Another nice day!

Hello! I love this weather, not too hot and not too cold!! Our loser neighbor had the heat turned on this morning when I got up!! He also put his garbage out too late so it is still sitting on the curb and he mailed his mail to late so it didn't get mailed!! Yesterday he came to ask if he could store a few bags in the basement and I told him no!! He smelled so disgusting, I have never smelled anyone that smelled that bad from smoking!! I wasn't even by him because I stayed in the porch to talk to him while he was outside!! Last night I was watching a stupid movie so I decided to apply to a bunch more jobs, the one that I really wanted already rejected me because I didn't have enough qualifications, jerks! I am using a little bit of my graduation money and getting my hair done tomorrow so when we move I can go around to all the local business in New Prague and apply to all of them and look good! My hair hasn't been done since March!!! It is really starting to look bad!! That will be the only graduation money I have used on myself, everything else went to bills and our new house!! I am going to try to save a little bit of it because Papa said I had to buy new work clothes with the money he gave me and I haven't yet since I haven't gotten a job!! I accidentally shut Kippers tail in the door today, opps!! He didn't like that very much! Alls he wants to do today is play outside, he will come in for a few minutes and want to go right back out, I guess I am too boring for him, oh well! Pizza is super crabby today, she is hissing at everyone!! Jese talked to the landlords today to see if the people that looked at the apartment yesterday wanted it and they didn't know because they hadn't listened to their messages yet! They did however want to know if he could show it again to somebody today because they were just to busy!! He told them no because he needed to sleep. Tonight is his last night working, then he has orientation at school tomorrow evening, then wednesday he has his work meeting, then he is off until Saturday! Next week he starts his classes!! Okay well that is all I know!
Enjoy the nice weather!!
Christa

I love this weather!!!

Kipper tried to hide from me because he knew it was bedtime!!
Oreo and Pizza LOVE all the boxes they get to play in!!

Liam watching the fish at the zoo!

Letting the fish bite his finger!!

Liam and the baby giraffes!!

Hello! Yesterday at 7:30 AM I got a text message from Amy asking me to go to the zoo with her! After much debating I decided to, it was lots of fun!! We spent all day there and I only spent about $10!!! Of course since I had a good day Jese couldn't!! First he got a call from the landlord asking him to show our apartment because there were people standing outside wanting to see it! So of course nice guy that he is, he got out of bed and showed it to them! Then once they left he went back to sleep and the landlord called again to talk to him about the people!! Apparently they wanted to see it again that afternoon, after he told them he was sleeping and they couldn't come back until 6:00 he went back to bed again, only to be woken up by the dog!! So he let the dog run around in the bedroom all day long while he slept, so far we haven't found any accidents in the room!! So he got up early so he could take a shower and be ready for the people to come back and then he gets another call saying they weren't going to come, but could they come Sunday (today) around noon!! Then on his way to work he decided to go against all of the advice I always give him on his driving and go 15 mph over the speed limit and for the first time in his life he got pulled over!! Not only was he speeding but he didn't have his current insurance with him either!! Since he had such a good record he got off with just a warning and some lecturing by me!

I just watched one of my giant kissing fish die, it was awful!! It was acting like it was having a seziure and now it is laying on the bottom dead I think, and all of the chicilads are eating it!! It is too big to flush so I guess we will have to throw it out, good thing it is garbage day tomorrow!! Today I cleaned up a little bit and started the laundry. I also researched the first time home buyers tax credit and found out that sadly Minnesota is not one of the 14 states that allow you to get it for a downpayment :( That is very sad because I am 85% sure we are not going to be able to go with the R&D loan anymore so we are going to have to come up with a downpayment in 29 days!! I guess we will have to sell our souls because I am not moving again unless it is into a house because moving sucks and I am done renting!! Okay well I am going to work on my blanket for a little bit!!

Oh yes, since I was gone all day yesterday Kipper missed me, so last night when I was watching tv he would not leave me alone, he even laid on my back when I was laying down!! Good news is, he is now sleeping through the night but is still waking me up at 7AM, jerk, to bad he won't sleep in!!

Christa

So Sleepy!!

Hello! I am so sleepy, Kipper had another bad night again, I was pretty much up all night trying to ignore him!! Today my plan is to get him as tired as possible! So far he has made a trip to Mama's to play with Dexter and Dudley, and he has been on a walk. After I am done writing this I am going to bring him on another walk! This morning we got a call from the lady doing our house loan and we have a little hicup!! Turns out because Jese just took out more student loans so he can to go to grad school we may not get approved for the R&D loan, but we can still get approved for the FHA loan. That just means we may have to come up with a downpayment in within 32 days, or hopefully my research was right and we can apply the $8,000 tax credit to the downpayment, which would be great! She is trying to get the R&D loan for us though, they don't care that we won't have to start paying Jese's loans for another 2-4 years, they still count it as current debt, FHA just looks at the debt you have currently and since all of his loans are differed they don't count them. She also wanted to make sure I didn't get a job yet because then we for sure wouldn't be able to get the R&D loan because then we would have to count in my student loans also. She is going to tell them (the people that approve it) that we are at our financial lowest right now and it is just going to get better because Jese is the only one working and soon I will be and because he is going back to school. By the time we have to start paying off his loans our financial situation will be much better, hopefully! So hopefully they listen to her, we won't know for a few more days :( Okay well that is all I know for today, just thought I would give everyone the financial update!!
Christa

playtime outside!

Pizza wanted to go for a walk!

Kipper was trying to break loose so he could get to Pizza!

Hola! I don't really know much today. We have just brought Kipper for a short walk, it was short because he decided to let the hound part of him out and stop and sniff EVERYTHING! I don't like him to walk him when he does that because I pretty much have to drag him along so we went back right away. Pizza really wanted to go outside so I put her out but then Kipper wanted to go out too so we brought him out too but had to supervise since they don't always get along! Pizza almost got her tail bite but I warned her just in time, Kipper likes tails!! They both had lots of fun outside!! Oreo watched from the window, she doesn't like all the traffic so she won't go out!! Okay well I am going to go see her now since she has hardly any human contact anymore since she just sits in the study all the time!!

Christa

I love the rain!!

Hello! Well Kipper has been doing better at night, we have only had to get up with him a few times these last few nights! It is nice I figured out what works so we can actually sleep! What I do is when he starts the whine I hit the door of the kennel and then he is quiet! I have a towel over the kennel so he can't see me go away from the kennel because if knows I am gone he continues to whine! Sometimes I have to lay by the kennel for a few minutes and try not to fall asleep to get him to stop whining!! We also started to bring him outside once in the middle of the night to go potty, I don't think he really needs to go all the time though! Jese said last night he thought it was play time!! Last night I woke up at 2:30 and didn't fall back asleep until 6:00!! It was a long night, I did read for about an hour to try to make myself sleepy but I was just to awake!! I don't know why I was so wide awake, especially since I actually stayed busy yesterday!!
Yesterday I packed some more things, I am getting pretty far! Anything that won't be used in the kitchen has been packed up, mostly it is baking stuff! There are tons of boxes already just from the kitchen!! I also have the study about half way packed and all the pictures downstairs taken down! I am doing it all now just in case I actually get a call back from a job, get an interview, and get hired! Yesterday afternoon for about 4-5 hours I went through all of my racheal ray magazines and cut out all of the recipes I wanted so I don't have to have all of those heavy magazines laying around! Then I put all of the recipes into the photo album sheets that pull open because it was a great way to organize them and I bought those on accident once and I wasn't going to use them for photos! Today I have to buy some more and a binder to put them all in! I also have a whole bunch of other recipes I need to put away that I got from Jese's grandma for my wedding shower that are still not organized! While I was doing all of this, the landlord guy was in and out a bunch because our neighbor wants his heat turned on already!! So in order to get the heat on he had to seperate all of our heat vents with that apartment since they all used to be one apartment they weren't!! I can't believe he wants his heat on already, he is nuts!!! At least now that the heat ducts are seperated his smoke from smoking isn't traveling up to our bathroom anymore! It was making my allergies much worse but last night and this morning I didn't smell any smoke, yea! Okay well I have a headache so I am going to go eat and then take some drugs, have a nice day!
Christa

stupid, stupid dog!!

good morning! this week has not been a good week. kipper has decided he no longer wants to sleep at night, jerk! i have tried everything to get him to stop!! yesterday i looked online to see what other people have done, pretty much everything i have done. at 4 am last night after trying everything and really wanting to sleep i finally gave in and did the one thing i didn't want to do. i laid on the flood next to the kennel, that seemed to settle him down finally! after about 15 minutes i went back to bed and he was quiet for a whole hour!! That was the longest period he was quiet up to that point!! He didn't whine to much again until 6:30, at that time I laid on the floor again and that worked, except for I fell asleep for half an hour on the floor and hurt my shoulder!! I forced him to stay in the kennel until 9:00 this morning since he forced me to be awake all night!! I took mothers advice and brought him outside to go potty and after that he whined really bad, that is what brought us to 4 am!!
Yesterday I got quite a few things done! I swept/mopped the kitchen floor, dusted, folded the laundry, did the dishes (more than once), made rochester cookies, and made chicken enchiladas! Okay I don't really know anything other than I am tired from staying up all night long!
Christa

Today is NOT going to be fun!

Good morning! Why you ask is today not going to be fun, well I'll tell you! This morning Kipper was barking lots and lots so I thought I would go check on him since this is unusual behavior (I wish!) After I got done yelling at him I noticed that is kennel was filled with dog shit, yes Kipper is sick! I put him outside and he continued to have diarhha and puke and the steps! After I got done cleaning up his mess I came back into the kitchen (he was in the porch last night since he has been whining every night) and I found Pizza puking and with diarhia! Oh what fun this is going to be! I am leaving poor Kipper in the porch today so I don't have to clean the entire house! I gave him water and he just puked that right up all over a lawn chair! I am sure I will be next...thanks Amy and Adam!! I hope Oreo and Jese don't get it!! I don't want to have to keep cleaning for a week!! Okay well I am going to let Kipper out again to see if I can get him to puke outside instead of in the porch again!

A Soon to be Sick,
Christa

Yea, it rained!!

Hello! I just got done playing with my kittens! They are so happy because I found Oreo's favorite toy at Petsmart yesterday! Now I have to clean the study because it is full of pink feathers!! I made chicken noodle soup today, it was yummy! Mother was nice and brought me an onion and frozen egg noodles because I couldn't leave because the furnace guy had to come today I guess to light the furnace! I don't know why they decided they HAD to do it today but oh well! Jese is walking Kipper right now. Last night he was horrible, he whined and cried the whole night, stupid dog! Today Jese talked to the realtor and he found out that it was a good thing we had the sellers fix one of the drains! One of the drains in the basement was backing up so we wanted it fixed, turns out there was clay falling into the pipe so they have to tear up part of the yard to fix it, hahaha!!! Good thing we are having that fixed so we don't have to pay for it! I am watching tv right now, on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire there was an idiot women! The question was which of these fish have their eyes on the same side of their head: a. trout b. flounder c. cod d. bass, first she picked bass then trout, dummy!! I got it right, it was b. flounder!! I am also watching Octomom! Okay well I don't know anything else!
Christa

New Fish, New Puppy Clothes, New Bed!

Since we couldn't get rid of our fish tank we got 5 new fish today! They were at Petco, where the pets go! They were all ones that were brought in so they were a really good deal! We get two huge Kissing fish, 1 Huge African Chiclad, and 2 big convict chiclads! Three of the fish were supposed to be $5 each and two were supposed to be $3, but Jese knew the girl writing the slip out so she gave them all to us for $3 each, what a deal!! Chiclads are normally at the cheapest $6!!
We also got Kipper some new clothes because they were also super on sale! We got him a cute punk shirt Jese picked out, a winter sweater (only $2.50!), a scarf/bandana thing ($2.00), and a new collar since his was in bad shape!

Pizza found a new bed today, the washer! I was getting ready and she just hopped right into it! Now when ever I wash clothes I will have to make sure she isn't in there so I don't drown her!!

Oreo decided the play on the lamp and knock everything off of it, she is so nice!

Jese and I got up early this morning so we could go to Waseca and be witnesses for Granny Beaker to get her name changed back to Becker, it took two minutes! Then we went to Mankato so she could change her name on her Social Security card! After that she bought us Panara Bread, yum! Then we went to Petco, which is where we spent the most time!! Granny Beaker bought Liam a catfish that was also one that someone brought in! He was $5 and his name is Marty, I thought he was gross but Liam loved him! After our shopping we went to Waseca and Granny Beaker brought Liam his fish, then we dropped her off, and now we are at home! Jese is washing some of the dishes right now. We have so many to do it is going to take more than one time to do them since they are going to fill up the sink so we are splitting them! Last night we watched the whole first season of the tv show True Blood. It was really good but it is very Twillightish! Okay well I am going to watch our new monster fish and Kipper now! Oh yea, I also got the kittens a monster krinkle ball to play with, petco didn't have Oreo's favorite feather toy, only Petsmart carries it! She was very upset I didn't get it for her, poor poor kitty!

Christa

Boxes, boxes, boxes!!

This is the plant mama gave me when we moved to Waterville, it still needs to be put in a new pot! It blooms all the time, today it was an extra big flower!

I just got back a little bit ago! I had nothing to do so I took Kipper to the post office and then when we got back I decided to go to Northfield to get some boxes mama collected for me so she wouldn't have to drive to Waterville tonight! Kipper had fun there! He meet some of mama's coworkers and got to play with a stuffed kitty! We also toured the new dorms, they are nice, a little hot though! After that I went back to Waterville. That is all I have done today. Now Kipper is tired from his exciting trip, he is sleeping on the couch! I think I am going to work on my blanket for a little bit now and maybe eat a brownie!! Have a nice day, hopefully it will rain soon!

Christa

Oreo is feeling left out!

Oreo hasn't gotten a picture up for awhile so I thought I better put one up of her, she was feeling left out! Last night the kittens were smashing themselves on me when I went to bed, I guess they missed me and wanted to cuddle! It sounds like the guy who looked at our apartment yesterday isn't going to take it. He is getting a divorce and doesn't think he will be able to afford it...although where he is going to get an apartment for less than $550 probably won't be to nice! This morning I went to Waseca right away to do grocery shopping. I left Kipper out while I was gone because I wasn't going to be gone for long. As far as I can tell he was good, although he did bring my slipper into his bed with him, he didn't chew it up at all though, he must have wanted to cuddle with it! Jese got home a little later today because 35W went down to one lane further north and so he got stuck in stop-n-go traffic! After he went to sleep the landlord came over. Aparently they have decided to start working on the other apartment again so the plumber is working in the basement and the electrican is going to be also. I guess she is going to come take some pictures of the kitchen today to put up on the ad on craigs list. So after she left I had to clean the kitchen :( Then I picked up all the dog poop in the yard, gross!!! Then I made supper, I am making meat chunks and gravey in the croc pot so I don't have to turn on the oven or go outside to use the grill! The meat was REALLY fatty, it was some bear meat from last year, that is the last pack of steak that we had! I used the last hamburger on tuesday for Jese's birthday meal, I made lasagna! Okay I don't know anything else!
Christa

A Quick Update Before My Computer is Taken From Me!

Kipper brought his toys under my blanket and was cuddling with them today!

Hello! Jese is being a jerk and stealing my computer tonight so I have to use it lots right now! He is bringing it to work with him so he can play his new computer game! I don't really know anything today. I am glad it didn't get as hot as it wasn't supposed to today but it was still to hot! Our apartment was just shown, hopefully the guy wants it. He also looked at the one next to us that they have been working on since we moved here!! After he looked at both of them he stood outside with the lady for awhile talking so hopefully he wants ours! I made brownies today, they are yummy!! Okay I don't know anything!

Christa

poor poor Pizza!!

Pizza went missing last night!! Don't worry we found her after searching the whole house, inside and out! Last night the last time I heard her was when she was behind the couch attacking me and Jese! Then we went to bed and watched The Matrix and she ALWAYS comes into bed with us, even if it is just for a second. Well I was up until about 1:30 and she never ever came up!! Plus Kipper kept whinning which he never does at night any more!! So this morning when I woke up I went to the bathroom and then I thought oh, oh, here is Oreo but not Pizza!! So I started searching for her and in the process I woke up Jese so then he started searching for her. We looked everywhere, even the basement and outside!! I was in tears because I was sure we lost her, but I wasn't bawling yet don't worry! Then Jese went to look under the couch again, even though we already looked under there more than once. And then her tail popped out from the back of it! So then he cut her out of the couch!! She was stuck in there all night, poor kitty! Now our couch has a HUGE hole in the back of it, opps! I guess we won't ever sell it to anyone when we get sick of it now, haha!! Okay well that is all for today!

Christa

Thank goodness Jese was home last night!

This morning at 5:30 I woke up to the kittens jumping a ton in the hallway! So I thought to myself, okay if I hear them jump one more time I will go see if there is a bat in here, again! And sure enough they jumped again and sure enough bat #3 was in the hallway!! Good thing Jese was home so he could take care of it! I shut the bedroom door and woke him up :) He didn't even seem to care that I woke him up, he just told me to shut the door and he would take care of it, but of course I already shut the door!! Kipper is sleeping right next to me right now, he is a good puppy :) I already had to throw away the kitty stuff animal away that he found the other day because he tore into it!! He goes through them FAST! Last night Pizza and Oreo were getting along with him really good, they were all hanging out in the living room! Oreo was cute, she was on the kitty tower and I would put a little tennis ball on it and she would knock it down (she loves to watch things fall) and then Kipper would run after it and bring it back so I would put it back up and they just kept doing it over and over again, until Jese came home! Today we are going to go to my house for the inspection, mother is coming with so she can see it! Then we are going to New Richland to celebrate Jese's and Avis's birthday's! Okay well I don't really know anything else!
Christa
Oh yes, I wish it would just be 60 degrees out!

Good Morning!

Hello! Yesterday it was so gross out!! I hate hot, humid weather! So instead of dealing with it I turned my window ac on, which never got down to less than 68, and I sat on the couch watching tv all day long!! That way I didn't have to get too hot! The last two mornings Kipper has been really good! He will yip once or twice, this morning I didn't even realize what it was for awhile, and then he goes back to sleep! This morning I didn't even get up until 9:30!! Yesterday Kipper found a racoon and kitty stuffed toy and decided that he MUST have them! He carried them to the steps and wanted me to carry them down for him, so I did! He loves them!! Okay well I don't know anything today and I have to let puppy in now!
Christa

An Update For Amy!

Hello! I am updating at 2:20 AM for Amy right now! Tonight I had lots of fun! I went over to Faribault and went to Alicia's house! We grilled out, then we went to Millersberg! Kyle and I won 2/3 games of horseshoes!! By the last game I was useless though because my arm was tired after all that shoe throwing!! After that we went back to Faribault and a few of us went to the Depot for a little bit! Now I am home. I am sleepy!! I just let Kipper out to go potty, now he is cuddling with me untill I go to bed! I don't really know much! Last night I couldn't fall asleep because I was planning how I would rearrange my new house :) I guess I shouldn't do that until everything is finalized! Okay well I don't really know anything because I am to tired to update so that is all you get Amy! Have a nice night at work!
Christa

We Got The House!!

Kipper and Remi taking a break from playing!

Yea, we got our house!! Last night at 9:30 the realtor finally called and told us that our offer was accepted, yea!!! Now we don't have to rent anymore, no more throwing away money to something we don't own, yea!! The closing date isn't until Sept. 28th so we will only have 3 days to move :( We did it then because we can't send in the financing stuff until next Friday because Jese needs two paystubs and right now he only has one! We are meeting with the bank on Tuesday to do all of the papers and then on Friday I will bring the paystub in and it will get sent in! Since it is a Rural Development Loan they it takes longer to process, hence the Sept. 28 closing date! Also, the owners need to fix a plumbing problem before then! On Monday we are having the inspector come! We are both very excited that we got the house, it is perfect for us! Although, the ceilings aren't perfect enough for Jese! He HATES the texture on it but to redue it is going to be a lot of work because it is plaster (I think that is what they said!) so he might have to live with it for a little while!

Today I am going to take it easy and relax! All week I have been running all over the place looking at houses! Monday I was gone from 10:00-6:00, Tuesday from 10:00-7:00, and yesterday from 10:00-6:00!! I am planning on doing the dishes, making some muffins, and playing the sims! Also, Jese is trying to get Papa in to see the house and if he can I will go up there this evening to look at it again with him :) This morning Jese had to get up early and go to Brooklyn Park for CPR training, instead of putting the dog back in his kennel he put him in bed with me, so I got to sleep in until 9:00 because I didn't have to listen to him scratch at the kennel all morning, it was nice! Poor Jese has his training this morning and has to work tonight :( Hopefully he doesn't get to tired to drive home in the morning. He is going to try to take a nap at his mama's home before work. Kipper has his bone almost half way gone already!!! He keeps trying to bury it in the house! A little bit ago he put it on the couch and covered it up with a toy and pillow!! He is so cute!

Okay well I have been sitting here for an hour now so I am going to go eat my ceral!

Christa

My House

Front of houseBack of house
Living Room

Kitchen

Kitchen

Dining Room

Bdrm 3 12' 3" x 11' 6"

Bdrm 3 Closets

Bdrm 3

Bdrm 2

Bdrm 2 13' 5" x 16'

Bdrm 1 11' 4" x 9' 2"

Bdrm 1 Closet

Bathroom

Here are all of the pictures of our house we want! We are going to put in an offer for it because we both LOVE it! We looked at a bunch of other houses today and they just weren't right for us. Okay well I have to go now!

Christa

Oh yes, they lowered the price today also so that means they want to get rid of it!

House Shopping!

Hello! Today I decided to go visit Amy since she had no way to get anywhere since Adam had the van. Then we decided to go drive around and look at houses! We had to take Mama's car because I had Jese's car and we couldn't get the car seats in it. We looked in New Prague, Lonsdale, and Montgomery! We didn't find much but it gave us something to do! After that we went back to Amy's and Jese came there too! Amy made us a delish meal of shrimp and orzo! After supper we played five crowns, I lost :( Jese won though :) Tomorrow morning Jese, Rick, and I are going to look at two more houses in New Prague and then go back to the other house we looked at! One of the houses is HUD and it is 4 bedrooms!! Online there is just one picture of it so we don't know what kind of shape it is in, hopefully it is nice! We want to go back to the other house and measure the bedrooms and living room because they don't have any measurement for us to see! We both really like the house but the living room is a little small, but the huge kitchen and nice yard make up for it I think! It is 3 bedrooms, 2 upstairs and one on the main level.
Oh yes, I brought Kipper over to Amy's today and since Remi grew lots and lots she beat up Kipper!! He was soaking wet from Remi slobber, gross!! He is going to need a bath tomorrow! They had lots of fun though! I had to stop at Walmart to get him a new toy because he tore his apart. I also got him a bone thing and he spent almost 2 hours on the floor chewing on it!! I didn't want the kittens to feel left out so I got them a cheap laser pointer, Pizza LOVES it!! She ran all over chasing it, she loves lights and shadows!! Last night she was chasing a shadow on the wall above my pillow so she kept stepping on my face!! Okay well I guess this is long enough!
Christa

Let's Buy A House!!!!

Hello! This morning Jese and I went to the bank and guess what!!! We got pre approved for a house loan!!! YEA!! No more bats, no more nosey neighbors (well we still might get those), no more loud neighbors, no more landlords!!! We went to New Prague and looked at the house I found online that I liked. I still like it :) Jese likes it too. The realtor is going to send us more houses to look at in the morning and then we will hopefully be able to go look at them Wednesday morning!
Yesterday and today Kipper decided that he likes to go up and down the stairs! Now whenever one of us goes up there he has to follow!! This morning when I brought him in from outside he ran up and jumped into the bed on Jese, HAHAHA!! So then Jese couldn't sleep in because Kipper wouldn't leave him alone! I told him it was because Jese got up at 7:30 and woke up Kipper so instead of letting him out he put the kennel (and dog) in the porch, jerk!!
Okay well we are going to watch Everwood now!
Christa
Oh yes, we talked to the land lady and it seems like we won't have any problems getting out of our lease, yea!

It is a sunny Sunday!

Hello everyone! Yesterday I went to Papa's house to butcher the chickens! Now we have meat to eat again, yea!!! I made half a chicken for us last night and it was delish! I loved the weather yesterday, it was perfect!! I wish it would stay that cool out and not get hot today :( I guess it is okay though because soon it will be my favorite season of all, FALL!!! whoops, I just dropped my computer on the floor because I was trying to get a kleenex from Kipper!! Jese is in bed sleeping right now. He will get up at 3:30 since last night was his last night of work! Then we are going to go to Waseca and do some grocery shopping! I don't really know anything, like always! I was going to try to stay up late and update this last night for Amy but I fell asleep on the couch before 9:30!! So then I went up to bed and watched tv and then went to sleep at 11:00, sorry sister! Okay well I am going to go eat a cookie now!
Christa