Things That Must Go VI

Has it really been since last March that I have listed my minor vents, ahh progress.

1. Target Blowers: There are so many things about our new Target store that I could complain about but I am going to pick the worst offender, the blowers in the ladies bathroom. I have always hated blowers, I don't know if it is because I am too lazy to wait for my hands to properly dry, or too lazy to rub them together, or if I just like the secure feeling of knowing that the paper towel will get my hands completely dry, but I just all around hate them. The ones at our new Target are the worst! They are industrial strength, which you think I would like, less time/more dry. But they are so strong they blow my hand fat around! I realized a few years ago that my hands had put on a bit of weight, but I really hate this new visual reminder.

2. Fast Food Overcompensation: I am a bit of a picky eater, always have been. It took me over 15 years to let them put sauce on my Taco Bell Bean Burritos. I am getting so much better, (I think I almost gave my dad a heart attack when I told him I now eat Supreme Pizza,) but I still don't like Mustard, pickles, and many other things. So when I order a hamburger from any fast food joint and ask for my custom requirements, Ketchup, lettuce, and onions- NO Mustard, Pickles, Mayonnaise, or Cheese, the people seem to think in their heads, "No Mustard? Well surely they must want three extra helping of Ketchup!" No I do not. It sometimes drives me back to my original childhood order of a plain hamburger.

3. Max and Ruby's Parents: I love the Max and Ruby books by Rosemary Wells. In fact that is how Max got his name, I thought the Max bunny was so cute. The cartoon on Nickelodeon I am not so fond of. The voices are annoying and it tends to suffer from the too much of a good thing syndrome. Unfortunately Max has become obsessed with them. He wants to watch it all the time. Okay, fine we have gone through so many phases with Max and this one will pass too, its not too bad. My only seriously grip is that the two bunnies never have parents, poor Ruby is constantly taking care of Max. No child should have that much responsibility. I have to say that for the most part she takes it really well, but it sometimes really bothers me.

4. "You look pregnant.": There are a lot of annoying things that people say to pregnant women, and almost all of them I let slide off my back, but I really hate this one, and have been getting it a lot lately. "REALLY, I DO! Hmmm, I better have that looked at. It could be serious." There is now no denying I am pregnant. I look it, but really, I am aware of it so you don't need to let me know. We are paying a lot of money to make sure that someone trained will be there to catch the baby in September, but thanks for the concern.

LAZY BOYZ

Jeff doesn't feel well today, and frankly who would after being assulted by Max at 5:45 in the Morning, so he is with us today. Luckily for all of us I also found my camera today. And here are the results.

Top Three

There is so much to say about my new house and the whole experience that I am afraid I am not up to the task, so I have decided I Will at least share my top three favorite things about my new house.

#3 The space, from 1200 to 2700 square feet. Yeah you can feel the difference. I just sit in my bed and stare at all the empty space in my room. (Empty except for all the unpacked boxes of course.)

#2 The Dining Room, I always said I never needed a dining room, but it sure is nice to have one. I use it so much more then I ever thought I would. We have even pulled the leaves out of the table, and there is still plenty of room to spare.

#1 The view. We don't exactly have the most windows in the living room, but looking out them you feel like you are in Swiss Family Robinson. The angle of our lot and the layout of the living room kinda juts the room out into the tree tops. Our last house had fantastic views, (it is pretty hard to live in Bella Vista and not,) but our trees were further away and smaller. Here we have big trees right in your face.

I could go on and on about more, perhaps I will update this every few months as I fall in love with more stuff. As soon as I find my camera and unpack a bit more I will add new pictures. The above picture is of the dining room before we moved in, the wall paper is still up but hopefully not for long.

Spick and Span

Humph I am exhausted. I dropped Max off at his girlfriends today so I could clean my old house for a few hours. There is something disheartening about knowing that I am cleaning not to live in, not to get a deposit back, and not to sell my house. I'll probably have to do it again a year from now when we try to sell. Luckily I was raised in a family where I am pretty sure the motto is, "We always get our deposit back," The place is really coming together, I will probably only need to invest a few more hours and that is mostly for the outside. I was very blessed to have the Beehive class come over last week and help clean, They took off a few layers of dirt for which I am super grateful. The annoying thing about cleaning is that no one really notices if a house is clean, only if it is dirty. (This is especially true of house guests.) It was also irritating cause the house I moved into was not clean and I could have been using my strength to clean it. Oh Well. To end on a happy note I would like to thank the inventor of the magic eraser! I hope where ever you are it is on a beach, your purse overflowing with money, (for surely only a women could come up with something that good,) and you are sipping fruit drinks while some one else is cleaning your house with magic erasers.

Sleeper

So we decided to finally move Max out of his crib. Yes he is Two years and Ten months old and just now moving out of the crib. He tried climbing out around 18 months, but Jeff and I were diligent about popping him right back in and after a few days he gave up. All things considered I think he is doing well. He sleeps at night and even takes naps, but there is one big reason why, we have to lie down with him in his bed until he falls asleep. Yup, we are cursed. It is really quite cute, and I don't even mind the naps cause it forces me to slow down and rest. I hate the evening though cause I don't want to take a breather two hours before I go to bed. Jeff is tougher on Max than I am, he only stays for a few minuets, this has led Max to say last night, "Momma stay, dada go," my boys' no fool.

Yes, the picture is a bit old, I have no idea where my camera ended up.

Thanks

Yes, we have finally moved. We are beyond delighted with our new house. Jeff and I often giggle to each other about how blessed we are to have found such a screaming deal. I really need to start out with a big list of thanks:

Thanks to Kendra, Lara, Abi, Morgan and Carrie for watching Max so I could pack and get the new house ready.

Thanks to the Elder's Quorum of our ward, the McMurrins, and the Deacons for helping us actually move the furniture and boxes.

Thanks to the Beehives and their leaders for helping to clean our old house to get it ready to rent.

Thanks to Tanya for cleaning my carpets!

Thanks to the Millers and the Sperrys for lending us their coolers to move the food

Thanks to James Miller for all the electrical advice.

Thanks to all my friends who have stopped by to wish me well and share in my happiness.

We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends in our lives. (Am making and delivering Peanut Butter Fudge this week as a more physical thanks)

Updated

I thought that since I have been such a slacker with my blog that I would send out a quick update. We are doing well. The closing of our house has been pushed off to the 15th of June, because the loan appraiser who looked at our house on the 5th of May did not get any paperwork to us until the 28th. He declared that the house was unlivable without a dishwasher and a painted kitchen. Who knew? But the good news is that Fannie Mae has agreed to paint and do all the other stuff on the list and we should be living in a new home by the end of the month. Then we can worry about what to do with this one. We will try to rent it for awhile.

Max is still the cutest thing ever living. We drove by Chuck E Cheese today and he yelled, "Dad, where are you going? I want that way." It was really sad. He loves going to the pool. We took him to a water park in Branson last Saturday and he had a ball. He is so brave he climbed up these cargo nets and went down big slides all by himself. He didn't want to leave. His teeth were chattering at the end but he wanted to keep going. We have begun the early stages of potty training, mostly because he always wants to go to the potty.

Our Sable is dead again. Jeff is sad and it has been a hassle to say the least but at least we didn't put the $1000+ that the repair guy wanted to fix the shocks. (which was not why it died) So we are a one car family for awhile. Max keeps pointing at the car and saying, "Dada car broken." And sometimes just "Dada broken," which accurately describes how Jeff feels about it.

Mae is doing well and is already a champion kicker. Her best hours are from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. I hope this does not continue once she joins us. I scored big time at the Associate Store and got her lots of cute outfits for this winter for two bucks a piece, which is good cause I have a feeling that I will be spending too much on this girls wardrobe. We are working on teaching Max to say Baby Mae, it is pretty cute.

I have been a bit overwhelmed lately with the whole house situation. My house is currently half packed which is really irritating. Mae is still riding way too low and therefore I have to use the restroom at least 20 times a day (not exaggerating) I am starting to wonder what this will do to my water bill. But on the plus side it does make Max want to go potty. Today I am weirdly exhausted and lacking blood pressure, I hope it goes away soon. All things considered, life is good, stressful, but good.