The Miles Family

News

2011-07-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

First I would like to wish my mom a happy 60th birthday. And now for the not so good news Jordan spent Saturday in the ER with gallstones. He is still in a little bit of pain but doing better. Well that's all for now I will keep you updated.

Happy Easter

2011-04-24T13:26:00.001-07:00

Happy 27th Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-10-22T22:27:00.001-07:00

Jordan's birthday was yesterday, and it was really fun. We spent the day with just the two of us and tonight we wrapped up Jordan's Birthday week with another party. Yes you read correctly, birthday week. We decided our first year of marriage that we should celebrate a whole week for our birthdays, just because we could. This year Jourdan's was almost like two weeks but the first party was actually for our nephew Corbin's first birthday and my Dad's 55th. Their birthdays are really a day a part but since we had so many members of my family together we celebrated both. Then he had another combined birthday party (this time for Jordan) last Friday when we celebrated Grandma Miles and Jordan's birthday (her's was on Friday). We had a big party with G&G Miles, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I love getting together with family and it was fun that we got together with both sides of our families in such a short amount of time and it wasn't even Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Corbin

Dad and niece Emmie

Amazing Birthday Cakes My Sister Gretta Made

Then every day we did something special for Jordan's birthday week. On Saturday we went to our ward temple day for our first counselor of our bishopric (he has stage 4 melanoma). It was amazing and we had so many ward members there that some people couldn't be at the session and had to do sealings instead. Then Jordan had a boys day out with his cousin Catherine's husband Navarre while Catherine and I spent some time with Jordan's aunt Brenda and his other cousin Marie and we had girl time. Jordan really had fun I think he watched 2 football games or maybe it was 3 who knows. Then we went to the movies for a double date, it was great spending so much time with them they are a really cool couple.

Then on Sunday after church we drove the Alpine Loop. It was amazing with all of the wonderful fall colors. We recommend it next fall for anyone who happens to be in Utah county next fall.

Then every day after work we bought a small gift for Jordan (and one really expensive bride's maid dress of me because my best friend Megan is getting married in Arizona in Dec. And yes, for anyone who has seen my bride's maid dresses in the past, it is GREEN.)

Then on Jordan's birthday we went out to eat at a stake place that I picked out and I wouldn't tell him where we were going and I drove so that he wouldn't guess. He had written down his guess on a piece of paper before we got there and he was actually really close (he can almost read me like a book, I just have to get more creative).

Then tonight we had dinner at our house with Jordan's cousins Kohleen, Kurt and his wife Candy, Catherine and her husband Navarre. It was so much fun. I love spending time with family and just hanging out.

(I didn't take pictures of any Jordan's Birthday week, yes I know I'm lame but at least I'm finally updating my blog, right?)

And here is a family picture we took during conference weekend. Jordan has sadly had to shave off is beard because he has been excepted back into BYU and will be attending classes in January. I am actually surprised by how many men in our ward got upset that Jordan shaved. They all had beard envy and they almost seem to miss it more then we do (and we miss it a lot!!!!!)

The Two of Us and Our Cute Puppies Echo and Brindle

Jordan and Brindle being cute

We finally finished our apartment.

2010-02-16T20:41:00.000-08:00

We have spent the last week (both of us having a stomach bug, grrr...) finishing up all those annoying little details that after a year of construction we were just to lazy to finish. We put molding up around all the doors, we put crown molding above the cupboard, we painted the living room ceiling (yes we got too lazy for that), we put light trim up around the lights in the living room and outlet covers up on the outlets in the ceiling and a bunch of other finish details that we decided to live with out for a while.

That means that until we have enough money to change out the carpets we are finished!!!!

Office after (sorry no before)

Bathroom Before

After

Bedroom Before we were finished but after we enlarged the closet and added that amazing shelving unit.

After

Living Room Before (Me and my sister-in-law Gabbi watching a DVD on her laptop)

After

Kitchen Before

After

We worked really hard for a year and a half on our little apartment and we love it so much and we have finally finished every little thing, So if your from my side of the family you know what that means....... Yes, we moved!!!!!

We had some tenants skip out on their rent in January and then they moved out leaving us high and dry. They had a three bedroom apartment and it wasn't in the best shape. We had it listed for a little over three weeks with no success (most people looking for three bedrooms apparently want a house not an apartment to rent, who knew). So after a great deal of debating we decided to move from our amazing but tiny apartment upstairs to are disgusting but huge apartment. Seriously every thing we own fits in the master bedroom and the living room, all of it I swear. And after posting our first home for only two days it has been rented to a cute couple that we think we will get along well with.

So the nightmare begins again, but this time we aren't going to rewire the whole place all at once, so we will be able to tackle one room at a time. We will post pictures once everything is cleaned up and organized. Then you can look forward to posts about our NEW remodel.

January is wrapping up

2010-01-24T19:28:00.001-08:00

Here is Jordan hanging out with the dogs on the couch. As you can see there isn't much room on our new couch we got when our cousins moved out of one of our apartments. I think its so cute when they cuddle up like that. Jordan's pretty cute too, if you ask me.

This is my pumpkin its still alive and hard and has no mold, it makes me so happy. I grew it this summer when it started sprouting from the remains of a pumpkin one of our tenets left out to rot from Halloween 08'. I love that it has lasted this long.

Friday night we went to Border books to watch our cousin Kurt play a gig. He is a jazz pianist. Here he is.

And here is the band he was playing with that night.

And here is some pictures from the crazy storm that was going on while he was playing. It was so beautiful out side and it was like this for a whole day after.

Well that's it for this month except for one thing.

Brindle, one of our dogs, got hurt and we had to take her to the vets and had her wound stapled up. It was pretty bad and now she is on antibiotics. Here are some pictures for those who are interested, if not don't look.

Do Not look at this if you don't like gross things!!!!!!!!!!!! You have been Warned!

Updates

2010-01-15T16:53:00.000-08:00

Sorry for my poor blogging habits I know I haven't updated for a while. I feel like everyone knows what is happening in our live so I don't need to update, but that's not true.

I will try to update more frequently but I can't promise anything. Here is a long update if you care to read it.

Jordan is still working at Lowe's Home Improvement, he is still taking a brake from school until we can afford to send him back to BYU.

I am currently unemployed and have been looking for consistent work for over a year now. I did work for a construction company for about two months but their work load dried up very quickly and I haven't worked since Thanksgiving.

I spend most of my days filling out job application after job application, I haven't gotten a single interview. It is getting more than a little depressing. On Jordan's days off we seem to be spending a lot of time doing apartment maintenance on our apartments and on Jordan's brother Pedro's apartments that we also manage.

We finished remodeling one of our apartments: we put in a wall that was taken out because the former owners had very bad ideas and now we have to fix them. We also put in a new floor and replaced the ceiling in the same apartment. We also did some other repairs to this apartment. We didn't take any pictures but it turned out really well. We were able to get it done for only the price of the drywall. We used everything we had left from our remodel and things that came with the complex when we bought it. It took us a month but we got it done before the new tenants got married and moved in.

Jordan had to work on Christmas Eve so I spent the day with my family and when Jordan got off we went to the Miles Christmas party. I forgot the camera so I don't have any pictures. On Christmas day we went to my families for the first time since we were married we spent a Christmas with my family. It was so much fun. This Christmas we had more of my siblings together then we have had in a long time.
Opening Presents:

My niece Alena's presents (only child, and only grandchild on her mom's side)

Waiting for the stragglers to wake up so we can open presents.

My brother Heinrich

Jordan having fun with the dogs, this is Echo.

My Parents gave a bunch of these hats out for Christmas (I have know Idea) Isn't Jordan's beard amazing! It took a while to grow this but I love it.

Our Christmas decorations, we have presents for the dogs under the tree. Jordan couldn't resist.

The pig lasted a whole day, and the yellow ring lasted three. But the third toy is still holding on for dear life.

We started a tradition when we got married that we would buy a Christmas ornament for each year. This is the one we got this year because we got our puppies this year.

There were a lot of other family parties but I didn't bring my camera to anything else so if you are interested you can check out my sister in-law Kim's blog or my sister Anna's.

Last week we spent Jordan's day off on Pedro's roof repairing some shingles that ripped off. About a third of the shingles had pulled free and slid down the roof. Roofing in the winter isn't very much fun. You have to wait for the sun to be up long enough to defrost the shingles so you don't slip and you have to work fast before the sun goes down. So we worked from 11am to 5pm and just finished before it was too dark to see. Then we drove to Lindon for the Miles family January birthday party. There are four birthday's in the Miles family in January including Grandpa Miles' birthday. We were an hour late but we made it. It was a lot of fun.

Happy Birthday Baby!!!!

2009-10-23T23:28:00.000-07:00

So Jordan's birthday was on Wednesday but we haven't had time to celebrate. We were able to go out to eat at Olive Garden, then we made a quick trip to the grocery store just in time to go to sleep an hour later then I really needed to (I get up really early for my new job as a "handyman"). We were going to celebrate tomorrow but I got a phone call tonight that my sister got special permission to bless her new baby tomorrow and Jordan has to work so I don't think it is going to happen. So I would like to say I love you Honey and Happy Birthday!!!!!

Our little Jackson Pollock

2009-09-29T14:21:00.000-07:00

So I'm cutting it close on my monthly blog entry but this one is fun. Some of you might have heard this story already but now you get to see it. Well, my older sister Gretta had a baby recently and my mom went to New Mexico to help her with her new baby and her other kids. While my mom was there my little sister Emily asked if she could "re-due her room" my father and I assume my mother thought this meant moving furniture, but Emily and her friend Flo had other ideas.

Here is the result of Emily and Flo going down to the Garage and taking all the left over paint they could find. And then starting to paint at 10 o'clock at night with the doors and windows closed.

The work of two high 13 yr olds.

After three days of work Emily and I were able to make it look like this instead.

Emily is one gutsy kid, I love her to death but there is no way I would have ever attempted a stunt like that when I was her age. I do not envy my parents as she enters high school.

2 Years and Counting!!!

2009-08-18T14:22:00.000-07:00

Augest 17, 2007

Yesterday was our second anniversary. Jordan took the day off and after finishing some work at home we had a BBQ with some friends. It was a really nice day and we both really enjoyed it. The only thing missing was that this was the first summer we weren't able to make it to Portland since we got married, it makes us sad but it also motivates us to work harder so we can afford to go next year.

Playing catch up

2009-08-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

My niece Brynn was baptized on the first. Here is a family picture she is the one in the blue shirt.

I have also posted several blogs to catch up on July, so scroll down and read till you reach June.

I few random events from July

2009-08-07T13:07:00.000-07:00

Jordan had to shave his beard, which is really sad. But here are some before and after pictures.

Before

After

And the dogs turned 6 months old on the 25th. Here is a cute picture of the dogs.

Pioneer Day

2009-08-07T12:03:00.000-07:00

We found a Pioneer Day party at North Park. Provo has so many parks it gets a little confusing, but it was really fun to find this one.

There were some artifact recovery items on display that a scuba diving team from Utah found. Here are some of the things that survived in the ship found in the ocean by the Dominican Republic.

Here is the cannon they found, that was really cool.

Here is a tipi that had some local member's of Native American tribes there to display items and give oral histories. We missed this part because they did it earlier in the day, but the tipi was still there.

There were posters on a lot of the trees but this one was by far my favorite.

There were a lot of classic cars on display, here were some that I really liked.

Then we went to my sister Liz's house and had a fun party, but we didn't have any pictures.

July Update

2009-08-07T11:28:00.000-07:00

4th of July

The best part of the parade was Aaron in his skirt (Kilt)

Anna, Mike and Lillie came to visit and Lillie loves the puppies. They warmed up to her after we gave her treats to feed the dogs.

On my Mom's birthday July 11th we went down to Payson to see Emily's swim meet and Aaron at the Scottish festival, but I can't find those pictures so you just have to imagine Emily doing an amazing job and being one of the fastest swimmers there and all the interesting people you would find a an event like the Scottish fest.

This has been a great June

2009-06-18T14:35:00.000-07:00

It has rain almost every day over the past thirty days and has only gone up to the 80's a couple of times. Everything is so green and nice, it has made daily walks really nice. Here are some pictures of puppy play.

Memorial Park

Pit bull buddy at the park

Fun on the playground

Tug of War

Playing with Reeder's dogs Ben and Kalua

NOW That my vacation is almost over, I now need a real one.

2009-05-07T08:05:00.000-07:00

I intended to make separate posts for all the events of April but May got in the way. Jordan and I have been working 10 hour days remolding the bathroom for my parents' college friends Lynn and Nancy Brown. I have not had a lot of time for things, but today Jordan started work at Lowe's so I can catch up on work at home before we head down to Salem to grout the bathroom. So here is the quick slide show of April.

Megan's Graduation-April 10

Our new puppies the day we got them

Playing with Sarah's kids at Spencer's house, we don't have pictures of Spencer's kids because Sarah was busy taking there pictures.

Misty's Baptism

My Graduation

I like these pictures the most.

That's April in a short slide show.

I Want A Vacation!

2009-04-26T21:02:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a very busy three weeks. Jordan came home from a three week work trip to California on April 8th then on the 9th we headed up to Spencer and Kim's so that we could go to my best friend Megan's graduation. We also picked up two new members of our family. Then on the 10th we headed back down to Salt Lake for my niece Misty's baptism. Then we spent the night there to spend Easter morning with Andrew and Tami's family. We got home just in time to teach our primary class. The next week was my very last finals week ever. And then Jordan and I spent three day's moving five peoples stuff in to one of our very small apartment (turned storage unit). Then finally Graduation.

I will be posting pictures of some of these events for the next few days (it takes me a while to down load things so I'm splitting it up sorry).

I need to know

2009-04-04T02:30:00.000-07:00

So I guess I can safely assume that no one is planing on coming to my graduation because no one has called. Or I have to assume that you are coming and you don't want to eat anything. So if this doesn't apply to you and you would like to come and then go to the food fest afterword just say so in the comment link provided or give me a call. Thanks.

Graduation Plans

2009-03-29T10:46:00.000-07:00

So on April 23 we are having a party after graduation at Grandma and Grandpa Miles' house at 275 N. 910 E. Lindon, Ut 84042 (use google-maps for directions). We invite everyone who can make it to come. That's a Thursday so we understand that not everyone will be able to come, just let us know soon so we can get enough food for everyone. If you have questions go ahead and give me a call. Thanks everyone we love you guys.

I Still Beat Spencer!!!

2009-03-24T09:01:00.000-07:00

I have been stressing out about finishing my house for so long I have put Graduation on the back burner. But I can't ignore it anymore, I am graduating April 23-24. Convocation is April 23 at 3:15, and my school graduation is April 24 at 11:00 a.m. So this is my formal invite to anyone who reads this and would like to come. I don't have time or money to drive to Sarah's for pictures and I don't have the money to mail them out. But the bright side of this money drain is that I only have two rooms and my kitchen floor left until my home is livable, I am so excited.

O and my major is Psychology for those of you who might still be confused by my 10 or so majors that I had in the past.

I know, I Know......

2009-02-22T17:36:00.000-08:00

Okay so it has been a while since my last post, but I have a very good excuse. I have been working very hard on my house and on my last semester at BYU. I now have some fruits of my labor to share with you.

THE BATHROOM

In the Beginning....

Inside- Before

After

Inside- After

There you are, we have been working very hard and I love my new bathroom. We also have the office close to being finished but I need to organize it and hang some pictures before I post that project.

This week we will be working on the kitchen. I know it won't be fun without a kitchen (again) but I hope it goes quickly so that I don't have to worry too much.

Its almost here; I love Thanksgiving!

2008-11-20T17:11:00.000-08:00

Here's an update.

Only three more school days and we finally get a break!!!
Jordan and I have been working really hard with school and the apartment. We are in desperate need of a break and in desperate need of help with our apartment during the break. My goal is to get all the sheet-rock put up and ready to mud by the end of the Thanksgiving break. I don't know how it is going to get done but I am going to try really, really, really, really, really, really hard to make it happen. I hope to have pictures up of everything that we do have finished but that might take a while too.

That's all for now.

Jordan's 2nd Blog!!! (New and Improved)

2008-10-31T10:39:00.000-07:00

So I found this in BYU's daily paper of all places (the paper isn't that great but... I digress) and I thought you guys would enjoy it. And don't think this is a new idea by Obama... This has been a standard foundational liberal idea since FDR. -Jordan

A redistribution of grades
Inspired by Barack Obama By: Marc Watterson

Great news everybody! Inspired by the ideas of presidential candidate Barack
Obama, your local school district has announced a radical idea that is going to
change the world!
The hard work and effort of those who have struggled through their education
to get the best grades possible now have the opportunity to give back. For
you who have worked hard and are getting A’s and A-’s, you will now receive a B+! Have no fear, this is in no way degrading your efforts! Rather, this will be for the benefit of all your classmates as no child will be left behind. Your grades are now being deducted and the difference is being given to those who receive D’s and F’s so that every student will pass with at least a C! After all, how unfair is it to label some of your classmates as failures? Just because they don’t see the need for studying or putting much effort into their education doesn’t mean it’s their fault.
And so, in an effort to promote equality among students, there will now be a redistribution of grades. In this system, each student passes regardless of effort or intelligence gained. Now, don’t let this deter those of you who go the extra mile in trying to learn, there’s still plenty of incentive for you to try and get better grades! You must always remember that your efforts no longer just concern you and your aspirations. Your fellow students now depend on you to get them to the finish line, whether they jog there of their own accord or you have to drag them, kicking and screaming, to graduation. The success of this program depends on you!
The greatest impact this new program will have is in the workplace! You see, this program is also being implemented in colleges and universities all across the nation! Students will now, more than ever, depend on the efforts of these A students to get them their passing grades in every class. Again, regardless of effort, everyone receives a passing grade in classes of higher learning. This will be the same in trade, law, medical and graduate schools as well! Think of it, there will never be a labor shortage again as an influx of “passing” workers flood the market! Sure, there might be a rise in flooded basements and guilty persons going free as otherwise incompetent employees are now given positions of trust in society. But at least we can rest assured every night knowing that despite our intellectual mistakes at work, there were those out there who were willing to sacrifice their hard-earned grades so we could pass every year in school.
Doesn’t this sound fair? Why on earth wouldn’t it be all right to take the hard-earned efforts of individuals and give the rewards of their labors to others instead? Why? Because this is America! This is where the dream still exists that through grit and determination, a man might change the stars and the world around him. This is the land where the ideals of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” remain a noble individual task, not a governmental duty.
Barack Obama would have the American people, us, believe that it is up to the government to provide the roof over our head, the food on our table, and the clothes on our backs. He suggests that it has always been government’s responsibility to do this but that the American people, since the conception of the Constitution, have been blinded by their desire to work hard and enjoy the fruits of their labors. Instead, he contends that it’s government’s job to take these hard-earned fruits and give them to everyone who refused to work hard, if at all. Obama is no Robin Hood. Business owners, Hollywood and sports stars and other wealthy individuals are no Prince Johns. And we, the American public, are no impoverished citizens of Sherwood Forest. If anything, Obama would have the government take the role of Prince John, while wearing the mask of Robin Hood. However, depriving us of our incentive to work hard and hindering our ability to progress would indeed make us a sorrowful and impoverished people.
Is this the future we want? Are these proposals really fair? Do we really believe these ideas are in our and our children’s best interest? Make your vision for the future clear, vote on Tuesday and get involved!

Jordan's 1st Blog!!!!

2008-10-23T16:59:00.000-07:00

Thank you, thank you... We'll be here all week...
The End.

Happy 25th Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-21T11:45:00.000-07:00

Jordan turns a quarter of a century today. I love you Jordan and I hope you have a wonderful birthday even though you're sick.

I LOVE YOU.

Vote Yes on Prop. 8

2008-10-08T20:52:00.000-07:00

Tonight we went to a live broadcast by Elder Ballard, Elder Cook and Elder Clayton on proposition 8, California's proposition to add to its constitution a legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a women. These three Elders of the church have come out and asked for all Californian residents to become active in educating people about prop. 8 and they have also asked that all Californian residents that are not in the state right now to sent in absentee ballots voting yes on prop. 8.

Having three general authorities of the church ask us to do this is something that we take very seriously. We are asking all of you to find out as much about prop. 8 as you can and to try and pass this proposition. Call all the people you know who live in California and ask them to educate themselves and their friends.

I would like to note that prop. 8 does not take away any rights that homosexual couples already have in California it just legaly defines marriage as being between a man and a women. There is more information about prop. 8 at www.protectmarriage.com, we encourage everyone to look up information about this proposition.

Sadly I won't be taking showers in my own house for at least two days

2008-10-06T11:19:00.001-07:00

So my goal of getting the shower grout sealed and ready to use by today was not achieved. We did seal the grout last night though (we finished at about two in the morning). This means that by Tuesday night we should have it water worthy. I did however reach several of my other goals this weekend.

1. I washed 11 loads of laundry
2. We finished building the bedroom and living room closets (so I have a place to put all that clean laundry.
3. We put the shelves in the pantry so now I can actually put food in it, it is very convenient to have food so close to the kitchen now.
4. Watched General Conference (to watch it we had to go to Grandma and Grandpa Miles' house because we don't have a t.v.).
5. I started putting up tile in the kitchen so that we can start building the counter that the kitchen sink goes in.
6. Cleared a path to the computer and downloaded pictures from the last three months (Gaby and Anna be prepared for your graduation pictures, and Lauren and Rick we have some wedding pictures to post and to send to you)

That is a lot of stuff!!! Unfortunately I also didn't get to recording the grades for the class I TA in Oops! Well what are you going to do?

My Goal is to be able to take a Shower in My Own House by Monday!!!!!!!!

2008-10-03T18:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry we don't have a real before picture but we ripped out all the ceilings to rewire before we took any pictures. The first picture shows the shower and the cabinets with our new recessed lights being installed. I happen to really like this shower curtain so no comments from the peanut gallery thank you.

The next one is when our shower became a storage facility so that we could work in other rooms. The picture to the right is the beginning of construction (or destruction depending on how you look at it).

Here is the fun surprise we found (because again the people who built our apartment are not the brightest people). I hope this hasn't been making us sick.

Here are some more pre-tub pictures.

Here is the wall before. Yes random this is a random thing to have in the bathroom wall, but we didn't do it.

And behind that wall is where we finally found the water heater [that's not dangerous at all :(].

And here is a preview of the final product, the bathtub in place. I will show a picture of it tiled, grouted and the final product when we have the final product.

Thank you Andrew and Dad for your help. And thank you Mom and Tami for letting them help.

This is Harder than it Looks.

2008-10-01T11:56:00.000-07:00

Jordan and I are training to be scuba instructors. This means we have to devote at least four hours once a week to teaching classes with the instructors.
Well this week Jordan and I had to teach our class on Monday and on Tuesday we finally made up one of my classes that I missed when I was sick (you never dive when you have sinus problems). This might not sound like it would be exhausting but it is, and now we have to spend the rest of the week studding for test and making up homework because we were studding for test. O how we wish school could be over!!!!

We're making progress

2008-09-13T18:40:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-03T19:29:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2008-09-03T10:31:00.000-07:00

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!

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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.