Work it!
alright Kimberly and I are doing pretty good. We are getting some orders in Cynthia just placed (pop, chips, hostess). Then on top of that as I have mentioned before, I am beyond frustrated with my eating and excersice habits. So yesterday i went for a 4 mile walk at about 11 in the morning. Its nice because front street (east to west) is about 1.25 miles then then the road from the rock pit (south to north) is about .75 miles then the road back into town is another 1.25 is miles... then to finish off the 4 mile loop I went out towards the airport then came back south to front street and headed west back to the store... i enjoyed my walk so much i wanted to get into the groove of doing it so today kimbelry and i got up at 7am and went for a walk... it feels SO good.... well once i get beyond the pain... We have now decided we will do it every other day so we can have a day to recover, untill our bodys get comefortable with it (im sore all over, my legs, i have a blister on my heel, and my lower back is really bothering me... im just falling apart). so tomorrow we will skip the walk then sunday we will get up and go for a walk before church. I am also getting to the point where im hungry, and i think part of that is im actually moving enough to where i need more food, unlike before when i hardly moved every day and 1 meal would probably been all the calories my body needed. I love feeling hungry and not eating... or not feeling like i HAVE to eat. I have been telling kimberly when i go through my growing stages (horizontal growing) its because i have NO self control... i get bored and so i eat uncontrollably, so when my tummy says feed me and i dont feel like i have to feed it, it makes me feel SO incontrol. fortunatly i have my beautiful wife to help me when it gets really hard.
beyond that not much is going on. I have been spending abunch of time working on their newest snow machine... it feels so good to FIX things again. especially knowing that their newest machine would just be parked not used at all or even begun to work on until probably next winter, and it has taken about 3 solid months of waiting on parts to get it to where it is... not only that im still waiting on 2 parts to come in (one of which has yet to be ordered).... it just feels SO good to call Dale and tell him I found and fixed another problem it had.
Kimberly are also VERY excited for this summer to work out up here. Every time we get a home depot ad we get excited to come home and get into real estate... We have not figured out if we want to flip a house or if we want to just get a rental property... either way we are just excited to come home and get to work! so HOPEFULLY this summer will work out so we will have the money to do it.
thats pretty much it sorry we didnt have any cool storys life is pretty boring up here!
EDIT: Alright well for as well as this morning started the middle of it has sure sucked. I talked with Cynthia today about a ladys fuel tab... the Tanana Chiefs program is going to be paying for her fuel but the check wont be cut till late febuary, we were told we cannot give any fuel out till its paid for, so anyway i called her up. She told me what to do, then i asked her a couple more things 1st off i asked her if i called sams club and they had some contacts in that were what i needed if she could pick them up and put them on a plane, i have yet to recieve mine from stupid sams club that were "mailed off" on thursday last week. It has me SO frusterated, I have about 300 dollars into contacts now (from the inital appointment to the 1year supply (they are 1 month contacts)) and i have nothing to show for it and have been using glasses the past week. Then the second thing i asked her is to remember to think about a time we could get out of here to visit home. All the sudden out comes the "well the kids have missed so much school" talk... It was not a no by any means, but it was a LONG ways from a yes. she said she would check their school calandar. And That is why my day has sucked they will be out here a couple times before school is out to do a snow machine race and a carnival, but each time it seems they want us to be here too... i was SO excited to see my family and now its not looking as good. I have never felt so STUCK before and its frusterating... Kimberly and i have walked into such an amazing thing, this trip that was going to be a winter stay, and a chance to put a bit of money away has opened up opportunitys to make SERIOUS money over the summer. I while im so excited for this summer to work out, suffering through this summer will open up other opportunities back at home and id hate to throw everything to the curb so i can run back to the city with bills and rent to pay...
we love you all and miss you all SO much!
posted by Andrew & Kimberly's exellent adventure @ 11:05 AM
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Hi Andy and Kim, It sounds like the Excellent Adventure might just need a bit of a tune-up Andy! I can imagine you both miss the habits and life to which you have been a part of before your trip to Alaska. Perhaps you will look upon this Excellent Adventure with laughs and a bit of nostalgia for the growth you have both made together as you began your marriage. No doubt, you are enjoying the longer days.
Sister Rachel is on the home-stretch. I'm sure she is feeling like the last mile of the Iditerod (sp?) race about now. We are proud of her commitment to such a worthy effort. That she will take into her future. It is gratifying to know young people are prepared with tools to enlarge their abilities and to enhance their opportunities. You know how that is Andy. I can only imagine how frustrating it is to be so isolated and needing tools/parts that take such a long time to materialize. What a practical education you are having! We love you and pray for you as you continue to grow in so many areas of your lives - all at once! Peace. Thistle
yeah, this is an amazing trip... dont get me wrong by anything i have said, i would never go back, if i could do it over again i would be right here responding to you because i came up here... this is the experience of a life time, and i know that life is not always peaches and cream. there are going to be ups and downs reguardless of if we are in portland or here... Kimberly and i are BEYOND blessed to have had this opportunity.
thank you all the prayers!
Hey Andy! Greg and I discovered an awesome web-based bible study this year that addresses food issues. It is amazing! It's free, you have a real, live mentor, and it's the best Bible study on our relationship to food I've ever seen!
The addy is: www.settingcaptivesfree.com.
There are many different studies, click on "The Lord's Table" and be blessed.
Love, Shawn
Maybe 'you'se' should be shoping at Smart Sam's instead of Stupid Sam's, (read your blog for the context). How's the guitar coming along? Some time back (when I was learning the guitar), the first song a guitarist learned was 'The House of the Rising Sun'. 'Times they are a'changin'(Peter, Paul, and Mary), though and now I don't know if there is any common first song that neophytes learn.
The key to weigh loss is a simple economic equation; export more than you import. Hmmmm. Seriously has got to cause a mental workout to labor in a GROCERY store with an adjoining warehouse full of FOOD.
Have you made it through the ALC DVD's yet? If you want the next series(s) let me know. I will try to Email you this week.
hey you two-great to talk to you the other day-glad to hear you got yer contacts-believe me i know what a pain fogged up glasses are when yer workin on something, and having them fog and then freeze...well thats the pits!-well im still doing a little airfare research and financial planning to figure out if mom and i could get up there to visit-missi says she wants to come too and will pay her own way--hmmmm...seems she misses her little sister pretty bad!-i have put in for the week of mar 5 th for vacation-havnt heard if i got it yet-typical work disorganization and mismanagement-at this point travel dates are flexible within that week-what i would need from you guys is confirmation that when we got to Tannana we would have a place to sleep-indoors!!-im gonna check and see if we could even do a standby flight deal like gerry gerspach did to save some moohlah-that might really make it an adventure!-i'll keep you posted as to how it goes but again dont get yer hopes up just yet-all our love and prayers, mom+dad
hey you two-good to talk to you the other night-also good to hear you finally got yer contacts-i know what a pain it is to try and work on something with your glasses fogging up!-and having them fog up and then freeze! well thats just the pits!-hey im working on getting airline ticket info-i put in for the week of mar. 5th for vacation-havnt heard if i got it yet-typical disorganization and mismanagement-but what i will need from you guys is that if it all comes together we will have a place to sleep in tannana -indoors! could be anytime from sat the 3rd to sat the 10th-Missi says she wants to come also and will pay her own way--hmmm.....seems she really misses her little sister!-anyway im trying all possibilities and am gonna see about flying standby like Gerry Gerspach did since we would have no firm date commitments for hotel reservations and stuff--it could make it a real adventure!!-is it possible to rent a car and drive from anchorage to fairbanks this time of year??-well dont get your hopes up just yet but i will keep you posted on my progress-oh also could you find out price from fairbanks to tananna round trip on warbelows or frontier or whoever is cheap? all our love and prayers, mom + dad
Hey!! sorry bout the double posting thing-it said the first one didnt go through cause the server was down! Dooh!!
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