So we have officially been wired for internet out in our subdivision! It took almost three months for a provider to reach us, but we finally were successful.
So, hopefully a more regular blog will appear.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
NC Update
Hello!
Here is the short version of the housing update:
1. Internet: We still don't have internet as there are currently no providers for our area. Thus our options are, a). Satellite Internet b). Drive twenty minutes for internet cafe c). Wait for Time Warner Cable to install hopefully in the next three months.
2. Remodel: I know, we bought a brand new house, what could there possibly be to remodel? Well, we (Paul mostly) put bead-boarding up in the Master Bedroom. It looks so nice with the chair rail molding he made from scratch (went to Wood shop and took bare wood and came back with wonderful molding). We also put up crown molding. We then painted the downstairs bath, upstairs master, and study. We also are putting the bead-board and crown molding in the downstairs bath. I have some projects I am working on refinishing to put around the house and hopefully will blog about that one of these days. The shelves in the study have been a total nightmare. The paint we bought was a bad batch and of course we didn't find that out until we had completely sanded, painted, resanded, and then repainted the shelves. Fortunately we figured out that after two weeks of not drying...something was wrong and we didn't put our books on them. Next big projects...tile the backsplash of the kitchen, fence for the backyard, build a firepit, and construct the patio trellis. New homes are still a lot of work...don't be fooled... :)
3. Life: We joined Coastline Baptist Church about a month ago and absolutely love it! Paul is singing in the choir, I am helping with the kids choir, and we are trying to be available for whatever is needed. It is so nice to be back in a church where we have the opportunity to get involved (the last year in VA was so busy for Paul it was not even possible).
Tornadoes are not fun - we found that out these past couple weeks. We are so blessed that the tornado did not hit our home or even cause damage as there were many around our area that had homes destroyed. Paul had Officer of the Day duty the right after the tornadoes hit so his phone was ringing off the hook (as the tornado hit base housing).
4. School: I just finished another semester of Grad School! Yayayaya (shouts for joy)!! I start back up this June for summer classes and hopefully only have two more semesters left.
5. Work: Paul's work is going well. He has great hours and his very own office area now! Actually, the reason I can blog right now is because he had an all expense paid work trip to Tampa for a class. So, with only the cost of airfare, I decided to come along! The weather is amazing and the sights aren't too bad either. Will post pictures (hopefully) soon. Thanks to our neighbor for watching Lucy!! I am starting to look for a job now that the summer is almost upon us. I will let you know what happens with that...
I forgot to mention that we found out Paul deploys in January for a 13 month deployment. For awhile we thought it was going to be this fall so we are excited for the little bit of extra time.
I think that is about it for now!
Here is the short version of the housing update:
1. Internet: We still don't have internet as there are currently no providers for our area. Thus our options are, a). Satellite Internet b). Drive twenty minutes for internet cafe c). Wait for Time Warner Cable to install hopefully in the next three months.
2. Remodel: I know, we bought a brand new house, what could there possibly be to remodel? Well, we (Paul mostly) put bead-boarding up in the Master Bedroom. It looks so nice with the chair rail molding he made from scratch (went to Wood shop and took bare wood and came back with wonderful molding). We also put up crown molding. We then painted the downstairs bath, upstairs master, and study. We also are putting the bead-board and crown molding in the downstairs bath. I have some projects I am working on refinishing to put around the house and hopefully will blog about that one of these days. The shelves in the study have been a total nightmare. The paint we bought was a bad batch and of course we didn't find that out until we had completely sanded, painted, resanded, and then repainted the shelves. Fortunately we figured out that after two weeks of not drying...something was wrong and we didn't put our books on them. Next big projects...tile the backsplash of the kitchen, fence for the backyard, build a firepit, and construct the patio trellis. New homes are still a lot of work...don't be fooled... :)
3. Life: We joined Coastline Baptist Church about a month ago and absolutely love it! Paul is singing in the choir, I am helping with the kids choir, and we are trying to be available for whatever is needed. It is so nice to be back in a church where we have the opportunity to get involved (the last year in VA was so busy for Paul it was not even possible).
Tornadoes are not fun - we found that out these past couple weeks. We are so blessed that the tornado did not hit our home or even cause damage as there were many around our area that had homes destroyed. Paul had Officer of the Day duty the right after the tornadoes hit so his phone was ringing off the hook (as the tornado hit base housing).
4. School: I just finished another semester of Grad School! Yayayaya (shouts for joy)!! I start back up this June for summer classes and hopefully only have two more semesters left.
5. Work: Paul's work is going well. He has great hours and his very own office area now! Actually, the reason I can blog right now is because he had an all expense paid work trip to Tampa for a class. So, with only the cost of airfare, I decided to come along! The weather is amazing and the sights aren't too bad either. Will post pictures (hopefully) soon. Thanks to our neighbor for watching Lucy!! I am starting to look for a job now that the summer is almost upon us. I will let you know what happens with that...
I forgot to mention that we found out Paul deploys in January for a 13 month deployment. For awhile we thought it was going to be this fall so we are excited for the little bit of extra time.
I think that is about it for now!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
House Update
1. March 10 Closing pushed back to March 22 due to lack of Realtor communication to other Realtor.
2. Our cars look like Gypsies live in them.
3. We are REALLY going to like getting into our house on Tuesday night!
Can I just say that my problems are very in significant with what is going on right now? This hit me hard this past Thursday as I looked beyond my own problems and started to count my blessings. Japan just saw people die and are now facing nuclear fallout. Libya is not looking too good. Men are deploying to countries far away from families for extended periods of time. I had a student die in a car accident last week and a family that is suddenly without a son and brother. So our little 12 day hotel bill and inconvenience is NOTHING compared to what others have.
And now, pictures of our house as of this past Tuesday. I will post more as we go!
Oh wait! How did this get in here... :) Enjoying a walk along the river today.
Paul standing in Living Room while I am in Dining Room.
Another Living Room shot. Off to the left is the hallway to the entryway.
Kitchen that I LOVE!! The hardwood floors and appliances were in today and it looked so good! Can't wait to finally get in there!
2. Our cars look like Gypsies live in them.
3. We are REALLY going to like getting into our house on Tuesday night!
Can I just say that my problems are very in significant with what is going on right now? This hit me hard this past Thursday as I looked beyond my own problems and started to count my blessings. Japan just saw people die and are now facing nuclear fallout. Libya is not looking too good. Men are deploying to countries far away from families for extended periods of time. I had a student die in a car accident last week and a family that is suddenly without a son and brother. So our little 12 day hotel bill and inconvenience is NOTHING compared to what others have.
And now, pictures of our house as of this past Tuesday. I will post more as we go!
Oh wait! How did this get in here... :) Enjoying a walk along the river today.
Standing in Master Bedroom looking towards Master Bath.
Paul standing in Living Room while I am in Dining Room.
Another Living Room shot. Off to the left is the hallway to the entryway.
Kitchen that I LOVE!! The hardwood floors and appliances were in today and it looked so good! Can't wait to finally get in there!
More to come!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Day 18 - My Wedding
I know, it has been awhile. I have to admit that I knew this was going to be a long post so I kept ignoring my blog on purpose. Then it hit me, it doesn't have to be long! Just say what needs to be said and you are done and can move on...
We got married August 14, 2007 in the church I grew up in (Treasure Valley Baptist). It was special because our pastor's anniversary is also the day that he officiated our ceremony so we will never forget their own anniversary! :)
To be honest, the day went by really quickly and it is even hard for me to remember everything that happened before the ceremony (I know, awful isn't it?). It was pretty relax, other than the photographer who I wanted (still want) to strangle... I felt like a princess who was marrying her prince. The church looked gorgeous (I thought) and we had quite a few people show up even though it was on a Tuesday night. We didn't want to ruin anyone's weekend with a wedding and it gave us a few more days before the school semester started down in Utah. It worked out well!
These are the highlights:
My wedding party
Just pronounced Man and Wife
Lighting the Unite Candle
My cupcake dress that needed no alterations! :) After watching TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress" I think $400 was a good buy...
We got married August 14, 2007 in the church I grew up in (Treasure Valley Baptist). It was special because our pastor's anniversary is also the day that he officiated our ceremony so we will never forget their own anniversary! :)
To be honest, the day went by really quickly and it is even hard for me to remember everything that happened before the ceremony (I know, awful isn't it?). It was pretty relax, other than the photographer who I wanted (still want) to strangle... I felt like a princess who was marrying her prince. The church looked gorgeous (I thought) and we had quite a few people show up even though it was on a Tuesday night. We didn't want to ruin anyone's weekend with a wedding and it gave us a few more days before the school semester started down in Utah. It worked out well!
These are the highlights:
- I remember my friend Jaysa spent the night at my parents house with me, we woke and decorated the church some more.
- I got my hair done at a salon, arrived at the church to find my "girls" getting their hair and make up done.
- While I was pressing the bridesmaids dresses, still in my casual attire, and looking up to see the photographer standing there over an hour early! She informed me she was ready to start taking pictures. So... we hustled and took photos before the wedding started.
- Seeing Paul see me for the first time in my wedding dress.
- Walking down the aisle with my Dad
- Paul giving his testimony to the crowd and scanning all the faces who were so nice to come.
- Praying together for the first time.
- Walking back down the aisle thinking "and its over, all that planning for a few minutes" & "I can't believe we are married!"
- Cutting the cake and almost knocking over the top tier.
- Greeting everyone during the reception when the photographer comes up and announces she is leaving an hour early.
- Jumping in the getaway car to find it won't start (thanks Dave!).
My wedding party
Just pronounced Man and Wife
Lighting the Unite Candle
My cupcake dress that needed no alterations! :) After watching TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress" I think $400 was a good buy...
Monday, January 10, 2011
Day 17 - A Piece of art
I know... it has been forever!! The holidays were really good though...
This picture is Woman with a Parasol by Claude Monet. It was painted in 1875. He is one of my favorite painters because of his use of muted colors. So beautiful. This is a picture of the painting that I took while visiting the Smithsonian Art Museum here in Washington, D.C. this summer.
Of course I had to throw some funny pictures in here of my parent's visit to the art museum with us. Dad, being a artist himself, could spend all day in there looking at the sculptures. This one makes me laugh every time I see it.
Sadly, this is supposed to be George Washington and was intended to be a gigantic statue in DC to commemorate him. He looks far to Roman-god like in my opinion... Paul looks good though! :)
Nice, Paul!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Day 16 - A song that makes you cry
This video that goes with this song is about Sgt. James Holtom who was taken home to be with the Lord in 2007 while he was in Iraq. He was one of Paul's best friends and an amazing man. His fiance is one of my friends and is a courageous, beautiful, and inspiring woman.
This song and video combined makes me cry every time I see it. Thank you for your service and example, Jim!
This song and video combined makes me cry every time I see it. Thank you for your service and example, Jim!
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