The house...TA DA

My favorite room of the house. Our family room. This is where we spend most of our time. It's very cozy and fun. Our new TV fits in nicely. Oh and we do have a fireplace, it's behind the TV box. And that's David and his sister Bridget. His family came out here for thanksgiving and we hosted it. Despite my minor stressing things turned out very nice. The turkey cooked all the way but not too much. We had lots of friends and family including, old roommates, parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends. It was a great feast with great food provided by all. Thanks for a great thanksgiving to all our wonderful family and friends.

Old TV. New TV.

We did our black Friday deal shopping on thanksgiving. David's dad got a paper and read all the deals to us. We (mostly David) have been shopping around a little for a fancy TV. There were great deals yesterday so David stopped at the store on the way down to Provo to get my grandma. He got his baby. LOL. It is very pretty and the picture quality is nice.

We had a house warming party on Halloween. This is the only picture i have of it. Cute baby Alice the cowgirl. She's a doll. Oh we were crazy to host a party a week after we moved in. I was stressed to the max trying to get everything ready. Boxes unpacked, rooms put together. It was horrible. But at least it got us to get the house put together quickly. Man was i tired after that day was over though.

Living room.

Finished product. It's kind of shadowed here but the walls are beige and the bay window is a mossy green (same as the next picture). I love color and we opted for several accent walls instead of lots of color through the whole house. I think it turned out great :)



Dining area.



Our bedroom.

Kitchen. I really like the kitchen. It's a great size and very functional. I eventually want to put up a nice tile back splash. That should give the kitchen a little more character.

Our backyard. It's very nice and big. We love all of the trees we have. We have 5 total. It made for a lot of leaves (30 bags front and back) but I'm sure it will be so nice to have the shade in the summer. We love our house.

We have a couple extra bedrooms too and a half basement that is unfinished. But those are boring for now. We'll liven those up when we have kids in a while. Finishing the basement will start next summer. I also want to put hardwood down on the main level and tile in the entryway, kitchen and bathrooms. We're working at it slowly.

Welcome to our home.

Easing my way back into this...

I have tons of pictures of the new house to post. Lots to say about the move and the transition to being homeowners. Lots to tell about our new jobs. But my camera batteries are dead and i need them to be charged, also i can't find the cord to upload photos. so that will have to wait.

Just wanted to share this funny little tidbit. We have had leftover candy from Halloween because we didn't have many trick or treators because Church trunk or treats have killed real Halloween. but so we've been bringing candy to work for dessert with our lunches.

today after work David said to me, "I've been waiting to ask you this all day. I ate nerds today. Does that mean I'm a cannibal?" Lol so funny. he's such a dork. I love him.

That's all for now.

Hiatus

Will be on Hiatus for the next month because we still don't have internet at home (and won't until we get settled in our house in a month) and my new job is busy :) and they blocked gmail and blogspot. Sad. So if you don't hear from me through email or the blog i'm ok; i will resurface in a month.

PS. I'll try to post more pictures of the house on the weekend when i can get to the real internet.

Teacher Ed for life!!!

Today is my last day at work. Surprisingly I'm finding it very bittersweet. I'm so excited to leave the job. It's pretty tedious work a lot of the time and some of the professors we work with can be challenging. I'm so happy to not have to deal with students everyday. I'm excited that i don't have to come up on campus everyday because I'm done with school and I've earned the right not to.

However, i came to the realization last night that not only am i losing the bad stuff about the job but I'm also losing all the good stuff. (Duh! but it was a realization for me) Not only am i losing obnoxious professors but I'm also losing all the great ones who are so appreciative and are more like friends than professors. I'm probably losing a lot of free time, although I'm happy to see that go, i think.

The saddest thing I'm losing are my co-workers, my friends. I've really made some great friendships the 2+ years I've worked here. We've laughed so much. We all get frustrated over the same problems and work together to get things done. But the thing I'll miss the most is the friendship. Breakfast club. The talking about the weekend/boys/school/whatever. Taking ridiculous pictures. Learning presidents. Going on rafting trips together. People have left the office here before and it's hard to see them go but there's always a new friend to be had when they get replaced. I think it's harder to leave because not only am i going to a job where i don't much about the job, but I'm also going to a job where i don't know anyone and don't have the support I've grown accustom to from the friends i have here at work.

I'm sure that I'll learn the jobs and I'll make friends but I'll still miss the Teacher Ed gang. Thanks for being great guys! I'll miss you. "This too shall pass!" LOL Teacher Ed for life!!!

Our House

So the first house didn't work out. We got in a bidding war and didn't win it, which i was ok with by the time we actually found out because it was just ridiculous working with the bank (it was a foreclosure). So we went out shopping again this week and the first house we saw was better than the other one we had offered on and we love it. We put in an offer and it was accepted so we're under contract. Our closing date is set for the 21st of October so we should be all moved up before the first snow which will be great! Here are a few pictures that David took last night after work. I'll get more up of the inside when we go through again for the inspection next week. Love it. :)

Danger

Bike riding is dangerous! This I've learned in the past two weeks while riding to work because David takes the car to get up to his job. (Need i mention how excited that i am that we'll be commuting together starting next week? No? Ok didn't think so)

Well riding is very scary. Between trying to avoid pedestrians who are oblivious to you and vehicles that are oblivious to you it's a pretty involved process. Usually things don't go too bad but it seems like when it rains it pours with the bad drivers. Don't get me wrong i don't think they are intentionally trying to kill me or run me off the road but that's the result of their obliviousness. A couple examples from yesterday:

I'm waiting at an intersection while the light is red. There is a car sitting next to me that will be turning right. The light turns, she (yes it was a woman driver) rushes to turn the corner right as I'm starting to ride through the crosswalk. She didn't even notice as i stopped abruptly and shook my head at her because she was so involved in her cell phone conversation that she apparently forgot to check for pedestrians before almost killing them.

Further down the street there are a lot of driveways of businesses so people go in and out pretty frequently. I'm riding down the sidewalk and someone is pulled completely over the sidewalk waiting to turn. Never looked my direction, i had to completely stop while they turned, still without looking in my direction.

So I'm not a big fan of bike riding because it seems that i have to be ultra aware and pre-judge how everything will play out. I'm getting more and more cautious, both biking and driving, i don't want to be one of the people who nearly hits a biker or pedestrian because i was oblivious.









Another thing that made me happy this morning: Jimmy Carter and his idea that racism might play some part in the opposition that Obama faces. Thanks to him for being the one to put it out there. Don't get me wrong, i think that people oppose his ideas because they don't agree with them. I'm not saying that if he wasn't Black then everyone would be gung ho about health care etc. I'm not. But i do think that racism plays into HOW he is opposed. He is taking on many of the same issues that Bill Clinton took on, in a similar way, but he is getting a much more disrespectful response than Clinton did. No one interrupted Bill during his speech to congress. No one protested and took their kids out of school when Reagan and Bush talked to the kids. There are just some things that aren't quite right about how we're reacting to the man we (collectively) have chosen to lead our country. I know not everyone voted for him but it's still our duty to at least respect him as a person, no matter how much or little we agree with his politics. Thanks Jimmy you're one of my new favorites.

Welcome Fall

So fall really isn't here yet, the date nor the weather. But I'm welcoming it anyway. Fall is my favorite season and I'm so ready for it. Ready for hot chocolate and sweater weather. Ready to move into a new house and start the next phase of life. Ready for the change of season. So please fall, hurry up. I'm ready.