Random stuff from Eugene

These are just some random pictures and sayings from our trip.
Okay so this would have been a good picture of the Mountain if I had Just gotten it in there, I think we went over a Bump at that moment.

I Made it My mission to try to get a Picture of Triple trailers, as Oregon is one of the few states that allows this. I could only take from this angle as Joel said it was bad etiquette to take a picture from them head on. Who Knew?

If I had been trying to take a picture of the 55mph sign this would have been great, but I was trying to take a picture of Mt. Hood. If you look on either side of the sign you can see the slopes of the Mountain.

"whatever Keeps You Occupied" Joel in reference to my picture taking.

Although Being Married to a Truck driver has it disadvantages it does a a few perks like, "I know every off ramp with trees" in reference to my needing a rest stop. and "The Off ramp By Richie Brothers Auction is doing construction, so there is a port-o-potty" I mean really I am thankful he has this knowledge.

To Eugene and Back

So this week Joel and I found ourselves going on a road trip to Eugene to Look at a saw for Perry Pallet. I went along to break up the monotony, have some quality time with Joel and take advantage of Oregon's No sales tax!!

Joel's Mom and Dad agreed to Watch Phil Tuesday night and all day Wednesday, so we ended up leaving Tuesday night. we drove to Lynnwood and decided to get dinner. I have been trying to get Joel to try a Restaurant called Claim Jumper, I knew exactly where it was. We some how got lost ( Joel said he was just scouting the territory) So I had to call my sister to help us out and we invited them to meet us for dinner, as they only live 5 min away. We enjoyed a nice meal with Maran and Nathan, but I unfortunately don't have a picture, cause Joel would not go out to the car to get the camera to chronicle our dinner for blogging purposes. Then we hit the road again. driving down to Chahalis, and stayed overnight in a Best Western. We stayed for just a few hours, long enough to get a shower, some rest, directions to the mall I wanted to go to the next day and two muffins from the continental breakfast counter. We back on the road at 6:30.

We hit a little traffic as we got to Vancouver and crossed the bridge into Portland and made it down to Eugene at about 9:30. Joel dropped me off at the mall, while he went to look at the saw.

Welcome to Oregon!!!

I immediately found the Ann Taylor Loft store!! I could have blown my whole budget right then and had nothing left to do for the next two hours, so I opted to put some items on hold while I perused the rest of the mall. I found Several other stores that I was able to make a few purchases for family at. the Made in Oregon store for a Postcard, The Duck Store (all U of O duck stuff) where I found some kid books for Phil, a kids clothing store and a home furnishings store that was going out of business, where I found some wall hanging. I still hadn't found any capris that compared with the ones that I saw a Ann Taylor, So when Joel called and Said that he was at the mall I asked him to come in and look at. I tried them on for him, and he approved. So with bags in tow at 12:30pm we were back on the road to Bellingham.

Mt. Hood as we crossed the Colombia

We enjoyed a Beautiful day on the Road, passing fields of Iris' in Bloom, much like our tulip fields. A beautiful field of Chives going to Seed (this might not sound pretty, but we passed the field trying to figure out what flower or berry this was that blanketed the ground in a pretty red and all we could think of was chive in bloom). Scotches Broom and Lupine and other wild flowers were in bloom along the highway adding glorious color to the ever present emerald green. The clouds that had been there in the morning had burned off so we were able to see four mountains in one day. Mt. Hood, Mt St. Helens, Mt Rainer and Mt. Baker. I made Tried Very hard to get pictures of Mt. Hood and St. Helens, but when you are trying to get home you can not stop or even drive in the right lane for picture purposes, so I often got some funny pictures of the Mountains (glad we are not buying film anymore). Unfortunately My camera battery started to die at about the time we crossed the Colombia, so I only pulled my camera out for really good opportunities after that.

Mt. St. Helens this was my best picture

Joel wanted to stop at Truck parts place somewhere in Washington on the way back and look at some parts, so we had about a 45 minute stop there. If we kept driving we would have hit Seattle at rush hour. so we decided to stop and have an early Dinner. Joel's Mom had recommended a place in Olympia over looking a park and waterfalls. I am so sad that this restaurant isn't in Bellingham, as the View was wonderful, the food and service were impeccable. But after a nice dinner we were back on the road, no time for a stroll in the park, hardly enough time for a picture (Battery was completely out of Juice after that).

Joel and I at the Falls Terrace Restaurant, you can see the falls behind us.

We were able to get back to Bellingham by 9:15 to Pick Phillip up. Ready to go home in his PJs happy to see Mama and especially Daddy.

Joel and I were so thankful that we had safety on this trip, only having a slight problem with a strap on a the truck part he bought. We had a wonderful time talking about things going on in our lives, bringing back memories of our dating days when I rode along in the truck with him.

We also just enjoyed each others company and having fun together.

Although this was a business trip and not a vacation we did have Fun.

Drowning in a sea of Samples or is colors?

Radient red, or Cut ruby?

Adrift or Dune drift?

Sensible hue or Pebble path?

Sueded Leather or Brown Suede?

Cafe ole' or Brown Tepee?

Sugar egg Pink or Scented Note paper? No pink what so ever as per Master of the House. Peach is ok, we are still wondering about rose.

Light rahja tile or Dark rahja Tile?

Oiled bronze or Rust?

Glass or Metal?

and the carpet/ flooring guy hasn't even come yet!!

What's a girl to do?

Knit, bake Cheesecakes, hide in her bedroom on the internet, call Mom?

All of the above !!!!!

Mother's Day

Thoughts from Mother's day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson " Men are a direct result of what their Mother's make them"

Joel and his mom this Mother's day




"A Mother should be more concerned about her children's Spiriutal growth, than about their clothes" Pastor Mordhorst





My Mom and I on Mother's day

If you think that looks bad, you should see the Sock!

So I know you are wondering what I am writing about with a title lick that. Well I never said this Blog was about anything deep or insightful, just what has been going on with my life.

Well this is what went on with my life on Monday. So I was making out my grocery list, getting ready to go out. Phillip was playing on the front porch, when all the sudden I heard a wham, and Scream. I knew right then that a fireplace screen that was being stored on the porch and Phillip had taking a liking as a musical instrument, had fallen. So I bolted over to the porch, to find Phillip pinned face down by the screen, just as I got there I ran into the open front door. So hard that when I looked down my sock was ripped open. So I swallowed my pain, fished Phillip out from underneath the Screen. Just as I was picking him up the screen fell back down and hit him right in the back of the head. Phillip who up til this point was I think only mildly uncomfortable, let out a scream. Up til that point I could handle the situation, but at that point I couldn't cope. I couldn't console myself or Phillip. So I tearfully called Joel asking him to come home. the only problem was Joel was on the Road in Burlington, and I couldn't calm down enough to tell him what was wrong, so this sent him into a Panic. So he dispatched his brother Marc to see what the problem was. A few minutes later he called me back to see what was wrong, only to find out that I had stubbed my toe. So Marc was recalled told that the house was not burning to the ground, and I was not being attacked, I had only stubbed my toe. Joel told me that I was not allowed to make calls like that for stubbing my toe or any non life-threatening emergency any more. I have successfully taken a few years off of Joel's life.

I don't think my toe is broken, just badly bruised though. We will see how running goes.

This is the actual sock, no it did not have any holes in it before the accident. I am glad I got a got a cute Pedi a couple of weeks ago. Although I did not go to the ER or even the doctors office, it is nice to know my toes looked cute. Kind of like the old saying, "put on clean underware, you never know when your going to be in an accident". You never know when a cute doctor might have to look at your foot, you don't want to have just plain toes.

Tiptoe through the tulips

So last Thursday did not start off in any way great. To say I got up on the wrong side of the bed would have been an understatement. I hadn't slept well that night and was going through a lot of things spiritually. We had been having an extreamly busy week, due to a upcoming family function. So when Thursday came around I just wrote off the Idea of going with our Book/playgroup to the tulip Feilds. I thought my friend Laura would get the message I had left her that we would probably not make it. So at about 9:45 I was still in my jammies and Laura and our other Friend, Sara, pulled into my driveway asking if I was going to make it. I replied "no I was Just to Busy and Tired". Then they asked if there was anything they could do to help. That is when I changed My mind and thought a trip to the tulips were just what I needed.

So while I did the amazing transformation, Laura Changed Phil, and put his carseat in her car. By 10:20 we were off and running.

The tulips were Gorgeous, Red, Yellow, White, Purple, pink, carpeted the Ground in a Sea of Color. I was able to appreciated the Beauty our Lord has created and has given to us a beautiful gift. We all had a nice time trying to remember the Tulips we liked and wanted to order for next year (thank you lord for digital cameras) as we took so many pics of our favorites. We had a fun time with the kids as we had a picnic lunch later a park. So a day that had a bad start to it turned out wonderful from a tiptoe through the tulips.

Then we came home and took a Long Nap.

Best Hubby

I know everyone says they are married to the most wonderful man. But I think I am the only one who can truly say this. Not only is he a great Husband, but he is a awesome Dad.

I'll tell you why, the other night Phil woke up for who knows why, and Joel got up several times with him. I hadn't even heard Phil wake up. Joel went in there and tried to comfort him and then he remembered that I told him Phil's beloved Quackers was in the washing machine. So Joel dug damp Quackers out of the wash and gave it Phil. He did all this cause he knew the last few nights I hadn't slept well. So as you can see I am the only one who can say I am married to the most wonderful man.