The inside of my house... some of it!

View from the Front Door


View from the Hall


Living Room View from the Kitchen


My little kitchen table


Into the Kitchen


Nice black appliances


The laundry room that goes out to the back yard.


My little backyard. The Dirt spot used to be a shed, which had remenant of termites so they had to either fix or remove it before the sale would go thru. After they removed the shed, the realtor said that there was a dead cat underneath. YUCK! Good thing they removed it.
I will probably make a garden out there. (or eventually put in a hot tub?)


So here you have it! My first Home!

My New House

So I've been courageous! I decided to take advantage of the house market recently and the stimulus money that the government has so freely decided to share and buy a house. I started the process back in January and had placed 5 offers on different houses 2 of which were on the same one. The majoirty of them were foreclosures/bank owned homes. All of which were great deals but also the banks didn't want to accept my offers on those homes. I did find one that was higher in price but I offered to where I could afford. When I found out that I could get a home that was move in ready at a little higher price then I found the home I bought! Yipee! We placed the offer on the house just 3 days before my birthday and had a signed contract for my birthday!

I was super excited and nervous at the same time. We had set the closing date to be April 30th. So for two months, I waited to get into the home. MY BLUE HOUSE! That was the longest two months that I have ever had to wait for. During all this time I had to make arrangement for house insurance and switched my car insurance to get the cheaper rates. All those crazy arrangements you have to make when buying a home.

Well the time came to sign papers. The escrow officer asked me if I was nervous. I was more excited than nervous! I was so excited that I had a home of my very own. What a great feeling it was to know that I can decorate it, organize it, clean it, paint it, etc. without having to get permission. I was/am in heaven.

Now finding furniture for the place is excited too! I'm loving living there and I can come and go as I please and no questions are asked. I can leave it a mess if I feel like it. It's great!

Decisions you make

Sometimes in life you wonder if you made some wrong decisions in the past. I think for me it happens when I am feeling down about myself. There are times when you get a confirmation either directly from heavenly father or thru someone else. Today was one of those confirmations.

Here's the story:
I'm at work minding my own business, just finished helping a customer. The customer walks out and about 30 seconds later walks back in asking for help. So I go outside and help him. He has a PT Cruiser. So I was brave enough to ask if he knew someone I had dated in the past, who also had a PT Cruiser. Sure enough, he did. SMALL WORLD EH? So this customer tells me about something he did and right there I knew that I had made the right decision about 2.5 years ago to end it with this particular person.

It made me feel great! A whole new level of confidence came. Now I can rest assured and never doubt myself on that decision again! I love it when things like that happen!

I guess I would always second guess myself when members of my family would make stupid little comments about how I should have married him. HA! I feel like I need to rub it in, that I made the right choice. We all know that is how the Savior would act. I'll just tell them the story and get may satifaction from it.

Jamie's PC Tutoring Services

Since I've been working at a computer repair shop for the past 2.5 years and many of our customers ask if we teach computer classes, I decided to venture out on to something new! I started a PC tutoring service.

The Reasons behind it:
-Too many people were being referred to some other company for computer classes.
-I needed to find a way to pay for school.
-I enjoy teaching/helping others.
-I have the ability to teach people about computers.
-There is a major need among adults who are struggling to grasp the internet and other programs to bring them up to speed with their children and friends who have been working in computers for a long time.

This has been a great opportunity for me and for others. If you know of anyone who needs this service let me know!

Camping at Black Canyon Lakes

A group of friends decided to go camping over Memorial Day weekend. Here are some of our adventures! It rained a little while we were there but for the most part it was great weather. The first night we heard animals howling in the distance and the third morning there was a crazy crow cawing, clucking, and gurgling. The clucking sounded like horses galloping on cement. It woke everyone in the camp. We had fun, at least I did, just sitting around and relaxing with out a care in the world!

Mother's Day Flowers

My friend, Beth Ann and I were out doing some shopping on a Saturday before Mother's Day. I wanted to get Mom some flowers. I knew Beth Ann would know the best place for flowers. So we stopped and got some flowers, went back to my house and created our beautiful boquets. We took some pictures before she took hers home.

I know Mom loved her boquet and Beth Ann said her mom loved hers at well!

Both Boquets turned out very pretty and two different styles.

This was so much fun! I want to make another one!

Happy Birthday MOM!

Happy Birthday Mom!