Hospitals, Snakes & Traveling....A Busy Week

I'll go ahead and apologize now for having such a rambling, non-cohesive post but it's the only way I can update everyone on what's going on with us this week.

If you're still interested, read on.

Hospitals:
I will be spending Tuesday & Wednesday mornings at the hospital with my step-dad who is having some procedures done. Thankfully, Daddy is home this week on vacation so the kiddos don't have to accompany me. The procedures done today went well, there is a pacemaker change to be done tomorrow. Hopefully that will go just as well.

Snakes:
While I was away today, the kids & Daddy had some excitement. Daddy was sitting in one of our chairs on the front porch and Gracie went to sit in the other one but when she moved the pillow -something was already there....you guessed it - A SNAKE. She didn't know what it was right away & thought it was one of Chase's leashes. (I'm glad she didn't get the chance to pick it up.)
Daddy managed to get it into the yard where he proceeded to kill it.
(If you're one of those bleeding green, tender hearted environmentalists who is going to get all ticked off - SAVE IT. We don't care. It's a snake. Around our children. End of story!)

Traveling:
Once again, we will be leaving to head down south and do a little house hunting. We FINALLY got the totals that we needed from the relocation company and should be able to put an offer in on a house. Yay!
I'll let you know how that all plays out when we return on Saturday.

Until then, I hope everyone is doing well & staying cool in this heat.
I look forward to catching up on all the blogs when we get back.

Yay! I'm a Winner!

I finally won something on a blog contest.....I'm so excited!

Wendy of Freeul had a "Guess the Amount of Rain Contest" and I got the closest so I get a wonderful new umbrella.

"Thank You. Thank You. Thank You."

Dreaming....

This is sooo where I want to be right now.

I'm picturing "My Happy Place" and releasing all stress.

(Ah - who am I kidding.....it's a picture!)

Confession Time

I have a confession to make.

I have an addiction. (Gasp!)

It is time to confess......that I... am... addicted to.........

SCHOOL SUPPLIES! (Double Gasp!)

Whew. That feels so much better.

I just couldn't keep it to myself any longer.

Temptation is everywhere and I need a support system.

I go to Walmart and there they are.......notebooks for 5 cents! Pencils for...I don't even know how much.

I crave them so much I don't even pay attention to the prices - I just throw them in the cart.

Filler paper, colorful divider folders (with pockets), brand new crayons....oh, the smell.

This is the toughest time of the year for addicts like me and I'm thinking of starting a program.

School Supplies Annonymous

Is there anyone out there who needs to join or am I a total freak?

Please...anybody.....I need help to be stopped.

Inspection Time

On Thursday we have a very important visitor stopping by.

Yep, it's the "Home Inspector".

I must spend the next two days cleaning, mopping, & making our house look brand new again so he won't have many things to write down on his list.

I also have to try to rearrange some things in the garage so he can get to the pull down stairs for the attic. (That might be a trick.)

Keep your fingers crossed that everything checks out ok. Our house is only three years old so if there is anything major - I might get a tad upset.

Sorry there's nothing more interesting to blog about, but around here....it's all about THE MOVE!

We might have a winner.....

We're back from our travels down south and it was a very productive trip.

We've looked at a ton of houses and I refuse to add one more to the mix. If we haven't seen it by now, more than likely we're not going to see it.

We have picked out one to put an offer on, but I'm not telling which one (yet).

I will show you all of the ones that we've toured (that I cared enough to take a picture of) so you can see our dilemma.

I think we're going to make an offer next week, so.....I'll keep you posted.

If that doesn't work, we'll go to Plan B.

Whatever is meant to be will be.

Enjoy the pics:

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Too many decisions.......what's your guess?

On the road again.

We're headed to SC for more house hunting.

Hope everyone enjoys the remainder of their week. I look forward to reading all about it when we return on Saturday.

(By the way - I had to breakdown and request a new relocation counselor. Ours stunk.

I haven't gotten a reply to my e-mail asking for her supervisor's name - shocker!)

Must be Opposite Day

Gracie & I were have a little mommy/daughter time today while running errands. We stopped to grab a quick bite of lunch in the car, and I hear from the backseat:

"Is today Opposite Day?"

"No, honey, it's not opposite day. Why?"

I look in the review mirror and she's holding up one of these.....

Instead of one of these......

Guess I was wrong.....it must be Opposite Day!

(Thanks, McDonald's workers)

Another Relo Update

Well, a lot has happened on the relocation front. As of the last report things were pretty sluggish but this past week we have seen a pick up in the action. (I guess my harrassment is finally paying off.)

They've shown our house twice and we've had one realtor preview.

Our moving company came out to do their survey (which just means they need to see how much junk we have to move).

And......drumroll please:

After much aggrevation (by me) the two appraisers came out this morning!! (Cheers, Hooray!!)

Now, I know they have to turn their reports into the relo co. in two days - let's see how long it takes for me to get the results.

We are heading down to SC on Wednesday for more house hunting. We have a house in mind so wish us luck and prayers please, my mother is also going with us.

I'll let you know how it all works out.

Hope everyone is having a great week. :)

I'm Feeling Blah.

As many of you know, we are in the middle of a relocation to SC. Hubby has been gone since May, so that leaves mom & the kiddos here until we find a new home and can get moved.

Since it's summer time and we're not busy with school activities I have some extra time to surf around in blogland. I have found some great blogs out there about entertaining. While viewing these I have found myself becoming more & more bored with my life (as it is now). It seems like all I do is take the kids to the pool, search for houses on-line, and wait for people to show up to do their assigned task for the relo.

When what I really want to be doing this summer is more of this:

and this

(All photographs courtesy of Southern Living.)

I want to have summer cook-outs and get-togethers. I want to grill out at night with my hubby and family. I know in my head that it will be over (eventually) but for now it's dragging on forever.

Now that I've had my little pity party, let me live vicariously through you.

Tell me what kind of entertaining you've been doing lately.