..Moving Forward.......slowly...

With all the excitement of graduations and parties over the past few weeks, there is something that is NOT happening... and, that's getting to the cabin and working... Over the past weekend, Duck Creek got 20" of snow, and reports from around our cabin is that it's been snowing since last Saturday, and the roads are full of ruts and mess...  Not good..

Did someone forget to tell Mother Nature that it's almost June?  A lot of Memorial Day weekend plans were cancelled because people couldn't get through the snow!

But, we did find some really cool stuff this weekend... We bought these lights for the hall way on the main level.. I love the colour and the geometric design...

And, we found these lamps... I think the first two lamps are going to go into the loft bathroom, and the other two matching lamps are going to go into the main floor livingroom...  I love the look of both of them.

Jim REALLY liked these two... I liked the first two..

And, we bought the tub for the loft bathroom today... I love this tub...  It is 72" long and 40" wide... It's supposed to hold two people, but, I don't know about that one...(must be really tiny people...) but, I love it... We have been looking for the perfect tub for the bathroom, and finally found it!!  I think it's so pretty and will be perfect!

A few weeks ago, a dear friend of mine, that I first met in elementary school, passed... We have stayed in touch over the years  via Christmas cards, and phone calls.  The one thing that she didn't tell me, was that she was sick, and was terminal...  She wanted to focus on the positive and the sunshine in her life and my life.  In reading her obituary, written by her sweet husband, I learned that the two of them had a saying that they would always share with each other, and it is as follows:  "With you, forever I will stay"..  So, with this on my mind, this is why Jim and I are on this amazing adventure... so that we will always have something that represents us, together.. and that our children will always have a place to forever remember, and we will stay forever in their hearts....

With that, the adventure continues...  Jim and Cheri

FINALLY!!!!

Oh my goodness!!!! It's been such a busy couple of weeks... 

My son, Brad, graduated from UVU with his master's in Social Work,  and we had this incredible party to celebrate his success!  The Friday and Friday night was absolutely perfect weather, the food was great, the guests were many, but as soon as the sun went down... well, it got a little chilly... If you remember, last fall, we purchased a large propane burning hand warmer that was used at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.  We thought it would be perfect in the Jacuzzi area down at the cabin.. Well, we haven't been able to get it to the cabin because of the weight of it, and the snow fall at the cabin this spring, so, it's spent the winter beside our house.  Well, Jim decided that it would be a great idea to set it up and get it lit if the party got chilly... and, it works perfectly...

Here's my son, Brad... warming his hands and visiting with friends..

Can I mentioned, just one more time, how incredibly proud I am of this guy... he's amazing...

On Saturday morning, Jim took off to spend the weekend at the cabin....  He had to take some items down to put in the conex and to do a little work on our 5th wheel stored in Panguitch...  I didn't go because I've been suffering with some incredible funk for the last couple of weeks, and we didn't think the cold would do me any good...  Jim spent the night in the 5th wheel, and said that it really was quite cold.  We didn't have the propane tanks filled, so, we couldn't get the heat turned on... sad face... so he had an electric blanket.  Warm for what's under it.

On the way down, Jim sent me this picture with the caption... "The Bugs Are Back".  Every time we have driven down I-15 South, there are some really weird, HUGE bugs that hit the front of the truck and splatter green.  Well, they're back, and they found their way to the front of our truck...  I don't know what these bugs are, but, they make the biggest, yellowest splatter ever!

Jim always takes a picture of "Cheri's Heart" whenever he goes into the property...  He says it still has a little bit of snow on it, but it's still really pretty... In this picture, the heart is a little to the right of center.. looks so pretty.

I am always so afraid that something has happened to my sunflowers... I don't know what could happen, but, Jim always takes a picture to show me that they're still in good shape...  And, with the sun setting, they look amazing...

For Brad's grad party, we were correctly anticipating a mob - of guests, and I found that it was less expensive to purchase chairs via plublic state surplus auctions than to rent them... So, we bought a bunch of stacking chairs.  The only problem is, where to store them until we need them again.  We are anticipating people coming to visit us at the cabin, so, on this trip down, Jim took all these chairs and put them in the Conex.  He said it was a little difficult to get to being that the skidoos were in the way, but he managed to get the trailer backed to the front of the Conex, and got them stored in there for a later date.

And, our purchase for the kitchen this past week was... the oven!  We have the old tyme stove in the kitchen, but we are putting a cooktop in the island, and this oven will be also below the cook top... I am stoked.

So all in all, it was an amazing weekend.  I do miss Jim terribly when he goes and I stay at home.  But, a lot was accomplished, and I was thrilled when he made it home safe and sound.

Jim is now relaxing in his recliner, having had dinner and is now watching Murdoch Mysteries, and eating peach cobbler... Life is pretty fine. The adventure continues, and, we're oh so happy...

Jim and Cheri