Fall is settling in..

This morning on my way to taking Hanna to school as we are crossing the lake, she looks out the window and sees fog resting above the lake.  I hear her say "oh..... what is that?"  I look over and tell her what it is. Then I take a longer look, because it's so pretty.. it's fall..  At the light before we get to the high school, there is a car next to us with frost all over it.  Hanna asks if it's snow. :)  I smile and her and tell her that it is frost on the car.  Sometimes life gets so busy and we forget to look outside and see all the beauty.  I really like the fall.  The leaves are my favorite.  Hanna and I went to the park the other day with the dogs, it was a nice walk and I got some great pictures of the leaves.  On my way home I was thinking about a couple things.. first off ... coffee!

Hanna came to live with us 2 months ago.  She is from Brazil, as an exchange student.  We are enjoying being "parents" to a teen.  There are so many things that we want to show here, and do with her while she is here.  Hanna leaves the end of January.  She has never seen snow.. so I can't wait for that.  We want to take her to Vashon Island where Matt's family is, Levenworth to see how they decorate for the holidays, and hoping for Portland, Idaho, and then LA where she will meet her family before they go back to Brazil.  Being a married couple with out kids, and then having a teen here, has been fun for Matt and I.  I am going to miss her so when she goes home.  Her stay with us is only 6 months.  All of her friends are staying for a year, but her parents said only 6 months.  I don't blame them, if it were me, I would say that 6 months is long enough also.  It's been an adjustment going from a married couple with no kids, to having one.  I am so glad that we decided to do it.

The last thing that I was thinking about this morning is how many baby showers I have been invited to this month.  How many people and friends that I know that are pregnant or that have just had babies.  It's a tough thing at times for me still..  I am not good at baby showers.  I get really anxious and feel really uncomfortable.  I try not to.. and I know that most of my friends know why, I just wish that it wasn't like that for me.  Maybe it always will be something I am not good at.  I was invited to two this past week.  I planned on going, and knew that I had other things to do as well, thought I could fit it in, that I wanted to fit it in, but in all reality.. I just couldn't go.

heath

let's meet...

hello there and welcome.. well let me start by introducing my self.  My name is Heather.  I have always liked nicknames, so you may also know me as Heath, Feath or Bug (the hubby).  I am married to a firefighter/paramedic, we live in Moses Lake. Yeah.. I have two dogs, Pita and Mona, and one cat, Sigmond.  I am stumped now as to how I should tell this.. I have no children.  There I have said it.. the weird thing is that I get this question almost daily.  It's not hard for me to answer.. "do you have children?" No... "Oh, are you and your husband going to?" " No"... "I can't".... "Oh"... then the silence steps in.. (insert change of subject here).  When your introduced to someone new.. I think it would be fun to have name tags.  You know like the one's that say Hello My Name Is.. see then you could get out the answers to questions on your name tag.  I am okay with this question for the most part, I think that it's harder for other people.  My husband and I have a child right now.  We decided this year to have an exchange student come and live with us.  Great experience for us all so far.  So as of the past two months, until the end of Jan. we have a 16 (almost 17) year old.  Her name is Hanna and she is from Brazil.  I will say that going from no children, to a teenager is easier than I thought.  She is a great kid, and we are lucky.. a good pick on our parts I will say!  


I have been a nail tech for almost 16 years, love it.  I would break down the entire family, but really that is just extra writing.  I am sure you will get to know each and every one of them following my blog, unless this is the last you read..


Now that we have gotten to know each other lets start off with how I ended up in Moses Lake.  I am from the west side.  Some call it the coast here and it really annoys me!  I mean I get that it's closer to the coast but it's not the ocean!  Ah!  So my family and I moved around a bit when I was younger.  We moved to Lake Stevens Wa the summer before I started 5th grade.  I love it there.  As someone who grew up there, you know that the weather is not the best, but it's home to me.  So my husband had a job opportunity to come and work for Moses Lake, I had been here a couple times, and thought okay, we will do it.  A good job for him, better weather and we are closer to my mom.  So here we are working on 4 years.. I will be truthful and say I don't love it.. but I the more that I am here, it's growing on me.  I have made a few close friends (and have had 3 of them move away) and I really enjoy where I work!  So there you have it.  In my mind, there are always thoughts...


heath