Santa Rial came to town!

So for Christmas Eve, Rial got asked to be a Santa Claus. He handed out christmas presents to all his cousins at his Grandma Griffiths house. And he even had a flaming wallet magic trick for the kids.

And here he is!

PHOTOS!!!

Ahah! So I remembered how incrediably awesome phones are today. So I've got some photo updates. I'll go in the order I took them.

So last year I saw the movie Twilight when it came out. And i walked away from it thinking, 'gee, I really liked alice cullen's hair. That would look so cute. I'll have to remember that for when I start having kids. It'll be my cute mommy hair cut.'

Well, a week before thanksgiving I kept thinking how it would be really cool to cut my hair in a different way than usual. So I debated for 2 days whether I should save alice cullen (aka ashley greene, and thats one more celebrity I know that I can add to my list of celebrities I know, I think I'm up to 8 now). Well, to keep the story short I cut 6 or 7 inches off. Sorry its askew.

new year resolutions for us

Well, I know I have a very boring blog, and sadly with our camera going AWOL, I won't be able to change the lack of photos for a while, but I will be posting more often, so yay for that!

And Yes, Lisa's new years resolutions include being more active with my blog and not relying just on rial to tell me about the comings and goings of people on facebook, so I'll also be posting on facebook more than once a year.

Another resolution we have is to get our yard up to par (cause it still looks dead, but now with 3 foot high weed/leaf stacks every 8 feet, go us!). And of course, finishing our kitchen cupboards and get more out of debt. I say more out of debt, because I really doubt we'll be able to pay our house loan off in a year (it takes most people 30), but paying off the Element car loan for sure. 

So just you see if I don't make good on my word, my posting goal is to 'network' at least once a week for how ever long it takes for me to keep up with everything. I'll keep you posted! haha, get it? POSTED! haha

We Did It!

So pictures are going to come later cause we still haven't unpack everything, but about 90% is all placed and settled, so Yay! With all that we want to change we've decided to take it slow cause we're down one income. And no, no one got laid -off, but I've (lisa) quit my job at Walton International. I got placed for the maricopa community college nursing progam at Rio Salado for the Fall Semester. It is very exciting to finally be in the last leg of my formal education, but I do miss all the great people I got to work with at Walton.

Projects we've put on hold include landscaping (front and back), painting the ceilings and walls, replacing the bathroom and laminate flooring, and fixing our second bath. But once I start working on my chosen occupation, Rial and I can get to work on it all :).

Since I'm schooling full-time, Rial has gone to working full time with a new carpet cleaning company called Zero Res. He is really liking it. Right now he's training to be a technician, so he partners up with someone who's trained and its basically learning by example and doing.

And any all who wern't able to come by last friday night for rootbeer-floats, feel free to come by and we'll give you the grand tour any time you like.

Yippee!

We are schedualed to close on 321 N. Cherry St. Mesa AZ 85203 on August 3rd 2009!

2 things I didn't know I was learning the hard way

1. When working on something up close (drawing, reading, computering, document processing) You're supposed to take a 20 sec break and look far away (like across the room or out a window) every 20 min.

-Because: seeing up close for prolonged periods of time strains your eye and makes it difficult for it to adjust and relax the lense for seeing far away. And over the years causes nearsightedness.

2. The best positions to sleep in are either flat on your back with a pillow under your knees, or just on the right side of your body with a pillow between your knees.

-Because: sleeping on your stomach compresses your internal organs, which isn't the best for them. Your heart works harder when you sleep on your leftside than in any other position. And sleeping halfway on your stomach and halfway on your side can put a J-curve in the spine over time.

oh where, oh where could our little house be?

I've come to the conclusion that FHA loans and foreclosures do not mix. Enough said.