February Pics

I am a bit slow about putting up new pictures, but here are some pics from when Teresa and Jesse came to visit us in February. We went to Cathedral Caverns which has the worlds largest opening to a cave. There were a lot of neat formations in it. We also went hiking on Monte Sano mountain.

Kitty!

Yesterday we adopted a cat from an organization called Forgotten Felines. We had seen her listed on the internet for a couple weeks and called the lady who was her foster mom on Tuesday night. She told us that we could meet her at Petsmart on Saturday when she would be volunteering there. The minute we saw her we wanted her. The lady told us that after we had called her on Tuesday night 2 other people had called about her, and then at Petsmart on Saturday 2-3 more people said they would take her if we didn't. So, we were very thankful that the lady kept her for us and that we called when we did. The foster mom named her Chrissy but we still aren't sure if we want to keep that name or name her something else. She is a very small cat and will be one in March. She has a very sweet personality. She loves being around people and is very playful. She loves to chase the laser light. So far she has been a perfect fit for us. She is also quite curious and likes to follow us around and crawl into small spaces. Back in December somebody had dumped her at a gas station. She stayed at the gas station for 3 days not leaving the place where they had left her, waiting for them to come back. Her foster mom got gas there one night and asked the employees about her and they told her what happenned. She was already fostering a lot of other cats so she left without taking her. Well, she could not sleep that night because she kept thinking about her so she went back to the gas station and found her sitting right where she was the day before so she took her home and we are very thankful for that.

Christmas Tree

Saturday night we decorated our Christmas tree. As tradition once Andrew got out his Star Trek ships he flew them around the apartment with the Star Trek music theme playing in the background. Andrew also insisted that the ships could be a part of the nativity scene because they could have time traveled and been there when Jesus was born. I moved them later. We are excited to come home in a couple of weeks! I want to see some snow. Now that I know that I won't get snow often I miss it. We've had lots of rain and thunderstorms.

Christmas Tree Hunting

Today we went and got our Christmas tree. Down here in the south they don't call them Christmas Tree Farms but Christmas Tree Plantations. It was a pretty area where we got it, about 30 mins from our apartment. We drove by some cotton fields on the way. It was wonderful weather for picking one out, in the upper 60s so we enjoyed just being outside and walking around. It took a couple hours to find the perfect one. We had a hard time choosing between the beautiful brown one and the green one. I was hoping we could get the brown one for free but we ended up choosing the green one. It is a White Pine and I like it because it doesn't poke me as much as our Scotch did. They don't have any Scotch Pines around here. We cut it down and strapped it to the top of our car. Now we need to decorate it. I'll post more pics once we get it all decorated.

The mouse Trap

A few days ago I thought I saw a blur of something run across our kitchen floor during dinner, so we pulled out the stove to look under it and didn't find anything. But I kept thought I was seeing something move out of the corner of my eye at different times. Now Andrew and I weren't sure if I was just crazy and hallucinating or actually seeing something. Well, last night while watching TV Andrew finally saw something move in the kitchen and it was a mouse. So we decided to build a mousetrap to catch it. So, we took our mop and laid it across the counters in the kitchen. Then we took the bathroom trashcan and flipped it upside down and ran floss over the mop handle and down the sides of the trashcan and tied it in the middle to a soda cracker. The trash can was held up about a couple inches from the floor by the floss and the soda cracker. We put some peanut butter on the soda cracker to entice the mouse. About a half hour later we heard the trash can hit the floor. The mouse had eaten the cracker which caused the tension in the floss to come loose and the trash can to fall on it. We had caught our new friend Nibbles and decided to set him free. Well Andrew decided to set up the mouse trap again in case their was another mouse, and there was. But this time when the trash can fell it must of bounced a little and he got out. We have named this mouse Darth Cheddar because the force is strong with him. We have a feeling he is going to be harder to catch and faster. We will battle him again tonight and see who wins. Here are some pictures of our mouse trap. We were pretty proud of ourselves for coming up with it and it actually working. Also here are some pictures of the posters that Andrew got from the Kennedy Space Center that we hung in the dining room. He likes to take a moment to stare at them every time that he walks by.

Monte Sano State Park

We finally went hiking this weekend. We had weather in the 70s so it was a perfect day to go. They have lots of different trails in the state park and in other areas around Huntsville so we are excited to explore them some more. Hopefully we'll still have some nice weather for a while.

Huntsville, AL

Hello, here are some pictures of our new home in Huntsville Alabama. Our apartment is next to a lake so I took some pictures of the lake too. Our apartment is the one on ground level. The lake has a 2.4 mile trail that goes around it so it has been really nice to walk or run around. It is stocked with fish so there are always people fishing, so bring your fishing poles if you come to visit. There are two blue herons on the lake that are fun to watch. It is a really nice area. We enjoy it. Andrew has been busy with school work and I have been trying to keep busy while looking for a job. I'm hoping that we can go hiking next weekend at Monte Sano State Park so I will post pictures if the weather works out and Andrew doesn't have too much homework.