The House

Well October is a very very busy month for us. We moved on October 1st into our new house and we absolutely LOVE it!!! Our new furniture has been delivered and just about everything is put away. Now the fun part begins of shopping and decorating the house. I promised a few people I would post pictures so you can see them below.

Puppy Hunting

Puppies... That is basically the thought that consumes my mind most days. Puppies and our new house =)

I have been on the hunt for a puppy and I am having a hard time finding a puppy that isn't hundreds and hundreds of dollars!! When did dogs get to be so expensive?? Mike wants a pitbull and I most definitely do NOT want a pitbull... I know a lot of people say they're sweet and great family pets but someday when Mike and I have a baby I know that I'm not going to want my child and a pitbull in the same room. I just do not trust them no matter what.

So... I have narrowed it down to 2 breeds that I do want. My first and foremost breed is the Golden Retriever but Mike said no to that one and so it is no longer on my list. So here it is:
1.) Siberian Husky
2.) Chocolate Lab- can't be a black or yellow lab. It has to be chocolate.

I found a Husky pup at the Humane Society. I called to place him on hold but he already had a hold on him. The Humane Society told me to call back at 6:30 when the hold fell off and I did. He was still there but no one answered the phone. They called me back after 7 and said they were closed and to call back in the morning. I did so but he had yet another hold on him, which that lucky family was the one to take him home. I was pretty excited about him and to rescue a pup from the humane society made me feel like I was doing something more than just paying a breeder who probably doesnt get taxed on their earnings.

So, the puppy hunt continues. It's probably a good idea to wait until we are settled into our new home before we bring a puppy into it. Too much change in a short amount of time could be a little too much to handle for the little guy or girl. But I'm not going to let that slow down my puppy hunt.

Well, that's basically all that seems remotely blog worthy. We will be moving in exactly 3 weeks so I'm positive more blogs will come as we start that journey!!!! I can't wait to move, get new furniture, and get a little puppy!!! =) I am definitely learning patience in this whole process!

New Beginnings

I know I have been bad about blogging lately. I'll try and be better about it. There have been some exciting things happening lately. Mike and I got a house!!!!! A brand new house!!!


We will be moving in October 1st and I can't wait!!! The house is 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, it has a utility room and a 2 car garage!!!! This is the start of a new beginning!

BBQ and Smoothies

There are 2 things that I have always loved about summers: 1- It's my birthday and 2-BBQ hotdogs!!!!
I feel like this summer is escaping me quickly though. It's almost my birhtday (and Mike's birthday) and I haven't had many BBQ's... My mom called me up the other day and asked if she could meet up with my and have dinner and give Mike and I our presents since she was in town. I agreed and we set off to our traditional birthday dinner of Red Robin (YUMM)!!! After a tasty meal of cluck's and fries with a pina colada for a drink it was time for the gifts!! My mom told us we were not allowed to open them until our birthdays... Cruel, I know. When it comes to birthdays and Christmas I'm like a little kid. I can't wait to open my presents.
I hugged and thanked my mom and we parted ways. Mike and I had to go to Wal-Mart to look at air conditioners and in the parking lot we decided we should open the presents... it was more my decision than his ;-)
So we tore them open. Mike got a BBQ and I got a blender. You know you're getting old when you start getting appliances such as these for your birthday and you get excited =)
Well, I'm glad we opened them in the Wal-Mart parking lot instead of at home so we could buy things to BBQ and blend up.
Yesterday we put the BBQ together and decided we needed to get some patio chairs... Off to Fred Meyer we went to get some =) You can't have a BBQ and sit inside and eat on a nice cool summer night.
After the BBQ was put together, the chairs on the patio and our stomach's rumbling it was time to start grilling!!!!! Mike did the cooking and I made the smoothies. It was fabulous!!!! It was the perfect summer dinner. BBQ hotdogs, potato salad, chips, strawberries, and orange julius smoothies... Here are the pictures:

COOK BOOKS!!!!

Okay, so I have decided (and have been told) that I'm a total geek now... Or maybe I always have been but I'm now comfortable enough with myself to admit to it. =) Anyway, I'm very very excited. I just got back from having lunch with my mom and my grandma. I love it when my grandma comes to town!! Ever since I was a kid she would always bring presents with her. They're usually small things like a box of cracker jacks. She sometimes would bring us donuts but usually cracker jacks. I know it might sound lame but I would always get excited when Grandma Burkin would come with the cracker jacks. Well, today, she came to town with something a little better than cracker jacks. She came with two cookbooks!!!!!! I'm so excited (this is the part where my geekiness comes in). They are both diabetic cookbooks and I have already looked through them and the recipe's look fabulous! I can't wait to go home tonight and start cooking away! So dear blog readers, even though there are only two of you, prepare yourselves because my food blogging is going to start coming more often now! =)

A Mini Vacation

This last weekend Mike and I drove up to Seattle for my brothers big surgery... for those of you who don't know, my brother had a massive tumor in his abdominal area, err... it was kind all over. It started in his spine and just intertwined with his organs, nerves and so forth. The doctors removed about 20 pounds of it and there are still some pieces left in there. The easy part is over now and the hard part of healing begins. It was really hard to see him hooked up to so many tubes and a breathing machine. I'm so used to seeing my brother as a strong athletic guy and to see him bedridden like that made me cry. I just wanted to trade places with him or take on his pain so he wouldn't have to feel any.

So, Mike and I decided since we were in Seattle, we'd venture out and find something to do. We walked about 10 miles in one day... an no easy miles at that. I had no idea how hilly Seattle is!!!! I thought I was gunna die walking up all of those hills.

Anyway we decided that we would go to the EMP/Sci-Fi museum... It was awesome... here are some pictures of our time there:

The Body Fuels the Mind

A few weeks ago Mike and I were hanging out with our friends Lenny and Nichole. I was noticing how much weight they both had lost since the last time we saw them (it has been about a month and a half). They both looked absolutely fabulous, especially Nichole. She had lost a ton of weight and was very toned. I asked them how they did it and they simply said "p90x."
So, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and start doing these p90x workouts. Now I can't do all of them because I don't have the supplies that all of the videos require (pull up bar and weights) so I stick the videos that don't require them. Man, oh man!!!!!! I'm beyond sore!!! These workouts are intense and I have done some pretty intensive workouts back in the day. Never have I been so sore. I was dripping in sweat after the warm up... sad I know.
Anyway, for those of you who are sceptical about the p90x workouts, let me assure you, there are a group of mike and i's friends who have been sticking to the program and I've seen their results. It's their results that made me want to start these workouts. So, if you've been curious and are wanting to get in shape, these videos will definitely whip you into shape. Check it out at www.beachbody.com