What a Day
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Oh My.
Guess what everyone does Saturday mornings here up on the Hill* … Yup they go garage sale shopping. We are not the … “Oh Oh is it 7am yet so we can go garage sale shopping” … people. Therefore, left were some slim pickings. We did however score a kite and book for Becca, some clothes for Ethan and a dress form for me
One may ask why I need a dress form … Just because it is cool!!!! I can dress her up, take pictures … Yes Sally and I will have many adventures.
After our treasure hunting we took the drive down the mountain we now live upon (also refered to as the Hill*) to Santa Fe … to hit up Target! w00t! We decided that although some may find hotel living to be fun, we find it stressful and annoying. So since our new place is equiped with a Murphy bed (so there is so totally a place to crash if you come to visit!), we bought some sheets and the minium gear to survive until the movers come.
A side note on the movers. It works like this … the movers come and pack our gear and take it to a big truck trailor were other people that are moving have gear on said truck too. So multiple households are on one truck and said truck heads out. First on the truck is last off the truck and distance travelled, blah blah blah. Our stuff is still in transit somewhere, and we hope hope hope to see it next week (althought they have till like the 10th or something crazy). In the meantime we are going to “settle in” the best we can and then play tourist with the kids.
The kids truly have been amazing. They could be making our lives a living hell with all that we are putting them through. Yet Ethan is still smiling away and even giving out a
few giggles. Becca’s imagination is soaring. I throughly enjoy listening to her amazing stories and plotlines.
Before we left Riverside, Becca got her hair cut. I had been fighting bangs since she has had hair, sadly I lost the battle. Her hair grows forward, right into her face, causing a cousin It effect if not tackled. Well with Becca’s new found “independence” tying back her hair is not always doable. In comes the bangs. I have to say I quite like them and now I have to learn to trim them. Being a curly haired girl myself, bangs were never my thing.
Since we will be relocating to the house as of tomorrow I will no longer have GASP an internet connection. I am sure it will not be long until I find every hot spot, WiFi in the area, however posts and reading will be sparse. We will be hopefully hooked up with some DSL by the end of the week.
*The reference to the Hill is based on Los Alamos history of being a secret location for the government lab. While I am still learning about the rich history here, the Hill sounds perfect for our new home.
Pics of the Day ~ Los Alamos Scenery ~
There are three main roads. One that leads to the National Lab, one that has all the shops and another that takes you out to the golf course. If there are more “main” roads we have yet to discover them. The roads that are main routes seem to be cluttered with traffic, however nothing compared to Southern California.
In the post office the “Take a Number” is empty. The two postal officers call out “Who’s Next?” instead. Can you imagine the mayhem that would occur in Riverside if that were the system! We stopped by to hook up our utilities and the lady chatted away with us. Come to think of it we have not seen any bars on the windows or bullet proof glass to speak through … maybe we are hitting up all the wrong places … hehe.
Pic of the Day ~ Ethan & Becca ~
With help from our cat
Becca got confused at some point. She figured we would arrive in Los Alamos in no time at all. No stopping for dinner or the night. If we were stopping it meant we had arrived. No matter how many pictorial representations of Riverside to Los Alamos I drew on Colour Wonder paper, she was devastated that we were not “There Yet”.
The movers are finishing packing and loading their truck as I type … We hope they will be done mid afternoon then we hit the road to Flagstaff … I cannot wait to go! This waiting around part kinda sucks.









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