Kelsey and Todd Anderson

Our new steal of a deal bedroom set!!!

2009-08-02T17:32:00.000-07:00

Todd and I finally purchased our first bedroom set!!! I've been keeping my eye open for a steal for quite sometime. I can't help it...I am without a doubt a bargain hunter. Anyway, I saw this set on the Roomstore website a couple weeks ago and really liked. I showed it to Todd and he really liked it as well BUT I felt like I could find a better deal so I kept looking. On Friday I was checking craigslist again for any new deals and I found this exact set on there! A girl was selling this set minus the chest and plus a second nightstand for $850!!! I figured we could buy it from her then go to the store and just buy the chest to complete the set and still only spend 1350 after the fact. Anyway... we went into Roomstore today and told the salesman the situation and after MUCH back and forth negotiating (thanks Todd) he finally said he would match that price!!! Long story short we got what would be an 1800 set for 1350!!! PLUS its new and will be delivered and set up!!! YAY :)

Now my search for the mattress set is on full force :)

Our new home!!! :)

2009-07-09T20:41:00.000-07:00

Everything we wanted! Three level, 2 car garage, end unit, nice gated community, open floorplan, nice kitchen with big island for cooking, 24 hour fitness center, pool and so on....SO excited, so HAPPY!!! Closing Date set for August 10th!!!!!!!!!!!

Update...finally

2009-06-26T15:27:00.001-07:00

Its so hard to find time to keep up with all this stuff but I thought I better update our lives over here before it got way out of control and I have like a year to catch up on or something.
Anyway...
1. Todd and I moved into our apt the end of April.
2. I started my new job at the end of April as well.
3. I turned 22 on May 4th!
4. We have been searching for our home!
5. We found one we loved and bid on it BUT we lost the bid so the search continues...
6. My sister had a baby boy, Garrett!!! First Nephew of the bunch! He is so cute!
7. Todd turned 26 on June 24th!
I think I hit all the main points...and I did it w/o writing a book so I am quite proud of myself. I will let you know what else it new as soon as I remember to update. I will also get some pics up in here.

OH taxes

2009-04-15T09:58:00.000-07:00

So I got home about midnight lastnight from MO. It was a fun trip but I'm pretty exhausted today but luckily for me I get to deal with the taxes, yay! NO. So we had our taxes all prepared and Todd picked them up yesterday. Its my job to get everything mailed off and so on which I thought ok easy, no big deal. WRONG! Maybe it wouldn't be such a mess if we hadn't lived and worked in a million different places! We have Federal, Missouri, Utah and Virginia to file this year! Not to mention Todd's summer sales stuff really complicated things. So here I am looking at all this paper reading through all these instructions trying to get this all right. I took a break as you can see...because quite frankly I don't know what I'm doing nor is Todd here to sign what he needs to sign. So its about 1PM and this stuff needs to be in today so maybe its time to start stressing out, haha.

Our Moving Plan

2009-04-06T10:55:00.000-07:00

Todd and I found an apt to rent while we house hunt. We are so excited because we found everything we wanted. Its in a great location, its big 1500 Sq ft, seperate everything, all utilities included, no extra charge for Jasmine, and no contract so when we find the perfect house we are free to go. Thanks craigslist!!! So, we have scheduled our plan of attack to gather our belongings from across the US. Step 1: I am flying to MO today to pack up all of our things that are at my parents house. I will be visiting and enjoying Easter with them as well. This isn't just a work trip... I fly back on the 14th. Step 2: Todd and his Uncle Todd will be flying to UT on the 16th. They will pick up our moving truck and take it to our storage unit and empty it out. Step 3: Drive to MO and pack up all of our belonging being stored at my parents house. Step 4: Drive to Ashburn VA and unload the truck. Step 5: Unpack and return truck Step 6: SLEEP! Hopefully all of this will be done by April 20th. So thats what the plan is, wish us luck!!!

HOUSE FIRE!

2009-03-14T16:03:00.001-07:00

First fire tuck had just arrived, can hardly see the house...

Had broken out quite a few windows and smoke was venting out now...

This is hours later, the fire was under control and it seemed things were wrapping up. I took this from inside Uncle Todd's family room...thats how close it was!

Todd and I went over to his Uncle Todd's house today to use their garage to change the oil in our cars. Todd had just finished working on my car so I parked it on the street and started getting in his car to pull his car up when I noticed it smelled like something was on fire. I stopped what I was doing...listened and I could hear an alarm. I walked down the street a little to see past the curve in the street and then I saw it...SMOKE, SMOKE!!! FIRE!!! The neighbors had already called the fire dept. and the family was just coming out of the house. I called Todd out and he went closer up to the house by the family and they said they were remodeling in the basement and there was a propane tank that must of caught fire. They said their kids weren't home and they got the dog out so everyone was safe. I have never seen anything like this in my life. I have seen house fires on the news but when your there in person its crazy. The smoke is overwhelming! It covered the entire neighborhood with a thick layer to the point where we couldn't see, like a very thick fog. It felt like it took the fire dept forever to get there, every second seemed like an hour. I was watching this family watch their home go up in flames and it was heartbreaking. The fire dept got there and they hooked up the hose just down the street and ran up to the house. They first broke out all of the windows and doors to let the smoke vent. As soon as they did this black smoke funneled out everywhere, it was horrible....watching and hearing them tear the house apart. We went back to Uncle Todd's house and closed the garage door and finished up on our cars because the smoke was horrible to breath in and I just couldn't watch anymore, it was so sad.

HGTV Dream Home 2009!

2009-03-13T11:57:00.000-07:00

I love watching HGTV! Anyway, they do a dream home give-a-way every year and this year I entered every day. The home is in Sonoma California!!! It comes fully furnished, with a new GMC Acadia and even a dream home doggie house and we all know Jasmine Love deserves that! Sunday March 15th is when we find out who the winner is. I am so excited because its going to be me!!! (I am thinking positive) Everybody watch!!!

Sunday, March 15th, 8pm, 7pm central.
check out the pics at hgtv.com

Wasting time

2009-03-05T08:40:00.001-08:00

I feel like venting! Have you ever been in a situation that you just get sick of being patient about? I'm there. I just hate how long my certification is taking because until I get certified and get a job we can't get a house which means we must stay in our current living condition which is wearing on me and I'm sure everyone else here. I also feel like I am wasting so much of my time doing stupid mundane things. There was the two hours of my life spent at the Social Security Office to change my last name after two years of marriage. Don't they get why us "woman" put this off! Then on Monday we got like 8 inches of snow. I waited till about noon so they could clear most of it then I went and got my emissions testing, my passport photos and then headed to the DMV. My GPS sent me somewhere completely wrong...anyway once I found the place I had the pleasant suprise of it being closed! So the next day I went back to waste 3-4 more hours of my life (I want back by the way)! I absolutely hate the DMV! There wasn't even enough parking for all the people there. There was a line out of the door just to talk to the information desk about what you need done, verify you have all the things you need and recieve your waiting ticket number. Then you go and sit for hours and then it took them like 30 min to help me, maybe more. I don't even know how long I was there all I know is when I got out it was almost 3pm. Then I went next door to the post office to send in my passport application. This was a walk in the park only taking me about an hour. I got home to spend about another 30 min getting my old plates off my car and putting my new ones on. Anyway, its over now and I don't have to do that stuff for a long time and that does put a smile on my face. Oh and I hate my background! I am not about to waste time finding one I do like though so sorry everyone! Ugly background is a keeper for a little while!

Not Much...

2009-02-25T11:07:00.000-08:00

You know when people ask whats new and that kind of thing?... and we all say not much and things are fine, haha. We all do it, come on you do it! Its the lazy way of catching up with people... Some how Americans have officially found a short cut for EVERYTHING! Anyway I thought I'd post whats going on. Its just been really busy for us! Todd and I have been non-stop getting ourselves settled. Todd and I have been all over the place the last year, living across the country. Our belongings are all over the place etc. We cannot wait to find a home and get settled and have things back to a normal living situation. Todd is really busy with work and when he isn't working he's working on his security clearance for work, or working on things with his old job and so on. I'm busy studying for my final test which I have to get a good grade on! We are working a part time job for a promotional company as well which takes up our weekends usually. In between everything we're making the annoying trips to the DMV and so on... All the fun things you do when you move. Jasmine got her shots and I finally changed my last name to Anderson after putting off the social security office for years. It took my entire afternoon on the day I did go! Once I get my job I will fly to Canada for training so I will need to get a passport asap so I thought I would start with the name change. And once we find a house we will make the trip from Utah to here in the moving truck collecting our belongings on the way, haha. NO MORE STORAGE UNITS or taking up space at the parents house!!! We can tell this year is going to be really busy. A lot of changes going on but exciting changes! By the end of the year we plan to be in a home for sure, loving our space I'm sure and enrolled in more school. I want to continue on and get a degree in Interior design to add to the resume and Todd thinks he will continue his schooling and get a business degree, that could change... Personally I can't wait to have my treadmill and our king sized bed back! In the mean time I guess we better work on those taxes :(

Valentines Day

2009-02-15T12:37:00.000-08:00

You gotta love Valentines Day! Todd and I made the most of our day together, especially since it fell on a Saturday. I suprised Todd with the rocky road fudge I made a night early. I couldn't help it! But on Valentines day I still had his card and stuffed animal to give him. Anyway we slept in till about noon, ate some light lunch, watched some TV, got ready. We started the night off early with dinner reservations at 5:30pm. He took me to Daily Grill in DC and it was so YUMMY! We had Valentines Day luck and got a parking spot right outside of the restaurant, a freakin' miracle in the city. We spend a good three hours there, haha. We just took our time and enjoyed every course, a great bottle of wine and us of course. After dinner we decided to go to Reston Town Centre and check out the action. We walked around for a bit and it was just so crowded every place we went so we decided to come up with another plan. We dropped by good ole safeway grabbed a bottle of wine and sushi and headed home to cuddle up and watch a movie at home. Which was great after walking around in the cold weather. When we got home Todd suprised me with a beautiful bouqet of daisies, my favorite!!! Anyway we had a great day and we hope you all did too!!!

Outside of Daily Grill before our dinner. (nice couple took our pic for us, thanks again!)

Bad Dogs!

2009-02-02T07:55:00.000-08:00

The other evening I was upstairs catching up on the Lost episode I missed. I'm watching the show and throughout the show I hear Jackson and Jasmine downstairs being loud and making noises like they do when they play. I thought it was great they were getting along and playing together so nicely. Then I hear Stephanie come home from work and I hear her asking Jackson (her dog) what he did and bad dog! I go down the stairs to find a disaster! Both the dogs had the most guilty faces and we knew they had ganged up together on this one. They had gone through the trash bag that was laying out and had been fighting over the food. There was trash all over the kitchen and it was nasty to pick up. Anyway they were both punished because this behavior is unacceptable!!! We were shocked becuase neither one of our dogs has ever done this kind of thing. We set the trash bags out all the time so the boys grab it on the way out to put it in the trash can. Thats how we know they decided to rebel, it was a Friday night...

Do the crime pay the time puppies! Jasmine's sad that I'm mad at her :(

After Jasmine ate the trash she got sick, of course. Those of you who know Jasmine know that if she eats anything besides her dog food, she gets sick to her stomach. Well it started with having to go potty every couple hours then turned into vomitting. After this whole ordeal Jasmine smelled SO HORRIBLY BAD! Yesterday before we left for our superbowl party Todd gave her a shower. Poor thing!

Almost dry, still a little scared of us and hiding under Todd...

All dry! Probably slept the rest of the day.

First Snow in VA turns out to be expensive

2009-01-28T14:27:00.000-08:00

We loved our snow, that is until it turned into freezing rain which left a lovely sheet of ice on everything. Its actually still raining right now! Anyway, this morning when Todd went to de-ice his car he found a lovely suprise, A cracked windshield! It split across the entire thing too. The good news is he just had the inspection a couple days earlier so we don't have to fix it right away if we don't want to. I think we may just wait until the snow season is over because I heard on the news that ice has been flying off of cars on the highway and cracking other drivers windshields anyway. On the bright side it is quite a little show watching Jasmine try to walk on the ice, so funny!!!

First Snow in VA

2009-01-27T10:27:00.000-08:00

Today is the first snowfall of the winter season here in Virginia. It is beautiful! I took Jasmine out and she was so excited, she loves playing in the snow (for a short period of time). It's funny watching her watch the dancing snowflakes fall.
One thing I love out here is all the walking trails. They are everywhere! And they look really pretty covered in snow too :)

Jasmine LOVE and myself

Jasmine comes and stands by you when she is freezing cold and ready to go inside. Its cute but kinda sad too because she just stands there shaking.

Don't worry I got all the snow clumps out of her fur and dried her with my hair dryer. Now she is bundled up in her bed, toasty warm, sleeping like a baby.

ALL DONE!!!

2009-01-26T12:39:00.000-08:00

Today is a wonderful day!!! I slept in, woke up to some beautiful snow flurries, bundled up and went on a nice walk with Jasmine, then the best part happened!

***I made the GLORIOUS trip to the UPS store (in my fixed up car I might add!!) to ship my assignments for grading!***

I have worked non-stop the last couple months on these assignments and I feel so happy to have them all completed :)

Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way by lending moral support, sharing your ideas, your strong muscles (for moving furniture), helping me pick the best pictures to use, reading through my writing and editing, and for lending me your house (Nick&Steph, Sean&Jill, Mom&Dad:) I appreciate it all!!!

I will soon be the best Home Stager & Designer ever!!!!!!

My car is finally fixed!

2009-01-21T07:46:00.001-08:00

December 27th 2007 I was hit by a truck on the 215 beltway in UT. They hit the back of me and I hit the car in front of me. The car I hit drove off (must of been illegals too) and the the truck that hit me pulled over for a little bit but then drove off as well. I followed them until they stopped in a Red Lobster parking lot and blocked them in till the cops got there. There were three illegal mexicans in the truck and they didn't speek any english. It was pretty creepy cause they got out of the truck and were walking around my car looking at it and talking to eachother in spanish. The guys didn't own this truck or have drivers licenses for that matter. The owner of the truck came to UT for work but when construction slowed
down they went back to AZ but didn't have money to drive the truck back. They left the truck at their brother-in-laws house in UT. The guys driving the truck were friends of these people. The whole thing was very shadey. The insurance lady told them to say the vehicle was stolen and was coaching them in how to get out of having to use their insurance (she was a friend of the family). I didn't want these people to get away with this and it was already so messy so I got a lawyer and waited for him to figure this stuff out. I knew that eventually the truth would catch up to all of the people involved and I was right. It took a long time but this lady finally cracked because she didn't want to get charged
with insurance fraud. They messed with the
wrong girl!!!

I am so happy to have my car fixed! They did a great job on it! My trunk was messed up for such a long time and water got in it which made the carpet mold so even my carpet is new in my trunk. My front bumper is new and my headlight fixed. My rear bumper and hood were fixed and repainted, my trunk lid is new, lights fixed in back!!! All the imperfections from over the years are gone as well, which is a plus!!! The Cavi is looking good, just like new!!!

YAY FOR TODD!

2009-01-20T18:40:00.000-08:00

Todd received his welcome letter yesterday for the job at American Systems!!! He went to headquarters and got all of the paperwork taken care of yesterday afternoon. Today he finished all of his testing and he starts tomorrow! The first month he will be working on a project with his brother which should be fun for them. We can start our loan process with our welcome letters so we're happy to be one step closer to finding a home out here as well! Things are starting to fall into place for us and we couldn't be happier!!!

Poor Jasmine

2009-01-18T19:51:00.000-08:00

This morning Todd took Jasmine (our dog) and Jackson (Nick &Stephs dog) to the dog park. And if you're wondering, yes, they get there names mixed up. If you call one they both come. Anyway, we like to call the dog park the huge litter box. Its literally a huge rectangle gated in with sand on the ground. The dogs love it though!!! The bad news is Jasmine totally got peed on today! I KNOW! She's small but come on!!! She gets a bath after each dog park adventure though, don't you worry. She likes to lay in her bed bundled up till she dries, shes a goof, we love her!

ANSWER TO LASTWEEKS POLL

2009-01-17T13:33:00.000-08:00

Last weeks question was: How do you survive a forest fire while in a vehicle??

A. Stay in the vehicle until the fire burns past you.
B. Leave the vehicle immediately if the tank contains any gas.
C. Drive toward the fire to reach the safety of burned-out ground.

60% said B
40% said C

THE ANSWER WAS A.

WW Scale Luck!

2009-01-16T08:11:00.000-08:00

As you know, I have been doing Weight Watchers for over a year now and I love it! I also love Weight Watcher merchandise. I love my points calculators and I have been wanting a WW scale so bad for a while (like a year) because they are really good quality and really accurate for a floor scale. WELL....I GOT ONE! Our friends saw one on sale at Costco for 26$ and they had a 10$ coupon as well. They called me since they know I've been wanting one. I was so excited and had them grab one for me. I'm really happy cause I finally got one and for a bargain cause as you also know, I don't buy it if its not on sale. So my 40$ scale cost me 16$!!!! It took a year but my patience paid off. So if you ever see Weight Watchers stuff on sale somewhere let me know :)

Christmas CONTINUED...

2009-01-12T15:58:00.001-08:00

On Jan. 3rd we went to a secret santa party! It was good times! It was great because it made the holidays last even longer. Jill made a yummy dinner and we exchanged gifts, which was so fun! Nobody knew who had who (well Todd did) and it was just funny and rowdy, of course. As always good company, good food, and good fun!

Brian is slightly taller than me at 7 f00t something...

The silly boys

The girls eating dinner at the cool table

FOLLOWERS

2009-01-10T11:40:00.001-08:00

I added the followers gadget on the top of our page...I'm getting a hang of this stuff people!!! Join on in!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2009-01-09T23:06:00.000-08:00

Todd and I went over to Sean's parents new years bash. It was a blast! We played some pool, watched a movie in their home theatre, ate really really good food, played the wii, enjoyed good company and rang in 2009 with some bubbly! Silly pic

THE Todd!

We made it alive

2008-09-01T23:17:00.001-07:00

Todd hit his summer goal in AZ!!! 102 sales!!!! We made the 14 hour drive to Texas yesterday and it was horrible! We both had to drive because we had both our cars. We ate at this hole in the wall restaurant if you can call it that. The lady didn't know the different types of cheeses. Our 12 yr old waitress just said I don't know its white cheese. Who would of thought our next meal would be a step up at Denny's. Before eating we took a luxorious 45 minute nap in the parking lot of Denny's because we were exhausted. It is so much easier when you have someone driving with you and you can take turns driving. I used to complain with even that when I traveled but I was half tempted to pick someone up and ask them drive while I slept. It was a nice suprise to find that our apt out here was very nice and it came with free cable and internet that the company paid for, where were you in Tucson APX? One month here then back to MO. The good news is its only a 9 hour drive from here which is a walk in the park!

LIARS LIARS LIARS

2008-08-16T11:15:00.000-07:00

I was going to take over the office phones, paper work and cleaning checks for the last three weeks of the summer season because the girl was leaving early with her husband who plays basketball for his school. To make this long story shorter lets just get to it. They were skeet about the whole thing! Her husband told Todd that I would be getting paid one price for the three weeks back in June when they were planning this...before I even came out here. Then the day they were leaving he told Todd is was half that amount and Todd told me that night. When I found out that it was half the price I was livid! I was so mad that they decided to tell Todd, not me, and use him as a middle man to give them time to get out of town before I knew in hopes that I would be stuck doing the job anyway. I told the manager what had happened and that I wasn't going to do that much work for that little pay. To paint a picture without soomeone answering the phone calls the office CANNOT function. I could tell they were frustrated that I wouldn't do it. I told them that if they wanted to pay me what I was promised then I will do it. Anyway, they had another guys wife do it for a couple days then Todds Mom was going to take over. So I got stuck doing it for two days till she got back in town. When she called corporate to tell them she would be doing the job and she needed the paperwork to fill out they had no idea the girl had left. So they didn't tell the company they were leaving and she was going to get her paycheck then cheat me and give me a little portion. You know me though, I don't keep quiet. I wasn't going to sit back and accept it and because of that they got caught in their lies! And apparantly they left early to go on a timeshare vacation with her family....basketball...hmmmm?? Oh don't worry they are trying to lie about it still saying they were only taking a week off and she was going to do the calls the last two weeks from Oregon off her cell. WOW, stop lying people!!!

HOLY COW, WAIT YOUR TURN!

2008-08-06T23:27:00.000-07:00

Our apt complex has a gym in the clubhouse which only has like one of everything so you have to share. With a former olymic runner always hogging the treadmill due to her addiction to endorphins its hard to snag some time but today I came across a new problem...we have crazy people too! OK, heres the deal...I'm walking on the treadmill for my warm-up. I stop to stretch before I get back on to run. While I'm stretching some lady I don't know climbs over me and steals the treadmill from me. WHAT! I can see if I had been on there for a long time already or if I had completely walked away. BUT, I had been on there for not even 5 minutes AND the fact that she decided to basically straddle me and give me a show I didn't want made this a very very awkward. I was like whoa, did that just happen, haha! I decided to avoid this already interesting situation and use the elliptical instead. If I ever see her in there again I'm leaving and coming back at a different time.

Haters!

2008-08-05T12:27:00.000-07:00

We're out her in Tucson for the summer and we are staying in apts. The people below us hate us! They usually keep our unit empty so they are mad they don't have the space and complete silence they are used to. So, we think they are trying to get us kicked out. A couple weeks ago management called us and said they got complaints of loud noises from our apt and blaring music till 4am and all this stuff. We explained to them that none of these things were true etc. We thought it was all good until a cop was knocking at our door. Yes, they called the cops on us, WOW! Jesse, the cop, said the neighbors say it sounds like we are jumping up and down on the floor every night from about 10pm-2am. We talked to Jesse and got it cleared up and by that I mean we all decided these people are crazy. Jesse was way cool and we just chilled for a while and he told us some cool cop stories and Todd made plans to set up security in his new home but we are still pissed that our neighbors are making up stuff in hopes we get the boot so they can have our covered parking space and nobody living above them. I told Jesse I think they are just bitter because they are older and still living in an apt and can't afford a house and they shouldn't take it out on us. Maybe if he didn't waste his money on alcohol and cigs...just a suggestion Mr. crazy neighbor man...

WASTE!

2008-08-04T17:16:00.000-07:00

So, I got the cable for my camera...waste!!!! It's broken. So that means no pictures still. I have pictures, you just can't see them. So, this is our official invitation for anyone to buy us a new camera...don't hold back people...you know you want to.

Can't post pics and Texas here we come!

2008-07-18T14:25:00.000-07:00

I was going to post some picures today then realized I left my cable back in MO. The fam is mailing it out to me so I'll have pics up as soon as I get it! We also found out today that our extension month will be in Dallas, TX! We have never been there before and were excited to live there and check it out for the month of Sept. In Oct we will finally be done for the summer and on our way back to MO!!! It is fun to travel around and see new places but there is no place like home :)

We are bloggin now!

2008-06-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

I'll get some stuff up asap!