I am a NEW woman!

We have finally gotten internet at home about a week ago and Nathan hooked up our dryer on Saturday. We have traveled forward in time about 6 years or so...now, all that's left to move into the 21st Century is a dishwasher, cable, and a microwave. Well, not so much the microwave... that's kind of by choice...I just wanted to see if I could do it. I kind of prefer not having it. I don't think Nathan feels the same way.

We are continually making progress on the house. Nathan has gotten closet organizers in all of the closets, our washer and dryer have made in the same room and are hooked up! I have three things hung on the wall. Our name has made it on the mailbox (as enforced by the US Post office :/). Nathan was kind of surprised it fit. I've got skill...

And finally!!! WE FINISHED PHASE II of our Chicken Coop!

Yay! Let me introduce you to the crew...

Eugeine starts at the top. Stumpy is behind the water jug. Ruby (because of a baby and the color of her feathers), Caesar next (I was thinking salad), then Hollandaise is the next white one, and then Beefy... b/c she's the biggest!

Now all we have left to do is create a fenced in walking area for them. Nathan is also thinking about starting to build a deck on the back of the house this week. I think his goal is to sit outside on his deck by the end of summer. I can handle that.

What's next for this NEW country wife...

10 Things I Love in my Kitchen

1. Nut Grinder

Because my mother and my grandmother used one. Pish Posh to the bags that are already chopped. I have my own thank you very much!

2. French Press

Because my husband HATES coffee. When my one cup is all it takes for a great Saturday morning.

3. Colorful Mixing Bowls

Because they’re just so pretty to mix in! When I moved into my new kitchen with the glass paned cabinet, I would not rest until those colorful bowls were behind that glass.

4. My Frog

Because I never realized there would be a time where O would actually wash my own dishes in a sink with a sponge. He has become very useful and not just a cute sink ornament.

5. My Stove

Because we are a poor married couple. I smile when I look at our stove. It came out of a garage Nathan cleaned. Oh, rusty stove…just when I thought I had an iron deficiency after weaning myself off of Peoria water…

6. Toaster Oven

Because Nathan and I are not getting a microwave…more like I won’t let us…I want to see if we can live without one and because toaster oven pizza is AWESOME in the summer so you don’t have to warm up the whole house with the rusty stove.

7. Ants

Because the remind me that even the perfect kitchen isn’t perfect. It also reminds me to do the dishes, put the lid on the sugar, and how AMAZING I am at towel snapping!

8. Grandma's Dishes

Because sometimes it’s not just Gma’s cooking that makes her cheesy potatoes SO good. I have eaten out of these dishes every thanksgiving I have ever been able to eat solid food.

9. Wooden Spoons

Because plastic melts and doesn’t keep the water from overflowing in my noodle water. My go-to kitchen utencial for baking in the kitchen and licking afer cookies!

10. KitchenAid Mixer

Because it’s timeless, it’s multifunctional, it’s durable, its RED, and it just plan makes me feel cool! Sometimes I just pull it out because it reminds me that I can cook.

First Day on the Job...Documented for Humbling Purposes

Things I did that keep me humble today...
- Called someone a brother when he wasn't...
- Made the coffee too strong.
- Pepsi break and it's only 10:30am
- Have already clicked "Still Listening" on Pandora 3 times...
- Tongue twisted phone calls
- Hitting yourself for interupting someone on the phone...(im pretty sure i look like an idiot walking down the hallway hitting myself)
- I fought with the massive, larger than life printer outside two of the ladies offices... "Are you ok out there?"
Awesome.

But, 4:30pm. Oh how different that feels from 7:00pm. Thank you Jesus!!!