18 Weeks

Okay, so I’ve skipped a few weeks. How Far Along: 18 weeks Size of Baby: Head to rump, baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and (s)he weighs almost 7 ounces. Total Weight Gain/Loss: I’ve now officially gained 5 lbs. I’m almost halfway through and not feeling too bad [...]

Proud

Please join me in congratulating our Field Service employee Daryl C. on his recent promotion to Senior Field Service Technician! Daryl has been an employee with the company for almost 4 years, beginning as a Field Service Technician in March of 2007 at the age of 19. Daryl has a great work ethic and is [...]

Much to be thankful for!

Our first Thanksgiving without Dad has now come and gone. Everyone keeps asking me “did you have a good Thanksgiving Corrie?” – and I’m not sure what to say. I was super excited for the holidays to roll around, but somewhere in the middle of all that decorating, cleaning, cooking, visiting, eating and shopping…I found [...]

mooooooo…ving.

This picture of our dog, Jack, pretty much sums up the way I feel about the daunting task of moving. But, there is NO rest for the weary!! Daryl’s parents and I (and James, of course) loaded up our first trailer/truck/car-full of stuff when Daryl was out of town last week. Then, when he returned, [...]

Oh the JOY you bring me, my son!

Well, James’ parties were a huge success!  Wait, parties?  How have we gotten into this tradition of having multiple parties for our spoiled 4 year old?  Yeah, I’m not sure how that happened. He had a blast though!! His birthday morning (our last day in our old house), we gave him his birthday present (a Paper Jamz guitar) and I [...]

Dad

This is the first time since all this happened that I’ve had a chance to sit down and write…er, type out my feelings.  There was so much farm/farmhouse to be cleaned, food to be bought, conversations to be had, decisions to be made, and lots and lots of tears to be cried. You know, this [...]

New Home: All that {BEFORE}

Living Room (Plan: rip out carpet, paint all woodwork white, paint walls grey, change ceiling fan) Kitchen/Dining (Plan: replace floor, paint cabinets white, paint all woodwork white, paint walls grey, change chandelier) Kitchen (Plan: paint cabinets white, paint all woodwork white, replace light fixtures, replace flooring, replace countertop, add backsplash, paint walls grey) View from Kitchen [...]

Celebrating 5 Years…

I dropped to my knees in that field on your daddy’s farm Asked you to marry me, all I had to give was my heart While other kids went diving into swimming holes, You and me dove off into the great unknown! We were barely gettin’ by, takin’ care of each other Then I became [...]

Farther into the wilderness

I announced on my Facebook a few days ago that it’s official – we’re buying a new house!! Many people have been asking the obvious question (well, obvious if you know my family personally), “what about your plans to build onto your current home?  you’re not doing that?” and the simple answer is no, we’re [...]

So…I have a secret.

UPDATE (7/28/2010):  Unfortunately, this secret no longer applies.  Some of you might have read my post about my husband here, in which I mention that at the end of February I found out I was pregnant.  Well, this post was meant to reveal that, but about a week later, I miscarried.  We’re extremely disappointed and [...]