.house.Thanksgiving.work.adding to the family....

.busy. is what we are these days..

Oh yeah.. in case i'm a bad blogger and forgot to show you

here's the new Kimler home

Sorry for the estranged owner of this blog that i(or well we) are.

We found ourselves busy trying to move, unpack, find things

of course that are lost with the hussle and bussle

of moving. We are finally settled into our new home 

At an attempt to try and unpack quicker we decided to hold the 

Kimler's Thanksgiving here at our home.

WHOA!!

That is my idea of a deadline! Well good news is we made it. 

We were able to unpack, hang clothes, figure out a large array of new home

fixings..... well Grandpa, My Father in Law and my dear husband fixed:

Toliet-not properly attached and sealed

Pipes in Basement- just about 5 out of every 10 pipes seems to be leaky at some point

Electrical- countless outlets fixed to three prong, added, rewired, installed (FINALLY have a bathroom GFCI outlet.. well heck ANY outlet is great)

Dishwasher- well sadly we still have a problem with it not draining, but
THANKFULLY it still works. 

Fridge- UGGHH lets just say moldy/nasty/broken/missing/inefficient fridge finally got replaced by 

THIS beauty!

Yep!! Energy Star, Bottom Freezer.. EXCELLENT!! Thank you Santa!!

Instead of gifts to eachother, We settled on getting an item we need for our house.

So this is where this Cyber-Sunday/Monday two day Best Buy Sale got us!!

I asked the lady if she can do something about the price she couldn't so i got it

for $150 CHEAPER online. LOVE IT..

After Thanksgiving we have found ourselves busy with work, 

upcoming family coming into town!!! YAY

Christmas time and well.. I'm show you a pre-view of our day today..

ADDING TO THE FAMILY!!!

.....

Hopefully.....

Snowflake!!

We are only looking but adding a member to our family excites us very much 

We have been looking at adopting a dog in our area and are hoping to meet our match.

I'll fill you in soon!!

MOVED!!!!

We closed on our house on October 29, 2010

The first closing date was October 26th 2010. 

Lots of work.

Lots of Packing.

Lots of figuring what else needs to be done. 

Stressing over other items that need to be done.

Figuring out times to do ALL of the above. 

Breathe..

Try to sleep...

Pack and MOVE.

Yes, My brain literally stopped functioning i'm sure. I am now starting to remember things.

I am now writing my name correctly, with a C not a K. 

I am worn out.

Being a homeowner is great, expensive, and definitely

exhausting.

I will post updates, photos.. everything..

Also, for my readers, all 4 of you, I need advice on what do to on a

budget or with items around my house

to decorate. Plenty of stuff,

just many many white walls, and more space that i've ever had. 

OKay, now Sleep.

Sorry i've abandoned you. I'll try to get better after i get this MASSIVE amount of work done this weekend!

Thanks to everyone who helped us move, we are seriously so GRATEFUL for you in our life!

Tracy, Gary, Val, Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, Betty, Chris and Dan.. THANKS THANKS THANKS!!!

-Mrs. Kimler

2 Words: MILK GLASS

So, call me silly, crazy or whatever,

but recently i have found this DEEP LOVE for the look of

MILK GLASS

you know. 

milk glass

 aren't the colors, and the texture and the curves just so...

Elegant? 

uggh I just CAN'T STOP looking at it. 

uggh.. Doesn't this look DARLING?

Aww.. nearly takes my breath away..

Milk Glass and Buttons.. uggh..

Don't get me started on Buttons..

Got Milk Glass Laying around? Let me know, I just might 

take it off your hands..

uggh..

to think... me.myhouse.milkglass

all under one roof.. LOVELY!!!

Sorry, I'm busting at the seems...

That is my BRAIN WAS TODAY..

ugghh..

Today was our home inspection, and I can truly say I am so thankful that

I enjoy learning about things that interest me or

that i am investing my money in. 

Our Home Inspector was awesome, and he really took the time

to explain everything to me, to what to do if our furnace stops

working and what order to do what in.. which

1. Check Thermostat

2. Check Filter

3. Check power Source

4. Breaker Box

Yes, thank you, I have now learned something else. 

The man that is doing much of the work on the house informed me, well

asked me if i wanted a gas stove or a electric stove. By golly

you AWESOME MAN, i want gas. What did he say? He said

Okay, we'll get a new one in here for you,

at least i'm pretty sure that's what i heard. hopefully. 

I must REALLY be a new homebuyer if i get THIS excited for a gas stove. hehe

So our home inspection is almost finished, waiting on the Radon testing to come back 

and then hopefully we works with us and we get to MOVE INTO
OUR

new home. 

What i'm wondering, since I am a new home owner, 

what are the things you wish you knew when you bought your

first.second.third... home that you 

know NOW? 

Any ideas, tips or lessons are GREATLY appreciated!!!

-C & A-

pictures to come promise!!

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-