UHaul Day.

Yes. This entry is late, again.

No. I don't hate you guys.

Yes. I am bad at updating.

No. It's not my fault that I have 473 things going on right now.

Yes. I am going to continue keeping you updated on my life.

Yes. I am going to aim to have my new post on Sundays each week.

Yes. I will continue to post pictures of my super cute husband.

Ok? Geez.

Now, for the update.

First off, and most importantly ALL OF OF OUR STUFF CAME! WE LOVE REX AND CONNOR SO SO SO SOOOO MUCH!

Here is our first peek into the UHaul!

They weren't to excited to see what a long night they had ahead of them. Connor had driven from Oklahoma to Texas to California all within the past 48 hours. He was tired.

Luckily, our really cool/awesome/great/pretty-eyed neighbor Anthony came over to help!

We got it all in the house, for the most part. Yay!

Currently this is where we're at:

As you can see, a lot needs to be done. I'll post pictures when we're finished.

Besides the mess, here are a few (of the many) great things about getting all of our stuff!

1. We get all of our stuff!

2. We now have a fully stocked fridge and freezer... because we can cook things!

3. Our cabinets are full and we got to take all of our presents from the shower/wedding/nice people who sent us stuff out of their boxes!

4. Refrigerator magnets.

5. We have chairs and table to eat at!

And 6. This super cool dresser my dad sent us.

Give me a week (or 2 or 3) and I'll show you everything. Until then, pray for us.

Ok, next. We went to the beach this weekend. Like usual. That boy making the weird face that isn't my husband is my cousin, Connor. I love Connor. He brought me a UHaul.

The water wasn't too warm. The locals tell us it won't be until July-ish.

They had so much fun. Scott got really deep into the water. And he didn't even get eaten by a shark!

Finally they came out.

They both had hypothermia.

Ok, not Connor. He's invincible.

And really, neither did he. But he should have. It was really cold in there.

I have a feeling we're going to have a lot of pictures like this over the next few years.

Something I love about this place (besides living with my husband, and the beach, and everything that came on the UHaul...) is that you see bunnies and lizards everywhere! There are also rattlesnakes everywhere. But I haven't been able to get a picture, yet. You also hear constant gunfire and explosions. I don't really mind it though.

And Scott found these bluebonnets on the top of a mountain!

Now, onto my new favorite part of our blog: telling you about my cooking!

I bought a cookbook called The 5 Dollar Dinner Mom Cookbook. She taught me so much. I learned about meal planing and coupons and leftovers! I also bought another cookbook called Get Cooking. She taught me a lot, too! She makes easy recipes that taste REALLY GOOD. Along with Pioneer Woman, Brittany White, and Julie Ware I've learned how to cook! Well, kinda. I want to bring you all along on my cooking adventure. There has been some talk about another blog... Nu"Trish"ion possibly. I don't know. We'll see how this all goes. For now, I'll just keep it on here.

Here's our menu for this week:

And here's a little preview of next week's entry...

My main goal is to make food that he loves and so far, he likes it!

And before I go make tonight's dinner, just a little tip for anyone who's moving soon...

Don't try and bring your bread.

I love you all. Come visit. Seriously. This week. Tomorrow. Please?

Moving and such.

I know, I know. This is way late. But hey, give me a break. I moved to a new state. For the past few days I was convinced California didn't have wifi. But don't worry I found it at our local library. Which is where I will also check out books. Which is on my 101 list! Which brings me to my first (of many) order(s) of business...

I have officially started my 101 list. Here's the website. It has a countdown. You can keep me in check here. Feel free to motivate me/remind me to do stuff. I'll keep you updated as I go along. I started it yesterday instead of my first day here. I gave myself the weekend to get settled.

Scott has pneumonia. I think he's had it for a while he's just really tough and didn't want to go to the doctor. But I'm a big pansy worrier and I made him go to the ER to get checked out. They gave him medicine and he's feeling much, much better now.

Despite his sickness, Scott got us a house! It's perfect. It's... one bedroom, loft style, really clean, awesome, 2 story, cuter than anything, and we love it. I'll post pics once I take some.

We also got a car! My super great husband, Scott, bought us a 1999 maroon 4Runner! It's so great. It has automatic doors and windows and even cruise control! I'm so in love. His name might be Oliver, it's not for sure yet.

We have a flower bed and we're allowed to plant things in it!!! Oh my gosh. I am so excited about that. I cannot wait to pick out flowers. And there is also a competition for best flower bed. You bet your bottom dollar we're gonna win it. I'll definitely have a post about that someday.

We don't have furniture. We don't know when we'll get furniture. But we do know that Scott's extremely sweet, awesome, good looking, motorcycle riding, ex-marine uncle is going to drive the U-Haul for us. But until then we have an air mattress that is working just fine. Unlike the air mattress that we slept on the first night. Which seemed to get more holes as the night went on. Not to mention Scott's raging fever and nausea. And our lack of pillows. But it's ok. That's what being newlyweds is all about... right?

I found the gym. I've been trying to wake up at the same time as Scott every morning. Which today was 4:45 am. We'll see how long this lasts. I'm trying to make myself go to the 6 am workout classes that way I'll have some incentive to get out of bed. One day down, 3.5 years to go. The gym is neat, everything is free! I love that.

Now that I've caught you up to speed on California business I'll let you know all about last week:

Sadie turned 22! And it was fun. Pictures are here.

My friends and I took a day trip to Austin! I really liked that place. Here are the pictures for that.

I packed up everything I owned. It was so weird. I've never actually left. I've only left to Arlington. It's still kinda strange. But I'm figuring this new place out. And I'll keep you updated with all of my failures and hopefully successes here. On this blog. You don't need the link to that. You already have it.

I had a get together at Chilis. I wanted to have one last dinner with all of my friends prior to leaving. I'm sure there are pictures somewhere out there. But I don't have them. I was too busy eating a chocolate milkshake with extra, extra, extra sprinkles.

Oh! And Brittany White posted the sweetest post ever. Here it is. I always have links to her blog from mine, but I can't help it. She's great.

I promise my next post will be full of pictures of our new life. Pictures of our house and car and flower bed and the base and each other. I've been too focused on finding the internet to upload pictures or really even take them. But next Sunday (hopefully) you will get the full scoop on everything that is Gilchrist.

We love you friends!