We're making progress

We have had a very busy couple of weeks, here is the update for everyone.

We finally got our financial aid, after a two month wait and several threats by BYU to drop all our classes because we had not paid tuition yet. This means that we finally got our books after two weeks of school (two weeks worth of homework in one weekend, who could ask for anything else).

We were also able to rent out our apartment that was empty for two weeks. I was getting really tired of scheduling viewings (in between our classes) for people that already had apartments or who never returned your calls. Now we have more time for catching up on our homework.

We also have been making some progress on the apartment. I now have (drum roll please!) a wall in the kitchen, a ceiling in the bathroom, and most of the bathtub tiled. Can you believe it? A ceiling in one room in my house, it feels like Christmas came early this year. You don't know how much you miss ceilings and walls (and everything else that is suppose to go in a house) until you don't have it for almost three months. I would not recommend a remodel to anyone who is still in school or who has an empty apartment to fill.

So there you go, you can all experience my joy. We are making progress and that is all that matters.

I Hate Election Years

I am calling out to all those wives out there that have to deal with their husband's obsessions. Some wives have to put up with sports year round, others have to watch as their husbands spend massive amounts of money on "Man Toys" which are usually overpriced gadgets that you don't need. Well my husband only watches football and has to research-to-death every purchase he makes. But my husband does have his own special obsession; he is a news junky and his news of choice is Politics.

This means that when we get home, after the BYU library closes at midnight, and all I want to do is go to sleep my husband has to stay up for another hour reading the New York Times on his phone. Right now as I type, this (very cranky) hypoglycemic who hasn't eaten since 2:00 (and I'm suppose to eat every three hours), has to sit in the library because of what? Because of the Republican National Convention!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, I have vented and you have gotten a good laugh, because the truth is funny, so the order has been restored in the Universe.

Thank You and Good Night

My House is a Mess but it is not My Falt!!!

Just to catch everyone up on what we have been spending all of our free time on, as well as all of my mental energy, I have provided some pictures.

Some of you have seen our very cozy 460 ft2 apartment. And some of you have seen what it has unfortunately turned into. This first picture shows Jordan crammed in between the counters doing the dishes by lamp light. Yes, we had no kitchen light. As you can see the cozy feeling the rest of the house has is just a claustrophobic feeling in the kitchen.


This is my wonderful kitchen space. Now getting cold solid items in the oven wasn't the problem, it was getting the scolding liquid ones out that was the problem.



Gretta this picture is for you. Our poorly thought out kitchen has a very odd colored granite counter tops, yes granite counter tops in a hole of an apartment don't ask me why. And on the counter are some color ideas I have for painting the apartment I will use a light gray in the bathroom, a dark gray in the kitchen, and this creamy brown color in the rest of the house. If any one has any other ideas I am still open to any of them.

This is our kitchen after the first day of construction, Don't you just love the wall paper?

This was the first of many surprises we found while starting this project. Instead of renting the equipment to cut a hole for the window they decided to use a sledge hammer and just knock out a big hole. They then covered it up with plywood which explains the dark gray dirty spider webs that filled the space.
And for thous of you who need a closer look at that wonderful wall paper here is Jordan taking down the grease covered cabinets that were hanging over the unventilated stove.

That's all for now I hope you all enjoy your wonderful kitchens, bathrooms, walls, ceilings and closets (because I don't have any right now). I would also like to thank Reed, Quinn, Andrew, Jordan's cousin Kurt and my Dad who have helped us with our wonderful disaster.

Here it goes!

After about six months of reading my family member's wonderful blogs I have decided to stop be so lazy and start my own. I do not have any pictures to add today because it is the first day of school and my wonderful husband and I are too busy to run home and get any of them. I do plan on updating everyone on what we have been doing with the first year of our marriage, but we still do not have the internet at our home so I will be updating my blog from campus (so be patient with me).

I would like to thank my family for hours of entertainment and I hope to be able to return the favor. I would also ask all of you to pray for my sister Gretta and her family right now if you check out her blog you will be caught up on what's going on with her.