mobile swap

mobile swap is completed. almost. i still have to send mine out but no one reads my blog so i'm ok posting it on here. this mobile was made by the amazing, talented and creative alyson as in unruly-things.
it is hanging in kaylee's room since she is the intended recipient and it looks fantastic in there. the colors are perfect against the green walls. love it!

and these 3 photos are the one that i made for this person: filledetulipe. i love the way it turned and am very proud of myself. i did change my mind about 100x's and just ended up going with this idea, my first idea.
this was sooo much fun that i need to avoid any more house work and spend quality time on the computer looking for more blogs that are doing swaps!

bathroom break

i am taking a break from painting the main level bathroom. i'm starting to get a little light headed from the fumes. wasn't planning on redoing the bathroom but after waking up at 5:30am and having a school delay- then canceled + a semi-sick husband, decided to stay up and read all of my blogs- i have like over 70 that i love to read. yes, i am a blogaholic and yes i need to update my list. anyway after cleaning the bathroom and scrubbing the tile floor with a toothbrush, not bad of a chore really and seeing how awesome the upstairs bathroom turned out, i couldn't let the downstairs bathroom be out done so here i am.

ok, my bathroom break is over. i will post some pics and maybe some more stuff that's floating in my head or maybe not. i feel kinda tired now.

oh- our new realtor had to call off last night, she was sick :o( hopefully she will feel better sometime before saturday. really want to get this house on the market. pray, bargain, plead with the higher up that we sell fast and we get the ketchup estate!!

grateful

after my last post i kinda feel like i need to stop complaining and whining on here though it does help in clearing my mind. coming home last night from friends house i actually realized just how lucky and spoiled i am. its funny how those "aha" moments work. we have been cleaning and decluttering the house since friday. {new realtor comes monday, yes we are still going to pursue the ketchup estate} the garage is full of stuff that has to go so we we're not able to park the car in there last night. as i was walking up to the front door the moment went off. we live in a safe area, my family is healthy- no colds or flu {knock on wood}, i have my dream car, we have money in the bank, enough to get us by and my cute little house is still standing. so i am grateful. truly grateful.

life is full of disappointments

that's the quote the male parental [mine] has taught hamilton ever since he was little. nice quote huh? and ham knew we weren't going to get the house. i guess he knows more than me. i really could of used a friend last night. did not want to speak to the husband. he totally disappointed me. he had called me back when i told him terrie the realtor was calling with the numbers of what we should put our house on the market for. once i told him i knew it would be over. even though he says it isn't- he was saying that because i was bawling my eyes out. even now they get a little misty. he came home all tight lipped and didn't talk at all at dinner besides this was good.{made chicken and dumplings}

he came into the computer room and i had everything written out. our expenses, the house budgets etc...and i took worse case scenario too and he was like i just want to see if we can afford it. if we can do worse case scenario then whats the problem. he thinks we cant do worse case, i think we can. he supposedly should be getting a promotion soon + our car will be payed off by next november+ he gets a raise in october and i said that i would go back to work. yes, this first year might be a little struggle but that's what the pools for. so we stay home and grill out and enjoy the pool.

this is why i didn't want to say anything to the parentals [mine]. i secretly think that the female parental doesn't want me to get it. she thinks i'm spoiled as is.

randomness

i hate all you talented people out there! not really but it makes me wish i could find my talent.

still waiting to hear back from terrie the realtor to see how much our house can be on the market for.

i love the fact that kaylee is old enough to really play with her toys. its so cute to hear her talk to her animals or dolls and make them do things. dance, eat, sleep etc...

norwegian cruise lines has a black mark on them now. they sold our ship that's suppose to take us around hawaii. ok, we are getting a better room and some $$ to use on the cruise but what a hassle its been making all these phone calls and rescheduling hotels etc...

still want my house. i'm being positive and feel that we will get it. cant wait to redecorate it!

great weekend

had a great weekend. friday nana came over and watched kaylee for us. we went and met up with our realtor to look at the house again. it was nice to be able to see it again during the day. we still love the house!

mike and i went out to lunch at TGIFridays and had some yummy food. went and saw a movie too at the theatre even! saw jumper. pretty decent movie. after that went to buffalo wild wings in south bend for a drink. got sick from my drink. my stomach hurt, my insides felt a little swollen etc.... no more coconut rum for me! then mike went and got his haircut at jennifer's new place. i've been wanting to find a hair salon in our town but its kinda hard to leave jennifer. she does a great job and i do have some loyalty, maybe not so great with pets.

saturday, i don't think we did much but that's ok. kinda nice to sit back and chill. i went to kohls and michaels and target to kill some time.

sunday we went to wana waves in shipshewana for cory's 30th birthday. had fun. kaylee loved the water and the kiddie slides. i took pictures and babysat the sleepy kids. went to buffalo wild wings for an early dinner. and that was about it. still need to download some pics. hopefully i will get to that soon!

happy valentines day

had a really nice, low key valentines day. started the morning out by going to the grocery store and picked just a few things that we needed then headed over to the farmers market to buy some carmel corn for kaylee. kinda bribing her because nana {mike's mom} is coming over all day tomorrow. anyway, found some jewelry that i just had to buy. just don't tell mike! and ham a carmel apple for valentines day.

on the way home mike calls and asks if us ladies would like to meet him at applebee's for lunch. mention food and i am so there! came home and made some valentine cookies, kaylee helped me with the sprinkles and cleaned up some. of course, went through all my blogs for any new posts.

mike came home and be got kaylee a stuffed puppy that's white and red. he got me a sweet card and some chocolates. we weren't suppose to buy each other anything since we're going to hawaii and looking into buying a new house. but i got him some melt away chocolates from fannie may. got them at the farmers market. got ham his carmel apple and told him he's the apple of my eye, some twizzlers and some gummy rats. told him dont be a rat and be my valentine. yeah, i'm clever like that!

we ended the night with a romantic dinner at buffalo wild wings. i couldn't believe how many people were there! there was even a line!! guess not everyone has to have a romantic dinner alone without kids anymore.