At Long Last....as Promised!

It is still a work in progress, but here are some pictures! There are lots of things to hang on walls and TONS of boxes yet to unpack. There are no picture of Regan's room because until the finish painting the wall, we cannot finish situating it.

Anyways, here is our humble abode!!


Kitchen

The Kitchen and kitchen into dining area

The Dining Area from the Living Room

Our Living Room.
I LOVE our new couch!!

Living Room looking into the Kitchen

So I splurged on a Steinworld piece. I love it and it looks
like it was made for that corner!!

The New TV Console

Going.......

Gone! :o)

Living Room & Foyer

Regan's / Guest Bath

The Master Bathroom

Master Bedroom

Having Some Fun & A House Full of Critters!

Our house is definitely never without laughter! This is in part by having a very creative and fun little girl in the house! Sometimes......okay MANY times I look at her with a raised eyebrow and think, now why is the world would you even do that?! This was one of those occasions for sure!


I was sitting at the kitchen table when I heard the dog's kennel being messed with. I started to automatically fuss, but once I saw this, I laughed and ran to get my camera! I still cannot believe she was able to fit in there! lol And yes, it is definitely tempting to title this "discipline" LMAO!!





We now have a new inside pet! Samara is about 3 years old and we have had a tough time potty training her. I am starting to think this had a lot to do with the way our Jeanerette house is laid out. With the breezeway, etc. Anyways, once we got to the new house, we started trying her inside more. Then about a week later, it poured for a few days making our backyard into a huge mud pit. There was no way she could be outside. So we started walking her in the front yard to potty and she never once had an accident! I am so elated!! So here she is, our inside dog!!


I really think she is enjoying life inside!! She looks forward to snuggling up on daddy's lap every night!! And see.....plenty of room for all the critters in the house!!




So I bought myself my first Christmas Cactus and am VERY excited about it! I used to work at a Chiropractor's office before moving to Louisiana and the wife had the most beautiful plants. I used to admire them and wanted one for myself. Well, at Walmart last week I happened upon a few sad little plants for $7 and decided to try one out! It is so lovely and I honestly cannot look at it without smiling!!



So if you don't know, I LOVE to take pictures of my female cat Cyndar! I think she is just gorgeous and even at 9 she is still feisty as ever. She definitely runs the roost around here! LOL Anyways, here are a few pictures of her sitting pretty, playing on the chair and snoozing on my bed. I just thought she looked so cute on the black and white!!






Well, I know everyone is expecting pictures of the house, but I tell you it's been too rough to get everything organized! Just when the house was almost presentable, they had to cut the hole in the wall in Regan's room. This was the first hole. It ended up being about 6 feet high and looked like a doorway. Anyways, they have been in about 5 times to mud and texture and they still have to come clean the carpet and pad and paint the wall and moulding. So they have been tracking so much mess through the house. Then in between we finally get the TV console and it's been a work in progress too. Plus, every time we hang something there is a mess to follow that.



My hope is to get the house done soon! I was going to do everything tomorrow, but I just remembered they will be over on Monday to finish up and ultimately make me another mess! I do need to get on the ball though.....in about a week the Christmas decorations will be going up! LOL

One Day at a Time!!

Man, I just can't seem to keep up with life these days! I fully intend to blog each day or so, but there is so much going on I'd either be writing the longest blogs ever, or 3 or 4 a day to cover everything!

Let me see if I can give a quick rundown of the crap that has been going on here. Our furniture issues are still not over! We got a call last week saying our replacement couch would be delivered on Tuesday (yesterday). When asked where our TV console was, I was told they didn't know where it was or when it'd be here. To give it 7-10 business days. I was like "from today?!?!". I saw red. It was supposed to have already been 7-10 business days frokm the 31st, when they delivered! Anyways, we went in on Sunday to fuss! Monday we get a call letting us know the console is in and will be delivered with the couch. Tuesday morning, we get a call saying that the console will be delivered today, but not the couch......are you KIDDING me?! I was so pissed! Bub was taking Regan to school and I was going shopping and out to lunch with Jeanne and Heather. So I got ready and headed over to Brown's. I was told they didn't know when who or what. That the console was never there for the first delivery and wasn;t damaged as we were told. That the couch wasn't there last week, and no one knows why we were called to set up delivery. I was like whatever. He ended up putting $100 back onto my debit card for the troubles! I told him I told a lot of people to go to Brown's, refering both him and Bryan my saleman. I told him I was about to have to reverse all of it! He didn't like hearing that! lol

The TV console did come today! It is awesome and well worth the outrageous pricetag! It has tons of storage, and this one we special ordered actually has racks for DVDs! Now if we can just keep Regan from playing with it and making the TV go in and out of it, we will be fine! lol

Bub still hasn't returned to work. It's weird definitely, but doesn't bother me a bit! We still have things to do and the more time he is home the faster we can get everything done! He went to a meeting Monday and they said they might not be ready to go back out until 2009! Crazy, right?! But since the pay hasn't changed it effects us very little! And thankfully we do not drive each other in sane with him home all day everyday!

You know my Aunt says that it is written somewhere that if a marriage can make it through building a house it is a marriage solid and meant to be. I thought that was a very good point until this. I think the REAL test of a marriage is one being a SAHM and the other being in the oilfield and home for 2+ months........ and truly we are doing great and having a good time! I am actually starting to wonder how Regan or I will adjust when he actually has to leave out again!

We have also had a handful of issues with the house. Nothing major, but still a PITA! We had the a/c draining into Regan's room, so at one point there was a hole in her wall....about the size of a door. We are waiting for them to come back to paint and replace the moulding and clean the carpet and replace the pad. If it's not one thing it's another, right?

I won't list all the little imperfections that are driving me crazy......I do love my house and the little things are definitely nothing compared to how great it is being in our new house! The walls are still bare, the garage is still filled with boxes that need a home and just when I get the house livable and uncluttered, we get the TV console in and there is more mess and something else that cannot be finished until we get some dhmi wires.........sigh! Hopefully the fence will be up with weekend, if not, at least a good start on it!

In other news I have decided to upgrade my phone early! When changing our address online for Verizon I noticed that I am only a month and a half away from my new every two upgrade. SO I started looking to see what my options were and my poor chocolate is no longer offered! I am crushed! The new chocolate is the 3 and it's a damn flip phone! What genius decided to turn the first slider phone back into a flip phone! UGGH! Anyways, I went into the store to play with a couple of the phones and maybe upgarde then. He said I could but that I wouldn't get the $100 off for doing this soon. No biggie. Well, I get home yesterday and there is a private sale offered by them and I CAN infact upgrade nowm the enV is one offered and it will come out free just like if I waited until Jan 7th! Cool, right? Hehee! So after playgroup I am heading back to the Verizon store to make sure I will be happy with the enV and then probably order it! Yaay me!

Well, as NOT interesting as this probably was I must go. I have an hour to get us all ready and out the door. We are heading to Kart Ranch soon!! :o)

Still Working On It!

Boy have we been busy! Things, as usual were a struggle even though we though we were ahead of the game!

We were scheduled to close at 1:30 pm on the 30th. We borrowed my Uncle's trailer on Wednesday morning, filled it to the brim that day and took it to the house Thursday morning! We left it in front of the new house, left to go run errands in Lafayette and await our 1:30 closing with the hopes of heading back to the house after we signed papers and unloading the trailer! Great idea, huh? Well, it didn't work out that way!

Our filed got randomly pulled by FHA for some audit or check. It had happened a few days prior, which was why the day before we were scheduled to close, our lender was unable to give us the total for our closing costs. FHA put them behind. The rescheduled us to 2 pm, which ultimately came and went. We were told about 3:30 that we would be able to close about 4:30. Well, Regan was still in New Iberia at daycare and needed to be picked up by 5:30. So we hauled ass to NI to get her and then back in horrible traffic. We ended up getting there about 4:45 only to be told they still didn't have the packet. Then the phone rings and we are told that we will not be closing today because there was an error in the total for the house! OY! So we left, after waiting and anticipating all day, without closing on the house! I was sick to my stomach! Not to mention PISSED OFF! We basically drove to and from New Iberia for no reason! Why couldn't they have figured this out at 3:30 before we left to get Regan? We could have just gone home at that point!

The error ended up being on Southern Home's end. When we added the extra slab in the back of the house, the total didn't get carried into the paperwork that went to the lender. I knew my total all along, but it somehow didn't transfer! The lady who made the mistake was really upset and sorry. She felt so bad she offered to get us a gift card! lol Now, whether that actually happens remains to be seen. We did however get to keep the lowered total, which is about $1200 less. And our lender, because of the hassle caused by the file being pulled by FHA gave us a 1/4 less on our interest rate! So those are pretty cool perks! lol

We ended up closing on the house about 2 pm on the 31st. We were ready! Unfortunately that was the same day we had to see that Bitch of an agent Bev Thomson and she got her unearned $6000. We did not speak one word to her the entire time she was there. Hell, I don't even think we looked at her! She is so evil and I really hope she chokes on that money! (smirk!)

Anyways, closing on the 31st was such a pain in the ass! We got done signing papers, hauled butt to unload the trailer that was waiting from the morning before and then had to hurry up and get dressed for Halloween! We had to drive to Carencro to go to Miss Jeanne's house for trick or treating! It was a nice night and all the kids had fun! All the pictures are on my Myspace - and since I am late with the entry, I will skip the pics this time!

Up to speed, we are in the house and it is mostly situated and livable! We unpacked the most needed things and still have mountains of boxes to go through in the garage! I am hoping to one day get to park in the garage! LMAO!!

I will write more and post pictures of the progress so far when I get the chance!!

Pandapalooza and Pumpkin Carving!

Last Saturday we took Regan to the Pandapalooza. It is a yearly fundraiser for St Edward's, a local Catholic school in New Iberia. This was our first time going! Uncle Chad texted us and gave us ticket for us and Miranda! There were lots of games and fun things to do! Regan even got to paint a few things and rode another horse! I think she is really starting to love to ride!!

Not much else to report right now, so I'll just add the pictures and captions!!

Playing a Cowboy Game

Regan loves to ride horses!

Lots of fun!

Getting a tattoo

How does it look?

Picture Opp!

October 30, 2008 - Regan carves her first pumpkin!!!

Regan's very 1st, all by herself pumpkin!

The dirty part! Blech

Regan has decided she will make a puking pumpkin.

Regan drew her design and cut it out all on her own!!

She did really good!

Regan's puking pumpkin...so pukey it's coming out of it's nose and even it's eyes!!

All done!!!

All lite up!

Daddy was a big helper!

What a team!!

Regan's 1st pumpkin - ALL by herself!!!!!

Busy, Busy!

There is SO much going on right now!! We are actually, if you can beleive it are in the final stretch! We will be closing on the new house in about 124 hours!! It seems like it will truly never come!

I did the first walk through today. The builder and I tagged all the paint touch ups, imperfections and such! Most of it was really cosmetic, so that is great! And they finally changed the surround sound on the patio for Bub - thank God! I thought he was going to have to go postal on them! lol He was really upset when we set the wires to come out on the ground for the planter speakers and they put them coming out the roof! Oy! But they were fixed and that's all that matters!

One thing I did find out during the walk was that the sod only comes in the front! LMAO! I had no idea, though I am sure we were told the day we picked everything! We really absorbed a lot that day and most of it is really a blur!

At the end of it, everything is working out and before the end of next week we will have keys to our new house!

This weekend and into next week I just need to pull Regan's shelves and sand a repaint them. Same with her little desk! I think I may attempt to do that tomorrow! I also need to call the furniture stores and schedule our furniture's delivery. Friday being Halloween is really throwing a few things off, but by the 1st we will have everything delivered! The only thing in the air right now is whether Bub will be in or not. He is "scheduled" to go out on Monday as his normal schedule. Granted he has been home for about 8 weeks since Gustav, but I REALLY need him home in a week so we can get settled! I don't want to have to wait another week to get moved in after waiting 5 1/2 months for the house to be completed! But I guess it will work itself out!

Yesterday I picked up a few last minute things on my list for the house. And I am happy to say I saved about $20 per item, which made me happy. Target had the storage ottoman's on sale, so I picked up two of them. And Linen's N Things is supposedly going out of business, and since they are the only ones (I think in the world) who carried my saddle bar stools in my wood color, I went to pick them up. I got 20% off of each! It rocked! All I need to do is get a bathroom set and window covering for the master bath, curtains for the living room, front door, Regan's room and the spare bedroom. Other than that we are all set!!

Really feeling blessed.........and overwhelmed! lol

Boo at the Zoo

We all went to the Zoo today for their Boo at the Zoo event! We had a greta time! I've actually really missed the zoo. We haven't been in 4 or 5 months because of the weather! Summer here can really be miserable! lol

Anyways, we renewed our membership and headed over this morning! There was lots to do and lots of trick or treat booths along the paths! Regan even got to ride her very first horse. And a big horse at that! Ponies have been all she has ridden previously! She rode like a champ and may even get her picture on the Zoo of Acadiana's site that was taken while she was riding!!

Anyways, here are some pictures from our day!!