E and I walked from the house to the park and around the lake and back, took about an hour and it felt good :) Of course we had to battle all of the gnats and mosquitoes but it was well worth it.
1- Ew what is that smell? It smells like crap - My response that is nature to which he replies so it is natural crap?
2- In all my 11 years I cannot believe how far technology has come.
3- Why are girls so difficult? (oh son if you only knew)
4- Let's take our albertson's bag to Walmart and tell them we bought them off of Ebay
5- Well I did want to play on the playground but it is full of little kids
6- And I know I am not supposed to watch Adult Swim but there was this funny show on and let me tell you about it....
And on the way home the most perfect one of all using me as a human shield from the sprinklers and saying hahaha It is awesome to be the youngest! Then gave me a hug and made sure to plaster my wet t shirt to my back. Nice
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Joys of owning a home
Apparently I had forgotten the joys of home ownership in the last Nine months while we renting the Money Pit, we have seemingly traded $400 plus electric bills for yard mowing in July when grass is knee high, trying to fit all of our crap into our garage and still find room for honey's cars and last but not least un-childproofing this house to a comfortable level.
The previous owners did a fine job of child proofing - almost too good as we don't have small ones running around and won't likely anytime soon. With my boys being 11 and 15 there is not much need to have the drawer locks on every single drawer and opening in the house. But I do have to wonder why on earth they let the children run rampant through the house? I have scraped (literally) pieces of food off of the back door while attempting to clean the glass, and gone through one box of magic erasers in a vain attempt to take the pint sized Picasso's off of the walls. We plan on painting at some point but not ready to do it as of yet.
We are also having a fine time trying to mix our styles with the existing fixtures in the house and our furniture and decor. With the exception of the grownup living room it is pretty mixed as of right now and there is no flow.
Major projects that are most pressing- the gap under the front door, the back windows, and changing two light fixtures one for ugliness and the other because we broke it on purpose when we moved in. But it probably would have gotten broken on purpose for ugly too. I can't stand bright brass; too much time spent in the lighting business.
Little project are fixing a closet door, completing the switch of the light bulbs from incandescent to CFL and hanging to doors correctly. Really not to bad if you think of it. Of all the homes we previewed before choosing this one this home needed the least amount of work.
Furniture wise I have a few pieces I would love to get- the wicker chest that is going to block off the fireplace in lieu of the TV box that is blocking it now from the fuzzies playing in it. And my Papasan chair that will go in the grown up living room next to the bar. Then once that is done I can add the curtains, and recover the ottoman, dining room chairs, and the window seat.
However the greatest thing of all is thus- This home is ours and not a rental and that makes it all the more fun :)
The previous owners did a fine job of child proofing - almost too good as we don't have small ones running around and won't likely anytime soon. With my boys being 11 and 15 there is not much need to have the drawer locks on every single drawer and opening in the house. But I do have to wonder why on earth they let the children run rampant through the house? I have scraped (literally) pieces of food off of the back door while attempting to clean the glass, and gone through one box of magic erasers in a vain attempt to take the pint sized Picasso's off of the walls. We plan on painting at some point but not ready to do it as of yet.
We are also having a fine time trying to mix our styles with the existing fixtures in the house and our furniture and decor. With the exception of the grownup living room it is pretty mixed as of right now and there is no flow.
Major projects that are most pressing- the gap under the front door, the back windows, and changing two light fixtures one for ugliness and the other because we broke it on purpose when we moved in. But it probably would have gotten broken on purpose for ugly too. I can't stand bright brass; too much time spent in the lighting business.
Little project are fixing a closet door, completing the switch of the light bulbs from incandescent to CFL and hanging to doors correctly. Really not to bad if you think of it. Of all the homes we previewed before choosing this one this home needed the least amount of work.
Furniture wise I have a few pieces I would love to get- the wicker chest that is going to block off the fireplace in lieu of the TV box that is blocking it now from the fuzzies playing in it. And my Papasan chair that will go in the grown up living room next to the bar. Then once that is done I can add the curtains, and recover the ottoman, dining room chairs, and the window seat.
However the greatest thing of all is thus- This home is ours and not a rental and that makes it all the more fun :)
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