March Break - Activity # 1

There are a variety of activities that Dave and I will be undertaking this March Break.  As per usual, they will revolve primarily around home improvement projects.  There were plans that we might actually take a honeymoon, but why on earth would we do that? We would rather continue to be frugal and mature with our earnings and deprive ourselves of fun in order to be debt free (please feel free to wipe up any extra sarcasm that may be getting on you).

Alas, my primary goal now is to have a number of posts up regarding the break as it unfolds, but for now, please enjoy a few pictures of the only member of the family actually enjoying the break... Miss Le Fluff herself.

Here Humphery is watching The Westminster Kennel Club finals.  No, this is not a set up, it was actually on and I was listening to it while I was sewing in the other room.  I came in to find her in this position.

Here she seems to be quite struck by Ladybug, the Portuguese Water Dog.  Later on Humphery would go on to tell me she thought that Ladybug only won her Best In Breed because she is the same breed as the Obama's dog.

Here Miss Le Fluff is caught red-pawed watching the final awarding of Best in Show.  She later reported that she felt that the winning dog, Hickory the Scottish Deerhound, was much deserving of the award.  She felt it was high time that Hickory get time in the spotlight as she would be retiring after this year.  I personally think Humphery was a little geriatrically empathetic and bias.

The Olden family would like to congratulate Hickory on her win. Bravo, Hickory, Bravo!

And Now We Begin....

A Curb Appeal Shot at Sunset

Before I start this blog entry, I would like to thank our friends Daniel and Lisa who, by proving me right and going to our blog as soon as they got their change of address card before I updated my entries, have given me a wonderful chance to say "I told you so" to my husband!!!


Welcome Friends and Family!!!


By now I hope that you have received your lovely change of address cards that were my excuse to feed my lust for stationary and 'snail mail'.  It has been a month now since we have moved in and we are finally starting to get our home in order.  Though we managed to get ourselves relatively unpack at a brisk pace, the act of actual organization was, and still is, a nightmare.

Oh that's right... navy blue!

To add to our woes was the fact that our washer, dryer and fridge turned out to be lemons!  The fact that we were lured into thinking that they were part of our final sign-back purchase amount kills me even now! However, boy oh boy, do we have new appliances that would make even the most non-domestic person drool!!  Dave even had the audacity to say we were turning into  Yuppies!  Can you imagine?  I went to the closet and broke out my Converse as a protest!


The most important addition to our family was made a week after moving. Humphery 'Le Fluff' McNiece was picked up after a week of setting up the house.  She made the longest car ride (40 mins) of her 18 years in my lap.  Many of you have asked about her, and we thank you for your concern.  She is doing incredibly well with the change, especially considering she has never before been in any other home!   It helps she is with two of her favorite humans in the whole wide world.

Miss Le Fluff having a nap

As the threat of snow looms here in the snow belt, we have managed to weed and turn our front garden, set up our office (somewhat) and scrub away most of the heinousness that the former owners left behind.  And let me tell you, I have had many an eye-opening moment into the standards of the general public's cleanliness in the past few months!!  We look forward to having a house warming / Christmas party in the near future so that we can finally share our home with those who mean so much to us.


So, without boring you with the details... which I aim to do in the coming months, welcome to our new home.  Though we miss our old lives, this one is shaping up well. We thank God everyday for how blessed we are and that we can share it with those we love!