New House + Really Big Waves

We have INTERNET!!! You don’t know how depended you are until you don’t have it. I didn’t know how to do my banking or how to look up a phone number!! Ok so we did but I was very unhappy the whole time knowing that there was a better, faster way.

We are all moved into our “new digs” as jess would say. Ok mostly moved in…. one day we will fit one car in our two car garage. The house is almost too nice, to the point where I don’t want to touch or break anything. .. Oh wait I already did that. Yep I put a nice dent in the new hardwood floors before we even moved anything in! Is anyone surprised…. sure not.

The puppies love their backyard and it is soooo nice to not have to get up in the middle of the night to let them go outside!! We got a doggie door so they are able to go outside whenever they want. Or until Zephy digs too much and gets locked in the house which makes her insufferably sad. In fact they love the yard so much that we actual left them home alone today and went to Shore Archers which doesn’t allow dogs; the waves are pretty amazing there.

So basically I am just trying to show some cool fun photos so someone might decide Coos Bay is the place I want to take my next vacation + we have a nice new house for you to stay in!!!

MOVED! NO INTERNET!

We are officially moved into our new digs-However, we do not have internet!

In case are wondering-Jessie is currently posting this in my place (that's right--hi everyone!-from Jess)

The dogs love their yard---Zephy cried when I told her to come inside and stop playing in the tiny dirt hole she happened to find in the yard. This is the pic above.

We should have the internet fixed by Saturday---so in the meantime if you need us...please call!

Rain!!!!!!!!!!

Well we have made it though Coos Bays first big storm! It has rained for the past three days and has been really windy; the waves even got up to 15ft!!! So of course I had to go and take some pictures. We also ran across a really weird sign, do you think the horses really fall over like that? I don’t know.

you can view more the first 11 photos are from today. http://picasaweb.google.com/kerimillendahl/PhotoArt#

SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!

New flash above Old Flash below

We went to Eugene today and went shopping I don’t think we have ever went on a shopping spree like this. Garage door openers, shampoo dispensers, new sheets, a door for the puppies, a shop vac, mail box, and most import a new flash for the camera. Why you may ask… Well I think the photos above explain it all.
YEA FOR FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our new house

As long as everything goes well we will close on the 15th of October and the house will be all ours and the yard will be over taken by the puppies!!! So thanks again for every ones help and input!

Also here is a pic of the beach and waves by our new house! Drew keeps telling me that he is going to disable the camera from taking photos of waves! I guess 1000 is to many.... oh well they are pretty.

Counter offer + kayaking

Well they made a Counter Offer to our Offer. We offered to pay full asking price while they paid closing and they pretty much said the only way they would pay closing cost is if they we paid it 5 or 6 extra with on the house.... so pretty much they will not pay the closing cost!!! GRRRR. The problem is they have already dropped the price 25000, and it comes with everything because it is the model home. Dishwasher, stove, microwave, fridge, washer, dryer, big screen TV. What to do what to do........

On the brighter side Drew went kayaking in the bay!!! And no zephy didn't fall in the the water.

House update part 1 + Vistors

It has been a busy but fun week!! We had Friends from Utah come and Visit so we spent a lot of time at the beach and we put an offer on the house so we should find out some more info next week. So thank you everyone for your input!!!

In the mean time here are some photos of Paula and Keith’s visit. It really is nice having visitors from Utah that don’t see the ocean that often, and are still amused by it. So often I think Drew gets tired of it way before the puppies and I do. The puppies would play until they passed out, if we would permit that. We had a hard time keeping everyone out of the water and ended up shopping for some new pants in the end. The puppies loved having visitors, and waited at their bedroom door until they got up so they could ambush them... so I guess you can't ask for anything else.

To buy or not to buy!?!?!?!?!?!

3 Bedroom 2 1/2 bathrooms 2 car garage a gas fireplace + a yard for the puppies built in 2008 AHHHH I want it. It seems kind of hard to find a new house here without having to put forth the effort to have it built yourself. So i would like some input from everyone else also there would be room for people to come see us!!

Dave Matthews at the Gorge

We went to George, Washington this weekend to see The Dave Matthews Band play at the Gorge. I was really sad that we couldn’t bring the nice camera into the concert on fear of having it confiscated so I brought our little camera and it died within the first five mins. But thanks to Utube I at less found something to share with everyone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1wr8FwOKC8
It was about a 12 hour drive because we took the longest possible route. Driving the coast of Oregon no matter how appealing it is, is not always the greatest approach. But on the bright side we found out that Dr. Pepper and Orange Sode tast like Pixy Sticks.
I also was determined to get a better picture than drew so I hosed down a tree and tried my hardest to get a better shot... oh well I guess Drew can win this round. You can see his a shot a few blogs down :)

Camping with Erin and Trevor

We went camping with our friends / cousins, Erin and Trevor who recently moved to Albany which is only about three and a half hours away! It was a ton of fun! Not too long, not too short, not too tedious, and not too much excitement just a fun chilled weekend. I am really happy to have friends from home living so close, and family makes it even better. That way Trevor can tell the whole fam how cool Oregon is and more people will come to visit!
To veiw more photos from the camping trip click here http://picasaweb.google.com/DrewBeeMiller/CampingWithErinAndTrevor

More Sea Lions

I had Saturday off from work, so we went to the beach and saw lots of sea lions. I think I got a little to close, because I truly thought one was coming after me, but it turned out that it was just slow and loudly barking away!

I love my new job it is tons of fun and I get to see really cool things every day. I do miss my little office at the pool to looking out all the windows everyday, and all the freedom that came with the U, but all and all its fun.


On one last note, we got Zephy fixed this week so she is a cone dog, and the vet wants us to get Zephy braces!!!! I don't know how everyone else feels about it, but I am going to have to draw the line somewhere, and braces for my dog may have to be that line! She has a kind of fun smile because of her teeth, so she may have to stay that way.

Happy Birthday Drew

Drew turns 25 today, why isn’t he having a quarter life crises???? Oh well, I guess guys just don’t seem to care as much. NOW, I can’t be the only one that didn’t like turning 25! Well the only fun thing I can think of to add is that we are going to go see The Dave Matthews band at the Gorge in a few weeks!! I also thought I would add a picture from our weekend in Washington that drew took. I thought was really cool looking. I was kind of upset that I didn’t wake up with him to go walking that early but, oh well!