nova and her best friend sam. 
my sisters i left in utah.
best women ever.my daughters i left in utah---the yw threw me a going away party. seriously, i bawled all night. i love these girls more than i ever thought possible. this is the cheesiest smile pic :) love it.
pic by our old address sign
right before we left.
right before we left.we are here in california and we have internet!
it was a whirl wind of a week but we feel settled minus hanging stuff on the wall.
so much has happened that i have no idea where to start. so instead of the details, i will give a top 10 things of what i have learned in the last week.
1. if your license plate says california on it, you don't signal.
2. leaves actually DO change color in california----yay! (and they are really pretty!)
3. i never thought i would enter a walmart worse than the one in harrisville utah. i was wrong. mountain view wins the game of worst. walmart. ever. i need to find an alternative place to purchase for my business.
4. i should have paid more attention in spanish in ms. pugina's spanish class.....(or listened more intently while she repeatedly showed us E.T. in spanish.) at any rate, i am the only one who speaks english to my child in my apartment complex. i need to buy a dora dvd immediately to be a part of the "in crowd".....because "vamos nova!" isn't going to fool them much longer.
5. nova can live in a swimming pool and has a white bum to prove it.
6. johnny appleseed day can will live on no matter where we live. (see above pic that i can't move.)
7. we have too much stuff. why do we have so much stuff?
8. i can successfully drive on a busy 5 lane free way and live to tell the tale....but barely....see number one
9. don't store real gourds and pumpkins for the following year. its gross.
(ok, a disclaimer here: i didn't realize they were real. i know that sounds dumb, but i thought they were fake, in the real-est of ways. i bought them last year, and then put them away with my fall decor. i opened my fall box this week and..............lets just say, they looked different and SMELLED different than they did when i put them in there 12 months ago. luckily they were bagged good and nothing else was affected. lesson learned.
10. showering with a glass shower door makes me feel wierd. i don't like it and will not be putting that on my list of things i need in a future home.
7 comments:
Hurray!!! So glad you have the internet and we have some pictures. We love and miss you tons!
I have been thinking about you guys every day for a while now and glad you survived the move. Sounds like your life is very much like mine in a way now. 90% or more of the language is Spanish. A little frustrating at times... you will learn what I mean. For us instead of cali drivers being crazy we have Mexico drivers (none have insurance so many hit and runs or crazy drivers). Drive carefully! I can't wait to hear more about your new life and home.
So glad you got the internet! I am sure you have had your ups and downs. . . been there, know the feeling! But I am glad you are getting settled. We miss you guys!
Wahoo! Glad you guys are getting settled! What a fun adventure!
Welcome back to the interweb, lady! So glad you're alive and well in CA! I loved your Top Ten list so much! Can't wait to see all your new adventures!
Yay! You're there and you're settled! I've been dying for a post to catch up on things. I want to see more pictures though! You'll have to do a "day in the life of" or a "neighborhood tour" for all of us to imagine how things are there. Good luck with the continuing transition. Can't wait to hear what Dan thinks about the new employ as well...
What an excited adventure! I am glad that you survived california driving for now.
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