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September 28th, 2009 -- Posted in Home |
It really does seem like we’ve been renovating for years now. We have been at it for a couple of years but I think we are finally coming to the end. The last area that needs attention is our bathroom. I wanted to put in a walk in bath but I really don’t think that is in the budget. So I think what we will end up doing is buying some bathtub paint and just making our current tub look nice. After the bathroom is complete, then the entire house should be done and we will be ready to put this place up for sale in the Spring. Man I can’t wait until this all behind us!
August 20th, 2009 -- Posted in Family, Home |
As you all know my husband and I bought a mobile home years ago with the express intent that when we paid it off we would sell it and use the money for a down payment on a house. Well after 10 years, that hasn’t quite happened and I’m beginning to think it never will. Now instead of looking for a house, my husband has been looking at newer mobile homes. His reasoning for all this is that the fact that the kids are getting older so we really don’t need a big house any longer. And if we don’t have to get a huge mortgage then why would we. I just kind of go with the flow as I do realize that he may change his mind in a week or two anyway.
July 23rd, 2009 -- Posted in Crafts, Entertainment, Family, Home, Internet, Life, Parenting |
Well it looks like this is what is going to take place. Last year we bought a brand new pop up camper trailer and have been making monthly payments on it ever since. But so far this year we haven’t been able to use it at all. I’m serious, it has rained every weekend since the kids have been out of school. Well my husband has decided that we are going to take the trailer out this weekend whether it rains or not. And yes, the weatherman is calling for rain all weekend. It’s too bad that we don’t do any rv camping. This way we wouldn’t have to worry about what the weatherman says. But we really need to get some use out of it. So… we will be going camping in the rain this weekend.
July 15th, 2009 -- Posted in Home |
Well now that we have officially decided to put our house on the market, it’s time for me to get cracking at all this housework. The first room I have decided to tackle is the bathroom. And the first place I am headed in the bathroom is the medicine cabinet. I plan on going through all my husband’s diet pills and throwing out all the ones that are now expired. This should leave us a lot of empty space in the cabinet. I want to have everything cleaned out and the junk carted away before we start having showings of our home. I realize that this is going to be an awful lot of work, but I think the end result will justify all this extra cleaning.
May 26th, 2009 -- Posted in Home, Life |
Last night we found out that we are going to get some new neighbors. Now, don’t get me wrong, in general I do like people. But with the troubles I’ve had in the past with neighbors, I do get a little anxious when I hear someone new is moving into the neighborhood. Last night they moved their trailer in and I’ve got to tell you all that this trailer is huge! Not big enough for a couple of home gyms or anything like that. But huge never the less. The kids are hoping that these new neighbors have kids they can play with. I’m just hoping that their nice and not trouble makers. Only time will tell I guess.
March 20th, 2009 -- Posted in Home |
Man, I am so proud of myself! This was the first week in over two weeks that I have been able to manage to get any serious housework done. And I must say that I have been an extremely busy beaver. The biggest chore that I set out for myself was to clean out the little room that I had decided would be my home office. Now the reason for all this excitement, is that I planned on having this room well over a year ago and have just finally gotten into it! I have been bugging my husband all this time to help me get it cleaned out and situated but he kept putting me off. So this past week I bit the bullet and did it myself. I was finally able to get my computer, table and chair in it last night. I still have a lot of things to do in this room, but I really do think I will get it done quite quickly. So it was a very productive week and I’m looking forward to spending a lot more time in MY space.
February 16th, 2009 -- Posted in Family, Home |
Well it’s been a crazy six months as far as my father in law is concerned when it came to selling his house. He put his house up for sale about six months ago. In that time he had lots of visitors to his house, but only three offers. It seems like people now a days want something for nothing. Two of the offers that he had on his home were very insulting and he didn’t even consider them. Then about a month ago he got an offer on his home that he was willing to take. The closing date was supposed to be last Thursday, but when Thursday arrived, the buyers decided that they weren’t happy with the basement. So it looked like this deal would fall through as well. But over the weekend he and the buyers came to an agreement that they could all live with and his house is finally sold. Now he can get on with his life and cross this one thing off his to do list.
January 6th, 2009 -- Posted in Home |
Well here we go again. I just got the kids back to school from a two week stay at home and my husband informs me that he is taking a week’s vacation next week. So…I will have him home for a week. But if he thinks he’s going to sit around and do nothing for a week, boy is he in for a surprise. I already have a major job picked out for him to do during that week. I have decided that next week will be the time that I will get him to put the new flooring in my home office. For the past six months he has used the excuse that he can’t put down the flooring because I have too much office furniture in there and he can’t get to the floor. So this week I plan on clearing the room out so the first of next week I can have my brand new flooring put up. I guess he won’t be so pleased that he took a week off, now will he?!
December 5th, 2008 -- Posted in Home |
Well let me tell you all about a not so fun experience I had last night. Currently my hot water tank is located in my bedroom. Well last night I heard this swishing sound down the hall and went down to investigate. Well much to my dismay I found that my hot water tank broke. There was water all over the place. And since we have carpet in our bedroom, this made one heck of a mess. I was really wishing that I had a tankless water heater. So I took everything out of my room except for the bed and the dressers and grabbed the shop vac. I think I got most of the water sucked up. Hopefully it doesn’t ruin my carpet. But I guess time will tell on that one. So…did I really want to be cleaning up a huge water mess at 9:00 pm on a Thursday night?? No, I did not! But that’s what I got to do last night.
November 24th, 2008 -- Posted in Home, Life |
Well we may be moving after all. A few months ago my husband’s father put his house on the market and unfortunately for him, he hasn’t sold. So last night he asked my husband and I if we would be interested in purchasing it at a reduced price. He has decided to give it a couple of more months and if it hasn’t sold he will then sell it to us at a reduced price. I am really happy for us as it means that we may get our house sooner rather than later, but I am sad for him as he could possibly lose some money going this route. Well I’ll know within the next couple of months whether or not we are moving and if we will need to check out the truck rental companies in our area. And..as always, I’ll keep you all posted on the events.
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