house hunting and wasting time, its what i'm good at

alabama

1. this was taken in alabama for mike's work get away. miss kaylee had enough bike riding at this point.

2. once again, blogging has gotten away from me. its not that i've been busy, just lazy. (there's painting, cleaning and lots of de-cluttering to be done)

3. if i haven't mentioned it, mike got the job offer to go off shore. now we're just waiting to hear when he starts that new position. he's hoping after the holidays.

4. so instead of getting the house ready for moving, i've been looking for houses on-line even though we won't be moving till the school year is over.

5. and i really need to stop looking because the houses i end up liking end up selling even though its a slow market. (in the area we're looking at, houses we looked at over 5 years ago are still for sale!)

6. we found one that we really like. its only a year old and its got 3 acres for a really good price.

7. its not as grand as the one we live in now but how grand does it have to be for just kaylee and i?(mike and ham will only be there part-time.)

8. plus not having a $700+ electric bills will be awesome! (isn't that crazy?)

9. pooppoop (mike's dad) even offered to come and mow the lawn when mike's off shore.

10. and (ba)nanny has offered to come and pick kaylee up whenever she feels like spending time with them.

indiana is calling their people back

school picture day: 2 weeks ago

1. she's wearing the same outfit today but with a cute belt instead of the shirt.

2. we finally got the a-okay that mike can apply for the off shore position. he has an interview on monday. (he will be working for the same company but just a different position)

3. not sure how i feel about him being gone for 14 days them home, cramping my style, for 14 days but i'm trying to be positive about it.

4. and kaylee is sure excited about going to the same school as one of her cousins. (they're 6 months apart)

5. i still haven't told my family or friends yet. don't want to jinx it till we know for sure. 

6. talked to my neighbor this morning. they're also thinking about moving back to indiana too. they have kids and grandkids they want to see more often. (they just got back from a wedding and being with the grandkids did it for them)

7. we're all dreading those indiana winters though! (except for kaylee)

8. i got the new iPhone 6 and its awesome. i like the thinness of it and the bigger size is better for my aging eyes.

9. i really need to be cleaning- my mil is coming to town on monday but i think i'll wait till saturday or sunday.

10. but i am wanting to start cleaning the craft room.

heart pounding, waiting patiently...

that's ollie sleeping

1. so a lot has been on my mind lately and yet nothing has been going on.

2. i spent the last 3 days of last week babysitting window guys. they're coming back tomorrow to finish and clean up. (we got 15 back windows replaced. if we had the money, we would replace the other 53-56 windows this house has!)

3. so i had to miss lunch with kaylee on friday but she understood.

4. sunday ham went back to school bummed which made me bummed too. (kaylee was bummed that her brother was leaving and that she had school on monday)

5. and i still felt bummed on monday knowing that ham wasn't happy and i couldn't fix it.

6. so its been mentioned that he transfers to purdue. (he got an acceptance letter already and he found a place to live. all signs thats what he should do)

7. and we're waiting to hear if mike will be going off shore as his next job assignment. if he does, that means we will moving too.

8.  and since no one reads my blog, i can say it will be back to indiana.

9.  while this decision was a hard one for me (there's so much more to do here and the weather!), in the end family matter most.  i want kaylee to grow up with her cousins especially since she has 6 girl cousins all close to her age. i want her to know her grandparents and aunts and uncles.

10. so i'm here with my heart pounding, fingers and toes crossed, waiting patiently for mike to give me the news.

Oh yeah, I have this thing called a blog

on our way to alabama

1. had a great time in point clear, alabama. wouldn't object to going back for another weekend away.

2. friday we got there around 6-ish. got our room, walked around a bit then ate a yummy dinner. 

3. mike forgot his swimsuit but we were able to find one at their gift shop.

4. after breakfast on saturday we went for a bike ride. found a cute little shop along the way.

5. then we headed into "town" for some shopping. got a tea towel and a top from a surf shop.

6. headed back to go swim before it was time to go to the companies dinner/party.

7. kaylee and mike went back and forth from the pool to the beach. i plopped my hiney down on the beach.

8. at dinner, we were able to meet some of the workers that mike knew and met some new ones. (mike works in the office here in houston. most of the people at the party live in alabama/lousiana and work off shore) 

9. after eating another yummy dinner, they started the music.

10. kaylee and i boogied till they closed us down!