Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving this past weekend! Jessie and I spent the holiday with my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins in Las Vegas this year. We had a great time, as it was nice to see family that we don't get to visit too often. The food was great....Grandma won a free turkey dinner (with all the fixins) from a casino drawing, and my Aunt Polly's husband Randal whipped up a ham along with a whole mess of other delicious food. We missed all of you back in Ohio, sorry we couldn't be there too!


For the remainder of the weekend, we mostly hung out with my Grandma and Grandpa. They took us to play bingo a few times, but unfortunately no one was having any luck so we all went home empty handed. Friday night, Jessie and I went out to the Venetian to see the Blue Man Group. If you're ever in Vegas, I would HIGHLY reccomend going to one of their shows....it was amazing! The Venetian itself was pretty impressive as well. It is done up inside to look like Venice, complete with all the shops, canals, and street performers.

The drive home was a bit of a drag....we hit the typical Sunday exodus from Vegas as all of the Californians return home from the weekend. That, coupled with an accident or two, made for nearly a 10 hour journey home. =( Maybe next time we'll just fly.....

New car! (sort of)....

So....today we bought a vehicle. It's a 1995 Isuzu Rodeo, 3.2L V6, and 4wd. It may come as a bit of a surprise (even to us!), seeing as how we weren't even planning on buying a vehicle anytime soon. But, one of the advantages to living on a military base is that people are moving all the time, often overseas, so there is always an abundance of second-hand goods for cheap because people are just trying to get rid of stuff. And that's how we came across this. A fellow a few blocks down the road is moving to some small island off the coast of Portugal, and was auctioning off a bunch of stuff so he didn't have to hassle with putting it back in storage. For now, we'll probably park it and keep driving the Saturn.....but once we have to turn the Vue in this spring, hopefully the Isuzu will be a much cheaper alternative than buying the Saturn after it's lease.

Other than that, there really isn't much new news to report. Jessie is doing well, and I am starting to get accustomed to working at C&D. It looks like we will be spending Thanksgiving with some of my family in Las Vegas this year, and we are still looking for flights back to Ohio for around Chirstmas. We'll keep you all posted once we figure it out!

Got Fog?

This has been what it has looked like at Vandenberg for the past week. Fog from sun up to sun down.....oh what fun. You actually get wet from just standing outside. I actually snapped this picture on the highway, during my morning commute to work today. Hopefully it will clear up before too long, because I'm not sure how much longer I can take of this stuff! Remind me to never complain again when it is overcast in Ohio...... =)