I just learned how to blog from my iPod:)

What this means is that I will actually be blogging regularly. I might also figure out how to post pictures. My goal is to post at least once a week if not more. So I guess we'll see how it works. And I will be starting with talking about how excited I am to decorate my own house for Christmas. Last year we moved into our house on Christmas Eve. So we didn't get to decorate, and before that we lived in an Apartment so there was only minimal decorating possible. So we have already decorated our tree and we have the lights for the house too. We haven't got them up yet but we are excited to put them up. We'll post some pictures when we finish.

I really need to just Blog more often...

So, yesterday was our 2nd anniversary, and we were enjoyed it very much. We actually had an anniversary weekend. On Friday night we went shopping and Jeremy bought me an iPod and I have been enjoying it very much. Then Saturday morning we went with Jeremy's older brother Chris fishing. I found out that the reason Jeremy gave me the iPod early was so that I would have something to keep me busy while we were fishing so that I wouldn't try and reel in my line every 5 minutes. :) My hubby knows me well... :) Then we took a nap when we got home, and we went to the Trunk or Treat for my in-laws ward (after buying so much candy we will have it coming out of our ears for weeks to come) and then we came home and went to bed. :) Sunday Jeremy was sick so he stayed home for the whole day poor guy, and I went to church and then I went and visited my grandparents and then my parents, and then I came home and he still wasn't feeling good so we watched a movie and then went to bed. Then yesterday I took the day off so that I could clean the house really well for his Anniversary surprise. Then I was still doing some last minute cleaning in the bedroom and I didn't hear him come in because I had my headphones in listening to some music and he came in behind me and yelled and scared the daylights out of me. That was his favorite part of the anniversary I think :). We ordered Papa John's Pizza (because neither of us felt like going anywhere) and we ate that and drank Martinelli's and we had Lindor Truffles and Girardelli Peppermint Bark for dessert and watched The Sphere. It was a wonderful anniversary and it was great to just relax and enjoy the company of my sweetheart.

The happy life of home-ownership...

Jeremy and I bought our home last December (2009), and we love living here close to both of our parents and in the area where we both grew up. Our house is more than 30 years old though and so there have been some adventures. 2 months after we moved in our neighbor's pipes burst and flooded her house, then proceeded to flood our house since the two are connected by the living room wall. So that turned out to be kind of a blessing in disguise because we were able to replace the carpet all throughout, the tile in the kitchen, and the paint in the living room and kitchen. Then we had a few months of quiet. Then on Friday our refrigerator (which we got from my husband's parents) started to leak and the freezer stopped freezing, and we were a little worried. But luckily on Saturday we found a 2 year old refrigerator at a garage sale for $200 dollars because the owners were moving and couldn't take it with them. But then the swamp cooler died, and we had to get a new one and Jeremy and his dad installed it... then we got the water bill and it was about $40 more than normal, and Jeremy noticed that there is a nice plush green patch of weeds in the middle of the front yard surrounded by a bunch of dead ones. SO he realized that there is a pipe leaking in our front yard somewhere irrigating our weeds. :( So today the plumber is coming and lets hope that they can fix the leak and that it won't be a bigger problem than we anticipated. :) But we wouldn't trade it for the world there is nothing like owning your own home and being able to know that you will have many happy memories there in the future. :)

Why I don't blog very often...

(my frustrated face)

So I read my sister's blog this morning and then I was reading my friend's blog, and I decided that I should get on here and do some blogging of my own... and then I remembered why I don't blog very often... EVERY TIME THAT I GET ON HERE TO POST A BLOG I HAVE TO RESET THE PASSWORD 5 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL LET ME SIGN IN! I think however that I could possibly remedy this situation by simply blogging more so that I don't forget the password that I have previously used :) Who here thinks that this would be a good idea?

Easter Sunday Morning is Doomed forever!!!

So.... to explain this title let me shed some light on the outcome of the 2 times that we have tried to have Easter Morning Breakfast with our parents. Last year we were in our first apartment, and we decided to have Easter breakfast at our house instead of going to one of our parent's house. Jeremy made most of the food for breakfast, and my ONLY assignment was the bacon. And while I was putting a few new pieces of bacon into the pan some of the oil splashed out onto my foot. Now in my husband's defense I have a tendency to get scared and exaggerate, I screamed bloody murder, and he kind of thought I was overreacting and said to go and wash it off, and he would finish. So I went and washed it off, and didn't know how bad the burn was for about 5-10 minutes. A large red welt formed on the top of my foot that was about the size of a large egg. I put mustard on it so luckily it didn't scar, but it hurt A LOT! My husband felt really bad because he didn't know how much had gotten onto my foot, it had only splashed a little bit of oil onto his big toe.

Now skipping to this year, we both joked that maybe he should handle the bacon given the problems that we had last year. So I was in charge of the eggs, and I was doing something else, so Jeremy was watching the eggs, and he gave me my two eggs on a plate. And then the timer on the tater tots beeped so I reached over and turned it off and then opened the oven and leaned over to see if they were done. Then I stepped back, and realized that I had forgotten about the eggs on my plate, as I stepped with both feet into my fried eggs over easy :). It was great. Chantel came with a paper towel and cleaned up a little of the mess, and then I crawled into the bathroom to wash the rest of the egg yolk off my foot. We've decided that maybe we just shouldn't do Easter breakfast at our house. Because this doesn't generally happen, but it has now happened twice :). But all in all we are having a great conference Sunday, and we are enjoying spending the Easter holiday with our families. Tonight we will go to Grandma Henson's (Jeremy's Grandma) house for dinner.

HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE!

New Adventures of Our 10 Cents...

So the newest adventure that we have embarked on is buying our first home... shortly followed by an almost total renovation that was brought on as a result of a flood. So I was slightly traumatized at the beginning, but Jeremy calmed me down and explained that we get new paint, carpet and tile in our house... and we don't have to pay for it. So I became a little less traumatized, but still did not appreciate having my new home torn apart. We just started week 4 being out of the house, and are ready to be done. The carpet was put in on Monday Feb 22. And so following a final walk through with the contractor on Saturday... we can finally move back in to our house. We have really appreciated Mom and Dad Nichols letting us move our bed into their house and set up residence there temporarily. And we appreciate Mom and Dad Evans letting us come and eat, and helping with ideas on the renovation and decoration. I got to spend a really fun day with Mom last week and it was wonderful to go to Lunch and then go shopping. I don't know how good of an idea it was to have us go to Target alone with each other though... Mom ended up with 2 new purses and a wallet. And I just barely made it out of the store without a new purse myself. I think it is safe to say that I am a girl after her own heart... I mean it's almost as if we are related. :) Love ya Mom!

Well, I will update more soon, and follow up with pictures of the house as we progress in the moving back in of all of our stuff.

Love you all!

Nani and Remy

Pampered Nichols

So Jeremy and I have recently started our own home business selling Pampered Chef. It is great. We have been having lots of fun. Jeremy loves to cook and I love to talk, so it works out great. We have been doing it for about a month and a half, and we are hoping that it is going to help us so that I don't have to work while I'm at school. It's going to be great. To see about our business you can visit our great new web site

www.pamperedchef.biz/iandjnichols