Our Adventure Begins

 Last Weekend we drove out to Wyoming so Lee could start his new job. Lee was riding the motorcycle out while I was in the car. That way he would have the bike to drive around town in and the car for trips home and for days with bad weather.

We were just outside of Evanston and only a couple hours into our 9 hour drive when Lee got a flat tire on the bike. We got lucky with multiple things with this situation. First of all, Lee didn't go down when he got the flat. It was the rear tire, so he was able to keep control of the bike and get pulled over. Also, had we been further into our trip we would have been in the middle of nowhere and the only thing we could have done was to have the bike towed to the nearest town and left there because nobody was open on a Sunday. We would have to figure out how and when to get the bike back up to Lee in Gillette. Instead, we called my parents and they drove up to Evanston with the trailer to take the bike back home. We are so grateful to them for doing that for us, so we could continue on to Gillette so Lee could get there in time to start his job.

The rest of the trip was great. It is a long boring drive with not much to look at, but I thought these windmills were cool.

Lee has been training the last few days and is getting settled into his apartment. So far he is liking the job.

We miss eachother so much and he really misses the dogs. This next year isn't going to be easy, but it will be worth the sacrifice. We have no idea how long he will do this job, or if I will eventually move up there with him. I stress about that. I didn't love the town. It's very small and not much to do. Lee will be working nights, and if I move there and get a job, we will still never see eachother. I would rather stay here and keep the job that I've had for 14 years and stay in the home we just got into. We are going to make it work and fly Lee home on his off weeks. That will give him more time at home and then I won't have to worry about him making that long drive home.

A New Adventure

Lee got a new job!....in Wyoming. He will be driving a water tanker truck at the Oil Wells in Gillette Wyoming, also known as Fracking. He will work midnights, 6 days a week for 5 weeks, then off for a week. He will come home for his week off. The job supplies him with an apartment and covers utilities so we won't have to worry about his cost of living there. He will be working with 2 of his really good friends, Ed and Brent, which will really help him out while being away from home. 

As of right now, I will be staying here, keeping my job for insurance purposes, and we will re-evaluate in a year or so where we are at, if he likes the job enough to stay for longer than a couple years. If so then we will sell our house and  I will move to Wyoming with him. 

This is such a good opportunity for us, and it happen to fall in our laps at the perfect time. Lee has not been happy at his current job. He is overworked and under payed. The COO just got fired and the company is going downhill. Brent approached Lee with the opportunity and had his boss contact Lee. What Lee thought was a phone interview, was quite the opposite. He told Lee that the job was his, and how soon could he start. We talked it over, and despite the fact that he will have to be gone 5 weeks at a time, we felt it was the right decision to take the job. We are excited about this opportunity, and very thankful for it. It will definitely be an adventure.

Our puppy Lily has been through a lot in her first year of life. To start off, her baby teeth never fell out resulting in 2 rows of teeth. We had to have them pulled.

 Then a couple months ago she started favoring her left leg, and it got worse over time. We took her in and got the news that her knee cap was dislocating and she needed surgery it fix it. It's a common problem in small dogs. This surgery makes for a long recovery. Because the pin they have to use is so small, it could break very easily so she has to stay off her feet as much as possible. She had to be on pain meds and tranqilizers to help kep her calm. She's had to be carried around, on our lap, or in her kennel. Just before 5 weeks into her recovery her other knee dislocated and she needed surgery on that leg too. The doctor hoped it could wait but it would cause more harm to wait so he did the second surgery. She has been such a little trooper and is recovering very well. At her last appt, the doctor said that the first knee is doing great and the bone I'd fusing so she is close to recovered on that knee. We are 2 weeks into the second surgery and is doing great.

New Home

Back in September we moved into our new home. We were so excited to be homeowners again. It's a townhome, which wasn't our first pick, but we are very happy with our choice. It will allow us to build equity so in a few years we can get into another home. It has a perfect little backyard for the crazy pups, and it's just the right size for us right now.

Here is the kitchen before we added the backsplash