Presents

The cats keep putting their toys in their food dishes. It's pretty strange, yet incredibly adorable and funny.






I'd like to think it's their way of saying, "Thank you for feeding us. You are the best parents of 3 kitties ever!!!"


***I forgot I had already posted about this, but I did have 2 new pictures...they keep doing it!!! So, repeat posting with some updated photos. Sorry. :)***

Thank you for the yummy food!

I keep finding our kitty toys in the food bowl and finally decided to take a picture. I can't figure out which of our cats is doing this, but I think it's pretty stinkin' funny!

Mmm, bread.

Here is a picture of the bread I made a week or so ago. It's not my favorite white bread recipe I've ever used, but it was easy. I thought about making bread again this last week, but it is a bit time consuming. I think I'll add bread to our grocery list and make this a monthly habit to make home made bread. I need to get the few ingredients I didn't have to make the recipe my mom always used. It's much more moist.

We're Home!

Patrick and I have officially moved! We are now in a 4-plex a few miles from our old place, still in the Liberty Park/Sugarhouse area in Salt Lake City. I love this area.

We finally got our kitchen put away last night. That cleared up a TON of space to have everything put away in a cupboard or drawer. Patrick is hilarious...he would tell everyone, "There are 25 cupboards and 10 drawers!!" When I first heard him say that, I didn't even doubt for a second that he had really counted. And now that everything is put away, we still have empty cupboards and drawers. Awesome, really.

The bathroom is put away, too. We have a ton of storage in our hallway, so the bathroom is clutter free. Also, the bedroom has a vanity area where I will do my hair and makeup, so that stuff isn't in the way in the bathroom, either. It's a good thing - the bathroom isn't very big.

I have an office, too, which will also double as a craft room. There are 2 windows, one which is quite large, so the room is well lit. I love it! It's not even close to being organized or unpacked, though.

The bedroom is almost done being put away. We have a walk-in closet and a ton of storage space around the vanity area, so we don't even need a dresser. I love it.

The living room will be the final mess to clean up. It is still FULL of boxes, decorations, stuff that will go in the garage, and who knows what else. Which reminds me, Patrick has a one-car garage at his disposal! That means all things vehicular (as well as our camping gear) will be out of the house. YEAH!!!! :) Can you tell that makes me happy???

So, it's wonderful to have a new place with plenty of room for all of our randomness. I'm sure we'll have to purge and reorganize if we ever decide to have a baby. Where will my office go? Or we'll just have to move to a 3-bedroom place. I hear homes are pretty cheap in Arizona. :)

My next assignment is changing our address with every account we have, so I better get on to it...

Updates

Our yard sale Saturday was a success. We made about $250, which was awesome. I had to go to work, so Patrick was the lucky guy who got to put out the FREE sign, get rid of more stuff, then take the rest to DI. It feels AMAZING to have all that clutter out of our house...yet it is still a little cluttered, or just messy from trying to pack.

We have decided that we are not moving into the house we were going to move into. Too many not-cool things have been already happening with the landlord, so we'll just bypass what could be a year or more of irritation. Now we're looking for another place. It might be this month or next that we move, but it's all up in the air right now. This causes much anxiety for me. Especially because we gave our couch away, so it is not comfy AT ALL to be in the living room watching TV. Bummer. Tomorrow I'll be doing a lot of cleaning to make our half-packed home feel a little more livable, since it may be another month in this place.

Maybe we should just pack it all and go to Denver and live by Kosette. :)

Frogs Legs for Memorial Day

Patrick had me try frogs legs tonight. :) We decided to go to the grocery store to grill some grub, and we decided on frogs legs, shark, and scallops. Oh, and portabella mushrooms with spinach and mozzarella cheese. It was a fine feast, and I actually liked the frogs legs. They have a chicken-seafood-ness to them. Interesting.

Now we need ice cream cones.

Change

The books are all packed, our stuff is sorted for the yard sale Saturday, and I bought paper plates and plastic utensils so we can start packing up the kitchen. It's slowly coming along, and I am hoping that we can start moving stuff into the new place in the next few days.

When Patrick and I first lived together, we used plastic utensils and paper plates allllll the time. It took a lot of work to convince Patrick that we should use normal plates and utensils, and not having a dishwasher for the last year has almost made me regret making that change. Fortunately, the new place has a dishwasher. Yeah!!!

I just want to settle in. I feel so unsettled and chaotic right now with everything turned upside down in the house, all of our sweet decorations off the wall, and a big change ahead of us.

Photos from our stop in Boulder City, NV

My handsome hubby with deep dam thoughts...

Wild desert flowers. I figured out how to use the super macro setting on my camera! :)

More desert flowers

and more

and a desert plant in bloom.
I'm so happy I got to see some desert plants/flowers at their prettiest stage.


Our stop in Boulder City was really nice.
We stayed at La Hacienda for $20, went 4-wheeling in Patrick's Jeep,
ate a lot of food, explored the dam and nature,
got a shower and some good (much needed) sleep.
It was our first time staying in a hotel
AND
doing a random little adventure together.
Crazy, huh?

It was way overdue. :)

It's Official!!!

We're moving!!!

Now before any of you living in Utah panic, we're not moving far at all.

Those of you in Phoenix (or anywhere outside of Utah), we're not moving there. Sorry.

We're going down to 27th South & State Street area into a nicer 5-bedroom house. Patrick's friend, Chris, is moving in with us, so we'll all be saving a bit of money. I'm excited to plant flowers, a garden next year, decorate, and use a dishwasher again. Ahhhhh.

I'll send an email with the new address when I figure out what it is. ;) We'll officially be in our new place on June 1st.

Big TWO SEVEN

Happy Birthday to Patrick yesterday!!!

Patrick is a spoiled man! His mom is supporting his hot rod habit with a generous donation to the cause. He got taken out to 2 sushi dinners, got breakfast made for him, went out with friends (and me) to see a band play, watched a movie of his choice, Quarantine, (I thought it had a stupid ending, but I guess I just like happy endings...), and is getting the vast majority of our tax return to devote to getting all of the parts together for his hot rod. I'm excited to see this car brought to life. So, overall, my sweet hubby had a great birthday.

And, he trimmed up his beard...he's so handsome! I'll have to sneak a picture of him soon.