Coupons

Ok so for those of you who didn't see my post on Facebook I thought I would share it here too.

So now that we have a house and probably even before that I really need to start finding ways to save money and cut my budget down. So....

I am hosting a FREE class that teaches you how to use coupons to save money on your groceries and stock your pantry at the same time. Tori from sheshopssmart.blogspot.com is coming to teach the class. If you haven't seen their blog there is a link on my blog and if you go to "a lot for less" link on the top of their blog you can see how much they save. The class will be at my house, Thursday June 10th at 6:30. The class usually runs about 60-90 minutes.
There is nothing being sold and it is a free class. They can however help you get a deal on your newpaper so you can get your coupons.

I figure maybe I can save money starting with groceries if someone shows me how. :)

So if you would like to come or have any questions please e-mail me or comment to this post with your e-mail address and I will get you the information. If you have friends that would like to join you I would love to have them. This should be a fun night and hopefully help us all save a little money. (Plus since who knows when I will get more pictures of my house up, you can just come see it :-)

We are homeowner's!

So after a couple bumps in the road and a little wait we are officially the proud owner's of a new home!!

This whole thing is kind of bittersweet for us. I know a while ago I couldn't wait to get out of the house with my in-laws but we are finally starting to get along and things are going smoothly so it will be kind of hard to leave. Don't get me wrong I am ready for this new adventure and ready to be just the two of us again but I am happy that I had this little bit of time to get to know Adam's family a little better.

I don't have pictures yet of everything because we started to move on Saturday so of course our house is kind of a mess inside and we can't take any time off this week so we will have to do what we can after work....which makes for long days!
I promise I will get pictures posted as soon as our lives are back together.
I never realized how much stuff we packed into one storage unit and one bedroom. It is going to take a while to get it all put away where we can find it.

So after a stressful month and a half and an interesting 10 months with the in laws we are happy and excited to be on our own again. I am not sure that I was ready to be an adult yet but there is no turning back now, so there is nothing else for us to do but look to the future and maybe get ready to start our own family. :)

I hope to keep this better updated when we are finally settled.

P.S. We have not decided if we are going to do a house warming party yet but know you are all invited if we do, and I promise our house is not as far away as it sounds.

New posts coming soon.

Hello blogging world....

It has been a while and I do have some more pictures of our house to post, but it has been very stressful the last few weeks so thus the reason for lack of posting. I will have to go into more details later. We are still trying to close on our house, which is now complete so when things calm down, hopfully next week, I will do some update posts. :)

Hope you are all doing well.

Progress

We now have a frame to our house it has gone from a hole to a house in a matter of a week!

We are still holding out for the beginning or April to move in so keep your fingers crossed.

I don't know why my pictures won't stay the way I want them to but oh well.

We have a Hole!

So this may not be super exciting to some of you but to us it is the most exciting thing that has happened to us in a while.

We have a hole for our home. They are hoping to have the foundation in by Thursday, then of course I will post pictures of that. These pictures will hopefully document our house building process for us so we can remember what it looked like before, during and after. :) 

1. The lake from our front yard
2. The neighbors behind us
3.Across the street
4. Our Hole
5. The view from our side yard

Thanks for Looking

We Are Moving!!

 So my fellow blog friends, after 9 of the longest grueling months ever we are finally moving!!
We are building a new house in Silver Lake. Where is Silver Lake you may ask? Well it is technically Silver Lake at Eagle Mountain. Now before you all decide that is way too far and you will never come visit let me tell you it is not Eagle Mountain City center and it is not the Ranches. It is closer it is about 5 minutes from Lehi and Redwood Road, it takes about 25-30 minutes to get there from where we are now. We have a view of Utah Lake so that is awesome.
They break ground on Tuesday and we are hoping to be in by  April! I have not shared this on my Facebook because we have not told our ward yet and I am friends with some of them. So you lucky people are the first to know about our new house...you should feel honored.

Our house will have 3 beds,2 baths, 2 family rooms and an unfinished basement and we couldn't be more excited!!

I will be posting pictures as it progesses along. I am so happy to finally be on our own again and even though it was hard to live with the in-laws I am thinking it is proving to be worth the sacrifice.

That is all that is new in the world of Jen and Adam.
As far as my craft blog I have some fun new crafts in the works and I can't wait to share them. Hopefully I will get better at updating both blogs.

Thanks for reading!

I'm thinking...

Holy Smokes two posts in one week!! I am on a roll

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately...I know SHOCKING!


Anyways I have realized that I am pretty self absorbed in my life right now. That may sound bad which in some ways it is but in other ways it could be a good thing.

I was thinking about the events taking place around the world and how I have taken so many things for granite. I complain about not having my own house but at least I have a home. I complain about not making as much money as I think my family needs at this point but at least I have a job and I am making money. I complain about people that are driving me crazy but at least I know that they are alive, where they are and that I still love them. I complain about not having worldly processions but at least I still have possessions. I complain about how much doctor bills are but at least I have my health and a doctor to see. I am not necessarily relating this to the situation in Haiti but just to the world in general. There are people who have less than I do at this point in time and yet I still complain.

I think once in a while it is a good thing to take a step back and count your blessings.

With that said I am still frustrated and stressed out about our current living situation and they way things are going. But I am still thankful for what I do have.

P.S. I have posted a tutorial on how to make a cute little post-it holder and pen on my other blog. It really is super easy but if you are confused let me know.