Becoming home

I guess I better get used to this place! Its going to be our home for the next 5 years!

We did some decorating today! I am IN LOVE with this little project!

 

I got the window a couple years ago in Spokane at the Farm Chicks show and had it up in our previous house, but decided a couple days ago that I wanted to make it look like a shelf! and I have to say it looks amazing and we built it our selves!!!!

 

Diesel is getting used to the new apartment. Now that he knows we aren’t just leaving him here by himself. When we first moved in he would freak out every time we left. Now he could care less. He loves being able to look out on the road below us and people watch.

The sunsets in Arizona are amazing! I took this one a couple weekends ago in the car on the way home from Derics grandparents house! One amazing perk of living in a hot place is amazing sunsets and amazing lightning storms!!! We have seen about 5 good storms come through in the 4 weeks we have lived here.

Where were you when the World stopped turning?

That song from Allen Jackson has been playing for the past 2 weeks on our local Phoenix country station. It really has made me think lately about 9/11 and the impact it has had on our lives!
I remember like it was yesterday where I was when the world stopped turning!
I was 14 years old and started my second week of school as a Freshman.
I had gotten up pretty early to get ready for Early Morning Seminary which started around 6:45 I believe.
I had just finished getting ready and turned on the TV as I ate my morning cereal.
I turned to channel 4 which was ABC in Spokane,WA.
I turned the TV on right when the second plane hit the tower. At first I thought I was watching a preview for a new movie that was coming out but after a couple seconds I realized it wasn't fake and that our nation had just come under attack.
I was in complete SHOCK and ran to my parents room to wake my mom up to tell her what was happening. I turned on the TV in her room and watched in horror at the site I was seeing on the TV.
To be honest I had no idea what the World Trade Centers were, I didn't know what terrorism really was, I didn't understand the severity of what just happened.
At school later that morning we were able to watch a few more minutes of the new coverage but our teachers at Greenacres Junior High made us turn it off.

I will never forget the feelings of that day.
I can't believe its been 10 years.

I am PROUD to be an American.
I support our Military, Police officers, Fireman and all people who work for this amazing nation!

I WILL NEVER FORGET!

May we never forget the Heroes who went down in the Pennsylvania field and saved so many lives! I am so proud to be an American knowing that there are people like those men who took over the plane from the hijacker that day in Pennsylvania! and those who died at the Pentagon. May we never forget!

17 days

We have lived in Arizona 17 days now.
The heat is going to kill me!!!!!!!
It has been 99 degrees only one day since we have lived here. The rest of the time during the day its over 110!!!! WOW!
I am the kinda person that LOVES the gloomy cloudy days! I love rain! I love having my windows open in my house and letting the cold air outside in.
I can't do that here! I am so afraid of what our air conditioning bill is going to be! We have it set at 80 but it feels like it is always running!

Deric is doing great in school! Its keeping him pretty busy! I got a job cleaning someones house 4 hours a day! I pretty much do the same things I was doing as nanny just without the kids. Its nice to go to work only 4 hours a day and just clean by my self! No interruptions! and by the time I am done with work its only 1 and I have the rest of the day with my husband and time to organize my house and make it look more like a home!!!!

I think once the weather cools down and I can go outside more without dying of heat I will like it here more.
One thing I do love here is the amazing sunsets and lightning storms! They are amazing!