Welcoming July

So today is July 1st which is exciting for so many reasons. 
The first is that if everything goes as planned we close in 15 days!  Praying for smooth sailing from here on out.  So ready to be at our new home.  I am so ready to enjoy the house, the new beginnings that I feel are coming with it.  I am so ready to enjoy the pool with my family, and I am ready to meet all of the great neighbors.  So far I am loving the ones that we have!  I am just ready to be HOME!  We actually did not go to the house today, we had so much to do and we knew that they would probably not have done anything so we are waiting till tomorrow.  This took some serious self control.
Second July is when my sweet baby, Danny, turns 9.  I cannot believe that I have a nine year old boy.  He is such an amazing kiddo and he is so excitd about his birthday.  If all goes as planned we will be moved in and his party will be at the pool. 
Another reason is it is the middle of the summer, which is my favorite time of the year.  I love the heat, the family, the friends, just everything! 
We headed to Beth's today to get some boxes from her and Brandon!  Thank you guys so much!  They are perfect and already holding a lot of our office stuff.  In fact the desk is emptied and the craft shelf is emptied, which is a HUGE step towards moving out.  Thank you so much.  We love you guys!
We did take the boys to Whataburger today.  The men in my house love it, I could leave it but it was a treat for them and they have all been working hard. 

Well, I am off too bed.  I have listed on eBay, written two papers, packed up a HUGE bag for Hannah Home, packed up some things to mail out, paid a bill or two, caught up on my blog, and done a load of laundry, all in the past hour.  Now I am ready for bed, since I have to be up in a few to get started again! 

I hope that you all have an amazing week! 

Happy Birthday Chason

Today was crazy busy but so much fun.  The heat was soaring at 104 and I wished that I was outside by a pool, but I still have a few weeks to get there.  Maybe this week we can go visit friends and take a break, but this weekend we are working.
We spent the morning running errands and checking on the house.  We have a bloom on our rose bush!  I am so excited and like I have said I am just ready to go home.  I am hoping that they will correct the landscaping issues.  We shall see.  Right now I am pretty put out, but if they get it all done I will be extactic.  Nothing had really been done, but we are hoping to see some finishing progress this week.

We worked at the house for a while.  I did Danny's 3K scrapbook.  Yep, I am a little behind.  I am getting there though.  It has been hot upstairs so working downstairs has been nice.  Especially since we had places to be this afternoon.

We headed to Pump it Up for Chason's birthday!  Chason is an awesome kid and John Michael's very best buddy.  He has an awesome family and I am so glad that we met each other this year.  Who knew that Batman could seriously bring two families together.  It was a great party and we had a blast. Thank you so much for inviting us.

Before heading home from the party we went to pick up some boxes!  Thank you so much Lindsay and Josh, they are great! 

Well, we have so much to do but I feel like today was pretty good!  I hope that everyone has found ways to stay cool!  I have to be honest.  I prefer this heat to the cold anyday!!!

Grrrrrrr...................

Yep, that is about all I have to say right now.  Some days it feels like everything is going downhill.  Others I know that things are starting to turn around.
This morning the boys and I went out to get some boxes from Brandon's.  Danny's asthma seems like it is trying to flare up, of course mine is trying too.  I love the heat, but the dryness in the air is just not fun.  Needless to say we are trying to stay inside and take it easy the next few days.
I worked most of the day in the office.  Three garbage bags, two boxes for eBay, one bag for donations, and one scrapbook complete. 
Each scrapbook I finish is one box that Brandon does not have to move.  Plus I am not really sure where I would keep the stuff.  If I can be caught up when we move then maybe I will be able to stay that way.  Today I did the 2006 scrapbook.  I am seriously behind.  It was fun to do it and I laughed and cried as there was a lot of pictures of my dad.  It was great to step back for a little while.
When Brandon got home we headed to the new house where more landscaping was done, but a good bit of it looks like crap.  I am so frustrated.  Needless to say I will be sending lots of e-mails tonight.  We are not sure if the carpet padding is right, you can feel every joint in the floor upstairs, the window is still broken, the list just goes on and on and we have three weeks.  If they would have taken care of these things when we pointed them out then we might be ready to move in in about a week.  Seriously getting aggrivated and the worst part is the company just seems to be okay with putting their clients on the backburner.

I have decided that it is time for me to go back to work.  I actually decided this a while back and started looking but did not share the news.  Tonight I am sharing it because I am asking for prayers and directions.  If you know of anyone hiring in marketing let me know.  I have a lot of general office experience, but marketing is where my most recent experience is and where my degree is at.  I am really wanting to make some extra money for my family so we can afford to live normally.  You know maybe a vacation, maybe some savings, mnot stressing over grocercies of tuition.  Anyway, I would just really appeciate some prayers as I know it is hard to find something.  While I am not going to be hitting the pavement hard until after school starts back I am at least already hitting the pavement. 

Well, I am off to send my e-mails and go to bed.  There is a super long to do list for tommorrow so I need some Z's.

Busy Bees

So this morning we all headed out for a family breakfast.  We enjoy our Friday breakfast at Legends.  It is nice to do something special as a family and it gets us ready for the many things that we have to do.  And there is always a nice sized to do list on Friday.
We headed out to the new house to see that there were bathroom cabinets with the vanity tops!  They are the ivory marble and are so so pretty!  I love them!  I knew that I would but there is something about seeing them in  the house that will be ours, hopefully sooner than later!

We headed to get some boxes.  The amzing people at Friends Beauty Supply in Trussville was giving them away and to say that we were thankful is an understatement.  We got as many as we could in the van. 

We headed home and all got to work with packing and cleaning.  These are the things that are taking up many hours every day.  I am seriously trying to get rid of as much as I can.  For instance my kitchen is in coffee stuff, which I know my mom is not fond of so I will be selling it on eBay.  We have to be able to come to aggreements on decorating which means I have to be willing to bend to.  I am just not sure what to do with my wine glasses?  Any advice?  They will fit on the cabinets at the new house, so I can lose the curio, but then again if we could make a litlle money on them that would be awesome. 

I went with mom to help address the bridal tea invitations for my cousins future bride Brennah.  The invitations are awesome!  I love them, very colorful and artsy.  Definitely unique!  We got them knocked out pretty fast, which was a definite plus.  There is so much going on this summer.  Most days I am overwhelmed. The best thing is it is all happy things, which is amazing!!!