We're Yerting!

Hey Friends and Family! We are up at the Yert that Mike has been working at the solar on. It is about 19 degrees out (at 5 pm). We had to snowmobile in. It was my first solo trip. I was on a powder machine, and I'm a trail rider, so that was new. There was mostly trails, but I went out in the snow a few times. Up a HUGE hill, and I wanted so badly to have not done that! But I got it turned around and went AROUND the mountain! We got here around 4 pm. Mike and his dad and brother went out for more rides while I stayed in tried to enjoy a book, but couldn't with such a pretty day calling to me and my snowshoes. So I left the yert for an adventure. It was fun.

You can visit the live webcam on the website http://www.destinationeden.com/scare-canyon-webcam.html Those footprints that you see, those are ours. We got some breathtaking sunset pictures and went snowshoeing as the sun went down. I don't think I've heard anything so quiet before. It was wonderful. Now, we just finished our chili dinner and are getting ready to watch a movie. This yert thing is really neat. We have almost everything. A bed, a toilet (doesn't flush, but it kind of does), internet access!!, lights, heat via a propane stove, a microwave... I think that is it. Run by generator, wind and solar power. We even have a leather couch. Too bad it isn't all ours. One day, we'll have one though. The floor is a rough wood. I just love it. Wish you all could have come, well, maybe not, cause it is small!! But I hope that you all could get here one day! Enjoy your weekend!! I sure am!! ~Vicki

Shifting Plans

Last night Mike and I had a little talk. I had had a talk with myself in the morning on my treadmill. We moved up to this beautiful valley to make our lives simpler. In sort of a forced simplistic kind of way. Mike was searching for a non-long-haul trucking job (found it thanks to a broken leg in Jackson on a family vacation) and I found my way to another great job that I enjoy and works well with my wanting to be a mother and be at home when my girl is at home. We've decided to move a few things to "hobby" status. Mike is going to work harder at selling his bike and a few of his woodworking tools and I'm putting my Herbalife shopping cart on the back burner. I'll still help people that want helped, I just will be not advertising. I love the products, but I want to write!! I desperately want to achieve a life-long goal of being published! First goal is to be published by 30. I've got 2 years to go. I had no idea that it would go by so quickly, so time is of the essence my friends. I'll be writing a few hours each day give or take a 6 year old's interruptions like not getting ready for the day quickly enough, such as today. That makes me crazy. She'll cry and bawl about having to put on her clothes. What IS the deal??

I'm going to be joining a writing club up here in Eden. And be running around in those circles. I'm glad that I went to the Eden Writer's Conference in the fall. It really set me up.

And I love my new socks!! Just love em.