Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family. hope you all have a wonderful day full of laughs, cheer and of course....turkey!!! Many blessings to you all!!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

To the Vets




in honor of veterans day:
i just want to say thank you to all the veterans out there for your service to our country.
specifically i'd like to thank my grandpa stovall, uncle kurt, will, darold, tony the tiger, nick and daniel. Thank you for all you do for us and our country.
may God bless.

semper fidelis.

non sibi sed patriae!

this we'll defend.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Our house!!

there is our house!! it's been awesome to be able to set up a living space the way I want to. we've done alot of work on the inside so far...placed pergo, had carpet installed, repainted the entire interior, replaced alot of electrical things....and that's all what we did before we moved in! there's more left to do but at least now it's livable, i'll post pictures when i get around to taking them :)

not much more is going on in our lives. we celebrated our 1st year anniversary the third week of october. it was fun, we went on a 4 day mexican cruise. it's actually the same one i took my sisters and mom on back in july. (see previous post for same pictures) instead of taking off on exhersions we just walked around ensenada and cabo, it was quite relaxing, we read alot of books and i did alot of sitting in the sun, and didn't get burned, go me! it was a nice vacation for both of us.

now that we're back it's no more frivilous spending, we're both trying real hard not to spend extra money, being that we have a large mortgage to pay and the holidays are coming up and we still would like to have somewhat of a savings account when all's said and done. i'm sure anyone who lives in california knows what i'm talking about ;)

Thursday, September 4, 2008

New Digs!

as of august 29 nate and i offically own a house!!! it's super exciting to actually reach the point you've been hoping for since you get a job, (i'm gonna buy a house, buy a new car, etc ;) )
we bought a townhouse in the condo complex just down the road from where we live now. it's a 2 story, 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 1200 sq. ft townhouse. i love it!! we spent labor day weekend painting and this weekend will be putting the pergo and tile in the downstairs and waiting for the carpet guys to put the carpet in upstairs in the next few weeks.
so, that's the new news going on with us thompsons, also if any of you homeowners out there have any tips on "new" home owning that would be great!
i'll post pictures soon!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

A scrub top


i've always wanted to try and sew a scrub top, just to see if i could do it...i mean i wear them all the time at work and they look simple enough to sew, so i thought i would try and bust one out, and i did! so here's the finished result...it's not bad but not the best either, i got fabric for 2 more tops so we'll see if they get better as it goes along.

From Camping to Cruising and beyond

this is the original "black pearl" ship that was used in the pirates of the carribean movies













well, our camping trip was a blast and a nice relaxing weekend too. we went to hume lake with a couple of our friends, we either were relaxing at the site, on a raft in the lake or out on a lil fishing boat attempting to fish. the only one who caught a fish was nate, it was too small to eat but we had fun anyways.
i took my mom and sisters on a super fun cruise to mexico. they have never been on one beofre and they all had a grand ol' time! we went to cabo san lucas and took a kayak/snorkel trip and then up to ensenada and took a cooking class, we learned how to cook some basic mexican dishes, ie salsa, tostadas, tamales. it was hard coming back from the luxuriousness(?) of not having to cook or clean for a whole week!! not to mention it was a relaxing trip to boot.

what else....we're still looking at houses, we've found a couple we like and have put an offer on one, but haven't heard yet. we're learning to be patient and wait for what God has for us. He'll give us something we're sure of it!
(sorry about the pictures, they're all kinda mixed up, but hopefully you can figure them out.)

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Alive and Well

We're here, we're alive, we're well....here's the news,

let's see our apartment was sold back in april, to a great single gal who just now is moving in...it's awesome she works at a SJ hospital and is a Christian to boot! It's great to see God working in awesome ways. what else...
the cool news, we went to a silent auction a few weekends ago at baymonte and bit on a few things and actually won a couple, ie digital memory card, ski lift tickets....but the neatest thing we actually won was a 7 day condo in cabo san lucas for 4 people!!!! we thought for sure we would be outbit for the trip, but turns out we won!!! :) so now we're figuring out when we can go...and who we wanna take...any takers????? lol

upcoming events: we're going camping at the end of june with some friends, can't wait, i haven't been camping in several years, it'll be fun. i'm also taking my mom and sisters on a 5 day mexico cruise to baha at the beginning of july. THAT i can't wait for!!! i'm sooo excited. i decided to take my sisters and mom on a cruise about 3 years ago and have been saving since....being that my youngest sister is graduating high school, my middle sister just 'cuz ;) and my mom because of all the work she does for me and has done for my wedding....oh yea, and 'cuz i love them all!!

we've recently been looking at houses for sale...we're getting closer to when we want to seriously consider buying. we're both kinda scared and excited at the same time because it's a new leaf of our life. please pray for patience and strength for this new leg...and that we'll find a steal of a place.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

We are here! We are here!!

Yes, i'm still here...just got busy with work and life....i'll post more later, just wanted to let ya'll know we're here! we had a fun trip to sacramento and new house stuff...i'll tell all in a bit...
until then....

Friday, February 29, 2008

Viva la Tahoe

well let's see....the new news our apartment 80% likely has a buyer, which thank the Lord wants to keep us as tenants, so for now we'll still be in our apartment for a little while longer. we've also been thinking if the rent goes up how much more it would be if we just bought a condo down the street or possibly a manufactured home, aka mobile home, aka high-end trailer trash...HA! anyways, that the new house plans....
we just got back from South lake tahoe, we went on an extended weekend and spent some time in the snow. we went snowmobiling, to the casinos at night, and did absolutely NOTHING in the cabin....it was great!!! nate took me snowmobiling, i've never been, it was kinda scary at first, but in the end was a blast. we also went to the casinos at night and i won a total of about $500, nate's not a big gambler so we spend most of the evenings playing the 5cent machines, those were fun!!! makes you feel like you've won alot when in reality it's only a few bucks. :) the last day we were going to go on the slopes but turns out a storm hit and it was snowing so much we would have gotten lost of the hills, so instead we stayed in the cabin and read and i attempted to take some artsy pictures of icicles, not sure if i qualify for an award, but i had fun.
and now it's back to the daily grind of work and no play, i mean, some play :)

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Long time, no talk

yes, we're still alive, i know all of you were holding your breath to see if i would return on the blog....
well we survived our first holiday season together, and i might say it was pretty fun. we spent christmas at my family's house and nate's family came over for dinner, played games, opened gifts, it was pretty relaxed. for new year's we went to dinner at some friends' house and then went black-light bowling at the alley, which was super fun! i didn't think i would make it to midnight being that i had to be up the next morning to work, but i did and the next day wasn't too bad. thank you Jesus!
now we're settling back into "normal" life, whatever that means...working, eating, sleeping, having fun. i think our biggest challenge at the moment is the fact that the house we're renting has been on the market for the last 3 months and we've been what feels like sharing a house with a realtor! we have a realtor showing the house at least once a week which means the house should be some-what clean. i also don't really like having to leave the house for 15 minutes when in reality they never know when the prospective owner will show up so..the 15 minutes always turns into 1 and 1/2 hours! and of course i always seem to do the grocery shopping the day before so i don't have anything to do, and it's on my day off....anyway, we're praying that God will bring a buyer soon so that we can really settle into life and not share a house with realtors!
but enough complaining, i digress...
God is good!!!

Happily Ever After

The intertwined, married lives of a nurse and her grease monkey