The Awesome:

*Our yard is my own little slice of heaven. I’m used to our teeny tiny backyard in Las Vegas. Here the kids have TONS of room to run, play, yell, and scream.

*I can’t wait to start my garden. Well, once I do some research since I’ve never ever in my whole life planted anything that I planned on eating later. =) The photo below is my future garden.

*Strawberrries randomly grow outside my office window. Can’t wait to eat them!!

*We have a pet frog out back. He is really small and cute. We also have two cats that love our backyard, but run away as fast as they can when they see the twinzies coming their way.

*Weather! The weather is crazy. One minute it will be sunny and nice and (I’m not even exaggerating), the next minute it is raining and 10 degrees cooler.

*So far we’ve had bright sunny days, sprinkles, pouring rain, snow, and hail. The weather keeps things interesting for sure!

*Bend is beautiful. The trees, the waterfalls, the rivers, the parks, the houses, the mountains. Paradise.

The not so awesome:

*The drivers are kinda crazy. Jeff said they drive like me so apparently I drive crazy too.

*The speed limits are s.l.o.w. 35 on the main roads, 45 on the freeway in town, and 55 on the freeway out of town. I’m used to 70-80 on the freeway and find myself constantly wanting to go faster.

*For some reason I had it in my head that a smaller city would = less traffic. Nope. There is much more traffic than I thought there would be.

*I also thought for some reason that a smaller city would have TONS of nice people. Nope. So far I haven’t found strangers to be any nicer than those in Las Vegas.

*Our internet is MUCH slower at uploading photos which SUCKS! The positive to slower internet is saving $100 a month.

So far life in Bend is pretty awesome and I can’t wait to explore the city!!