House Updates

Well, we haven't been over to see the house since last Friday. It's been raining here off and on for the past 3 days, so I'm sure NOTHING has been done. But here are pics from last Friday.

They have the forms up to pour the driveway. YEAH!!!

From our drive way on the other street directly across (through the block) from us is going to be our friends the Merritt's! YEAH!! We are at the same stage of building, but they have their lumber already there and waiting to be put up. Hope you don't mind Em that i put that up! :)

Onion Ring Recipe

OK, here is the recipe for the Onion Rings...click HERE. You need to add your own spices. But i just notice that the website has a number of different recipes for Onion Rings. I might need to try some out. Maybe mix some recipes together. :)

Homemade Onion Rings

Saturday for lunch we decided to try making some homemade Onion Rings. I LOVE onion rings. So i found a recipe online that was simple and we had everything for. So here are pictures in the process of making them and then the final product. We really liked them and plan on making them again!

Caffeine

I got this off a Health email i am starting to get. I thought it was interesting. I never thought of it that way. I don't drink coffee, but i do love my Pepsi! Part of my fertility problem is issues with insulin resistance. So i guess i have some changing i need to do!!

Caffeine Before Breakfast May Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Drinking caffeinated coffee before eating low-sugar cereal at breakfast may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in some people, according to researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada.

They had male volunteers drink caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee one hour before they ate cereals with low or moderate levels of sugar, United Press International reported.

Among those who ate the low-sugar cereal, blood sugar levels jumped 250 percent higher after they had caffeinated coffee, compared to when they had decaffeinated coffee. The study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

"Caffeine interferes with our body's response to insulin. It makes us resistant to insulin which in turn makes our blood-sugar levels go higher," said researcher Terry Graham, UPI reported.

People at risk for type 2 diabetes should be cautious and consider drinking decaffeinated coffee, Graham suggested.

promise

I promise to do some actually "postings" of what we are up to. I just have been SO lazy. I am FINALLY getting around to updating the links to my friend's blogs. Been meaning to do that for awhile now. I have "found" a number of people that i "lost" contact with years ago. Thank goodness for the blogging world.

YEAH!!! IT'S FRIDAY!!! YEAH!!! IT'S A LONG WEEKEND!!!

Garage

They laid the cement for the garage floor!

I can't wait to see what they have for us to see on Friday!

we have cement

We have cement footings i think they are call for the house! YEAH!!!

No progress...

...since Friday. I was kind of bummed. Oh well.


UPDATE: spoke too soon! I had to drive by at lunch time just now. (This really is going to drive me nuts!) There was a cement truck and some guys over at the house today. YEAH!!! I will have to bring my camera tomorrow. :)

fun times

For Mother's Day (i know I'm not a mom but Kevin likes to get me something anyway) Kevin got me a Bike Meter (Computer). I am way excited!! He has always had one and i love to know how far we've gone, etc... So here is a picture of mine! The Trek incite 6i.
Since it was a BEAUTIFUL day we decided to go play some whiffle ball at a park and ride our bikes there so i can use my meter and we can get some needed exercise. Well we decided to just ride to CSI and use their grassy areas to play. Well we usually have THESE kind of balls...

But instead we bought a six pack of just your cheap Wal-mart whiffle balls. They are called "Rip Balls" and they were a whole $2.43.


Well this is what happened to them after we played for 15 minutes!


We were laughing so hard! We came home and we took a look at the "junk balls" we still have and they are all cracked too, but they are still together because of the red-band that goes around them. LOL. I guess we are too rough.

We rode 5.6 miles this afternoon. The fastest i rode was 15mph! :)

WE'VE GOT DIGGING!!

Their promise was TRUE that we'd see digging by Friday!! Last night we drove by and they had spray painted the outline of the house so they'd know where to dig. We didn't get a picture.

Today we drove by at lunch time and saw this...


Then being the VERY excited & curious person I am, I convinced Kevin that we needed to go back after work. So we did. :) This is what we saw...

YEAH!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!

House week 5

Hopefully the last picture looking like THIS....

They have told us that we "should see them digging the foundation hole by about Friday". Well, it's Wednesday morning and it's raining. But i think it will be done soon. Hopefully it will dry enough for them to start that digging!!!

Catching up...

So i have no excuse for not blogging. Just lazy and not feeling like being on the computer after getting home from work.

I have started working out again. I've gone the last 3 days. Today i took a break because my ankle was so swollen last night i thought i would give it a rest this morning. It's been feeling really great lately so i didn't think that it would react that way. But sprains do take a while to "fully heal".

Kevin & I did a little Singstar battle this past weekend. We tried out both my new ones. He actually BEAT me on 90s! He has never beat me! He was afraid i had let him when. Which is totally not that case. I like to win! :)

I did get some news on the house yesterday. I had emailed the Realtor over at our new subdivision and here is part of his reply (the other part was answering a question i had)...

"...you should see them digging the foundation hole by about Friday."

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Work has gotten VERY crazy for me these past two days. We sent out this mass mailing/email & fax to get people to renew their subs. Well TONS of people are responding...which is GREAT...but there is a stack of paper on my desk about 8 inches high...and growing!! That's not even counting some emails i haven't gone through yet.

Well i better get ready for work. I am going to take (hopefully) the LAST picture of our "house" just being a dirt field today. :)

spoiled...

So i was spoiled yesterday. At work Lisa gave me the nicest card. Natalie K. had a nice afternoon snack of Strawberry shortcakes. I LOVE strawberries. My whole family called by 11am my time. Carolyn even had the kids sing to me. I love it.

So here are my presents that i was spoiled with yesterday.

New Teva flip flops.
My sister gave me a pair of hers two years ago and they were well worn out. So i got some new ones. Kevin told me that old ones made me feet smell. I don't think so.

Singstar 90s & Pop.
Way excited!

Stardust
If you have not seen this movie, you should. We loved it!

Vera Bradley Lunch bag.
Thanks Natalie!!!

Gold Canyon car air fresheners.
Our future sis-in-law Tisa's aunt sells these. I guess there are candles and such as well. Linda picked these out for me. They both smell great. So is she saying our cars stink? ;)

Lemon Pitcher.
Jeff, Barbara & the boys got this awesome pitcher for me.

We ate pizza, played a game, chatted and ate cake/ice cream. It was a good day.

Thanks everyone for their birthday wishes. Here's to another great year.