getting back to normal without mike

we call her crazy kaylee

[notice the empty room behind her? sad isn't it??]

1. mike returned to elkhart today. he's going to be on the road till thursday.

2. we might be getting an offer on the house- fingers crossed everything goes through! [calling all nerd herd power!]

3. we tried to get new driver's license yesterday but the line was way out the door!

4. so we went and opened up a checking account. it took 2 hours! [they were having computer problems]

5. i went and talked with a counselor at kaylee's school, my choice. she gets so nervous going to school and i don't want her getting tummy aches again.

6. i suggested that we get a buddy from her class to walk her to the classroom before school starts. she needs someone else to concentrate on besides me/home/pool/daddy.

7. my in-laws are coming for a visit in about 25 days.

8. i'm excited to show them the house.

9. so that means i better get started on cleaning the upstairs. kaylee's room and the guest rooms haven't been touched.

10. i also went out of my comfort zone and signed up for a cooking class at sur la table.

the weekend

swimming the first day in our house

1. the week we moved, texas was under a heat wave. even the locals said its been crazy hot!

2. every day and night that pool gets used. definitely well worth the money!

3. mike came home thursday. he goes back to indiana tuesday morning.

4. we've gotten lots of work done outside. the wrought iron fence is down, the old play set is being taken apart and plants got moved.

5. the back yard looks twice as big now.

6. we also visited lowes, ikea, pf changs and the cheesecake factory. [i got myself a carrot cake- YUM!]

7. kaylee's been a little mean and snotty to me lately. she's had to sit in time out quite a bit lately.

8. i told mike he needed to make her apologize to me then i got really mad when he said he asked her too.

9. i told him he needed to make her do it. where's the respect and husband support? no kids should ever be mean to their mom's- EVER!

10. what a game last night! i only watched the 4th quarter because mike was already getting crabby 10 minutes into the game. once again, michigan did it at the very last second to beat nd!

chatterbox sally today

original; from my camera taken in hawaii

the preview of what i thought i was getting

the canvas i got

1. yesterday i got my canvas from canvas lifestyle. i thought my photo would look like photo number 2.

2. instead it looks like the original but with a blurry background. nothing like an "oil painting" like i had requested.

3. though i must say, if i was to get a canvas of the kids or something. they might be the ones to go too.

4. i got honked at while entering into lowes yesterday. i could tell this women was not paying attention and driving super fast from a drive-in. i did not have a stop sign and i had to swerve way out of the way to avoid getting hit.

5. yeah, i wanted to flip that bitch off. [sorry for the vulgarness but sometimes you got to say how you felt at that moment]

6. instead i got some much needed plants since i couldn't bring mine with us. except for the shamrock one of my nerd herd got me a few years ago. that rode in the car with us.

7. ham's bored so he mowed the lawn again. for 10 bucks.

8. kaylee cried before school again yesterday. [only the 2nd time] she's missing her daddy. [he comes home for a week tonight]

9. i painted ham's closet and 2 pantry's last night. i must say its well worth the money to have someone else paint for you. they do a better job and they get rid of all the paint, paint brushes etc...

10. yesterday we walked home with our neighbors across the street. they have a daughter in the first grade as well. glad to see kaylee making a new friend who lives close by!

more memphis photos and some rambling

they had beautiful carriages and trolly roads.

took me back in time

beale street

the famous peabody hotel

[they walk the ducks through the lobby twice a day]

our hotel. our room was right beside the "cour"

1. yes i am delaying house photos.

2. i want before AND after photos.

3. is it wrong to read a blog only because you find her husband to be hot?

4. moving is expensive. more so when moving from state to state.

5. got reconnection fees coming out the wahoo's. [cable, phone, water, trash...]

6. while eating brie cheese last night it made me miss my nerds- horribly.

7. i'm also craving hotbox pizza.

8. even though we're dirt poor from all this moving i finally ordered that dwell studio duvet set i've been loving for the past few years. [lumens gave 20% off plus free shipping over labor day]

9. i also got it because we're getting ready to paint the master bedroom and i'm not sure what color yet.

10. we did get the front entry, kitchen, breakfast area and the main living area upstairs all painted too. [another reason why we are dirt poor]

road trip home

the great mississippi

1. blogger won't let me upload 5 photos so this is all you get.

2. tuesday evening after a long 10 hour drive we stayed in memphis. the courtyard by marriot.

3. ate a yummy dinner at bb kings and got to listen to some blues. it was awesome.

4. wednesday morning we got up early for the next 9.5 hour drive. ham slept most of the way and kaylee complained a lot.

5. it never crossed my mind to get the suitcases ready in case of rain. [remember, mike told me it wasn't going to rain the whole way]

6. by 8:30 that morning, it was down pouring. and whatever highway we were on, it was mostly truck drivers driving at full speed.

7. we saw at least 4 accidents on our way. i'm sure they were all semi's driving in full speed in the rain related.

8. by the time we hit texas, it finally stopped raining.

9. then we stopped to see the house. wanted to show the kids. ham thought it would of been updated more. kaylee loved the pool. they both fought over the same room, of course.

10. not sure what we were thinking but we booked our hotel that was 30 minutes away from the house. it also started raining again.

taking off

our 50 ft. moving truck. it was jammed packed by friday night

the rover. packed with 4 people, computers, other stuff

and yes,thats my dyson sweeper on the roof

cool storm clouds in st. anne

1. a few days before leaving, i got all teary eyed. seeing all those boxes and empty rooms made me sad.

2. tuesday before leaving i really got teary eyed. mike's buddy gary came over first thing in the morning to say good-bye and we hugged our fantastic neighbors one last time.

3. before leaving i asked mike where the tarp was. he said we wouldn't be needing it because he looked at the 10 day forecast.

4. i asked him if he was sure and he promised me it wouldn't rain.

5. being the good wife that i am, i believed him so i didn't wrap the insides of the suitcases with trash bags.

6. though once we got to st. anne, illinois we saw some beautiful rain clouds coming. [i have many more besides the photo above]

7. to make matters worse, the rain followed us all the way to champagne, illinois till it was time to stop for lunch.

8. we ate lunch with a few guys that works for mike.

9. to split the roadtrip up to two days, our first stop was memphis.

10. the kids were really good.

playing catch up on this ol' blog

almost to our house

1. we finally have real internet. meaning not from the iphone.

2. lots going on this past week. phew! the craziness is almost over.

3. loving texas! the heat is a killer though. [103 at 6pm the other night]

4. took kaylee for a 10 minute car ride yesterday and i thought she was going to die because she told me she was going die from the heat. she then said take me back to indiana i can't stand the heat! drama. queen.

5. she's swimming and jumping in the deep end like a pro and it only took her 2 days of being in the water.

6. i have lots to show and tell.

7. the house is still in chaos but it looks and feels much better now that we got the main living areas painted.

8. tomorrow, one of our neighbors is hosting a welcome party for us and another family.

9. went to a volunteer meeting thursday morning at kaylee's school. 50+ parents were there!!

10. i also got a new cell phone number. i am no longer a hoosier.