Update

The 4th time was a charm, but then I didn't have any electricity. No, I am NOT making this stuff up. It really is the house where everything goes wrong. Thanks to my husband's quick thinking and assertiveness he probably saved me a whole night without it. I am very grateful for that!

October 10th Cannot Come Soon Enough

I'm generally a happy person. My husband wouldn't agree with that as of lately, but co-workers, friends, and family would. You don't realize how dependent you are on modern practices until you go without. I've tried to be patient, but when things pile up over and over I lose my patience. I hope I'm not the only one. If not, then I guess I'm a horrible person. The first time that I did not have hot water was my brand new first day of work. Oh well, I thought...no shower this morning. I called the landlords and they "fixed it". The second day of work at my new job I didn't have hot water. It was flirting with being luke warm so I took one in under a minute and proceeded to shiver for the rest of the day. I don't think I completely got the shampoo out either. I called the landlords and they "fixed it". The third time I went without a hot shower was after being sick for two days, 101.5 degree temperature, and a head so full of snot that my teeth hurt. After that I thought a nice hot shower would clear my sinuses. Nope...not today. I called the landlords and they "fixed it". After 3 seperate times with no hot water I had had enough. I drove 2 hours to a relatives to shower and sleep for 24 hours. Last night I came home and checked the water....and no hot water. The landlords are "fixing it" today. If it doesn't work this time please excuse the grease that is sliding off my hair and the bad odor you smell. I don't consider myself very lucky, but I am still holding onto hope that the 4th times a charm:)

Check out our barn...and house!

I took these Friday morning to show Dan where we live! I love it when the steam is rising off the land in the mornings and the sun is trying to shine through. I've never been a farm/country girl so this has been a new experience for me:)

Two weeks in!

Ok, so it's been awhile, but we're still alive. I wanted to share some picture of the views from our rental house in Paynesville. I need to get out and take some when the sun is going down...makes for amazing pictures. Dan is still in Bismarck and I'm here, but he's driving down on Sunday, finally. People keep asking me if my husband KNOWS where I'm living thinking he might not approve since it's so rural. I live about two miles outside of Paynesville and no, Dan has not seen it, but we have a barn, a shop, a shed, a house, a garage, and lots of land with corn, trees, horses, and marshes. It'll be fun for the short while we'll be there. I'm working my tail off, or at least it just feels that way since I sat around ALL summer as my husband would say:) Work is fun and challenging. We'll close on our house on October 10th. Last night our new congregation members helped unload our 28 foot trailer. I bought pizza for 15 people and about 35-40 showed up. Yeah, Minnesota nice/small congregation nice! Anyway, just wanted to give you all an update and let you know we are alive just in transition! We'll share some photos of our new house when we get there!