Life Lately

I started this blog about two years ago with the intent of capturing and documenting our life. After a little while of writing religiously and posting I realized I was not a good writer at all, I don't take nearly enough good quality pictures, and my blog is never as clean as the other blogs I read. So I gave up.

Sometimes I look back at the blog, cringing at how horribly I think its all written (like I am sure to do with this one), and get discouraged. But today, I just felt like making a little update. 

-In March I was offered a new position in my company with the business intelligence department as a project coordinator. I started full time in the department after my breast argumentation in May. I really enjoy my job, and I like my team, especially my boss. 

 -My parents and sister will be moving in with my husband and I for 4-5 months while their new house is under construction, so they can save the money they are currently spending on rent. Do we have the room? Yeah. Will it be tight? Yep. Will there be challenging times? Probably. But nonetheless, I am excited to help them out and have them as roomies for a little bit. I know they would do the same for us. 

-My husband and I just celebrated our two year marriage anniversary. I started this blog right before we got married. It's crazy how time flies. We celebrated by going to Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach in CA. Again, like anything we do, I tend to lack in the picture taking department. We went to a couple bars on the beach, and really had a good time.

- We bought a truck. Its gray. And a Ford. Hubby is happy. 

- Our dogs have been doing really well. They had a litter of puppies in March. Four healthy happy puppies that are now living in awesome homes. Last week our girl popped out one puppy. Don't ask me how that happens. He is SO-FREAKIN-CUTE (insert all the heart eye emojis here) and everyone is healthy. Wish we could keep him, but 3 huskies could be the death of me. 

-Working on egg donation #7. AND MY LAST. I keep saying that. Can you imagine all the little babies I helped create?! But seriously, this is my last one, FDA says so. 

- Halloween, Thanksgiving, My birthday, Christmas, & New Years is right around the corner, and no one, NO ONE, is as excited as me. 

--Sub Point, my house got a little fall added to it this weekend. Now if only the weather here in Vegas, would reflect the season my house does, I would be so happy. ITS TOO DAMN HOT FOR PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES. Also, the pumpkin patch has just opened, so that's for sure going to happen soon. 

That is all. Maybe I will write another post before next almost October. Who knows?

Brain Dump

Because  I really don't know what else to call this post.

1. In February this year I decided to start looking for a new job. I hated where I was and I never felt like I was being treated fairly. In March I landed an Admin/Receptionist position at a property management company making the same amount of money. Lets not forget that I am only 20 years old...

One of the things that was important to me when I was looking for a job, was finding a company that had room for me to grow within. When I interviewed, where I am now, they told me that the company was growing and that there was a great chance that I could move up as well. Well less than seven months later I was offered a higher position in the accounting department. We just hired someone to take over my position, and I will be starting in AP on Monday!
Go Me!

2. We got everything packed up, moved in, unpacked and hung up. I love our new house, it feels just like home. This is a house that I would even consider buying. Our couch, our large leather sectional couch, was a bit to big for our living room so we ended up having to take a piece out. I still love how it looks and the living room actually came together really well.

3. I'm not so sure what is going on with my dogs right now, but they keep using the bathroom inside, and they are eating and digging everything up outside. I'm pretty irritated with how they are acting, but it may be stress of the move... even though they seem really happy? We have noticed blood in our Odin boy's poo :( I love my dogs. I hope this is just a short phase.

4. I am in the middle of doing another egg donation. Actually the retrieval is tomorrow morning. I am feeling very uncomfortable. My eggs are huge. Its a legging day at work. 

6. I was rear ended last week. My poor perfect car now has a whole bunch of scratches and a couple holes in the bumper. Luckily the guy who hit me had insurance, and on Saturday we will be taking my baby in to get fixed. 

I think that's it for right now.

Oh and also thinking about learning how to ride, and then buying a street bike for myself. 

Approved?!

A house is just a house, its whats inside that makes it a home. I have always felt this way when I was with my mom, dad, and little sister. And now I feel the same way with Austin. I knew if it came to the nitty gritty of finding a house at the last moment, I would never hate where I ended up as long as I have my husband by my side, and my dogs at my feet. 

I've been pretty picky these last couple of weeks searching for new house. I wanted a perfect house, and I realized quickly this wasn't going to happen, not with the amount of time we had or the budget we had set. I ended up lowering my expectations a bit, and we ended up finding a house that is actually  pretty great. I wrote about it in my last post.

Today I got the call that we have been approved for the house, and we will get the keys in exactly one week! I am super excited that we can finally stop looking for and at houses. I am excited that my dogs will have a much larger area run around in. I am excited to just move. 

I am just happy that my husband and I now have a new place to call home for a while. 

The one?

Looking for a place to live has been the most stressful thing that has happened lately. Unfortunately my husband and I were having troubles finding a place that we both agree on. He would rather have a larger yard and a "ehhh" house, where I would like to have a nicer home and a smaller yard. We spend most of out time inside anyway, and the dogs don't need THAT much room outside. Plus the houses with extra large yards, are usually in areas that I do not want to live. There are some truly ugly areas in Vegas.

Anyway, Thursday of last week we went to look at one that was near where we are now, a decent size yard, a two car garage with a drive way. Its a three bedroom house a little over 1300 sf, and it is owned by a property management company. The walls are all painted, and the carpet is brand new. The house is immaculate, and new(er than most houses we had seen). There are 2.5 bathrooms, fans throughout and the living room is beautiful with its high ceilings. It's in a cute gated neighborhood, and I keep imagining the streets filled with little trick-or-treaters next month.
There are 2 negatives about this beautiful house. 
1. Its a little over what we wanted to pay, but it's still doable.
2. There is no sliding glass door to the back yard, it is just a single door. Which means no doggy door.

Its by far the best house we have seen, and today I submitted the application for it. So I'm crossing my fingers that we are approved. 

Yesterday we took my in-laws to see the place, and my Mother in law said "Its so hard to believe that you guys are just 20 years old". Its true. I forget all the time. My expectations for my life are so high. I work my butt off to get the things I want, and we are pretty grown up. Getting married at 19 will do that to you.

So we are looking to be moved out within two weeks. Well guess what we keep putting off... packing. 
We haven't started packing a single thing, we don't even have boxes yet. I haven't even taken one thing off the wall. I know we will get it done, because we have to. So my plan is to start this week. Today. Packing up stuff we don't use.

It's a little bittersweet leaving the apartments that we lived in for two years. It has been our first home. We are right off the free way so commutes are extremely easy. We are in walking distance to my parents new place, and I grew to really like our cute little apartment. (And how little we are paying for it).

This a new chapter to add to the Failes book.

Here we go...again.

11 Months ago we moved into our second apartment, and I was so excited to have a bigger place. Our walls are jam packed with pictures and wall decor, and I am running out of room for new furniture. Now we have one month left before we have to vacate, and we are looking at houses. We went back and forth about whether we wanted to buy or rent, and decided that right now, we feel more comfortable renting. I have a little issue with commitment when it comes to where we are living.

I would not be against renting another apartment. I actually like living in an apartment. Granted, I am sick of the third floor. I like having the amenities, and the complex we live in is very nice. 

But now we have two dogs. Odin and Oakley. Both Huskys, and Odin is a big boy. Staying in an apartment is not fair for either of them. I know we need something with a yard ... or whatever is considered a yard in Vegas. (Sadly yards in Vegas are about one 16th of the size of a yard in the midwest)

Not having a garage was alright for us for a while. We have covered parking and we rarely work on our cars at our house because of lack of tools and whatnot. BUT my husband is a street bike enthusiast, and as many of you are probably aware, a street bike that is not in a garage or locked up is quite easy to steal. Which is exactly what happened to his GSXR 750. About a month and a half after we bought the bike, it was stolen from our parking lot. 

(Don't worry though, insurance pulled through and ended up paying us out $3000 more than what we paid for it. Blessing in disguise?) Hubby bought another bike -which is living in my parents garage for now- so  we need a garage, and prefer having one attached to the building we will be living in. Which rules out apartment living. 

I thought looking for a house to rent in our budget would be easy. Months ago there were awesome houses in our area that fit what we wanted to pay perfectly. We have seen about 10 houses so far and haven't liked a single one. Our Realtor is freaking amazing. He probably isn't making a dime off of us, but he has shelled out so much time to help us find a house we really like. When its time to buy there is no doubt that he will be our guy! 

Tonight we are going to look at about 6 houses. I am praying that we finally find the one. If not, I am on the verge of giving up. But I wont, because we already turned in our 60 day notice to vacate, and we wont have a place to live. That's a scary thought.

Throughout this experience I have become a bit less picky. I am set on the area that we want to live in, but my expectations in the yard and kitchen has come down a little bit. I know wherever we end up I will be happy as long as I have my Austin and our perfect fur babies (also my decor skills, and probably a little bit of paint).

Two years, can you believe it?

It feels just like yesterday I was getting ready for my first date with my husband. I'm not kidding, time flies when you're having fun.

It's been two years yesterday since we made our relationship "official". 

I had no idea I was going to marry my sweet guy. But I am so glad that he chose me to do life with.

After the first few weeks of being together I practically moved into his parents house.

Four months later we got our first apartment.

A one bed one bath big enough for just us and a cat.

Two months after moving in together, he proposed. 

Yep, popped the question at the Rio in front of all his closest friends.

I said yes of course. 

9 months later we said I do in front of our family at the court house here in Vegas.

A month after I became a Mrs. We got into a new bigger apartment, and bought our first car together.

My blue Fusion.

Just a couple months ago we got our first dog. 

Oakley.

She's such a perfect addition to our little family.

In our two years we have gone camping, celebrated holidays and birthdays together, took trips to Utah, Arizona, and California. We have transitioned into new jobs, and made adultish purchases together(like the couch, and TV, ha!) We have attended weddings, met extended family, gone through trucks, cars, and street bikes.  We have made goals, and accomplished them together. We have had so many highs and days that were pure bliss. I miss every single one of those days, but knowing that we get to make so many more of these days and memories happen is what keeps me going.

We have been there for each other when we hit lows, and we have never given up on each other. 

In the last two years we have learned how to be a team. We have grown so close together and with our families.  

I am so lucky to be married to my best friend. I am so excited for our future, and all of the fun times to come. I can't wait to see what's next for us!

I love you husband. 

Every little part of you.

Always love you more.

So here is just a little photo spam of some of the pictures taken

over the last two years in no order with some captions! 

Bonfire at Apex

Supercross 2013

We had Musashi at midnight.

One of my favorite places.

SD

Mt. Charleston, not enough snow to go sledding yet.

Our Precious Oakley

Saturday Spent at his work.

My Aunts Wedding

Dinner with our family at Claim Jumpers

Our first time to Container Park.

My face is gross, but we went hiking at Red Rock

Zion National park. 

Cracker Barrel Selfie

New Years!

Christmas 2013

Our first Kiss as Husband and wife.

Still going... strong?

Last weekend was a bad one for me.
All of the bad foods and sweet tea, and lack of gym time.

Not every meal was sucky, but I missed the gym on THURSDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
I was so effing busy.
I squeezed in an hour and a half Sunday morning before we celebrated fathers day.
Monday the house was a mess and we spent all night after work cleaning.

Its a mess again.

This week has been really good. I am back on track, motivation and all.
Eating alright and hitting the gym each night.

I still haven't weighed myself, so I really don't know if I have lost anything or not.
I know...
I should soon, but I am just so worried I will get discouraged.
When I am ready, I am ready.

Wednesday night I ran for 10 minutes straight, which turned out to be a whole mile.
I know that seems like weak baby sh$%
But, I uhh.. suck at cardio.

I am just glad to see that my endurance has finally gone up.

When I was done, and sweat was dripping off my face onto the treadmill, I couldn't help but smile.
It's the little victories, dammit.
I am glad my husband was there to smile right along with me.