New Blog Address

I have moved the blog to a new address. It is much shorter and easier to remember:

www.hilljo.blogspot.com

5 Years

5 years ago we had our first date.

We went to Third Place in Stillwater and talked all night--or I talked all night and he probably just nodded :) Sometimes I wonder how he ever asked me on a second date...

So much has changed in these past 5 years...we graduated college, I moved to Denver (alone), he moved to Denver (a year later), and he has finally made it to the airlines and only gets to spend a fraction of the time at home.

Here are a few pictures from the past 5 years:

Our first picture together (it was his 21st birthday and I was taking him on a surprise picnic) 11/10/2004:

Fall 2005 (OSU football game): Spring 2006:
Graduation May 6, 2006:Summer 2006 (Becky & Chris' Wedding):Fall 2006:
Summer 2007:Christmas 2007:September 2008 (Seattle):Valentine's Day 2009:

ACCEPTED!!

We have been told the bank is going to accept our offer on the house (the house is a short-sale, so the bank must approve all offers). Brandon and I were so surprised to hear back so fast, as we had been told it could take anywhere from 1-6 months to get a response from the bank. Apparently, the bank was starting to review the offers when Brandon and I swooped in. Lucky us :) We should have the contract from the bank in our hands on Wednesday...which also happens to be our 5 year anniversary :) And if all works out, we will close on April 17.

Now Brandon and I are trying to get some things done to make life easier for us once we close. The big thing we have to do is find someone to replace us in our apartment. The rest has just been figuring out what we want to do to the house. We went by Home Depot yesterday to pick up some paint chips and ended up picking out the color for nearly every room. Then we roamed the store looking at every possible thing that we might want to do, even if the existing is in good condition just not our style. But I guess that is what happens when you buy a house :)

Buying a house is stressful....

Brandon saw the house on Saturday and loved it

No word yet on our offer

The closing of another house we had put a bid on fell through this morning (just before closing), so Brandon and I had a huge decision to make. And it took me 2 hours to finally get to talk to him. Decided against going for this house again.

Hoping we made the right choice and the offer on the other house goes through with no back and forth (I know I'm dreaming).

Home Sweet Home????

Could this be our new house? We put an offer in yesterday. Did I mention that Brandon hasn't even seen the inside of the house yet? That will happen Saturday, so hopefully he likes it :)

Let's Go Skiing

Brandon and I finally made it up to Copper Mountain for our first ski trip of the season. We only went for 1/2 a day, but still had a great day and made it home alive.

Here is Brandon during lunch after he threw my water bottle across the room and broke it. (He was testing it to see if it was unbreakable...go figure.)
Just hanging out..

But I had plans...

My Friday off plans:

• Set no alarm
• Laundry
• Clean apartment
• Cook dinner
• Pick up skis for Saturday
• Grocery shop for next week
• Be in a great mood when Brandon arrived home

My NEW Friday plans:

• Get up at normal time.
• GO TO WORK!!!! (To work on an important project that at 3:00 PM on Thursday has not been distributed yet!! Did I also mention that my area has already completed this project and we still have to come in!! Plus, we found this out at noon onThursday, glad I didn't have any plans!!!)
• Pick up skis for Saturday
• Grocery shop (for the bare minimum)
• Cook dinner
• Try to do at least 2 loads of laundry, because Brandon has to have clothes for his next trip
• Be in a horrible mood all day (Sorry Brandon)

New Treasure

Brandon's mom made him this beautiful quilt for Christmas (which we also celebrated with them this past weekend). The monograms signify important times in his life.

Texas 1983-2002
Embraer Brasilia (the airplane he currenly flies)

OSU 2002-2006
B52 (one of his favorite aircraft)

The back of the quilt

What makes it such a treasure...

My Valentines

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend. Both my and Brandon's parents came to Denver and spent the weekend. We enjoyed a delicious Italian dinner at Carmine's on Penn.

Brandon and IMy mom and dad

Brandon's mom and dad

Did I mention that I was spoiled by everyone?

Charmaine brought me 3 yellow roses of Texas
My parents got me a dozen antique roses
Brandon surprised me with a bouquet of mixed flowers (my favorite)

Brandon also brought each of our moms a rose
(his mom's rose is the yellow/pink one and my mom's rose is the white/pink one)

I think they might be trying to tell us something...