We moved!

We did it in 2 days with the help of some amazingly wonderful people whom we can't even begin to thank enough. You know who you are and, seriously, we CANNOT show you enough appreciation. Without you we would have never been able to consider ourselves moved today. We'd still have tons of stuff at the old place and my new kitchen would not...well, just would not be.

Thank you! We love you!

So, yeah, 2 days and 95 degrees. Talk about choosing the hottest weekend to move. Sweat definitely dripped off my nose a couple of times and I think Scott had to change his shirt about 4 times. Can't complain though, I think I'd rather have heat than rain.

Moving on to pictures...

This is our dinning area...filled with all our kitchen stuffs.

Oh look, and there is the kitchen, also filled with our kitchen stuffs...we have a lot of stuff.

And the living room. Told ya we have a lot of stuff.

This is the guest bathroom...notice the double sinks? Love it!

Here is our bedroom, not that exciting...yet.

the second bedroom (yep, you read that right, we have a second bedroom). We called this the staging area for dressers.

Scott enjoying our new hallway and starting the laundry using our new large, non stacked washer and dryer...that have their own closet!!

Next day, looks like we've gotten a little more work done...only one dresser left.

And we really do have a living room under all that stuff. Check out that fire place. :)

Oh people reading this blog, it is so nice to be in a place that we picked out together and that finally fits all of our wedding gifts and all of our stuff...and us! It has so many things that we wanted and things that we didn't even know we wanted. Just to put this fantastically fabulously great apartment into perspective for you (because you might be wondering why I'm singing such high praises), our old apartment was my apartment: a 1 bedroom, 575 sq ft postage stamp that I had lived in for about 3 and half years before Scott joined me...this August would have made 4 years in one place for me. That is a VERY long time for this military brat. I mean, really, it was more than time to move on. And who better to move on with than Scott, that handsome guy doing the laundry.

SO...this lovely apartment that we are blessed to call home is 915 sq ft, 2 bed, 2 bath, fire place, closets all over the place, ceiling fans, a small storage closet on the patio, a huge kitchen with black countertops and double sink...wow...I mean, wow! We have a dinning area that has more than enough room for a table and that we can actually use for a dinning area instead of being overtaken by all of Scott's clothes and bike stuff. We now have the privilege of eating our meals at the table now, instead of on the couch and in our laps.

AND did I mention that its OURS? WE picked it out TOGETHER.
I just LOVE that about this place!!

More pictures will come as we make more progress. :)

In the couch

So, a few weeks ago I got ambitious and decided to vacuum out the couch. As in, shove the nozel into all the crevices and everything...something I personally haven't done since the couch was put into my own personal care 4 years ago, and which I discovered hadn't been done since 1999. Wanna know how I figured that out? Take a look below.


Yep, this is a Michaels receipt from 1999. Needless to say, Scott was a bit disturbed by this. (not me though, I just thought it was pretty hilarious). I also found a few candy canes and a mechanical pencil - no change thought, bummer.

The first weekend of June...

Now that June is over, why not start blogging about it...right?

FRIDAY
Friday night my bro got himself hitched. My dad did the wedding, Scott was the "ring bearer" and my sister and I gave her away (her family is all back in the Philippians). It was a lovely little ceremony. Then we had dinner and cake and champagne at Shenanigans at the Red Lion.





SATURDAY
Saturday morning/day I accompanied Scott to the Mount Hood Cycling Classic and went along for the ride while he officiated...

About 9 miles into the 90 mile race, these two guys broke away from the pack...and we stared at their rears for the next 4 hours.
Here's Scott doin' his officatin' thang...
and me doin mine...I'm so helpful.
just havin some fun...did you catch the part that we were in the car driving around Mount Hood for 4 and half hours? Actually, it wasn't bad at all. Loved it. Beautiful day, wonderful view, fantastic driving buddy...can't complain.
After the race, we drove home and got all ready for a fun date night out on the town. We started at Noble Rot where we had some yum cheese and wine. We were so hungry and it was so tasty we didn't even have time to click the camera before it was almost gone...oops.
Hey, Scott, look at that beautiful view! And is that basil?
Oh, can you bring us some of that lettuce on your roof? Yep, at Noble Rot, they grow and sell lettuce right from their roof, and they use other fresh grown goodness in dishes on their menu...love that place!
awe, ain't we precious...
Then we found a restaurant downtown called Candy that we'd never been to (we love trying new places) and had a lovely dinner as the parade marched by...we'd forgotten about the Starlight parade...which made parking 1) not easy and 2) no where near where we ate) It was a lovely night, we love walking and there were lots of Portland people out and about to watch.
On the walk back to the car we ran across a fun looking gelato coffee shop. We just to go in, ya know, to end our date on a sweet, tasty note. I got this yummy little sandwich cookie (the cookies were from Trader Joes!) and Scott got two scoops of gelato...of which I cannot remember the flavors. Ps. I just remembered that I enjoyed two sandwich cookies, not just one...and the other had chocolate cookies.

And honestly...I can't remember what we did Sunday...wow, the mind is already going...we probably slept in...went to church...I bet Scott had a softball game that night...oh sheesh, I'm done trying to remember...

Hey, I'm a busy girl, but here's a quick update.

Sorry I've been gone for a bit friends. Honest. It kinda eats at me when I can't make time to post even a little bit. But let me tell you, I. Have. Been. Busy. We had VBS at our church, which meant 12 hour days. It also meant over 200 kids every night! It was AWESOME!!

Scott and i also have found a new apartment and are moving into our new 2 bed/2 bath/fireplace/so many new and better things apartment in less than 2 weeks. People, our apartment right now is 575 square feet. This new apartment is 915 square feet. SERIOUSLY!!! And this new place is ours, not mine that Scott moved into. We went and looked together and loved it at just about the same time. It's so great! Plus it's right off the Max line and walking/running distance from our gym. Oh, and it's literally right across the street from the mall. Can't beat that right? Only about 5-10 more minutes to work for me and about 25 minutes less of a drive for Scott when he starts school in the fall. AND now I get to legally change my last name and we finally start using our wedding presents. Almost all of them have been sitting in my parents garage just waiting patiently for the day that they could move into a larger space with us. More on this later.

Let's see, what else...Rachel and I made homemade tortilla's, that was amazingly easy and so FREAKING good! Also, we tried our hands at making sauted Kale. Also very easy and FREAKING good!

So many other things have happened and I want to expand on what I've already mentioned but I have to get back to work. Just wanted to give my readers (who love me, they really love me) encouraged me to post again because (sigh, tear) they missed me. I feel so special.

I leave you with this little tid-bit...yesterday I found a reciept in my couch from 1999. I've only been in possession of this couch since 2006. What does that tell you?

Love her!(She seriously has the most rockin body)

Love this show!

And now LOVING this one too!

I really gotta try her 30 day shred dvd...I hear they are pretty good. But how can they not be. I mean, HELLO, it's Jillian we are talking about here.

Oh, and the reason I wanted to write this post tell you that Jillian is born the day after me. We are almost birthday buddies. Almost. And yes, I do realize I'm a big nerdy freak who actually got a little excited that Jillian's birthday is a mere 24 hours after mine.

Random and honesty...maybe too much

1. Why is it that some days, even weeks at a time, my willpower can be off the charts fantastic and other days it's...well...not?

2. Yesterday I finally discovered something I do that bugs my husband to no end. I guess he just couldn't take it anymore and had to share what had been on his heart. Apparently he doesn't like my parking jobs. I park crooked and not always centered...and this is nonsensical in his world. I will say that he is a very careful parker, always striving to be straight between the lines so as not to allow other cars to park to close in which case they could carelessly open their door too fast and with too much force and ding Eileen (his faithful vehicle. Mine is Sugar). Me on the other hand, doesn't have a care in the world when parking, except not hitting the cars on either side as I pull into a parking spot or the wall in front of me as I come to a stop. I am not really thinking about others and how they handle themselves and their car doors...I don't know, I guess I'm selfish that way. As long as I'm in the spot and hopefully not on the lines, life is good and I can go about my business.
Ps. I do think my husband makes great points here and I also do believe my husband to be a much better driver than I. Just thought this was funny and had to share.

3. The cyclist in my life showed me a picture this morning.

Then I found this one, showing how his tire just bounced back to it's original form...AND the moment right before impact...yikes...

You should also watch this video, which shows the whole incident...in slow motion and everything

WOW-ZERS!!! It turned into just one massive pile up. If you watch closely you'll see a guy go over his handlebars, and then people just falling all the way back through the peloton.
This is why, according to my cyclist, that you do not cross the line...you hold it!

4) I find it rather exciting to Map My Run as soon as I get home after pounding the pavement. I actually look forward to it as I start getting closer to home (that and when I get to stop running). It's so fun to see how far I've gone.
But, I'm ashamed to say, when I haven't gone as far as I thought...I can get a mite upset.
I should probably work on that part. But it also makes me push myself farther the next time...interesting how that works.

5) I know it's about to be summer time because Panera Bread has brought back my favorite EVER salad. The Strawberry Poppyseed & Chicken salad. It has all kinds of fresh fruit, pecans, chicken, a good dressing...what is not to love? It's so very tasty AND good for you...I ask again, what is not to love?!
Next to the salad rolls from a Thai restaurant near our apartment, this is my favorite thing to eat. Ever. I just wish they would add it to the menu year-round...except then the fruit wouldn't be as fresh...but they could make it seasonal fruit...hmmm, wonder if they've thought of that? I might have to write a letter.

6) I love Real Simple magazine and their daily quotes. Here is one of my recent favorites.

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’”

― C.S. Lewis

7) Today is National Smile Power Day. I guess that means smile a lot and at everyone you see and check out how something that small and easy is to do is so powerful.
It's also National Lobster Day.

8) Why is June National Turkey Lovers Month? Anyone else think that should be saved for November? Just sayin...

9) I really hate it when my dad answers his cell phone in the middle of or right before his services start (He is a pastor for several different nursing homes around the area). Gah!! That is what voicemail is for, people!

10) I feel that since I made my way all the way to 9 random things I should be able to find a 10th lying around somewhere just waiting to be shared. I believe the only tissues that should be used on a runny nose is Puffs. They are the best. And the slogan is what puts them over the top in my book. It's so easy to remember. Makes it great when your at the store and picking up a new tissue box because you just ran out and your nose is raw and peeling AND running all over. Ouch...and gross. So, their slogan...
"A nose in need, deserves Puffs, indeed."