Jana tagged me with this 8 things tag and so I'm doing it cause why the heck not:
Eight Television Shows I Watch
The Office
The Soup
Mythbusters
Mad About You (on DVD)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (on DVD)
The Office (on DVD)
My So-Called Life (on DVD)
Amanda's lame HGTV Home shows
Eight Favorite Restaurants
Brick Oven
Chinese Buffet
Taco Bell
Los Hermanos
Flaming Wok
Macaroni Grill
Wendy's
Arby's
8 Singers/Bands I listen to
London Symphony Orchestra
Prague Philarmonic
Boston Pops
People that sing in Sondheim Musicals
People that sing in Disney Musicals
The musicians that play music for Disney Rides
Bands that play John Williams music
Michael Jackson
Eight Books I have read
Harry Potter
Huck Finn
The Unofficial Guide to Disney World
The Mormon Bathroom Reader
The Lovely Bones
The Disney that Never Was
Jurassic Park
Because of Winn-Dixie
Eight Things That Happened Yesterday
I got annoyed at work.
I ate Wendy's
I played Lego: Batman
We decided not to go to Disneyland at Christmas
Amanda got annoyed at work.
I played text twirl on Facebook.
I ate really crappy sandwich cookies.
I ate stale donuts.
Eight Things I'm Looking Forward To
Being done with Watchmen (though I love working on it, it'll be nice to have free time again).
Christmas
General Conference
Getting a new job
Amanda and Abe's Birthday
The weekend cause it'll be cold and stormy
Going to Disney World...sometime...
Buying a new treadmill HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Eight Things on my Wish List
Better job
Bigger house
go to Disney World
lose 20 pounds
get out of debt
my wife to not throw up when she's pregnant (no, she's not pregnant)
wish it would snow
wish I had more vacation days
Eight People I'm Tagging
Amanda
Judy
Leeann
libby
reed
anyone else who reads this blog and wants to either relpy on their blog or in the comments of this blog
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Our NEW CONDO!!!
[Click on any of the pictures to see a larger image]
Alright, last Saturday, August 16th, we moved out of our crappy 3-bedroom apt. we’ve lived in for the past 2 years
and moved into our awesome brand-new condo (OK, so some people were renting it before we moved in, but it’s LIKE NEW—read previous post for more details…)
The move went really well and we got it done really fast. We started the move at about 2 and had the truck back to the u-haul place by 6:45 or so. Special thanks to everyone who helped us move and got us food to eat!
So now it’s time for a tour of the condo. Here’s a view of the neighborhood outside the condo:
Here’s our condo:
And a closer look at the patio, where Amanda wants to barbeque in the summertime:
We’ve got a little storage area in there, but it’s where the water shutoff are for the building, so not much room to store stuff.
Here’s our place, #101…
Welcome. Come on in. Bonjour. Howdy (that one’s cause we live in Hickville—err…Pleasant Grove…)
To your right is the front room.
It’s a little messy cause Amanda was babysitting today. We’ve got 9-foot ceilings throughout the house, which is AWESOME and really opens up the space. We’ve got a ceiling fan in here, and when we get our new DVD shelves, I’ll show you a picture of that wall with our TV and some pictures and such. For now, you can see Abe pretend to play the Wii:
To the left as you enter the house is the kitchen:
You like Abe's pose for the camera?
And down the hall on the left is the kids’ bathroom, decorated with a frog theme:
Across from their bathroom is Abe and Joel’s bedroom—messy of course:
Here’s a view from inside the room looking out—bonus points if you can guess what Joel’s watching:
Next, Maddy’s even messier bedroom (despite not having to share with another person):
Judy gave us her old ice chest, which Maddy is full of board games in Maddy’s closet (Abe likes to pull the games out):
Further down the hall is the Master bedroom and bathroom. There’s a door closing it off from the rest of the house. The bathroom is to the left once you step into the room. It’s got 2 sinks. Here’s Amanda’s sink on the left:
And mine on the right:
The closet is also in the bathroom, which would’ve been awesome if our dresser was small enough to fit in there along with all our other boxes, hanging clothes, and file cabinet:
Here’s our bedroom, also with a ceiling fan:
Though you can’t really tell from the pictures, this room (and the whole condo) is really spacious. In our old apt., we barely fit everything into our bedroom, with maybe a foot-wide walking path to various areas of the room. Now we’ve got plenty of walking space. We don’t, however, have a spot for our linens just yet, so for now, they’re on top of Amanda’s cedar chest:
Here’s our bed, with a bedspread straight from Walt Disney World’s All-Star Music Hotel (where we went on our honeymoon—no we didn’t steal it—we bought it off ebay!)
Looking out from the bedroom, you can see down the hallway to the front door:
See it? Use it!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
We really love our new condo and in the week we’ve been here, we’ve already grown really attached to it—and I’m not talking about the 30-year mortgage shackled to our souls.
And heck, you gotta love that it only takes me about 25 minutes to get to work instead of 35-40!
I'll put up some more pics when we have the walls decorated. For now, here’s a video clip featuring the house I WANTED to get…
Alright, last Saturday, August 16th, we moved out of our crappy 3-bedroom apt. we’ve lived in for the past 2 years
and moved into our awesome brand-new condo (OK, so some people were renting it before we moved in, but it’s LIKE NEW—read previous post for more details…)
The move went really well and we got it done really fast. We started the move at about 2 and had the truck back to the u-haul place by 6:45 or so. Special thanks to everyone who helped us move and got us food to eat!
So now it’s time for a tour of the condo. Here’s a view of the neighborhood outside the condo:
Here’s our condo:
And a closer look at the patio, where Amanda wants to barbeque in the summertime:
We’ve got a little storage area in there, but it’s where the water shutoff are for the building, so not much room to store stuff.
Here’s our place, #101…
Welcome. Come on in. Bonjour. Howdy (that one’s cause we live in Hickville—err…Pleasant Grove…)
To your right is the front room.
It’s a little messy cause Amanda was babysitting today. We’ve got 9-foot ceilings throughout the house, which is AWESOME and really opens up the space. We’ve got a ceiling fan in here, and when we get our new DVD shelves, I’ll show you a picture of that wall with our TV and some pictures and such. For now, you can see Abe pretend to play the Wii:
To the left as you enter the house is the kitchen:
You like Abe's pose for the camera?
And down the hall on the left is the kids’ bathroom, decorated with a frog theme:
Across from their bathroom is Abe and Joel’s bedroom—messy of course:
Here’s a view from inside the room looking out—bonus points if you can guess what Joel’s watching:
Next, Maddy’s even messier bedroom (despite not having to share with another person):
Judy gave us her old ice chest, which Maddy is full of board games in Maddy’s closet (Abe likes to pull the games out):
Further down the hall is the Master bedroom and bathroom. There’s a door closing it off from the rest of the house. The bathroom is to the left once you step into the room. It’s got 2 sinks. Here’s Amanda’s sink on the left:
And mine on the right:
The closet is also in the bathroom, which would’ve been awesome if our dresser was small enough to fit in there along with all our other boxes, hanging clothes, and file cabinet:
Here’s our bedroom, also with a ceiling fan:
Though you can’t really tell from the pictures, this room (and the whole condo) is really spacious. In our old apt., we barely fit everything into our bedroom, with maybe a foot-wide walking path to various areas of the room. Now we’ve got plenty of walking space. We don’t, however, have a spot for our linens just yet, so for now, they’re on top of Amanda’s cedar chest:
Here’s our bed, with a bedspread straight from Walt Disney World’s All-Star Music Hotel (where we went on our honeymoon—no we didn’t steal it—we bought it off ebay!)
Looking out from the bedroom, you can see down the hallway to the front door:
See it? Use it!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
We really love our new condo and in the week we’ve been here, we’ve already grown really attached to it—and I’m not talking about the 30-year mortgage shackled to our souls.
And heck, you gotta love that it only takes me about 25 minutes to get to work instead of 35-40!
I'll put up some more pics when we have the walls decorated. For now, here’s a video clip featuring the house I WANTED to get…
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Father's Day and a blog game
Man, so busy lately. That's a good thing, cause it means a better paycheck! But it means I'm really worn out at the end of the day and don't feel like blogging. But I got home early tonight and got to relax a while, so now I can catch up on my blogs.
Thanks to all those who contributed advice and snarky comments regarding our decision. We've decided for sure to have Amanda pursue Nursing rather than her Master's Degree. However, we're still not 100% where to live and whether to rent or buy. There are some townhomes in Pleasant Grove we've been looking at, though. No decisions yet, however.
Father's Day: I didn't have a giant breakfast like amanda did--I got to pick out a couple boxes of cereal just for me--I got Honey Graham Oh's (DELICIOUS!) and Raisin Nut Bran (which wasn't as good as I'd remembered). I spent the day relaxing. Watched a movie or two, though I don't remember what movies, and we enjoyed our combination Father's Day/Anniversary/need a new TV present of our new flat-screen TV. Now we have a remote control, and the TV doesn't change channels when we press the volume button on the TV!!
I've also put a new list on the right of this blog that lists the movies we've got through Netflix so far this year. Overall, we've made good choices--only a couple disappointments in the list.
I'll end with a game that my friend Jana has on her blog. Here's what you do, courtesy of her blog entry:
Here are the directions:
Okay, as a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :) If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.
Why not end with a clip from PIXAR's newest short film "Presto" which plays before WALL-E?
Thanks to all those who contributed advice and snarky comments regarding our decision. We've decided for sure to have Amanda pursue Nursing rather than her Master's Degree. However, we're still not 100% where to live and whether to rent or buy. There are some townhomes in Pleasant Grove we've been looking at, though. No decisions yet, however.
Father's Day: I didn't have a giant breakfast like amanda did--I got to pick out a couple boxes of cereal just for me--I got Honey Graham Oh's (DELICIOUS!) and Raisin Nut Bran (which wasn't as good as I'd remembered). I spent the day relaxing. Watched a movie or two, though I don't remember what movies, and we enjoyed our combination Father's Day/Anniversary/need a new TV present of our new flat-screen TV. Now we have a remote control, and the TV doesn't change channels when we press the volume button on the TV!!
I've also put a new list on the right of this blog that lists the movies we've got through Netflix so far this year. Overall, we've made good choices--only a couple disappointments in the list.
I'll end with a game that my friend Jana has on her blog. Here's what you do, courtesy of her blog entry:
Here are the directions:
Okay, as a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :) If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.
Why not end with a clip from PIXAR's newest short film "Presto" which plays before WALL-E?
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