Ok, for all of you Utah natives, let me apologize for the post below. So you don't get the wrong idea, I wanted to explain something. Utah is and probably will be forever, my home. It is where Rob and I met, got married, and bought our first house. We have started our family here and made our house a home. I love it, but WA is where I was born and raised, that was the person I used to be for 18 long years... it's still that girl's home and when it rains it's almost, just for a second, like I'm back there again...
Mainly this explanation is for Rob because he doesn't like WA and gets mad sometimes when I wish I could move back there again. I think it's mainly the idea of being that close to the in-laws, but he doesn't like the rain that much either.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
It rained today...
I stepped outside, and from the back of our house I can see pretty far up the valley... and all I see are storm clouds. I took a deep breath in and could smell it coming. As we drove further up the valley drops started to fall on the windshield...it was raining. As soon as I got to work I sat in my car for a minute, turned the vent on high, and just took it all in like a cold drink of water after a long hot day. It was so refreshing that I wanted to get out of my car, stand outside and let it soak in. It doesn’t rain too often down here and so when it does, it’s an instant reminder of the NW. I suppose it’s one of those things that you don’t realize how much you love it until it’s gone. I wish it would rain for a few days, but here, it’ll hardly last a full day. It rained today, and for just a moment… it was like I was home again.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Horse Whisperer
We didn't have any great, elaborate plans for this Memorial Day weekend, in fact our plan was not to plan anything. That way we could decide what we wanted to do when we wanted to do it and not have to worry about having to be anywhere at a certain time. Nothing exciting was anticipated to happen to us this weekend however so far that has not exactly been the case...
We helped herd a stray horse back into a pasture. Doesn't sound too exciting now does it, only the odd part about this whole story, other than the idea of myself herding a large animal, was that this horse was found in a parking lot. I work in a warehouse/office building on the outside of town next to 1-15, the warehouse next to us has a large field where the owner keeps his horses. This field has an electric fence lining the edge and when I left the office to go outside and look out at the freeway traffic I look over and see this horse just standing in the middle of the parking lot like he had been parked there. I looked around and saw a few other people in the parking lot. They looked at the horse, shrugged their shoulders and went on their way as if this horse had been some neighborhood stray cat that would eventually wonder back home. My boss came out and Rob was already on his way so when he got there we went down to where the horse was and as my boss and I stop walking as to not scare this very large animal, Rob just kept going. The horse saw Rob and as they met in the middle of parking lot, suddenly Rob had himself a new best friend. When Rob walked a certain direction, the horse followed like a little lost puppy. I, myself, have never been this close to a horse before and hadn't seen Rob this close either, so needless to say, I was slightly uncomfortable with the situation.
Finally a guy came out of the building next to the pasture and we walked over by the gate, lured the horse in with some oats and as he was walking in about 6 other horses started walking out and suddenly we had a very large problem. These six other horses were not only much larger than the original, but were all coming right for us out into the parking lot. The two guys, Rob and the worker, were able to get most of them back in except for two, one being the largest of the pack and very mean looking, and a smaller one who seemed to be confused. I kept my distance as they started waving their arms and yelling eventually getting them back behind the fence line. The large one was spooked for a second and seemed to move around a lot for second which freaked me out as Rob was standing right next to him, but luckily nothing happened.
I wish I would have had a camera on me, but you get the picture...
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!
We helped herd a stray horse back into a pasture. Doesn't sound too exciting now does it, only the odd part about this whole story, other than the idea of myself herding a large animal, was that this horse was found in a parking lot. I work in a warehouse/office building on the outside of town next to 1-15, the warehouse next to us has a large field where the owner keeps his horses. This field has an electric fence lining the edge and when I left the office to go outside and look out at the freeway traffic I look over and see this horse just standing in the middle of the parking lot like he had been parked there. I looked around and saw a few other people in the parking lot. They looked at the horse, shrugged their shoulders and went on their way as if this horse had been some neighborhood stray cat that would eventually wonder back home. My boss came out and Rob was already on his way so when he got there we went down to where the horse was and as my boss and I stop walking as to not scare this very large animal, Rob just kept going. The horse saw Rob and as they met in the middle of parking lot, suddenly Rob had himself a new best friend. When Rob walked a certain direction, the horse followed like a little lost puppy. I, myself, have never been this close to a horse before and hadn't seen Rob this close either, so needless to say, I was slightly uncomfortable with the situation.
Finally a guy came out of the building next to the pasture and we walked over by the gate, lured the horse in with some oats and as he was walking in about 6 other horses started walking out and suddenly we had a very large problem. These six other horses were not only much larger than the original, but were all coming right for us out into the parking lot. The two guys, Rob and the worker, were able to get most of them back in except for two, one being the largest of the pack and very mean looking, and a smaller one who seemed to be confused. I kept my distance as they started waving their arms and yelling eventually getting them back behind the fence line. The large one was spooked for a second and seemed to move around a lot for second which freaked me out as Rob was standing right next to him, but luckily nothing happened.
I wish I would have had a camera on me, but you get the picture...
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
And so it begins...
Ok, I know it's boring right now, but give me some time, I'll make this blog look better...
And so it begins...we are starting the blog. You would think that after all the modern advances it would be easier to keep in touch with everyone, but given our situation, and I'm sure most of yours, it has just made life that much more chaotic and the phone calls to see how people are doing just don't get made. So to all of you that we love, but never get to talk to because we are all so busy, you can read this, because I'm pretty sure we are reading your blogs to see how you are.
I'll post more later when I have time, it took me forever to get this far and now it's time to sleep!
Until then, see ya!
And so it begins...we are starting the blog. You would think that after all the modern advances it would be easier to keep in touch with everyone, but given our situation, and I'm sure most of yours, it has just made life that much more chaotic and the phone calls to see how people are doing just don't get made. So to all of you that we love, but never get to talk to because we are all so busy, you can read this, because I'm pretty sure we are reading your blogs to see how you are.
I'll post more later when I have time, it took me forever to get this far and now it's time to sleep!
Until then, see ya!
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