coming to an end

Feb 12, 2009 moving into phaeton pl.

August 21, 2011 second to the last night in phaeton pl.

1. we've been trying to "rough" it the past few days sleeping on a hole-y air mattress. i got a new one today.

2. we had an open house again today. better turnout- about 4 couples.

3. each had their own opinions on the house. hey, if it doesn't work then it doesn't work.

4. ate lunch at hotbox pizza for one last time.

5. then went and saw some nerd herds for one last time. i cried.

6. i have more to say about them but not right now...

7. instead of being sad, i'm trying to concentrate on the positive and can't wait to start unpacking and decorating the house.

8. i also can't wait to bake some homemade brownies and cookies and...

9. thought this was an awesome idea then i realized that i do this- just not in baskets. [but i will now]

10. i get the recipes i'm using for the week, get out the dry/can/spices needed and set aside along with the recipe. [great way to check to see what i need ahead of time]

my house is almost empty

hawaii 2011

1. thinking of getting this photo of them on canvas.

2. but i think i will wait and get it on a iphone cover instead. [waiting for their buy 1 get 1 free sale]

3. well the packers came yesterday and started packing away. today they got a lot more done. all the bedrooms are packed and so is the basement and kitchen.

4. i think they start loading the truck tomorrow.

5. i was feeling a little sad yesterday thinking of all the comfy and familiar i'm leaving behind.

6. then kaylee comes up to me and says she's glad we're moving to texas and that its good to go on an adventure.

7. we also closed on the texas house yesterday. we now own two houses. aren't we rich? ha. hahahahahahahahahahaha! okay, had to wipe the tears away.

8. my sweet neighbor got me a chip and dip set from one of my favorite local pottery shops for a house warming present. can't wait to use it!

9. kaylee was laying on our bed this afternoon watching a little tv when ham came and jumped on it like she does to him every morning. it cracked us all up even one of the movers. [he saw her do that to ham yesterday]

10. ham was very cranky yesterday. today he was in a great mood. i love it when he's in a great mood. we actually got to talk a little bit. cherished moments.

umm yeah my mouth fell open once i saw this...

1. this is not our house. this is one of our neighbors house that i'm borrowing off our subdivisions website.

2. they won yard of the month award back in 2010.

3. we are not these type of people who owns these types of houses. [what in the world have we gotten ourselves into?]

4. our subdivision has about 2000 homes and 3 community centers.

5. the school district has 27 elementary schools, 9 intermediate and 5 high schools along with a few alternative schools.

6. packers are coming wednesday instead of thursday.

7. we are closing on the house wednesday instead of friday.

8. we're still leaving the following wednesday. unless we get word that we can move in sooner- EEEK!!!

9. found out our neighbor friend would be in the same class as kaylee.

10. when i told kaylee she made boo- boo lips, crossed her arms and said " i'm not living in texas!"

feeling like a texan, sort of

1. a dear and funny nerd herd mom got me this necklace. i feel so texan!

2. kaylee and her friend stayed up till midnight. i had to turn off the tv in order to get them to go to sleep.

3. i woke them up around 9:30 since we were going to said friend's brother's 1st birthday party.

4. it was pretty cool being that it was a brunch birthday party.

5. then we met up with nana and poppop and they took us out to a late lunch to kaylee's favorite place- olive garden.

6. then we came home and i fell asleep on the couch.

7. i seriously can not help it. my eyes get super heavy. [i know its from my allergies and other poor excuses]

8. when i woke up i felt guilty- this is how my kids are going to remember me.

9. me not doing anything productive or being active or healthy really.

10. so once we get to texas there will be no more excuses. i'm going to get back to being healthy and active.

kaylee's day

the girls at kaylee's party and a cousin

eating pizza and watching a movie

"keep in touch with kaylee" kits

1. today was kaylee's farewell party with her 3 best friends.

2. they got to go swimming over at my parent's house for a few hours.

3. kaylee went down the slide once and said never again. [her legs were sticking way over to side to slow her way down so she barely moved]

4. it looked like it was going to storm so we headed back home. the girls were ready anyway.

5. we ordered pizza and breadsticks and they got to eat them on funny animal paper plates.

6. they also watched alvin and the chickmunks 2. [kayleeism]

7. and ate cookies and ring pops and drank capri suns.

8. then they played for the next 3 hours.

9. one of the girls is spending the night so kaylee is extremely happy.

10. i gave each of the girls a stationary kit. it includes paper and envelopes that has kaylee's new address on them, stickers were added along with a rubber stamp that says Love, so and so, pens/pencils, glitter glue and a punch thingy.

nerds, allergies and packers

me and my new do with little nugget

1. she wanted to play truth and dare the other day. she picked truth so i had to ask who does she love more me or daddy. she said me! but added i have to say that.

2. i understand why she loves daddy more. he's the fun one. i still love her the same.

3. dinner out with the nerd herd was awesome as always. totally bummed we had to leave one nerd behind. such is life with kids and husband.

4. kaylee's been spoiled these past two weeks. her bff katie came over to play twice while her mom ran errands then she got to spend the whole day with neighbor friend ellie on tuesday.

5. one day out of the blue kaylee said "it's ok we're moving to texas. i know i'll make lots of friends there."

6. and while looking at photos of our future house she said "i can't wait to see the house. bet its a lot bigger in person!"

7. yesterday i pretty much slept the whole afternoon away because of my stupid allergies.

8. while i was half asleep kaylee asked if she could paint my nails and do my makeup. i told her yes. i woke up with my toes done, one hand done and eye make-up that made me look like a hooker.

9. next week the packers are coming over to start packing away our junk.

10. hard to believe in 13 days we will be headed to texas! my stomach just did a flip flop as i typed that.

random monday blabbering

1. uh oh. i think we're in trouble. just found this photo a minute ago.

2. friday, i spent the whole day cleaning. had a showing saturday and then an open house sunday.

3. no feedback from saturday and no one. and i mean NO ONE showed up sunday!

4. but that's ok, we have another showing tomorrow night and i have a good feeling about it.

5. and if nothing comes of it, it will be ok. i'm going out to dinner with my nerd herds!

6. found out our future house is bigger than both my dentist brother's and my parents. but a few hundred thousand dollars less.

7. if mom ever makes another comment about how i'm going to hate cleaning our future house i'm going to lie and tell her we're getting a house cleaner.

8. been feeling guilty that i haven't been making dinner as much as i like.

9. kaylee decided she wants both mike and i to take her to chicago so we're now going on friday instead of wednesday.

10. getting my hair done tomorrow. can't wait for a little "me" time!