Day 3 June 15 2010

Today I slept in a little later till about 10am. Everyone else was up and about getting stuff done from the infamous  to do list. We may be cleaning out the tack barn tomorrow, we will see how the day goes.
So I decided that before I did anything I would update the blog and go from there. I had to go to the post office to mail some paperwork that I have been promising a friend and to forward my mail. Of course when I got there, I forgot to forward my mail, so I have to go again tomorrow. After I finished my blog update I got ready and decided that I would get lost after heading to the post office. I didn't do so well, turns out I'm really good in new places, or this town is so simple that I figured it out. So I went south to Belen, because up to this point we have only drive North out toward Albuquerque. After leaving the post office in Belen and following my instincts I discovered you can make a big circle back into town. I stopped for gas- a little over 40mpg this tank! My car loves the smooth highway roads of New Mexico. I stopped at the grocery store on my way back to the house to get some ground meat so I could make myself burritos(with brown rice tortillas and refried black beans, for those of you who know how I eat!). I also bought some sweet potatoes because they were on sale for .49c/pound, which turned out what just a price display error, because they were actually 1.49/pound. I didn't notice till it was to late and at that point just wanted to get back and eat. As I was cooking and putting stuff away in the fridge, I decided the disorganization of the fridge was bugging me, so I started to organize it. After I ate, I emptied the dishwasher, while talking with "mom" who joined me in cleaning the kitchen, then I tackled the fridge. It is as beautifully organized as "the closet" :-P. I was given some cupboard space for my non-refrigeration needed items and before you know it the kitchen was looking spiffy. But in order to clean the kitchen I sacrificed going to a meeting, which is okay. We are hitting the womens meeting on Wednesday morning. Has anyone ever notice that womens meetings seem to fall on Wednesdays? 
We did, however go out to the karaoke contest. I didn't qualify for finals but the reason I'm here did, although we were skeptical because the finalists are chosen by the audience, which means not necessarily vocal talent. I learned a lot about what people like, so I will try a different approach next week and see if I can't qualify then. I have 6 weeks to try and qualify for the finals. I don't feel very invested in it, but it sure is fun to try. I'm actually a pretty decent singer when I pick a song that fits my range. And I wasn't very nervous, which made it easier, so I may just have a shot next week. 
Our plans for tomorrow are the womens meeting, come home and hopefully work on the barn, maybe visit the Tome art gallery 1 mile up the road and karaoke at the place in town, which is nice since the meeting we are driving into in the morning puts us in Albuquerque, so this way we don't have to drive in twice. We may take a little hike someplace that I was instructed to bring my camera to.  We'll know for sure tomorrow....as the adventure continues.