Might have some news

I have a doctors appointment today. It's just a check up but maybe there will be something interesting to pass on to you all. I will post something tomorrow if there is anything worth reporting.

Work is going well at my new job (movie theater concessions person). It's pretty easy and it goes by fast because we are almost always busy.

I have an ultrasound scheduled mid June so hopefully we will know the gender at that point.

Nothing else really worth reporting.

Oh! The garage is getting a lot closer to being able to park in!! Another few days of work in there and we will be good to go!

It's going...

I realized today that it's been quite some time since I posted anything. As you can see from my new ticker at the top of the page there has been a lot going on!

We are now expecting a baby, due date Nov 6, 09. We are all very excited about this! Greg and Delilah love to argue over if it will be a girl (Delilah says) or a boy (Greg says). Everything is going well so far, no major issues.

This news has also made it more important to get the garage cleared out. That is where all the baby stuff is burried under who knows what else!

In other news Delilah is getting geared up for going to school this year. We go to register her May 1 at Glenn Arden Elementary. She is growing up so FAST! She just turned 5 but she acts like a mini 20 year old sometimes.

Updates will come as I remember not to be lazy... :)

There's no man like SNOW MAN!!

Here is Delilah posing with her first snowman of this winter! There was just enough snow to make him. He has twig arms...

A carrot nose....

And rocks for eyes and buttons. We had a lot of fun making him. Then Delilah decided it was time to throw snowball at eachother and she got me good!!

Oh, Just Something I Whipped Up!

I didn't really know what to do for dinner tonight. Greg wasn't feeling well and I really need to do some grocery shopping. He decided he wanted some Zaxby's so I thought on it and figured I needed to make something fresher for Delilah and me. The whole way to Zaxby's I was thinking about what I had at the house and what I might could make out of it. Here is what I came up with.

I made a real quick easy stir fry. Here's what I did:

I cheated and got two grilled chicken breasts from Zaxby's (cooking it yourself at home would be just as easy if you got it in advance). Then I cut up about 1/4 cup each of red pepper, green pepper, yellow pepper, orange pepper, and onion. I cut a medium size zucchni into small spears and diced about a tablespoon of fresh ginger. I threw all this in a pan with a little bit of sesame oil and some soy sauce. Seasoned it with some crushed mixed peppercorns then let it simmer for a while. Most of the sesame oil and soy sauce cooked into the food so I added an extra dash of soy sauce at this point to make sure the flavor is good. You can taste it first (I did) to see if it needs more. I didn't add much the first time so more was fine. While all this is going on cook some rice. I use the boil in a bag rice because it's a little easier and tastes just as good. Then serve it up!!

Delilah thought it was delicious and ate it up with no arguement. Even Greg said it looked really good and if he ate stuff like that he would try it!! It was really easy and didn't take very long to make and sure is a lot healthier than a frozen dinner or take out!

Then to finish off a good meal and to make sure we weren't too healthy we had some chocolate cream pie! Delilah had no problems finishing that off either.

How things are going

Greg's parents are in town for the week and we have been enjoying their visit a lot. I haven't gotten to see them as much as I would have liked because of having to work but Delilah sure is enjoying the time with her grandparents. We are spending some time with them tonight since I don't have to work and probably more over the weekend before they have to leave on Mon. morning.

I have changed jobs. I was working at Wal*Mart but my hours were cut down to 15 hours or less a week so I decided that a change was in order. I put in a lot of applications and got several calls back but weighing the pros and cons of each place I went with Ingles. It's very close to home so the commute is less than 5 minutes. I'll have a set schedule giving me every Fri and Sat off and plenty of hours! I just completed my first week there and it will take some getting used to but seems like it will be alright to carry me until Delilah gets in school next year. From there, we will see.

Also, for those of you that have been anxiousally awaiting them I have finally added pictures of the couch onto the post below. I'm sorry for the wait but there they are!

It's fall!

All the signs are around us. The leaves are changing and the mornings are getting cooler. And still we don't have the garage cleared out so we can park inside this winter. I have decided to take a small break from the internet so that I may put all my focus and energy into getting all the way unpacked and have the garage empty. ((If anyone wants to help you know my number *wink*))

I will hopefully get this done quickly and when I do I will post a picture of the wonderfully empty garage that results from it. All of you wish me luck as I will need every bit of it. Off I go to start on this dreadful task. Maybe if I start making some headway I'll get inspired by that progress and actually get it done!!

Thats all for now. Feel free to call me anytime and I will probably try to check my email at least once a day if you need to send me anything. Talk to you all soon.

New Couch

**** UPDATED WITH PICTURES ****



So, we've been needing a new couch for a while now. We really hadn't done too much looking around or anything but recently on a trip to the mall (the last place you would expect to shop for a couch) we noticed that they had a super mega clearance liquidation furniture store in the mall. Greg decided to humor me and go in and look around. After looking for a while and much talk and measuring we went home and looked at the measurements and talked more. The next day I called and did some price negotiations to get the price more to my liking. They, eager to sell, agreed to a lower price and that was that. So, about a week ago the couch was delivered. I've been SO "busy" enjoying the new couch I've not gotten much else done. This also explains the lack of a recent post.

Here it is... the new couch! It's very nice and comfy and as you can see Pigeon really likes it too!

As a reminder, this is what the old couch looked like. Complete with it's almost constant fixture of a sleeping Greg with kitty buddies on him.

I'm so glad we got a new couch. It's made it a lot easier for us to hang out with friends and family and made the living room look a lot nicer. And for all of those that might worry about the fate of our lovely old green couch... we will have it. It got moved upstairs into the office so we have a seating area up there too. Yay!!