Just thought I would throw this out there... This weekend we proceeded to go to Lowe's and purchase both a dryer and a new dishwasher. Now, to be fair, we needed the dryer. Ours was probably as old as Chris and I, (grateful for the hand me down from a family friend) and it was to the point where we didn't want to leave it running while we left the house for fear it was going to catch fire or something... so yes, we needed a dryer...
The dishwasher... not so much, well only kinda sorta... See now that we swapped rooms and our entertainment room is in the fireplace room, it's essentially in the kitchen also (think great room concept) and our dishwasher is ridiculously loud! So clearly that justifies getting a whole new one. And a really good one at that! Stainless steel, buttons on the edge of door so Peyton fingers don't push them, and even a delay start so we will never have that "oh man, I meant to turn this on before bed last night" moment. Needless to say, we're a bit excited about the dishwasher which should be arriving any day now.
Chris and I don't frivously spend money very often, and when we do sometimes we get a bit heavy handed (did I mention we also bought a TV mount) Alas, we're working on getting the last student loan paid off, we paid with all cash (debit) so I think we're ok.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Free Cat Food!
Alright, it's really the small things that make me happy. About a year ago a friend of mine posted on Facebook something about trying out new stuff for free from a site called bzzagent. I decided to check it out, because who doesn't love a good free item! In the last year I have had the opportunity to try make-up, pizza, chocolate chip cookies, and now Science Diet cat food.
Boo is already quite the connoisseur of Science Diet food. In fact, we recently switched her over to the 'lite' version of adult cat food because she is becoming quite the lovable bunch of kitty!
Let's be honest, no one likes the smell of a litter box especially when it's housed in your own bedroom. I can honestly say that Boo's Box is never smelly. I don't think that we're one of those houses where you can tell they have a cat... because her box doesn't stink up the place. I attribute this to her great diet of Science Diet food. I am excited to try out their new version!
Boo is already quite the connoisseur of Science Diet food. In fact, we recently switched her over to the 'lite' version of adult cat food because she is becoming quite the lovable bunch of kitty!
Let's be honest, no one likes the smell of a litter box especially when it's housed in your own bedroom. I can honestly say that Boo's Box is never smelly. I don't think that we're one of those houses where you can tell they have a cat... because her box doesn't stink up the place. I attribute this to her great diet of Science Diet food. I am excited to try out their new version!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Home Reorganization
The Holm house has expanded! Well, that's not entirely true, but it sure does feel like it! For 13 months we shared our home with a family of three (mutually beneficial, money for us, and home for them). Last week, the family moved out. As a result, the Holm house has once again returned to a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, living room AND family room, and we even got some garage space back! It's amazing, all the little things I missed about having my whole house. I don't have to worry about running downstairs scantily clad, or covering up while nursing Peyton. I can make as much noise as I want without feeling guilty about it. I can put food on any shelf in the fridge, Oh so good!
As a result of this move out. We've decided to re-arrange the house... In the downstairs, we're flipping living room and family room. We want to enjoy our fireplace more, and we REALLY wanted a different look. We'll see how this works.
Upstairs, Peyton is moving rooms, the guest room is moving, and we'll have an office once again. All three of those things were combined in one room... It's going to be great to space them out again!
We keep dreaming up these great 'renovations' that we'd like to do, re-do the guest and our bathroom, paint some walls, add this, change that... you know the drill. It all comes down to cold hard cash... yes we have *some* but since none of these are 'necessary' changes, is it really worth it? Shouldn't we be putting that money on debt (darn Dave Ramsey!), or keeping it aside in case we need it for Peyton... AHHH the agony...
Selfishly, I know that both Chris and I want to go out, spend a bunch of money and do some really cool things... we'll see what we end up doing this weekend...
As a result of this move out. We've decided to re-arrange the house... In the downstairs, we're flipping living room and family room. We want to enjoy our fireplace more, and we REALLY wanted a different look. We'll see how this works.
Upstairs, Peyton is moving rooms, the guest room is moving, and we'll have an office once again. All three of those things were combined in one room... It's going to be great to space them out again!
We keep dreaming up these great 'renovations' that we'd like to do, re-do the guest and our bathroom, paint some walls, add this, change that... you know the drill. It all comes down to cold hard cash... yes we have *some* but since none of these are 'necessary' changes, is it really worth it? Shouldn't we be putting that money on debt (darn Dave Ramsey!), or keeping it aside in case we need it for Peyton... AHHH the agony...
Selfishly, I know that both Chris and I want to go out, spend a bunch of money and do some really cool things... we'll see what we end up doing this weekend...
It just takes one...
A friend of mine recently shared her blog with me. She is capturing her pregnancy (and other important events) via a blog... I thought, hey why not, that seems like it could be fun and even if I'm the only one to read it, well at least I won't forget it.
To sum up my family stats currently... The Holm family is made up of Chris and I along with our beautiful daughter Peyton oh and of course Boo the kitty. Chris and I frequently find reasons why we're lucky to have one another (mainly because no one else would ever put up with our ridiculousness) and we're enjoying our adventure into parenthood as we raise Peyton.
I recently lost a bit of my technology when I broke my phone and didn't have one for 2 1/2 days... I know, I sound like one of those snobs that thinks of her phone as like her third arm. Seriously think about it though. How often do you grab your phone for something. No longer do we just use it to call someone. My phone is my alarm clock, grocery list, to-do list, connection with parents and entertainment while pumping just to name a few things. I was kind of lost without it for the first day. Then for the other two days, it was kind of nice to have an excuse to not be connected. In fact, I think I will wait awhile to tell people it's working again... It amazes me to see just how smart phones are... I just connected my sim card, and battery to the new phone and badda bing, badda boom, it was like I was looking at the same phone again, just less bent. Photos, contacts, and connections all restored. I remember when I replaced one of my first phones and having to manually re-enter all my contacts.. ah those were the days...
Anywho, we'll see how often I can get in here and update on what the family is doing... I am a bit busy with work, Peyton, Chris (though he does well caring for himself and us :) and my admin classes.
To sum up my family stats currently... The Holm family is made up of Chris and I along with our beautiful daughter Peyton oh and of course Boo the kitty. Chris and I frequently find reasons why we're lucky to have one another (mainly because no one else would ever put up with our ridiculousness) and we're enjoying our adventure into parenthood as we raise Peyton.
I recently lost a bit of my technology when I broke my phone and didn't have one for 2 1/2 days... I know, I sound like one of those snobs that thinks of her phone as like her third arm. Seriously think about it though. How often do you grab your phone for something. No longer do we just use it to call someone. My phone is my alarm clock, grocery list, to-do list, connection with parents and entertainment while pumping just to name a few things. I was kind of lost without it for the first day. Then for the other two days, it was kind of nice to have an excuse to not be connected. In fact, I think I will wait awhile to tell people it's working again... It amazes me to see just how smart phones are... I just connected my sim card, and battery to the new phone and badda bing, badda boom, it was like I was looking at the same phone again, just less bent. Photos, contacts, and connections all restored. I remember when I replaced one of my first phones and having to manually re-enter all my contacts.. ah those were the days...
Anywho, we'll see how often I can get in here and update on what the family is doing... I am a bit busy with work, Peyton, Chris (though he does well caring for himself and us :) and my admin classes.
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