We dream big!!

I would say that our lives are currently quite humble. I mean, we live in a double wide for heaven sakes... So, you can imagine how excited we get when we think about our future, far far away from this mobile home park.
Ryan woke up a few days ago and said that he had the most vivid dream. As we were driving to a near by park to play frisbee golf (our new favorite pastime...very very humble lives...) he was anxious to delight me with the details, so I listened intently. His dreams are always rather entertaining.
He was a finalist in the "American Idol" singing competition. He was about to go on stage and perform for his life...one...last...time. Surrounded by busy make-up people, wardrobe people, singing coaches and bright lights, Ryan struggled to calm his nerves. He was feeling good in his shnazzy and very festive red, white and blue jumpsuit. The manly tassels on the arms of his jumpsuit swayed as he moved towards the stage with hundreds of screaming fans calling out his name. He pulled open the curtains and there he stood, bright and shiny as a penny in his jumpsuit for the whole world to see. The crowd went silent and the intro began...Ryan's voice rang clear-"Tainted love, you've got to... run away...you've got to...get away..."Ryan sang "Tainted Love" with all his might. The crowd went wild and joined in the 80's spledor. Once the song was complete, Ryan bowed triumphantly and ran off the stage to the sound of the voctorious cheers of his praise...
Now, Ryan didn't stay asleep long enough to see of he had won, but for a moment he was really something in the world... Oh how I love Ryan's dreams!!

A Crestline quicky- my musings of mobile home management!!

Here at the mobile home park, I run the office and the financial part of management while Ryan takes care of the maintenance around the park. Now, I feel continually relieved that my job doesn't require me to be out in the public eye of the park like Ryan does. What little time I have spent out and about the park, I always have an erie feeling of being watched from behind the many plastic covered windows of the various colored mobile homes as I pass them. And when people are outside of their homes they do either of two things, they either stare me down menacingly as I pass or they run up to me yelling "manayer, manayer I have a problen." (Most of residents here are Hispanic- and are working on their English :) )

Today, Ryan was out and around the park doing his reagular maintenance when a sweet little Hispanic woman came running up to him- much like the manner in which I just described. She had an odd request... she said, "I have a problen. Can I have a poopy? My childrens they crying and crying to have a fuzzy poopy. Can I have one of them?" After a moment of awe and confusion, Ryan finally understood that the lady was asking for a puppy. We had to tell her that "poopies" are not allowed in this park. Ahhh, crazy crazy tenants!!!!

Meet the Dicks!!!

We are a lovely bunch of mobile home dwellers. Yes, we currently live quite happily in our double wide. You may be wondering why one would decide to do such a thing...well, Ryan and I manage a mobile home park. Despite what you think, it is actually a pretty sweet deal...and not to mention the fact that we get to meet and interact with the coolest people ever... and the craziest. Kinda like the old man who wanders into the office every now and then, wheezing and wheezing like he might just bite the dust there in the office, to talk about the bible and politics. Or, maybe the couple who got evicted a few years ago- he looked like a giant gnome (he had the beard, the stature and everything. I'm tellin' ya, put a pointy hat on him and he's ready for your lawn) and his wife looked like the girl from the ring... she had the long black hair, the ghostly white face, the permenantly open mouth...yikes. Or, maybe the couple who came into the office and were self proclaimed "Chiboxer" breaders. They bred, or had attempted to breed, Chiwawa's with boxer's. That was their life and their living and they seemed awfully excited about it. It seemed pretty horrible to me since they said that most of the time the poor little chiwawa couldn't handle it and would die in the process. I have bad feelings towards them still...Yes, there is never a dull moment here at the mobile home park!!

Ryan is going to pharmacy school. He got into a doctorate program at USN and will start this fall!!! We are very excited. The sooner he graduates the sooner we can leave our quite lively job- though it has been a great blessing!!!

I graduated in English education a year ago and am currently a mommy number one and a park manager second- though they both require a great deal of time!!!

Jane is 7and a half months old and is pretty much the smartest baby I know- we are sooooo proud of her!!!

Zoo Mania!!!

This past Saturday, Ryan and I decided to go to the zoo with Jane!!! It was "Mommy and me" day in honor of Mother's day!!! All we had to do was buy shirts from Macey's specifically designed for "Mommy and Me" day. They were so cute- they had various zoo animals on them and the words "Mommy and Me" printed on them.

We got up early, I packed a ginormous bag for Jane with every possible item she may ever need, and we were off to the zoo. Upon arrival Ryan decided his "Mommy and Me" shirt was too large so he asked the lady selling t-shirts if he could exchange his for a medium. Now, Ryan was not too enthused about having to wear a "Mommy and Me" shirt around all day, so when he came frolicking back to me, claiming (with a false sense of regret, I might add) that the lady had accidentally given him a child's medium making him unable to wear his "Mommy and Me"shirt all day... I figured he thought he had fooled me. I am smarter than that- but I let him bask in his little triumph. Oh well, I wore my shirt while Ryan wore his normal boring clothes...party pooper.

Jane loved the monkeys, she was enthralled with them. She can be a little monkey herself sometimes-rolling around everywhere, getting into everything, putting anything and everything in her mouth and pooping whenever she pleases... I figured she sort-of related to them on a higher level. Ryan loved the orangutans. Funny, I sort of thought of him as I observed them...love ya hun!!! My favorite was the albino alligator- just a regular alligator but what made him special was his complete lack if pigmentation of any kind...I can relate buddy. I was pregnant all last summer and have a baby this summer...I don't get out much, and hence that is where MY lack of pigmentation comes from!!!

Overall, it was a great adventure!!