The move is over and we are in! Almost all of the boxes are unpacked - there are a few left in the garage and of course some stuff for a garage sale pile, but for the most part we are in.
I haven't hung anything on the wall because of the new furniture coming next week. We will finally be able to sleep in our room rather than the guest room and the living room will have more than just a chair and end table! Our mattresses and armiore were delivered yesterday...It's starting to come together....
I'll post pictures soon, when I have time - speaking of time, why is it always gone?
:D
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
I miss him....
when he's gone and with his new job, it's more and more. I am so thankful for Garrett and all the hard work he does for our family, but I just hate it when he's gone.
I've had fun with Reese, we always do - playgrounds, snowcones, sleeping with mom.....it's all be fun, but I like when we get to do all this with the 3 of us. I want Garrett to be part of it.
Makes me realize what I've got........but I already knew...
I've had fun with Reese, we always do - playgrounds, snowcones, sleeping with mom.....it's all be fun, but I like when we get to do all this with the 3 of us. I want Garrett to be part of it.
Makes me realize what I've got........but I already knew...
Friday, May 16, 2008
It's starting to become real...
Well, in 7 days I will leave this house forever. As I sit here tonight, I think about all that has happened since we have lived here.......
Garrett and I found this great little house by accident. We turned down the wrong street while searching for another house. This one was for sale by owner and I fell in love at first sight. In 3 weeks we were moved in. We've had many first's in this house - our first anniversary, the real first holidays without my dad, and most importantly, our first child. I will miss this place we've called home for 2 years, but know that our new house has amazing things in store for us. We can more easily raise a family in a bigger house and I am excited for that.
As I sit here, among boxes and toys I am thankful, thankful for so much. I am a blessed woman.
Garrett and I found this great little house by accident. We turned down the wrong street while searching for another house. This one was for sale by owner and I fell in love at first sight. In 3 weeks we were moved in. We've had many first's in this house - our first anniversary, the real first holidays without my dad, and most importantly, our first child. I will miss this place we've called home for 2 years, but know that our new house has amazing things in store for us. We can more easily raise a family in a bigger house and I am excited for that.
As I sit here, among boxes and toys I am thankful, thankful for so much. I am a blessed woman.
Monday, May 12, 2008
This week is going to be bllllllaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
So, I just got my letter saying "they had decided on someone else for the position". Yes, yes. I didn't get my dream job. I am trying to stay positive and know that God has something else out there for me, but it's so hard - especially since we are moving across the street from the school!
Nice way to start my Monday.....and this is the week Garrett will be gone for almost all of it.....yuck!
Nice way to start my Monday.....and this is the week Garrett will be gone for almost all of it.....yuck!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Life is full of changes...
and disappointments and joys and this week we've had our share.....I'll start with Monday.
Monday - no school! Horray! It made waiting to hear if the people accepted our offer even more unbearable. Finally, aroudn 9 that night, we heard they accepted our offer and we were headed to 2249 Elmwood Street. When I asked Reese if he wanted to be an Raider (the mascot of the neighborhood school is a Raider) he started clapping his hands and smiling....What a great and relieving day!
Tuesday - I was happy to report to my co-workers that my search was over and began the search for the kids who lived in that house. Mann is the middle school for that neighborhood and I wondered if they were here. Needless to say, my next door teacher had 2 of their 3 kids. When she questioned the little girl, she said "Well, we were going to move, but now my mom changed her mind!" WHAT????????
This of course freaked me out, I called Garrett right away and he did say yes, she had in fact changed her mind. However, there was nothing they could do because they had signed the contract. Our realtor told their realtor that we would be moving in because we had a signed contract and our move out date was only 2 weeks away. As of 9 that night, the wife was still not budging.....
Wednesday - found out around 9 am that they had contacted a lawyer to find out how to get out of the contract. Luckily the law in Texas states that the contract is legally binding and they had to move. So by 9 am, my fears were calmed and I was on to having one of the best days of my life.........that is until we went to HEB for gas.
I see a young mother sitting with her baby outside HEB crying and rocking the baby. I see a man driving by continuously yelling at her. When we went over to make sure she was ok, she told me she needed milk and her boyfriend would not give her her purse. So, I took her and the baby inside to buy them some milk. Come to find out, he was drunk and had hit the baby which is why she had gotten out. We bought a bottle so she could feed the baby right away and were on our way out the store to head to the car. I told her we could take her home and as she got in the car, the boyfriend pulled up. He got out of his car, started yelling at us (profanities) that we were messing with the wrong man, to leave his old lady alone....blah blah blah. I grabbed my phone to call 911 after he started hitting our car and pulled Garrett out of the driver's side. He saw me get the phone, headed my direction was yelling at me that he would kill me if I called 911...We finally got in our car and drove off.
I called 911 and we trailed them for a bit so I could tell the cops where they were. We finally saw that the cops were on to them so we headed home. I was still a nervous wreck because this is the type of thug who would drive around until he found us and shoot up the house - he even got of liscense plate and make of car. We called the cops to see that something had been done, but the cop said that they had lost him. I told the 911 operator their address because the girl told it to me when we were in HEB.
After I knew they weren't caught, we drove over to their house - and yes, right where the girl told me and right where I told police - and there they were. Now, please tell me how someone can hit a baby, threaten another couple, his own girlfriend and pull someone from their car and nothing happen? How come I found their house in 5 mintues and the cops couldn't??????? This is very unsettling.....
Thursday - I had a job interview at an Elementary. I think it went well, but I am at a disadvantage coming down from a middle school rather than over to another Elementary. I should know by the end of next week when the interviews are all over....Say a prayer and keep your fingers crossed. By the way, our new house is caddy-cornered from the back of the school I interviewed at. How nice would it be to teach where Reese went to school.....
Friday - The house is being inspected as we speak - so pray for nothing big to be wrong....
Saturday - PACKING, PACKING, PACKING.
I am ready for this move to be over and it's only just beginning....yah!
Monday - no school! Horray! It made waiting to hear if the people accepted our offer even more unbearable. Finally, aroudn 9 that night, we heard they accepted our offer and we were headed to 2249 Elmwood Street. When I asked Reese if he wanted to be an Raider (the mascot of the neighborhood school is a Raider) he started clapping his hands and smiling....What a great and relieving day!
Tuesday - I was happy to report to my co-workers that my search was over and began the search for the kids who lived in that house. Mann is the middle school for that neighborhood and I wondered if they were here. Needless to say, my next door teacher had 2 of their 3 kids. When she questioned the little girl, she said "Well, we were going to move, but now my mom changed her mind!" WHAT????????
This of course freaked me out, I called Garrett right away and he did say yes, she had in fact changed her mind. However, there was nothing they could do because they had signed the contract. Our realtor told their realtor that we would be moving in because we had a signed contract and our move out date was only 2 weeks away. As of 9 that night, the wife was still not budging.....
Wednesday - found out around 9 am that they had contacted a lawyer to find out how to get out of the contract. Luckily the law in Texas states that the contract is legally binding and they had to move. So by 9 am, my fears were calmed and I was on to having one of the best days of my life.........that is until we went to HEB for gas.
I see a young mother sitting with her baby outside HEB crying and rocking the baby. I see a man driving by continuously yelling at her. When we went over to make sure she was ok, she told me she needed milk and her boyfriend would not give her her purse. So, I took her and the baby inside to buy them some milk. Come to find out, he was drunk and had hit the baby which is why she had gotten out. We bought a bottle so she could feed the baby right away and were on our way out the store to head to the car. I told her we could take her home and as she got in the car, the boyfriend pulled up. He got out of his car, started yelling at us (profanities) that we were messing with the wrong man, to leave his old lady alone....blah blah blah. I grabbed my phone to call 911 after he started hitting our car and pulled Garrett out of the driver's side. He saw me get the phone, headed my direction was yelling at me that he would kill me if I called 911...We finally got in our car and drove off.
I called 911 and we trailed them for a bit so I could tell the cops where they were. We finally saw that the cops were on to them so we headed home. I was still a nervous wreck because this is the type of thug who would drive around until he found us and shoot up the house - he even got of liscense plate and make of car. We called the cops to see that something had been done, but the cop said that they had lost him. I told the 911 operator their address because the girl told it to me when we were in HEB.
After I knew they weren't caught, we drove over to their house - and yes, right where the girl told me and right where I told police - and there they were. Now, please tell me how someone can hit a baby, threaten another couple, his own girlfriend and pull someone from their car and nothing happen? How come I found their house in 5 mintues and the cops couldn't??????? This is very unsettling.....
Thursday - I had a job interview at an Elementary. I think it went well, but I am at a disadvantage coming down from a middle school rather than over to another Elementary. I should know by the end of next week when the interviews are all over....Say a prayer and keep your fingers crossed. By the way, our new house is caddy-cornered from the back of the school I interviewed at. How nice would it be to teach where Reese went to school.....
Friday - The house is being inspected as we speak - so pray for nothing big to be wrong....
Saturday - PACKING, PACKING, PACKING.
I am ready for this move to be over and it's only just beginning....yah!
Friday, May 2, 2008
May 22...
will be the day Reese turns 15 months. What a big boy!
It will also be the last night in our house on Peach Street. We close on it May 23rd. We have to make a decision in about 3 days about what we are going to do. We have 2 choices as of now. And then there is always move to Cherry's, but that would require we move again and NEITHER of us want to do this....
We'll see what this weekend holds.
It will also be the last night in our house on Peach Street. We close on it May 23rd. We have to make a decision in about 3 days about what we are going to do. We have 2 choices as of now. And then there is always move to Cherry's, but that would require we move again and NEITHER of us want to do this....
We'll see what this weekend holds.
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