Thought I'd throw out an update to those wondering how I'm doing ^^

Ian and I are still in Keene. Our original plans were to be gone on bikes by now, but once we got here and got set up, we didn't want to go anywhere. I've really missed my family and friends out here, and for as much as I HATED Keene over the past few years...I've really missed it while I was gone. I've really come to appreciate all the green that's up here in comparison to the South West. We've taken up our old spot back in the woods where we were last year. It's great being reuinited with all our lovable drunks after dealing with the sketchy, not-so-lovable drunks down in Asheville.... I really miss Shawn and his coydog, Athena, who lived in the car next to us in the Walmart parking lot though.

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Athena, the coydog.

Ian and I are approaching our 1 year marriage anniversary this September. We've hit our little bumps and arguements that all couples face, but it's been a very fun, happy, and loving relationship/marriage. I've learned and grown a lot with Ian this year and gained back a lot of my confidence that I lost over the past few years. For example, for the first time ever in my entire life, I made fire. For those that know me, you'll know that I have a mild case of pyrophobia. I'm terrified of fire, and wouldn't even sit next to a contained bonfire, let alone start one. But I did, and had it not been for Ian's encouraging and supportive nature, I doubt I ever would of had that self confidence :)

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My first fire! :D

I also give him points for extreme loyalty to the point where it's dangerous. Earliar this month, something very unusual happened in Keene that has NEVER happened in my lifetime. Keene was under a tornado watch. We were out in the woods when we got the news that a tornado was heading our way and I instantly started to panic when I couldn't find Spore. The wind was so hard it started knocking down trees and the sky grew blackThe lightning was so bad, it was actually touching down on the earth. And then the hail came...hail stones the size of golf balls. But I refused to leave without Spore. Ian knew there was no arguing with me and that there was no way I'd have left my cat out in the woods during a tornado, despite the danger we were in. So rather then taking off and heading for safety himself, he stayed right by me the whole time. He told me if staying out there in a tornado to wait for Spore was what I truly wanted to do, he was prepared to sit out there with me and face whatever was coming our way together. I've never had that kind of devotion from anyone before. Who the fuck does that? Eventually we did find Spore and were all able to get out of there, safely.

We spend a lot of time at my mom or dad's house during the really shitty weather. Currently, we're in the process of trying to sell/trade our Subaru Outback for a 250 truck, and then build a camper onto the back, kind of like this:

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We have some really good friends who are masters at building structures who are willing to help us. This is what we plan to live in for the next year, and then we'll be getting something much larger, like a 30 foot travel trailer, to pull behind the truck when we have kids. That way we can live in the trailer, but still have our homemade thingie for projects and maybe a small buisness. I've taken some pottery classes while in Keene and seem to be getting really good at it. Maybe we could make it big enough to fit a pottery wheel in and use a kiln elsewhere, and I could sell pottery, who knows :3

That's our big project for this year. This October, we're going to be doing a workcamp ordeal with Amazon.com down in Cambleville, Kentucky. We're going to be staying on a campground, renting a trailer from the campground owner for $250 a month. The rest of the campground fees, electricity, etc. is paid for by Amazon! :D We're going to be down there from October until Christmas, working our asses off fulltime in their warehouse. The work is not going to be easy, and it's 40+ hours a week, but they pay EXTREMELY well, and get a large bonus if we stay until the end of December, so we'll be loaded by the time we leave. After that, we're heading back to Flagstaff, so ian can do his H&R job. I'll probably go back to the college, and we'll live out of our camper thingie, and continue to save our money.

After that, come summer, we've been talking about driving from Arizona to Alaska with Charlotte and Spore, and spending some time up there. I was suppose to go to Fairbanks back in 2009, but was unable to after my big sister unexpectedly passed away. So we're going to try this again. We'll have we'll have way more then enough money by that point.

While we're up there, we may start trying seriously to concieve a child :)

So that's my life's update. Again, it won't be often I post on here, and you're MUCH better off just following me on facebook for daily updates. Ta ta!