Sunday, May 16, 2010

Our Fun New Diet...


Okay, it's really not fun, but it is new. Gabby was put on a sodium free diet. Basically, if it isn't naturally found in the food, like some veggies, she can't have it. Everything has to be bought specially for her or be home-made with out sodium. Did you know there are almost twenty different forms of sodium found in food other than just salt, like baking powder & baking soda. We read lots of food labels now, and most the time we decide it's much cheaper just to make it from scratch. I'm too lazy to grind my own peanut butter, so I fork out the money for it, but almost everything else she eats I have found a way to make with out any forms of sodium in them. I have even started making my own breads, thanks to a generous donation of a breadmaker from the Strickland family in our ward. My sister-in-law teased me by saying it was the Lord's way of telling me I have to cook, whether I want to or not. She's probably right, but it doesn't make me like cooking any more.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

More photos of our place...

So here are some photos of the bedrooms. First is Gabby's room...





Then next up is the scrapbook/storage/office room...



Last is mine & Tim's bedroom...





That's it for now. Maybe next week I will post some pictures of the outside.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Our Brand New Place...

...literaly, it's not even finished being built. We found a great place within walking distance from Tim's work, the church, & some shopping. It has three bedrooms, two baths, a good amount of storage space, and plenty of windows. We will also have a laundry closet again (which will hopefully be filled with a washer & dryer sometime soon). The place will be finished at the end of June, and we can move in July 1st. I took some photos, and we upload more as things progress. Right now there are just walls & doors.

Anyways, here is a grand tour (which requires a lot of imagination since it is still under construction). Here is the view of the living room when you enter. The kitchen is directly behind it and then the dining room.



Another view of the living room...



Our kitchen with the cabinets piled in the middle (I've been assured they will be put along the walls very soon)...



This is the view of the kitchen from the dining area...



Our dining area & back door...



The laundry closet that desperately needs a washer & dryer...



And last for today, one of two identical storage closets in the hallway...



For the rest of the photos, you will have to come back next week.