Already HOT

Well it is only 11am and it is already extremely hot outside. Don't think either of us will be running this morning. Hopefully later this evening I can go for a bike ride while Hans is at work and after it cools off a little! Hans got up nice and early despite another late night and is working on getting my desk put together! Crossing my fingers that a majority of it is done or even all of it, before he goes to work for the day. I am still studying for my EMT boards which are on Tuesday evening in Mason City. Starting to get really nervous but should be ok as long as I keep preparing. I also get the lovely job of cleaning all the window sills at some point today. They are absolutely disgusting and since we moved in, that wasn't on the top of the to-do list.


Another reason we are cleaning so vigorously is because we are having visitors!! HOORAY! My twin cousins are coming on Sunday afternoon and are going to spend a couple of hours with us. They might spend the night which would be awesome. The two of them are running Grandma's Marathon for the first time ever so between Hans and I we are trying to convince them that they should stay here overnight and rest up and then head the rest of the way back home to Iowa another 4-5 hour drive. We'll see.


Otherwise not much else is new since yesterday. The same 'ol cleaning, studying and putting stuff away. We want all of our family to know that we miss you all lots and can't wait for a visit from some of you! It would be nice to grill out with others and have other people to talk to once in a while face to face! So give us a call or send us an email if you want to come and visit. We have plenty of space!

Love you all!

Our First Post

Well it is 2:30pm and Hans is off to work. He works as the night supervisor for Hormel (lots of responsibility)! He absolutely loves his job and loves working with everyone there. I am here at home CLEANING! It is absolutely amazing how much we still have to clean, label, pack away and organize. I thought by now things would be more organized but such is life. The previous owners of the house PAINTED EVERYTHING WHITE!!! Underneath the white cabinets is solid oak wood however it is unfortunate that we are going to have to replace everything. The cabinets are over thirty years old as well, so it is time to do a little updating in there. However the kitchen is the last room that will be updated because we can live with it. We already re-did the laundry room which is about 10'x3'....SOOOOO small. However they also painted everything in there as well including the bricks. So we had to clean and prime and re-paint which took us an entire day but it is really bright, and small but it holds our new front loader washer and dryers which is fabulous!! Right now we are working simultaneously on two separate rooms. Hans is working on the office, because we bought a new desk for me since I am still in school. So he is trying to get that all put together so I have a place to study for my EMT boards which are next Tuesday...PRAY FOR ME!!!! In the office we are also trying to get all of his old textbooks, notebooks, and binders etc. all put away on a book case. Then there is the upstairs master bedroom closet. The previous owners painted it MIDNIGHT BLUE! It is absolutely HORRID looking. They used really cheap paint so it was peeling off the wall, so now we have no choice but to finish the job. However it shouldn't be to much longer before we get the closet done which will be great! Right now we have all our clothes and dressers in the upstairs spare bedroom which is functioning as our "closet and dressing room." Not much else to share at this point. I have attached some photos and as we update the house I will update on here. We absolutely love our house, and are looking forward to possibly having a big get together towards the end of the summer once we have everything organized and put away which would be great! Hope to hear from some of you!!!