I'm not the best shopper...

and most of the time I don't feel like hunting for bargains, or even hunting for my size. Case in point, yesterday I went with Bran up to Spokane, Wa. (he was getting something for his truck, and I still had money on my gift card from mom). When we got there, he dropped me off at the Northtown Mall and then went to meet the guy he was buying things from. As some of you know, the Moscow mall is tiny.... like way tiny... like we just got an Old Navy, and everyone was really really excited. But yes aside from Old Navy, we have Macys and Bath and Body Works, along with some other stores. So anyway I'm shopping at this big mall in Spokane, and where do I use my gift card? Macys and Bath and Body Works. What can I say? I'm just not a shopper... but I'm always happy with the things I get, which is my virtue when it comes to shopping.

When I showed Bran, he laughed and told me that's why he loves me. :)

There's a lot going through my head, and rather than type it all out in paragraph form, I'm going to fill you in machine-gun style and just use bullet points.

• While I was feeding Evangeline her cereal/mush today, she sneezed and it went everywhere. We both laughed.
  
• My computer has now killed 3 power chords, and the last one is melted into the computer... I'm afraid it might be going toward the light.......
• One of the things I bought with my gift card was a glossing kit from Fekkai. I used it today and my hair looks like I spent hours blow drying it (it takes hours...) but it air dried! I love that stuff.
• I got a postcard in the mail from Domino offering me a 2 year subscription for $12. I was good, and waited until my hubby got home so I could ask him if i could do it, and he said yes. This made me excited. So with the re-kindled Domino excitement, I jumped on their site to see what's up, and came across this blog. I love all their ideas.
• I made this macaroni and cheese for dinner tonight, and I can't wait to eat it. I'm having Bran grab a salad from Roseauers and might have some other veggies on the side. Didn't have enough time to make my garlic bread, though.
  

More snow?

It's been really warm lately (40s-50s), but last night it snowed another 2 inches or so. I'm so tired of snow! I never thought I'd say that, but it's true. It really does make everything harder to do.... and the snow we've had recently is so wet and icky... more like slush than anything else. But I still prefer snow to any other kind of weather - just in limited quantities :)

Bran and I have been doing good. He went back to work on Wednesday (Monday and Tuesday are his days off), and I go back this afternoon. I'm not sure why they didn't schedule me all week, but I'm glad because I wouldn't have gotten anything done around the house otherwise.

I haven't babysat Evie since before Christmas because Austin has been on break from U of I. We think he goes back on Wednesday, so I should start watching her again then. I miss that little girl!

All is well, we miss our families dearly, and we can't wait to see everyone in June!

A Picture Post

Thought you'd enjoy some pictures of our trip to NC (I don't have any of when we were home - Jen you have to help me out with this!)

Me and my sweetie

Tyler and his "smoking on the beach" outfit

Moogie discovered that flying a kite with no wind was a workout!

the beach was gorgeous

Our new curtains - Thanks, Mom! I love the fabric more now than I did when we picked it out!
When things are more updated (and shortened), I'll post another picture.

and a picture of the green room, because I'm proud of myself for cleaning and organizing it (except for the Christmas boxes in the corner... :) )

the things that are hard to see because of the glare on the table are a decorative bowl and candle holder that Tyler got me for Christmas, and a book I started reading on the plane ride back to Moscow. I don't have candles for the candle holder yet, but I think I might get those today. So pretty!

45 degrees?

The weather has been so strange lately. We got another 8" of snow on monday, bringing our total to about 2 and a half feet in places, and then yesterday it rained and started to warm up, and today everything is melting because it's 45 degrees! Bran and I are both okay with the warm weather, but all the melting is causing flooding in places, and lots of ice at night. We're hoping that it will stay warm long enough for all the snow we have now to melt before it snows again.

Bran went back to work today, but I'm not scheduled until Sunday afternoon (I'm not sure why they keep mixing up my schedule... hopefully it will settle in when everyone gets back from school). I'm hoping to get most of our unpacking done today, and maybe start to put some of our Christmas decorations away.

Home again, home again

Our trip to North Carolina and Maryland was fantastic - it was so wonderful getting to spend time with our families! It was also nice to get a break from all the snow!

We flew out Saturday afternoon, and were supposed to get into Spokane by 11pm west-coast time. Our flight was delayed (we sat on the runway in Minneapolis for an hour) and by the time we got our bags, it was already about 1am when we got to spokane. Bran and I decided to try and get a hotel room while we were still waiting to take off from Minneapolis, and I was able to get us the employee rate ($60 a night) at a Best Western 5 minutes from the Airport. Everything went great, we stayed in the hotel, then slept in and did some shopping before heading back to Moscow yesterday afternoon. Our travels were incredibly blessed, as it started snowing just hours after we arrived home, and hasn't stopped since (we've already gotten another 6 or so inches since last night).

We're happy to say that we're home safe and sound, and that our new dining room curtains look fantastic. Thanks mom!