Housing saga continues

Well we have had 4 showings so far on our house and one of those people actually came back twice. We are thinking that there's a possibilty of an offer from this individual. I got a good feeling from her that she really liked the house and was very compliementary about all of our renovations that we have done in the 8 years we have lived here.

We don't have a line on a house that we want to purchase ourselves but we are toying with the idea of actuallybuilding a new house. There is a double lot in the area reasonably priced that we are thinking that what we net from the sale of our house we could purchase the lot outright and then just go forward with building.
Our realtor gave us a builder named Wayne Homes and when hubby and I checked out their site we found that most of their plans were reasonable and actually were something that we liked. We are thinking ranch is the way to go or nothing more than a split level.

I'm excited by the fact of that we could actually have a brand new house that we get to plan for our family and not trying to fix what other people did before me. I guess it all depends on if we or if we don't get an offer on our house and if it's an offer that we fnd acceptable. Keep your fingers crossed.

Guess what DVD arrived in the mail this week?

YEP.....TWILIGHT!!

You would think that I am too old to have a fasination with what some people call a teenybopper genre book/movie....but here I am.
There's just something about the characters that draw me in and remind me of what it's like to be a teenager not to mention what woman doesn't want to find their true love....the one person that would do anything for you?
I am pretty sure that's every woman's fantasty. I didn't say reality...I love my husband with all my heart but man he's no EDWARD!

I've gone wireless

How cool is that!?!

Last night hubby and I broke down and finally purchased a laptop and wireless router. It was a good deal and with his DJ jobs over the next few weeks we will have the laptop paid in full. What a cool feeling. We have done that recently with the new living tables we bought and the flat screen tv and home theather.

So here I sit in the middle of my dining room floor warming myself in the sun typing away. What a neat feeling. It's my hope now that I might actually get to work on my fan fiction again. At least now when Girlie Girlie wants to play out in the sand box I can bring the laptop outside and get some writing done.

Hubby will also use this for his DJ jobs but it's going to be a bit for us to get all of that under control....so this is my toy for the moment and I AM LOVIN' IT!

FREAKIN' OUT!!!

Okay...we finally bit the bullet and put our house up on the market. We had been going back and forth with that idea for many months now. We really want a house that affords us a gameroom so that when the kids have friends over they aren't running all over the house the way they are now. It would be nice for them to have a designated area. Not to mention a nice gameroom for us adults to entertain in as well.

Well both hubby and I were pretty nervous about the whole thing. You know what happens if someone wants our house and we haven't found one we like and have no where to go. The thought living with either of our parents for any length of time totally gives me the willies. As does the idea of finding a house we love and can afford and then lose it cause our house hasn't sold. I refuse to get us in the fix of having 2 mortgage payments. Seen that happen to too many people and we are so NOT going there.

Well our house has been on the market for less than 24 hours and the realtor doesn't even have all the pictures up on the internet that she took the other day and we already have a showing for tomorrow. I am so FREAKING OUT! I am excited and scared at the same time if that's possible.

I guess we will have to wait and see....all I can ask is that if this is God's plan he leads us in the direction we are meant to go. A few prayers from all of you couldn't hurt either.

MIA....

Yep that would be me....MIA for nearly a month.
I haven't blogged nor have I visited some of my favorite bloggers. Sorry for that.

Lately life has been getting the better of me. For a while there I was pretty angry at the world for what I thought had been taken away from me. I was really missing my best friend. I felt like a part of me had been cut out. I was really missing the school we were growing. And I was very angry and upset that I felt like she and her family was ripped away from me and mine.
I still miss her each and every day...I still wish that she was a mere 20 minutes away from me and that I got to see her 5 days a week 8 or more hours a day. But that's not the case and I know that her leaving me had nothing to do with me and everything to do with the ecomony that we now live in. It still sucks though.
I was pretty miserable for a good many weeks. I was snapping at the world and all I wanted to do was sleep and hope that when I woke up that the stuff that I thought was wrong would have disappeared. Unrealistic I know. But that's where I was at that point.

A friend of mine noticed my mood change and started gently probbing my behavior and moods and I am very thankful that she did. Her and I have been doing a 40 day journey and while not all the days in the book bring about a revelation they have caused me to think about some deep seated issues in myself. I am hoping I have turned a true corner this time...a corner that I wouldn't backtrack to again. That tends to be an issue of mine....I'm not very good at making permanent changes in myself. I'm a work in progress.

I'm still struggling with being the best me I can be. I tend to have those moments when I go backwards rather than moving forward into the place I want to be. But at least now I can recognize that and stop myself midway and change directions.

So hopefully I can put my best foot forward and being to grow and change for the betterment of myself and my family.
Wish me luck.

Weigh in a few days late

well actually I did weigh in on Thursday I just didn't stop to report it here.

149.0 lbs.

So I am thinking for on reason or another last week's weight was some sort of fluke...since I haven't really done anything different in the last 7 days and I dropped six pounds. And this weigh in took place during "that time of the month" and that's usually when I pack on the extra water weight. So who knows. I still have 24lbs to lose and if I would just attempt to add some physical activity to my lifestyle maybe that would happen...it's just the exercise bike so isn't doing it for me. I need to find some other motivation.

Any suggestions?

I am so going in the WRONG direction!

It pains me to even put this down I gained 7 lbs between last week and this week! So I am at a wopping 155.2 lbs!

What's up with that?!?!
I am so frustrated with this. I am beginning to wonder if I might now need my meds for my thyroid adjusted. I have an underactive thyroid and lately I have been feeling excessively tired...like needing a nap mid afternoon. I know that's a good sign that things are out of wack. Not to mention weight gain....and to me 7 pounds in a week is more than a little weird. I mean I know my period is next week but still.....

Okay ladies I am more than a bit frustrated and upset. Any thoughts or suggestions. I would love them.