First Snow in VA turns out to be expensive

We loved our snow, that is until it turned into freezing rain which left a lovely sheet of ice on everything. Its actually still raining right now! Anyway, this morning when Todd went to de-ice his car he found a lovely suprise, A cracked windshield! It split across the entire thing too. The good news is he just had the inspection a couple days earlier so we don't have to fix it right away if we don't want to. I think we may just wait until the snow season is over because I heard on the news that ice has been flying off of cars on the highway and cracking other drivers windshields anyway. On the bright side it is quite a little show watching Jasmine try to walk on the ice, so funny!!!

First Snow in VA

Today is the first snowfall of the winter season here in Virginia. It is beautiful! I took Jasmine out and she was so excited, she loves playing in the snow (for a short period of time). It's funny watching her watch the dancing snowflakes fall.
One thing I love out here is all the walking trails. They are everywhere! And they look really pretty covered in snow too :)

Jasmine LOVE and myself

Jasmine comes and stands by you when she is freezing cold and ready to go inside. Its cute but kinda sad too because she just stands there shaking.

Don't worry I got all the snow clumps out of her fur and dried her with my hair dryer. Now she is bundled up in her bed, toasty warm, sleeping like a baby.

ALL DONE!!!

Today is a wonderful day!!! I slept in, woke up to some beautiful snow flurries, bundled up and went on a nice walk with Jasmine, then the best part happened!

***I made the GLORIOUS trip to the UPS store (in my fixed up car I might add!!) to ship my assignments for grading!***

I have worked non-stop the last couple months on these assignments and I feel so happy to have them all completed :)

Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way by lending moral support, sharing your ideas, your strong muscles (for moving furniture), helping me pick the best pictures to use, reading through my writing and editing, and for lending me your house (Nick&Steph, Sean&Jill, Mom&Dad:) I appreciate it all!!!

I will soon be the best Home Stager & Designer ever!!!!!!

My car is finally fixed!

December 27th 2007 I was hit by a truck on the 215 beltway in UT. They hit the back of me and I hit the car in front of me. The car I hit drove off (must of been illegals too) and the the truck that hit me pulled over for a little bit but then drove off as well. I followed them until they stopped in a Red Lobster parking lot and blocked them in till the cops got there. There were three illegal mexicans in the truck and they didn't speek any english. It was pretty creepy cause they got out of the truck and were walking around my car looking at it and talking to eachother in spanish. The guys didn't own this truck or have drivers licenses for that matter. The owner of the truck came to UT for work but when construction slowed
down they went back to AZ but didn't have money to drive the truck back. They left the truck at their brother-in-laws house in UT. The guys driving the truck were friends of these people. The whole thing was very shadey. The insurance lady told them to say the vehicle was stolen and was coaching them in how to get out of having to use their insurance (she was a friend of the family). I didn't want these people to get away with this and it was already so messy so I got a lawyer and waited for him to figure this stuff out. I knew that eventually the truth would catch up to all of the people involved and I was right. It took a long time but this lady finally cracked because she didn't want to get charged
with insurance fraud. They messed with the
wrong girl!!!



I am so happy to have my car fixed! They did a great job on it! My trunk was messed up for such a long time and water got in it which made the carpet mold so even my carpet is new in my trunk. My front bumper is new and my headlight fixed. My rear bumper and hood were fixed and repainted, my trunk lid is new, lights fixed in back!!! All the imperfections from over the years are gone as well, which is a plus!!! The Cavi is looking good, just like new!!!

YAY FOR TODD!

Todd received his welcome letter yesterday for the job at American Systems!!! He went to headquarters and got all of the paperwork taken care of yesterday afternoon. Today he finished all of his testing and he starts tomorrow! The first month he will be working on a project with his brother which should be fun for them. We can start our loan process with our welcome letters so we're happy to be one step closer to finding a home out here as well! Things are starting to fall into place for us and we couldn't be happier!!!

Poor Jasmine

This morning Todd took Jasmine (our dog) and Jackson (Nick &Stephs dog) to the dog park. And if you're wondering, yes, they get there names mixed up. If you call one they both come. Anyway, we like to call the dog park the huge litter box. Its literally a huge rectangle gated in with sand on the ground. The dogs love it though!!! The bad news is Jasmine totally got peed on today! I KNOW! She's small but come on!!! She gets a bath after each dog park adventure though, don't you worry. She likes to lay in her bed bundled up till she dries, shes a goof, we love her!

ANSWER TO LASTWEEKS POLL

Last weeks question was: How do you survive a forest fire while in a vehicle??

A. Stay in the vehicle until the fire burns past you.
B. Leave the vehicle immediately if the tank contains any gas.
C. Drive toward the fire to reach the safety of burned-out ground.

60% said B
40% said C

THE ANSWER WAS A.

WW Scale Luck!

As you know, I have been doing Weight Watchers for over a year now and I love it! I also love Weight Watcher merchandise. I love my points calculators and I have been wanting a WW scale so bad for a while (like a year) because they are really good quality and really accurate for a floor scale. WELL....I GOT ONE! Our friends saw one on sale at Costco for 26$ and they had a 10$ coupon as well. They called me since they know I've been wanting one. I was so excited and had them grab one for me. I'm really happy cause I finally got one and for a bargain cause as you also know, I don't buy it if its not on sale. So my 40$ scale cost me 16$!!!! It took a year but my patience paid off. So if you ever see Weight Watchers stuff on sale somewhere let me know :)

Christmas CONTINUED...

On Jan. 3rd we went to a secret santa party! It was good times! It was great because it made the holidays last even longer. Jill made a yummy dinner and we exchanged gifts, which was so fun! Nobody knew who had who (well Todd did) and it was just funny and rowdy, of course. As always good company, good food, and good fun!

Brian is slightly taller than me at 7 f00t something...

The silly boys

The girls eating dinner at the cool table

FOLLOWERS

I added the followers gadget on the top of our page...I'm getting a hang of this stuff people!!! Join on in!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Todd and I went over to Sean's parents new years bash. It was a blast! We played some pool, watched a movie in their home theatre, ate really really good food, played the wii, enjoyed good company and rang in 2009 with some bubbly! Silly pic

THE Todd!