We are finally unpacked, well except the boxes that we never unpacked with the first move. Those things you hang onto for no reason except maybe memories. We have officially announced my pregnancy to family and friends. Today I am considered 14 weeks and the first day of the 2nd Trimester. I would love to say my sickness and acid reflux is over, but it's not. It's a daily struggle to live. I'm hanging on by a thread now. I hate riding in cars, I hate driving in cars worse. I don't know what it's like to feel normal anymore. I wish I could have been one of the women that could enjoy her pregnancy and be happy and excited. Right now, I take it one day at a time and deal with it to the best that I can. I could go into more details and complain more, but I'll spare you. Both of us don't need to be miserable!
Now back to the house... Jason worked on cleaning up the weeds in the backyard. The garage is now cleaned up so we can park both of our cars in it. Laundry is caught up. It will be time to work on the small list of things to purchase. Lawn mower, curtains for the sliding glass door and other little organizing things. I love this home! It's so quiet on our block. Sometimes you can smell the nearby cow farms which reminds me of back home. Soon I will decorate for Halloween! I wonder if we'll have any trick or treaters!? I can't wait to lite the house up for Christmas! I can't wait to start the new chapter or our lives in this house and make tons of memories!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
We Have Finally Moved!
It is Saturday and we are offically done moving! We did a walk through with our renters this morning. Our first house together is now called "The Rental". It's a good house, but this house is more us. I love this house. I love the location and privacy. I love being able to see the sunsets and sunrises. I love being able to see several mountain ranges from our yard. I love the space, color, upgrades.
Movers moved over all furniture and did all the heavy lifting. Jason did many, many car loads back and forth all week. We did the final cleaning of the rental on Friday night. It's such a relief to be done with the move and all the cleaning (both houses).
Tory is still adjusting. She follows us around a lot, but I think she really digs the yard. I think she might miss all of the tile at the rental though. She used the tile to keep herself cool. Now our only tiled area is the entryway, kitchen, laundry and bathrooms. I find her in the kitchen cooling herself off the most.
I have the majority of things unpacked. Over the next couple of weeks I'll need to spend some time organizing.
Movers moved over all furniture and did all the heavy lifting. Jason did many, many car loads back and forth all week. We did the final cleaning of the rental on Friday night. It's such a relief to be done with the move and all the cleaning (both houses).
Tory is still adjusting. She follows us around a lot, but I think she really digs the yard. I think she might miss all of the tile at the rental though. She used the tile to keep herself cool. Now our only tiled area is the entryway, kitchen, laundry and bathrooms. I find her in the kitchen cooling herself off the most.
I have the majority of things unpacked. Over the next couple of weeks I'll need to spend some time organizing.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Offical Move Day
Who wants to come pack this house for me??? Movers come tomorrow and nothing is packed yet! Talk about last minute! Renters are due to make their appearance on September 27th. Glad we got that taken care of just in the nic of time! On to our next journey.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Toffee Crunch Cheesecake
This is the best cheesecake ever!
Philadelphia 3- Step Toffee Crunch Cheesecake
Prep: 10 min. Plus refrigerating * Bake: 40 min. Makes 8 servings.
Ingredients:
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
4 chocolate-covered English toffee bars (1.4 oz. each), chopped (about 1 cup), divided
1 Honey Maid Graham Pie Crust (6 oz.)
PREHEAT oven to 350*F. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix just until blended. Stir in ¾ cup of the chopped toffee bars.
POUR into crust. Sprinkle with remaining chopped toffee bars.
BAKE 35 to 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.
Great Substitute: For extra chocolate flavor, substitute 1 Oreo Pie Crust (6 oz.) for the graham pie crust.
***Use 4 Heath bars instead of toffee. The chocolate touch of the Heath makes it fantastic. I've had it both ways and much prefer the Heath bars***
Philadelphia 3- Step Toffee Crunch Cheesecake
Prep: 10 min. Plus refrigerating * Bake: 40 min. Makes 8 servings.
Ingredients:
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
4 chocolate-covered English toffee bars (1.4 oz. each), chopped (about 1 cup), divided
1 Honey Maid Graham Pie Crust (6 oz.)
PREHEAT oven to 350*F. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix just until blended. Stir in ¾ cup of the chopped toffee bars.
POUR into crust. Sprinkle with remaining chopped toffee bars.
BAKE 35 to 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.
Great Substitute: For extra chocolate flavor, substitute 1 Oreo Pie Crust (6 oz.) for the graham pie crust.
***Use 4 Heath bars instead of toffee. The chocolate touch of the Heath makes it fantastic. I've had it both ways and much prefer the Heath bars***
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Movie and Restaurant Reviews
We have recently watched a few movies, well I have, not so much J.
Hot Tub Time Machine- funny and I loved the 80's throwback!
Bounty Hunter- Not that great, predictable.
She's Out of My League- had some funny parts, predictable, different.
Arriba Mexican Grill (San Tan Mall-Gilbert) We hit this up on our way to Costco. It's always busy when we drive by. We thought it was more of a fast food Mexican restaurant instead it was very much a sit down restaurant. The meal range per person was $10-$12. Looks like they are known for their margaritas considering everyone there had one! I think they have a happy hour where they are .99! They have huge ones that two people can share. Our waiter was outstanding! Our food was good. They have a brewery there, which is odd since Mexican restaurants never have brewery's. J decided to try a sample though and said it tasted horrible (our waiter told us that too). They make and sell their own salsa, it was good as well. We would probably go back to eat there.
Joe's Real BBQ (Downtown Gilbert) It's Friday night and time to try out a new BBQ place! Rated the best BBQ in the East Valley. Based off of other reviews, we decided to wait until after the rush from 6-7:30. We got there close to 8 and waited in line. It's a cafeteria style. You wait in line, grab a tray, utensils, cups, fill up your drink then tell them behind the counter your order, where they yell back your meat choice and they dish up your side choices. They have some throwback candy like button candy, candy cigs, sugar daddy's, etc. We saw a little boy buying 4 packs of candy cigs! LOL I had the homemade root beer, pulled pork sandwich, corn and pit beans for my sides. J had the same except he had potato salad instead of corn. The corn was sweet corn cut off the cob and the beans were a mix of several different kinds of beans. It was all really good! Filled up my cup for another refill of root beer for the road. The place was very busy, but we managed to find a picnic table inside. There are a lot of big families and parties there. There is plenty of seating outside too. We will be going back sometime for sure!
Hot Tub Time Machine- funny and I loved the 80's throwback!
Bounty Hunter- Not that great, predictable.
She's Out of My League- had some funny parts, predictable, different.
Arriba Mexican Grill (San Tan Mall-Gilbert) We hit this up on our way to Costco. It's always busy when we drive by. We thought it was more of a fast food Mexican restaurant instead it was very much a sit down restaurant. The meal range per person was $10-$12. Looks like they are known for their margaritas considering everyone there had one! I think they have a happy hour where they are .99! They have huge ones that two people can share. Our waiter was outstanding! Our food was good. They have a brewery there, which is odd since Mexican restaurants never have brewery's. J decided to try a sample though and said it tasted horrible (our waiter told us that too). They make and sell their own salsa, it was good as well. We would probably go back to eat there.
Joe's Real BBQ (Downtown Gilbert) It's Friday night and time to try out a new BBQ place! Rated the best BBQ in the East Valley. Based off of other reviews, we decided to wait until after the rush from 6-7:30. We got there close to 8 and waited in line. It's a cafeteria style. You wait in line, grab a tray, utensils, cups, fill up your drink then tell them behind the counter your order, where they yell back your meat choice and they dish up your side choices. They have some throwback candy like button candy, candy cigs, sugar daddy's, etc. We saw a little boy buying 4 packs of candy cigs! LOL I had the homemade root beer, pulled pork sandwich, corn and pit beans for my sides. J had the same except he had potato salad instead of corn. The corn was sweet corn cut off the cob and the beans were a mix of several different kinds of beans. It was all really good! Filled up my cup for another refill of root beer for the road. The place was very busy, but we managed to find a picnic table inside. There are a lot of big families and parties there. There is plenty of seating outside too. We will be going back sometime for sure!
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