Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Big News
We have a big announcement to make (no I'm not pregnant).
We're buying a house! (And the picture above is not the house--just a visual effect).We haven't found the house yet, but we are looking. Sorry if I don't post as frequently because I will be looking for houses online during my freetime. I have a list of about 25 houses thus far. I sat down and made all the to-do lists and am feeling a little more organized. Now that I made the list of houses we will be driving around the neighborhoods before making an appointment to view.
Needless to say, we made the grownup decision to cancel our trip to New York in January because we will be moving out in February. Sad. But we are really excited about making our first house purchase. I'll keep you guys updated, but we're looking for houses in the East Memphis area.
Wish us luck!
P.S. The switch from blonde to brown went pretty smoothly--I'll be sure to post pictures soon.
We're buying a house! (And the picture above is not the house--just a visual effect).We haven't found the house yet, but we are looking. Sorry if I don't post as frequently because I will be looking for houses online during my freetime. I have a list of about 25 houses thus far. I sat down and made all the to-do lists and am feeling a little more organized. Now that I made the list of houses we will be driving around the neighborhoods before making an appointment to view.
Needless to say, we made the grownup decision to cancel our trip to New York in January because we will be moving out in February. Sad. But we are really excited about making our first house purchase. I'll keep you guys updated, but we're looking for houses in the East Memphis area.
Wish us luck!
P.S. The switch from blonde to brown went pretty smoothly--I'll be sure to post pictures soon.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Changes
As of Saturday I will no longer be a blonde. I'm already have anxiety about the change (yes I know it's shallow), but it's time for something new. This will be the new color of my hair:
It might be a tad darker than the picture too, but I'm going back to my natural hair color which is a lightish brown. I'm both excited and nervous at the same time. We'll see how it turns out!
P.S. Yes the blog got a new fall makeover too. I only thought it was fair that it get one too. Every time I logged in the blog screamed "I'm bright and obnoxious with really large letter sizing!" so it was time for some muted fall colors. Hope you guys like it!
P.S.S. Sorry Mark, but I won't be coloring my hair black as you so excitedly requested. I promise it won't look good,and am still in disbelief that you think it would.
:)
It might be a tad darker than the picture too, but I'm going back to my natural hair color which is a lightish brown. I'm both excited and nervous at the same time. We'll see how it turns out!
P.S. Yes the blog got a new fall makeover too. I only thought it was fair that it get one too. Every time I logged in the blog screamed "I'm bright and obnoxious with really large letter sizing!" so it was time for some muted fall colors. Hope you guys like it!
P.S.S. Sorry Mark, but I won't be coloring my hair black as you so excitedly requested. I promise it won't look good,
:)
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The dentist
Remember when I told you that we weren't picture people? Here's a prime example for you. Last night I was making a healthier version of Vegetable Low Mein with these really cool Asian low mein noodles that we bought at World Market. As I was making it I thought to myself "Hey, I need to take a picture of this since I never photograph anything." That's pretty much as far as it went because of course right after that I got sidetracked by something seemingly important and forgot to take the picture.
Is this a pointless endeavor?
I make fun of Mark for being slightly A.D.D. at times--specifically when I ask him to help me change the sheets. I promise in the 20ish steps that it takes for him to walk from the den to the bedroom, there are probably around 4 distractions that make it take 10 minutes for him to arrive to his destination. He'll get up and realize he's thirsty, get a drink, walk a few steps and 'oh a kitty!' He'll pet the cat, forget what he was about to do, remember, walk a few steps, the phone goes off....I think you get the picture. :) After yesterday though, I'm starting to think that it's definitely not just him. I make to do lists so I can stay on track becasue I have the memory of an 80 year old, but not even lists help me to remember something 1 minute after I thought about it. Sad I know. I promise I'll try and photograph something one day.
Can we also talk about the dentist for a minute please? On my last visit to the dentist 6 months ago the woman cleaning my teeth kindly (but seriously) told me that I was on the verge of having gengevisitis (no idea how to spell that) and I need to start flossing more because my gums were bleeding. I was officially terrified and envisioned rotting teeth, bloody gums, maybe a few falling out--who knows. Gross I know. So what did I do? I started flossing and walked proudly into the dentist office on Monday. As I sat down I smiled, looked at the lady and told her about my new flossing habit. The cleaning was much easier (less scraping...ugh), but then the worst part comes. She finished cleaning my teeth and I'm thinking that I'm safe and about to head out the door, but then the main doctor comes in to check for cavities. Why do I always think the visit ends with the cleaning?? I think I'm safe though--I mean I've been flossing and that helps with pretty much everything in life right?
NOPE.
One of my fillings from years ago is wearing away at the bottom of my tooth and they have to refill a little portion of it...oh but don't worry "because it's not my fault and will only take about 15 minutes." I started envisioning drills, shots, and cool blasts air in my mouth when the words "oh and you'll probably not even need numbing" came out of my doctors mouth.
My reaction "Um...that sounds like it's going to hurt."
So he said he could give me some laughing gas, but I told him I would need everything pain numbing device that he had. Then as I was making my appointment for this visit, the receptionist looked annoyed that I had to make it their last appointment because I had to work.
I'm sorry receptionist that I'm inconvencing you so much...you think I'm excited about this as much as you are? Tell you what, I can sit at your chair and make appointments for you while you have your tooth drilled into. Let's get things to perspective shall we?
Ugh...and people ask why I hate the dentist.
Sorry about that rant. The point of the story is: flossing only leads to more problems in life kids.
Is this a pointless endeavor?
I make fun of Mark for being slightly A.D.D. at times--specifically when I ask him to help me change the sheets. I promise in the 20ish steps that it takes for him to walk from the den to the bedroom, there are probably around 4 distractions that make it take 10 minutes for him to arrive to his destination. He'll get up and realize he's thirsty, get a drink, walk a few steps and 'oh a kitty!' He'll pet the cat, forget what he was about to do, remember, walk a few steps, the phone goes off....I think you get the picture. :) After yesterday though, I'm starting to think that it's definitely not just him. I make to do lists so I can stay on track becasue I have the memory of an 80 year old, but not even lists help me to remember something 1 minute after I thought about it. Sad I know. I promise I'll try and photograph something one day.
Can we also talk about the dentist for a minute please? On my last visit to the dentist 6 months ago the woman cleaning my teeth kindly (but seriously) told me that I was on the verge of having gengevisitis (no idea how to spell that) and I need to start flossing more because my gums were bleeding. I was officially terrified and envisioned rotting teeth, bloody gums, maybe a few falling out--who knows. Gross I know. So what did I do? I started flossing and walked proudly into the dentist office on Monday. As I sat down I smiled, looked at the lady and told her about my new flossing habit. The cleaning was much easier (less scraping...ugh), but then the worst part comes. She finished cleaning my teeth and I'm thinking that I'm safe and about to head out the door, but then the main doctor comes in to check for cavities. Why do I always think the visit ends with the cleaning?? I think I'm safe though--I mean I've been flossing and that helps with pretty much everything in life right?
NOPE.
One of my fillings from years ago is wearing away at the bottom of my tooth and they have to refill a little portion of it...oh but don't worry "because it's not my fault and will only take about 15 minutes." I started envisioning drills, shots, and cool blasts air in my mouth when the words "oh and you'll probably not even need numbing" came out of my doctors mouth.
My reaction "Um...that sounds like it's going to hurt."
So he said he could give me some laughing gas, but I told him I would need everything pain numbing device that he had. Then as I was making my appointment for this visit, the receptionist looked annoyed that I had to make it their last appointment because I had to work.
I'm sorry receptionist that I'm inconvencing you so much...you think I'm excited about this as much as you are? Tell you what, I can sit at your chair and make appointments for you while you have your tooth drilled into. Let's get things to perspective shall we?
Ugh...and people ask why I hate the dentist.
Sorry about that rant. The point of the story is: flossing only leads to more problems in life kids.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Back Home
I've realized something: Mark and I are not picture people. We hardly have any pictures of us since our wedding which was over a year ago. :/ This isn't good. I really need to start taking more pictures to re-fill some picture frames. I also need someone to hold me accountable to this please. :)
We spent the last weekend in Knoxville for a nice little mini vacation. The weather was absolutely wonderful and cool. We spent the majority of our time walking around downtown, exploring a few shops in Turkey Creek Mall, eating delicious food, and sleeping in til 9am. It was definitely nice to take a little break from my half marathon training considering I was battling a week long cold which is now gone thanks to some rest. We happily discovered that Knoxville has a World Market (there might have been 2 trips there in 2 days). Welove are obsessed with World Market a little too much perhaps, but we're still bitter that the one in Memphis closed and was replaced by that stupid Halloween store.
This week will be spent catching up on things and getting back into the routine, but sometimes going back to a routine after a little vacation can be nice. I'm happy to report that our apartment is clean, the laundry is finally done, the kitties are happy, Mark is back at school, and I am back to training. Whenever we come back to our apartment after being gone it never smells familiar to me. For this reason, I made some slow cooker Taco soup (I found the recipe on Pinterest) and it is sooo good. I think it's actually a Weight Watcher recipe, but who cares because nothing beats coming home to the smell of soup.
Weprocrastinated waited til October to start looking for a rental house. Our lease is up in February which means we will be putting in our 60 day notice in December. I'm expecting a call today about some potential houses so I will definitely keep you guys posted. Although we do love our apartment complex, the rent is a little high and it would be nice to be in a house for sure.
I would've posted some pictures from our trip, but you can revert back to paragraph one to see why that's obviously not going to happen.
We spent the last weekend in Knoxville for a nice little mini vacation. The weather was absolutely wonderful and cool. We spent the majority of our time walking around downtown, exploring a few shops in Turkey Creek Mall, eating delicious food, and sleeping in til 9am. It was definitely nice to take a little break from my half marathon training considering I was battling a week long cold which is now gone thanks to some rest. We happily discovered that Knoxville has a World Market (there might have been 2 trips there in 2 days). We
This week will be spent catching up on things and getting back into the routine, but sometimes going back to a routine after a little vacation can be nice. I'm happy to report that our apartment is clean, the laundry is finally done, the kitties are happy, Mark is back at school, and I am back to training. Whenever we come back to our apartment after being gone it never smells familiar to me. For this reason, I made some slow cooker Taco soup (I found the recipe on Pinterest) and it is sooo good. I think it's actually a Weight Watcher recipe, but who cares because nothing beats coming home to the smell of soup.
We
I would've posted some pictures from our trip, but you can revert back to paragraph one to see why that's obviously not going to happen.
Friday, September 16, 2011
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