As you may or may not know, Jon and I are about to have baby #2. We're excited! He's due February 19th (my birthday).
We actually just published an announcement video, which admittedly is pretty lame and ugly but the song is cute. To our defense, for various reasons, we just simply waited too long and I couldn't seem to manage enough energy to film. My hands were shaky and by the end of the day I was so exhausted I simply couldn't see the shot anymore. (Originally I thought it was because I had just been out of shooting for so long but I realized later that it was just the fatigue). Anyhow, here it is and for what it's worth, enjoy!
Cylus from Erika & Jon Huff on Vimeo.
Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
The Big Investments
We did something crazy before the year started! Something we never expected to do while living in Utah!!! Okay, I'll just say it... We bought a house!!!
"What!" you say?
That's right, we bought a house.
"Weren't you planning to move to California?"
Yes, and we still are but we HAD to up-size from the tiny apartment that we were paying $570 for because we were starting to look like serious hoarders. Along with that, it's expensive to rent a three bedroom apartment. The best I could find was $1100 for a townhouse in Centerville. It's a great little place with a great price, but we wanted normal sized bedrooms. The two bedroom (which is what we lived in at that place before) has huge rooms but the three bedroom has tiny, little, closet-sized rooms. Outside of those Garden View Townhouses, we couldn't find a place we'd be comfortable living in that was cheaper than $1300-$1400. Our mortgage is $1000. Well, that's what it is after all the little extra costs are added, so the actual mortgage is like $700-something... And that's with a backyard all to ourselves, more sq. footage, and an office.
Anyhow, I'm sure you want to see house pics, so here they are. But please note that these photos are from the appraisal so they're kind of bland. We're still living out of boxes so I need to find my camera gear and hook my computer back up. Haven't done that yet...
Inside there are three levels. The main level has a front room, kitchen, and dining room. The lower level has a family room, an office, a laundry room, and a bathroom. And the upper level has two regular bedrooms, a bathroom, and a master bedroom / bathroom.
Here's the front room and kitchen. The appraisal photo of the dining room is totally blurry so I didn't add that, but it has french doors, which I'm excited about.
And here's the master bedroom.
It's nothing special (everything is builder quality) but it has a ton of room for growth. We've painted Knox's room, the family room, and we just started on the front room. I'll post before and after pics as soon as we get a room fully set up.
The major issue though... The last owners used it as a rental for almost 9 years, and the last set of renters fried foods all the time!!! They killed the kitchen (little did we know). We just found out yesterday that we won't be able to reface the kitchen like we planned, we'll have to get a whole new kitchen. SOOOO, say goodbye to granite counter-tops and hello to IKEA!!! That's okay though, at least it'll be clean and grease free!!!
Anyhow, I'm excited to show you how we progress!!! Wish us luck!!!
"What!" you say?
That's right, we bought a house.
"Weren't you planning to move to California?"
Yes, and we still are but we HAD to up-size from the tiny apartment that we were paying $570 for because we were starting to look like serious hoarders. Along with that, it's expensive to rent a three bedroom apartment. The best I could find was $1100 for a townhouse in Centerville. It's a great little place with a great price, but we wanted normal sized bedrooms. The two bedroom (which is what we lived in at that place before) has huge rooms but the three bedroom has tiny, little, closet-sized rooms. Outside of those Garden View Townhouses, we couldn't find a place we'd be comfortable living in that was cheaper than $1300-$1400. Our mortgage is $1000. Well, that's what it is after all the little extra costs are added, so the actual mortgage is like $700-something... And that's with a backyard all to ourselves, more sq. footage, and an office.
Anyhow, I'm sure you want to see house pics, so here they are. But please note that these photos are from the appraisal so they're kind of bland. We're still living out of boxes so I need to find my camera gear and hook my computer back up. Haven't done that yet...
Inside there are three levels. The main level has a front room, kitchen, and dining room. The lower level has a family room, an office, a laundry room, and a bathroom. And the upper level has two regular bedrooms, a bathroom, and a master bedroom / bathroom.
Here's the front room and kitchen. The appraisal photo of the dining room is totally blurry so I didn't add that, but it has french doors, which I'm excited about.
Here's the family room.
It's nothing special (everything is builder quality) but it has a ton of room for growth. We've painted Knox's room, the family room, and we just started on the front room. I'll post before and after pics as soon as we get a room fully set up.
The major issue though... The last owners used it as a rental for almost 9 years, and the last set of renters fried foods all the time!!! They killed the kitchen (little did we know). We just found out yesterday that we won't be able to reface the kitchen like we planned, we'll have to get a whole new kitchen. SOOOO, say goodbye to granite counter-tops and hello to IKEA!!! That's okay though, at least it'll be clean and grease free!!!
Anyhow, I'm excited to show you how we progress!!! Wish us luck!!!
Friday, July 20, 2012
Taking "Me" Back
PURPOSE
First off I need to say that I am so grateful to have little Knox! He brings me probably the greatest joy I've ever felt... I never thought I'd say that about a kid, but its true.
Along with that though, I'm also SO grateful that Jon and I got married so young (I was 22 and he was 23) and that we waited 8 years to have kids. Theres not one part of me that regrets it. Not one! I might be singing a different tune when I'm old but right now, I've never been more grateful!!!
However, a lot of things change when you have a kid. Where it use to be easy to fit loads of work and fun into a single day, I'm struggling to find time for either. I've lost a lot of the baby weight but I'm still many sizes from fitting into my wardrobe. Our house is filling up with baby crap and the end to spending seems nowhere in sight... Life is literally running away from me and if I don't take ME back soon, I hate to see how we'll end up!!!
So, what does taking "Me" back mean?
It means I run the day - my day doesn't run me! I need to take control of my life again. An action I believe will positively effect myself, my family and our future.
So with that, here are the areas of my life I need to change, simplify and improve upon, in no particular order:
- Time Management
- Finances
- Health
- Home
- Secure stability for my future
- Spirituality
Stay tuned for posts on each...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)