Tuesday, January 06, 2009

LIFE IN THE NEW YEAR

Well 2008 proved to be a blessed year for us. We placed our lives in the hands of God and great things have come from our faith in Him. We look forward to another great year and many changes have already begun to happen for us in 2009.

Derik has become very interested in hunting and is looking into getting a rifle and other hunting equipment. He has been practicing shooting at a local gun range with my brother and step-father. He is looking forward to a fruitful hunting season with my dad and brother and hopefully getting to fill up our freezer with an assortment of meats! Yummy! My only stipulation is that he doesn't bring the dead animal home first....straight to the processor I say!!

As for me I am starting back to school on January 20th, on my birthday of all days! I am a little nervous as it has been about 4 years since or more since I have taken a college course, but Derik and the rest of my family are very supportive so I am sure I won't have any trouble getting back into the swing of it. I am planning on taking the few classes I need this semester in order to reapply to Nursing school. Since I have been out for so long I have to start from scratch, but that is okay; in fact it is probably a great thing.

What else can I tell you? Well I have been taking a lot of pictures. I got a brand new camera so stay tuned for lots of new pictures. I am also hoping to make a website soon just for my more artistic pictures...you know the ones that aren't centered around the family. So there will be a link from here to there; be watching for it.

Other than that life is really laid back for us. We get up in the morning and have a cup of coffee together, chit chat about what we are going to do during the day and then slowly make our way to doing it. Once our day winds down we cook dinner and watch a little tv, usually a movie we have selected on Netflix and are watching instantly on the Roku box or a show Derik has downloaded through the torrent site and is streaming directly through the PS3. Then we have this awesome honey milk chai tea Derik makes and it is off to bed! Not a bad life!!! In our free time we spend time with the family. In fact we just helped my grandparents paint some old farm equipment at my Uncle's house. There will be pictures. And we definitely cuddle with our dogs Rylee & Ripley. We have also become very interested in the game Spore, in fact if I can't find Derik he is probably playing Spore! It is so much fun. anyways that is enough for now. I will update you more on the interesting life of the Palacino's as the year 2009 progresses.