Day before Thanksgiving...

and I got my sickness back. Don was sick for like, 2 days. Mine seems to keep on going. Hopefully I won't be too sick for the dinner tomorrow.

House update: We have cabinets, countertops, trim, paint and bricks!

Our bricks outside (Don visited at night)

Half of my kitchen! Countertops and cabinets!

And my little pantry shelves! I love what they did. The "standard" is just shelves in the back wall. But we talked to the construction guy about bigger shelves, and we got this! I love it.

Looking into my kitchen from the living room!

Meet the Family

And a final updating post, our little family right now.

Rocky wanted to make sure I showed off his Halloween Costume

Buster is not quite as evil as he looks here

Rocky about to take a nap

Buster is the older cat. He's 11, and has been with me through a lot of ups and downs. He's a grumpy old man, but can also be sweeet (sometimes). Rocky is the baby kitty. He's just over a year and half. We adopted him from Don's grandparent's farm when he was 9 weeks. And he's been causing trouble ever since :)

In the years to come, Don and I hope to add more to our little family, both in fur and furless.

Today, Don has a little cold. He probably caught it from me. When he gets sick, he acts like a big baby. Which is exactly the same as when I get sick. So if we ever get sick at the same time in our house, everything will go downhill for a few days, lol. He went to bed early, so hopefully he'll feel better for tomorrow and Sunday, so our weekend isn't dampened. I was sick last weekend, so we didn't much. Not fun at all.

We found out our house was painted on the inside, and my pantry shelves were installed! Pictures (or a link at least) will be posted once we get them. We originally were told we would close January 6. Now the construction guy says we will close Jan 13. I hope they don't push it back again. We want to get into our house!!

The house is coming along!

Nicole has been after me for a bit to add stuff to the blog. I did some updates on my website to highlight the work KB Home has done on our house. I hope she likes it and knows that I do care.

Work on the house

This couple’s blogging thing is going to take some time for me to get down.

A brief history to bring you up to date

I met Don on match.com in January 2005. 2 weeks after we started talking, and our 3rd date, we became officially a couple. It was love at first sight. We both pretty much knew marriage was in our future from the start. Countless hours were spent talking on the phone, getting to know eachother. Living an hour apart, we made an effort to spend almost every weekend together.

January 21, 2006, almost exactly a year after those first emails were exchanged, Don finally asked me that question and gave me that ring. It wasn't too much longer after our engagement when Don finally made the decision to move in with me. There were some ups and downs, but after 2 years of living with each other, we were finally married and happy.

The decision to move from Chicago to Houston was primarily Don's desire. My parents had moved down here, but I never really considered it. It was nice of Don to let me know of his mindset quite a few months after he decided it :) But, I was up for an adventure. We weren't really all that happy with our surroundings in our little college town, and it didn't look as if we would be able to get out of there to the suburbs anytime soon. We just weren't getting ahead with our jobs.

Donald and I arrived in Houston on June 4th, 2008, and have had no regrets since. When we came down, we started looking for jobs immediately (we looked before moving, but it was difficult). A month after coming down, Don got hired at his current job, and I got hired at mine a week after him. We used about all of our savings moving down here and paying our bills until we got jobs, so we basically started from zero once we started working. And as difficult as it has been, we are very lucky my parents let us stay with them.

So, we are in the process of watching our first home being built! Estimated closing date is Jan 6, 2009 (54 days away!). From zero to homeowners in 7 months, I'm proud of the way we worked together to plan out and stick to a budget so we can get finances in order to be able to afford the house.

All in all, I couldn't be happier with the decision I made to be with Don, and the decision we made to start our new life together in a new place. I can't wait for our life to really start in our brand new house, together, on our own.

This blog is to document our journey together... there will be many more posts to come.

Tag Team Couple's Blogging

So Nicole was like, "Bunches, write this blog with me. I don't feel good..." So here I am. Trying my best to enjoy this and appease my sick wife. So here we go...

Weighing in at 157 Lbs. Mr Bunches! And in this corner, weighing in at XX Lbs... Mrs. Bunches.

**Edit by Nicole** Donald...