Welcome to the Kidmans', feel free to leave on your shoes

I realized we've lived here almost a year, and I've never given you the TOUR! Judd and I live in our house by the District at Green Valley Ranch. It's not actually OUR house, we're renting it, but it feels like home all the same.I'm thinking we'll renew in May. No need to pack again, ugh! It's the fourth place we've lived in together, and so far, our favorite! (and yes, those are Halloween lights).


Welcome inside! Here's the living room.


Another view...


My attempts to be creative with pictures...


The kitchen


Another view...


The room where the one-armed couch and the turtles live. Seriously, if you have any creative ideas for a tall empty wall like the one you see, let me know. I'll make you dinner :)


Fireplace



Office/Sugar Glider playroom


Downstairs bathroom. This is supposed to be Cape Cod themed


Let's go upstairs!



This could be a nursery someday. No Promises. For now, it's a craft/gun room/guest room. Haven't had any guests yet though, so haven't needed to actually do anything with it!


But if you do become a guest in our home, this would be your bathroom!



And last, but not least, our room. Judd came up with the curtains. Notice the blackout, desperately needed for my vampire schedule!

One of my favorite parts of the house. I'm obsessed with the drawers and cabinets all around the bed! I was feeling generous though... so I let Judd have them.

Ok, I just wanted the walk-in closet. Never knew it would be such a big ordeal, but Judd totally wants it!



AND... our bathroom!



Not pictured... the garage, aka Judd's man-cave. Just a teensy bit cluttered. Don't want you to think any less of us. I just don't go in there very often. I don't have to, because I can't even park in there between Judd's car, motorcycles, bikes, tools, freezer, work bench, generator, etc...

Backyard's getting some love. I'll post pictures once I figure out what I want to plant there!

So there ya go!

Nelson's Landing

Just got our pictures back from the Christmas Card shoot! We went to Nelson's Landing, about an hour south of town. It's this funny little "ghost town" with all kinds of things to explore. Old buses, barns, even a plane crash. Perfect place to take pictures! And shockingly, Bindi is looking at the camera in almost all the pictures! Sierra and Darren from DazzlePhotozz did these for us, with Sierra behind the camera and Darren getting Bindi's attention with silly noises. Fun, fun day!

Thoughts on Current Events:

Whitney Houston's death has dominated the headlines, and my newscast. I won't pass judgement on what she was or wasn't doing at the time of her death. I'd rather remember her for the amazing talent she was. Look up her rendition of the National Anthem, it will give you chills.

It's the Poor People Hater vs. Sweater Vest for the Republican nod for president now. Just kidding. I know Mitt Romney really doesn't hate poor people. He has an awesome track record to prove it. But Rick Santorum does wear a LOT of sweater vests.

My Runnin' Rebels are now ranked 11th in the nation! Finally, something UNLV can be proud of (other than it's AWESOME journalism department!).

And seriously... this season of the Bachelor is ticking me off. Courtney HAS to have some kind of social disorder. That would explain why she is so awful and manipulative. I can't believe Emily the rapping doctor got sent home over her!

Merry Christmas! (in February!)

I haven't been in a blogging mood lately, but I finally took my very first sick day at FOX5. And to keep my mind off this nasty stomach ache, thought I'd think happy Christmas thoughts!

The iPad really needs to come up with a better Blogger app. As my friend Matt would say, this is totally a white girl problem, but I want to write captions for pictures! Instead, I'll just number and explain!

1. My coworkers and I all got fabulous FOX5 jackets and gift cards!
2. My boss gave me these fabulous monkey socks. I'm wearing them now, perfect sick day accessory. Judd keeps hoping my dog will eat them, and I know she's tempted, but not happening!
3. Judd wanted toys for Christmas, so he got this remote controlled helicopter. It has video cameras and can fly for miles, so Judd can feel like a super secret agent. He talked me into a Kinect too, so we could get our workout on. Sure... ;)
4. I got my boots! I also got that robe too. Judd hated my previous one, which I've had since high school. He called it the Homeless Muppet, way to make me feel like a hottie, right?!
5. Yes, we dress Bindi up and have her play Santa. Don't judge.
6 and 7. We did a White Elephant party with Judd's family. We got Jett and Izzy some loud, but I think, fun toys!
8. For New Years, we braved the Strip, and I braved a NOFX concert. I felt old for about ten minutes. When I was 16ish, I would have had no issues jumping in a mosh pit with a bunch of dudes. At almost 25, I was terrified! Plus, people were throwing drinks and getting in fights. I hid in a corner and watched my husband go nuts on the middle of the floor with hundreds of other equally crazy guys. Then I felt like a loser, and decided to stop being a wimp. I didn't get in the middle of the action, but found some other wives/girlfriends slightly to the side and danced with them. My dress desperately needs dry-cleaning thanks to the jerk behind me who dumped a drink on it, and my boots are pretty scuffed. But it was a pretty awesome night otherwise! I'd do it again, but maybe next time we'll pick a band I actually know!