rental house

we are moved into the rental house and set up for the time being.  Although there are piles of random stuff everywhere, I am trying to not let it get to me.  I have 3 goals for the weekend other than our normal routine. 1-clear the kitchen of random piles. 2-grocery shop. 3-go through my pre-pregnancy clothes in my closet that are cascading onto the floor b/c there are too many in there.  Looks like those extra tupperware containers are going to come in handy!

We looked at an awesome house yesterday and are hoping to put an offer on it tomorrow after Chris and his contractor look at it.  Of course, chris's dad is out of town again!  I need to learn to not look at houses when my in-laws are out of town. It never fails that we find one we might like; and Chris wont do anything with out his approval!  Sweet, but annoying b/c I am ready to buy our next house and get moved again!

This house is great, we wouldn't have to do much renovation to it other than remove A LOT of wall paper and replace some stinky carpet.  I keep telling myself, if it is meant to be than it will be!

our last evening at home

This is our last evening at the sherrill house.  It is kinda sad, but at the same time exciting that we are moving forward with our plans that we have been dreaming about the past year.  So much is happening there really isn't time to sit and be too sad.  I will probably be sad when I see the living room empty and we are sweeping the floors and turning over the keys.  But right now I am ready to get to Graham and get settled. 

TO DO LIST:

1. Get moved
2. Get settled
3. Start seriously looking for a house
4. Start looking for a minivan (yes I, Jeanna, will be driving a minivan)
5. Hopefully, buy a house
6. Get moved
7. Get settled 
8. Decorate Nursary
9. Buy Minivan
10. Sell Jetta
    

All this is to happen before the twins make their arrival or I go on bed rest!!!  So we have about 20 weeks give or take!

2 deals today!

1. I turned in my discover card points for $75 to the Motherhood Maternity store!! By the time they get here I will be ready for some maternity pants!!
2. Nike Sports Bra for $0.44!! How did I do it you ask?  Well, I do the coke rewards points.  It is slightly annoying b/c I end up with coke bottle lids in my purse, but usually I just empty them out into a drawer at work and then when I am really bored I type them in.  So, I was able to get two $10 rewards cards.  Then, I went onto the website and checked out their clearance section.  I found a bra for $18.97 plus $8.00 shipping.  I tried to check out and couldn't get the second gift card to work.  So, I called and a really nice guy on the customer service line helped me AND he waved the $8 shipping.  So the grand total of the bra came out to $0.44!!! Which I promptly put on my discover card so I can more points!!!
   

more packing with Pics this time

So, yesterday at work I was so exhausted, but it seem recently that as soon as I walk in the door at home I am wide awake and ready to pack.  Chris and I packed some more Tupperware containers and then he decided to put them in the big red van and he is unloading them today at our new temporary home today.  Here is a picture of the van all packed up, just know that for every container you can see there is another one underneath it!  I think there was a total of 10 Tupperwares plus some random boxes.  We could have put more in the van but Chris wouldn't have been able to get to his work stuff, and we do like for him to be able to work!  Hubby was so cute carrying everything out to the van, he wouldn't let me life a finger! 

Question:  Would you mow the lawn before you moved away or not?  The buyers have been real sticklers on everything and so we don't want to do any extra that we don't have to....

packing and more packing

So, we REALLY started packing last night.  Everything is being sorted by storage or keep.  Here is what I have packed so far.

• my skinny clothes-clothes that fit right now, but I wont wear them b/c they are tight around the middle and i am more sensitive now
• my summer clothes
• my summer shoes and high heels (not wearing high heels as a pregnant lady)
• my grandmother's white china 
• guest room closet
  

So, we are still trying to figure out where we are going to live.  We are thinking the house in Graham and if this is the case we will start moving things this weekend.  I think we are going to go ahead and move the guest bed.  This way if we decide to stay there we will have a place to sleep. 

offer rejected and other house stuff....

The offer we put on the 18 acre/ranch house was rejected.  They got a better offer.  Oh well, God has something better planned for us.  Chris and I have some talking to do tonight...and A LOT of packing.  My car is full of boxes from our warehouse and I think we are going to go to wally world and get more Tupperware.  They stack well and if our things are going to be in storage for a long time I want them to be safe. 

We have decided to move into the house in Graham, that Chris's parents own with his sister and husband.  We can bring a baby into that house.  We could live in a smaller house in a yucky neighborhood for free, but seeing as we might not buy anything for a while and if we do buy anything then we will probably have to do some renovations and that pushes us out even longer.  At least this is a nice big house with a dining room that we can  have thanksgiving in our house if we wanted.  It will be hard to get me to move out of this house.  It is a really nice house, though it does need some love and some new cabinets!  I hope Chris is ready for some packing tonight.

There is another forecloser that we looked at last night, it is walking distance to our friends house and is really cute.  It too needs some love and cabinets.  It is not as big of job as the ranch house...we have got to stop thinking about the ranch house.  The only thing it is off a busy street.  Did I mention we could WALK to our friends house, I mean how awesome would that be, pushing the stroller and walking over there in good weather.  Would be SO MUCH FUN!!! 

Lets hope our realtor finds us a house tonight in the expired listings or Chris agrees to the light blue house and they accept our offer....say a prayer that God will have a great place for us to live and that we find it SOON!

SOLD!

Sweet little Sherrill Street house is sold, we are supposed to close on the 30th!  So, I am freaking a little.  We have lived there for 4+ years and over that time have accumulated A LOT of stuff.  I need to take pictures before we begin to start packing up the rooms.

So, we put an offer on 18+ acres with a ranch house on it in Graham.  It is really the only property that we are interested in.  We should hear something by the end of the day.  It is a foreclosure, so it acts as a blind auction.  Basically, all we know is that someone else submitted an offer and everyone had to put in there highest best offer by 8am this morning.  We did the best we can do with out breaking the bank, especially since this house needs A TON of work. 

Say some prayers that we get the house!