The White House

So, did you know that I have lived in 5 different places in the past 4 years, technically 6 if you count the creepy Hawai'i house on the North Shore.  Soon, I'm going to claim my 6th home in less than 4 years. Yep 6th.
My first home was with my parents in Sparland, of course.
In 2008, I moved to Apt. 606 in Macomb.
In May of 2010, I moved to the creepy house on North Shore in Hawai'i.
Then a few days later, in May of 2010, I moved to the nice house on the mountain in Makakilo, Hawai'i.
Then in August of 2010, I moved to the house outside of Macomb.
In May 2011, I moved to my apartment in Colchester.
And now......... I will move again to a house in THE COUNTRY! I hope you read "the country" in a shouting and excited voice.  I haven't lived in the country in awhile.  Steven and I are going to rent a house from his cousin outside of Colchester.  I'm going to move in in a few weeks and Steven will join me November 3rd.  Yes its a precise date, but that's the day that his parents are kicking him out of the basement.

This house is cute and quaint. Its a good started house, oh and its very white.  Everything is white, inside and out.  White siding, white walls, white garage, white kitchen floor, white refrigerator, white ceilings, white bath tub, white knobs on the kitchen cabinets..... you get the point.  The carpet is tan though!  So the walls need to be painted because they are painted two different shades of white in random places.  Plus, I don't like white walls. 

So here are the before pictures.  I have no 'after' pictures yet because very little has changed.

 This is the 'master' bedroom. Its really just a foot wider than the other bedroom.

 the kitchen

 the tiny bathroom

 the hallway, super exciting!

 the smaller bedroom

and the living room.

The cool thing about this house is that the closets have 2 doors, each open to a different room. So you can technically run laps around this tiny home.  It also has an old stone/brick basement.  

I'll keep you updated.

Catch Up, Ketchup, or Catsup?

I'll be playing blog catch up again.  This whole summer break, "free time," and not having internet slows the blogging process I suppose. 

So here's the "Thing That Have Happened Recently in the Life of Steph" list:

1. We had visitors earlier this month! Olivia and Jayden came up from Texas for a couple of days.

2. A couple of weeks ago we tried to build a 200 foot slip and slide.  It was great, but there was no slip on the slide, so it didn't work. But it looked cool!

 Andy and Steve worked really hard to till up the hill and make a nice pool to land in at the bottom.

 TEAM WORK!!

3. We celebrated Katie and Steve's birthday!!

4. I'm still looking and applying for jobs.... no news yet.

5. Steve interviewed for the Macomb Fire Dept. and we're waiting to hear back about how he did!

6.  Steve and I are going to rent a house from his cousin.  I'm going to move in HOPEFULLY in a few weeks, Steve will move in when we get married.  So if anyone wants to come help paint, let me know!  I'll post 'before' pictures soon and keep you posted on the project.

As soon as I announced it...

Gentleman Oscar died. I woke up this morning and there was no swimming. Its sad. I called Steve and told him that he now needed to buy me a puppy because he said I was only allowed to have one pet at a time.  But maybe I shouldn't get a puppy. I've proven myself to display the same sense of responsibility at 24 as I did when I was 5 when it comes to raising a goldfish. 

I texted my sisters and told them about the loss of their beloved goldfish friend.

Katie responded with "Taps will be playing from Henry"

Emily said ":( He was a noble fish. I will keep my memories of him wherever I roam in this world, and into the next. Until we meet again"

I thought Em's response was moving. 

So, Gentleman Oscar was laid to rest in a ziploc baggie in my garbage can. I was too afraid to flush him because I didn't want him to clog my toilet.

Meet Gentleman Oscar

My life isn't too exciting these days.  I'm looking for and applying for jobs, working on my thesis, getting sleep, etc.  Life is hard. Steve and I went to Walmart way too late one night and this is what I did. I bought a goldfish. Its really because I want a puppy, but I can't have one right now. So I bought a goldfish that we named Gentleman Oscar Tuna Zimmerman. I thought it was a reasonable step in the life path that I'm tromping about on right now.