House Update

We just got back from the inspection...

There are things that will need to be done... nothing serious - - and things that we were going to change anyways, but we do have a few things that will need more than a quick fix...

Windows and siding that need a little fixing or repalcing, and piping that need to be re-routed... stuff that we can't really do ourselves. The piping need to go around some things and get to where it needs to go. There is an oil tank and oil furnace that are used to heat the garage.. and we don't want them - cost and mess and insurance will freak out.... so we need to get rid of it. This means that we need to remove it and 'tidy up' and 'fix' the removal... also there is a vent that we can't find so we need to get a plumber to come scan and search for us... woot... not so much...

It's going to cost us some... and we are going to try to do as much as we possibly can ourselves. I think that it will be TOTALLY worth it - I love the house. So we just gotta talk tot he home owners and see if there is anything we can work on together... if that is even possible.

Oh a brighter note... not so much... I'm fighting this freakin' cold. Only it's moving to my Chest... yuck much..

THREE DAYS till MARCH BREAK!

woot

House, House, House, House

So we offered
they countered

We offered agian, and included appliances
They countered and added some more stuff

We are getting a house... WOOT

360 Cross Rd.

Everything becomes offical March 16th
Closing Date is April 24th
Moving in the last week of April

hopefully having a house party first weekend in May...

Sigh
I'm so exciting!!!!!!!!

wootWootWOotWOOtWOOT

HeeHee

We did it...

Well last night we did it.

We called the Real Estate agent... Jane. She is fab., she is bubbly and wonderful. It's nice to have a nice person help you. She's great because she's getting us all the info we could possibly want, and the info we wouldn't have thought of. We Called her, met with her, and made an Offer.

Like I said, it's out of town, and it's four bedroom, and it's cute, and David really really likes it. We will find out by 9 pm if they accepted, or rejected, or even countered our offer. It's exciting and stressful. I just can't wait for an anwser... sigh...

Tuesday....

So we saw another house... it's something that David got so very excited... and there isn't much to fix... it's going for a great price, and David liked it. that is the biggest thing. I could live in any house, make it my house, my home. But having and knowing David likes it, is excited about it, is actually doing things that lead to us actually owning it... that is great.

It's out of town, in a snow storm it takes 12 min. to get to town. I'm a little saddened, mostly because of the distance we'd need to drive in and how often we'd be driving in.... of course we are far from the noise, traffic, and it's got a friggin great yard.

Besides that I feel so gross. I'm getting sick again. I'm just feeling kinda blah in a dripping snotty sorta way. I'm still able to function and at some points in the day i don't think about how full my face feels or how sore my throat is.... Ok I'm done no more complaining. David, i think, thinks i complain too much... which is probably true, I guess i'm in the habit. I am trying to stop.... Sigh...

School is going well - except that EVERYONE is sick... Two teachers were out today and we didn't have enough substitutes.... there are a bunch of kids out from every class... here and there and some on some days.... and others on other days... one kid was in the Hospital.... but besides kids puking, greeny yellow stuff comeing out of a few face holes and the stomach aches, the fevers, the headaches.... it's al worth it to help teach young minds..... or is it?? gross much.

Sigh... Tomorrow a mircale coudl happen mabye a snow storm, or power outage... then we'd all get a penalty free Rest day..... sigh a girl can dream, along with every 'sorta' sick teacher at CCA...

Ciao

Missing...

I'm just sitting here at what was supposed to be a meeting, but it got rescheduled.
SO
Now I'm just sitting here.

It's not so bad, but I really wish I could be a few other places...
-With David at the rink - watching him play the sport that means so much to him. It's werid that I have never seen him play. ever. It's somethign that I've wanted to do but it's never come up... it's never really been talked about. I know it's a passion of his, but the oportunity has never come up.
-In Moncton with my girls. All the girls I've been mising and they are all together, together talking, reminicing, laughing, and I'm just sitting here.
-With Momma, just talking about life, her's, mine. Just talking with Momma.

Work is going well, it's a bit easier now that I'm getting into the swing of things. I'm falling into a routine, but routine means that I'm getting a little bored. Somedays I love what I do, I can't wait to get to School, see the kids, teach new thoughts, ideas... somedays, well, I just think what on earth could make the day good, go smoothly, go fast so i can come home and think about anything else. I think I'm going to be doing this for another year... mostly because they aren't saying that they won't have me back, but a little bit because I don't have any back-up jobs just in-case I don't want to continue.

Life is going well, the house serching is still going on - we aren't in a hurry, and Janet we are NOT, I reapeat, NOT pregnant. We are just looking to find a place that is ours, that we can work with, grow in and one day Start a family (one day, not this day, not any day, anytime soon). There have been a few that popped up but after much talking, and praying we think thet best thing to do is wait jsut a little longer, a few more months... that way we have a (surprisingly) large dent in the Student Loans... and a bit more for down payment the timing will be better, well the finacses anyways... since I think I could move tomorrow if God just showed us the house...

I'm feeling mentall worn down i think, jsut the last couple of days, like i wish teh world would stop spinning out of control. ... i'll get over it - - -- I always do....

Ciao

Ev'y

Ev'ys Home!!!


Just for a Visit....

I didn't get to see her when she flew in -

but I hope to see her a LOT!!! and SOON!!

Miriam Elizabeth Belli - - Has Arrived

Miriam Elizabeth Belli

Feb 17th, 4:48 am
Beautiful!

Ahhh, Another Snow Day

The best thing about snow days is the Sleeping in!!

A good sleep in is one of those things you never really appreciate until it's just about over. Just as you’re about to get out of bed everything is perfectly perfect and you just wish for a few more minutes to stay in bed. There are a few requirements needed for a great sleep in. Most importantly are the right blankets and PJs. You have to be swimming in ‘comfy’. The lighting in the room should be dim, almost non-existent; just enough so that if your eyes open by complete accident... you can still roll over and go back to sleep.

It starts with blankets, just enough so that you are toasty, not sweating... who likes to wake up sweaty... gross. Ok so the temperature is set as a comfy level, and you are sleeping comfortably. I personally like to have my puff (comforter, but it’s puffy so I call it a puff) all bunched up around my chest and neck. Not suffocating me but blocking out all areas that cold could try to come in. I’m also a big fan of pillows, one or two behind my head, one I can hug, and a few to prop my feet up with, the feet pillows are optional.

Sigh! A good sleep in is something that everyday should start with. ok now that that is over we can move onto other more important things. David and I are seriously looking into buying a house... I’d like it to be the sooner the better.

There are a few houses we are looking into. One of them is a cute bungalow. It’s in Princton heights, a very nice subdivision. It’s close to our friend’s house, and still in town with out having to be in a dumpy part of town. There are 3 bdrm and a small bath, but a 2nd bath was started and never finished in the basement. It needs some work (Windows and maybe siding in the next 5 years), but is going for a GREAT, GREAT price. I wouldn’t mind fixing it up because then it’d be more like ‘my’ house. Any house we buy won’t be completely ‘my’ house... but if we get one with and un finished basement, and a few things to work on, then we can make it Just the Way We Want...

There is another house, a split entry it’s out of town, not very far but it’d be a 7 min drive in at least. It’s a 9-year-old house, with a great yard. It’s nice, but it’s about 20ish thousand dollars more than the first house... so it’s newer but more... seems that’s how it works. Aha.

So If anyone out there has a house that they want to sell us pretty cheap- - just let me know!!

Ev'y's Coming in 7 days!!!! YEAH oh man!! I can't Wait

Truro...

So I've lived in truro for what - 9 years... and now... because Ev'y might be moving here it all of a sudden got to be fun to say... sigh... I see where I rank on the fun list. jeepers... it saddens me...

And Again

WooHoo !!

One more day off work! I love it! Does that mean I'm lazy?
Hmmm... maybe, but i think i'll get over it.

Today I can continue to do the Laundry and Chores. Hopefully I'll be able to get living room boxes organized and put them away... and change the bookcases around, and put other things in the spaces that the books once took up.

SNOW DAY

Have I mentioned that I love snow days -
1) I don't have to work
2) I can sleep in - more about the no work, but the snow is the percipitaing factor..aha
3) The snow is so pretty. I love the snow.

Today I'm going to try to get a few things done around the house, and if the wind ever dies down walk into the school and get my classroom organized. We'll see how the day goes.

I can't wait for Feb. well it is Feb. but I mean I can't wait for all the things going on in Feb. First it will be my first Valentine's Day as a Wife... and the weekend of the 10th we are heading to Moncton to visit... oh Brannie and Holly can we borrow some floor, or a tiny single bed... what ever you got we'll take!! and then Ev'y come's home for a visit!!! AND I CAN"T WAIT.. I crave her! Ev'y - it's not fun joking about not seeing me in truro... It's not funny at all.

Well I should get going on the errands and what not.

Time to Update...

So It's been a few days, or was it a week? I"m not sure the days sometime seem to run together.

Work is going so GREAT - some days it's tiring but most days it's very much a great time. The kids are so great, they are still working on the listening and the not Shouting out in class...but hopefully that will come soon.

Life in general is going well. David and I are still loving this married thing. i think a lot more people should try this.

You know I miss people, I think right now that is what i'm feeling, I miss Ev'y and Brannie and Holly and Emmie... Heck I miss most of my girls... I just would love to see them, to hang out - to just go and sit with them and maybe eat, and talk, cry, laugh... etc...

Well It's nothing fab... but it's an update

I could hear the Birds chrip...

The entire way home i could here brids chirping. It was so wonderful. I hope that Winter stays like this instead of that nasty -30 something weather that we usually get.

sigh a Girl can dream...

Owww My Shoulder Hurts... But I'm still so very HAPPY

First - Why I'm so Happy!!

Ruthie got engaged, and then about two days later Leanne got engaged ... tis the season of engagement. I just can't believe how happy this makes me. They are such great friends I love to see them Happy.

My Shoulder

I awake at 3:30 this morning in EXTREME pain. So much that after an hour of crying David tells me we are heading to the Hospital.

So how did this happen - let me tell you, I wish I knew...

Two days ago I awake to a slightly sore shoulder, and I figure heck I slept on it funny and might have pulled the muscle. I then head to school, slip and fall a little - not a large fall just a slip - and think 'hmmm that tingles.. how about taking some tylenol..." that will help. So through out yesterday I'm taking an average dose of tylenol. After all isn't that what over the counter pain medication is for. Well during the day I did a few things that could have aggrivated my shouldblade/back. Let's see... Played with the kids in my class, played a few games of Ping-Pong, moved some stuff around the apratment, reached up for stuff that was too heavy to lift, and too high to really get a grip with... sigh... So my back really hurts by about bed time and I think "hmm this still really hurts." Of couse I take a few more tylenol to get to sleep... I know it seeems like I'm a pill pusher... I'm not I promise. Of course what happenes next is pretty normal... when you go to bed, usually sleep follows... and this time it did. No big surprise.

Until 3:30am. it's like an alarm went off in my shoulder-blade. it hurt and it hurt a lot. so off to the hospital. I was seen by a doctor who madae me twist my arm, and move my shoulder, and made me cry. It was very painful. We (well, he with my help) figured i had strained my back muscle, the really big thin one, and then in one of my simple movements I tore it. Exciting.

I'm off work for 2 days. Not really because of the injury but because I'm on serious pain killers. I'm tired and I can't really focus on anything, and I'm not really sure if what I think is going on is going on. It's like I'm dreaming... in a fog... and just out of it.

But in the end - WOOT for Love...

The Holiday Rush

Well it's been kinda a hectic (as I was saying in an eariler post), time of year.
i had a few weeks off work - so i should be rested... but there were so many chores, so many errands, so much shopping, and SO MUCH family... sigh...

I'm back at work and It's kinda nice to be busy but in a not so busy sort of way. It went smoothly. and i'm feeling ok - except that my lower back hurts from standing for about 6 hours... yikes....

well that's it for now... i think.

Ciao