New Snow!!

Last night we got out first substantial snowfall since Christmas. It is now 40 degrees out and sunny. The snow looked so beautiful I thought that I would share some pictures here.

Our deck that we have yet to get some furniture for. And of course the Smokey the Bear thermometer that Brian absolutely loves.

Our view of the Bridger mountains. I love looking at them from the kitchen window.

The backside of our neighborhood. While we really love our apartment, unfortunately our neighborhood is all duplexes, condos and apartment buildings, which means the street is full of college students. It can be very annoying at times.

I have caught a nasty cold. I took last night off work, I am not deathly ill or anything but since the other overnighter was also working, I decided to stay home sick. No need to be miserable at work if you don't really need to be there. On Sunday I am going to Helena for a week, for dispatcher training at the Law Enforcement academy. It should be interesting. It will be weird to be gone from Brian for a week. Usually he is the one that is leaving (for wildland fires and stuff) and I am the one staying. I know I will miss him!

Things I Love

Wallpaper! I used to always think that wallpaper was hideous, but everywhere I look I keep on seeing these gorgeous rooms done up in beautiful wallpaper. One of the reasons I think I like it so much is because I am drawn to...

Modern Florals! I just love em...

And finally....Before and afters! I especially like the home makeover or furniture makeovers like these here. I am determined to do a whole bunch of stuff like this in my garage this summer! I have a book shelf that I am thinking about doing in black with yellow and white florals, and I also want to do a set of bedside tables to match our bedroom!

Just in case you didn't notice...I HEART yellow, gray, and black together!

At Some Point

I will actually do another post. I started one last night at work but the computer didn't like that I had 15 internet windows up at a time and wigged out. I will try again tonight!

Riding Along

I finally got a new cord for my camera which is very exciting because now I can tell you all about the fire that I got to go on with Brian. He was command for the fire department a couple of weekends ago. When Brian is command sometimes I go with him on calls. It is nice for me because when I dispatch I don't ever get to see the scenes that we dispatch units to, when I go with him I kind of get to see the other side of things.

At about 11pm on a Sunday night Brian got a page for a structure fire in Big Sky and I decided to go with him. The fire was in a cabin in a ski resort development. Four different fire departments responded, there were two ladder trucks among other apparatus and about 20 firefighters. Here are some pictures from our long night in Big Sky.

The house from the road below right after we arrived.
The bright light is from the bucket on the ladder truck that was parked up above.

This is the Big Sky ladder truck, parked behind the house

Fire Fighters coming down the ladder.

The fire started in the chimney and then spread into the ceiling between the roof and the dry wall. Th ladder trucks where trying to get at the fire from the roof. There were also crews fighting the fire from inside.

The other trucks and a group of firefighter waiting to go into the building.

The firefighters emptying out their hoses at the end of the night.

I had a ton if fun tagging along with Brian on the Big Sky fire. After hearing so much about structural fires it was great to see one in action. I am always afraid that I will get in the way when I ride along but all the firefighters were so nice. Brian was fun to see in action, it was almost like seeing another side of him, which was cool.

Bittersweet

Why are most things in life bittersweet?

After weeks of stressing, worrying, fearing, crying and discussing a certain job opportunity for Brian, he didn't end up with the job. While I thought that I would feel relief, I really didn't. I felt sadness, I felt his disappointment. I knew that Brian really wanted the opportunity, I knew that he would be good at the job, and I knew that it was a good financial decision for us. While I was not sure how much I liked the idea of him working in this career field, I wanted the job for him.


It was probably our first real big struggle in our relationship. For me it really came down to trusting the man that I married and believing that his core character and the person that I am in love with is really solid and genuine. I have to say that I have never truly experienced having that pull inside of you that wonders how far you follow and support someone you love so that they can have what they feel is right and want, and when you step back and say, "no way, no how, we will have to figure something else out."


I am proud of us though. I think that I have always been afraid that conflict in a relationship (especially in a marriage) meant that there would have to be yelling and detachment from the other person. That was not the case for us at all, we always totally respected and listened to each other. While we both had strong feelings about the situation, we really stuck by and supported each other. It makes me love him even more, and makes me feel very lucky to have married such a great guy.

MARY KAY

You are looking at Gallatin Valley's newest Mary Kay consultant! I absolutely love Mary Kay I use all of the product in this picture: (well except like two things!)

Pretty much any make-up color I use is also Mary Kay...so I decided that I might as well become a consultant, since there are always other products that I really want to buy. I would love to make money off of selling the product and the potential is definitely there. I just don't like being the pushy sales woman. I was surprised how much the training brochures really seem to encourage that. Pushy sales people always make me nervous and I don't like it. I would love to buy the wholesale starter kit so that I have products on hand to give to people but I am just not sure that we have the money to do that right away, we will see though. For now I am just going to buy the products that I want, encourage my family and friends to buy from me and kinda put my feelers out to see if I know other people that are also interested. These are the kinds of things I want:

Oh man...I really need me some mineral powder!

I want this at every sink in the house! It makes your hands feel like silk and smells like a peach tree in the summer, what could be better than that?

And this...this is eyeliner...which I am completely out of...not a pretty situation. Okay, well I have green, but you can only wear so much green eyeliner before you look like you should be sitting in front of a slot machine...I am just saying...

Be still my heart. Who, you may ask needs eye revitalizer (for puffiness and dark circles of course), concealer (for when the revitalizer doesn't work, just kidding), and soothing eye gel? Who? That's what I thought, EVERYONE!

Anyway, I could really go all day, but I will stop, I think you get the point. If you also are crazy about Mary Kay or would like to try some stuff out, give me a hollar and we can play around and get you addicted...just like me! Cause everyone wants to be like me...right?