Life As We Know It

     If someone would have told me 6 months ago that I would be married to my sister's friend and living in Nebraska, I would have laughed at their joke and walked away, and yet, here I am!  Married to a wonderful man, living in good ol' Omaha, Nebraska.  
     On February 29, 2012, Brett and I were sealed for time and all eternity in the Jordan River Temple.  

      We lived in a nice little basement apartment in Riverton for two months.  At which time Brett moved to Omaha to start a salesperson job, and I moved back home.  We spent all of May apart, which was definitely the HARDEST thing I have ever had to do.  People say 'distance makes the heart grow fonder'.  Well, after having experienced it, I believe that saying to be a bunch of bologna!  I don't recommend this to anyone!  It's not worth crying yourself to sleep three or four times a week.  Anyway, that all doesn't matter now because we are reunited and it feels so good!!!  So once again I am with my loved one and I am now living in a quaint little apartment by a beautiful little lake.  

     Life doesn't get much better than this!  There's just one tiny glitch. . . Brett's job.  Don't get me wrong, it's a great job and it's keeping us financially stable, but the hours sure stink!  He leaves for work at 8:50 a.m., and doesn't get home until 9:45 p.m.  I really shouldn't complain though.  I would much rather be living with my honey again and only see him about four hours a day than to be 1400 miles apart and not see him at all!
     So. . .what does one do for 13 hours by themselves you might ask?  Well, I go find friends of course!  
Friend #1: Geezer the goose. :) He's a very friendly fellow. . . when I'm sharing my lunch with him.  He's definitely not a shy guy.  He'll come right up and eat out of my hand.

Friend #2:  Archibald the ornery goose.  He sure likes to hang around me when I'm eating, but when I try to talk to him or offer him some food, he hisses at me.  It's definitely one of those love-hate relationships.  The feeling is mutual.

Friend #3:  Pegleg the one-footed duck.  When I told Brett about Pegleg, he started to laugh.  I asked him what was so funny, and of course, what does he say?  "I can just picture him trying to swim in a straight line , but end up just swimming in circles".  Typical guy thing to say, but it was pretty funny.  Now, whenever I'm trying to find Pegleg, I just look for the duck that's swimming in circles. ;)

     Other than making friends, I spend my time cleaning the apartment, scrapbooking wedding memories, cleaning, reading, bike riding, listening to sweet tunes, playing Solitaire, cleaning, doing laundry, job hunting, hang out with the only other wife out here, cleaning, cooking, and now blogging!  I would go out and explore Omaha, but Brett has the car 5 out of the 6 days he works.  You can imagine how excited I was when we bought Brett a bike three days ago.  Now I can at least go explore a little bit. 

     I thought I would go crazy being by myself for hours on end, but so far it's not that bad.  With a creative imagination and being easily entertained, it's pretty easy staying sane out here. :)