The Never Ending Project

For those who do not know already, Tyler and I live in his parents basement. I know what you are all think...Are you crazy?! And maybe we are :) I was extremely hesitant to do it, but in all honesty things are great. It's a daylight basement so we have our own front door, our own bedroom, bathroom, and front room. It is actually quite cute. AND we are saving a ton of $$$! We don't pay for rent, utilities, internet, cable TV, and right now we aren't even paying for food. Talk about a hookup. Our only problem is the attempt we are making to turn a large laundry room into a small kitchen.

Tyler's parents own a few houses that they rent out. In one of the garages there were some upper cabinets and a long countertop/cupboards with a sink in it. So, we took that all out and are using them to put in our kitchen. There has been a lot of cutting, (to fit into our space), and a lot of sanding. We have been working on this for like a month now and that's all we have gotten done! It is turning out to be a bigger project than we anticipated. I am certain that it will turn out great though! Here are some before pictures:

These first three are the "laundry room". There was already a sink and a fridge in there along with a washer and dryer. We bought a table, got a stove, and took the entry door off so that is also crammed into the room.



The white sink in this one has been removed.


Here is the long countertop/cupboards with the sink in it. There was a ton of stuff on it at the time so I just took a pic of what a small section looked like. We are replacing the handles to a nice crome and painting everything black. We are also putting new countertops on.



This is a small sectional that was already in the laundry room. We removed to ugly top and will make it match the other countertops. It will also be painted black of course.



This is the plate rack that we bought. Since there won't be a lot of room in our four cupboards we thought this was the perfect solution for our dishes. Plus, I think our dishes are cute so why not show them off?



This last picture is my own little draw up of what the kitchen will look like when we are all done. Don't be shocked at how good my computer drawing skills are.



Sorry to those whom I just bored to death. I have never done a home project of this caliber before...I've never really done ANY home project before so it's a big deal for me. When we finish I'm never going to want to move out, otherwise what a waist of hard work! I will post finished product pictures in a few months when it's actually done, ha ha! OK hopefully sooner, (crossing fingers)!

One Way Tolerance

OK this is the last time that I will post about this. But the real thing that gets me about same sex marriage being legal is the one way tolerance. Churches and religions are forced to tolerate same sex marriage even though it is against everything they believe. Or else there are consequences. But why is there no tolerance for the church NOT accepting same sex marriage? I am probably not explaining this very clearly. Watch this video and let me know what you think.

I am not trying to bring up a fight with anyone, so if you are reading my blog and are not a friend of mine, please keep your opinions on your own blog. Thanks and enjoy!

I Believe...

I believe in equal rights.

I believe in freedom of religion.

I believe in family.

I believe in marriage between a man and a woman.






I believe in Proposition 8.

For more info go to www.preservingmarriage.org

My Breakdancer Husband...

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Honeymoon Shenanigans

Here are some photos taken almost four months ago. I thought some might be interested in seeing them.

The first two are of our sweet jungle themed room.




We had a six hour layover in San Francisco and we had 3 hours of sleep the night before.



This is part of our room at the resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. I didn't think anyone would really care to see the bathroom and bedroom ;) The whole place was nice though. We even had our own washer and dryer...thank goodness!






We went on a jet ski tour in the ocean. I had never ridden one in the ocean before and it was a blast. I even threw Tyler and I off once. It was funny until I was stung by a million jelly fish...



The resort put on a fiesta so of course we went to it. They gave out tequila like water! Too bad neither of us drink.




One night we cooked ourselves a nice mexican dish, chicken enchiladas. They were delicious.



We, also, went on a zip line adventure through a desert canyon near our resort. We looked super cool...





There were I think six different zip lines that went back and fourth through the canyon. They started out small and then got bigger and bigger. It was a blasty blast!




There was a "Tarzan Swing", which was pretty fun. I almost lost my shoe though. This is Tyler going on it.



This bridge was really wobbly. They had to clip us to a cable so we wouldn't fall off.



At the very end of the adventure we had to repel back down. It was actually really high up so it was a rush. We both loved it though.

Beauty. Brains. And Now More Brawn.

I think I'm in love...








Tyler and I have had our laptops for too many years to admit. Recently both of them died and we have been looking into buying a new macbook. Tyler only has a year of school and I am done so we thought maybe we didn't NEED a laptop. That being said we decided on a beautiful desk top. And when you're going to buy a computer you might as get what you really want. So, now we are sporting a brand new 24" iMac and we've never been happier! It's sleek, it's sexy, and faster than anything we've ever owned. My last advertising/marketing job I had this exact computer at my desk and it was hard to part from, but now I can come home to my new love every day.

Tyler showed his mom the day after we got it and she told him to show his dad and talk him into one. Ha ha, so he did and now they have a beauty of their own. The University bookstore was having a killer deal on them. It was $210 off the original price, plus you got a free printer/scanner/copier, AND a free ipod touch! Now we just need to purchase CS3 and I will be the happiest girl on earth.

Now I know everyone posts these pictures when they buy a mac, but you can't help but love the built-in camera that you can't even see. Anyway, we took like a million of these pictures and died laughing through most of them. Here are a few for your enjoyment.

Rexburg Conversations

I love Rexburg. I love all the outdoor activities available, I love BYU-Idaho, I even love all the crazy Mormons! Here is a conversation I had in the library on campus last week: (I know I'm not a student anymore, but we don't have Internet at our place yet...)

So, I'm sitting at one of the new iMacs in the library. Why didn't they have these in the library when I was a student?! My ipod was plugged in because I had some stuff saved on it I wanted to get off. Then I hear, "Listening to anything good?" from behind me. I waited for a minute to see if someone else would respond, but soon realized the question was directed toward me. I turned around and answered that I wasn't actually listening the anything...yada, yada, yada, as the young librarian boys is trying to make conversation with me. Eventually, he comes over and sits next to me to use one of the macs and I try to ignore him, but he continues to ask questions. Finally, he leaves.

Next day, I'm at the library again. We don't have Internet and I needed to get out of the apartment. Back in the same spot in the library my little friend sits right across from me. Isn't he supposed to be filing books or something? More questions from him. Where are you from? What's your major? Oh you're graduated, in what? What is your ethnicity? Alaska? So, you're Eskimo? Oh, I didn't know Eskimos weren't Native American...And on and on. He just won't leave me alone. Eventually he notices the ring on my hand and asked me what my husband is going to school for. I thought he would leave me alone when he found out, but no.

Two days later. I'm back at the library because there is nothing left to clean in my apartment, Tyler is still gone at school, we don't have cable, and I can't read on our floor anymore, (we don't have a couch yet.) Sitting at nearly the exact same computer my friends sits right next to me again. I don't know his name because I never asked. I never asked him any questions actually. I never wanted to talk to him in the first place.
I don't know what we were talking about, but out of nowhere he asks me, "So, when do you turn 21?" I don't know where he got the number. Why would he just assume I was 20? What a weirdo.
"21?" I ask.
"Yeah 21."
"I'm 25."
"You got married at 25?!"
"Well, actually I was 24, but I turned 25 soon after."
"Why did you wait so long?!" This guy is flabbergasted.
"I don't know. Because it's a pretty serious commitment."
"Were you really picky or something?"
"Maybe, I don't know." Why does this guy even care?!
"No really, you can tell me if you were really picky."

BYU-Idaho students never cease to amaze me.