Happy Anniversary To Us!

Who can believe it has been 6 full months since our wedding? Jim and I spent the weekend together and had a nice night out last night to celebrate. In honor of our 1/2 year anniversary, and since I haven't shared any yet, here is a montage of our wedding photos. What great memories of an amazing day!

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Productive Weekend

Well this weekend was awfully productive at the Davis house. A friend of mine, Emily, is going to be renting out our basement for awhile since we are not needing the extra room yet and she is needing a place to live. So on Thursday evening we got the first coat of paint on the family room downstairs. I have to say, we bought cheap walmart paint and it worked just as well, if not better, than the expensive paint we had bought for other rooms in the house. On Friday I came home and got another coat on and Emily came over and shampooed the carpets so it was all ready for move in on Saturday.

Saturday was spent cleaning and organizing a lot of things that we had been putting off. We got our old furniture moved from the garage to the other room in the basement (not Emily's room but this other space we have). We also got the living room, kitchen, den, dining room, and bath cleaned organized and in living condition. It feels so much more like home with things feeling a bit more in there place. Saturday night we had Barb over and ordered some pizza and watched TV, it was nice and relaxing.

Sunday we ran some much needed errands to return a couple of things to Home Depot and we also ran to Sam's and found out many of the things on our walmart list could be gotten at Sam's and last us a whole lot longer. I am especially obsessed with the Swiffer Wetjet that Jim's Mom gave us and am pumped I can get all the refill and pads I need at Sam's. One thing I have learned fast here is that there is no such thing as clean wood floors for long, they need to be swept darn near constantly and the swiffer is my new best friend.

Today I head in for a consultation with an oral surgeon to get my wisdom teeth out so wish me luck. I am not looking forward to it but it absolutely has to be done.

New Look

Well thanks to viewing some friend's creativity our blog has a fun new look. I have been wanting to be able to change the background and really make it different and thanks to Ana I found a good place to get some backdrops and I like the new look.

I am also super happy to have gotten my photography website set up. I still have to add the pictures yet but it is coming along. If you know anyone with photography needs give them my info. I am cheap but I promise I am good!

Our New Vehicle

Well after a whirlwind of car hunting the last couple of days Jim and I decided on a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer. The price was right and it is equipped with all the gizmos and doodads that Jim can appreciate. It is the North Face version so it has a sharper look to it than some other Trailblazers. Jim is out of town through today so we are not picking it up until Friday but we are both pretty happy with our choice!

Accident

Last week we had yet another ice and snow storm here in Des Moines. While Jim was on his way to work he hit a patch of ice and slid into the car in front of him right as he was going to hop on the interstate. Of course the other guys truck had little damage, I am sure his bumper needed replaced but other than that it was fine. Jim's explorer on the other hand had a bit more damage.

His passenger side headlight was broken, the hood was buckled, the bumper and frame was damaged as well as some other stuff. It looked quite bad. Jayke was here this weekend and he kept saying "whoa Jim, you're car is broken" every time he walked past it. Because of the age of Jim's car (it's a '97) the insurance company decided today to just total it out. So we have about 2 days or so to find a new vehicle. Wish us luck!

Back Online

Well after a little bit of hassle we have our DSL internet working at our house. It is nice that we will both be able to get a little work done from home, although I think I am more productive when I do it at the school, but NOTHING beats the comfort of home.

Weekend Purchases

This weekend was a bit pricey for Jim and I. He had gotten his bonus check at work on Friday and we had decided that either that or the tax rejuvenation check would be used for some things for the house and the other would be put toward regular bills. Well, this weekend we certainly spent his bonus check on the house.

First we had to get a few new lighting fixtures as some of the ones we had were outdated and mostly just ugly. I was very excited when we got ceiling fans on sale and were able to get the fan for the living room that I had fallen in love with a few months ago. We also got a fan for our upstairs bedroom and some other minor things.

From there we decided to look for new living room furniture. We had been wanting that for quite awhile and we were looking to just get ideas and ran across a perfect set. It is big and comfy, carmel colored micro-suede, and the perfect combination of what Jim wanted and what I wanted. Our old furniture will make it's way to the basement and on Thursday our new stuff will be delivered. Pretty Exciting!

Enough With Winter Already!!

I like winter, I don't love it, but I certainly enjoy it's beauty and wonder. I am usually the one saying that if it is going to be cold I wish it would at least snow so we had something pretty to look at but this year I think I am all prettied out. We had another big snowstorm this last weekend and no longer is the falling snow something beautiful to look at, all it has become is wet, cold, heavy WORK! I am not sure if the snow piles at the end of our driveway can get any larger, but I guess we will find out as more snow is predicted for this weekend.

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Yay for Jim!

Jim recieved some good news at work the other day. He was given a promotion! He began as an accountant with Oldcastle Materials Group and was promoted to a financial analyst last spring-ish. Then, as the company lost the controller of one of their smaller groups, he took over those duties this last summer-ish. And being the awesome man that he is he was just asked to be the controller of one of their largest groups! I do have to say though that he is a bit nervous about his new duties, but I am still very proud of him! He has a good job with a good company and he likes what he does, that is not always easy to find!

A Few Pictures For Fun

This is Jim and I after we signed the papers for our home!

Odie and Boomer seem to be adjusting to life in the new house just fine. Odie is still Jim's best buddy and Boomer is still a cute cuddler. Amazingly enough Milo has grown up quite a bit since our last move (where he hid behind the stove for 7 hours). He hasn't gone missing or hidden himself in strange places at all. He has however leaped up into the strange mantle hole above our big rock fireplace. What a crazy cat!