Oh where to start!?

Well, for starters we found a place to rent for the 3-ish months while we wait for our house to be build. It is an Acadian looking house in Abbeville. Pretty cute actually and even has a fenced in yard for Samara! Lucky break, really! The downfall, is I will be paying our mortgage and our 1st month's rent for August! Blech!

Second, we did some shopping! We finally decided on a sofa and a dining set! We also bought a new fridge! You know, it's harder to spend money than you think!! lol Especially when you have to call your bank and tell them to allow your purchase! lol




I am in LOVE with the furniture we've chosen so far!! All we need to do now is select our bedroom set and buy the new TVs.

BTW, our salesman....we'll call him Byron (lol).....REALLY cool cat!! I can definitely see hanging out with him in the future! Regan really liked him too!

Today we did the pre drywall walk through with our builder! It was definitely more fun than it sounds!! I also got an estimated date of completion.....and we are looking at being in by mid to late October! I am going to just assume we'll be in by November 1st, since the weather here and hurricane season is really not the time to be building!! I didn't take any pictures today, but we have a front door, some windows and partial bathrooms! Once the drywall goes up it will definitely take shape and probably go pretty quick if weather doesn't play a part!

Also today was the inspection done on our house by the buyers! Can I just say I feel violated! Coming home and knowing someone was going through every inch of your house just leaves me unsettled! Not to mention they left the gate open and Samara got out. And everything he touched today, he was rude enough NOT to put back! I am not pleased right now! I also was expecting a phone call early evening since the inspection was at 1 pm. So I am a little annoyed about that.

Bub and I always seems to buy from and sell to those people that pull out all these tricks and screw us over! When we sold in Oregon, that lady really screwed us out of money! When we bought this house, the buyers put random pictures on the walls to cover the holes and bought and left rugs to cover all the stains and bleach marks! Sneaky! We are so not that way, but I have no doubt these buyers will try to screw us over somehow! Ugh!

I was telling Bub that I am glad we are not having to deal with a buyer and a seller.

Well, there are lots of other things going on at the moment, but I will save that for another day! Just thinking about it all makes me exhausted! LOL

Damn Dolly!

OMG I am so overwhelmed right now I cannot even stand it!! Waiting for the inspection and appraisal is killing me because of course the more money we make the easier things will be!! And what I am more hoping for is that even after getting into the new house, getting new furniture, TVs and a fridge, we will still have a ton left to keep in savings!! Though it isn't a necessity, it will certainly make me happy!

Next, I am trying to find us a place to stay for the 3-4 months while we wait for the house in Cypress Crossing to be completed. This sounds SO much easier than it actually is. Especially when you have 2 cats and a dog! I think I have found us a place, not exactly cheap, but will rent for short term AND will accept my critters! The next stress with this is contained in the next paragraph.......

Bub was due home on Monday, as usual. 14 days out, 14 days in. Well, there's a certain storm turned hurricane......we'll call her Dolly. Tetra decided to keep the crew out to complete their task instead of hauling the new crew in for what might be a few days. This is all fine and dandy, except Bub is missing time with us. And they will not tell him when he can expect to come home. We have contracts to sign and lots of errands to run! Oh, and I have a dance class tomorrow night for which I have no sitter because my husband was supposed to be home and I didn't secure one!!

Ugh the stress!! I don't think a handful of masseuses could get these knots out of my neck!!!

Sigh!

SOLD!!!

It's true!! We got an offer yesterday afternoon!! Full asking price, we pay closing costs! Cool!!

As excited as I am, it's so bittersweet! I really had hoped we might be able to squeeze our way into staying in this house as long as possible! But, the buyers are interested in getting in ASAP!! So now I have to figure out a place we can rent short term. I also have to hope the appraisal and inspection go well! At present I know what our profit will be, and would LOVE it to stay as close to that number as possible! LOL But, as we said in the beginning, if we get out without being out any money, and in time for the new house, we wouldn't complain!! So.......I will try not to! LMAO!!



So, now comes the rest of the roller coaster!! Stay tuned!!

Up, Up, Up!!

Our house just went from zero to sixty in it's progress!!

This was the house on Monday

And this was Friday!




So freaking cool! And it looks so much bigger in person than I thought it would! The pictures don't even do it justice!! I am really excited to see it take shape!!!


.......more to come!!!!

T Ball is Almost Done!

Today was Regan's 2nd to last T Ball game! Not sure she is gonna be okay. First no dance, but then there was T Ball. Now there will be neither! Hell, what am I gonna do for the time being! lol



She has done so well this year! I watched her catch a really fast ground ball today, sweep it up and throw it really far back to her coach! It was really impressive! Her Coach is really awesome! Half the teams she played didn't even play actually positions! They all stood around and fought for the ball when it was hit. The Tigers, you could see them all ready for the ball. Check it out....



Keep in mind these are 3 1/2 and 4 year olds! Today I also watched Regan roll the ball around to grip it the right way when she threw it! I found out this is the first time he has coached such little ones! He really rocks at it, so I hope he continues to coach!!

Here is her 1st Team Picture!!!

Vaccinating

My opinions are not intended to hurt others. So I have removed my previous rant about non vaccinating your children. Those who know me know what I believe and I hope that for everyone's sake we all make the right choices for our children, because they are worth it!

Back from our trip to Galveston

What a great mini vacation! I am so glad we got away!

We left for Galveston on Sunday morning. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express, which was amazing!! We headed to the pool that night after supper.

The next morning we headed to Jamaica Beach for the day! It was so nice! The water felt great!
We made a sand castle village and Bub caught hermit crabs and crabs!!

That night we went to the Rain forest Cafe and Regan got a new Tiger at their build-a-bear. Oh yeah, and I got faded! Damn they make a good Margarita!! lol

Our last day in we headed to the beach and found a rocky area over looking the beach to take some pictures! I think they turned out pretty cute! We also ate at the Fisherman's Warf and went to a museum.

All in all it was a great time!!!!