The Hole - Finished.

PSHHH... Yah.

Like, 7 months ago.

You're all gonna have to get over the fact that I'm not a good blogger.

Mmkay?

Anyway, here's a bunch of pix and they're not in any order because blogger sucks and won't let me rearrange the order of the picutres.

So, these first two are the most recent pix. We got our front yard put in about 2 weeks ago and we're loving it! Especially Moki - he was rolling around in the sod when the dudes were laying it down.

This was a few days before we moved in when it was brand-newly finished.

So, this is the larger half of our bonus room unfinished.

Albert and our friend Jarom got the basement all sheetrocked so that our blow-in insulation wouldn't fall out. Albert is turning into quite the handyman!

While we were painting the bonus room we got a little crazy with the paint. Can you believe all the craziness? I mean, geez.

Moki liked helping us paint and stuff.
Well, mostly he was just in the way, but he liked to think he was helping.

What a hottie.
'Nuff said.

The outside of The Hole all finished.
I have some super cute giant pots with flowers on the front porch now to make it even cuter!

The first item to be placed lovingly in the new fridge.
Of course. :)
What else did you expect?

The new fridge.

The front room looking into the kitchen. This was the day before we closed, I think.

Our front room looking toward the front door.

My pantry door.
It says "Pantry"!!!
And it has pix of food on it!!!
Love it.

My beautiful kitchen.
Absolutely LOVE my cabinets!

Another view of the cabinets and the fridge.
I do have a stove in that empty space now too!
It's a gas range and I love it, too.

Well, that's about it. I would post pix of all the cute decorations I've put up, but I really don't have a lot of decor up at all. Cause I'm lame, that's why. But I'll be working on that here soon when I get done with school.

Phase I Complete

I got a message on my voicemail from my dear sister yesterday that went something like this...

"Hello? Alisha? This is Mother Earth calling you. Are you still alive? Please check in and let Earth know if you survived the weekend."

Yes, we are still alive. Yes, we got all moved out of our (now) old house this weekend. I finally finished cleaning yesterday - 5 1/2 hours later - and we turned the keys over to our awesome renters.

Yes, we are now living with some good friends and just waiting out the last few weeks until The Hole is all finished - they are painting right now. Yes, my back has not stopped killing me for the last 2 weeks from lifting boxes and other stuff. Yes, again, we survived.

And YES, I am exhausted.

Oh, and I finished my stupid Community Health Nursing class. SO glad to be rid of that beast. Now I'm in statistics. Heaven help me - you know how I suck at math.

Dear White Tile in my bathroom,

Just so you know, I will NOT miss you when we move out tomorrow. Not even a little. Your pastiness and my dark brown hair just don't mesh well in terms of cleanliness. I pretty much hate you and will be happy to get rid of you.

And to whoever (or should it be whomever?) decided putting white tile anywhere was a good idea,

You were wrong.
It sucks and NEVER looks clean.

You likey my new background? Got sick of the old one.

It's a love-hate kind of thing...

Moving...

This little word strikes fear into the hearts of most people. Not me. Not right now because I'm ready. I've been ready for a while to move and get into The Hole.

But that doesn't mean that this is an entirely pleasant experience. There are things you forget about moving that you rediscover during the process. Things like...

- Finding out how much CRAP you have acquired over the last however long you've been in your place.

- Realizing that you think you're keeping a clean home, but then remembering that "Oh yah. I guess I haven't actually move that couch for about 3 years. Hmm... That's gross."

- Remembering how physically painful it is to lift all that heavy stuff - and then going up and/or down stairs while carrying that heavy stuff.

- Seeing how empty your place looks after taking all your junk out.

Of course, call me crazy or whatever, but I think the pros outweigh the cons. Some pros like...

- Purging. Getting rid of a whole gob of (again) CRAP that you've been holding onto for no apparent reason. This is probably my favorite part. I LOVE de-junking my life.

- Getting everything really clean after you move all the stuff out of the way.

- The excitement of starting something new - starting a new home, new area to live in, new ward, and all that kind of stuff.

- Getting your new home all organized and put in good order. Some of you may be thinking I'm a freak, but I actually like organizing stuff. It's a lot of work but it always looks so clean and neat when it's done.

Well, that's what I think anyway.

I'm excited to get into The Hole, get all my CRAP back out of boxes and get my new home organized. We'll be out of our place this weekend, then in limbo for a few weeks until The Hole is finished.

In the mean time... watch out Mandons... we're comin' for ya.

Poor kid

So, my awesome big brother sent me this email today of this unfortunate little girl who someone tramp-stamped!

She has no hope.

He also sent this pic with a threat {like any good big brother should}...
to me, my sister and baby brother that if any one of us ever did this to any of our female offspring, he would personally kick our butts.

Thanks for the warning, Aaron.
I'll be sure never to do that to anyone.

{bliss list}

{...bliss list...}

Definition: A list of things that make you happy

Here's mine

~Quiet~

~Sunshine~

~The thought of being done with school~

~My family~

~My faith~

~Chocolate~

~My (former) Young Women~

~Saturday mornings when Albert and I don't have anything to do and we just get to lay there together all warm and comfy~

~Laying on a beach~

~Bubble baths~

~Early summer mornings~

~Good music~

~My Moki~

~Knowing that one day I WILL be a MOM (some day, somehow)~

~Good smells~

~Baking~

~Yard work~

~A clean house~

~Diet Pepsi~

What's on your bliss list?