My cousin Kami had a fun game on her blog, so I thought I would try it out! First, go to google and type in your name, followed by the word "needs". Now, list the first 10 things that come up. Here is mine.
1-Joni needs: a loving home with a dog friendly couch and a securely fenced yard
2-Joni needs: your vote
3-Joni needs: to wake up
4-Joni needs: some encouragement and is asking for others to minister to her
5-Jonii needs: to be added to the list of great 20th century composers
6-Joni needs: to chill
7-Joni needs: to learn
8-Joni needs: to be better, to be more consistent
9-Joni needs: to develop her "warrior" side that will enable her to face the world
10-Joni needs: help
These are in the order that I found them. I love the "warrior" one. Try it out yourself.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Chasing the garbage man
This morning wasn't any different from any other morning except for the fact it is Garbage Day. Because Rocky and I are fairly new at this home ownership thing, only 2 weeks in, we are still trying to get our garbage groove. I woke up this morning to the garbage truck right in front of our house, it only took me about 5 seconds for my brain to compute the following equation. Full garbage can + no garbage pickup = too much garbage for next week. I screamed "ROCKY! THE GARBAGE TRUCK." We talked about it fast and thought that we had missed our chance. I looked out the window and saw that he wasn't too far away and said to Rocky, "RUN." Run is exactly what he did, with the garbage can in tow. Now I didn't get to see it but it must have been hilarious. He said that he was wildly waving at the garbage truck, pushing the garbage can, hoping to get the drivers attention before he turned the corner and drove away, which was coming up fast. Rocky said he was surprised how fast the truck was. Well the wild waving worked and the garbage man stopped long enough for Rocky to catch up to him and get our trash dumped. Whew. Then the truck did something very unexpected. He didn't turn and drive away, he did turn but he went onto a street really close to us. All that chasing for nothing? Well we now know the garbage man route and have achieved the garbage groove we were looking for. I'm excited that we will have room for this upcoming week's garbage. Odd thing to be excited about but I totally am. I looked with pride at the empty garbage can next to the house. I'm pretty sure I've got an awesome husband.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Got Ya!!!
To Mom and Dad,
The hair piece rides again. Thanks for giving us a great laugh, although I don't think you knew about it. That made it even better for us.
Love,
The Girls (Joni, Jamie and Sara) and The Rock
The hair piece rides again. Thanks for giving us a great laugh, although I don't think you knew about it. That made it even better for us.
Love,
The Girls (Joni, Jamie and Sara) and The Rock
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
We made it!
We finally made it to our home in Ohio! It has been quite an adventure so I'll start from the beginning. We left for Ohio on Sunday the 3rd. We met up with my family in Evanston and began the long drive. Well I guess Sunday's drive wasn't too bad. We stopped in Cheyenne for the night.
Monday was the Loooonnnngggg drive. I don't remember the exact timing of everything but it was super super long.
Tuesday we visited Independence and Far West.
Wednesday was Nauvoo - This was so much fun. I'm pretty sure that my mom would have fit in perfectly with the pioneers. This is also where I showed my talent with a metal ring and a stick. I'm very confident that if it were in the Olympics that I would and should be competing in it. The pageant was really cool. I am amazed at all the missionary's that are called there and then all the families that volunteer there.
Thursday we stopped at Carthage Jail and then drove to the Indianapolis speedway...we got there late so all we could do was peek over the side. It looked HUGE to me.
Friday morning we got to the house. Welcome to OHIO.
The house story....the agent that was working with the sellers of the condo we bought lost the keys to the house. We had to have a locksmith come out to the house to let us in. $200+ dollars later we were in the house. So exciting....until I went downstairs and noticed that the ceiling was sagging. I thought that was very odd and couldn't remember it being that way when we bought it. So I touched it and it was wet. :( I went back upstairs and looked at the kitchen floor...it was sagging too. We are very thankful at this point for insurance. To make the story a little shorter it is now Sunday a week and two days since we got to Ohio. We had to have the kitchen floor replaced, basement ceiling and basement carpet. The joys of homeownership. We are excited for next week when all the work should be done.
On a high note these are a lot of the things that Rocky and I had talked about doing during our 4 years here. Now instead of us doing them we get to have the work done by professionals and done now. I personally think that is a bonus.
We are so thankful for my family and all their help while they were here. We are thankful for a garage to put all of our stuff that we can't put in the house just yet. We are thankful for the Christensen's who fed us dinner...going out to eat is getting OLD super fast. Now that I think about it we have lots to be thankful for.
Here is a quick list of some of our firsts that have happened this past week.
using homeowners insurance
fixing a toilet, breaking that toilet, buying new toilet (thanks for your help Dean)
replace bathroom faucets with new faucets (3 hour project for first one, second one only took minutes)
buying a bed (thanks Cyndi)
putting out the garbage
picking out flooring
purchasing appliances
Monday was the Loooonnnngggg drive. I don't remember the exact timing of everything but it was super super long.
Tuesday we visited Independence and Far West.
Wednesday was Nauvoo - This was so much fun. I'm pretty sure that my mom would have fit in perfectly with the pioneers. This is also where I showed my talent with a metal ring and a stick. I'm very confident that if it were in the Olympics that I would and should be competing in it. The pageant was really cool. I am amazed at all the missionary's that are called there and then all the families that volunteer there.
Thursday we stopped at Carthage Jail and then drove to the Indianapolis speedway...we got there late so all we could do was peek over the side. It looked HUGE to me.
Friday morning we got to the house. Welcome to OHIO.
The house story....the agent that was working with the sellers of the condo we bought lost the keys to the house. We had to have a locksmith come out to the house to let us in. $200+ dollars later we were in the house. So exciting....until I went downstairs and noticed that the ceiling was sagging. I thought that was very odd and couldn't remember it being that way when we bought it. So I touched it and it was wet. :( I went back upstairs and looked at the kitchen floor...it was sagging too. We are very thankful at this point for insurance. To make the story a little shorter it is now Sunday a week and two days since we got to Ohio. We had to have the kitchen floor replaced, basement ceiling and basement carpet. The joys of homeownership. We are excited for next week when all the work should be done.
On a high note these are a lot of the things that Rocky and I had talked about doing during our 4 years here. Now instead of us doing them we get to have the work done by professionals and done now. I personally think that is a bonus.
We are so thankful for my family and all their help while they were here. We are thankful for a garage to put all of our stuff that we can't put in the house just yet. We are thankful for the Christensen's who fed us dinner...going out to eat is getting OLD super fast. Now that I think about it we have lots to be thankful for.
Here is a quick list of some of our firsts that have happened this past week.
using homeowners insurance
fixing a toilet, breaking that toilet, buying new toilet (thanks for your help Dean)
replace bathroom faucets with new faucets (3 hour project for first one, second one only took minutes)
buying a bed (thanks Cyndi)
putting out the garbage
picking out flooring
purchasing appliances
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Just a quick note
Today is our official moving day. I can't believe it is actually here. It snuck up on me so fast. There are so many people that I am going to miss. Goodbye... sniffle, sniffle.
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