My Official Apology

This winter has be unkind to me...frankly this winter has been mean and cruel. My heart has been breaking slowly for the last five months...I barely feel alive. Pretty soon I will need to be on heavy dosages of meds to keep me going. Everyday I think about the Sun and try to remember what she looked and felt like. If there is one woman out there I miss more than anything it's the Sun...she always had a way of making me feel better when I was down...she would make me laugh. She was probably one of the best friends I ever had...but I must have done something to make her very very angry, because she hasn't been around for quite a long time.

Last week I think she tried to make amends with me, she came out for a few days...it was wonderful. Something must have spooked her because she left and now it's cold, dark and snowing. I plan to make this right again so this is my official apology to the Sun. I am so sorry for what I did to offend you. I know there was that day in the Fall when it was sunny out and I decided to stay in the house...I should have come out to play, I don't know what I was thinking. Also I remember the time when I was driving home and you were in my eyes and I cursed you...I was being stupid...I didn't mean any of it. You're my girl, I can't imagine my life without you. I promise I will play outside whenever you come to visit, I will always appreciate your warmth and light. Accept my apology and come back to play.

Sincerely,
Eugie

Name and Such

Today I need to pack because I'm heading out to California tomorrow for a couple days. Since I procrastinate I will update my blog instead. In California me and most of my family will be participating in a race on Angel Island. Angel Island is the next island over from Alcatraz...it's in the San Francisco Bay. I'm pretty excited because both my parents are doing it, and my sister and her husband are also doing it. I'm doing it because well, I'm 5 months pregnant with nothing to do. I figure I can just take it easy and enjoy the views. Right now California gorgeous ...it's green, the trees are filled with blossoms...it will be nice to get away from this tundra for a couple days. While I'm there we are going to have a big birthday fiesta with amazing mexican food and there will be pinyata's...it should be awesome!!!!

Well since we found out that we are having a boy the names have just been pouring in. Tell me what you think.

From the brothers:
‘17’ (yes it will be just the numbers)
Skulldozer,
Maxamillious,
Fabio,
Alejandro,
or Speed-Racer

Pretty good stuff there really. Then there is Seth;

Frank is his #1
Earl
Dwayne
Cleydus
Gosh, there are so many more names he has suggested but I’ve just tuned him out…so I can’t remember anymore…thank goodness.

As for now we are calling the baby/lizard Mordicai.

Traditon of Heritage

My husband comes from a family of 5 boys...no girls. I could not even imagine what is was like when they were all young. Even now they are all quite a handful when they get together. One thing the boys all have in common is a strong tradition of heritage (it's one of their families motto's, that and, 'comfort in neither tolerated or welcomed here'). Strange bunch of kids. Well Seth and I decided to keep tradition alive by adding another boy to the Gunderson clan. He should be here in the beginning of August. Just in time for Fall mountain biking season. Don't worry though, we will keep the EPO on ice till he comes.

Spring Time

I can feel it in my bones, spring is on it's way. They only problem is...I don't think the snow in my front yard will ever melt. We have piles of snow on the north facing side of the house. I think it will be late May before it is all gone. Oh well. What we are doing now is preparing for spring we have started our seedlings for vegetables and flowers. It's pretty exciting...last year we tried to do the same thing...we got all the seedlings started and we bought a table for them to sit on so they could get the best sun light. Well we came home one day and our little colony of plants had a visit from our fat dog. Kiowa got on the table and laid on all of our seedings. We call it 'The Destruction of 2007'. Because of that and Kiowa's stubborn fat ways the plants got booted off the table per her request and she got the table. Which to this day that table still sags in the middle. Check out the picture below that her on the table, oh wait never mind that's her getting into the garbage. Bad Dog!
Here it is, oh wait a second this is where Kiowa saved Seth. Seth fell in a well and Kiowa went in to get him. Good Dog!This is the picture I'm talking about;Pretty soon after this picture she kicked that tree off the table...she wanted to be Queen of the house, while I wasn't there of course. She always knew what was going on in the neighborhood....snoopy little dog.

Here she is again in our new house...still her same table and her same fat ways.