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I apologize  for the neck strain. I am not sure how to rotate the picture. I thought there was a way...apparently not. 

Anyway, This is going in a package I am sending my parents just as soon as I find a box for it lol. In case you can't read it, it says "Poppy, of all the dances and all the walks we've shared over the years, these were my favorite. I'll always be your little girl". Damn Pinterest making me cry :D I also have a few other pictures in regular frames to send, a slew of pictures loose in an envelope, and the two coffee mugs I made for them. It's going to suck to ship it, but I'll be excited for them to get it! :) 

Well, hello there!

Yesterday was crazy!

All was fine until lunchtime. In fact, all was great until lunch time. It was warm-er, the sun was out, I heard, Journey, Bon Jovi, Phil Collins, and "Lean on me" on my way into work. Then, lunch time. I realized just how broke I am right now. I decided to wallow in my misery by spending my last $2.39 on a Dunkin Iced Coffee. I wanted to try one of their new ice cream inspired flavors. As usual. Disappointed. I went through the drive thru (It's pretty much the only option at the one by my work. Their parking lot is almost impossible to get out of if you park in it) ordered my coffee. It "looked" right, I pulled away, and tasted it and thought..."hmm...it's nothing special..." and then I realized, it was plain coffee. They didn't even give me CREAM which I asked for. It pissed me off, but I didn't have time to fight the traffic and the line again to go back. Boo. Then, I got back to work and things went down hill. By the time I got home, I was irritated and so I cleaned. All night. Which really, is what I did Sunday...but minus the foul mood.

I cleaned our room on Sunday. Good Lord have mercy, it needed it. It was awful. To give you an idea, my wedding dress and veil were in the same exact spot that they hit the ground on my wedding night 3 (almost 4) months ago. Yeah. Bad. Took me all day. Even tackled the green room (extra room attached to our room) that Bee destroyed before after his hunting trip in February packing and unpacking. There were guns, ammo, and clothes everywhere. But it's all beautiful now. Including our bathroom. We even managed to bag up four lawn sized garbage bags of clothes for purple heart. Woot!

We rule.

Anyway. I figured the rest of the house could be cleaned this week. It needs to be done by Saturday because I will be at the Dentist all day Saturday getting major work done. I will be in no condition to clean (or do anything) after and I really don't want to stare at a messy house. Last night the mud room, kitchen and dining room got mostly done. I just need to sweep the kitchen and dining room real good. Mop the kitchen, and de-clutter the mud room some more. At the moment though, the mud room is holding the garbage bags full of clothes so it just looks messy to me. Oh well. 

As for other news: Heard back from the Realtor on the church. I need to call her back and schedule an appointment to look at the place :) And on the baby making front...I called to make an appointment today with the people who are going to make it happen. However, I think I said the word "sperm" more than I ever have in my entire life to at least 6 complete strangers. The clinic has one phone number. For the whole hospital system. You call it, you get a call center. They take your info and route it to the people it needs to go to. This is fine if you are just calling to make an appointment. If you have questions for your doctors office, you tell them and they forward you to the correct office. However, I couldn't remember the doctor I had seen there, One time, over a year ago. Anyway...eventually I got to where I needed to be. They left a message and the girl is supposed to call me back. Sigh. I was kinda hoping for more progress than that. But, I'll take it :)

Well, that's all I got for now! here is a picture of the sunset I took Sunday night! :)

Fingers Crossed!!

So, I have rented my places of residence ever since I moved out of my parents house. I enjoy renting. I'm not locked into anything. At least for any longer than a year. I don't need to worry about land taxes, roof leaking, or any other major repair. If my hot water tank breaks (which is did a week after living in my current home), I call my landlord. It's his responsibility. Being that Bee and I live pay check to pay check with no savings, and no credit cards, this is our safety net. In fact, I have never desired to own a house. Ever. It was only within the last year or so that I even thought about it. And then, it wasn't like I wanted to move. I wanted to buy the house we are in now. Especially after the stress and the madness that was our last move. I swore I would die in this house. And really, it's a great house to die in. If I had to spend the rest of my life in it, I would be pleased as punch.

There are a few down sides to renting. There's the whole equity thing. Then, there is the fact that people kind of look down on you when you said "we rent". I don't mind those things though. I do get stressed out over paying my rent on time. I know that you have to pay a mortgage on time, but a landlord can serve you with eviction papers way easier than a mortgage company can. I also stress when things get broken. Or when my lawn is a day or two past needing to be cut. Then, there is the cats. We aren't supposed to have any. We have two. I'm always worried he is going to want to come over and then what am I going to do with them? (I know, I know. Had I not gotten them in the first place it wouldn't have been an issue...)

Anyway, ever since Bee and I have lived in the city we do (going on 3 years now!), there has been an old church for sale down the road from us. Beautiful old church. I love old churches. Every time we drive by, we fantasize out loud how cool it would be to buy it and turn it into a house. Every. Single. Time. In fact, last weekend, we even drove into the "U" shaped drive to take a closer look. It's all we have talked about for days. So, on a whim yesterday I looked it up online.

Ya'll...

It's been on the market since 2007 (but the owners have kept up with the property) and they are asking only $165,000! They are also "open" to taking offers. I text Bee and he was all, "LET'S DO IT!" and I was all like "YOU BET YOUR BISCUITS WE SHOULD!" Ever since then, it's been all I can think about. I emailed to realtor and she hasn't gotten back to met yet (I'm going to call her at lunch today.).

I really want to own this. Like Really, Really, REALLY. It will need some work to convert it into a home, like installing a shower, for instance, but so long as the electrical is up to date, there are no structural issues, and the roof is good, then it really won't take a whole, whole lot.

The big issue here will be financing. Bee's ex-wife destroyed his credit. I mean like, took a wrecking ball to it, then brought in a back hoe, then poured gasoline all over it and lit a match. He will have to be removed from the picture as far as financing goes. Which leaves me. My credit is limited. I've had a car loan since 2005 and I have paid it every month, on time, without fail (that was two different loans, for two different cars. by the way) and as of November of last year, I picked up another loan for Bee's car. That's it. No Credit Cards, No, Student Loans, No outstanding anything. That's good...but it's also bad. People would sometimes rather take a chance on someone who has applied for, gotten, and then defaulted on loans/credit cards, than someone who hasn't because they are an unknown. Then, there is the fact that even though together, Bee and I make decent money, I have to cut it in half because he can't be figured in on the credit application. That  aside, I only have $600.00 in outstanding debt I have to pay every month. Everything else is utilities and rent, which the latter we won't have if we are buying a "house".

At any rate, these are uncharted waters for me. Never done this process. I hate buying cars because the process is so involved and that's just a car. I know it's much worse for home-buying. We are going to take it one step at a time though. First one is talking to the realtor....

But really, how cool would it be to live in this?!

Front

Side/Back

Side View

Other side

Inside the sanctury. We would remove all the pews and make this a giant game room. Projector for movie nights, basket ball hoop, pool table...weights, excersise equipment

This is right next to the kitchen. We would use half for a dining room, and the other half for a living room

Other half of the parish hall

Kitchen. HUGE. Ugly color. This would be fixed immediately. 

Classrooms. We would turn these into bedrooms. I think there are 6....Depending on size, we would knock out a wall and make two into one master. :) 

Last night out

BFF Rose's sister got married on this past Saturday. It was supposed to be our last time seeing her and her lovey for a long while (or until I go visit her in Florida). However, her sister was supposed to let Bff Rose stay at her house for a week while on her honeymoon because Rose has one last meeting she needs to attend before moving and it got scheduled on the 6th and last minute (like, Friday morning) she told Rose she could no longer stay at her house. This caused a huge ruckus. Rose refused to give the maid of honor speech, and well, no one was talking to each other come day of the wedding. Awkward...

Anyway, Bee and I went because, well, it was going to be the last time we would get to see them for awhile...and really? Free food? Free booze? Let's do it! :) Rose is going to spend the last week with us at our house, so that was an added treat :) I sure am going to miss her. Look how much fun we are! :)

BFF Rose and her lovey, Ray

Ray doing what he does best....talking.. ;)

Pouring his champagne for the toast

Family Picture!

Rose and I

Two important men to me :)

I loved her dress and her shoes. She is letting me have the dress, the shoes won't fit my big feet :(

Mmmm...margarita!

Rose's son, The Dizzle

Evil Asian stare. The, "I'm not drunk yet, so stop taking my picture or DIE" stare ;)

Me and my Dizzle

Ray and I. Ray married Bee and I. He was our officiant :)

Mother and son love :)

Rose's Mommy and Daddy

Best Man and Maid of Honor

Ray and the Dizzle 

First wedding we attended as a married couple. We were the second couple to sit down during the anniversary  dance :)

"Why, Yes! I've love some!"

Beautiful Stained glass windows

Poor Sammy!

Sammy, my boy cat, is a long-hair. He has thick, long, cat hair that when it comes out, it comes out in kitten size fur balls. Now that spring is approaching, he is losing his winter coat. It was looking awfully "dead" and matted and he was cleaning himself non-stop and therefore coughing up hairballs all over the place.

Gross.

One of our friends told us they get their cat shaved. I was totally down with that idea. Bee said we should try it ourselves to see if he would even let someone shave him. Why pay the money only to have him freak the freak out?

So, this weekend we went at it.

Before:

Now, I'll tell you, it wasn't his favorite thing. He was scared, but he let us do it. However, he didn't stand for it forever. We eventually had to call it a day. He looks "choppy" in places because we aren't professionals. Nor do we have professional tools. However, he does look better. I haven't had to clean up hair balls or loose fur. When it grows out, he will look more even. For now....We'll take it. He'll thank us when it gets up to 89 degrees with 87% humidity in the summer....

After:

This was right after. Look at that face! 

Another friend told us they get their cat shaved all the time. They take them to the vet and the vet charges like $165.00, but they put them out, check their teeth, trim their nails, shave them, give them their shots, and treat them so they don't get fleas. In my opinion, that's a great deal :) We will go that route next time :)

Happy Birthday Little one!

Yesterday, March 31, 2013, Easter Sunday, at 6:36 pm my nephew Xavier McKinley Rose came into the world! A healthy bouncing baby boy weighing in at 8 lbs 13oz and 20.5 inches long!!

I can't wait to meet him!! Momma and baby are doing well and big sisters Aubrey and Isabella are over the moon excited. I told their mom that I would take Bella for a weekend in the next week or so and let her and baby have some alone time :) 

He looks so much like Bella did when she was born 3 years ago :) Same little face. Same thick black hair :)

Bella, less than an hour old on top, Xavier, less than an hour old on bottom. My little peanuts :)