Oh little swiss roll
how I love your creamy filling
rolled up in chocolate goodness
oh how you make me fat
- LQ
That's my poem for the day :)
I have talked and talked and talked some more about how frustrated I am at the reality that over the past 16 months of marriage I have gained right at 13 lbs. Most people would say that's not a huge deal but to me it is. I view myself totally differently now that I have put that weight on. Starting tomorrow, Paul and I are going to get up every morning an hour early and go for a 3 mile walk. He's been wanting to drop a few lbs that he has also gained. There is no better way to lose the weight then to do it together.
I've been rolling around in my mind the past several days, why it is so darn difficult to get motivated to lose these 13 lbs. For those of you who don't know my weight-loss story... In September 2008, I weighted right at 213 lbs. After moving in with my mom in February 2009 I found I was dropping weight like crazy. I got down to about 170 without any effort and then started walking the rest of the weight off. By September 2009 I was down to 145 lbs. That's a 68 lb weight loss in 7 short months. When Paul and I got married I felt AMAZING!!! I remember standing in my bedroom in running shorts and sports bra and thought DANG I look good :) Somewhere in the past 16 months I've lost that "dang" feeling!!! I WANT IT BACK!
Soooooooooooo, Paul and I are going to start walking and I am going to stop eating the Little Debbie snacks that are adding the chunky to my chunky butt.
My little sister is graduating from college in April 2012 and I want more than anything to buy a cute cute cute dress for her graduation and feel really good about myself in family pictures.
Tomorrow is "D" day! Bring on the hunger pains, snack cravings and my "i could kill someone for a mnt dew" attitude :) BRING-IT-ON!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
What a wonderful trip to Missouri :)
What a gloomy day it is in Virginia! Yesterday we had almost a full 24 hours of rain. We sure needed it! I'm so thankful for the fall weather and the wonderful temps we are being blessed with.
This past Friday, I flew into St. Louis and then drove the hour from the airport to my mom's house in Bowling Green, Mo. My dad was so wonderful and left his truck at the airport for me to use while he was heading to South Carolina with my brother. I picked up the truck and jumped on the highway toward my mom's. I wish I could explain how amazing the weather was. I grew up most of my life in Missouri and never remembered it being so beautiful or smelling so good outside. I drove the entire way to BG with my windows down and a huge smile on my face. What am amazing start to an amazing vacation.
My 1st stop was to my mom's school so I could give her a big hug! I hung out with mom at her middle school while the kids ate lunch and she finished up a class. After lunch, I left and headed to McDonalds so I could check my email and get a soda. I had a hair apt at 3:00 with my very favorite beautician Chelsey :) She recently got married so I wanted to take a few minutes to buy her a wedding present before my apt started. Mom's town has a beautiful gift shop and for Paul and I's wedding, mom bought us these 2 amazing spatula's. I went back to that shop and bought the same spatula's for Chelsey. At my hair apt, I had her cut quite a bit off and color my hair dark brown again. Saying I love it is an understatement. I beyond love it. I think it looks beautiful and natural. She's so talented! After getting my hair done, mom and I headed to Wentzville for dinner and a movie. We went to Olive Garden and shared a Tour of Italy. It's one of my very favorite dishes there but it's a ton of food so perfect for two people. After dinner we realized we were both beyond exhausted. Mom had been busy at work that day and I had been up for about 24 hours at that point. We decided to head home and listen to the rest of the Cardinals game on the radio. Cardinals won! Going to bed never felt so good as it did that night!
Saturday was a crazy strange, Stone women sorta day. Mom was under the impression from a friend of her's at church that our church was having Stake Conference that weekend in Nauvoo, IL. We got up and did a few last minute things around the house and then grabbed our church clothes and headed to Nauvoo. I have to first mention that the temp was 86 and not a cloud in the sky. We left the house, washed the car, grabbed a soda from McDonalds and headed to Quincy, IL. Somehow along the way, I ended up accidentally sticking my middle finger in my mom's tube of lipstick that did not have a lid on it. I did not realize it until it was all over my hands and smeared across my forehead. Mom told me she had "baby wipes" in her truck... which ended up being Clorox Bleach wipes. I sucked it up, used them and prayed they would not bleach my newly died hair. It was a success. We stopped by TJ Maxx in Quincy so mom could buy a new purse and then we headed over to Sams where mom bought me a cute new cardigan sweater and I found 2 Izod denim skirts for $3.58/each. What a steal!!! We were hungry but did not want a big lunch so we settled for a hot dog before we left Sams. You can't beat 2 huge hot dogs for under $3.00 total. We made it to Nauvoo and on our way to the book store, we ran into a couple in mom's ward. They asked why we were in town and mom said for Conference. They informed us that we were a week early. BUMMER! I was so excited to see friends from other towns. You can't cry over spilt milk I guess. After a few minutes of chatting we headed to the book store! I found a book I was needing to read and mom and I had a wonderful time looking at odds and ends, wishing we had a million dollars to blow on church stuff! We left and went to the fudge factory! YUMMMY. I bought mint chocolate fudge to bring home to Paul and mom and I bought a caramel apple to share. We walked around the Temple and then called it a day and headed back to Hannibal where we stopped at Drakes for dinner. I ate a HUGE pork steak and it was beyond amazing. Nothing better then a pork steak.
Sunday we got up and headed to church. I woke up with a horrible migraine. I swore I was going to be sick. 3 I buporphen, 2 Excedrin migraine and about 2 hours later I finally started to feel like a human again. We attended 2 hours of church since we told my grandma we would have lunch with her while I was in town. She took us to one of our favorite places! Fiddlesticks. It was yummy food and I loved spending time catching up with my grandma Becky. After lunch we stopped by my Aunt Susan's house and chatted with her, my uncle and my cousin Jake. It's nice to see family! We then headed to my sister's cemetery where mom and I put new flowers. The flowers that were currently on her grave still looked beautiful so we always recycle the flowers and give them to people who don't have any. The 1st person mom tried to donate flowers to was technically still alive. It was just the head stone with the birth year. We sat and laughed about it for quite a while. Funny memory! Sunday ended with us spending some time with a friend of my mom's from church and relaxing at home :) It was a perfect day.
Monday mom and I spent the day at home together. She called in sick from work so she could drive with grandma and I to the airport. I was so thankful she was able to come with us. I loved having a little extra time at home with mom. We stopped for lunch at Casa Gallardo in St. Louis before heading to the airport. I cried a little when I got on my 1st flight toward Virginia. I was looking forward to being home again with Paul but I was already missing my mom!
My flight's were good. The 1st one left a little late b/c the police had to escort a couple off the flight. I'd love to know what happened... but I guess I'll never know! I read on my 1st and 2nd flight and my 3rd flight I chatted with 2 nice guys about sports, etc. I got home a little before midnight on Monday and was so glad to be back in my own bed again!
Sorry that was more like a moment by moment recap of my trip, but friends/family ask how my trip was and want to know what I did. There you go! That's what I did :) I had the very best time with my mom!
This past Friday, I flew into St. Louis and then drove the hour from the airport to my mom's house in Bowling Green, Mo. My dad was so wonderful and left his truck at the airport for me to use while he was heading to South Carolina with my brother. I picked up the truck and jumped on the highway toward my mom's. I wish I could explain how amazing the weather was. I grew up most of my life in Missouri and never remembered it being so beautiful or smelling so good outside. I drove the entire way to BG with my windows down and a huge smile on my face. What am amazing start to an amazing vacation.
My 1st stop was to my mom's school so I could give her a big hug! I hung out with mom at her middle school while the kids ate lunch and she finished up a class. After lunch, I left and headed to McDonalds so I could check my email and get a soda. I had a hair apt at 3:00 with my very favorite beautician Chelsey :) She recently got married so I wanted to take a few minutes to buy her a wedding present before my apt started. Mom's town has a beautiful gift shop and for Paul and I's wedding, mom bought us these 2 amazing spatula's. I went back to that shop and bought the same spatula's for Chelsey. At my hair apt, I had her cut quite a bit off and color my hair dark brown again. Saying I love it is an understatement. I beyond love it. I think it looks beautiful and natural. She's so talented! After getting my hair done, mom and I headed to Wentzville for dinner and a movie. We went to Olive Garden and shared a Tour of Italy. It's one of my very favorite dishes there but it's a ton of food so perfect for two people. After dinner we realized we were both beyond exhausted. Mom had been busy at work that day and I had been up for about 24 hours at that point. We decided to head home and listen to the rest of the Cardinals game on the radio. Cardinals won! Going to bed never felt so good as it did that night!
Saturday was a crazy strange, Stone women sorta day. Mom was under the impression from a friend of her's at church that our church was having Stake Conference that weekend in Nauvoo, IL. We got up and did a few last minute things around the house and then grabbed our church clothes and headed to Nauvoo. I have to first mention that the temp was 86 and not a cloud in the sky. We left the house, washed the car, grabbed a soda from McDonalds and headed to Quincy, IL. Somehow along the way, I ended up accidentally sticking my middle finger in my mom's tube of lipstick that did not have a lid on it. I did not realize it until it was all over my hands and smeared across my forehead. Mom told me she had "baby wipes" in her truck... which ended up being Clorox Bleach wipes. I sucked it up, used them and prayed they would not bleach my newly died hair. It was a success. We stopped by TJ Maxx in Quincy so mom could buy a new purse and then we headed over to Sams where mom bought me a cute new cardigan sweater and I found 2 Izod denim skirts for $3.58/each. What a steal!!! We were hungry but did not want a big lunch so we settled for a hot dog before we left Sams. You can't beat 2 huge hot dogs for under $3.00 total. We made it to Nauvoo and on our way to the book store, we ran into a couple in mom's ward. They asked why we were in town and mom said for Conference. They informed us that we were a week early. BUMMER! I was so excited to see friends from other towns. You can't cry over spilt milk I guess. After a few minutes of chatting we headed to the book store! I found a book I was needing to read and mom and I had a wonderful time looking at odds and ends, wishing we had a million dollars to blow on church stuff! We left and went to the fudge factory! YUMMMY. I bought mint chocolate fudge to bring home to Paul and mom and I bought a caramel apple to share. We walked around the Temple and then called it a day and headed back to Hannibal where we stopped at Drakes for dinner. I ate a HUGE pork steak and it was beyond amazing. Nothing better then a pork steak.
Sunday we got up and headed to church. I woke up with a horrible migraine. I swore I was going to be sick. 3 I buporphen, 2 Excedrin migraine and about 2 hours later I finally started to feel like a human again. We attended 2 hours of church since we told my grandma we would have lunch with her while I was in town. She took us to one of our favorite places! Fiddlesticks. It was yummy food and I loved spending time catching up with my grandma Becky. After lunch we stopped by my Aunt Susan's house and chatted with her, my uncle and my cousin Jake. It's nice to see family! We then headed to my sister's cemetery where mom and I put new flowers. The flowers that were currently on her grave still looked beautiful so we always recycle the flowers and give them to people who don't have any. The 1st person mom tried to donate flowers to was technically still alive. It was just the head stone with the birth year. We sat and laughed about it for quite a while. Funny memory! Sunday ended with us spending some time with a friend of my mom's from church and relaxing at home :) It was a perfect day.
Monday mom and I spent the day at home together. She called in sick from work so she could drive with grandma and I to the airport. I was so thankful she was able to come with us. I loved having a little extra time at home with mom. We stopped for lunch at Casa Gallardo in St. Louis before heading to the airport. I cried a little when I got on my 1st flight toward Virginia. I was looking forward to being home again with Paul but I was already missing my mom!
My flight's were good. The 1st one left a little late b/c the police had to escort a couple off the flight. I'd love to know what happened... but I guess I'll never know! I read on my 1st and 2nd flight and my 3rd flight I chatted with 2 nice guys about sports, etc. I got home a little before midnight on Monday and was so glad to be back in my own bed again!
Sorry that was more like a moment by moment recap of my trip, but friends/family ask how my trip was and want to know what I did. There you go! That's what I did :) I had the very best time with my mom!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
I often wonder...
Why we spend our time watching shows we have no interest in to begin with? I hate sushi! And yet, I spent the past hour of my life watching how to make sushi at home on Giada at Home. I cannot imagine eating something with raw fish in it. I can't bring myself to eating 99.9% of all cooked seafood. Sushi takes my mind to the movie Cast Away. I don't know if I could have survivied on raw crab. It makes my skin squirm just thinking about it. Paul loves sushi... so it must tast good to some people. Not me! NOTE: I did try it once when Paul and I went to dinner and I could not gag it down. I physically was unable to swallow it.
I am feeling horribly lazy today. I did go to Walmart when Paul left for work to purchase a book to read on my flight Friday. I ended up buying a book about a little boy who died during surgery, came back to life and tells his story about his time in heaven. Coming from a very strong LDS background, I often wonder if it is actually possible for us to remember such a thing, or if Heavenly Father would cause the veil to remove those memories from our minds. I am very anxious to read this book. My cousin was very sick as a little girl and was in a coma for a period of time. When she came out of her coma, she told my mom that she had seen my sister Erin who had passed away a short time earlier. Children are so young an innocent. I believe the veil may be thinner for them. Just a thought.
As some of you know, we were scheduled to have a showing of our house a couple weeks ago. Well, after hours of cleaning and painting and cleaning and a little sleeping and yard work, the house looked amazing and then the showing got cancelled. BUMMER! At least it pushed us to get the house super duper clean :) Although I am not giving up hope that the house will either be sold or under contract by January, Paul and I telling ourselves that we will HOPEFULLY be in Wyoming in April (ish) looking at different cities, police departments and hopefully Paul will be testing during that visit. Although a move out west would take us far away from Paul's family in Virginia... I cannot help but to be excited at the idea of being closer to my family. It would put us within driving distance from my oldest brother in South Dakota and that almost gives me butterflies. I know it will all work out one way or the other.
One of my dearest friends ( Sabrina) is moving to Washington DC in a month or two. This really excites me! She has been a very good friend since I was a freshman in HS. She is originally from Oklahoma City, OK but went to college in Missouri where I lived at the time. I am looking forward to finally having a friend within driving distance of me.
I am leaving for Missouri on Friday. It seems like I technically leave tomorrow because I will sleep from 5-11 pm, wake up in time to spend a couple hours with Paul when he get's home from work and then leave my house around 3 am to meet Randi at her house and ride to the airport with her. My flight leaves at 6:45 am and I SHOULD land in St. Louis around 9:45. 4 hour flight with 1 layover in Ohio somewhere. Not too shabby. Coming home will be not so fun though. I have 2 layovers and it's going to take me 7 hours to get home. Let's hope and pray the St. Louis airport does NOT get his by a tornado this time. I have been going back and fourth as to whether or not I should pack tonight or tomorrow. Sigh... I think I will go ahead and try to get it done tonight. The great thing about short trips is that I get to travel with just a carry on and a back pack :) Can't get much better then that!
Well people who read this, I think that's about it for now. I'll post more after my trip home.
Liz Quillon
I am feeling horribly lazy today. I did go to Walmart when Paul left for work to purchase a book to read on my flight Friday. I ended up buying a book about a little boy who died during surgery, came back to life and tells his story about his time in heaven. Coming from a very strong LDS background, I often wonder if it is actually possible for us to remember such a thing, or if Heavenly Father would cause the veil to remove those memories from our minds. I am very anxious to read this book. My cousin was very sick as a little girl and was in a coma for a period of time. When she came out of her coma, she told my mom that she had seen my sister Erin who had passed away a short time earlier. Children are so young an innocent. I believe the veil may be thinner for them. Just a thought.
As some of you know, we were scheduled to have a showing of our house a couple weeks ago. Well, after hours of cleaning and painting and cleaning and a little sleeping and yard work, the house looked amazing and then the showing got cancelled. BUMMER! At least it pushed us to get the house super duper clean :) Although I am not giving up hope that the house will either be sold or under contract by January, Paul and I telling ourselves that we will HOPEFULLY be in Wyoming in April (ish) looking at different cities, police departments and hopefully Paul will be testing during that visit. Although a move out west would take us far away from Paul's family in Virginia... I cannot help but to be excited at the idea of being closer to my family. It would put us within driving distance from my oldest brother in South Dakota and that almost gives me butterflies. I know it will all work out one way or the other.
One of my dearest friends ( Sabrina) is moving to Washington DC in a month or two. This really excites me! She has been a very good friend since I was a freshman in HS. She is originally from Oklahoma City, OK but went to college in Missouri where I lived at the time. I am looking forward to finally having a friend within driving distance of me.
I am leaving for Missouri on Friday. It seems like I technically leave tomorrow because I will sleep from 5-11 pm, wake up in time to spend a couple hours with Paul when he get's home from work and then leave my house around 3 am to meet Randi at her house and ride to the airport with her. My flight leaves at 6:45 am and I SHOULD land in St. Louis around 9:45. 4 hour flight with 1 layover in Ohio somewhere. Not too shabby. Coming home will be not so fun though. I have 2 layovers and it's going to take me 7 hours to get home. Let's hope and pray the St. Louis airport does NOT get his by a tornado this time. I have been going back and fourth as to whether or not I should pack tonight or tomorrow. Sigh... I think I will go ahead and try to get it done tonight. The great thing about short trips is that I get to travel with just a carry on and a back pack :) Can't get much better then that!
Well people who read this, I think that's about it for now. I'll post more after my trip home.
Liz Quillon
Friday, September 23, 2011
See ya later Summer, HELLO Autumn!
Happy 1st day of Autumn to everyone who actually reads my blog :) I am SO excited that summer is gone, I decided to type in orange to honor the beautiful season which is upon us. The other day we were driving to town and I noticed a few maple trees are a tiny bit beginning to turn red :) In a matter of weeks, we will be able to look around and see all the colors of fall!
I think I am actually going to buy pumpkins this year, carve them and put them on our porch. Even though I am working Halloween night, I think it would be fun to be a wee bit festive this year. Who know, I may even splurge a little and buy a few indoor decorations! I flew home from Missouri last year on Halloween so I did not take the time to decorate. What's the fun in that? I'm smelling a great FHE in the Quillon home in a couple weeks. I'll make Paul my dad's famous hot chocolate and cookies or something. I think that will seal the deal! He will carve pumpkins if I feed him :)
This time of year ALWAYS reminds me of the years I spent growing up in Wisconsin. Every Fall, my family would drive to Devil's Lake. We would hike and then stop for caramel apples on our way home. (IDEA: Maybe I will make Paul a caramel apple while we carve pumpkins!! ) I will never forget those years with my family. I grew up in such a wonderful home, filled with amazing holiday memories.
I am flying home (to Missouri) in 2 weeks. I'll only be home for 4 days which means I won't have much, if any, time to see people I want so much to see... but I will have lots of quality time with my mom! I can't wait to spend that time with her, just the two of us. This is kinda a last minute trip home but I am ready to spend a few days with some of my family.
We actually had a realtor come for a previewing yesterday. She did a quick walk through and then left. Apparently there is an elderly couple who's moving to the area from our of town/state (not sure which). Their realtor fears the house will be too big for them, but we will have to wait and see. They are apparently coming to see the house early next week. I sure hope they don't decide not to come b/c Paul and I worked our rear end's off getting the house ready for the showing. I will say though, the house looks awesome now. Monday I have to go to Lowes and buy a few bags of mulch for the front of the house, but other then that, the front yard is not looking too shabby. We are keeping our fingers crossed that the couple likes the house. Testing dates for Rock Springs, Wy PD is the 2nd week of January. We are sooooooo much wanting the house to be sold by then. We would love to be able to fly to Wy in January so he can test for their PD. It's a strange feeling to be pulled to another area of the country, but be tied down to your current location. Wish us luck :)
I think that's all we have for now. I'm off to the grocery store to buy milk and popcorn.
I think I am actually going to buy pumpkins this year, carve them and put them on our porch. Even though I am working Halloween night, I think it would be fun to be a wee bit festive this year. Who know, I may even splurge a little and buy a few indoor decorations! I flew home from Missouri last year on Halloween so I did not take the time to decorate. What's the fun in that? I'm smelling a great FHE in the Quillon home in a couple weeks. I'll make Paul my dad's famous hot chocolate and cookies or something. I think that will seal the deal! He will carve pumpkins if I feed him :)
This time of year ALWAYS reminds me of the years I spent growing up in Wisconsin. Every Fall, my family would drive to Devil's Lake. We would hike and then stop for caramel apples on our way home. (IDEA: Maybe I will make Paul a caramel apple while we carve pumpkins!! ) I will never forget those years with my family. I grew up in such a wonderful home, filled with amazing holiday memories.
I am flying home (to Missouri) in 2 weeks. I'll only be home for 4 days which means I won't have much, if any, time to see people I want so much to see... but I will have lots of quality time with my mom! I can't wait to spend that time with her, just the two of us. This is kinda a last minute trip home but I am ready to spend a few days with some of my family.
We actually had a realtor come for a previewing yesterday. She did a quick walk through and then left. Apparently there is an elderly couple who's moving to the area from our of town/state (not sure which). Their realtor fears the house will be too big for them, but we will have to wait and see. They are apparently coming to see the house early next week. I sure hope they don't decide not to come b/c Paul and I worked our rear end's off getting the house ready for the showing. I will say though, the house looks awesome now. Monday I have to go to Lowes and buy a few bags of mulch for the front of the house, but other then that, the front yard is not looking too shabby. We are keeping our fingers crossed that the couple likes the house. Testing dates for Rock Springs, Wy PD is the 2nd week of January. We are sooooooo much wanting the house to be sold by then. We would love to be able to fly to Wy in January so he can test for their PD. It's a strange feeling to be pulled to another area of the country, but be tied down to your current location. Wish us luck :)
I think that's all we have for now. I'm off to the grocery store to buy milk and popcorn.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Holy cow it's September, WOW!
August bid fairwell and September has arrived! I cannot express how excited I am knowing that the HOT summer months are over and things are starting to cool down in Virginia. I love seeing the high temps for the next week only reaching into the mid 80's :) It's such a beautiful thing.
Speaking of weather... Mother Nature has not been so kind to Virginia the past several weeks. As you all know from my last post, we had an earthquake in central VA about 2 weeks ago. That was an something I never care to experience again. I was hopeful that the one big earthquake would be the end of it, but apparently we have had almost 20 aftershocks. Most of which I have not felt. We had a 4.3 aftershock on my Birthday (Sept 1). Last week VA also got hit by hurricane Irene. Lucky for us, we got a little rain and a little wind, but that was the extent of our hurricane experience. Some friends closer to the ocean were not so lucky though. I'm thankful our house has been kept safe from Mother Nature!
I celebrated my 28th Birthday on September 1st! It was a bitter-sweet day for me. Although I enjoy having a day to celebrate "me", I have struggled the past few years with the idea of getting older. Everyone tells me they enjoy getting older, I don't. I down right hate it. I'll be honest, I started the day off on quite an emotional note but by the end, it was a perfect day. Here's how it went : Originally I had plans to get together with a couple friends and have dinner...but that pretty much fell through so I decided I would just stay home by myself and be sad. After several minutes of feeling bad for myself I decided to take a shower, get dressed and take myself to a movie like I had originally planned. When I told Paul I was going to be spending the evening alone, he said he would meet me in town when my movie was over and have dinner with me at Buffalo Wild Wings. I left the house and headed to town to see The Help. If you have not seen it already, it is a MUST SEE!!! Wonderful movie :) Well, about 30 minutes into the movie I got a text from Paul saying he had the rest of the night off and he would meet me at BW3 when I was done with the movie. I could not figure out why he had the rest of the night off. When the movie was finished, I haded to BW3 for dinner. Paul told me that his SGT asked him after line-up if he wanted to grab something to eat. Paul explained to him that he was meeting his wife in town b/c it was her birthday. His SGT told him they had plenty of people to work and told him to take the evening off. HOW NICE IS HE!!!!!! After dinner we went to Walmart and ended up in line behind the 1 person in the store who could not count and was trying to get 40ish items through the 20 items or less counter. There was a long line of people behind her. All of us had fewer then 10 items and everyone was getting frustrated. I was puchasing a yard stick and I wont lie... I wanted to smack her with it. I can't stand people like her. What was worse was that I could not stop looking at her.... she had done WAY too much botox... it was nasty! My little sister Emily sent me flowers on my birthday too :) I was not home when they tried to deliver them so I got them the next day. They sure are beautiful!!! The bouquet has roses, lillies, daiseys and sunflowers. It really made me smile when I saw them! Saturday was my big celebration day with Paul. Instead of him buying me a present, I wanted to go shopping to buy some clothes for this fall! Saturday was so much fun too. I loved spending the day with my sweet husband. He did such a great job shopping with me :) My only rule that day was that he was not to act nervous or fidget and he did not do either! We went to Buckle in Shortpump. I love their clothes. Although they are a weeeee bit expensive, I'll have them for several years and can add to my wardrobe over time. I'll post pictures of the thigns I got. We ended the day at Cheesecake Factory. It was so amazingly good. We bought 4 slices of cheesecake, most of which we brought home with us. I think Cheesecake Factory is the place where we will celebrate big occasions. We both love it there!
Most of you also know we are selling our house. Well, trying to sell our house. The market is crap right now so I am not holding my breath. We have decided to lower the price of the house by $8,000. We hope that the drop in price will draw more attention and we will find a buyer. Paul and I have been trying to decide if we want to stay in Virginia after the house sells. Both of are feeling a pull to move out West. We are thinking Wyoming. My oldest brother would like us to at least look at South Dakota where they are.... so I may try to talk Paul into at least looking... but we both feel really really good about Wyoming. It provides a totally different lifestyle that we would both love to have when it comes to raising our children that Virginia does not have. We have been looking at Police Departments, Real Estate, apartments, etc is all of the major Wyoming cities. We get more and more excited about the idea. But first, we have to sell our house. I'll keep you posted!
That's about all I have for now.
Liz
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The happenings in the Quillon home :)
Wow, we have had quite a few things happen recently!
First of all, a little over a week ago, Paul and I decided it was time to trade in his Chevy Impala for something that would give us a little bit better mpg and was considered a "good" car. I am a big Toyota fan so we drove to the Toyota Dealership in Charlottesville and found exactly what we were looking for. We purchased a 2009 Toyota Corolla SE. It's silver and we love our new car. When we drove from Missouri to Virginia this past April after the STL airport was hit by the tornado, we go t amazing mpg and it was a comfortable car to ride in. What better test drive can you get then 850 miles of highway, city, flat landscape and mountains?!?!?! We are very happy with our puchase and feel we made the perfect decision for us.
Second of all, we decided to put our house ont he market the middle of July so it's been for sale for about 6 weeks now. Although we have not had anyone show interest as of yet, we are very prayerful and hopeful that something will come of our efforts. I have gone into this with no expectations. If it does not sell by January, we will take it off the market for 6 months and then try again... but if it does sell, I will be thrilled. People are wondering what our next step will be if the house sells.... we really don't know. We have a couple ideas rolling around in our family prayers, so until we feel impressed that the Lord is guiding us in one direction or the other, we will leave those ideas with the Lord :) I have decided to embrace this time in our life and know that "It's all good"
Third of all, as MOST of you already know... Virginia had an earthquake today :) It was a horrible/crazy experience. It terrified me and at one point I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Let me explain why though. We had put Harley outside to go potty and run around for a while before we left for work. Paul and I had been laying on the couch watching tv and not 2 minutes after getting up to start changing into my scrubs, the entire house started to shake. As soon as I realized it was an earthquake, I freaked out because Harley is TERRIFIED of everything and I knew he was outside all alone and probably going into cardiac arrest. I was worried he would try to jump the fence. All of these thoughts were running through my mind and Paul kept telling me he was fine. I was like "No, we have to go to the basement and get him, he's scared". Well... needless to say, he is just fine. He was a little freaked out when we finally let him and I'm sure he has forgiven us for letting him go through such a thing. Everyone at work was safe when I arrived and I am so thankful that Paul's night was not as terrible as I expected it to be when they announced on the radio that our 911 number was not working. I assumed he would be soo busy all night doing damage control.
Well, that's about all I have right now. Paul and I have both worked the last 6 days so I am ready for him to get home so we can go to bed. Although he has the next 4 days off, he is picking up overtime all 4 days and he has to be back at work for a 3 hour shift at 6 am. Not quite sure how he's going to get enough sleep... but the money is good so I'm sure he will work, come home and take a long nap!
I hope this find everyone well!!!
Love,
Us
First of all, a little over a week ago, Paul and I decided it was time to trade in his Chevy Impala for something that would give us a little bit better mpg and was considered a "good" car. I am a big Toyota fan so we drove to the Toyota Dealership in Charlottesville and found exactly what we were looking for. We purchased a 2009 Toyota Corolla SE. It's silver and we love our new car. When we drove from Missouri to Virginia this past April after the STL airport was hit by the tornado, we go t amazing mpg and it was a comfortable car to ride in. What better test drive can you get then 850 miles of highway, city, flat landscape and mountains?!?!?! We are very happy with our puchase and feel we made the perfect decision for us.
Second of all, we decided to put our house ont he market the middle of July so it's been for sale for about 6 weeks now. Although we have not had anyone show interest as of yet, we are very prayerful and hopeful that something will come of our efforts. I have gone into this with no expectations. If it does not sell by January, we will take it off the market for 6 months and then try again... but if it does sell, I will be thrilled. People are wondering what our next step will be if the house sells.... we really don't know. We have a couple ideas rolling around in our family prayers, so until we feel impressed that the Lord is guiding us in one direction or the other, we will leave those ideas with the Lord :) I have decided to embrace this time in our life and know that "It's all good"
Third of all, as MOST of you already know... Virginia had an earthquake today :) It was a horrible/crazy experience. It terrified me and at one point I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Let me explain why though. We had put Harley outside to go potty and run around for a while before we left for work. Paul and I had been laying on the couch watching tv and not 2 minutes after getting up to start changing into my scrubs, the entire house started to shake. As soon as I realized it was an earthquake, I freaked out because Harley is TERRIFIED of everything and I knew he was outside all alone and probably going into cardiac arrest. I was worried he would try to jump the fence. All of these thoughts were running through my mind and Paul kept telling me he was fine. I was like "No, we have to go to the basement and get him, he's scared". Well... needless to say, he is just fine. He was a little freaked out when we finally let him and I'm sure he has forgiven us for letting him go through such a thing. Everyone at work was safe when I arrived and I am so thankful that Paul's night was not as terrible as I expected it to be when they announced on the radio that our 911 number was not working. I assumed he would be soo busy all night doing damage control.
Well, that's about all I have right now. Paul and I have both worked the last 6 days so I am ready for him to get home so we can go to bed. Although he has the next 4 days off, he is picking up overtime all 4 days and he has to be back at work for a 3 hour shift at 6 am. Not quite sure how he's going to get enough sleep... but the money is good so I'm sure he will work, come home and take a long nap!
I hope this find everyone well!!!
Love,
Us
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
August
Happy August everyone :)
It's finally here and all I can say is... I HOPE IT BRING'S COOLER WEATHER!!! I was reading a Yahoo News article today regarding the horrible heat wave that has hit the US this summer. They said that there were almost 3,000 heat records set in July alone all over the country. That's up from the 1,400 last year. Believe it or not, a little town in Minnesota was named "The hottest place in US recorded history" for a day. With the heat index (humidity plus the temp) it was 134 outside. I know Virginia has been insane the past month. Although several people we know insist on keeping their homes cool through this heat wave, we keep the house at aprox 80 deg. Yes, it get's warm from time to time so when I'm cleaning or working around the house, I turn it down to 77. Even at 77 though, when I hear the air kick on and I see is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. It stresses me out. The only thing I hate about a warm house is when I'm trying to sleep and my feet get hot. I can't sleep when my feet are hot. Ok, enough about the hot weather :) May August bring us cooler weather so I can open my windows and let the summer funk out of my house!
I finally ran 1 mile last night (well, more like 0.9) but it's close enough so I'm guna go with the 1 mile idea. It was horribly difficult and I am kinda not looking forward to doing it again tonight... but I will never improve if I don't keep working at my goal. So, here in about 4 hours I will hit the pavement and run like the cops are chasing me.
I know I have been behind on posting pictures the past several post's so I promise as soon as my camera is back up and running, I will get some pictures on this thing. I have pictures of our new gutters and I want to get updated pictures our the house posted.
Happy Tuesday everyone!
It's finally here and all I can say is... I HOPE IT BRING'S COOLER WEATHER!!! I was reading a Yahoo News article today regarding the horrible heat wave that has hit the US this summer. They said that there were almost 3,000 heat records set in July alone all over the country. That's up from the 1,400 last year. Believe it or not, a little town in Minnesota was named "The hottest place in US recorded history" for a day. With the heat index (humidity plus the temp) it was 134 outside. I know Virginia has been insane the past month. Although several people we know insist on keeping their homes cool through this heat wave, we keep the house at aprox 80 deg. Yes, it get's warm from time to time so when I'm cleaning or working around the house, I turn it down to 77. Even at 77 though, when I hear the air kick on and I see is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. It stresses me out. The only thing I hate about a warm house is when I'm trying to sleep and my feet get hot. I can't sleep when my feet are hot. Ok, enough about the hot weather :) May August bring us cooler weather so I can open my windows and let the summer funk out of my house!
I finally ran 1 mile last night (well, more like 0.9) but it's close enough so I'm guna go with the 1 mile idea. It was horribly difficult and I am kinda not looking forward to doing it again tonight... but I will never improve if I don't keep working at my goal. So, here in about 4 hours I will hit the pavement and run like the cops are chasing me.
I know I have been behind on posting pictures the past several post's so I promise as soon as my camera is back up and running, I will get some pictures on this thing. I have pictures of our new gutters and I want to get updated pictures our the house posted.
Happy Tuesday everyone!
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