Let's Play Catch Up

It has been a long time since I've sat in front of a computer and shared my thoughts, life, happenings, and goofs.

I have been through a lot since I even had internet access at home last. I was living in San Diego, my husband and two girls. David was working with Canvass For A Cause (http://www.canvassforacause.org/), Willow was in Kindergarten; and Aliana was a bumbling baby, chubby as could be, just learning to crawl. Then, one night after the girls were fast asleep, David and I sat down to a Skype chat with a couple friends from back home in NorCal, as was usual. We Skyped with these friends weekly. Well, they had some issues with their roommates and offered for us to rent two rooms from them, and our opportunity to move back home to the country. We had an angel of a friend whom financed our move, as well as flying down and renting a uhaul to move us 800 miles back home. A month after that fateful Skype call, we were back home in Placerville, CA.

Our new home did not have internet, though we did have satellite. Willow began First Grade at the local Elementary school, riding the bus for the first time. Neither David or I drove at the time, so I walked Willow one mile to the bus stop every day. In all, my six year-old walked two miles a day, I walked four miles a day, and Aliana strolled in a jogging stroller for four miles a day. David worked out of town for his dad, and was only able to come home once every two weeks, or so. This living situation lasted nine months before things went sour in our household between our friends and us.

We moved out and up to Pollock Pines, 15 miles up the mountain from Placerville; just up the street from David's work and all. The downfall was the second-rate apartment we ended up in. The Landlord was awful; he was a Landlord/Tenant Law Attorney who used his title to scare his renters into living in poor conditions. Upon move-in we didn't have a bathroom door handle, let alone a smoke alarm. No screens on the windows, and we were upstairs. The stairs themselves were so rickety, it's a wonder the children never got hurt. Not only that, but drugs were being peddled from the neighbors in the back complex, and there was drama over-flowing. The benefits were, that first summer in the apartment, my best friend and cousin in-law lived nextdoor, my sister-in-law lived directly under her, and my older brother lived directly under me. A lot of good summer nights and barbecues commenced.

A year in that apartment, and a better deal fell in our laps! Now we live in a 3-bedroom house with Pear trees and a garden, INTERNET once again (after three long years), and a family truck named "Ruby."

So, now that I have internet, I have decided to start blogging once again; with a fresh start. I plan to talk about a range of my interests, and hopefully entertain you at the same time with my writing and wit.

Until next time...

Love Laughter & Light,
Tanya