Yesterday was our final walkthrough of our house and today we actually get the KEYS! I can't wait, I swear I couldn't sleep last night because I was so excited. Mat seems to think it was because we watched the Number 23 (that wasn't scary at all), but I know it was because I am so excited. It looked like the girl was almost moved out, but she was planning to clean today and that is why we weren't getting the keys until today. It is still the cutest house ever and we just love it so much!
So it sounds like the reunion was pretty small and not too exciting. Chi went on Saturday night and she said there were only about 40 people there! Seriously, that is pretty crazy that out of 600+ people that few showed up. Oh well. I am sure glad that I didn't spend the money to go back and be disappointed! Maybe for my 20 year reunion??
Even though I am very excited for this evening, I guess I have to contain my excitement and get some work done today. Bye for now!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
One Step Closer...
We sign all our papers this afternoon for our house! Which means that we are very close to moving. We will probably actually move next weekend, but at least the house will be ours on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. It's so close now! So we need to finish up packing this weekend and then we'll just be waiting to move.
We don't have any crazy plans this weekend. We'll probably watch some movies. Renee, one of the girls at my work, loaned me the Number 23 with Jim Carrey that we've been wanting to see. We also have a couple of movies we rented, the Holiday and Marie Antoinette. So we'll probably do some packing and watch some movies. We might go have dinner with my parents tonight or tomorrow and I know for sure we are going to a BBQ at Mat's mom's house on Sunday.
Today is my friend Chi's birthday! She will be going to our ten year reunion this weekend and I can't wait to hear all about it. I hope she has a good time and gets to reconnect with some fun people. I am a little sad that I am not going, just because there are some great people from high school that I would love to see. BUT I'm sure there are some I can live without seeing and those would probably be the people at the reunion. Maybe for our 20 year reunion? We'll see when we get there I guess!
Yesterday Mat and I saw two baby deer and a mama deer in our neighborhood. One of the little ones made this weird noise, kind of like a cry, and it was so cute. Our current neighborhood gets a lot of wildlife, so I will definitely miss that when we move to our new house. I think that is the only thing!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Kristin
We don't have any crazy plans this weekend. We'll probably watch some movies. Renee, one of the girls at my work, loaned me the Number 23 with Jim Carrey that we've been wanting to see. We also have a couple of movies we rented, the Holiday and Marie Antoinette. So we'll probably do some packing and watch some movies. We might go have dinner with my parents tonight or tomorrow and I know for sure we are going to a BBQ at Mat's mom's house on Sunday.
Today is my friend Chi's birthday! She will be going to our ten year reunion this weekend and I can't wait to hear all about it. I hope she has a good time and gets to reconnect with some fun people. I am a little sad that I am not going, just because there are some great people from high school that I would love to see. BUT I'm sure there are some I can live without seeing and those would probably be the people at the reunion. Maybe for our 20 year reunion? We'll see when we get there I guess!
Yesterday Mat and I saw two baby deer and a mama deer in our neighborhood. One of the little ones made this weird noise, kind of like a cry, and it was so cute. Our current neighborhood gets a lot of wildlife, so I will definitely miss that when we move to our new house. I think that is the only thing!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Kristin
Monday, July 23, 2007
Crazy Days
Not much time for a blog, but thought I would at least say hello. I hope everyone got to read Mat's first blog! It was so fun and I was surprised! I hope he'll get to add more every now and then.
We ended up having a great weekend, but not much packing was done. We have done a lot already, but it seems like we can't pack a lot of it until the last minute. I know he was working on it today since he had the day off. We saw Transformers on Friday night and that was a really fun movie. It is amazing to see the computer stuff they do with movies! I can't imagine all the time that is put into each of these movies with so many special effects.
Saturday I went out looking for wedding dresses again, but no luck. I guess we did have better luck since I found a couple I liked quite a bit and one that I really liked. But they just didn't have that perfect feeling. That night Mat and I watched some tv shows and played Friends Scene It the game. It was a ton of fun for me, since I won! Sunday we didn't do a ton, just cleaned and went to the store. We did watch Stomp the Yard, which made me want to become a stomper. Mat doesn't want to stomp like I do though. I love dance movies.
We plan to do a lot of packing and hope that this weekend we can sign all our paperwork. Then we should be able to move next week!! I can't wait.
We ended up having a great weekend, but not much packing was done. We have done a lot already, but it seems like we can't pack a lot of it until the last minute. I know he was working on it today since he had the day off. We saw Transformers on Friday night and that was a really fun movie. It is amazing to see the computer stuff they do with movies! I can't imagine all the time that is put into each of these movies with so many special effects.
Saturday I went out looking for wedding dresses again, but no luck. I guess we did have better luck since I found a couple I liked quite a bit and one that I really liked. But they just didn't have that perfect feeling. That night Mat and I watched some tv shows and played Friends Scene It the game. It was a ton of fun for me, since I won! Sunday we didn't do a ton, just cleaned and went to the store. We did watch Stomp the Yard, which made me want to become a stomper. Mat doesn't want to stomp like I do though. I love dance movies.
We plan to do a lot of packing and hope that this weekend we can sign all our paperwork. Then we should be able to move next week!! I can't wait.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Mat's first entry
Well here goes nothing. Kristin and I have had this blog for months, well I should say Kristin has had this blog for the two of us for months and this is my first entry. Those of you that are dedicated readers probably thought I wasn't a real person and Kristin made me. Well I'm glad to say that I am a real person and I am the luckiest man in the worlds to be able to spend the rest of my life with Kristin.
I don't know when I will make another entry so I will talk about a lot of things in this one. So here we go. Tomorrow Kristin and I are going to go to dinner and a movie with the Zubizareta's. We don't hang out with them very often so when get together it is a nice treat. For those of you who don't know the Zubizareta's here is a brief introduction. The Zubizareta's consist of my best friend Cory and his wife and a good friend Christina. I'm sure you have heard mention of them by Kristin at some point or another. Cory and I have known each other since we were both like three years old. We have been friends ever since except for a brief stint in junior high when Cory decides he didn't like me any more. I don't blame him though I could get pretty obnoxious when I was young teenager.
We were supposed to meet with a photographer tonight but that fell through. Apparently the photographer was to busy to meet with us. She rescheduled with Kristin for next Thursday. We will be barbequing tonight. I'm cooking some steaks. We are going to make steak tacos. the meat is marinating as we speak. I am really into barbecuing and I like trying to make my own recipes. I have developed a pretty good spice rub. It is very good if you like your meat spicy. For tonight however, I wanted to try my hands at a marinade. For the liquid part of the marinade I used lime juice and Worcestershire sauce. I also through in some ground red pepper, ground cumin, fresh ground black pepper, fresh minced garlic, minced cilantro, and chopped onion. We'll see how it turns out. For the meat I chose petite sirloin. I don't know if that is a good meat to use for what I want to do but I will find out in a couple of hours I guess.
I'm sure you have already heard that this past May I graduated from Boise State University. Since that time I have been still trucking along at Hayden Beverage delivering beer. I want to find a new job for multiple reasons including the fact that I think I hate my job, I would like to use my degree, and I would like to be on the same schedule that Kristin is on. There are many other reasons but I think you get the hint. I try to look in the internet after work but I find it hard to stay awake when I get home. I have to get up at four in the morning to get to work by five. I don't actually get out of bed usually until around 4:30 though. Kristin hates my snooze button. Anyway it is hard for me to stay awake when I'm in front of the computer. When I have managed to stay awake I have found very few jobs that I am qualified for. I have applied to a few but all have been fruitless. I know I just need to keep looking and yes I also know that I will never find a job if I'm always asleep. I just need to figure out how to stay awake.
Kristin and I are going to Joy and Chad's wedding this October. I can't wait. I think about it everyday. I think just getting away from everything will help me not feel so burnt out about everything. Kristin and I are going to bring Kristin's drink book. Its a book with a million different types of mixed drinks in it. It is my goal to try as many of the drinks during our trip as I can. This trip will also be good in helping Kristin and I in determining if we want to have our honeymoon at an all inclusive resort or somewhere a little lower key.
Wee have a little more than 11 months until our wedding day. Kristin and I made a lot of decisions about our wedding in the first couple of months after I purposed. Then we went on a couple of month hiatus and now we are back to it. Part of the reason for the hiatus is because of the Zubizareta’s wedding. We wanted to wait to make some of our decisions until after their wedding so that we could see how they did things. The last couple of weeks Kristin and I have gotten back to it and it is kind of nice. We have so many things to do and think about so it will be nice if we can get as much as possible done now so that we don't have to worry about it in the months leading up to the wedding.
With that I will say goodbye. I think this was a pretty good effort for my first entry even if it is a few months late.
I don't know when I will make another entry so I will talk about a lot of things in this one. So here we go. Tomorrow Kristin and I are going to go to dinner and a movie with the Zubizareta's. We don't hang out with them very often so when get together it is a nice treat. For those of you who don't know the Zubizareta's here is a brief introduction. The Zubizareta's consist of my best friend Cory and his wife and a good friend Christina. I'm sure you have heard mention of them by Kristin at some point or another. Cory and I have known each other since we were both like three years old. We have been friends ever since except for a brief stint in junior high when Cory decides he didn't like me any more. I don't blame him though I could get pretty obnoxious when I was young teenager.
We were supposed to meet with a photographer tonight but that fell through. Apparently the photographer was to busy to meet with us. She rescheduled with Kristin for next Thursday. We will be barbequing tonight. I'm cooking some steaks. We are going to make steak tacos. the meat is marinating as we speak. I am really into barbecuing and I like trying to make my own recipes. I have developed a pretty good spice rub. It is very good if you like your meat spicy. For tonight however, I wanted to try my hands at a marinade. For the liquid part of the marinade I used lime juice and Worcestershire sauce. I also through in some ground red pepper, ground cumin, fresh ground black pepper, fresh minced garlic, minced cilantro, and chopped onion. We'll see how it turns out. For the meat I chose petite sirloin. I don't know if that is a good meat to use for what I want to do but I will find out in a couple of hours I guess.
I'm sure you have already heard that this past May I graduated from Boise State University. Since that time I have been still trucking along at Hayden Beverage delivering beer. I want to find a new job for multiple reasons including the fact that I think I hate my job, I would like to use my degree, and I would like to be on the same schedule that Kristin is on. There are many other reasons but I think you get the hint. I try to look in the internet after work but I find it hard to stay awake when I get home. I have to get up at four in the morning to get to work by five. I don't actually get out of bed usually until around 4:30 though. Kristin hates my snooze button. Anyway it is hard for me to stay awake when I'm in front of the computer. When I have managed to stay awake I have found very few jobs that I am qualified for. I have applied to a few but all have been fruitless. I know I just need to keep looking and yes I also know that I will never find a job if I'm always asleep. I just need to figure out how to stay awake.
Kristin and I are going to Joy and Chad's wedding this October. I can't wait. I think about it everyday. I think just getting away from everything will help me not feel so burnt out about everything. Kristin and I are going to bring Kristin's drink book. Its a book with a million different types of mixed drinks in it. It is my goal to try as many of the drinks during our trip as I can. This trip will also be good in helping Kristin and I in determining if we want to have our honeymoon at an all inclusive resort or somewhere a little lower key.
Wee have a little more than 11 months until our wedding day. Kristin and I made a lot of decisions about our wedding in the first couple of months after I purposed. Then we went on a couple of month hiatus and now we are back to it. Part of the reason for the hiatus is because of the Zubizareta’s wedding. We wanted to wait to make some of our decisions until after their wedding so that we could see how they did things. The last couple of weeks Kristin and I have gotten back to it and it is kind of nice. We have so many things to do and think about so it will be nice if we can get as much as possible done now so that we don't have to worry about it in the months leading up to the wedding.
With that I will say goodbye. I think this was a pretty good effort for my first entry even if it is a few months late.
Time is Flying
I can't believe we're already to the 19th of July! I swear just yesterday we found our house and had a whole month to pack! Now we have a couple weeks until we move. I hope we are ready for it.
Last night I went to get a pedicure with my mom and sister! It was so nice and fun, I wish we could do it once a month. :) Then we had Mexican after and it was yummy! By the time I got home, Mat had done all of our laundry and put it away. For the last time! Well, at least the last time we have to use the machines at our apartment. We think we should be able to make it until we move to do laundry again. And then we'll have our own washer and dryer! I can't wait!
I also got my hair cut yesterday and it turned out really cute! I haven't really had a haircut I like in awhile. So I might actually go back and see the same guy. Weird, since I haven't been to the same stylist in years. I just try different people every time I go!
Tonight we are going to try to meet with a photographer here in Boise. Her website looks really good and we are looking forward to meeting with her. We really want to find the photographer that is just right for us and right in our price range!
My sister has less than two weeks until her due date! She is really excited! I am so excited to become an aunt!
Hope everyone's Thursday turns out great!
Last night I went to get a pedicure with my mom and sister! It was so nice and fun, I wish we could do it once a month. :) Then we had Mexican after and it was yummy! By the time I got home, Mat had done all of our laundry and put it away. For the last time! Well, at least the last time we have to use the machines at our apartment. We think we should be able to make it until we move to do laundry again. And then we'll have our own washer and dryer! I can't wait!
I also got my hair cut yesterday and it turned out really cute! I haven't really had a haircut I like in awhile. So I might actually go back and see the same guy. Weird, since I haven't been to the same stylist in years. I just try different people every time I go!
Tonight we are going to try to meet with a photographer here in Boise. Her website looks really good and we are looking forward to meeting with her. We really want to find the photographer that is just right for us and right in our price range!
My sister has less than two weeks until her due date! She is really excited! I am so excited to become an aunt!
Hope everyone's Thursday turns out great!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Latest Happenings
What is new with us you ask? Well, we got back from Sun Valley today. We went for one night for my work, so it only cost us Mat's dinner and lunch today! It was so nice there and not as hot as it is in Boise. But we were ready to get back and keep on packing our stuff. We did get a lot of boxes packed up this past weekend, but there is a lot left for sure.
We had a great trip last weekend to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Well, overall it was great. We headed down to SLC on Saturday after Mat was off work and pulled into Sarah and Matt's driveway just in time for a lovely BBQ and birthday party for their son Sean. He was two and obviously enjoying being in the spotlight. I wonder where he got that from?? It was so great to see them and catch up. We also got to meet their new little girl, Madison. The next day Mat headed out to play some frisbee golf with his cousin and I passed up the heat to hang out with Sarah, Madison and Sean.
We saw in the paper that there were some crazy fires across I-15, which was the best way to get to Las Vegas. But we called and they said the road was all clear. HA! It wasn't and we took a 4 hour detour, so our 5 hour trip to Vegas took nine hours! But we did get to go through Zion National Park and that was something we wouldn't have stopped off to do otherwise. We finally got into Vegas around 11 p.m. Luckily, Penny and Tony's plane had not arrived, so we just unpacked and then finally met up with them when their plane arrived. What fun to see Penny after a couple years! Mat was so excited to meet my old college roomie for the first time and I was so glad they got to meet him.
Monday was the wedding! Mat and I first tried to do a very quick tour of Vegas before Penny got ready for her wedding. I had a great time seeing her get all ready for her big day! We all ended up at the Viva Las Vegas wedding chapel, which was so cute! They had all kinds of weddings you could do, but they chose the outside gazebo, which was so pretty and had all kinds of pretty lights draped around it. I tried to take pictures, but a lot of them turned out not so great. I'm not the star photographer I would like to be! That night we spent hanging out with P&T and their families. Before we knew it, it was so late and we called it a night. The next day was an all day driving event for us, but we got back to Boise in about 11 hours. Next time, we'll just fly!
So that's what we have been up to lately. I think this weekend will probably we just us packing and trying to prepare for our new house! We still don't know if we close on the 31st or 1st of August. I am just so ready to get there.
Have a good night!
We had a great trip last weekend to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Well, overall it was great. We headed down to SLC on Saturday after Mat was off work and pulled into Sarah and Matt's driveway just in time for a lovely BBQ and birthday party for their son Sean. He was two and obviously enjoying being in the spotlight. I wonder where he got that from?? It was so great to see them and catch up. We also got to meet their new little girl, Madison. The next day Mat headed out to play some frisbee golf with his cousin and I passed up the heat to hang out with Sarah, Madison and Sean.
We saw in the paper that there were some crazy fires across I-15, which was the best way to get to Las Vegas. But we called and they said the road was all clear. HA! It wasn't and we took a 4 hour detour, so our 5 hour trip to Vegas took nine hours! But we did get to go through Zion National Park and that was something we wouldn't have stopped off to do otherwise. We finally got into Vegas around 11 p.m. Luckily, Penny and Tony's plane had not arrived, so we just unpacked and then finally met up with them when their plane arrived. What fun to see Penny after a couple years! Mat was so excited to meet my old college roomie for the first time and I was so glad they got to meet him.
Monday was the wedding! Mat and I first tried to do a very quick tour of Vegas before Penny got ready for her wedding. I had a great time seeing her get all ready for her big day! We all ended up at the Viva Las Vegas wedding chapel, which was so cute! They had all kinds of weddings you could do, but they chose the outside gazebo, which was so pretty and had all kinds of pretty lights draped around it. I tried to take pictures, but a lot of them turned out not so great. I'm not the star photographer I would like to be! That night we spent hanging out with P&T and their families. Before we knew it, it was so late and we called it a night. The next day was an all day driving event for us, but we got back to Boise in about 11 hours. Next time, we'll just fly!
So that's what we have been up to lately. I think this weekend will probably we just us packing and trying to prepare for our new house! We still don't know if we close on the 31st or 1st of August. I am just so ready to get there.
Have a good night!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Our New House!
As promised, some pictures of our new house! Of course, this isn't our furniture or anything, but you get the idea. We'll put up more after we get moved in.
We love it!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Who Knew?
Mat and I found a house!! We already put in an offer and they accepted! So now all we have left to do is the inspection tonight and hopefully all will go well with it. We really can't believe that it has happened this fast. We are so excited and totally fell in love with our little house the minute we walked up the sidewalk. This is so exciting for us to be buying our first house together! We will probably close at the beginning of August. We have our work cut out for us for sure this month.
I'll try to get some pictures up as soon as I can. Maybe tomorrow since we have the day off for the 4th of July.
It was pretty surprising that we found something we both loved so soon! We went on Sunday with our realtor to look at houses. We had given her a list of 15 houses we wanted to see, thinking that was way too many, but she had called them all and we actually went to see all of them! The 6th house we pulled up to was our house! The street is lined with all sorts of great trees and all of the houses are in great condition. We walk up the sidewalk and I already love it! Mat was holding my hand and looked at me and squeezed it, which I think meant he loved it too! We walked in and kind of wandered around and just loved everything! It's a cute little two bedroom, one bathroom house with a great backyard! We are planning on lots of barbeques out there! So we ended up leaving and then looked at the rest of the houses, which of course were nothing compared to our little house. So we went back to look at it again and decided that we just had to have it!
We got the call yesterday that we did get the house and all they wanted to change on our offer was the closing date! Hurrah for us! So now that's where we are. Mat and I are already starting to make floorplans in our heads and decide what will look best in what place. This is just so fun and I can't believe it still!
Besides that, I did go trying on wedding dresses with my mom. It was a lot of fun, but I didn't find anything this time around. I think I have it narrowed down a lot more to what I want, so we'll hopefully have better luck next time around! No other wedding plans made yet. It's now less than a year away! ARGH! I can't wait though. It's going to be so wonderful.
Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe 4th of July!
I'll try to get some pictures up as soon as I can. Maybe tomorrow since we have the day off for the 4th of July.
It was pretty surprising that we found something we both loved so soon! We went on Sunday with our realtor to look at houses. We had given her a list of 15 houses we wanted to see, thinking that was way too many, but she had called them all and we actually went to see all of them! The 6th house we pulled up to was our house! The street is lined with all sorts of great trees and all of the houses are in great condition. We walk up the sidewalk and I already love it! Mat was holding my hand and looked at me and squeezed it, which I think meant he loved it too! We walked in and kind of wandered around and just loved everything! It's a cute little two bedroom, one bathroom house with a great backyard! We are planning on lots of barbeques out there! So we ended up leaving and then looked at the rest of the houses, which of course were nothing compared to our little house. So we went back to look at it again and decided that we just had to have it!
We got the call yesterday that we did get the house and all they wanted to change on our offer was the closing date! Hurrah for us! So now that's where we are. Mat and I are already starting to make floorplans in our heads and decide what will look best in what place. This is just so fun and I can't believe it still!
Besides that, I did go trying on wedding dresses with my mom. It was a lot of fun, but I didn't find anything this time around. I think I have it narrowed down a lot more to what I want, so we'll hopefully have better luck next time around! No other wedding plans made yet. It's now less than a year away! ARGH! I can't wait though. It's going to be so wonderful.
Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe 4th of July!
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