What have I been up to...major catch up

A lot has been happening. We are finally moved in and starting to get settled. We have a huge pile in the middle of our garage to either take to the dump or donate/garage sale. I have been ruthless in getting rid of stuff. It feels amazing! Matt has been working really hard at helping me get everything organized and my Mom was a HUGE help as well. It was a wonderful and much needed visit. We are still working on sorting through and organizing the basement but it'll come in time.

We will be up in Calgary next weekend for my Aunt's memorial service. We are going up for the whole weekend and my cousin from Hawaii is coming as well as my Aunt and Uncle from Utah. It will be nice to see them all.

Life is good! Enjoy the pictures.

One section of kitchen backsplash


The mirror in the ensuite got put up today! Now I can finally see what I look like...lol



Our shower...sans curtain

Tanner's bathroom mirror


Guest room


One half of our back deck


The other half of the deck


Please excuse the mess...


food storage


T.V. and spare bedroom downstairs

Scrapbooking corner. It's not done yet

Kitchen



Calgary

I LOVE this picture



Hot dog roast. Why is it that you can eat many more roasted hot dogs than you can boiled or fried

We suffered another loss. Brandy got old and had to be put down. She will be missed.



Going shopping with Grandma

Tanner's first time at Peters'. What did he have???? JUST fries!



Not all these fries were Tanner's. We shared them.

My A-M-A-Z-I-N-G milk shake.



The cutest little nephew!

Could you not just die at the happiness of this boy???



Driving a tractor

riding....a dog???? lol



The magical chair. This was a chair in my Aunt's hospice room. It lifted up so you could stand right out of it. The boys thought it was the greatest chair.

My VERY red lipstick that I love



Easter hunt at Grandma's


My crazy friend Susanne...we went to Time Out for Women together


Eating at Spolumbo's for the first time.

Susanne and I at Time Out...thanks Dawna for taking the picture.

Randomness Tuesday

-this weekend while cleaning/hanging out at our new house, i cut my finger. then yesterday when i was helping amelia cut some fabric, i cut my other finger.

-remember my green wedge shoes i got? well, i got another pair of the exact ones except they're red! i love them!

-i am trying out the new katy perry perfume. i actually like it quite a bit. i am starting to get into perfumes a little more. i have an estee lauder one that's ok but i'm kind of getting bored with it. do you have a signature scent or do you have lots of different kinds of perfumes that you wear for different things?

-my mom is coming (for real) on friday!

-a few people have asked me what we want for a housewarming gift. i keep telling people that we are going to wait and move in before we'll kind of know. we're not really sure what we need/want. any ideas?

-my sweet angel child has been not so angel like lately. he is most certainly my child in this aspect. stomping off to his room and giving that most lovely huffing/grunting/pouting noise...yeah, you know the sound. it just really makes my days when he acts so wonderfully...

-does it ever bother you when you're at the mall and people take up the WHOLE isle? walking is like traffic. pick a side and stick to it.

-i can not go into a store that has a royal wedding magazine issue and not stop to look at it. the most recent one i read said that the duchess of Cambridge will get a $325,000 yearly spending allowance. now i calculated that out per month and it works out to be $27,083.33/month. how crazy is that? if you were her friend, wouldn't it be intimidating trying to figure out what you could give her that she couldn't just buy with all that money?

-i think everyone needs red lipstick. it makes your teeth look whiter and every time i wear it, someone asks if i have lost weight (which i don't believe i have by the way). it's just an all around booster

A big thank you!

I just want to say a big thank you for all your comments lately. I have really appreciated them. It really means a lot to me that you are excited for us. We are so happy that we finally get our dream of having a house. I can honestly say that although there have been some personal frustrations, I have not shed any tears over the process. We have been so blessed and we are so grateful for all the help we have gotten up to this point and know we will get in the future. I have decided not to go into the house until move in day on Thursday (unless I have to clean on Wednesday). Most of the stuff that needs to be finished is hook up stuff (central air and vac, cable, phone) so otherwise most of it is done.

Faucets!!!

I just have to say how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE my faucets! I am so so so happy with them! I am not too proud to say that I did an awesome job at picking these! ha ha

Our stove arrived early!!! Hooray!


I J'ADORE this ensuite sink and faucet so much.


Isn't she beautiful???


Tanner's bathroom sink...aka the main bathroom. I love that the plumber put the sinks off to one side of the counter and not in the center so that we can actually use the counter for stuff.



The main bathroom.

Kitchen faucet



I wasn't sure I'd like this but I do. It's very modern and unique. That's not a soap dispenser on the right, it's the handle to turn it on.

One more of my ensuite faucet! I think I might live in the bathroom for a while. I couldn't be more happier that we got the faucet we both really loved...PLUS the sink. We have been very lucky and very blessed in this whole process.

On a side note: I am addicted to the show on TLC "Extreme Couponing". Have you seen it? Holy crap, I want $800 worth of groceries for less than $100! It sucks that Canada doesn't have the same kind of coupon deals that they do in the U.S.A.

Wanna see our kitchen/cabinets????

I've mapped out where everything is going. I'm SOOOOO excited!

You can see the green in this picture a little better than before.

This is our flooring. I just washed it today. I know, I know...they're going to get it dirty again but I just wanted to wash it.

I took this at 8pm. So this is an evening shot

Our closet. I'm still trying to decide what I'm doing with it.

Our closet

This is a good picture of the difference of the paint colors.

This is Tanner's room and the mud room off to the right.

Tanner's bathroom. It's hard to tell but it's blue.

The ensuite.