Workout Room

We have finally decided what to do with the basement. We don’t really use it right now other than to keep Ella down there and her food and what not. But I am going to transform it into a usable room. My mommy is letting us have an old TV that they don’t use, an extra dvd player, and a rug she has in her living room, that she is replacing with a new one. I am going to get a set of adjustable weights and a little later we will get a workout bench. This way, when one of us can’t make it to the gym/we are too lazy to leave the house to go to the gym, we can still get in a good workout. I will continue to use my Jillian Michael’s dvds (which are aweeesome), and Erik will do some weight lifting man thing haha. Maybe I can convince him to do some Jillian Michaels workouts with me. Once the room is finished I will put pictures up. I am terrible about pictures. Eek.

Ella’s Stitches Removed!

Last week we had to take Ella in because we thought her incision was infected, poor baby. The vet said he didn’t think it was infected but that it was entirely way too red and swollen, so he put her on antibiotics and told us to give her Benadryl to keep her calm. It worked! Erik took Ella into the vet yesterday and she had her stitches removed. She is going to be a cone head at least until Monday because her incision is still healing and we all know what a healing scab feels like! But she will be back to new soon!

Baby Ella gets spayed!!

I took our little baby Ella into the Animal Hospital for her spay appointment on Friday. And for the next two weeks she has to wear a cone around her neck while she is in her crate, our poor little cone-head. I cannot find my cable to attach my camera, to get a picture of here up yet, but I will try when I get home sometime this week.

We also had a little BBQ party at our house Saturday afternoon, which went really well. The food was super yummy, but the weather was a different story. People had to borrow hoodies and sweatpants from us and we had the firepit going. But the CAPS won game 2 so the night ended well.

Reading quest news: I finished “The time Traveler’s Wife”, and it was fabulous, my friend Brandy told me not to waste my time watching the movie, because it was horrible. I will probably still watch it, but will end up regretting it haha. I have about 98 pages left to read of “Dear John”, and after that I will be starting House Rules, by Jodi Picoult. I had a few suggestions from my friends on Facebook and from Aunt Sue, so I added these books to my list:

1. Something Borrowed- Emily Griffin
2. Something Blue- Emily Griffin
3. Baby Proof- Emily Griffin
4. Love the one you’re with- Emily Griffin
5. The Alchemist- Paulo Coehlo
6. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies- Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
7. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy- Douglas Adams
8. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe- Douglas Adams
9. Life, the Universe and Everything- Douglas Adams
10. So long, and Thanks for all the Fish- Douglas Adams
11. Mostly Harmless- Douglas Adams
12. And Another Thing- Eoin Colfer
13. The Art of Racing in the Rain
14. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Needless to say I don’t think I will be able to read all 56 of them this year, but I am still going to try. Once I get my camera hooked up, I will put up a few pictures of our backyard, and cone-head Ella.

My reading quest

Nowadays on my Fridays off, instead of watching TV all day, I will go outside and lay in our hammock and read. It is quite relaxing, and a great way to unwind. Also when my friend Jamie is busy during lunch I get to read my book during lunch, which is also really nice.

There are 42 books I want to read, and I would like to read them this year. You may think it is impossible, seeing as how we only have 8 months left in the year, which would come out to be about 5 books a month. I think I can do it, but I am going to have to start borrowing them from the library, because this reading habit of mine is getting quite expensive.

I want to read all of Jodi Picoult’s books, as well as Nicolas Sparks. I know most of their books are similar in theme, but I really enjoy their style of writing. I also got a few other books from the NY Times bestsellers list, and Oprah’s book club. Here is my complete list:


1. The Time Traveler’s Wife- Audrey Niffenegger <- I have 30 pages left
2. Dear John- Nicolas Sparks
3. House Rules- Jodi Picoult
4. Bed of Roses- Nora Roberts
5. The lucky One- Nicolas Sparks
6. The Sun Also Rises- Earnest Hemingway
7. Vanishing Acts- Jodi Picoult
8. Savor the Moment- Nora Roberts (April 2010 release)
9. Second Glance- Jodi Picoult
10. Friday Night Knitting Club
11. Perfect Match- Jodi Picoult
12. Happy Ever After- Nora Roberts (November 2010 Release)
13. Salem Falls- Jodi Picoult
14. Message in a Bottle- Nicolas Sparks
15. Keeping Faith- Jodi Picoult
16. The Rescue- Nicolas Sparks
17. The Pact- Jodi Picoult
18. A Bend in the Road- Nicolas Sparks
19. Mercy- Jodi Picoult
20. Nights in Rodanthe- Nicolas Sparks
21. Picture Perfect- Jodi Picoult
22. The Wedding- Nicolas Sparks
23. Harvesting the Heart- Jodi Picoult
24. Three Weeks with my Brother- Nicolas Sparks
25. Songs of the Humpback Whale- Jodi Picoult
26. The Guardian- Nicolas Sparks
27. The blind Side- Michael Lewis
28. True Believer- Nicolas Sparks
29. Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
30. At First Sight- Nicolas Sparks
31. Wicked
32. The Choice- Nicolas Sparks
33. The lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
34. The Road- Cormac McCarthy
35. My Horizontal Life- Chelsea Handler
36. Three Cups of Tea- Greg Mortenson
37. Just take my heart- Mary Higgins
38. The last child- John Hart
39. Look Again- Lisa Scottoline
40. Olive Kitteridge- Elizabeth Strout
41. Di Vinci Code- Dan Brown
42. The Shack- William P. Young


okie that is all for now!

Gardening Adventures part II

This past weekend, Erik and I put up a little fence around my veggie garden. We are hoping it keeps Ella out of it, but I do not have high hopes. She is way too curious to keep away. I transplanted my zucchini, cucumbers and some of my tomatoes into the garden, because they were getting too tall for my little indoor greenhouse. I think I transplanted them too soon, I don’t think they were strong enough. I think my cucumbers are already dead. *sad face*

I am hoping to go to the Alexandria Farmers Market this coming Saturday, but they are only open from 5am-10am, this would require us to get up pretty early to get our butts moving. hehe, I will let you know how that goes.

Jr. Seubert’s are going on a honeymoon!

Yes that’s right, we finally booked our flights for our honeymoon! First we are going to London for 10 days to stay with my family. My aunt from Iran is also going to come meet us in London, oh ya and we are forcing my mom and sister to come too! We can’t wait to see everyone again, and see the sights in England (Erik has never been before). Theeennn after our family trip in London, Erik and I are going on our official honeymoon.

We are going to IRELAND! Neither of us has been there before and we are getting more and more excited about it. We are going to be staying at a series of Bed and Breakfasts in different cities in the southern part of Ireland. YAY we can’t wait! More details later :)

Gardening Adventures Part 1

Last gardening season was my inaugural season, and needless to say my garden was a bit.. schizophrenic… I had planted way too many seeds, and with all the rain, the seeds had all moved so I didn’t know what was growing where. This was really only a problem with the herbs. So at the end of last season, we completely uprooted the garden, and covered it with leaves and grass clippings.

A couple of weeks ago I bought an indoor greenhouse thingy. And I planted my seeds in there. This year I will be growing: green beans, zucchini, roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, rosemary, oregano, cilantro, bell peppers, sweet basil and cucumbers. I think I already have too many plants, I will have to donate some to a few friends and family 

Last weekend we used turned the soil in our vegetable garden. They are growing quite quickly and if the weather is nice this weekend I might have to start transplanting some of them into my garden. Our little Ella is going to jump in my garden and eat all my vegetables. So I need some suggestions to keep her out, all I can think of right now is to get a few sticks and make a tall rope gate thing. I think I will try out a few Ella barriers before I transplant to see what she does with them.

I will post more gardening adventures throughout the spring and summer.

Recipe exchange bloggy

Hey guys!

I have created a new blog in addition to this one.


Its called Recipe-Switch-a-roo


Post your favorite recipes and use some that have already been posted! YAY

First Bloggy of 2010 :)

I suppose it is about time for an update! We have been keeping ourselves busy with Ella and life in general. I have been cooking up a storm when we get home from work everyday and I love it. Cooking really sheds away the long workday for me, add a glass of wine and you’ve got yourself a party. We had a great holiday and a really fun New Years party. Ella is getting bigger and bigger everyday. She is almost as big as Dolly (her mom), hopefully she won’t be getting too much bigger.

I guess the biggest news is that I am starting on a new project on Monday. I am really excited, because for once I feel like I am needed and wanted at my job. The new people I will be working with are so nice and approachable. And the best part is that I get a WINDOW SEAT! Yessssssss, ah the small joys in the workplace, oh ya and people smile when they walk around and actually say good morning.

Erik and I have been throwing around ideas about what we want to do next to our house. We have a crazy awesome design in our heads to expand our house in the back and add another floor. It won’t be happening for a few years, unless we win the lottery or find a large sum of money lying on the ground. But we want to sit down and come up with a drawing for our house expansion project and divide it into more manageable sections. Once we do that we can get pricing on the different sections and we can start saving appropriately. I think we are addicted to house renovations.

Well I believe that is all for now, I will try and keep this page more current.

Wedding Pictures are ready!!!!

HEY GUYS!

yay our wedding pictures are ready for viewing. Here is the link:

http://www.peredaphotography.com/pickpic/gallery/jump.php


Click on our picture and the password is seubert (all lowercase).

Let us know what you guys think!