our house is coming along quite well. it is still in disarray, but i feel like we are accomplishing things ( Read more... )

i have been at school for just about 12 hours and i really want to go home, but my husband is MIA- i have searched the building- no sign, called his cell- no answer, texted- no reply our car is still here, so i'm not sure what is going on. now all i can do is sit at my desk and be hungry and pissed.

we have our first pet already. i call him spike. i found him. i was stretching on the floor and turned my head to the side and saw a crawling orange long thing, it was so close to my face that i could not focus on it. i pulled back to see that it was a scorpion! a friggin scorpion!!!1 i put it into a plastic container and he is residing on my ( Read more... )

i did not get around to painting yesterday. my brothers came over to my mom's with kids in tow and i had too much fun playing to go home and paint ( Read more... )

thank you to all of my girlfriends who came over this weekend... especially to JR for helping me paint yesterday and putting up my my family dropping in so much. I think we had a very good time. If anyone is interested in coming over tonight to get the second coat of paint in the bedroom, that would be very nice. i have to go to church with my ( Read more... )

we are finally in the house- i sent out an email with directions- if you didn't get it, i don't have your email- give me your email addy and i'll shoot that over to you ( Read more... )

we just met with the realtor and signed an extension of the contract. the owners are pissed but they want rid of this house more than we want to buy it, so they are not going anywhere. We have the document we need on order from the check issuer's bank. so, we may be in our home as early as tomorrow ( Read more... )

this has been quite a ride... we found a house that we liked- we put down an offer- we do a bit of negotiating and all accept the terms- we have an inspection and inspector finds some critical flaws- 4 days before close they get repaired and we reinspect ourselves and it is not fixed- homeowners do not want to pay for the repairs and we expect to ( Read more... )

we are leaving for hawaii in a couple of days. we are mostly packed. i just have to do laundry and try to think of what i have missed. i would like to get a hair cut and give myself a mani/peti before we leave, but i'm not sure if i'll get time for those little extravagances. our nephew lent us his psp so we can watch movies on the plane. he is ( Read more... )

i got a promotion at work. my boss left and pegged me as his replacement. i will technically be the manager in training for a year and a half while i go through the training program, and a year after that i will get the title of associate dean. pretty snazzy, huh? it will be considerably more work, but it is nothing that i can't handle. i ( Read more... )