Entries Tagged as ‘the house’

November 17, 2007

yesterday this greeted me out my front door

a beautiful frosty front yard

September 8, 2007

the results

thank you for all your kind words on the condition of my house.  you now know when y’all are complaining about your house that when i say, “i understand”  i really do!  (i had somebody at church the other day say, “wow, you homeschool with all 4 of them, you must be really organized.”  and i say to her, “hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”)
okay.  [...]

September 8, 2007

for you to feel better about your own house

i was cleaning out closets and sheds.  remember? 
and then my washer died right in the middle of it.  reminds me of another time.
 and then the laundry from a family of six piled up.  so i spent 8 hours at my in-laws today doing laundry.
and then my double pink-eyed daughter threw up.  twice.  once in the [...]

May 3, 2007

when you thought your neck couldn’t get any redder…

you find these two things in your backyard.

                                  29 bucks at fred’s.  really.

                                   yes, that is a garden.  our first.  being watered by none other than the 6 dollar slip ‘n’ slide from walmart. 

March 15, 2007

leave of absence

as you all probably know by now, we’ve had dsl issues.  that’s besides the computer sitting on the floor issue.  but, i’m back, baby!  at least temporarily…
i’m scheduled to deliver tomorrow.  that is if i don’t go tonight (like i did with my last baby!).  and i’m throwing up today – so the food bringing [...]

February 24, 2007

drum roll please…

WE GOT IT!  WE GOT IT!  WE GOT IT!
almost 8 years of marriage and we own our home!!  it makes me cry just typing it! 
we took our first load yesterday – in the corolla!  and my honey is at this very moment at walmart getting stuff to fix stuff and i’ll be loading the corolla for load [...]

February 15, 2007

the weigh-in

yesterday was 35 weeks.  and the appointment. 
drum-roll please…
i gained not even a half a pound!  look at me go!
all looks well.  my baby boy has dropped.  and we talked about all the plans and pre-registration.  i’ve begun packing bags.  all of them – i realized the other day that i not only have to pack mine and [...]

January 23, 2007

last of the house pics

and here they are…

 this is the back deck, storage building and back yard – as seen through the sliding glass door in the kitchen.  summer party, anyone?

 this is the jetted tub in the “master bath”.  yes, we have a master bath.  amazing.

 no, this is not the nursery, nor is it even our current bedroom, this [...]

January 23, 2007

more on the house…

here are some more pics…
the room the kiddos picked – observe that the curious george yellow is already in place, all it needs now is a hand-painted mural and some homemade curtains!

the kiddos’ bathroom – observe, again, already color-ready for the rubber ducky theme i’ve always wanted.
this is other bedroom – we call it [...]

January 22, 2007

the house…

WE WON THE BID!!
so now we do paperwork and wait to close on february 23.  as i mentally decorate every square inch.  i’ll include a couple of pics now, and then do a few more posts on them, because i can’t figure out how to put a bunch of pics on one post (and because [...]