STUFF

Is this how we have so much stuff? Because everytime we move it's too hectic to purge? That's what's happening right now; I just keep shoving things into boxes. It's not Goodwill stuff. It's too nice to toss out. These items are just things we replaced with different decorating styles. I know there are friends who would use them and give them a loving home, so anyone in town (or out of town for that matter) reading this blog remember to come over and "help unpack" so you can get first pick!
Well, the precipitation is beginning as Brent takes our last load for today to the rental. The movers are scheduled for 10a.m. tomorrow given it's not raining or snowing. Wish us luck, because we're almost too far gone to turn back. Besides, I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE A LONG BATH IN THE GIANT TUB since I've only had a regular 1946 tub for the last 4 years. (I really considered just going over there to take a bath tonight, but fearful the neighbors might think there's a prowler! That would be bad - disturbed in the tub by the police.)

Hauling

Do you ever feel like the more you do the less you get done? I'm so excited about moving BACK into the house, so that when I unpack everything I can clean it to my satisfaction. Today we hauled all sorts of clothes and toys and stuff to the rental (well Brent did the actual hauling, I just took everything to the door). I'd forgotten how tiring moving is. Still trying to pack and field phone calls about the house or meetings or finances. I need a clone. Oh, and a clone of Brent too! That way we could leave our clones to pack and take the kids to do something fun, like bowling. I'm remembering being a little girl and wishing I could twitch my nose like Samantha on Bewitched and everything be done - I'm wishing that again! Ah, I've come full circle...

Trimmin' the fat

Last week our date night was our budget meeting. Our builder had his minibar open in an attempt to minimize the shock. Since then we've been looking at ways to trim the budget. One way seems to be going with option 2 for our kitchen appliances. Brent is lovingly considering giving up his "Ferarri" kitchen for a nice "BMW" kitchen. Then today we went to look at tile for flooring. Budget Buster! but it will look fabulous! OK, only the floor in the master bath is a budget buster, and really it's only the apprx 5x7 inset on the master bath floor that's the real kicker to the budget. Our builder's gonna freak! But it's gonna be beautiful -- a basket weave pattern with a black border to mimic a rug on the floor. Very cool. Well, it's date night again and we're going to have a couple of nice hours out of the chaos that is currently our home. Later.

cookie crunch

I agreed almost one year ago to be in charge of the GS cookie sales this year - before I knew we'd be moving or have a new baby. I'm all about saying no, but if I had backed out, there would have been no troop for lack of leaders. So, once again I'm reminded that my frustration level is low. I sent enough reminder emails for them to be considered spam and still only 1/3 of the girls turned in their forms. I've spent the majority of the afternoon chasing down orders instead of packing. I'm irritated, uncoiffed, unpacked and already running late for the troop mtg this evening. But on the bright side, the backyard has been staked for the addition!!!!!! As I've said before, once we started drawing this thing it became bigger than initially imagined. I mean, we had to connect one side of the house to the other side of the house and did that with the kitchen and family room. Luckily there's about 30+ feet of overgrown vegetation near the back property line, so the house doesn't eat up the entire back yard. That pool we'd discussed might fall by the wayside though because that would eat up all but that 30+ ft of green space in that area of the yard. Oh, here are some before pictures too. Until next time...

Movin' on up!

And so it begins! Today Brent took our first load of things to our rental. We are renting a spec house from our builder; luckily it's very close. He pulled a "bait-n-switch" on us since he had 2 new spec houses sitting on the market. So we're movin' on up into the BIG house! When have you ever heard of a bait-n-switch working out better?! Our builder is the nicest guy - and we knew that before he moved us into his big house! Anyway, we'll now have some room in which to spread out and everyone get a little personal space. The movers are scheduled for Friday as long as it doesn't snow.
I hope this blog will be fun for everyone. I've never blogged before, but thought this medium would save going over the same stories with all of our friends and family. So, keep up with our project and our sanity.
love to all!