Promotion!!

On my birthday, my controller Ella promoted me to Payroll!  I was quite nervous about switching over, I was pretty comfortable in Accounts Payable.  Payroll always seemed to be quite a chore and I wasn't even interested in it but I knew it would be a good opportunity for me.  Tiffany has been training me for about a week and a half now and this is a BIG job.  I just don't know how to get my head wrapped around this, there are so many variables. Plus I was really worried about all the overtime I would be working, I would see Tiffany working until 10 o'clock at night on Mondays and I just cringed at the thought. I mean it's football season!!! I can't miss my Monday Night Football!  But this last week was my first payroll run and we only worked until 7:30pm.  It actually went pretty smooth, only a few hiccups. Then on Wednesday, Tiffany and I switched offices.  Here is a picture of my new office:   

Now all I need to do is find something for that blank wall.  hmmmm....

Camping

I can't believe we did when we saw the weather look like this:

but it did turn out to be a beautiful night at Pathfinder.  We left about 10:00am on Saturday and had a great time.  There was a total of 11 of us, 9 adults and 2 kids.  We got to go four wheeling and Tommy just loved to borrow mine to go ride with the guys.  :)  Kalie got to go a couple of times with him and she LOVED every minute of it.  She shows no fear.  You can see more pictures here: Camping  It was so fun and I can't wait until Memorial weekend to go out again!

A Beautiful Day...

Sunday was absolutely gorgeous!!!  65 degrees out and no wind!  Brad and I made sure to take advantage of the great day.  First we worked on the toy hauler and de-winterized and sanatized the water system.  Then we decided to do a dry run and see what it will be like when we put our toys in the trailer.  It was actually pretty easy.  Here is the Victory inside:

After that we took the Victory for a spin around town and then had a BBQ and invited a few friends over.  We are hoping to go camping this weekend if the weather is nice. 

Whoops... :(

This weekend we went 4 wheeling at Pathfinder lake.  We had a great time going through creeks and snow and everything in between.  We were out there for about 4 hours!!  But when we were heading back, I noticed my phone wasn't in my pocket.  I pulled over, checked both my pockets, looked behind me but didn't see it.   We back tracked on what we could but it was never to be seen again.  I just feel like an idiot because I took a $300 phone out 4 wheeling!! UGH  Thank goodness I have insurance and I should be receiving a new one on Wednesday.  Insurance doesn't cover the MicroSD though or the InvisibleShield I got for it.  I have definitely learned this hard lesson but now I am worried to take my camera with me and I NEED my camera for pictures. Will have to think of a back up plan.

Our new bundle of joy!!!

We picked up our toy hauler in Denver this past weekend.  Everyone at the RV dealership was very nice and helpful.  We had a couple of problems with the battery connections during our walk though but they made sure everything was fixed and working before we left.  The ramp's screen door had a broken zipper so we left that behind to get fixed.  Brad even talked the sales manager into upgrading our captain chairs!!  You can see the "before & after" chair pictures here: Toy Hauler Pics  For the most part everything was smooth sailing until we headed home.  I drove out of Denver which wasn't too bad, I just had to deal with the crazy traffic.  But when we got to Cheyenne, we had 30 mph head winds with gusts up to 40 mph all the way home.  We only got 5.4 miles to the gallon!!  But we made it home and as you can see she can barely fit in the driveway.  Thank goodness we didn't get anything bigger.  We moved all of our supplies into the toy hauler with a lot of room to spare.  Brad is now trying to convince me to go camping in a couple of weeks but I think it will be too cold out still.  We will see who prevails. :) 

Going on Safari

Kathy and I went to Big Lots for lunch since I couldn't eat with this terrible hangover.  But look at the cute rugs I found there for the toy hauler!!

A Sneak Peek...

Do you see them?? Do you see what I see??   Brad found these cute little guys in our backyard last night. 

New Toy Hauler!

This was definitely a challenge!!  It took Brad and me an awful long time to agree on a toy hauler we both liked.  Then to find one was another obstacle, but we did and here she is!!  We don't get to pick her up until the 5th but the salesman was nice enough to send us a few pictures.  Check out the Safari fabric!!  LOL  Isn't it hot?!  I'm ready to go camping now!