The Fox's Den

I am adding more pictures. I had no pictures of Sol's 3rd birthday party (my camera was full), but was able to get some pics from a friend who was there.

I will also be adding pictures of other things. Our first cabin camping trip and tent camping trip. Sol had a blast at both. He rode an ATV (with "Grandpa" Ron) and I got a cute video of him pretending to ride one. I need to find a new video host as I have disconnected from my old one.

Sol had his very own tent for tent camping. He's not spoiled at all. He did very well for that. Better than I had expected. We went swimming in Lake Pend O'reille. I think I spelled that right. It was very very very very cold. So of course I did the crazy thing and swam across Beaver Bay 3 times. I think I was fascinated by how my body was affected by the extreme cold. It was hard to breathe and I couldn't feel my arms very well. At least I was surrounded by fellow idiots.

My little brother got married last weekend. Sol was the ring bearer and I was a bridesmaid. I started coughing during the ceremony and could not stop. I will forever be known as the dying bridesmaid... However, Sol was adorable. I wasn't able to take pictures of him going up the aisle as I was behind him, but he had to stop and pose for every camera he saw. There were a lot of cameras. I will have no problem procuring pics of him later.

 

Sol is currently staying with his granparents in FL. He seems to be having a lot of fun. I miss the little booger. He will be flying back to WA on the 20th with his Nana Bobi. I can't wait to see him (and Bobi).

I am adding in more of Sol's pics. We finally emptied our camera and I am finally getting around to updating my pictures.

We have finally made it to WA (and I finally remembered to write about it here). Sol and I got here on April 9th and we moved into our new apartment on April 11th. I really like our new place. It has a nice courtyard outside our back door for Sol to ride his new big boy bike around and it is in walking distance to pretty much anything we need. I found out my friend, Genn, moved about a mile down the road from us, so I have been having Sol ride his bike (while I walk) to her place. It's great - he gets so worn out that day that he usually goes to sleep with no complaint. Or very little complaint anyway as he usually can't seem to help conking right out.

 

I have been applying for a large variety of jobs. In all actuality, we just need a little supplemental income, so I am hoping to get work with a grocery store or Home Depot or pretty much anyplace that will allow me to have an evening schedule during the week. That way I can stay home with Sol and we won't have to worry about daycare fees. Just to be safe though, I have been applying for a lot of office positions as well. I figured it wouldn't hurt.  If I can get one that will cover our expenses and daycare, why not? Sol has been asking to go to "school" lately, so if we can afford it, I would love to send him to one.

 

Genn has asked me to join her in a venture of sorts. She buys a lot of old furniture and refurbishes it. She wants to start selling it at a local antique store. She has asked me to come in on it with her and has offered me 1/2 the profit. This also means that I have to pay 1/2 the costs, which are a slight problem right now. I think it would be a lot of fun. She has already started to teach me the basics of how to look for furniture that will be able to be refurbished, what is worth something, and what is worthless. I can't wait to start helping her to fix and repaint some of it. She is an amazing bargainer... A lot of this stuff she got for under $5. She is pretty sure she will be able to sell most of it for anywhere from $60 to $600.

 

Our house should be going on the market any day now. We are just waiting for Gino to finish up his work. It is a little frustrating to see all the work I had wanted done while we lived in it to be done when we are trying to sell it. Bobi tells me it looks absolutely fantastic.

Oh well. We are looking for a house here that is lower than what we are selling for. Once we get a house, it won't really be necessary for me to work, so I would like to find a bit of a fixer-upper or a place with a large yard for gardens or both. I keep coming back to this one:

However, it might be too much of a fixer-upper.

 

I think this is it for now.

I will be offline starting in a few days. I will have limited... possibly no... access to a reliable online source. I may go to the library, but I have too much other shit to take care of. Sorry Internet - you have to go on the bottom of my important thingies list.

Just to make most of you who care jealous - I may be going through the town of Deadwood on my journey. Depends on how the weather is through the Idaho mountain passes. However, I won't be starting this journey until early March.

Talk to all of you in a few months!