Dry Socket Free! (Fingers crossed....)

Well, tomorrow morning marks a full 7 days since my wisdom teeth extraction and so far there is no evidence that I have the dreaded dry socket. So as long as my mouth doesn't rebel overnight I think we're in the clear :-) So glad that my experience with this was a good one - not that I'm anxious to repeat it or anything.

The best part of having my wisdom teeth out was having over a week off of work. Craig and I actually got to hang out during the day on a Saturday. I know, crazy! But when Tuesday gets here it's back to the grind for me....

So what to do with my last day of freedom? I think some dancing and a Target run are in order :-) I'm determined to finally use some prepaid classes with the Cincinnati Ballet and after class I think it's a good time to hit up my favorite place to score cheap but awesome things. Target. This whole being a young couple with bills and student loan payments thing kinda sucks when it comes to the wardrobe.... so I'm hoping to score a couple things to make me feel cute again :-)

Another item on the agenda to feel good about.... a haircut and manicure. Coming up on March 11. For those that don't have it in your calendar yet, that is the day before my birthday ;-) I'm so ridiculously excited for a haircut it's kind of sad.... haha. But when you're an adult in the real world I guess you gotta take what you can get, right?

In other news, I've been missing my family a bunch lately. We didn't get to go home for the holidays this year (yet another stinky part of being a young couple) so I haven't seen my parents or siblings since August. And am not scheduled to see them until May. It sucks big ones if i do say so myself. Getting used to that fact of life hasn't been easy, and I'm definitely not at the "used to it" part just yet. Luckily Craig is pretty understanding and helps me deal as much as possible :-) Having great inlaws and friends out here in Ohio definitely helps. So thanks those of you who fall into that category!!!

I leave you with one of my favorite pictures of the Becker Children. Taken summer of 2007 at Disney. We're supposed to be acting like bugs in case you couldn't tell.

And I'm back!

Well, the toilet has been working for the past week or so. It was  a great exercise in working together for Craig and I - and we all survived! An added bonus is that with the new guts of the toilet it uses less water when it flushes - yay Earth!

I'm at home, in bed, watching season one of Rugrats: All Grown Up. Why is that you ask? Well, yesterday I said goodbye to a small part of me - my wisdom teeth. Craig was my nurse yesterday and took very good care of me. And as much as you hear horror stories of wisdom teeth extraction - it is day two and I'm feeling great. No bad reactions to the anesthesia (it was my first time going under and I was very worried I'd be very loopy and say embarrassing things - didn't happen! As far as I know....) or to the vicodin (first time on strong painkillers also). Still not up to chewing real food - but I've never appreciated instant mashed potatoes more than I do now.

I woke up this morning with almost no pain in my mouth, so hopefully I'm done with the vicodin and can stick to advil. The best part of feeling so good so soon though? I don't have to go back to work until February 1 - yes, a week from today. What to do with my free (and pain free!) time off!? I'm starting with catching up on Nickelodeon cartoons on instant Netflix. Maybe hitting up the airforce museum in Dayton on Saturday with Craig (they have a new Disney exhibit - so excited!). Though if I'm responsible I should probably dive back into thesis work.... you know... that thing I haven't looked at since April but that needs to be done in order for me to really graduate from grad school?

Yuck. That can wait till tomorrow at least... I need to make sure I'm really feeling well first ;-)

P90X day 1

I've done it. I've joined the rest of the population and started p90x. Thought I'm not claiming I'll follow it rigidly. It calls for 6 days a week and I'll probably only manage 5. Working Saturdays leaves me just a couple hours after work and before socializing and Sundays are my lazy days. So we'll see how doing it 5/6 of the way goes :-) I'm also not following their diet, but will be trying to eat healthier and decrease alcohol consumption (not that I'm a drunk by any means haha).

Anyhoo... day 1 went well. I'm following the "lean" schedule - it's more heavily weighted towards cardio then weight training so that I don't bulk up too much ;-) Today was Core Synergistics. Loved it. Though I'll love it more when I'm better at it... haha. Times like these are when I realize how much dance kept me in shape without me even trying.... The lack of dance the past two and a half years has really taken it's toll. My flexibility is almost non-existant and my stamina sucks. I'd hate to see myself try to manage a class back at the studio at home lol.

Oh well! All I can do is try my best and hopefully it all will become easier as I go. My goal is to look good for Country Concert 2011 (http://countryconcert.com/). I figure if Craig is making me go to a 2.5 day outdoor country music festival I might as well feel good in a jean skirt and bikini top :-)

I'll keep my faithful readers updated on the p90x endeavor - with any luck I'll stick with it!

As far as our exploding toilet goes.... it is still out of commission. Updates to follow.

Blogworthy

Life has been pretty boring here at the Schroeder household - hence the lack of updates..... To my large readership, I apologize :-)

I was talking to Tracie this morning and she said this was "blogworthy" so here we go....

Craig and I entertained some people last evening and someone must have need more "flush power" than we provide.  We keep a gallon of water in the tank of each toilet to reduce our water use (yay going green!). Well this morning, the gallon from the first floor bathroom was by  our basement stairs. Weird. So, like I mentioned earlier, someone must have needed some extra umph and took it out.

Kinda funny, but not a problem. I take the lid off the tank this morning and get ready to put the gallon back in, when... all of a sudden, while I'm looking at the open tank, a piece breaks and water starts shooting all over the place. Imagine Ben Stiller trying to contain this water - and you have Craig who I immediately screamed for.

So Craig is trying to stop the spray of water and I have to climb down to turn off the water. If you haven't been to our new house, this bathroom is tiny. When you sit on the toilet, your knees almost hit the wall in front of you. Width wise, it's just wide enough for a sink and toilet. Tiny. So fitting two people is a challenge when there isn't water shooting everywhere and one has to reach behind the toilet to turn a knob.

A challenge that was conquered! No more shooting water :-)

A trip to Home Depot is in order for today. Womp womp. At least we have two other bathrooms :-)

Made to break....

Not having a landlord stinks sometimes.

Like when we found our kitchen floor covered in water last week.

Craig and I were able to figure out that the water was coming from a pinhole leak in the dishwasher drain hose (dishwashers use a lot of water - at least it seems it when it is all over your floor).  So, easy enough to fix, we'll replace the hose.  Craig is pretty handy around the house and I'm not helpless by any means - we can do it.

So, he goes to home depot, picks up another hose, busts out the tool box - we are ready to go. Turns out we weren't.  The darn hose will not budge - impossible to remove it seems.

Fastforward to today - over a week later.

I spent an hour on the internet this morning trying to find out how to replace this dang thing. I am not new to the internet - I know how navigate it.  Maytag's website sucks. Just an FYI.  Turns out, we can't use a run of the mill dishwasher hose. Nope, we need a special one direct from Maytag because it needs to loop funny. So, ordered that just now.  $25 later....

So, our dishwasher is still out of commission. Not a huge deal, just a pain in the butt. We'll see when the part gets here since there was no shipping choices - you get it when you get it I guess.

So frustrating, but at least we can take a break from trying to fix it, right? :-)

Now off to celebrate our 6 month anniversary - with the completion of unpacking and cleaning out the garage. With any luck, our cars will be in it tonight :-)

Those are opposing ideas....

"No... they're not. I need you to arch your back while keeping it straight."

2 lifepoints if you can name that movie :-)

So I was lucky enough to visit the dentist today, on my day off, for two small fillings. I've been out of the chair for an hour and a half and my mouth both hurts and is numb - hence the title of this post. My teeth/jaw are sore but my cheeks and lips are numb. I really hope everyone I encountered during my errands didn't think I was being mean because of my lack of smile - I literally can not do it. haha.

Craig and I have been busy so far this December! I can't believe there is only one more weekend before Christmas. And now that my camera has a full battery and a memory card I'm hoping to get a picture of our tree up here. I'm pretty proud of it personally. And the number of wrapped presents underneath grows every couple of days :-)

This past Saturday Craig and I went up to UD to see some college friends. A group of guys was able to talk a senior they know into letting us use their house to have an ugly christmas sweater party.  It was pretty awesome - great seeing old friends and being on campus.  We made it to Timothy's around 1/1:30 and folks you won't believe it - the dance floor was empty!!! It looks like Milanos is really starting to compete with their DJ. No complaints from us - we started the dance party and packed the dance floor :-) Oh, and there was no cover. Sweet!!

This upcoming week will include company Christmas parties, finally emptying our garage of stuff from the move, and enjoying the snow. Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season!

Greetings!

So, I've been meaning to start a blog documenting mine and the hubby's adventures as newlyweds.  However, as might be expected, it's been continually pushed to the back burner, what with two moves, a wedding, thank you notes, decorating, and new job starting...

But, I have time this weekend so here I go!

Craig and I have recently moved to a neighborhood/town in Cincinnati that reminds me a lot of East Longmeadow - nice big houses (ours is on the small side for the neighborhood), good schools, good community, etc.  We are very excited to not move again in a year - considering that we've moved 6 times in the past 6 years what with college and whatnot. We plan on being here for awhile - so everyone back home who is planning an exciting Ohio vacation - come on out! We have two spare bedrooms (and a 27 bottle wine fridge) :-)

Life as newlyweds has been great - but busy. I'm still so excited to see Craig everyday (which hasn't been possibly the past two years) that I hate giving up time with him haha. He is not nearly as clingy so it's funny to hear our interactions: "But I want to hang out with you!" "Honey, we hang out every night. Can't I play Halo with the guys for a few hours?" "I guess..." :-)

We recently painted the master bedroom, it's now a light gray with blue undertones and a crisp white trim.  And to make our bedroom complete, we recently received our wedding present from my in-laws: a complete bedroom suite handcrafted by my father-in-law! It's so exciting to have nice furniture.... a bed, two dressers, and two nightstands all handcrafted out of oak. I've never appreciated real wood furniture so much... haha. It's so nice to have the mattress and boxsprings on something other than the floor :-)

Well, time for me to finish my movie. Craig is in Canada this weekend for his company's Christmas party.  I, unfortunately, was not able to join because I will be working almost 12 hour days tomorrow and Sunday. Yuck. I am not a huge fan of being a grown up....