Saturday, August 15, 2009

RCWilley BABY!

Real quick updates:

1. We paid off our RCWilley credit card 1 month early and avoided ALL Interest in doing so! We're so happy for this moment, now onto the next debt! :)

2. Week 15 we were both within 1lb of our lows. Week 16 will be better!

3. Had dinner with Christie and Bogdan last night and it was great! Who wants to come over for dinner next? First one to comment wins!!!

4. Excited for the Hyatt visit with Nicole's family on Monday night to check it out and get more ideas. Deposit was officially put down 8/12!

5. Looking forward to Gelato Thursday, it's a big one!!! ;)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Hi, Nicole here!

Last time I blogged I didn’t get any comments, not nice people! I expect some love this time. ;)

So, the last couple weeks have been kind of a whirlwind and I have So much to tell you all about!! Here is kind of a Table of Contents: School, Cupcakes, and Wedding.

First, big things on the school front. So Jen’s cousin Christie was telling us about her adventures in transferring from a JC to a university, she mentioned that there were 2 classes that she would have to retake because they were over 7 years old and that anything over 7 years EXPIRES. I almost choked on my lunch. You see I started school right after High School and yes folks I just had my 10 YEAR REUNION!!! So I called Sac State and found out that it is true. :( So I called some private online schools (Chapman, Heald, Phoenix etc..) and they will take credits over 7 years old. BUT none of them had a program that would satisfy the prerequisites for the masters in midwifery program and they were all over $400 per unit!! So I weighed out all my options, #1 start over and retake everything, which would put me out of school in 2016ish (NO THANKS!) #2 Get a Bach. Degree at a private online college and retake all the classes I need (and be in major debt) or #3 end that chapter of my life and move onto bigger and better things. I chose, with Jen’s awesome support and some input from my family, to move on. Jen and I want to have a family and going to school for a longer period of time and racking up major debt is not conducive to that dream. One thing really made the decision for me, if someone asked me choose one and only one right now, what would it be family or degree…easy decision…no hesitation…family. So right now we are living without a plan, just living and enjoying all the new found free time. We are loving our time together!! Babies are in the future (relax people and read the rest) but we will have our wedding first and we want to be in a house before we start our family. Living in a one bedroom condo with a Lab and a baby just isn’t what we have in mind. So when the market turns around and we are able to either sell this place or rent it out, we will buy a house. If that’s tomorrow GREAT, if it’s in a year GREAT. We’ll see.

Another path we have started out on is the cupcake industry. After making the cakes for my Dad’s 50th birthday party a friend of ours and a great artist (check out her amazing pieces at http://www.michellebrunmier.com/) asked if we would make mini cupcakes for her next show. So we did and we LOVED every minute of it!! People have always complimented my baking and I have always loved baking and creating desserts. Together Jen and I make a great team and we are hoping to start a little side business. The last two things we have done, Dad’s b-day and the art show, Jen has done the baking part and I have done the frosting/decorating part. Who knows where it will lead us, we might have our own bakery some day! We think we would call it Cupcake Co. (with a ♥ for the o) and our slogan would be “For The ♥ Of Frosting!” Cute huh! :) We had business cards out at her show and of the 20 we left, 12 were taken!! Michelle said she heard people raving about them all night and saying “these would be perfect for my ______” so we are really optimistic. This makes me rethink making cupcakes for our wedding….I think it’s do-able! But we’ll see! LOL So, if anyone needs cupcakes for an event….let us know! We would be happy to be of service!!

About the wedding, as of tomorrow our deposit and contract are finalized with the Hyatt Regency in downtown Sacramento. We LOVE LOVE LOVE our venue and can’t wait to dive deeper into the planning! We have so many ideas and thoughts, it will be nice when it all starts coming together and when things are being checked off the list. There will be lots more blogs about wedding stuff as it gets closer! I know you are all so excited! ;)

So that’s it….currently Jen is laying on the bed on the laptop and Dunc is laying up on the other pillow! LOL Just thought I would give you all a little glimpse into life at our house at this very moment!!!

Thanks for reading!

Nicole