I got a hilarious email from my sister that made my day a lot happier!
SO, I decided to be a copy cat and make my own!
ENJOY!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
RIP Sean Taylor
So I feel a little shallow saying how bad our football weeks have been due to a simple loss. This week really has been the worse due to a death.
For those of you that don't know, Sean Taylor of the Redskins, died this morning due to a bullet shot wound he received during a robbery at his Miami home Monday night. (Read more.)
Taylor was also the hardest hitting player in the NFL at only 24.
Needless to say losses are just nothing compared to losing amazing players. Rick has his jersey, which he will continue to proudly wear.
Love,
your very sad redskins.
For those of you that don't know, Sean Taylor of the Redskins, died this morning due to a bullet shot wound he received during a robbery at his Miami home Monday night. (Read more.)
Taylor was also the hardest hitting player in the NFL at only 24.
Needless to say losses are just nothing compared to losing amazing players. Rick has his jersey, which he will continue to proudly wear.
Love,
your very sad redskins.
Friday, November 23, 2007
goodbye national title.
Well it is a sad sad day for Tiger fans.
LSU lost in the 3rd overtime against the Arizona Razorbacks. (50-48) I really don't like Darren McFadden.
Goodbye national title. Hello some other dumb bowl game.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
happy turkey day! x2
Here is what our turkey day festivities included...
My iron chef hard at work making our bird herby.
Our herby bird cooking (in a bag no less).
Look at that beauty!
A family tradition, green bean casserole. A new Portland Rice tradition, hash brown AND green bean casserole. mmmm delicious!
Our first thanksgiving meal!
And of course football!
Hope everybody had the most delicious meal!
Love,
your stuffed-belly sleepy-eyed oregonians
My iron chef hard at work making our bird herby.
Our herby bird cooking (in a bag no less).
Look at that beauty!
A family tradition, green bean casserole. A new Portland Rice tradition, hash brown AND green bean casserole. mmmm delicious!
Our first thanksgiving meal!
And of course football!
Hope everybody had the most delicious meal!
Love,
your stuffed-belly sleepy-eyed oregonians
happy turkey day!
For those of you that don't know. This year is kind of a big deal for Rick and I. First off this is the first thanksgiving that Rick and I were in the same state and the first thanksgiving for us in Portland. We are celebrating by cooking a big meal... and by big I mean a 5lb turkey (there is only two of us and where Rick eats enough for two people.. so I guess 3 of us, 5 lbs is PLENTY)!
Rick got the turkey ready and I picked out the wine and made green bean casserole (let me not lead you into false light, green bean casserole doesn't require cooking, it is mixing and scooping!).
On to more important things, giving thanks!
We are thankful for...
- God. For providing and blessing and loving us no matter what.
- Our families. For supporting us and having faith in us to pick up our lives and move to Portland. We love you.
- Our friends. For making us feel like home whenever we are in Richmond, but more for missing us while we are gone.
- Our country. For being able to live in a place where we can say and do and believe in almost anything we want.
- Football. Enough said.
Love,
your thankful oregonians.
Ps. Stay tuned, there will be beautiful photos of our lovely meal, from start to finish!
Rick got the turkey ready and I picked out the wine and made green bean casserole (let me not lead you into false light, green bean casserole doesn't require cooking, it is mixing and scooping!).
On to more important things, giving thanks!
We are thankful for...
- God. For providing and blessing and loving us no matter what.
- Our families. For supporting us and having faith in us to pick up our lives and move to Portland. We love you.
- Our friends. For making us feel like home whenever we are in Richmond, but more for missing us while we are gone.
- Our country. For being able to live in a place where we can say and do and believe in almost anything we want.
- Football. Enough said.
Love,
your thankful oregonians.
Ps. Stay tuned, there will be beautiful photos of our lovely meal, from start to finish!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
job search #1 ends!
Erin is officially employed!
I will be teaching a preschool class of 3 and 4 year olds beginning December 10th. The girl who currently has the job put in her two weeks so unfortunately they will not need me until then. But that gives me an extra week to enjoy Portland before joining the working force.
Barnes-Miller CDC is located right on a max line so I will have the option of riding the train or the bus. The bus stop is right outside so I will probably stick with that unless there is bad weather.
I sat in on my class today and really had a great time. The kids are great and the company is very laid back. I especially like that it runs like a school more than a daycare. I taught the kids the letter K today and we made kites!
I am very excited about this job! Hope this finds everybody well.
Love,
your half-employed oregonians
Monday, November 19, 2007
and the job search begins!
Rick and I have begun the job search. Hopefully both of us will be employed by the end of the week!
I had an interview, it went well but don't know anything as of yet. Apparently, in order to work in a daycare center in Oregon, you must be enrolled in the Criminal Registry and that will take about a week before anybody can hire me.
I am sure God will take care of everything, as he has so far. Sorry for the brief entry, but Rick cooked dinner and it is ready! Hope this finds all very well, we will keep everyone posted.
Love,
your unemployed portlanders.
Ps. Here is our beautiful bathroom (that I cloroxed last night!) So, do you feel like you live with us yet?
I had an interview, it went well but don't know anything as of yet. Apparently, in order to work in a daycare center in Oregon, you must be enrolled in the Criminal Registry and that will take about a week before anybody can hire me.
I am sure God will take care of everything, as he has so far. Sorry for the brief entry, but Rick cooked dinner and it is ready! Hope this finds all very well, we will keep everyone posted.
Love,
your unemployed portlanders.
Ps. Here is our beautiful bathroom (that I cloroxed last night!) So, do you feel like you live with us yet?
Sunday, November 18, 2007
room #2 down.
Beautiful beautiful kitchen. This what I did when I woke up this morning. I even cloroxed the floor! Love, your cleanin' sneezin' oregonians
great news!!
During our intense day of unpacking... Our digital camera has been found!! Yippee!!
Unfortunately, about 9 days late so you will still have to wait for photographs from our cross country trip.
But you can see our apartment all set up!
Out of the five rooms in the apartment including the bathroom, this is the only room finished. Between the dust and both of us already being sick it was all we could handle after a day of heavy lifting. Hopefully we can finish it all tomorrow after a good nights sleep.
LSU had a big win today! (Bama had a big loss... who loses to UL Monroe? I mean really...)
Hope this finds all doing very well!
Love,
your almost settled oregonians & very happy tiger fans.
Unfortunately, about 9 days late so you will still have to wait for photographs from our cross country trip.
But you can see our apartment all set up!
Out of the five rooms in the apartment including the bathroom, this is the only room finished. Between the dust and both of us already being sick it was all we could handle after a day of heavy lifting. Hopefully we can finish it all tomorrow after a good nights sleep.
LSU had a big win today! (Bama had a big loss... who loses to UL Monroe? I mean really...)
Hope this finds all doing very well!
Love,
your almost settled oregonians & very happy tiger fans.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
home again home again
We made it home last night around 8pm pacific time. We got to Spokane, Washington yesterday and realized we were only another 4 hours away from Portland so we decided to make it all the way home.
Unfortunately, I was nauseous all day yesterday and ended up realizing I had food poisoning at about 10pm last night. Fortunately, I was home in my own bathroom so I am really glad we decided to come all the way. It would not have been fun to be that sick in a hotel and then have to get up and ride in a car.
I am all better now, and Rick's cold is getting better as well. We have a lot of unpacking to do, and hopefully in time to watch the ole miss game, or at least have it on so we can get our updates. Man, it is going to be nice to have a TV again. It gets expensive having to watch all our football at bars!
Love you all,
your sick oregonians.
Unfortunately, I was nauseous all day yesterday and ended up realizing I had food poisoning at about 10pm last night. Fortunately, I was home in my own bathroom so I am really glad we decided to come all the way. It would not have been fun to be that sick in a hotel and then have to get up and ride in a car.
I am all better now, and Rick's cold is getting better as well. We have a lot of unpacking to do, and hopefully in time to watch the ole miss game, or at least have it on so we can get our updates. Man, it is going to be nice to have a TV again. It gets expensive having to watch all our football at bars!
Love you all,
your sick oregonians.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
trailers make everything worse
****Warning: This post is rather lengthy and lacks photographs to make it read quicker.*****
So, lets see. It has been a few days since our last post and much has happened.
We took the scenic route through the badlands and it was absolutely breathtaking. We were really glad we decided to take the 30 mile detour it required. (I do apologize for the lack of pictures, but using an analog camera we can't have immediate uploads.)
By the time we got to Rapid City, it was already dark and Rick's cold has gotten worse so we opted for a cheap hotel. We also had to get our oil changed, so it ended up working out better not to have to pitch a tent.
Yesterday, we got up early and went to Mt. Rushmore. This too was pretty amazing. We took tons of pictures and an older gentleman even offered to take a picture of both of us. But let us tell you... We have experienced the wind and the cold... And it is really not worth it to outdoor sightsee in November!!
I really can't imagine living in a place where there are 60mph winds. It is even difficult to drive, but we have seen our share of tumbleweeds!
We opted not to go to Crazy Horse because it was so cold, and vowed to come back another time in the summer. There really is a lot to do out here with all the caverns and farms and animals.
After our sightseeing, we drove to Sheridan, Wyoming where we stayed at a KOA. We had dinner at a local joint and had some Wyoming beer (apparently Wyoming has their own brewery, but nothing else.) As we were driving we realized the lights on the trailer weren't working anymore. We tried to see if he could figure it out, but we weren't successful. Unfortunately, the closest U-haul was in Billings, Mt., 128 miles away.
Needless to say, we stopped in Billings, had a guy look at it only to find out the hitch installer in Richmond not only did a crappy, rickshaw job (drilling holes that were unnecessary and ruining the interior plastic of my tailgate) but they overcharged us by about $100.
The U-haul guys in Billings were not happy and gave us print-outs of everything we will need when we call corporate to not only complain, but also get our money back, including the hassle of having to get something fixed that shouldn't have been broken in the first place. I have to say though, we really did luck out with the guys in Billings because they were really great people AND they knew what they were doing.
We continued to our destination in Deer Lodge, only to discover the KOA there had already closed up for the winter, even though they weren't supposed to until Nov. 30. SO... here we are in Missoula, Mt. at yet another seedy hotel. But, I never did realized how much I took for granted not having to wear flip flops in the shower and how nice it is to sit down on the toilet!
Tomorrow we will make our way through northern Idaho (State #33 and last of my new additions on this trip) and onto Washington. We will return to Portland on Saturday. I think the worst of Rick's cold is over but he has a terrible cough. Hopefully, a few days of rest back in Portland will do the trick.
We must apologize for the lack of telephone calls the past few days, but apparently South Dakotans, Wyomingers, and Montanans, don't believe in cell phones (but they seem to believe in Wi-Fi at every gas station and casinos and "adult" stores every highway exit! hmph priorities!)
We love you all! And we will be in touch soon.
Love,
your teeth-chattering, car-sick oregonians
So, lets see. It has been a few days since our last post and much has happened.
We took the scenic route through the badlands and it was absolutely breathtaking. We were really glad we decided to take the 30 mile detour it required. (I do apologize for the lack of pictures, but using an analog camera we can't have immediate uploads.)
By the time we got to Rapid City, it was already dark and Rick's cold has gotten worse so we opted for a cheap hotel. We also had to get our oil changed, so it ended up working out better not to have to pitch a tent.
Yesterday, we got up early and went to Mt. Rushmore. This too was pretty amazing. We took tons of pictures and an older gentleman even offered to take a picture of both of us. But let us tell you... We have experienced the wind and the cold... And it is really not worth it to outdoor sightsee in November!!
I really can't imagine living in a place where there are 60mph winds. It is even difficult to drive, but we have seen our share of tumbleweeds!
We opted not to go to Crazy Horse because it was so cold, and vowed to come back another time in the summer. There really is a lot to do out here with all the caverns and farms and animals.
After our sightseeing, we drove to Sheridan, Wyoming where we stayed at a KOA. We had dinner at a local joint and had some Wyoming beer (apparently Wyoming has their own brewery, but nothing else.) As we were driving we realized the lights on the trailer weren't working anymore. We tried to see if he could figure it out, but we weren't successful. Unfortunately, the closest U-haul was in Billings, Mt., 128 miles away.
Needless to say, we stopped in Billings, had a guy look at it only to find out the hitch installer in Richmond not only did a crappy, rickshaw job (drilling holes that were unnecessary and ruining the interior plastic of my tailgate) but they overcharged us by about $100.
The U-haul guys in Billings were not happy and gave us print-outs of everything we will need when we call corporate to not only complain, but also get our money back, including the hassle of having to get something fixed that shouldn't have been broken in the first place. I have to say though, we really did luck out with the guys in Billings because they were really great people AND they knew what they were doing.
We continued to our destination in Deer Lodge, only to discover the KOA there had already closed up for the winter, even though they weren't supposed to until Nov. 30. SO... here we are in Missoula, Mt. at yet another seedy hotel. But, I never did realized how much I took for granted not having to wear flip flops in the shower and how nice it is to sit down on the toilet!
Tomorrow we will make our way through northern Idaho (State #33 and last of my new additions on this trip) and onto Washington. We will return to Portland on Saturday. I think the worst of Rick's cold is over but he has a terrible cough. Hopefully, a few days of rest back in Portland will do the trick.
We must apologize for the lack of telephone calls the past few days, but apparently South Dakotans, Wyomingers, and Montanans, don't believe in cell phones (but they seem to believe in Wi-Fi at every gas station and casinos and "adult" stores every highway exit! hmph priorities!)
We love you all! And we will be in touch soon.
Love,
your teeth-chattering, car-sick oregonians
Monday, November 12, 2007
back online!
I apologize for the delay in postings BUT we have not had internet!
We have had a long few days since our last post. Our odometer reads about 1500 miles so we are halfway to our new home!
We began the long journey driving through Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and today Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. So far I have 3 new notches on my 50 state belt (which puts me at 31 out of 50).
We have camped the whole way staying at KOA's in Washington (PA, outside Pittsburgh), Granger (IN, outside South Bend) and West Liberty (IA, outside Iowa City). Tonight in Sioux Falls, South Dakota we opted for a cheap hotel because Rick is coming down with a bad cold.
Tomorrow we have about 300 miles to the Badlands, Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore and the infamous Wall Drug Store! We plan to get back to camping tomorrow night in, or around Rapids City, SD.
So far we have learned...
Iowa smells funny.
We took for granted driving on 81 because 80 is WAAAY more boring.
Scenic views in the mid-west are not scenic, it is just a higher view of the same damn farm.
"Modern rest stops" have emergency telephones (but still no RESTrooms).
Driving a 2-ton trailer ruins any chance of good gas mileage.
There is such a thing as SUPER-unleaded fuel but we still haven't learned what it is.
LSU is the best team in the nation and it is always a good day to be a tiger fan!
We should definitely be home in time to see some more tiger butt-whoopin' this Saturday against the rebels.
Hope this finds everybody well and happy and we will post again as soon as we can.
Love,
your travelin' oregonian fools.
We have had a long few days since our last post. Our odometer reads about 1500 miles so we are halfway to our new home!
We began the long journey driving through Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and today Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. So far I have 3 new notches on my 50 state belt (which puts me at 31 out of 50).
We have camped the whole way staying at KOA's in Washington (PA, outside Pittsburgh), Granger (IN, outside South Bend) and West Liberty (IA, outside Iowa City). Tonight in Sioux Falls, South Dakota we opted for a cheap hotel because Rick is coming down with a bad cold.
Tomorrow we have about 300 miles to the Badlands, Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore and the infamous Wall Drug Store! We plan to get back to camping tomorrow night in, or around Rapids City, SD.
So far we have learned...
Iowa smells funny.
We took for granted driving on 81 because 80 is WAAAY more boring.
Scenic views in the mid-west are not scenic, it is just a higher view of the same damn farm.
"Modern rest stops" have emergency telephones (but still no RESTrooms).
Driving a 2-ton trailer ruins any chance of good gas mileage.
There is such a thing as SUPER-unleaded fuel but we still haven't learned what it is.
LSU is the best team in the nation and it is always a good day to be a tiger fan!
We should definitely be home in time to see some more tiger butt-whoopin' this Saturday against the rebels.
Hope this finds everybody well and happy and we will post again as soon as we can.
Love,
your travelin' oregonian fools.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
sorry for the hiatus
We are back and in full force.
We had a wonderful two weeks at in Richmond, both at Kaira and Bill's wedding as well as a fun night out on the town for Halloween AND our trip to see the Tigers beat the Crimson Tide.
We have officially begun our drive back to Portland, staying in Washington, PA last night (30 miles outside Pittsburgh) and will be cutting West for the next 8 days or so.
I hate to be brief but it is time to get on the road again. Unfortunately our digital camera has been misplaced, (hopefully it will be recovered soon!) but in the mean time the pictures are going to take some time seeing as how we only have an analog camera with us.
We hope this finds everybody happy and well.
Love,
your oregonian road-trip campers.
Ps. We have decided to make a wedding website in addition to our blog, in order to keep everything organized. Be looking for the in the next 2 weeks!
We had a wonderful two weeks at in Richmond, both at Kaira and Bill's wedding as well as a fun night out on the town for Halloween AND our trip to see the Tigers beat the Crimson Tide.
We have officially begun our drive back to Portland, staying in Washington, PA last night (30 miles outside Pittsburgh) and will be cutting West for the next 8 days or so.
I hate to be brief but it is time to get on the road again. Unfortunately our digital camera has been misplaced, (hopefully it will be recovered soon!) but in the mean time the pictures are going to take some time seeing as how we only have an analog camera with us.
We hope this finds everybody happy and well.
Love,
your oregonian road-trip campers.
Ps. We have decided to make a wedding website in addition to our blog, in order to keep everything organized. Be looking for the in the next 2 weeks!
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