Move out of my storage unit

Well, I moved my stuff out of my storage unit in Ohio, just to move into a storage unit in Indiana.

Such is life!

I did take quite a bit of the stuff out and put it to good use though so the new storage unit has much less stuff in it.

We will soon move into a house and empty this storage unit as well.  NO MORE STORAGE UNITS!!!

Harvest, preserve, and eat wild mushrooms

In the Fall of 2014, Erin and I took a mushroom identification class.

In the fall of 2015, I went back to Bethel and we did a little collecting of some mushrooms we found next to the trail by the river.

I'm certain enough about the identification of these mushrooms that I dried and packaged them.  I still havent gotten around to eating them yet, however, I did get to enjoy a HUGE piece of chicken of the woods mushroom that was collected and given to us by a friend.  We enjoyed that and will get around to eating these mushrooms when we are certain we wont be consuming any alcohol.  Apparently, although edible and delicious, these mushrooms will react badly with alcohol!!!

Read Game of Thrones

I had read book 1 several years ago, but never got around to the others.  So I read it again before starting book 2 and I'm so glad I did.  There is so much that happened in the first book that I had forgotten.  

Skiing/Sledding/Play in the snow

I had the opportunity to do all three...

Skiing while still in Bethel with Erin, 

sledding with Eric and William in Hammond, 

and 

building a snowman and snowball fight with everybody!

Have my truck waxed and detailed

I took it to the car wash on Ridge Rd in Munster.  They did a decent job for the price, but it's already looking banged up again.  I'm going to need to get it waxed come summer.  Bethel beat up my paint with the sand and wind and harsh conditions.  Now Indiana is beating it up with careless neighbors who hit it with their car doors.

Set up a real live Christmas tre

Well, the pictures are reverse again, but this is it...our Christmas tree.  It was small and perfect!

And I had never actually cut one down before, just usually bought it from the store so this added a whole other level to it.  Then at the end of the season, they city had a burning party!!!

Start a new tradition

Last year, Eric and I spent our first days together as a couple in Chicago enjoying the city lights and holiday festivities.  We went to a holiday market where we got a christmas ornament to commemorate our first holiday together.  This year we again went into the city on a weekend during the holiday season, enjoyed the city light, holiday festivities, and a 2015 ornament to add to the tree.  This, I think, will be our new holiday tradition...both the ornament and the time spent together.

Try 3 new spices

While these seasonings might not be new to you, they are to me!!!  It has been a long time (since growing up in Las Vegas) that I have lived in a community with a large group of Hispanic people.  I love living in culturally diverse places!

Go to a haunted house

It had been over 8 years since I had gone to a real haunted house.  

GOOD TIMES!

Find a farmers market

Good quality produce for really nice prices!  And they even have a big green house with flowers and potted plants in addition to a petting zoo and hay rides during the halloween season.  Good place!