It’s been one heck of a week and the weekend is going to be even worse. Monday we had our 10 day inspection, where our consultant from the builder came by to see if we had any issues to fix. We had a cracked window needing replacement and our flood light outside didn’t work. So far we’re quite happy with the new house and just wishing we had some pretty new furniture to go into it. We brought the dogs home last weekend and WOW, they are having a blast in their new home. Pagan is NOT happy with a back yard full of grass. He picks up his paws as if it’s something icky he’s stepping in. He refuses to even sit down out there. It’s hilarious. Luna is having a ball running around like an ummm “luna”tic and loves trying to catch all the yummy ducks in the pond. We met some of our neighbors yesterday and their little babies. Pagan is the only boy so far and their two dogs are seriously letting him know he’s NOT the boss. Our neighbors seem pretty nice and have welcomed us with open house and open arms. I SO love this area! We thought Pagan would have an issue with the stairs in the house but so far he’s doing pretty well. They both fly up and down the steps but Pagan has learned to slow down before he hits the bottom step, Luna hasn’t, she hits the hard wood floor at full speed and skids all the way across the hall and slams into the wall EVERYTIME! It’s hilarious. Unfortunately, we’re having an issue with Luna trying to race us up and down the stairs. I almost broke my neck twice today because she cut me off. Becca wasn’t so lucky, she ended up falling up the step and twisting her baby toe, poor thing she sits there crying hysterically and Luna is just looking at her like, “What? What’d I do?” Oh well, they’ll both learn soon enough how to walk up and down the stairs.
Tuesday I spent the day at Becca’s school doing volunteer work. It was their quarterly honor roll luncheon and I volunteered to help with all four lunches. I’m so dumb! Becca made the principal’s list this quarter WOO HOO with straight A’s. She actually acknowledged me this time and even introduced me to her friends. I guess I wasn’t too much of an embarrassment this time for her.
Wednesday was Girl Scouts and a Jacksonville Humane Society presentation. The lady was awesome and the dog was beautiful and so patient. Twenty girls running up and trying to pet her all at one time and she never snapped once. Of course, the meeting didn’t end until 8 and with all the running around and dropping off of kids, Becca and I didn’t get home until 9:30. This new home away from Arlington is starting to bug the crap out of me. The drive SUCKS!
Thursday was a drama filled day that I just so don’t want to get into right now. Let’s leave it at it so totally sucked and if I could erase it from my memory I’d do it in a heartbeat.
Today, well, it was a good day and a bad day. Not much else to say on that.
On a bit of sad news (because I’m not sure if I actually posted this part already or not) we lost the contract on the old house. Apparently, the potential buyers had a pre-approval letter and after they put the binder out on our house, they went back to the bank to get their final approval and were shocked to find out that their loan officer was terminated due to fraud. YIKES! They lost the approval and we lost the sale of the house. On the good side though, we got a copy of the inspection that was done and we are now able to make a few repairs unofficially so that will save us money on a licensed plumber, electrician and carpenter. Anybody out there a plumber, electrician or carpenter willing to work for CHEAP!!! We spent today cleaning up the bathroom “mold” and yuckiness and bought the supplies to repair corroded wood, damaged wood and weather stripping. Hopefully, we’ll be able to get everything done before the next inspection and hopefully the next inspection will give us a good report. Oh by the way, did I mention we got another offer??? WOO HOO! And it’s better than the last one. They even offered us more than what we were asking and already have the closing date scheduled. HAPPY Anniversary to us… It’s scheduled on our 16th anniversary! FINGERS CROSSED I hope this one is a done deal!
The end of the year of school is fast approaching which means more school activities, projects and reports and a ton of activities needing to be completed for Girl Scouts. Our entire troop is bridging up to Cadets this year so we not only have to complete our usual end of the year mess but we now have to attend additional meetings with current Cadets. We had a meeting this past Wednesday, have a field trip tomorrow, a meeting this coming Tuesday and another meeting next Friday. UGH! I’m running out of time in the days.
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