woo hoo

No ~!!!~ means that is an extremely sarcastic woo hoo.

Extremely.

I got a letter from our apartment management yesterday that said our lease is up August 31. That's in one month kids.

The whole time we lived there I was pretty damn positive that it was up October 1.

The only reason I'm telling you this is because this means we either have to buy a house in the next month, or move in with my parents.

*Insert extreme sarcasm here. Again.*

Now don't get me wrong, I love my parents, and my house, and my room, and my hot tub. But its a little degrading having to say, "Yeah we've been married for 2 years and we live in my parents basement." Not that that would ever come up in a conversation, but you get what I'm saying.

Silver lining:

We would be saving all of our money except groceries (occasionally), gas, truck, and insurance. If we're there for 2 or 3 months, that will be almost $3000 dollars saved. I'm okay with that. We can build up our savings account cushion again. It seems everytime we get it where we want it, something happens and it all goes away.

Isn't that just how it goes though?

*Update*
We're are not moving in with my parents. We just kicked our house finding into turbo (meaning Dave's butt). And we'll see how it goes.

Guess What?

I'm losing weight! I'm pretty excited. I've been doing really good about walking (fast, no strolling here) at least 3 times a week. I've been feeling very bad about gaining weight and I've decided that I need to do something about it, or it isn't going to change.

Nothing too major just yet, but I can definitely see (and feel) a difference from a month ago. I used to be obsessed with looking good when I was in high school, and then after I graduated it didn't seem like such a big deal anymore. And then I got married.

I'm not going to say how much I've gained in the 2 years since, but I will say that it isn't good. Not good at all. I weighed 130 the day I got married, and you can all just know that that number has gone up. Way up. But I'm trying to remedy that.

All these feelings got worse when Dave came home the other night and told me that he lost 13 pounds since the last time we checked. I knew he lost weight because his belly looked a lot smaller, but I didn't know it was 13 pounds smaller. He also gained weight when we got married. He blames me and my cooking. But I'm okay with that.

Anyway, we're planning a trip to Las Vegas in September, and I'm trying to look good in my swimsuit by then. I bought the cutest swimsuit this summer, and I'm not even a huge fan of wearing it. But, I'm also going to fix that.

Wish me luck!

Never Mind

Me and Dave talked last night, and we aren't going to buy the house. We would be fine with the bills, but our gasoline bill would be almost $1,000 a month. That we cannot afford. But I did finally talk him into a condo/townhouse. We've been talking about giving the house thing a break for awhile and just finding a new apartment (because we hate it) and living there for awhile longer. I figured, if he's okay with shelling out $800 a month for nothing, then why not pay $800 or $900 a month and be getting something out of it.

So that's where we're at now. It was a long night. I didn't go to bed until 3 because I couldn't turn my brain off. AHHH!

Is it Saturday yet?

Finally!!...I think?

So, we put an offer on a( the ) house in Eagle Mountain. Like 3 and half months ago! Its a short sale, so we were expecting it but not this long.

Anyway, the bank finally accepted the offer! I'm pretty excited, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. Dave works further north now, and I still work up here, so gas would be killer. I hate that gas prices may be the only thing standing in our way of this house. It sucks big time!

This is the house we wanted since we started looking. Its in the area that we wanted, and its by our friends who we never get to see anymore since they moved down there :(

I'm trying to crunch some numbers right now, and I think it will work, we just have to cut some corners on things. But that's what you do when you buy your first house, right? You make it fit? My mom said it right, "No matter how long you wait, you take a hit when you buy a house. You have to change you and your life to make it work for you, for what you want."

I'm looking for new(to me) cars, cheap new cars. Like a couple thousand dollars. Or we could just find a new compressor for my car, since that's the only problem with it. That would be cheaper, right?

Any insight on this issue would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!

New blog

I started a food blog. Its just some silliness with new recipes I've been trying. There are only like 3 posts so far, but I only started 2 days ago, so that's good I say.

My Cooking Adventures

Enjoy!

Bear Lake!

We finally got to go to Bear Lake again! Not the first time for the year, but I say the last time didn't count. Dave had to help put a floor in the kitchen of the house, and running around Fish Haven by myself just doesn't appeal to me.

I forgot to take to the camera when we actually went down to the water. If I would have remembered, I could show you all me lying on the sand because the dog clothes-lined me. It hurt. I was putting on some sunscreen, and the dog's tie out was hooked to a clip in the bed of the truck. So like chest height. She started moving, fast, and I could see the lead tightening up and coming right at me, so I decided to jump over it.

It would have worked, if the tie out was in the ground. But it wasn't. Chest height, remember. The lead tightened while I was in mid-air and caught my shins taking my legs out from underneath me.

POW! KABLAM! I caught myself on my shoulder. Only my shoulder. And then the dog came and jumped on me. Big ol' scratch on my thigh. Dave just stood there laughing. Me...not so much.

That was the best story of the trip, if you ask him.

Mine is all the poppies that just grow wild up there. They're everywhere.






We took a walk up Fish Haven Canyon Road. I've been up there before, but like 5 years ago, and I don't remember the poppies.




Everywhere



They were beautiful! I love it up there! It is the most relaxing place I've ever known. I love that we have a house up there on the lake that we can just go to. We don't have to spend any money, no worrying about anything except mowing the grass. I wish I could live there in the summer. Not so much in the winter, too much snow. And we all know what mine and snow's relationship is these days.

Anyway, you can all be jealous :)

Ha! Just kidding!