Trying Something New...

Hey everyone..Can you believe we are almost done with January already? Seems like it's going to be yet another year that flies by! Not without a little fun though. I have started off really well with my 2010 Bucket list, I tried to convince Dan he should do one but it hasn't happened but he is being a good sport in trying new things with me!

I have already finished a book this month, My Sisters Keeper..it was amazing, I would totally suggest reading the book and not seeing the movie, because well the movie just doesn't cut it to be frank. My next book I told Dan I really want to read is Dear John.
Have any of you read that one? So I am getting my reading in, along
with learning a lot of new things so far this year. 1. being that I get frustrated really easily, and I expect too much sometimes. Which I am okay that I am learning this stuff, it probably helps Dan too that I am just learning this stuff. As far as my cooking is going, I wont complain...Dan might though hehe. Just Kidding he is being great, he even helps me sometimes, but a lot of the time I want to do it on my own just so I have that, "I made dinner for you," feeling..if you ladies reading know what I mean. I am trying to be a lot more in the moment that I was before, like yesterday for example I decided I wanted to suprise Dan and take him to Avatar. Which most of you can probably tell I'm not a big scifi person, but I bought the tickets online, and took him to the theater and we watched Avatar in 3D on a Tuesday night (work night, kind of a big deal) and we were out until 11..on a weeknight. Okay, that never happens with me I like to be in bed by at least 8:00 otherwise my morning workout routine doesn't happen. Either way I think you can see things are going pretty well around our house.

Dan came home last night and he had a great day at work, he was the leader at his branch in sales for the day :) I was pretty pumped for him. He is really enjoying his job, he even said he liked going to work now, which there are so many people that can't say that so for him to be able to say that makes me sooo happy.
For Dan and I it's all about the support. We love supporting each other and being there for each other through good and bad. We still struggle at times to support when we are on the defence but were getting there. I hope we can both continue to learn that marriage is work, and it can be fun but there is going to be some hard times as well. We are still feeling the marriage high however. Last night sitting at the movie I looked at him and said, "It's still hard for me to believe we are married." Because when we take the time to go on dates, it does feel like you are still dating, and I knew we were both really enjoying our time together because we could look at each other during the movie and just smile! :)

We hope everyone is doing great, and staying safe in all this crazy weather we are all having from everywhere in the country. Please continue to pray for those in Haiti, I so wish I could adopt all those kids, and I probably would if I had all the money in the world and my husband was okay with an unlimited number of children but I'm having to push for four so I don't think that is going to happen.

Love from the Buchholz Family!

WhITe OuT

It is the end of the 1st full week of 2010! How is everyone doing? Things still feel pretty much the same, minus the fact that I have been sticking to my workout routine, up at 5:30 for a workout, make my breakfast and lunch for the day, off to work to be there at 7:30, then home for the second workout and to make dinner. I feel really busy but I also feel like I get so much done, for instance yesterday I worked out, did a load of laundry, emptied the dish washer, and washed a couple dished, after getting ready for work, and was at work by 7:30. It felt great! yes working out is part of my 2010 Bucket list. I have an amazing bucket list this year and each day I find myself adding more to it which I think is great. Hopefully you all have some stuff that you want to work on or do this year! Well get to it, you are the only one holding yourself back!

Today in Iowa it is a blizzard outside, pretty much all schools are out for the day..but not to worry Dan and I are both working.. I took some photos on the way to work I will post them later for all those down south that don't really know what cold is!...I do really wonder why we still live here though...

For those of you who are wondering (there are some of you) Thank yous are done, were just sending a few a week (stamps are kind of expensive for as many as we have to send..over 400). So yes they are coming we didn't just blow you off, or forget, we are very thankful, but we are trying to be money wise as well, so please be patient. You will get yours we promise.

As far as everything else going on at our house...we got the office set up..well for now..we didn't paint first...but soon..basically I got my computer set up. I hope in the next few weeks to paint the office. We will finally be getting our Internet on Monday as well so I can actually work/update my website. That is all for now, I promise Monday when we get the Internet up and running I will post more photos for everyone..maybe even some of the honeymoon I promised before!

Love from the Buchholz house