Mrs.......yep!

No time for anything right now except to pack boxes, I move this weekend....and the house is almost through escrow! How'd that happen? On our honeymoon we got a call, we had an offer, one we took...and now, we have an offer on our own home 'together'. How cool is that? Yep...very cool!

Countdown

Its amazing to me how the time has been flying by. I haven't had much time for anything other then work, schooling and preparing for the wedding. Never mind the weekly Open Houses, sometimes daily house showings and the need to sell as much as I can on Craigs list to be able to have less to move out of state.

I found a wedding gown 2 weeks ago. Its perfect, except 3 inches too long. So I had to squeeze a dress fitting into my already crazy week last week. Tuesday Ill pick it up...Thursday we head out to Arizona for the wedding....eeek! Slowly I have gotten all the girls outfits put together. Its been hard shopping for two teenagers that are not with me, so I have a bunch of alternative choices, all of which Ill have to return because they will probably not like most of them!

We have found a home we really want to buy in Arizona, but have to sell this place first...whats that mean? I don't know, where will we be living in the meantime? I don't know....its going to be an adventure. An offer was already on the table once for my home, it fell through. I know God will work all the details out, but I hate having to wait to see what that will mean! In the meantime, I run around most days with more to do then any person should. Fortunately my high schoolers finished school this week. That means choir and drama performances are all finished too! Piano recitals, are not going to happen this year...seems everyone planned everything the weekend of my wedding! : ) oh well. It was nice hearing the piano teacher say how unimportant a recital was in the grand scheme of things....I agree.

Hungry, need coffee.....sadly I have a friend at work who has to remind me to drink coffee each day because of how hectic life has been......this too shall pass.

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May Flowers.....Can you believe its May????????

I don't really know where the time went, but its almost been a month since I posted. I think inside of me I am almost in disbelief that I am living my last few days being single. Small parts of me still run scared thinking that this won't happen. What I have dreamed of for years, actually coming true. No longer crawling into an empty bed alone. Lord, thank you!

We painted the house......Ill post more on that on my 101 Project site. We filed for our marriage license, I can't believe how easy it is to do that in a state outside of California! We have found a home we think we want to buy, (5 bedroom, 3/4 of an acre and it has grass, fruit trees and Rose Bushes in ARIZONA!!!) of course getting rid of my current home is priority. I should also mention it has a insulated separate garage/workshop that makes any man go crazy. I've arranged the reception, Dennis has his outfit (do men call it an outfit?) picked out, I think I have my dress figured out, ordered the wedding cake, mailed off wedding invitations, registered at the normal places and just when I think I have it all done, papers mailed off, forms filled out...my daughter says to me...." Mom, are you going to have a bouquet of flowers?" We watched "27 Dresses" last night....cute movie by the way. Arrrgh, flowers! I suppose I should have flowers huh. She of course wants me to throw the bouquet, but the Parks and Rec service at the park may take issue with that. Soooooo, I guess it isn't all worked out, I need to figure out flowers!

I'm so happy Neek is flying in next weekend. She is doing a wedding shower for me and I need the sanity of a girls night out with her. I also need someone to ground me and help me think out things like what are the girls going to wear...and that kind of thing. Ok maybe I just need a Margarita!

Oh the other thing that keeps coming to my mind is changing my name again. That just seems strange, and I can't for the life of me recall how you do that! Am I excited? Oh yes! Am I exhausted? Beyond measure! On top of everything here at the house I have taken on full time hours and have worked out keeping my job when I move. Ok, no I worked out nothing, that was truly the Lord's doing.

Next week my baby turns 10, 3 weeks of high school left, and the 3o day count down of singleness begins!

Loosing my brain

It is official, I have finally hit the point of doing absolutely too much. When one has been working 8 hours a day, schooling her kids, and remolding a home, not to mention planning a wedding in another state, and trying to figure out what needs to be done to move to that state....Im on overload

I'd cry if I could, but Im too tired. I've been scrapping. Scrapping? Yes scrapping, scrapping, and trimming. The house is going to be painted this weekend. Cool, another off my 101 list too, but something I have waited, lets see how long have I lived in this house???, oh yes 18 years! for!!!
I'm so excited!

Dennis will fly out Friday and we paint on Saturday. Of course not just paintbrush style paint, no no, no respectable man would paint with a paint brush so I'm told, I had to be a power sprayer to paint...yep, I am not the proud owner of a Wagner something or other. Who cares, I'm still busy trying to get the house ready to be painted. Two story home with a eaves that has probably gone over 20 years without being painted. Yes, there is dry rot in it, but whatever the inspector didn't find, we are going to PAINT....and paint it good! Its funny, Dennis doesn't want me to pick out the paint by myself. See me the efficient one wants to have it all ready, but whats the deal with men having to hit Home Depot before they do something. It think its just an unwritten code... don't you? I tried to argue with him, "hun, its not like we are going to live in this house together??" But ok, if that's what my man wants, I think I learned this one a long time ago, Ill give him that :)

All the damaged by termite wood has been redone, the front complete rebuilt, sides of the house all trimmed up, windows mostly trimmed, a few more to do, but they are the tall ones and I really really hate standing on a ladder. My father came over and redid the electrical mess, fixed a water pipe leak, yes for those who know me, you can only imagine my face as that broke and the fun that made, but it didn't get in the house...praise God!

This week a big spot in the back that use to have a door in it will be sided up, and a door for crawling under the house rebuilt. The roof will be attacked in one more spot and who knows what else I can find for him to fix for me :)

I learned how to caulk the tubs this week. Yuck! I decided I didn't like that project, but I did the kitchen and liked how that came out. I have more to do inside but for now the outside has me busy, scrapping paint. My poor neck, Ill never be the same after this!

I have it!

Ive been a bit of a basket case this week. You should be the happiest person in the world right now, you are engaged ! Yes I know....but I miss my 'man' and its been 3 weeks since I saw him. In those 3 weeks my head has been spinning. Ive been working like crazy, selling on ebay like crazy, schooling the kids, grading papers and oh yes dealing with just about every contractor there is.

Furnace, funny thing is when you sell a home, I guess you need to have one of those. Arrrgh.... years ago my ex took it out of the closet it was kept in and never had it replaced. Soooo thats a problem when it comes to getting it financed I guess.... Gulp that will only be $2400 or so.

Termites...wood rot....fun stuff. I suppose when you own a home that was build originally in the 40's you kind of have to expect this stuff. I got lucky and found out a girl friend from work's husband is a working contractor. He is doing great work and really not so expensive but the thing is, one problem always seems to lead to another one.

Termite inspection.....uggg....My suggestion, have someone else walk the house before you have one of those done. I had no idea this goes on permanent record. So I call up book an appointment and get the report. My Realtor states...Ive never seen so many codes..,... tears well up

Realtor, get a good one....and yes I have one of those. He has been awesome, but keeps finding issues. The more he is here helping me the more issues he has found. So that did it, I went over the edge.

Sitting there while he was under the house showing a furnace contractor what we were up against I started to cry. After I got my act together I was ready to just walk away. So he came up with another plan, lets market it lower and see if we can get someone to buy it completely as is and take over all the issues. I love it! So start praying....maybe just maybe this will be one of those awesome God experiences. I am praying hard for one of those. In the meantime

My dad brought over a saw for me to use....yes I will have 911 on call Im sure. A scaffolding was assembled outside to prepare the outside for paint....again 911 on call Im sure. Anyone who knows me knows...this could be dangerous. Dennis booked a flight for 2 weeks tonight from now...painting the house that weekend...that gives me a deadline to get the house ready for paint...arrrgh. Good, then Ill be done..yeah right.

Funny thing is if we don't get a bite from investors...it will go on the market into the MLS at a higher price. I have to have the stuff done then. Soooo that means staging a home. I don't get the idea of depersonalizing a home in order to sell it. I mean a home is personal right? You set up a home to be personal...why else have a home???? So that means I have to move stuff out....yes a lot of stuff so says Realtor....grrr...so that means a yard sale and craigs list, I mean why pack it if we wont need it. Ebay around the clock and whatever other means I can come up with to clear stuff out. May 31st wont get here soon enough I tell you....oh but the good news

My mom found me the perfect wedding outfit. A beautiful skirt and blouse...its basically perfect and me 100 percent. I love skirts, the ones that twirl, the ones that are very very girly :) yep that brought a smile to my face today!

My life is a master list of check marks

Im starting to feel like my life is a list of to dos.
This evening I ordered Wedding Invitations. Its to make my family and friends happy, not because I felt the need to get them, but because everyone keeps insisting. Neek told me yesterday that she and the girls will be driving out for the wedding...we are up to around 25 in attendance already. That amazes me!

To Do List
My realtor called today. He wants me to take advantage of the best time of year to sell a home...that starts in 2 weeks... Ugg...too much to do! Furnace contractors on Wed, I need to call a handyman tomorrow...my sons turns 16 tomorrow. Tomorrow or Wed, girls Easter/Wedding outfits. I also need to figure out how to feed people....and oh yes the wedding cake!

Checked
Wedding Rings purchased, check
Wedding Invitations ordered check check
Bathroom molding replaced and hole fixed, check check check

Too many to do's not enough checked ;)