October Photo Dump

 What a month! We moved- AGAIN! We apple picked, pumpkin carved, book clubbed, nature hiked, and plain just wore ourselves out.

Bledsoe Creek SP

Fire on Halloween

Front porch view

Catching leaves

June loves her EG

hayride to the orchard

yellow fairy cups

we get to live here now!

Jack o'lantern mushrooms that glow in the dark!

yeeeaaahhhh....

Apple pie making

soccer Saturdays

our first morning after we moved, we saw about a dozen deer

June and little E

sauteing mushrooms we found in the woods

treat between soccer games!

Apple cider muffins

Long Over Due Update...

Well we have been in out house two full weeks, and it already feels like home... but let's backtrack...


We closed March 25, and everything went smoothly. During our final walkthrough, the builder was installing the bathroom window and doing finishing touches. We then drove to Cary and sign lots of papers! Now, we just had to wait for the keys. We were told it would only be around 2 hours, so we decided to stay in Cary until time to get the keys. It only took 1 hour! We grabbed the keys, then drove back to the (rental) house, loaded up our cars and headed for our first house! J carried me over the threshold (of course), then we began unpacking our cars. J made another trip and we called it a night.

That Saturday morning, we woke up early to finish packing. We had a Budget truck reserved at 8, and our friends were coming at 8:30. J went to go pick up the truck while I packed some smaller things. 8 came and went, with no sign of the place opening so we can get the truck. After a few phone calls, we ended up with a 14 foot U-Haul. (Reminder: We moved to NC in a 24 foot truck.) Somehow, our friend Allen got everything in the rental truck and his SUV besides some small stuff we could get into our cars. It took less than 2 hours from the time J got the truck until it was unloaded! Just as our friends were leaving, hhgregg came with our fridge! Perfect timing... except not. A handle screw was stripped, so they couldn't install the handle. Back to the store our new fridge went. Along with my dreams of filling it. (We sold our fridge from the rental Monday. 6 days without a fridge is ZERO fun!) We spent the rest of the day unpacking, and got most of it done!

Whew!

In the past 2 weeks, I have also been accepted into grad school. It looks like I will only take one class this summer (and one next). Hopefully, I will be registered by the end of the week!

I have also aged a little... I had a great birthday! I got another chair for the living room and a pretty indoor plant (fingers crossed I don't kill it). J surprised me with green hydrangeas, an eggplant plant, and some cupcakes. And come Spring Break, I will be getting a massage! I also got some money, which will go toward house stuff! Can't wait to use it to decorate... just have a decide how first!


Spring Break is in 2 weeks. It has been way too long since our last break- Martin Luther King, Jr Day was our last break. We are headed to KY for Easter. And for Memorial Day, we will meet J's family at Lake Hartwell in South Carolina. We are going to be busy!

Whew!

It has been a whirlwind of a week. We have been super busy with house stuff- changing the power, gas, cable, etc, packing... the list really goes on.

Tonight, we bought a fridge. It was a floor model at HHGregg, so we got a pretty good deal (we think.) It should be delivered Saturday.

Sorry this isn't more of an update... still lots to do.


P.S. We won't have internet in our new house until Monday night, so don't expect an update before then.

P.P.S. 38 hours til closing!

T-minus 13 days!

Well, we have most of the paperwork complete for our loan, so we have a closing date... March 25! We will move the following day. So we spent the weekend cleaning out the shed and our cars. We made a trip to Goodwill (although, I see another one in our future.) We decided a yard sale was too much work, so we listed a few things on Craigslist and will just donate the rest.

It has been a crazy week getting all our paperwork ready and packing. We are so tired, and the time change hasn't helped anything! Hopefully, I'll have more of a real update soon!

Wordless Wednesday

Wow!

We have been so busy lately, I haven't given a real update!

J started his new job last Monday. He has to leave the house around 6:45 in the mornings! It is an adjustment to waking up earlier. It is very different from his previous job, so it will take some getting used to. There is a lot more freedom with this job though- he can text me or call me whenever, he can eat lunch whenever he wants, and they don't care too much if he is a little late. (A wreck caused him to be a few minutes late today, but it wasn't a big deal.) The drive is something both of us are going to have to get used to. Knowing he gets off work at 5, but not seeing him until after 6 is torture since I know the traffic is heavy. I know I'm a worry wort.

I have been busy with lots of meetings. Hopefully, the last of my meetings are occurring this week. I had one today, and I have another Wednesday. Although there is talk about me getting 2 more students, so we'll see!

As you can see from the previous updates, we are under contract for a house! Last week we spent Tuesday and Thursday evenings in Fuquay doing a second look and completing the offer. Wednesday was negotiation day, then Thurs we signed the official paperwork. Friday, we were officially under contract. It was an exhausting week. J didn't even get home until after 8 most nights!

Friday, we rented The A-Team, cooked some burgers and just relaxed. Between the house and getting up earlier for work, we were both tired! I am no ashamed to say we were in bed by 9:30.

Saturday, we did a little shopping. J got some more pants, and I got some to replace my worn out ones! Then we ate at The Flying Biscuit (thanks Groupon), and headed to the movies to see Hall pass (thanks LivingSocial!) The daily deal websites helped us have a cheap date night! Total cost was $25.

Yesterday after church, we went to eat with the others that live near us (2 couples + 1 family). We had some home cooked roast, baked potatoes, lima beans, and banana pudding! Our house will be about a mile from the family's house where we ate. We made it home in time for a 45 minute nap before heading back to church. After church, we ate at Chipotle and Skinny Dip (self serve frozen yogurt.- like Fresh Berry from a couple of weeks ago.) I had strawberry and vanilla yogurt with cake, a brownie, kiwi, strawberries, sprinkles, butterfinger, and reese's. Perfection!

I have already started packing a few things, but I hope this week to get a lot more done. We mainly need to clean out some things that we don't use. I am planning to have a yard sale in a couple of weeks- so I have lots of stuff to go through! Our landlord can't stand not to have a month's rent, so she says she will be showing the house while we're still here. I have left notes on the stove, microwave, and fridge that we will sell them to the person moving in. Hopefully we can get rid of them that way!

So it's only going to get crazier around here, so sorry if the updates are few and far between!