Been busy

Sorry its been a while!  I've started school, work, and buying a house. Its sorta crazy, and my time management clock is waaay off.  (point in case I'm blogging instead of studying)  The most amazing thing yesterday, Bronco got out of the tub just to poop in the toilet!!  Add potty training to the list and we are rockin!  Have a wonderful day  :)

     Wow, am I glad last week is over!  What a horrible week.  Monday morning Rob's cousin, Ryin Rice, passed away.  Now I have never met Ryin, we talked online a few times, but I've never met him face to face.  We are close to his sisters, and his niece and nephew.  His niece, Brianna, babysits for us, in fact, she is the first person I call.  Canyon calls her His Brianna.  His nephew, Seth, is River's best friend, has been since the day they met.  So, although I have never met Ryin face to face, I feel for his family, I morn for him.  Its odd really, it usually doesn't bother me when people pass, but this time was different.  Every time a motorcycle pulls into Harts, I think of Ryin.  Then I feel sad all over again.  He was Catholic, and I was very interested to go, having never been to a Catholic funeral before.  However the boys didn't cooperate.  They had cement floor in their chapel, and EVERY sound echoed.  I think the worst part was that they saw the outdoor playground before we went in.  I have to admit, I was disappointed in the chapel.  I really wanted the neat stained glass windows, the Saint statues, but this was a more modern building.  It was architecturally neat, but much more modern then what I expected.  The gathering at "My Brianna's Grandma's House" was the most interesting group of people I've ever seen all together.  Only Ryin could have brought all those people in one place.  He belonged to two bullet bike groups, his dad is a Harley man, and his mom is a hippy, he belonged to the Catholic Church, but living in Utah, had LDS friends as well.  From the youngest baby to the Harley riding Great-Grandpa with a cane, from the pierced, the tattooed, the chain smoker, the drunk, the Atheist, the Priest, the Mormon, they all came together, they all cheerfully intermingled, telling stories about Ryin.  He must have been one great guy to get all those groups together.  RIP Porkchop

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=ryin-rice&pid=142516472

Brianna wrote the obit she has many hidden talents.

Sunday

Tomorrow morning is going to be crazy, I should be getting ready for bed instead of watching the news and blogging. :) I worked Friday and Saturday nights, so the kids were all up late both nights, and we went to Grammy's for dinner (I just love Sunday dinners with the in-laws!) so the kids were up late again tonight. errr the kids don't sleep well when they are up late, especially Bronco, therefore they don't wake up on time, and the morning turns into a long fight. This is a TERRIBLE way to start the week! Anyway, I've got to try to get River and Talon to walk to school. Talon hates the cold weather, and I have a hard time convincing him to walk, I usually have to drive him if its cold. Which is ridiculous really, since the school is only a couple blocks away. Anyway, I've got another doctors appointment for Canyon in the morning, so I will have to leave here at 8:30 and hopefully get to West Jordan by 9:15...in rush hour traffic. OOOHHH, the light bulb just turned on above my head!! LOL I will just give River a couple dollars and then I can drop them off early, and they can eat breakfast at school. :) Yup, I'm brilliant. :)

OK, done whining, on to the house! They accepted our bid, and Rob saw it for the first time on Saturday morning!! Can I tell you, I was soo nervous. I choose the house, and he trusted me enough to put in an offer, site-unseen! Its really...humbling actually to realize how much he trusts me. I know, I know, that is what a marriage is, and I've always chosen our apartments, but a home is just so huge! Its on a level all its own. Anyway, back to Rob lol he really liked it, we will have to redo the basement, and the back yard needs some serious help, but its nothing out of our capabilities. (As long as we can figure out how to get a bobcat into the backyard...) LOL anyway, the yard doesn't scare me, I have to see if Dad has any field fencing, 10ish feet, to temporarily fence off the river. But, all we can totally move in the way the basement is set up now, I just don't really like it lol. The inspector, and the appraiser are coming out this week, I know of a couple things the inspector will find, and the realitor says that he is sure the appraiser with appraise for a higher amount then what we are paying. (That would be nice in this economy!)

I'm off to bed, after I get Canyon into school tomorrow I'll tell you how Rob cooked the roast today. (I married one of the best cooks!) We don't know how much of the ingredients he put in, he, like me, just added until it looked, smelled, and tasted right. :)

Remember to make your plates colorful!

Sloppy Joes

I just realized that not only are we buying our very first house...but I start school Wednesday! Kinda freaking out! And I'm unsure what to do about work :( I'm pretty sure Marian hired me because she knows me, which is pretty awesome don't' get me wrong, but I'm have concerns. I took the job because I thought we had four or five months until we moved, not a matter of weeks! Now I feel really guilty that she has put the time and energy into training, as much training as there is at a gas station lol. (ok, that was mean, I'm just saying that it isn't rocket science, and really, come on, if you have used one register, you pretty much know what your doing. There are some odd things with the pumps, but it still isn't rocket science!) Anyway, we should know by tomorrow night if the house is ours or not! Its in Springville, in a great neighborhood, super green lawns, all kept up nicely, kids playing, and Hobble Creek in the back yard! Fishing any old time we want, and a hot tub!! We do have a bit of work in the basement, but I think that can be managed. :) Sorry about the bread recipe Meg, but I've got to mop, and pretend to clean the kitchen before the kids get out of school or it'll never get done. Tonight I think we are having Sloppy Joes.

1 lb browned Hamburger
1/2 onion diced
2 cloves roasted garlic
1 can Diced Tomatoes
1 pkg Sloppy Joe season
1 cup water
Cabela's Roasted Garlic and Beer season
Salt and Pepper
Green Onions (add color!)

Serve on sliced/toasted bread, open, or as a sandwich.

Went to check on the quiet kids and none of them (Talon or Canyon) will fess up...

ENJOY!

I just realized I never came back and finished :) sorry! Neither boy would fess up to the hair cut (which, thanks to his curls, you really can't tell lol) then I had to run off to work. Check above for additions and changes.

So today was house hunting day...and bread day. It seems that Rob took the last of the bread to work (silly man thinking he needs lunch) so when we got home from our house hunting, Bronco was incredibly upset without his daily sandwich! I tried making him some soup, but he didn't go for it, and was upset with me until the bread got finished LOL. Anywho, back to the houses :) We were supposed to see four, but of course as close to the tax credit deadline, two of them were already under contract. :( The one in Payson was HORRIBLE with that horrible cat smell, you know what I'm talking bout! Can you believe that it only got worse from there?? EWWW nuff said. The one in Springville wasn't all I wanted it to be, but it could be! So we (and by we, I mean Rob) is going to put in the offer tomorrow!!! Go us!! With all this house hunting, and starting the bread at 1pm, we had spaghetti for dinner, sauce out of a can, added hamburger with the customary garlic and onions...nothing special. Off to watch NCIS :P

Today was supposed to be bread day, but I had to run Canyon to the Dr., and waited impatiently all day for the real estate agent to call. Impatience means nothing got done...at all. :( Now my house looks horrible, and I have no bread. :( But he did finally call back, and we (by that I mean "I") am going to look at homes tomorrow. They decided that this week would be a good one for Rob to Have to work overtime. What a great Monday :S. So, I had River make Mac & Cheese for dinner. :)

Chicken Spinach Pizza

After dinner last night I got this incredible call from our Real Estate agent, Gary Booth. He has been coaching us financially to help us get into a house too. (Great guy!) Anywho, he said that there is a big possibility that we could still get that $8000 housing tax credit! Wahooo, so besides starting work this weekend, we will be house hunting! Go us! :) So if you have any great houses in your neighborhood, really cheap, and NOT a short sale, let me know! (Execpt you Misty, sorry, can't move to Florida yet :) )

Last night I made up this great dinner!! (Ok, I stole the idea from Papa Murphy's) but I totally made up how to do it lol. Here we go:

16 oz Sour Cream
1 pkg Ranch dressing
4 Cups Bisquick
2 Chicken Breasts
Green Onions
Spinach
Powdered Garlic
Milk
2 kinds of Cheese
Cherry Tomatoes

In a bowl mix the Bisquick with Milk. I didn't measure the Milk, just add a little at a time until it is dough like in consistency. Roll out, and place in cookie sheet. Mix Ranch dressing packet with Sour Cream, and spread on dough. Dice up Green Onions, and Spinach, spread on top of Sauce. I added a small amount of Feta Cheese, and grated a bit of Mozzarella. Add cooked and thinly sliced Chicken. Cut Cherry Tomatoes in half and add to pizza. Cook @ 350 for about 30 minutes.

ENJOY!