Traveling equals Tiredness

Still in Ohio and truly enjoy being here and seeing everyone! I had some wonderful visits so far with friends and I am so excited to see more tomorrow! Chad, hopefully, will fly in tonight to Indiana and we will be back again to Ohio to visit with my family and some friends. Besides visiting family and friends, I am very tired. I know I am out of my time zone but just tired yet have energy since I live at 9,500 feet. :) What a difference in how it is so much colder here in Ohio than in Colorado! I have really come to love Colorado but Ohio will always hope a place in my heart. sounds so cheesy huh? The ferrets are doing good and traveled well. I have Lago and Burton at my dad's house. Well I must go and probably visit someone or go sleep for a bit. Can't wait to see Chad!

Good Wishes from Ohio

Merry Christmas to all and a happy New Year!
If you couldn't guess from the title of this post, I am currently in Ohio! Chad doesn't arrive until Thursday night. I am so happy that he is currently working at Breckenridge! That resort is so huge! If you don't believe me, go online to their website and check out their map for all their ski runs...yeah, HUGE! but it is so pretty there and just wonderful. (and expensive!) I have only been there once since Chad worked on Christmas Eve teaching his first lesson while I slept in the explorer and made one run down the mountain. I have to say I did pretty well with only some falls due to losing my balance or not trusting myself on a certain edge. Lago and Burton are currently getting into all my stuff on the bed at my mom's house while I update this. They are such help!
Anyways, we are basically back out east due to Chad's niece's baptism this coming Saturday. We are all excited for her and for what a big step it is. And of course, we are hear to see family :) and friends. I am spending a day with my mom, my dad, and then hanging out with friends. It is wonderful to be back in Ohio. It is so strange how it can be 7 degrees at Breckenridge on a mountain and that is warm while 23 degrees is cold in ohio! I have to say I really like the weather in Colorado. The trip was long but not too bad. My father in law did all the driving! I sat in the back with all the presents, tools, bags, and ferret stuff. I watched three movies coming out! :) I had my own entertainment. The cats (Gladiator, Sam, and Jean Gray) were all left at home with my mother in law's cat (Chessie). My brave husband will take care of them whenever he is home from Breckenridge (he even said he'd clean their litter pans!) which is a big help and i'm so pleased with him for doing that.
Besides being in Ohio right now and Chad being in Colorado working, nothing else is new with us except we are excited to be back to our roots for a little bit of time.

Lots of Food

Thanksgiving was wonderful! We had lots of food! :) As I am sure everyone else did. It was really strange this year to not go to three different Thanksgiving (my mom's, my dad's, and chad's parents). We had one of the Corder's friend's son over. It was wonderful to have him over to help eat the food and then hang out to watch tv, play the wii, and help the men put up some Christmas lights. So.. for food we had: a turkey breast, three different kids of potatoes, green bean casserole, green beans, homemade rolls, two pies, and two pumpkin rolls. That is a lot of food! :) And all of it was excellent, plus we made all of it with one oven. My mother-in-law thinks we need more than one during the holidays. I really did miss my family since this is the first Thanksgiving without them but it was still wonderful. Earlier during the day, I took Lago and Rocky out on the leashes to see Chad and Dad-in-law cutting firewood. The ferrets loved being outside and checking it all out.
There is really nothing to report on our end of things. Chad just got a call from a Sales Rep in Colorado Springs to have Chad do some installs. I am so excited about that! I hope he calls Chad back very soon! :) I am getting really excited about Christmas and going back to Ohio to see people!

Living at 9,500 feet

just an update on the travel to Colorado. We had three 26 foot trucks (two of which were pulling a Jetta and Passat), I drove the explorer filled with my three cats and two ferrets, and my brother-in-law drove my father-in-law's pickup truck. It took us about three days of travel. It wasn't too bad since I called people on my cell and we all had walkie-talkies. That was a lot of fun! My mother-in-law drove the 26 foot Uhal van with her cat in it while my father-in-law drove a Penske truck with their three ferrets. :) It was a zoo! We do have pictures of the road trip with our little group. I will have to get those and upload them.
Well the day we moved in on Sept 23, it snowed! welcome to Colorado! It was really pretty. We were hoping to have help the next day since we had already unloaded one truck. Thanks to one man who showed up, it made all the difference to unload the other two 26 foot trucks! That poor man didn't realize what he was getting into but he had the most amazing attitude of service to others. A great example to all of us. The snow melted like the next day which was wonderful.
Now that we have been here for almost a month, a lot has been unpacked. There are still boxes but all of Chad and I's stuff is unpacked or stored in the attic of our room. I love the house! It is so nice to see all the wildlife here. Chad has a job for the winter as a snowboard instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort (thanks to him being a Level 3 Instructor!). He will have to live up there and I have to find some type of job. :( We had a rough summer with Platinum so we are really excited for Chad and I to start work ASAP! I am thinking of being a subsitute teacher in Cripple Creek. :) Me teaching? lol. Hopefully it won't be bad and hopefully they could use me otherwise I have no idea! Just to give an idea of our location is that Cripple Creek (a small town filled with Casinos) is like 5 to 10 minutes away. We live off a dirt road, cows are free range, and it is 45 minutes to church and the next big town called Woodland Park. :) talk about the middle of no where but the stars are amazing at night! I love being able to see the Milky Way!
Despite the lack of income, we are doing okay. the animals are great! My cats don't get along with my in-laws' cat but he doesn't like mine either. The ferrets are good! Yesterday we got about a foot of snow and we introduced the ferrets to snow (which Chad just tossed them into it! they didn't care for the cold and wetness of the white stuff). Chad and I were going to scrap off our snowboards and go in the snow since the dirt roads hadn't been plowed. Sadly, it was too late after the missionaries left and we were hoping to do that this morning but the roads were plowed and it started to melt. Next time we get snow, Chad and I are going to hit the road with our snowboards! I can't wait!
Miss all in Ohio but my mom was out this past weekend for a covention meeting. It was awesome having her here. :) We went to two museums and toured a gold mine. We went 1,000 feet underground as our third-generation miner showed/taught us the tools of the 1800s to 1960s of mining. it was awesome! and I have a new respect for my Grandpa Canter who was a coal miner in West Virginia. I never knew him because he got black lung from working in the mines but now i see some of the work he had to do for his family.
Well I will have pictures soon of the house, packing, road trip, and such. Miss family and friends in Ohio but I am enjoying our new home in Cripple Creek :)

On the Road Again...to Colorado

So it just seems like that Chad and I can't help but be moving all over this year! Or just can't seem to be able to stay out of the car. Four weeks ago Chad, Doc (father-in-law), Mom-in-law, and I were in Colorado to help them find a house. Why? Because we are moving in with them! :) I am actually excited because the four of us get along so well and all that jazz. The plan is to try to get Chad to school out there...thats if we a) have the money or b) find scholarships or grants. A new adventure for Chad. So why Colorado? Point a) the Corder family loves snow and mountains b) because we have wanted to move out west c) there is no jobs waiting there for us or taking us there d) see the first two points. Come this Saturday (the 19th) I will be leaving Ohio and not living there for the first time in my whole life. It's sad to leave Ohio because I do love Ohio (the seasons, family and friends). I'm going to miss lots of people who have had such an impact on me and I know my husband. Even though we are not living here anymore, Ohio is still my home and Colorado will become it too.
So onto more happy points about the new house. We will be living at the elevation of 9,600 feet! Talk about a rough first month (not just money wise either). Besides the four of us living there, we will have FIVE ferrets and FOUR cats! (as long as all the cats survive the trip which i'm sure they will). The house is old and needs work but that's okay! It has a three car garage which the men are excited about plus the workshop in part of the basement. Another bonus to the house is that horses are allowed. Only two of them, no stallions, and no other farm animals. But a barn and fence would have to be built and there is no way any of us can afford one, let alone two, right now. Chad and I want to get a dog! But sadly, we can't afford one right now but we know where to look for the type we want. :)
So that is really the only big news and adventure in our life right now. Tomorrow we head over to Indiana to stay with my sis-in-law for one night then go to church the next morning. And then it's back on the road again to our new home. I do feel sorry for my father-in-law and Chad because they are both driving the 26-foot Penske trucks plus dolleys for the Jetta and Passat while my mother-in-law and I drive the truch and explorer! We are just praying that we do NOT have to get a third truck!
Be back soon in Ohio and Hello colorful Colorado!

Moving Update

Yeah, so it has been a while since I last posted anything, espeically non-school related. Wondering what happened to Chad and I? For those who are interested... No, we didn't fall off the planet. Yes...we left Nashville TN. Long story short=our office got closed so we joined the Buffalo New York office. Chad is currently installing in Erie for the past week and two days while I've been in Ohio hanging out with family and friends. Hopefully I will be reunited with Chad this weekend and then we are off to New York for the rest of the summer. We are actually only 10 miles from Palmyra, which is awesome since I want to go back to visit some church sites.

Our little family is doing well.. Chad is just busy with installing as a technician. I am just reading a lot of books while trying to get over my dizzy spells (it is really odd for me having them!). Lago is still a little sick and under weight. She has a 9 am vet appointment tomorrow. Burton is doing well! she's not underweight at all! They are keeping me busy at times, like now. And.. thats about it really. We will probably be in Ohio for a bit longer since the summer hasn't turned out like we had originally planned. I can't complain too much because our family is safe and Chad is working (has a job).

So there is an update of where Chad and I will be for the next month or so. :) Hope all goes well in New York!

Annie Oakley Project

Here is my Ohio History Project which focuses on when Annie Oakley became famous during the 1880s because the American population was fascinated with the Wild West image. Annie Oakley became the most famous woman sharpshooter because of how she presented her image as a Victorian lady. She also contributed to society by teaching women and others how to handle firearms. Her legend is still famous today due to the broadway musical and television series that twisted events of her life to fit their story line. But, it gave young girls their place in the romanticized West.