New furniture!

After stopping by a family friend's house to look at dining room furniture, we were on a mission to find at least one piece for the new house. Those people are getting back to us with a price (but considering they only paid $200 originally for the table, I think we'll go with them as I'm sure they will give us a great deal!) so in the meantime we went to Rooms to Go (blah) and World Market (a disappointment with hardly anything on the floor). We were headed home when I mentioned a place in our new hometown, Austin Consignment Furniture in Cedar Park. Wow is all I have to say. We loved the assortment of furniture and left with two saddle bar stools and a wooden entry hall table for only $199. Luckily for us, they were having a 15% off sale today. Pictures to come!

Zac's 30th Birthday!!!!!!

Zac turned 30 today! He made me promise to have a low key birthday so I did as he wished. For breakfast, I made him a 3 and a 0 out of pancakes with bacon on the side. He wanted to find a Christmas tree so out we went on an adventure. Hobby Lobby, Hemispheres, Academy, Walmart.. so many stores to explore! He ended up at Freddy's for some custard when he discovered they served steakburgers. That small thing completely made his birthday. At Walmart we decided to buy LED lights so for the next two hours he was on the roof installing our new Christmas lights. Megan, my sister and I spent the afternoon on lawn chairs sipping soda while "supervising" Zac's handywork. We finished Zac's birthday at Red Robin, where he had ANOTHER burger. In his eyes, it was the perfect birthday. I'm glad I could share it with him.

Turkey Trot and a Happy Thanksgiving!

I finally convinced Zac to do the annual Thundercloud Turkey Trot with me this year. Honestly, I didn't know if we would stay friends that first mile. We were NOT happy with each other. I wanted to run, he wanted to go home. I wanted to then walk quickly, he wanted to sit down. By mile three, we were closer to the same page and I stopped being so mean. Hopefully, the five miles was worth it because it made the Thanksgiving dinner guilt free. My family is the best... I felt guilty not being there helping out; but nobody seemed to mind. And I DID make the salad after all. Gobble Gobble!

Home Improvement Pictures...

We spent our first night in the new house, Saturday, November 20. By Sunday, we were already starting projects! Priority number one was covering the gaps in the white fence so our little Gooseter couldn't get through to play with other puppies in the neighborhood. Three trips (or was it two?) to Home Depot later, we had zip ties and white lattice. It probably took Zac an hour or so and our backyard was dachshund proof. (Pictures to come... of course I start writing this post late at night when I can't go outside for pics!)

Second, our front door had a wobbly lock so Mrs. Fix-It found a teeny alan wrench and tightened it right up.

Thirdly, Zac installed a fingerprint reader on our garage. How cool is that!? We can now access our garage with one swipe of an index finger. He also put up house numbers viewable from the alley. (Thank goodness because I get confused sometimes!)

We closed on our house!!!

It only took a month and we are in our new house!! The process was simple; I had no idea buying a house could be so easy. We found our house October 5, 2009 on a random chance at looking at homes with our amazing realtor, Brian Martin. The first house we looked at, the first step inside and I already knew. THIS was our house. A few weeks later and it's ours! Here's a few pictures the seller's realtor took...