Today I signed up to take the test to become a Census worker. The 2010 Census is a big topic around here. Everywhere I go I see ads suggesting I apply to be a census worker. When I check out the site…http://www.2010Censusjobs.gov/ I found the pay is good, $14.00/hour, in North Dakota. The work is [...]
Filed under: North Dakota | 1 Comment »
Is turning out to be quite interesting! We are all bundled in for the storm that was due to hit today. Today we were supposed to get 3-4 inches of snow with sustained winds in the 30+ mph with gusts up to 60+ mph. Saturday is supposed to be more of the same, but the [...]
Filed under: North Dakota, Observations | Leave a Comment »
It was an incredible Christmas, blizzard and all! Brian and I hosted Christmas Eve last night. Kenny, Michele, Jake, and Michele’s Mom, Betty joined us, Rochell, Gigi, and Sonya. I’d thought it would be nice to have a couple of pots of soup on the stove as well as some freshly baked bread for dinner. [...]
Filed under: Family, Holidays, North Dakota | Leave a Comment »
As usual, pardon the crappy cell phone picture. I was in my jammies, letting the dogs out to go do their business and the cell phone was right there. SO…had the one of the WEIRDEST experiences of my life yesterday driving home from Bismarck. There was this incredibly HEAVY fog covering much of the roads [...]
Filed under: North Dakota | 1 Comment »
Those orange things in the box would be the elusive clay pigeons. You can only hunt them while in flight. But the damn things don’t have wings, so you need a launcher…hence the weird metal thing mickey-rigged on a tire rim. Once you’ve shot the clay pigeon, you needn’t clean it, only make sure, when [...]
Filed under: Family, North Dakota, Observations | Leave a Comment »
Brian with his “Sassy” new to us, Ford truck. His color choice would have made his Dad proud, LOL! OK…Car shopping in North Dakota is completely, COMPLETELY, different than shopping for cars in Nevada. I think we purchased 6 vehicles over the 18 years we were in Nevada. Those that we purchased from dealerships (all [...]
Filed under: North Dakota | 1 Comment »
Does it make me a bad resident to be glad to see the hunters leave? The bad thing is that they are checking out early because we are having unseasonable weather and they are afraid of some huge storm rolling in and they would be unable to get home. I realize that they bring money [...]
Filed under: North Dakota | Leave a Comment »
Well it was a crappy Monday…A crappy Monday to beat all crappy Mondays! Brian had his first Monday off in months. He had planned to go to work and put on the new tires he’d ordered for his truck. While his existing tires weren’t bald, the tread had worn down and he was driving on [...]
Filed under: North Dakota, Observations | Leave a Comment »
I am so fracking (thank you Battlestar Galactica) frustrated right now. This week we were told that our utilities would be hooked up Thursday or Friday. That was going to be the soonest they could put the transformer in for the electrical. Well the transformer is in, but the guy who digs the trench for [...]
Filed under: North Dakota | Leave a Comment »
Where to start? Hmmm. So our house is physically put together, the walk-through was done on Friday, and I have house keys…four to be exact. Four separate house keys; a different one for each doorknob lock and each deadbolt. When a “model” house is built for a showroom, they just slap knobs and deadbolts on [...]
Filed under: All About Pam, North Dakota, Observations, School | Leave a Comment »
