Another Blog

Well, Justin finished laying the tile in the kitchen last night and it looks gorgeous. We still have to put up the baseboard and put on the new cabinet hardware so I'm gonna wait on the picture until later. I'm getting ready to go paint the studio bathroom before I go to work because I'm only working 12-4 today. We've got big plans today as well. We're going to try to finish the studio bathroom (tile, paint, new showerhead, put the toilet back in) and its already got a fan in the ceiling that Justin installed earlier. We're also going to clear the living room today, and try to get the first coat of paint on. Lofty dreams, I know. You guys know me, I like to dream BIG.

Last night I touched base with my foster sister, Nikki, who lives in Lincoln. She is having a baby boy named Alex in two weeks or sooner. I'm really looking forward to being involved in her and her childrens' lives when we move up there. We have both grown up quite a bit in the last 3 years and I think that God's giving us a second chance. I am excited to spend time with my little nephews D'Angelo and Alex.

This morning, I took our Persian, Little Girl, to the vet for spaying and shots. She did so good! I am a proud mama!! She's only 7 lbs full grown...so small! Her name fits her! She didn't balk at any shots. Just wanted to brag on my baby. :)

Stress Attack!!!

After being all excited about his interview going well. I came CRASHING down. I just realized what all I have to do and how much it'll all cost.........IN 3 WEEKS!!
The option is, of course, always there that I stay here and Justin leaves a little earlier but sheeeeeeeesh. We haven't heard what day Justin will be flying up to Lincoln, but we're assuming it to be either the end of next week or the week after. Either way, if he gets up there by the 30th and they offer him the job, the schedule we kinda made.......to keep our sanity.........will work. Here it is:
Friday, 1/20 - Finish garage/Cut yard/Pile debris/Price garage sale items
Sa 1/21 - Garage Sale/Roving Dumpster
Su 1/22 - Studio Bathroom (new showerhead/tile/paint)/Start on the Black Wall
M 1/23 - Pack/Work on Black Wall
T 1/24 - Take Little Girl (Exodus??) to shot clinic/Finish painting Black Wall/Studio
W 1/25 - Pain Guest bathroom (toilet?) CLEAN!!!
R 1/26 - Pack
F 1/27 - Lay carpet pad on West End of Living Room/Start painting
Sa 1/28 - Finish painting Living Room/Lay new carpet in the hallway
Su 1/29 - Start painting Bedrooms
M 1/30 - Finish painting Bedrooms (put in 2 weeks notice????)
T 1/31 - TAXES!! Appts!! Pack!
W 2/1 - Finishing touches/Pack
R 2/2 - Put house on market/Pack
F 2/3 - Pack/Begin scheduling cancellations/Close down utilities
S 2/4 - Sale maybe??/Pack
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F 2/10 - Garage Sale
Sa 2/11 - Moving Day!! 6am (sleep in Denver)
Su 2/12 - Arrive in Lincoln around 3pm


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Well, we have been very busy around the house. We are in full packing/remodeling mode. Since my last post, we have:
Painted the kitchen, main bathroom, and mud room.
Installed a brand new, larger water heater with a 9 year warranty.
Bought a new stove, in-counter dishwasher, and range hood.
Cleaned out 1/2 the garage.
Packed 12 boxes.
Pre-sold many household items (couch, chair, desk, entertainment center, etc).
Arranged a moving sale for this Saturday (1/21) and began pricing.
Cleaned up the house and de-cluttered it by moving furniture into the empty space in the garage.

Right now, we're measuring for new curtains and baseboards. This evening we're cleaning out the last 1/2 of the garage and taking garbage/discarded items to the back fence to transport to the landfill on Saturday morning. I will continue to price everything til' I turn blue in the face and get the sale signs ready to go out to area corners. Our classified ad is running in the paper today and tomorrow and I've been talking it up as much as I can. A week ago, I made up a list of the 'big stuff' and have been pre-selling that to friends. Yay for quick cash!

Justin has a big job interview this afternoon at 4:30 and it's the job we REALLY want so pray hard! I'm just really blessed to see how this is all working out so easily. I'm just more and more amazed everyday at how you can really tell this is what we're supposed to be doing. I really feel at peace with the direction that our life together is taking right now.

With the big pay-off from the house looming on the horizon, I think I'm starting to count my chickens before they're hatched and am talking to a private party about purchasing a more reliable vehicle. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much but I am really looking forward to this possibility.

Another thought that we've given to the money we might be getting is to use it for LASIK surgery for myself. I have horrible vision and it would be a dream come true to be able to open my eyes in the morning and actually see for the first time in about 15 years. Please keep me in your thoughts for this possibility as well.

Man! So many things to think about. I'm amazed that I haven't had a stroke!

My cousin Melissa is due any day now and I've been thinking a lot about her. It's her first and she and her husband are trying to move at the same time. That could be very difficult so I'm a little worried about her. Last I heard, they had put the condo that they're in now on the market and gotten an offer in on it. No word since then, but if it sold, they'll have to get out SOON. Scary! I can't imagine... a newborn (and all that lack of sleep!) AND moving at the same time??? Talk about stroking out!

Alright - I'd better go. More to come when I have another spare minute someday!

Just got off the phone with Home Depot. I was crestfallen because I have a swamp in my hallway and they were out of water heaters with none arriving for a week. We needed a 30 gallon with a 6 year guarantee. They were out of that as well as the 30 gallon with a 9 year, and a 40 gallon with a 6 year. All that was available was a 40 gallon with a 9 year for $90 more than what we had budgeted to pay. The lady asked to call me back and returned my call 15 minutes later with manager approval to sell me the 40 gallon, 9 year for the price of the 30 gallon, 6 year.

YAY FOR GOOD DEALS!!!

Everytime there's a problem, it's immediately taken care of! WOOT!!!

I can't believe how much has happened in the last few weeks. So very many decisions have been made.

First off, our vacation was excellent. We spent two weeks with family and introduced the boys to a whole new region. We had so much fun. The first week was spent with Justin's family, in Norfolk. They live on a golf course so the boys got to try golfing with Chuck and wrecked a golf cart (their first driving experience ever). They were given custom made putters for Christmas along with Nebraska hoodies. Justin got a Nintendo hoodie and a PS2 Network Adapter. I got a Spanish-English electronic translator from Justin and a spa basket from my mother-in-law. We got a $150 gift card to Home Depot to work on our house, as well.

We spent some time with Nolan and met his girlfriend, Anna. She was really cool. They're absolutely adorable together. She's a talented artist and a sweet girl. I'm looking forward to getting to know her better. Nolan is now enrolled at Northeast in the Networking program. I'm so proud of him. I'm glad to see him finding some direction. I'm so happy we'll be seeing more of him soon.

We also touched base with Justin's old professor at Northeast, Kris Coan. She's a great person and I'm glad that we stayed in touch after we left Norfolk. I also stopped in and saw my old boss at BMS, Rod, and we chatted for quite a while. Good times.

After that week, we headed on to Broken Bow, my parents' home. It was a much smaller town so we spent a lot of time with my family, just watching TV, sleeping, relaxing, and hanging out. The boys discovered their love for American board games and are now addicted to Monopoly. It's so cute.

The boys got Nebraska Starter coats and no-battery flashlights. Justin and I got a TON of camping stuff; super-king sleeping bag, enamel dishes, lexan silverware, a huge 3-ft tall air mattress, and a turbo pump to air it up. Then, waaaaay back behind the tree, my brother pulled out a motherboard box and handed it to Justin. Justin was like, "...this has to just be the box that the present is in - it can't actually be a motherboard!" My parents just smiled and nodded for him to open it. It was this INSANE motherboard with specs of d00meh. I cried because he was so excited. I was so happy for him. Three hours earlier, on our way there, he was mentioning how he was a little disappointed that he hadn't gotten any computer gear for Christmas.

So that was vacation.

On to the biggest thing that's happened.

For six months or longer, we've known that we were getting restless. So many obstacles... Things just weren't going right. We began to realize that it is time for us to go. Kingman was great for us at the time. We learned a lot and grew a lot while in Kingman. We established our independence, claimed jobs in our chosen fields on our own merit, and began our lives together. Things were good. We made investments, both emotionally and financially, and they are paying off. Good decisions and good times.

However, the job market is now much more welcoming back where we are from in Nebraska, and our family is all there. Our values and priorities are changing and with that is the restlessness telling us that we need to move. There are opportunities for education, and a break from the grueling maintenance of a huge house and yard. A church of 1200 awaits us and all the change that it involves. Justin has a possibility of some GREAT jobs there that will enable me to go to school full-time and not have to work.

Since deciding to move, our house has been a flurry of activity and a whirlwind of decisions. We are putting the house up for sale and all of the work that accompanies that decision is crashing down up on us. Several long-overdue maintenance issues are being resolved and everyday is a constant battle to make cosmetic repairs even with our limited budget and severe time restraints.

The big question that everyone immediately asks is "When?!?!?" The answer, painfully, is always "I don't know!" We will move when Justin secures a job up there. *sigh* I just keep praying. It's led me thus far.

The apartments that we're looking at are the Chateau Developments in Lincoln, Nebraska. They're a luxury community in the southeastern part of the city.
You can find them at http://www.chateaudev.com. We'll be in the Parkview complex, hopefully to occupy the 'Four Seasons I' floorplan.

You can find information on Lincoln here.
I'll be attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall and hopefully become a part of Capitol City Christian Church.

This update has been a long time in coming, sorry for the length.

Please keep us in your prayers, we will definitely need them in the upcoming months.
Love you guys!

Leaving until January 7th or 8th!
I'll still have 'net access on vacation though. And time to actually post! OMG!

Bye!

Today was really tiring.
I got out of bed really late because my alarm clock has broken and I cannot afford a new one at the moment.

I feel a bit strange because we've just moved to Idaho and there's a weird smell in the house.

I'm so hardcore. Me and Buzz went to the mall today, and I stole a whole heap of stuff. I got a Good Charlotte CD, a couple of DVDs and some new boots. Buzz got caught, but he fought his way out, and then we stole some lady's car and smashed it into a phone booth.

Last night I had to go and pay Joshua's bail. He's such a jerk. He got arrested for punching the Walmart clerk in the face for refusing to sell him beer. He's only 16!

I want to tell the world that I love you all! You're all so special to me!

I am making this journal friends only because I don't want the world to read what I'm writing, even though I'm posting it on the internet.

Today, I got a digital camera! Yes! Here's ten thousand photographs of my cat.

I want to say thanks to the academy for giving me this award.

I went to the doctor yesterday, and he said I have bipolar disorder, and should stop smoking drugs.

You should all do this quiz! It's amazingly accurate. You just put in your name and birthday, and it will tell you you're a moron.

That's enough for now. But I'll leave you with this thought - sharing your life with strangers on the internet is the cheapest form of therapy available. Leave a comment and tell me I'm beautiful.

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I hate being such a control freak. I always have to have everything perfectly planned out...and then it never works. @#$*()%#*@()%@(_!!!!

Here's to jotting down quick thoughts:

SPRING '06
BIO202 (MCC) Human Anatomy & Physio - 4 credit hours
ECI309 Integrated Literacy - 3 credit hours
SPA131 (MCC) Conversational Spanish - 3 credit hours
EDF301W ONLINE School and Society - 3 credit hours
BME430 ONLINE Multicultural Methods - 3 credit hours
ECI307 Social Studies In The Elementary School - 3 credit hours
13 Credit Hours

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*quietly erects a drama free zone and cries herself to sleep*

I'm gonna become a hermit.

Postin' some pictures from last week's Scooters trip!

Too close!!!

DDR....our new obsession.

Yes, those are my feet, ROCKIN' that machine.

That's a golf pencil in his mouth, not a cancer stick.

AAAGHHHHHH!!! DON'T GO IN THE POND!!!

What a great picture of my boys! L to R: Justin, Kyung Min, and Hak Jun.

That's my baby! We're so cute together...

What a fun day! Justin, Kyung Min, Hak Jun and I all went to Bullhead City today. The boys rode with the youth group who also was going and went to Scooters. Scooters is a family fun center that has a small arcade, batting cage, go-carts, mini-golf, and concessions. I got a 65 in 18 holes, smacked the heck out of some slow-pitch softballs, got smoked by Rachel and Justin on the go-cart track, and most importantly, discovered a new addiction. Dance Dance Revolution. I'm officially obsessed. We are going to ask Justin's mom for two DDR pads for Christmas and start collecting the games. It's a great way to work out and it was really fun. Aaron is going to try and find his old one and hook us up until Christmas.

After Scooters, Justin, Kyung Min, Hak Jun, Rachel, Kyle, and I all headed to the mall and had Chinese/Quiznos in the food court and then went turbo-shopping since we were running late already because the aforementioned DDR addiction. Kyung Min got a new jacket at the GAP, and Hak Jun picked up a new pair of Adidas at the shoe store.

We took off for the car and ran into Aaron and his mom on the way and kidnapped him. We got back to Kingman, dropped the boys off at the house and drove out to Rex's house for the Young Adult Group (YAG) Bonfire (that I organized and we were late for). We had so many people there! It was awesome.

We roasted hot dogs and had smores and got to see Rex's gorgeous new mansion that they're just finishing up. Four bedrooms, four baths and thousands of square feet. Master bedroom has tinted windows for walls, facing the east. Master bath has a circular cave for a shower. Their TV room is a circle with a 1/2 wall that they just threw a ton of bean bags in. The kitchen is massive and they have a loft in their teenagers room. They have a rec room with a ping pong table and a pool table. They have a hot tub and pool and a stinkin' TOWER to watch storms in the valley from. It's amazing.

We had a lot of new people at YAG so we went around and said a little about ourselves. I'm going to see how cool I am and if I can remember most of everybody's info.

Ken:
Age - 34
Occupation - Network Admin at MCC
From: New York City
Hobbies: Fishing, Music, Movies, Computers

Myself:
Age - 23
Occupation - Substitute Teacher
From: Nebraska

Rachel C:
Age - 17
Occupation - Hobo College Student
From: Kingman
Fascinating Fact: Graduated at 16

Rachel G:
Age - 17
Occupation - Hastings Associate
From: California
Fascinating Fact - Marrying Kyle in March

Brandon:
Age - 25
Occupation - Carpenter
From - ??
Fascinating Fact - He's a "lyricist" (doesn't like the stereotype that goes with "rapper")

Justin:
Age - 23
Occupation - Computer programmer/IT professor
From - Kingman
Hobbies - Spending unnatural amounts of time in front of a computer

Tara:
Age - 25
Occupation - Sales
Fascinating Fact - Likes 'Alias'

Patti:
Age - 25
Occupation - Teacher
Fascinating Fact - On the Dance Team

Brian:
Age - 31
Occupation - Pastor
From - Walla Walla, Washington
Hobbies - Reading

Alex:
Age - 18
Occupation - Housewife
From - San Jose, CA
Fascinating Fact - Married at 4pm today

Eugene:
Age - 21
Occupation - Laborer at American Woodmark

Beth:
Age - 24
Occupation - Kindergarten Teacher @ Cerbat
From - Casper, WY
Hobbies - Running, Sports
Fascinating Fact - Played soccer in college

Kyle C:
Age - 22
Occupation - Ag/Science Teacher
From - Oklahoma
Fascinating Fact - New owner of a shotgun, likes to shoot for sport

Aaron:
Age - 25
Occupation - Full time college student on a GI Bill
Fascinating Fact - He's blown up a refrigerator.......twice

Kyle M:
Age - 20
Occupation - Hastings Associate/IT Intern/College student
Hobbies - Computer games
Fascinating Fact - Marrying Rachel G in March

Derek:
Age - 21
Occupation - Lifeguard
Hobbies - Computer
Fascinating Fact - Always wears flip flops

I know that I probably forgot someone and that I missed a few things but, I'm glad I remembered what I did.

Woot for the Rach(a)el Rock!

I suppose that's it for now.

Rock on, people.
Peace.

Mr. Fail,

I welcome her responses to my post because this isn't much of a class without discussion. I simply would like respect in her responses. She is no better than I and I, no better than she. We need to speak in such a way as to reflect that.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter and please, if possible, please remove the offending posts from the forum. I don't feel like our dispute should be so public. I realize some may have read them already but I doubt the majority has.

Thanks,
Rachael

-----Original Message-----
From: RUSSELL FAIL [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:14 AM
To: Rachael Blaske
Subject: Re: Ethics PHI151

I have recieved an email from Ms. Price and she has stated she will not be responding to your posts. I have also warned her about her disrespectful language. Furthere problems with her will be reported to my dean. I'm very sorry for the trouble. If you feel you would like to talk to me, my number is -----------in the daytime and ------------ at night.

Thanks,
Russell

Hello Rachael,

I'm sorry for the trouble with the other student. I have had to warn her regarding her post before and I will addres this issue. You are very right in bringing this to my attention and I will certainly ask her to refrain from impolite language. If you have any more problems with her please let me know.

Thank you.
Russell