An exciting secret

Shhhhhh!!!

Don't tell anyone!!!

If you're reading this, then you get to be in the know. I don't think anyone is reading this. I hope nobody's reading this! But I need to write about it. If I knew how to make this a private entry, I would.

Jordan and I are trying to get pregnant. I know. Scary right? NOPE! Super exciting! Before we got married, we talked about that we didn't want to have kids right away so we could enjoy some time just being married. But we said that by the time our 2 year anniversary rolled around, we'd like to start trying or at least thinking. Well our two year anniversary is coming up. I've got a sweet teaching job. Jordan's got a job as a mobile pet photographer and is putting on a lot of house roofs in these last few weeks before the snow. We're not entirely out of the school debt, but it is disappearing and we hope to be out of debt before Christmas. Which means we'd be in our own place around then. We've decided that we're ready.

But we're not telling anyone that we're trying!! I'd like for it to be a surprise. Though I do think that Beth may suspect. Mark Miller knows because Jordan talked to him about it. But that's it! Except for YOU. Who's reading this. But we'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anybody. I'd really like for it to be an out-of-the-blue surprise to our family. But we're pretty excited. I've started taking prenatal vitamins and everything. Trying to get more exercise, eat healthy, drink less caffeine, all the usual suspects. Its pretty awesome.

So this past weekend, Jordan and I were in Cheyenne for his job. It amazes me how SMALL it is. In fact, wikipedia just told me the population is 57,000. So its about twice the size of Marshall, TX. And its supposed to be a CAPITAL city!!! You don't have to pay for parking downtown, and there are no high rise buildings. In fact, there are NO building over 6 stories tall! They were having a rib fest downtown this past weekend, and when Jordan and I drove by there was a country band singing a cover of "Everybody dies famous in a small town".

Wikipedia also just told me that Fort Collins has more than double the population of Cheyenne.

Still, it was a nice place to visit. For the weekend. I wouldn't want to stay there much longer, much less live there. But it was a nice little weekend getaway for us. And when I say us, I mean me because Jordan was working most of the time. Actually, I was too. Sitting in the hotel room working. But still, it was a change of pace and I enjoyed it.

And hey! Maybe we can postulate some day that our first child was conceived there. :) Hehe.

Life Changes

Well, a lot has changed since I last popped my head on here to journal. I'll address them quickly:

- I got a job teaching math and social studies part time at Liberty Middle School.
- We moved to Colorado and moved in with Jordan's parents in order to pay off some debt
- Jordan left the Parking Spot after a miserable year and is now working as a mobile pet photographer on the weekends, and as an independent roofer during the week days
- Jojo is... well... curled up sleeping on a blanket. I guess that hasn't changed.

I love my job. I love that I've only got three classes and am done every day at 11:24am. I love the people who are directly on my team, though get a little annoyed at some of the other people in my departments.

Jessica's quilt is finished and on her bed up in Fort Collins. I also just recently finished Chelsea's christmas present quilt, which is a denim backed quilt that rolls up and is designed to be taken to the beach when she goes with her boys. Chelsea and Jarrett are also pregnant again, which is fantastic. I finished two i-spy quilts for the boys for Christmas, and am waiting on my new walking foot to arrive so I can quilt the new baby's quilt. Jarrett is also getting a quilt for Christmas, though that has been sent out as fabric to my sewing bee buddies.

Life is good. Its not easy not having our own home, but hopefully we'll be finished paying off the student loan and out of here pretty soon. I do enjoy and love my in-laws, its just difficult to live with people after living in your own house. Its surely not easy for them either. Hopefully we'll have some exciting news here shortly.