I can't believe that Jeremy and I celebrated our two year wedding annivesary today! It amazes me how fast time flies by. I am so blessed to have Jeremy in my life and couldn't imagine what life would be like without him! We've grown a lot together over the past two years. Jeremy moved to Owatonna to be with me a couple of weeks before our wedding, we bought our house and we got Maple! We are so happy with our life and can't wait for all the fun to come in the future!
After I got my scrapbook software, I made a digital scrapbook of our wedding but I've been waiting to post it until our anniversary because it seemed fitting to post it today. Enjoy!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Labor Day
Now that Jeremy's parents own the cabin they've been doing some remodeling work to it! I should have taken before and after pictures of the living room/kitchen area because after Jeremy, Dave and Julie put the new flooring in, it looks like a whole new place!
Here is a picture of the previous carpet, but I don't have any of the new floor. The new floor is wood laminate flooring and like I said, it looks great! I can't believe I didn't take a picture, but I'll have to get one next time.
The weather wasn't the best at the cabin this weekend so we didn't get out on the water much. Maple went swimming numerous times, Jeremy and Dave worked on the floor, we went to the Alumni Ski Sprites water ski show on Sunday to celebrate 50 years and then today we went on a little pontoon ride before taking everything out of the water for the year.
Maple enjoying an empty peanut butter jar.
Maple swimming away!
Jeremy coaxing Maple in the water with his fishing pole.
Final pyramid at the Ski Sprites Show.
A scrapbook page I made of the three of us on the pontoon on Labor Day.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Flats
While spending the past weekend at my dad and Marsha's, we spent a lot of time out at "The Flats." My dad's girlfriend, Marsha, grew up on a farm and the land surround the farm is what they call "The Flats." There is a 40 of land that Marsha and my dad have and they recently built a cabin/garage on the land overlooking the field.
Let's just say, Maple absolutely LOVED it there. She was able to run run run run and swim in the pond. She even got to see her first horse! After spending all the time out there this weekend it made me realize how much I miss being in the county and being able to go for a 4-wheeler ride or sit and watch deer in the field. Hopefully someday Jeremy and I will be able to have a house out in the country! Although that may be a long way away, it's a dream! :)
Let's just say, Maple absolutely LOVED it there. She was able to run run run run and swim in the pond. She even got to see her first horse! After spending all the time out there this weekend it made me realize how much I miss being in the county and being able to go for a 4-wheeler ride or sit and watch deer in the field. Hopefully someday Jeremy and I will be able to have a house out in the country! Although that may be a long way away, it's a dream! :)
The new cabin/garage. Not quite finished inside, but when it's done half of it will have 2 bedrooms and a large kitchen/living area and the other half is a garage area with storage above the living space.
The view from the front of the cabin.
The pond behind the cabin.
Maple swimming in the pond with the geese decoys.
Dad enjoying his favorite past-time, cutting firewood!
Maple meeting Mariah's horse, Scout. She was very curious but we never let her get too close! She would have definitely tried to play with Scout, which I'm afraid would not have been a good thing!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Relief!
We were air conditionless for 17 days! 17 very long days considering we did not have air conditioning during one of the hottest weeks of the summer. The joys of owning a home!
Earlier this summer when we turned our air conditioner on it didn't take long for us to realize it wasn't working. We got it fixed immediately and found it that our air conditioner was over 30 years old! Apparently the lifetime of an air conditioner is about 25 years so why it didn't go out earlier so the previous owners would have had to replace it is beyond me, but it didn't, so we got the joys of replacing it. The air conditioner worked for about a month and a half and then it kicked the bucket for good.
We realized it was broke Sunday the 8th when we got back from the cabin. The next day I called a couple of different HVAC contractors to come out and get us estimates ASAP but of course the first one couldn't come out until Wednesday and the second one until Friday. After the first estimate I was a little discouraged that it was going to cost a fortune and we weren't going to get a tax credit. There are a lot of stipulations to get the tax credit for an air conditioner, the big one being that you more than likely have to replace your furnace as well so the system works together more efficiently. Well...our furnace had just been replaced in 2007 so obviously we weren't going to replace that as well. Makes me wonder even more why the previous owners didn't just replace the air conditioner at the same time! Anyway, at least the previous owners did purchase an energy efficient furance that was compatable with the air conditioner we purchased and in the end, we're able to get the tax credit. So instead of an enormous bill it's just a big bill!
Reasons why I am estatic about having air conditioning again:
--I can workout without being completely soaked in a pool of my own sweat.
--I can get ready in the morning without sweating the whole time.
--I can cook again.
--The dog isn't constantly panting.
--We won't have to run the dehumidifier 24/7.
--AND we can sleep in our bed instead of on the couch downstairs :)
Earlier this summer when we turned our air conditioner on it didn't take long for us to realize it wasn't working. We got it fixed immediately and found it that our air conditioner was over 30 years old! Apparently the lifetime of an air conditioner is about 25 years so why it didn't go out earlier so the previous owners would have had to replace it is beyond me, but it didn't, so we got the joys of replacing it. The air conditioner worked for about a month and a half and then it kicked the bucket for good.
We realized it was broke Sunday the 8th when we got back from the cabin. The next day I called a couple of different HVAC contractors to come out and get us estimates ASAP but of course the first one couldn't come out until Wednesday and the second one until Friday. After the first estimate I was a little discouraged that it was going to cost a fortune and we weren't going to get a tax credit. There are a lot of stipulations to get the tax credit for an air conditioner, the big one being that you more than likely have to replace your furnace as well so the system works together more efficiently. Well...our furnace had just been replaced in 2007 so obviously we weren't going to replace that as well. Makes me wonder even more why the previous owners didn't just replace the air conditioner at the same time! Anyway, at least the previous owners did purchase an energy efficient furance that was compatable with the air conditioner we purchased and in the end, we're able to get the tax credit. So instead of an enormous bill it's just a big bill!
Reasons why I am estatic about having air conditioning again:
--I can workout without being completely soaked in a pool of my own sweat.
--I can get ready in the morning without sweating the whole time.
--I can cook again.
--The dog isn't constantly panting.
--We won't have to run the dehumidifier 24/7.
--AND we can sleep in our bed instead of on the couch downstairs :)
Steele County Free Fair
This past week was the Steele County Free Fair which is a HUGE deal in Owatonna! We enjoyed a couple of nights at the fair enjoying fair food, entertainment and friends! We saw a local band, Hairball, perform the night the fair started up (Tuesday night) and Derek and Trevor came down for the show! Thanks for making the trip down guys :) Thursday night we went to the fair and meet up with my women's softball team in the beer gardens and finally, Jeremy and I went and walked around the fair in the heat on Saturday.
We enjoyed a lot of good food including onion rings, cheese curds, coconut shrimp, french fries, gyros, torey's wraps, some nitro ice cream AND homemade cookies. Although this was over the 3 different times we were there, this was a TON of fair food. I must say that I did behave when it came to fair food. My office is directly across the street from the fairgrounds and I refrained from eating there for lunch during the week. As you can tell, we ate our fair share without having to go there for lunch as well!
Here are a couple of pictures from Saturday at the fair.
We enjoyed a lot of good food including onion rings, cheese curds, coconut shrimp, french fries, gyros, torey's wraps, some nitro ice cream AND homemade cookies. Although this was over the 3 different times we were there, this was a TON of fair food. I must say that I did behave when it came to fair food. My office is directly across the street from the fairgrounds and I refrained from eating there for lunch during the week. As you can tell, we ate our fair share without having to go there for lunch as well!
Here are a couple of pictures from Saturday at the fair.
A couple of the biggest rabbits I've ever seen!
Pig races at the fair.
Maple Lately...
I've realized that now that Maple's gotten a little older I haven't been taking as many pictures of her lately...I guess the excitement of having a puppy wore off a little bit. Here are a few pictures of Maple lately. 
Jeremy and Maple in the fishing boat up at the cabin. 
Maple and Cali got to go for a boat ride! 
She loves the pontoon as well! 
Maple all tuckered out at my mom's after playing hard all weekend. 
All snuggled up with the alligator pillow.
Jeremy and Maple in the fishing boat up at the cabin. 
Maple and Cali got to go for a boat ride! 
She loves the pontoon as well! 
Maple all tuckered out at my mom's after playing hard all weekend. 
All snuggled up with the alligator pillow.Sunday, August 22, 2010
Weekend in Cambridge
I haven't had much to post about lately, partially because I've been busy studying and we haven't really done anything overly exciting on the weekends. We've spent a couple of weekends at home and a couple up at the lake, but last weekend we went over to Cambridge, WI to visit my mom & Matthew.
The timing of our trip over to my mom's was perfect because my cousin Jason and his finance, Kayla, were on vacation from FL up in WI and happened to be there the same weekend!
The timing of our trip over to my mom's was perfect because my cousin Jason and his finance, Kayla, were on vacation from FL up in WI and happened to be there the same weekend!
The whole gang.
Jason, Kayla, Jeremy, Matthew and I.
Jason, Kayla, Jeremy and I.
Jason's enormous burger from a local joint just outside Cambridge. This was the biggest burger I've ever seen and he almost finished it off!!
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