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And the Award goes to…
Tatie spent the last week of school working on a class project. They created a museum for their class room. Each child paired up and presented either a display on native Americans or a display on early pioneers. Tatie and her friend Kennedi were tasked with discovering all they could about the Plains Indians. She […]
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Elementary School Graduate
This year marks the end of Sydney’s Elementary school education. She is growin’ up! At her school they have a Fifth Grade Awards Night that is followed the next day by the Fifth grade field day. We were in the middle of our move to the new house during this last week of school so […]
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Chicago Trip 2009
Kinsey’s seventh grade class took a trip to Chicago at the end of this year of school. And I agreed to chaperone…yes, that right mid move I agreed to go on an overnight trip to Chicago to supervise teen girls. I am out of my ever lovin’ mind. That being said, it was a wonderful […]
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The Final Obstacle
The last thing that is keeping us from living in our new house that is all freshly painted and pretty is the fact that it has no refrigerator. Tonight, that situation has been resolved. I bought me a FRIDGE! WOO!!!! 26 cubic feet of cooling goodness! Now if only I can figure out how to […]
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The Count Down to Move In
You have these lists of things you want to do before you move. Painting, cleaning, appliance purchases. What no one tells you before you move is that the list GROWS exponentially every time you enter your new home! So far we have… Painted All the bedrooms (And only one of which was botched and needs […]
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Important Lessons in Home Ownership
Lesson #1: Even though is looks like the same kind of door lock, that doesn’t mean the holes are going to line up. Lesson #2: If you buy two cans of paint in the same color. You are supposed to mix them together before you begin to paint. Otherwise you end up with patches of […]
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Home Ownership Day 3
New Lawn Mover from Walmart – $197.00 8 ft step ladder from Lowes – $95.00 Friends who lend you their shop vac to remove little doggie suprises from your vents – PRICELESS.
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Home Ownership Day 2…
Spent the morning wondering how we are going to manage a house full of painters when we have no working plumbing. Wondering who I can talk into mowing my lawn. Returning 10 rolls of regular masking tape because Todd wants the BLUE rolls. *eyeroll* The ants will die today!!!!! …to be continued.
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Home ownership Day 1…
12:35 – Home Closing 12:45 – Home Closing Finished 12:46 – Discovered no one has keys to our house to give us 12:47 – Realtor tells us to go get the key out of the lock box at the house. 12:48 – Realtor discovers Title Company left without paying her commission. 12:49 – Todd and […]
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WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!!
This afternoon at 12:30 we closed on our very first house! WE ARE HOME OWNERS!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! *jumps up and down* We have ALOT of painting and cleaning to do this week. And I will post new pictures up when its all painted and pretty. I am so excited! Its a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath. come […]