Mt. Baldy

I know that I have done quite a bit of whining about the weather lately saying it is too cold and won't stop raining but yesterday and today I was rewarded with an absolutely stunning site. Mt. Baldy is covered and I do mean covered in snow right now and so is Big Bear, San Juacinto and all of the other surrounding mountains so you are treated with that magical view that you get from this area. It is my favorite time of year. I love to see the mountains covered with snow. This morning we were up before the sun rose and got to see it rise over the snow covered peaks. That is always a special treat to see. I used to love watching the sunrise during winter from the gas station parking lot on my graveyard shift. I have hiked most of the hills around Baldy, eaten at the lodge, sled down the hills and picnicked by the San Antonio Creek. I know that road like the back of my hand because when I needed to that was where I headed to clear my head. Sometimes I would hike for hours by myself or with a friend and sometimes I would just drive up Baldy Rd. and pull out at the first turn out and sit and think. Other than the site of my family I don't think there is any other site in the world that can make me feel so at home and so at peace. At the end of next month we will be on the other side of Mt. Baldy. Talk about a shock to your system. I have spent my entire life in the inland empire and Mt. Baldy has always meant north. It will now be south, I can see myself getting pretty mixed up in my directions. The sun will set behind the mountains to the southwest and because of the elevation difference the mountains don't quite seem so tall. So here's to Mt. Baldy, my friend, my compass, my shoulder, my place. I will miss you.

Some People

I cut this from an article on MSN about our recent storms. Please read below and see if you can answer my question.

"Dog rescued Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said 82,000 Californians were still
without electricity.
Also Friday, crews made a dramatic helicopter rescue of
a dog stranded on a flooded ledge in the Los Angeles River.
Crews first
dangled a life vest and float ring down to the dog. The animal ignored the items
and began sloshing through the current before stopping on another section of the
flooded ledge.
A helicopter then lowered a rescuer, who scooped up the
frightened animal. The chopper transported the dog to safe ground.
It was
not immediately clear how the dog got in the river."

What the heck did they expect the dog to do with the life vest ? It just made me giggle, I mean duh.

January 22nd

Today is a special day to me because two wonderful things happened that I am forever thankful for. On January 22nd 1972 a little red headed, freckled boy was born who would grow up to be the wonderful man who would win my heart and make me the luckiest girl in the world. I am glad he persisted and went after me so that we could have the next special January 22nd. Our first real date happened this day in 1998. He took me to Disneyland because that is where I wanted to go and we had a wonderful time. That night started our relationship he stayed the night (NOTHING HAPPENED!) and never went home after that and six months and 3 days latter we were married. Now it is January 22nd all over again and I am so happy because today good things happen. Happy Birthday Baby! I Love You!

Use Your Imagination

View from house
Outside of house

Kitchen

Dining

Family

Living Room

Like the title says please use your imagination because I believe there is a lot of potential here. The view is beautiful and all of the windows face South towards Writewood so it will be beautiful when it snows. We will also get some snow up there but not too much. The other side has a desert view. There are plenty of trees planted on the site which I really like. I will post more pictures latter but wanted to give y'all an idea of what we are getting ourselves into. When we start working on it I will do a before and after photo comparison.

Pinon Hills

Oops I guess some people didn't know we were moving and want more information. We will be moving to Pinon Hills which is located on the other side of Mt. Baldy off the 138 by Phelan and Writewood. It is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath 1600+ square feet home on 2.4 acres. It is very close to the elementary school and bus stop for the Jr. High and High School. We will officially become rednecks as directions to our home will include the phrase "turn off of the paved road" and also "make a right at the lavender manufactured home". The house is zoned for horses so hopefully someday we will be in the financial position to get one as I have wanted a horse since I was a little girl. The house itself needs some work and is more like our first house in condition that our last house but that is half of the fun. Our first house was a HUD home and we learned a lot fixing it up in the 5 years that we were there. The 2nd house was much bigger and nicer but still needed work and our last house was absolutely beautiful but after a year we kind of missed having to work on the house. We have been renting a home now for a year and a half that is in some serious need of TLC and it is frustrating because it is not ours and therefore we cannot make the improvements and updates to this house that we would like to. So the new house will be fun. The big stuff is done we will just need to paint, put in new carpet and pergo flooring and do some other minor items to make it beautiful again. the great thing is we can and have done everything else on a house before except the carpet. So it will be a project for us to do. I hope that clears it all up. We are waiting for the appraisal to get worked out and should close before 02-15-10. I will keep you posted and post some "before" pictures of what the house looks like soon.

First Post of 2010

Happy New Year! Well it is 2 weeks into 2010 and I am just getting around to posting my first post of 2010. I am soooo glad for a new year and to start fresh and in some ways start over. I have been very busy with packing and trying to get things in order for our move which should happen in the middle of February this year. New year, new home, new puppy, new school for the girls and a new outlook. Like I said I have been packing these last couple of weeks which is no easy task considering we have ALOT of crap and we have the new puppy which is just like having a new baby in the house except I can put him in his pen and leave the house for awhile without child services showing up at my door. As anyone with a new baby or toddler can tell you it is almost impossible to get anything done unless he is taking a nap. When he is awake he insists on chewing up the bubble wrap, taking off with the tape and generally just causing me to go crazy all day. I am also trying to schedule all of the necessary inspections for the house which is hard because it is up the hill and we are not, so it is not just something we can do on a moments notice. I will be glad when it is all over and we can just be done with it. I want to start over and start fresh and I want a much smaller house payment, it would take a huge load off of us. So 2010 seems like it is starting out OK, busy and hectic but OK which is cool. Gotta go, gotta do some packing before Cash wakes up.