Frozen Hair, Car Doors That Won’t Shut and Frost on the Inside of Windows

That’s what I’ve been dealing with the past 2 mornings! I opened the window shade in the trailer only to discover frost on the INSIDE. My cat, Patch likes to hop up on the table and lick the condensation off the window (yes, she has issues), but had a very surprised look on her face when she licked the frost. I immediately laughed and had pictures in my head of her tongue sticking to the window, so I closed the shade to prevent her from injuring herself. I won’t bore you by complaining that it was -2 Monday morning and how when it is that cold the heater in the trailer doesn’t so much like to work. Funny how that is…

We got all our Christmas shopping done this weekend…YEAH! As I was baking some cookies Sunday evening, my Bubba (my brother, Jeff) called to get some recommendations for gifts for the parents. Watch out, Mom and Dad, your kids have been cahooting, or is it ‘in cahoots?’ Anyway, Curtis and I will be heading to Grants Pass for Christmas on Friday!

In other news, our countertops and cabinets have been installed! The carpet and other flooring is being installed this week…I LOVE my red wall in the nook. Curtis likes it too, but he won’t admit to it.

Merry Christmas!

A Little Fun...

A - Available/Single? Married.
B - Best Friend? I have several…luckily!
C- Cake or Pie? It depends…I love a good chocolate cake and marrionberry pie, but not together, unless it is marrionberry sauce drizzled over the chocolate cake :)
D - Drink Of Choice? ½ decaf, double, tall, sugar free whatever, nonfat, extra foamy, latte (hey, I worked at Starbucks for too long…I like to choose drinks that fill all the boxes J).
E - Essential Item You Use Everyday? The Internet…hey I have to keep up on celebrity gossip. Their lives are far more interesting than mine…thankfully.
F - Favorite Color? Shara-cotta (see recent post about painting our house).
G - Gummy Bears Or Worms? Worms.
H - Hometown? Grants Pass/Merlin.
I - Indulgence? Anything chocolate.
J - January Or February? Well, by January, I’m sick of the piles of snow, so I’ll say February – we’re getting closer to the snow going away!
K - Kids & Their Names? We have 2 cats…Maverick and Patch.
L - Life Is Incomplete Without? My family.
M - Marriage date? August 21.
N- Number Of Siblings? 1 – Fluffy (Jeffrey).
O - Oranges Or Apples? Oranges.
P - Phobias/Fears? Heights, but I did get up on our roof to paint the trim on our house!
Q - Favorite Quote? I don’t so much have a favorite as I have one for every situation!
R - Reason to Smile? I have a loving husband, supportive parents, and great friends – I’m a lucky girl!
S - Season? Fall – before it starts snowing (yes, it snows here in the fall).
T - Tag 3 or 4 people? 3 people – you know you want to!
U - Unknown Fact About Me? If you know me, you pretty much know everything about me (“Hey, that’s MY exit!”)
V - Vegetable you don’t like? Lima Beans.
W - Worst Habit? Biting my fingernails – I’ve done this since I was a small child…
X - X-rays You’ve Had? Are you asking how many? (At least 1) Or what’s been x-rayed? (I broke my foot when I was 6).
Y - Your Favorite Food? My mother-in-law makes mean fried chicken.
Z - Zodiac Sign? Gemini.

Always Get a Paint Sample

We're one step closer to moving into our house....the inside is painted. Curt's friend John came out Saturday morning and we started about 8 and finished just after 2. We almost had a disaster: The Mohican Mist color I picked out, which I thought would be a lovely purpley-grey was PINK! If you attended our wedding, you know that the bridesmaids wore pink. If you are my mom or friends, you know I like pink. I definatly DO NOT like pink on four walls of a bedroom. John was going to paint over the pink with the Walnut Cream, but he let me try to tint the pink with some tints he had. I added some Venician Red, Burnt Sienna, Brown, and Black in hopes it would come out a shade of Terracotta. It turned out great! It's not as orangy as Terracotta, it's more red. The new name for the new color is: Shara-cotta! So, the lesson for this weekend is to ALWAYS get paint samples. Don't depend on the little color stip to be an accurate representation of the color. I didn't get any samples for the other colors and I really love them, but it's better to be safe than sorry!

PS - sorry for the lack of pictures. I'll add some once we're moved in and I have high speed internet again.

Christmas Time is Here...

I'm sad because we don't get to put up a tree this year....I just don't think it will fit in our trailer. So I thought I'd try something new this year: I decorated a Gingerbread House. My mother-in-law was kind enough to pick up one of those nifty kits from the store. It was fun for a while, until the roof wouldn't stick. My icing decorating techniques need some serious work. I don't think I'll be making this a new tradition.....

My company Holiday Party was this last Saturday night at the Deschutes Brewery....Good times! The food was yummy and desert was delicious! Chocolate Lava Flow cake w/ Kahlua Ice Cream. Everyone got to draw 5 cards for their poker hand and, after dinner, the person with the best hand at each table got to pick or steal (from someone who had already picked) a prize. Curt had the best had (3 eights!) and he was the last one to pick a present. He ended up stealing a snowman dressed as a cowboy that came with a sign that reads "Believe" in fun glittery letters for me. That means we're two for two on winning prizes at my Holiday Parties (last year we won a portable DVD player from a raffle). To think, I almost didn't go so I could attend the Trucker's Light Parade in LA....humm....Standing in the sub-freezing temperatures, or winning fun prizes and eating yummy food?

In other news....We're almost done with the back deck. Hand rails are up, holes have been picked/dug for the support system for the step, and boards have been cut for the step. All the boards are down for the main part of the deck and it is beautiful! Many grateful thanks to Curt's cousin Erik for being the whiz he is at building things and to his wifey, Krimsen, for letting us borrow her hubby on the weekend, again. Now we just have to finish the step in the back and do the front, which Erik says should only take about 6 hours.

We finalized our paint choices: Walnut Cream for the main living area, hallways, bathrooms and kitchen; Leaf Rust for my accent wall in the nook; Drops of Dew for our room (it's blue); Morning Sunshine for bedroom 2 (which my mom has dubbed the baby's room for her future grandchild); Fraser Lake (green) for bedroom 3; Mohican Mist for the guest room. I believe we're still on track for painting this weekend!

I've decided to do a bit of Christmas shopping tonight....Only 3 weeks until Christmas! I think I need to watch "Love Actually" when I get back to the trailer tonight!