Thursday, August 28, 2008

Penny Pinching

So, Caleb and I are really shooting to eliminate as much debt as we can by the end of the year, so I'm the coupon clipping, penny pinching wife. It gets tough sometimes, because it feels like we can never catch up. As soon as we pay down a credit card a little, some car trouble happens and we have to use it. Or the groceries cost more than we expected. We have been a lot better to not eat out as much and things, but we just hang at home most of the time and make our meals. We use minimal gas, (Gas is still $3.87 here, for my fam in Cali and Idaho) and do everything we can. I don't know what else to do. Any other suggestions?

Thursday, August 21, 2008

All Good Dogs Go To Heaven...

Today, my parents had to put our Sanka down. We had him for 14 wonderful years, and he filled our life with so much fun and so much joy as kids. I still remember the day Tyler brought him home from the horse pasture. Our bunny Gandolf had died a day or two before, and we really wanted another pet. We had our Tigger, but it wasn't the same. We kept him in the yard until our parents got home. Sanka's big brown eyes won over mom, and we got to keep him...as long as we didn't name him Killer. :) He tore up the yard yes, but that doesn't change how much we loved him, or anything of the sort. I'll miss his cute face in the backyard when I go to visit.
Really, we know now that he doesn't hurt, so this is the best thing for him. I just can't wait to run into him in the after life, and run and play with him again, just like the day we brought him home.




Miss you already dear friend. I couldn't have asked for a better dog. And there ends my Ode to Sanka.


Wednesday, August 20, 2008

For all you Twitch lovers...

I got really into So You Think You Can Dance this year, and was really rooting for Twitch to win. Joshua was deserving, yes, but I was still rooting for Twitch in my heart. So, as I mentioned in my last post, Angela was here last weekend. She hadn't seen Hairspray yet, and so we sat and watched it. As we were watching the last number in the movie, the guy that Amber (Brittany Snow) is checking out in the last number....is a clean shaven Twitch! He has auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance the year before they filmed Hairspray, and the coreographer is associated with the show, and cast him! We were FREAKING OUT when we realized it was him! Caleb being the loving husband he is, just stared and laughed at us. Check it out! He stands out to us....but that's because we know who he is too. We think he is a better dancer now than he was then. :D

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

New Friends

So, this last weekend my friend Angela came to stay with us. Jewel took to her just like she took to me when we first got her. She would just cuddle up to Angela like she was me. They played a lot, and she just loved her. She meowed and cried when Angela left. So here is the picture I took when they were relaxing on the couch!

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Wide Open Spaces

So, I've been thinking that I wanted to rearrange the furniture in our living room for quite a while now, and finally last night, we did it. By doing that, the room feels twice as big, and we are able to enjoy the space now.
Jewel is loving the new open space. She gets to run and play without an obstacle course now. She has grown like a weed since we got her. She's twice as big, and weighs 3.5 lbs. She's still a runt, but we love her. We have also started to allow her to go out back after the dogs have been taken in the house for the night. She's not so sure how she feels about grass, but she loves to chase Caleb on the patio.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Family In Town

So, for a little over a week now, we have had the privelidge of having Caleb's sister and her children out here! It's been really nice to spend some time with them. We were able to do some shopping, and just spend time together. We've also had some really great discussions that we have all benefited from. I love that part of being with family. There are always some good discussions to have. All the kids have their birthdays in August, so we got to spoil the kids as much as we could while they have been here. We will miss them when they leave in the morning.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Logan Trip

So, our runaway weekend took us to the lovely Logan, in which we coincidentally drove past Alan and Rendi's old house, which is up for sale... We had lots of fun, and we have tons of pictures to share with you!

My Angie at Angie's Diner!
Goofy face!
Outside the Anniversary Inn
Birthday Dessert at Iggy's
The coolest tub ever! The putting green!
Lunch at Fredrico's! He likes it!Me too!
The water comes out of the snake's mouths! Sweet!
The sweet paint job in the 2nd room!

Aww! Handsome hubby!

So, that was our trip! We did a lot of loafing, and I read breaking dawn! It was good. I was disappointed in a couple of things, but it's all good. Hope you liked our pics!