Silly us....no we are not in Minnesota...

This is a picture of Harvey and I on Christmas Day. Harvey bought me this adorable hat when he was working in Roosevelt and he has one that matches....except not so pink. Don't we make a cute pair. They are so warm too. My Harvey is such a sweetheart. One of these days I will put more pics of the puppies on here too.

The Weekend is finally here!

Have you ever had one of those weeks that just seemed like they would never end....this was one of them. I am so happy to have a whole weekend to spend with Harvey! He isn't going out of town this weekend and we are going to relax and enjoy being able to spend some time with each other.
Tomorrow we are going to find out of the rocks that he found while detecting are meteorites and then we are going to go to a Matinee with Joe and Lisa! (Maybe dinner too) and on Sunday we will probably go detecting (if the weather permits) and just have fun!

Still Waiting...

Well here it is February and the New Year has not brought me much greatness yet. I am still in limbo waiting for the new year to bring new great things into my life! I really hope that Harvey can find work, soon. We are making it but there is not room for any extra's and we really wanted to take a real vacation this year! Oh well, I guess that we will just have to keep looking. I hope that something happens soon.

Harvey and Jack have been gold hunting, but there has been no new nuggets since that first one a few weeks ago. He thinks that he way have found a meteorite though and they are worth some money too. I hope that it all works out and something comes from these detecting trips. I really miss him when he is gone, and they usually go on the weekends.

I do really enjoy hanging out with Tena though. She is such a genuinely good person and I really like being around her. She is adorable and smart and fun to talk to.

Last night Harvey and I went to see "The Uninvited". It has an interesting twist that you may not expect, but overall not really as scary or creepy as it appeared in the previews.

Found....a husband with an obsession

That's right..... my dear husband Harvey is super obsessed with finding gold. You let the guy find a gold nugget and he gets that crazed gold fever look in his eyes and he can't talk or think about anything else. He and his friend Jack have been eating sleeping and dreaming about gold for the last month. I call myself the prospecting widow now, since it looks like he is going to be gone every weekend from now on. Maybe he will find a lot more gold and we can pay off some of our debt.

We still haven't been able to find Harvey a job. Sadly. It seems like everyday on the news more and more people are being laid off and it's a little scary. At least for now we are getting a little through unemployment benefits, but when that runs out I don't know what we will do.

Until then I will stay positive, something has to come up.

Holy Gold......

My dear husband is in Arizona with his friend Jack. They are on a quest to find gold. They pulled Jack's trailer, with the 4 wheelers, down to the Gold Basin area and went to work searching for gold nuggets! There is more to find there than just nuggets, there have also been meteorites found there and they are worth a lot of money too, but Harvey and Jack both have the "gold bug" or "the fever". So, though I think that they are both a little crazy, I am glad that they have each other to be crazy with! Harvey really enjoys spending time with Jack and I think that the feeling is mutual.
So last night at about 7:30 pm I got the call....Harvey has officially found his first gold nugget. Now there is for sure no chance that I will ever be able to pry him away from this new hobby. I am glad that he has someone to do it with though and hopefully it will actually be profitable!! I still can't believe it. He made sure to tell me that it isn't a big one, but that's OK. At least he found one. I won't get to see it until Sunday when they come home but hopefully he will come home with more than one!
I will post a pic as soon as I have one!

The Search for Gold...

So Harvey has found a new thing that he wants to do with his time, now that he is looking for a job. He wants to look for Gold....I don't know how I really feel about this, but I assume that if he actually finds some and can make us some more money, then I would be super happy. But until then I think that it's kind of a crazy idea. Perhaps something good will come of it?

The New Year...

I am thinking that the new year better start kicking in something good. I can officially say that I am glad to see '08 gone. With Harvey still unemployed and the bills not going away I am done with it all. It sure is frustrating. I guess that I will just have to have faith that something will come along. It will all work out as it always does. The waiting for it to all work out is not so fun at all.

One great thing that has happened so far in '09. One of my best friends in the whole world (who sadly lives far far away) Christi, had a brand new baby boy yesterday. He is perfect. His name is Casey and he was just over 8 lbs. I know that I won't get to see him for a few months at least, but I can't wait to see her again and meet little Casey. Congrats Christi and Charlie!!!

Harvey and I have been spending a lot of time metal detecting, and hanging out together, it's been a blast. Since we both have detectors and it's free to go, why not. It's a lot of fun. We got some of the things that we had found in the past out of storage last night. We were wanting to catalog and take pictures of them, and we couldn't believe how many really cool things there actually are! Buttons and buckles and coins and jewelry. It's amazing. I will have to put up some pictures when we get them done.

Harvey and I were planning to take a Vacation this year for our 6 year anniversary. Hopefully he will find some work and we will still be able to. We would be flying to Pennsylvania to see Harveys friends Tim and Lori and their 2 kids. Then we would go down to Maryland to see Christi and Charlie and their new baby. Followed by a drive down to Virginia to see the family that I nannied for 8 years ago, and we would metal detect all over and hopefully find some really cool relics to add to our growing collection. I hope that it all works out and we can still go. Since we never really got a real honeymoon and have never taken a vacation besides to go camping. I think that we both deserve it.

I was reading my friend Kristins blog today and she was saying that she is not making resolutions this year because chances are she won't follow through. I have to say that I officially agree. Why make resolutions when everyone just breaks them anyway. It really is a good idea to change your life for the better, but why not have April resolutions or July resolutions? Or better yet why not decide to change and not call it a resolution at all? After all resolutions were made to be broken.