we heard that the Parade of Lights was about to start so we stuck around for that, and then we got to see the dancing tree. After that we headed back to the Condo.
Day three was pretty decent too, we actually had electricity when we woke up, lol. We spent the day in Eureka Springs, and shopped, pretty much all day. I think we got back to the condo at about 5pm. We finished off the day with card games and drinking and relaxing.
Day four was the drive home, it was very uneventful.
So all in all the vacation was a success, and DBF and I survived our first road trip.
Christmas Day we spent with DBF's Mom and Stepdad. I made Christmas dinner at DBF's house and we ate once he got off work. It was a good day, spent with his family and relaxing.
The next day, Friday, was also spent with DBF's family, his Dad's side, in Salina. It was interesting. I got to meet the rest of the family, and got to spend time with DBF's Sisters and their Children. And that Wraps up our Christmas.
Saturday I began moving to my new apartment, from my house. It had to have been the worst move ever. I moved 5blocks from where I was. So I had to box stuff up just to unbox it about 10 minutes later. I took me 2 days to move, but I'm so glad I did, its a lot cheaper. Pictures will be posted at some point.
The New Year began while I was working, so nothing really to report there. I'm just looking forward to see what this year brings. 2008 was such a great year, I hope that 2009 can measure up to it.
Well thats all I got for now.
~D
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Wow...Christmas already?!
Its amazing how a year can just fly by! I can't believe Christmas is a week away. Since my last post a ton has happened. In June Campus got hit by a tornado, it made for a very exciting night at work. A little later was Country Stampede, I worked Camp Parking and DBF worked as security for Pott. County, it made for a very exhausting week where we didn't see each other at all unless it was in passing. The very next week I was promoted to Sergeant for the Riley County Auxilary Police Dept. Which essentially meant that I was going to be spending a lot more time in a uniform for RCPD. We finished out the month quietly. July 4th, I worked Thunder over Manhattan for RCPD to help with traffic. On the way to our post our Aux. Car was T-boned...no one was injured but it totalled our car. I was kinda sore the next day. Other than that July was a very quiet month. August came around and classes started up, DBF and I had our first BBQ, DBF had a birthday, quit smoking, and we took a mini vacation and went to DBF's Sister's for a weekend so DBF could play in a night golf tourney, that concludes August. In September I lost my Grandmother to Pancreatic Cancer. October was by far the best month. I turned 21, the parents came up for a weekend and I joined the FBC in Wamego. For Halloween, DBF and I handed out candy. November, like always brought a lot of grief. It started out my Uncle succomed to his cancer, followed by a good friend's BF was killed in a car wreck at age 18. DBF and I spent Thanksgiving day with his family at his Aunt's house, then on Saturday DBF's sister gave birth to her second daughter. And now it is December. DBF and I leave on Saturday for a much needed vacation, we are going to the Ozarks for a week with my Family for Christmas. I'm so looking forward to it! Make sure you check back for Pictures of the trip, It is our first Vacation together I'm sure there will be lots to see!
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