A New Job You Say!?

My last job lasted a year and a half...when it was nearing the end things got tough and I was really ready to move on. God blessed me tremendously with a job at Maid Naturally, where I started at the beginning of March. (http://maidnaturally.com/)

When I tell people that I traded my bank job to be a maid they often look at me funny. But the truth is that I LOVE my job! The satisfaction that I get from cleaning may seem strange, but strange I am!

I clean homes and work in the office ~ it keeps me really busy!

A lump in the bed turned out to be...a hairless cat!!!

Everyday work...BEFORE

AFTER

Valentine's Day

Filet Mignon we got in the clearance section of our grocery store. Yummy, cheap dinner!

Mama Came to Visit

For Easter weekend, Mama de Jongh came to visit. We went for a flight, cooked a delicious Easter dinner and great conversations.

Christmas in Spokane

my my how time sure goes by!

I know that I am a bit backed up here so please hang in there with me...my attempt to catch up is also my attempt to simplify our lives...keeping up with that which is important :)

Christmas was spent here in Spokane. My mom, dad & sister braved the snowy weather and drove over from Wisconsin! We had a grand time! Jonathan & I were house sitting for some friends so we were all able to stay under one roof in a quite large house. Of course we filled up all of our time, that went by rather quickly I must add, with shopping and a girl/guy day. (I colored my hair for the very first time!) We had a lovely fondue dinner and braved our first turkey! 

Christmas Dinner. (Beautiful appleware china from Grandma Southwick!)

Fresh raspberry pie especially for my husband!

You can see in this picture the new pearl ring I got from mama & papa de Jongh!

Too Long

It has been since I have blogged. Tonight we shall have a date our dearest blog :)

Christmas Time is Here!

~~~~Brrrrr~~~~

It sure has been cold around here!

Well Jonathan has been on break from school since Thanksgiving and I have been working still at the bank. It snowed quite a bit here and it has been extremely chilly. 

The day after Thanksgiving, while I went to work, Jonathan headed to the store to get this beautiful Christmas tree...for $39! We were really excited to put it up...so that we did...the day after Thanksgiving. It fit so perfectly in our small humble abode.

One of our favorite ornaments. A gift to Jonathan from Auntie Kathleen.

Another one of our favorites. This one came from Belgium in a package from Mama & Papa  Jonathan's first year out here.

Bye Bye Hank

We sold Hank...Jonathan's 91 Chevy Blazer. We thought we would get much less for him but after 2 years of owning him we turned around and sold him for a profit. The days to follow getting rid of him we had some terrible snow storms in which the plows didn't clear our neighborhood for about 4 days...boy do we wish we had Hank back :)