We just bought A HOUSE!!!!

LADIES and Gentleman...

Your hearing it first..

Yes, its a little prematurely since our home inspection isn't until 

Thursday but...

We just bought our 

FIRST

home together. 

TODAY!!!

Yes. We are so excited. Much lower in price than we were looking,

fits 98% of our needs.. no garage

but phew, with the $$$ we can save, we can 

make it our OWN!! YESSS

Once we take photos we'll post them..HERE!!

Woohoo

Here we come home decorating!!:)

Thank you for all your help, advice and support

We really can't thank our family and friends enough!

-C & A-

Grown Ups....

At least we are feeling it VERY much right now. 

I guess i wasn't expecting what being a "grown up" was about..

between finding the "Mr. Right", getting into a good college

learning how to live, and create my own standards

and reaching for those accomplishments.

That's where we are today, right here..

looking for the next BIG accomplishment..

I guess the big ones of finding true love

finding a job

attempting to support ourselves

battling medical issues and failures

getting married

are all past us or currently with us..

dang medical issues..

but anyways..

Here we are, seriously considering a HOUSE.

Yes people, not the game you play with a basketball

with an attempt to not suck to bad as a sport

but an actual, 

walls-sinks-roof-basement

type of House. 

We have thought long and hopefully hard enough, 

we have brought out family in to take a look

we have thought about looking more

and not liking what we are seeing,

trying to comprehend what expenses we might have 

IN CASE 

something happens... but here it is

we are writing the list of items we need to include on our 

FIRST OFFER for a HOUSE. 

If only they gave you manuals to buy your first 

BIG Girl House.. you know

those pink and purple Barbie houses..

yes, if in fact i had that earlier i might have prepared myself for 

something, like..

an offer. 

But alas, here we are. 

We never imagined how drained we'd be, working hard and long, trying to pin point

this whole house thing, and feeling 

100% happy with our

decision.

Please Pray, Think, Cross your Fingers,

Hope and Wish that this is

the start of a wonderful adventure in our life

and that we are picked to love this home and to make it our own

with sweat, love, tears, maybe some screams and of course

a little swearing(lets hope not, but seriously... i'm being realistic)

that this can be THE HOME for us

at this stage in our life. 

Until tomorrow....

lately....

its been rather busy around here...

I know everyone says, "If you think your busy

wait until you have kids.."

but this is US busy..

We have both been working over 8 hours if not 12-14 for the Mr. 

and as you remember from my last blog, 

we are looking at houses

which is FOR SURE a full time

commitment and job. 

We really want to find the one that fits us the BEST. Both with

price and bedrooms and functionality of

the space. 

This is exciting!

Last Sunday we looked at houses and found one that we really enjoyed.

We call it the 70s house. 

Its full of crazy wallpaper, bright-crazy pattern carpet

and you guessed it.. SHAG CARPET. 

Don't mention the super 1970s Bar. ..

well they called, and they really want it all back. 

Yeah. But the bones and love in this house are really great. 

Great yard, huge 2 car garage, deck... just the basement has

evidence of water, as in super water. 

If you aren't sure how much I DESPISE water in the basement, 

oh its huge. 

but knowing theres a huge chance we can fix it next summer

makes it bearable! 

Anyway, after talking about it and then thinking about looking at other house which are newer

i looked, i looked and looked. I then found this gem.

a little newer...by 12 years at 1934!!! but the house looks..

as Grandpa Kimler said.."promising"

Now we just have to figure out what we want..

and that our offer gets accepted. 

Please hope, pray, cross your fingers that we are able to 

make a decision, write an acceptable offer and then 

become first time home buyers!!!

Hopefully we can do this. 

Otherwise, we sleep. Work, House hunting, SLEEP. 

every once in a while when I get home to cook dinner, i then cook. 

haha

-C & A-

house hunting...

So... who told me this might be somewhat fun and exciting??

okay, on TV it is Super fun and exciting.

I'm just actually wishing there was someone to seriously take what we want and 

POOF

there it is, in my email. 

Choices to look at, 

decisions to make

appointments to see..

i was really optimistic with this new realter

however, i feel more like, its me or nothing..

i don't know if i am putting more pressure on this because the earlier we do this 

the better? or...

our basement continues to leak, we deal with landlords who

don't fix things and finds every excuse to NOT fix out water problems

and not to mention, he pretty much refuses to talk to me,

or questions everything i say or do with Austin..

as if I am not serious or know what i'm talking about. 

I do not agree with choosing sex's or not listening to a 

WOMAN because of that...

uggh... i promise i will continue to post about last weeks' 

food challenge.. it was fun, however tested my patience with getting it ready

before 8pm. lol

ugghh.. ready to find a house we love and move. 

easier said than done.

New Week..... New Cook

Well, I guess I can call myself that..

That's right folks... I'm restarting myself this week..

How? you ask.. well

Lets say I just sat on my couch listening to Julie and Julia creating 

a menu for this week. 

I have gone through my cookbooks and found ONE NEW RECIPE to

try once a day. I gave myself one new recipe, however, but just has to be one

item of the meal. 

I will document through photos, but for right now we have the line up

Sunday: Grilled Chipotle Chicken Sandwiches with No Bake Chocolate(Nutella)

oat bars (Yep that's TWO new recipes)

Monday: Herb and Cheese bubble loaf- homemade(like dry yeast and all)

with noodles and my already made frozen Spaghetti sauce

Tuesday: BBQ Pork Chops with potatoes in slow cooker

BBQ will be Russ N Franks from the one and only

DES MOINES

(if you live in that area.. PLEASE do yourself a favor and buy this BBQ sauce

you will never go back. Its amazing and ONLY made there. Its the Russ N Franks Sassy that

we prefer!)

Wednesday: Honey-Glaze Chicken with Rice in this bad boy..

Yep! For the first time. Thank you for the Wedding gift Markwell Family!!

Thursday: Chicken in Lemon Cream with Penne- Giada de laurentis YUM

I'm using left over chicken from yesterday though, plus we LOVE chicken.

Friday we have a Wedding and i will NOT be cooking..

Saturday: Lunch Julia Child's French Crepes, and my filling is cream cheese, pork sausage in  crumbles

with roasted grape tomatoes and my home grown basil..

Hopefully the husband will enjoy this, i'm making him eat chicken on the bone

despite his hatred for it, but giving him his favorite BBQ sauce.. hope he can suck it up!!

Hopefully i'll post pics as the week goes by.. 

WISH ME LUCK!!!

What's your favorite recipe? Or quick on the go meal???

I'd LOVE new ones!!

Better wear my pearls this week..Thanks Julia!

Don't worry i bet she has pearls on.. lol

<3 Mrs. Kimler

So, we just got back from a family vacation..

where to you ask?...

Gettysburg, Washington D. C, Philadelphia, Annapolis, 

Fredericksburg, and

Yep you guessed it, 

well i hope you did...

BOY SCOUTS NATIONAL JAMBOREE!!

Austin's father, Gary was a Scout Master for this years

Jamboree from Bettendorf, Iowa!!

Here are a few pictures from our visit!!!

Liberty Bell in Philadelphia

This photo is for my mom, who LOVES Pink!!

In Philadelphia too!

At Arlington Cemetery

Fielding and Betty Washington's house in

Fredericksburg. This ceiling was entirely constructed of 

PLASTER!! Love love love it!!

Us on the top deck bus in D.C

No this was not on our trip, but AFTER! Meaning, last night. While in Fredericksburg

we went to this FABULOUS wine store, which, Me being a WINO 

Like passed out from how great this place was. 

Here is the first wine we tried, The Stump Jump.

Semi- sweet, fruity, red and D-Lish. 

If you ever try a wine and you can't help

but keep drinking, PLEASE let me know. 

I <3 Wine!!

Anyway, I made a breaded chicken for us to share, Orange Citrus Rice, 

and for Me, a Caprese Salad. 

Yes, i HEART this salad.

Bet you can't guess what FABULOUS Ingredient came from MY garden

Garden of two pots..( Hint: Green licorice tasting herb) YUM soo good!!

I know it was back on June 30th but here is photos of my cake for a coworker:

Hope you enjoy'd seeing what we have been up to!!:)

- Cassie-

Insulin Pump

I don't know if any of you that read this know of anyone or can send a friend to my site to answer this but..

Do you have an Insulin Pump?

Which one?

What do you like/dislike about it?

How did you afford yours?

ANY one that can answer this i'd appreciate it! 

Thanks

Cassie