Sunday
June 14, 2009
8am: Jay and I get up and make cinnamon rolls for breakfast! Yum! (As will be seen, this was a great day for eating!)
9:30am: okay we leave the house at this time for church, nevermind church starts at 9:30am, I made us late. Luckily we live 3 minutes from church!
11am: come home and try to think about lunch. We decide to go to Olive Garden! Yummy.
1pm: at home again and it is time for the pool. Sadly, we will soon be moving out of our apartment complex and will not have a pool for the rest of the summer.... :(
2:30pm: we go back upstair and relax in front of the TV. :)
4pm: the Johnsons come over with the kiddos and we head back to the pool. Lovely.
6pm: We all decide we are hungry and head to Outback Steakhouse where I got the teriyaki steak and a baked potato. Man, the food was good today.
8pm: Come home and shower.
9pm: Jay heads to bed and I plan on working a bit tonight to get a jump on the week.
So sad to see the weekend go.....
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Hating on HGTV
So Jay and I have been looking at houses since the end of March. As many of you know, our apartment lease ends on 6/30/09. We just signed our 5th offer since March tonight. Because we have no house yet and our lease is up, we will be moving in with Jay's parents. While it is wonderful that we have that to fall back on, it poses some problems including our cat living with them and also the fact that I work from home. Talk about crowded!
Since May and our house hunting exploits, we have become huge HGTV fans. This has soured after watching multiple episodes of shows like "First Time Homebuyers", "Walk Into the First House You See And Buy It...", and "HGTV Makes It Appear Easy to Buy a Home", and my absolute favorite, "No One Else Will Ever Outbid You On Your Favorite House". The frustrations have definitely soured our experience, especially with our lease deadline.....
I mean seriously, who looks at three homes and then puts in a low offer and then moves in 3 days later? It's like false advertising making it seems so easy! I think I decided we will stop watching the home buying shows and stay just with getting decorating ideas from the staging shows.
Hopefully we will find something soon. :)
Since May and our house hunting exploits, we have become huge HGTV fans. This has soured after watching multiple episodes of shows like "First Time Homebuyers", "Walk Into the First House You See And Buy It...", and "HGTV Makes It Appear Easy to Buy a Home", and my absolute favorite, "No One Else Will Ever Outbid You On Your Favorite House". The frustrations have definitely soured our experience, especially with our lease deadline.....
I mean seriously, who looks at three homes and then puts in a low offer and then moves in 3 days later? It's like false advertising making it seems so easy! I think I decided we will stop watching the home buying shows and stay just with getting decorating ideas from the staging shows.
Hopefully we will find something soon. :)
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sleepy Sunday
Sunday
June 7, 2009
8:30am: wake up groggily and get ready for church
9:30am: church at Life Point :)
11:15pm: Jay and I were in the nursery for the second service. So proud of Jay, he does a really good job with the kiddos who are toddler age.
1pm: lunch at the always classy Wendy's. I just wanted a baked potato and this seems like the best place
1:30pm: small grocery run
2:15pm: at home, nappy nap
5pm: wake up from said nap. Jay actually took a nap about that long too!
6pm: Cubbies game on TV (Jay) while I facebook.
7pm: ????
9pm: watched a movie
11pm: read a bit
12:30am: night night! :)
Maybe THIS weekend we will make it to the pool. We only have it for about 3 more weekends!
June 7, 2009
8:30am: wake up groggily and get ready for church
9:30am: church at Life Point :)
11:15pm: Jay and I were in the nursery for the second service. So proud of Jay, he does a really good job with the kiddos who are toddler age.
1pm: lunch at the always classy Wendy's. I just wanted a baked potato and this seems like the best place
1:30pm: small grocery run
2:15pm: at home, nappy nap
5pm: wake up from said nap. Jay actually took a nap about that long too!
6pm: Cubbies game on TV (Jay) while I facebook.
7pm: ????
9pm: watched a movie
11pm: read a bit
12:30am: night night! :)
Maybe THIS weekend we will make it to the pool. We only have it for about 3 more weekends!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Busy Busy!
Saturday
June 6, 2009
7:30am: Jay and I both get up, he heads to work and I get to stay home.....
8am to 10:30am: I spend some time doing my fav, cleaning the house!
10:30am: I went to look at a potential house. I tried to force myself to like it because I think our realtor is getting really annoyed with us. However, just couldn't make myself do it...
11am: go back to cleaning and laundry
12:30pm: head downtown with Jay to meet his parents (for his mom's birthday) and Mae for lunch.
2:30pm: head home and change quickly!
3pm: head towards I-95 to go to DC to meet up with Katie and Mark
4:15pm: park at the Springfield metro station and metro into the District
5:15pm: meet up with Katie and Mark and head to the Nats stadium
6pm: get to stadium, get some food and watch the Nats whoop up on the Mets. It was a great game.
11:30pm: head back home to Fred-Vegas! :)
Sunday, 2am: why am I still up blogging???? I think a nap will be in order tomorrow, and I'm not going ANYWHERE tomorrow!
June 6, 2009
7:30am: Jay and I both get up, he heads to work and I get to stay home.....
8am to 10:30am: I spend some time doing my fav, cleaning the house!
10:30am: I went to look at a potential house. I tried to force myself to like it because I think our realtor is getting really annoyed with us. However, just couldn't make myself do it...
11am: go back to cleaning and laundry
12:30pm: head downtown with Jay to meet his parents (for his mom's birthday) and Mae for lunch.
2:30pm: head home and change quickly!
3pm: head towards I-95 to go to DC to meet up with Katie and Mark
4:15pm: park at the Springfield metro station and metro into the District
5:15pm: meet up with Katie and Mark and head to the Nats stadium
6pm: get to stadium, get some food and watch the Nats whoop up on the Mets. It was a great game.
11:30pm: head back home to Fred-Vegas! :)
Sunday, 2am: why am I still up blogging???? I think a nap will be in order tomorrow, and I'm not going ANYWHERE tomorrow!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Is it Friday yet?
I'm just wondering because this week seems to just be dragging on and on. This is my favorite time of year too.
Summer. Wow, when I was a kid, summer was a time just to waste time. I remember walking down to the Cedar Falls Library and checking out as many books as I could carry home. And then reading all day! And how can anyone forget Dad sternly admonishing us to turn the outside hose off and that no more water can be used to run through the sprinkler. Popsicles! And watching movies in the cool AC while it is swelteringly hot outside.
Oh how I miss those days. Alas, I am an adult now and am facing the reality of an early morning team meeting tomorrow. Will have to survive with my memories of carefree summers!
Summer. Wow, when I was a kid, summer was a time just to waste time. I remember walking down to the Cedar Falls Library and checking out as many books as I could carry home. And then reading all day! And how can anyone forget Dad sternly admonishing us to turn the outside hose off and that no more water can be used to run through the sprinkler. Popsicles! And watching movies in the cool AC while it is swelteringly hot outside.
Oh how I miss those days. Alas, I am an adult now and am facing the reality of an early morning team meeting tomorrow. Will have to survive with my memories of carefree summers!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
House Hunting, Boo!
So many of you may know that Jay and I have been actively looking to purchase a home since about 3/08. (Our lease is up 6/30/09, yeah, I haven't started packing yet....)
In early April we put an offer on a home close to our current apartment. Everything seemed to be going well until after we got back from our vacay to Phoenix in early May. At that point we found out that there was a legal problem with the house title and the deal fell through. We went from thinking we would be in our first home the end of June to being homeless at the end of June.
Needless to say, we hit the ground running about a month ago. Looked at lots of houses but didn't see anything worth putting an offer on. (Yes, I'm from Iowa, I just ended a sentence with a proposition, so sue me....)
Last Thursday we found a gem. It is on an acre of land surrounded with trees, a pond in the back yard. It also has a front porch, a back deck and also a screened in porch. The inside of the house has tons of character (read: will be working on this for years to come, but is probably worth it) and is ridiculously large. However, this is a short sale and IF we got it (we offered below their asking price) it would be a while from now. Not before the end of June.
This time in putting in an offer, we decided to keep looking for houses so we wouldn't be out time if this didn't go through. Tonight we looked at another house and loved it. The yard and land is not as great but the house is better than the first. If I could put the land and outdoor area with this house, I would be uber aggressive about getting it. Anyway, this house was so great we also put an offer on this house. This is also a short sale so we would still be homeless at the end of June....
This is how Leta & Jay have two offers on two different houses. So now we just wait to see which one (if any) that we get. In the meantime (*spacehogs*), we will continue to look at more homes.
P.S. Don't worry Dad, we can get out of either contract......
In early April we put an offer on a home close to our current apartment. Everything seemed to be going well until after we got back from our vacay to Phoenix in early May. At that point we found out that there was a legal problem with the house title and the deal fell through. We went from thinking we would be in our first home the end of June to being homeless at the end of June.
Needless to say, we hit the ground running about a month ago. Looked at lots of houses but didn't see anything worth putting an offer on. (Yes, I'm from Iowa, I just ended a sentence with a proposition, so sue me....)
Last Thursday we found a gem. It is on an acre of land surrounded with trees, a pond in the back yard. It also has a front porch, a back deck and also a screened in porch. The inside of the house has tons of character (read: will be working on this for years to come, but is probably worth it) and is ridiculously large. However, this is a short sale and IF we got it (we offered below their asking price) it would be a while from now. Not before the end of June.
This time in putting in an offer, we decided to keep looking for houses so we wouldn't be out time if this didn't go through. Tonight we looked at another house and loved it. The yard and land is not as great but the house is better than the first. If I could put the land and outdoor area with this house, I would be uber aggressive about getting it. Anyway, this house was so great we also put an offer on this house. This is also a short sale so we would still be homeless at the end of June....
This is how Leta & Jay have two offers on two different houses. So now we just wait to see which one (if any) that we get. In the meantime (*spacehogs*), we will continue to look at more homes.
P.S. Don't worry Dad, we can get out of either contract......
Monday, June 1, 2009
Something New
A couple of weeks ago, my boss (also my friend) asked if the hubs wanted to play soccer in their coed adult league on their team. Jay is not keen on physical activity, however, he played soccer in HS and also played intermurals at Gettysburg College with his fraternity. He is also pretty competitive in life!
He agreed right away. Jay is an early bird to bed and doesn't like anything past 9pm on the week nights (to be fair, he gets up way earlier than I do so it's understandable) and last week's game was at 9pm. Despite the late hour for him, his team won! He is already into looking at the rankings of the teams one week into the season. :)
In the spirit of support, I agree to go out the field next to our apartment tonight and kick the ball around. I have never played soccer before and have a tendency to dislike things I am not good at. To my surprise, I had a lot of fun and plan on going out with Jay again to 'practice'. It helps that he is very encouraging and a good teacher too.
Just keep in mind, he originally wanted me to go out and kick it around with me because I was more likely to kick haphazard kicks and it would help him get back into the game. :)
So my future....running or soccer?.....maybe a little of both!
He agreed right away. Jay is an early bird to bed and doesn't like anything past 9pm on the week nights (to be fair, he gets up way earlier than I do so it's understandable) and last week's game was at 9pm. Despite the late hour for him, his team won! He is already into looking at the rankings of the teams one week into the season. :)
In the spirit of support, I agree to go out the field next to our apartment tonight and kick the ball around. I have never played soccer before and have a tendency to dislike things I am not good at. To my surprise, I had a lot of fun and plan on going out with Jay again to 'practice'. It helps that he is very encouraging and a good teacher too.
Just keep in mind, he originally wanted me to go out and kick it around with me because I was more likely to kick haphazard kicks and it would help him get back into the game. :)
So my future....running or soccer?.....maybe a little of both!
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