A New Kitchen

Jeremy and I have lived in our house for almost two years (in May 2 years). We love our house. It is big enough to grow and have a family in. We are able to finish the basement. Entertain guest when they come over. So all in all we love our house. However the crazy people to owned it before were stupid and dumb, well really just the wife. She decided to do crackling paint, but the cheap way. So she got wall paper glue, tissue paper (the stuff you wrap presents in), glued it on the wall then painted over it. Now how stupid can you be? For one, it looks like crap, we had to go through three different things to try and get the crap off, finally we were able to find Dif from Target. You spray this blue snot stuff on the wall, wait for 15 minutes and then scrape. Finally after living in this house we will have the crap scraped off the wall and will be able to move on with our kitchen. Really and truly house scraping is for the birds!

So Jeremy and I started scrapping the crap off of our Kitchen walls. It took us until Saturday morning. We then had a guy come over and texture our walls (to hide the imperfections of our scrapping). 10:00 pm Saturday night we started to paint on the primer to get it ready to paint. I was so tired that I went to bed around midnight and Jeremy decided to finish putting on the primer. The next thing I new it was 6:30 in the morning and Jeremy was climbing into bed. I got up around 9:00 while Jeremy was fast asleep and as I crossed into our bathroom I looked out and down the hall to see our Kitchen painted red.

Yes that is right, if you are trying to put two and two together you get - Jeremy stayed up all night to finished painting the primer on and then started and finished painting our kitchen red. It looks so good. We ended up having a Super Bowl party at our house with 20 or so people attending. Every one of them couldn't believe how awesome our kitchen looked.

Our house is starting to become our own.

Snow Storms

I am a person that if I could would live on a beach where the sounding of waves can calm me down. To let the sun rest on my face and enjoy the sand running through my fingers...However living in Utah you don't really get to enjoy that type of scenery. Especially in the Winter. So far this winter we have had like 10 storms that have left inches of snow and allows driving to be exciting. However when it does snow I love to stay in my warm bed and either watch a really good movie or read a really good book. If I am out side and it is snowing the best is when huge snowflakes come falling down and they hit you on the face. Although I am ready for spring keep the wetness coming so we don't have a bad drought this year. Its just too bad it wasn't like this around christmas time.

2007 Moments

Aspen had this on her blog. And now for your reading enjoyment...

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before? I graduated from Nail School. I thought they were going to bury me in the pedicure bench.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't think I really made a new years resolution, however I am going to try and stick with WW and do my Eliptical 3 times a week.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Who didn't! Aspen and Jared had thier 3rd child in September, Ashley and Steve has thier 1st child in November (on Jeremy's B-day), Tawnie and Jason had thier 3rd child in December, and soon to be parents Mindy and Jacob will have their first child in February 2008. Oh, and half of our ward if not everyone.

4. What countries did you visit? For me none, however Jeremy made it to England twice.

5. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? A figure and a new car, hint, hint!

6. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Nail School.

7. What was your biggest failure? Not being patient, while trying to start our family.

8. Did you suffer illness or injury? Not that I am aware of.

9. What was the best thing you bought?

10. Where did most of your money go? Our money pit of a house.

11. What did you get really, really, really excited about? My nieces and nephews.

12. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder? About the same.

13. What do you wish you’d done more of? Live, Laugh, Love, and Listen

14. What do you wish you’d done less of? Spending money.

15. Did you fall in love in 2007? I love my husband everyday. Even when he makes me made and I want to strangle him in his sleep.

16. What was your favorite TV show? Prison Break, Burn Notice, Monk, Psych, Journeyman. (

17. What did you want and get? I wanted a change with my job and went from a Trainer to an Assistant Manager

18. What was your favorite movie of this year? The Holiday

19. What did you do on your birthday? I can't even remember, isn't that sad. I think we went to dinner.

20. Who did you miss? Jake and Mindy were in Kentucky and Jennifer was in Navoo.

Now it's your turn. Copy and paste this to your blog with your own 2007 moments...

Best Friends

Life would be lonely without Friends. My two very best friends are the best in the world. I am so glad that I have kept in touch with my friends.

Laurie - I met her my sophomore year in Highschool. At first she disliked me because she thought I was after her boyfriend. When she found out I had a boyfriend we became best friends. She has always been there for me whenever I needed her and she is always so thoughtful. She was a bridesmaid in my wedding and I was in hers. I hope she knows how much I love her and I think of her as a sister.

Lauren - I met her through Laurie. Laurie was dating a guy who was friends with Lauren. After one night of craziness we became best friends. She was my maid of honor and I was in hers. She is down to earth and is willing to talk to you for hours. She works hard taking care of her two step kids and her own little boy. I think of her as a sister.

I always wonder where I would be if they weren't in my life. I am so grateful to have them in my life.

Dogs

Dogs are funny animals. They are kind of like babies - they eat, sleep and go to the bathroom. However I guess if you don't have kids, they are next best thing. Jeremy and I have been trying to start a family and in the mean time we have three dogs.

Sparky - Who I got from my highschool boyfriend for my 16th birthday. She is the oldest dog that we have and is the grumpy one out of the three. She is an American Eskimo. I bread her once and she had 8 puppies which I see one of her puppies every once in a while.

Hally - She is our second oldest. She was rescued. She will be 5 this September. Some friends of ours were coming home from Wyoming when they saw a lady toss her into a box and take off. Our friends couldn't keep her so they asked everyone if they wanted to adopt her. So we did. She is a Boxer/Greyhound mix. Just think of her with a Boxer Head and a Greyhound body. She is a lover definetly not a fighter and likes to cuddle.

Daisy - aka PITA - She is the baby of the family. She is a Weimaraner. She will be 3 years in February. She is the crazy one. Mz Independent however a cuddler when she wants to be. We have to try and take her to the PARK or else she goes bananas.

They are truly People's Best Friend. They are there when you need them.