Apple bees

Look who I found ! Appetizers are half price with a bunch of college kids karaoking. Pretty loud and I think once again I am the oldest one in the room. I think that is happening way to often. Been a long day.

Greta comes to town

Greta is Spencer and Molly's little fifteen month old girl.. She is hanging here till the first of August. She is a sweet little girl. Well it's been one of those nine hour days. Hitting the sack before eleven tonight. It was great watching the olympics. Franklin from the USA won gold in swimming. She was one humble little winner that brought a lot of tears to people watching.Tomorrow will be a fun day for me.

Cool fact

ND grows more sunflowers than any other state. These are the flowers I am always trying to get rid of in the garden and here they grow them on purpose . I guess they have to grow them somewhere. Also it still baffled me how Things grow here in the fields without water. They just plant and wait for it to grow. It was a scorcher of a day. Adios and I will tomorrow .

New town

New town is owned by the Indians . There laws their people. I like how when you come into town they have a sign that days choose honesty. I think every town needs one posted. It was just neat to see. We're going to eat at the buffet. So excited. I am starving. I did make a salad with blueberries, strawberries and turkey. It was fantastic just like the Wendy's commercial. With cable you see all the good foods but no restaurants. We just try to copy cat as much as we can. So my dog copper is in Idaho swimming in the snake river . It looked like something I would love to do today with this heat and no AC in the car. One lucky dog! But I am lucky that I get to go to a buffet. Take that copper😝! This van sales stickers in new town.

Office in killdeer

This is the office of nwctransport. So much more spacious than the house we had to use. It houses a lot of workers and the nifty thing is you go down the hall and there is the grocery store and than you can go down the other hall and there is my bank. That is cool to me. We also share the building with a day care, mail/ laundry service and attorney office. It is the focal point of town. Well today Lewis and Maylynne and fam went to red fish. It is very quiet not having them here. We will just have to hang with ourselves and find something exciting to do. Well so long and thanks for all the fish!

Killdeer

So just a little history that I know about killdeer. There are more trucks in the state as there are mini vans in Utah and Idaho. They are parked at every house and the parking lot is full of them with the guys inside talking on their phones with the truck running . Like gas is free. It may be cheaper here but it kinda bothers me. I think of all those buckle jeans sitting in the malls. What are these men thinking. Well the weekend is almost here and I feel a party coming on! Rock on killdeer. Nichole it's killdeer not kill a deer. Love that silly girl. Tausha sent us goodies from Korea.

Oil rig

So here is what pays for our paychecks. All day you hear in the office fracking, water trucks, bbl, oil trucks ,where are those tickets for the drivers?. What language are they speaking? You learn fast around here. It was one of those crazy days before payroll and the bosses all trying to get out of town for family reunion. The weekend will bring some fun with the ward having a picnic for the pioneer day. I will see how fun fun is in ND. It will be good to get to know the ward members even though we're four families in killdeer . We're the "oh you live in killdeer"? I think it is funny we live so far from the church when we have always lived down the street from church. We really are lucky to be this close to a church out here. Well we're headed home from Walmart it is 45 minutes away. Good times. We drove with Jeremy and Ashley oh yea baby Clancy!

Rainy Tuesday

Nothing like being woken up and sweating. The electricity went off and that means the fan was off. It was so pitch black that I couldn't see one inch in front of me. Until the thunder and lightning lit up the room for two seconds enough time to see if we could find out what happened. We had rain all day even with the sun shining. I guess that's what you call prairie rain. It was kinda misty and getting dark. We went on a motorcycle ride and man that was better than a triple decker ice cream cone. It felt wonderful seeing the mist and having the road to ourselves . I am so glad to have the bike here with us. Curtis took the picture of the day. He even went into mud up to the soles of his shoes.

Kitchen

We are so lucky to have a nice kitchen considering how old some of these homes are. We have seen some scary houses that should be remodeled to live in or up to code. We have made some good meals even in ND. We have to plan ahead because we have to travel 45 minutes to the bigger stores and better prices. If we run low we have a little store just couple minutes from the house. Today I made some zucchini bread with Maylynne for her family reunion. We had a good time hanging out and talking about family. Sometimes a girl just need to hang with girls just a few minutes. Tonight the weather cooled down so Curtis and I fixed the screen door together . It looks great and I bet the guys appreciate having the screen door open without flys. Bruno my brother who lives upstairs ended with staph infection in his leg. The doctor sees him daily and gives him Ivys and antibiotic. Poor guy. I hope he will feel better in a couple more days.Brad went fishing with Lewis And Jeremy. One pike. It was thrown back in. Well better get ready for bed once again. Days go by so differently here I still keep forgetting what day it is.

Bike ride

I decided enough is enough of me laying around all day in my room. I watched four episodes of cake boss and three of office. Out I went at four in the afternoon to ride my bike. I loved it because all of it went down hill. So if you go down hill how do you get back? All up hill. Kill me already when it hit me. It is 97 degrees and no shade to be found. I started to walk up the most uphill part. I finally made it home after about 35 minutes. I was so hot I had to put cold rags on my face and drink ice water. I feel much better thank you! I stayed home with a sore throat from nasal drip. Much better but stir crazy. Curtis wanted to order pizza but the shop had thirty pizzas ahead so no artisan spinach pizza. Well it has been a lazy day Sunday. I still miss my walks with copper and someone to give me a silly grin when they see me, I am sure he is loving grandma like crazy. Well adios and I will pick a photo out of the gallery.

Batman

We went to batman today. Good action Packed show. I think I liked the new robin better than batman. You know you're in ND when most of the movie goers are men packing the theatre. Today was one of those lazy days when you stay in the house till two in the afternoon . I bought some strawberry rhubarb jam in the mall. Some older man was selling. I hope it's good. Well it has been a very warm day. I hope it will rain and cool down tonight.

Big hill

This hill is a very steep hill. I came around the corner on my little bike and wondered how would I make it down without hitting into traffic on main street. Then I started to sweat on the way down hoping the brakes were working. It actually ended up being a fun hill . On the way back I tried to get up the hill and could not do it. So I had to walk up with my bike. What was the city thinking of not leveling some of the streets. I feel bad about those who have to park on that hill in the north Dakota winters. I was able to talk to Tausha from Korea we chatted she is doing great and Carson. Copper is in Burley with Marie. Thank you Marie and I miss him way to much. Sorry to Tad who tried all morning to capture him. All you really needed was a diesel suburban.

Thursday Walmart Run

Went to Dickinson today to go to Applebee's and to buy groceries. Applebee's had jambayla . It was fantastic so I bought the ingredients to make this weekend. We had this bus follow us into the parking lot so it will be the photo of the week. Have a great night you all!

All in a day of learning!

I have the opportunity to do background checks on new employees . Criminal and driving records. My first one showed convicted. Overweight. I had to read it a few times. Convicted because he was overweight? Well I learned that the overweight conviction was from his truck being to overweight. All in a day of learning and knowing what the convictions mean. I am keeping my brain alive in learning so many things that I may not be qualified for. After all I am have been working with food for schools. I have also learned to keep focused on one thing at a time. I get busy and forget where I have placed someone's paperwork. I hope that I can keep my chin up when a trucker comes in and ask where his paper work is? That Will not have that blank stare. I am enjoying the job I have. It's great to be working with such nice people who care about this business providing so many jobs for so many families. We are lucky to live in America and keep our dreams alive. Today I got a letter from my Jessica . That will be my photo of the day. I threw away my envelope so here is Brads.

Hum Hum

Today I found out I don't work for Curtis anymore. He has fired me at least four times. Ok I get the hint geez. No Curtis is over fort berth hold and I will work on the northwest Colorado with a nicer boss Amy. Hehe. I will do the same stuff. I won't have to ask Curtis how is day was and than say to him I know everything you did to day! It will be a good set up. I thought it would rain today and cool off. No such luck but found out St George had so much rain it was flooding Hum Hum for us. Maybe tomorrow . We get to fix screen on the porch door thanks to copper. He was trying to find his momma. He did find me later walking home from work. Well we're having baked potatoes with pork and salad. I hope the house won't heat up to much. Killdeer is still great!

97 and humid

Today we woke up very late. We raced around to make it out the door for church. We made it with five minutes to spare. The bishop got our records do we're officially members of the Dickinson ward. I think 90 percent of the congregation are new and we spend ten minutes to introduce the new people. Today most of them were from Idaho. We took the dog for a walk and almost sweated to death. Poor copper. We have enjoyed killdeer so far and hoping we will keep busy and happy. We are still in the house with a lot of men and one family. Jeremy and Ashley and Clancy the 9 week baby. He is a bit fussy but we are all doing ok with sharing the basement and count our blessings everyday. My cap on my tooth came off which means a trip to salt lake . Without insurance it is cheaper to fly into salt lake and go to grandpas dental and get it fixed there. Well tomorrow will start a new adventure of us being manager of northwest colorado transport. I will be helping Curtis and am waiting for the new challenge. Here is a photo of the day, copper and Curtis in the 97 and humid walk.

Office

So here is my new station in life. Northwest Colorado transport, can I help you buddy? Ok go down the hall and use the side door to your left. Have a good day! I will keep busy with paper work policies and procedures. Just excited to get my new desk and walls so I can blogg my day without bothering everyone else😏pretty sweet spot. Life's great in ND