Planet Wilder

Wishing everybody a wonderful new year!

Except for a few life events, we had a wonderful 2007 and we hope to have another great year in 2008. For those who visits our site regularly, thank you, and we know it’s not the most interesting, but for our close families and friends shows you what we’re doing here in Missouri. If you want to see Savitri’s arts and crafts stuff, visit her site at www.scrapbit.com.

It’s been five years, we arrived in MO Dec. 22nd, 2002, and here we are still. We always talk about moving but who knows if it’ll ever happen anytime soon. Many different options to choose from and they’re all so exciting but for now, this is our home and except for the tornado, we couldn’t have asked for more. We love our home that we built, the jobs that we have, and the friends that we’re making. I know I never thought of this possible but the small town living is pretty nice (and it’s how it’ll be for us if we have the option). It’s a great place to raise a family and it’s really not that far from the city. Emma loves her place here and that’s what is important to us now.

We hope the new year will be a better!

This came out of Emma’s mouth, “Mommy likes to shop at the yuppie store by the mall.” I thought Drew’s been putting words in my little girl’s mouth but I guess she came up with it herself. I mean Drew did help. He always say I’m a yuppie from the day we met (I’m not sure what a yuppie is). There were many reasons why he called me this but it was mostly because I liked to buy stuff at the “healthier” food store. Organic stuff is easier to come by nowadays but back then, in Boise, I had to go to the Co-Op or shop at the Saturday Boise market to get what I needed. When we moved here it was tough. A few things at BiLo’s, some at Parkers, a few at WalMart, and in the summertime the local people (still, can’t compare to the Boise market!). Then the base started carrying more stuff and so we’d shop there for most of our stuff. But then they got random, they’d carry one item and then they’d quit some shopping trips later. So now we’re just shopping in town (the stores carry more now) and the city.
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I’m suppose to be sleeping but I thought I’d pop in and write a bit.

We had a nice Christmas. Emma got everything she wanted. She wanted three things from Santa, a sleeping bag, a cash register, and a computer. From mom and dad, she just wanted us to give to other kids who are less fortunate, so we adopted three this year, but of course we felt odd not giving her anything although she insisted and so I got her a little robe, some Bratz Kids clothes, and a little dress from Hanna Andersson. Daddy got her a few movies. Drew got a lot of what he wanted for his hobby and I got a few new gadgets and stamps too.
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We didn’t get the products just because it was featured in Oprah. We knew about it from a friend and after talking to Susan, who coincidently stamps too, and is a distributor we decided to purchase.

We’ve been getting greener and greener each and everyday. Since I was in Boise, I have been into organic/natural and healthy food, and it wasn’t hard to persuade Drew to convert. It’s like one of those thing, once you’ve tried it, you can’t go back. Although a few things taste a bit weird, for example many organic wheat pasta, taste like cardboard, many things really make your food taste better. Plus, I really believe that due to our food intake, we hardly get sick. Emma just got over a minor cold but this was the first time she got sick this year. For a toddler who goes to daycare/school, I think that says a lot. Anyway, even though the cost is slightly higher (and in Warrensburg, you need to go to a few different stores/vendors to get all that you need), we thought that the benefits outweighs the cost and really, since we’re both working, we can’t really say we can’t afford it. Eating healthy has also forced me to make many more things from scratch. I can’t make pasta from scratch but many other easy items, e.g. pancakes, waffles, pasta sauce, we do.
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Originally uploaded by scrapbit

I’m so proud of my creation :D