Search for a House

We continued our house search Saturday. This search was much better than last week's. Last week, we looked in Carrollton, and none of the houses we looked at were as nice as our little townhome we live in now. This time, we went to The Colony. The first house we went to was in what is called, "The Legends," it is in The Colony right outside of Frisco. Close to Ikea, which is good because it means my sister might actually come visit me. We loved it. It was the first house I could actually see us living in. It had a closet fit for a queen, need I say more? The next couple we looked at were better than the ones we saw in Carrollton, but still not what we were looking for. Then, we went to Frisco. Now, I was really against living in Frisco. Ryan has a lot of friends from work that live in Frisco so he was leaning more towards Frisco. We look at the houses in Frisco, and they are actually pretty nice. I did not like any of them as much as I liked the first house we saw in, "The Legends," but I feel like ok, if I have to move to Frisco I can. Then, last night I saw this show on TLC called, "Toddlers and Tiaras." Where were half of these little pint size beauty queens from? Yes, you guessed it FRISCO,TX! These moms were CRAZY, I am sorry, but I do not want my neighbor being psycho beauty pagent mom. She even had a "Pagent Mom" sticker in her car. Um Frisco, I think I am going to have to pass. Now, if only I can convince Ryan....

Hey, Hey Domestic Goddess

I made dinner last night. No, seriously, I did. I know how to make simple things. Our weekly dinners usually consist of spaghetti, tacos (or burritos whichever Ryan is in the mood for) chicken on the Foreman (which Ryan makes, and I usually skip) or frozen dinners. As you see we do not mix it up too much. Lately, I have been trying to cook more. Basically, I find out what Ryan wants for dinner, I google it and voila I have a recipe. I made Chicken Pot Pie one night, which actually turned out pretty good, but it took awhile to make. I made yams, mac and cheese (from scratch not from a box), pumpkin pie and a few other things for Christmas dinner. Well, yesterday I discovered the crockpot! It is the best invention ever. I cut up some potatoes, carrots, and poured in some cream of mushroom soup set a roast in it, put some chopped onions on top, turned it on low, and the came home 9 hours later and dinner was ready. The only bad thing is I do not like roast, but Ryan seemed to like it, so score 20 points for domestic goddess!

Blog? Why not!

I figure everyone is else doing it. I know I enjoy reading all the blogs the girls on the nest set up about what they are doing during their first year of marriage, so I figure I can start my own.

This has actually been a really busy year, to only be 14 days into it. So far this year I have gone to yoga at least four days a week for the past three weeks. So next time you see me I better look slim and trim. I actually like yoga. It is the first exercise I have found that I do not dread going to to everyday.

Now, on the family front, we have started looking for a house. We are hoping to be home owners by the beginning of the summer. Harley needs a yard of his own. If you have met my dog, you know he is spoiled and he needs an area of his own. Aside from looking at houses, I am also working on planning Marci's baby shower. The baby's room is light purple, so I am going to make that the theme for the shower. I have some pretty good ideas, but now I have to start buying everything for the shower...good thing I get paid tomorrow. The only bad thing about being a teacher is I only get paid once a month, and I haven't been paid since before Christmas, so as I am sure you can imagine times are poor this week. Oh, and for those of you who are thinking..."why was the blog posted when she was suppose to be teaching?" My students have semester exams this week, and right now they are doing their 3rd period exam, and I do not have a 3rd period class so I have two hours to grade, and I finished all that in 20 minutes, so it leaves me all this time to blog! Alas, I think I am out of stuff to write about.