standing on the edge

so monday at 12:00 we get the keys to the house. dun dun dun dun. 90% excitement, 10% sh*&ing my pants. so after a fun filled morning, ( found a new comfoter, bed skirt and 2 shams for $10! thats right, bed in a bag for ten dollars. ) i spent the afternoon and evening totally exausted and sorting out more and more crap. but i got 5 more bags of garbage to haul away this weekend. and on monday, move all the outside crap and toys. then alarielle turn 4 on tuesday! and boy has she turned in to a little girl over the summer. wow. but more and more fun every day!

insult to injury

well after 11 years of hairdressing, and 3 pregnancy's, it's finally happened. i have varicose veins. and apparently a big ol' nasty one that's inflamed and painfull. so the only solution for me while i'm pregnant?...........support hose! that's right, big ol' nasty pantyhose style support hose. ugh! at 30?! i HATE HATE HATE pantyhose on the best days. sigh. but on the flip side, i actually got a really nice saying on my Starbucks cup this morning, " don't kiss your kids so that they will kiss you back. kiss your kids so that they will kiss their kids. "

update

so brent went to his specialist apt this afternoon and carolyn called me 45 min in to say that he was on his way to surgery. his thumb is completely smashed and they were going to need to pin it and all that gross stuff. haven't heard how it all went yet. but i did spend several hours sketching out, with dimensions and cupboards and such, our new kitchen. fun AND frustrating. but on the crazy side of things i start my 3rd trimester next week. holy cow! oh the upcoming craziness. so if anyone is free to help move boxes on the aft/eve of the 1st or help me paint the living room come on over! i'm also staining the deck on the 1st weekend of sept. woo hoo!

things that make me happy

the "sold" sign on our house. aahhhhhh! and the paint i bought today for the living room and the deck stain. woo hoo!

calling all skilled men and women o the barn raising

so we have a month to excavate and put up a two room two story addition all by the work of brock and brents hands. part time after work, so i any of you men are skilled at all with a hammer and can give an hour our more at anytime in september that would be SO awesome!

thankful sigh

we've got a month overlap to get the house and stay in marks house. so we now have one month to excavate and frame up a 2 story 2 room additions. here's to trusting god will continue to be faithful in working it all out, at the last minute.

big huge prayers!

so here's the deal, we, and the banks, have decided that we can't afford marks house. but, my inlaws have found a cute little house in stony, and with some renovations, that include excavating and a new addition, it will be awesome. but that will take more than the 3 weeks we have left at marks house. so i just talked to mark and told him the situation and asked for any kind of extension in his house. he said him and tara would talk about it and let us know. so join us in crazy amounts of prayers that we wont have to live in a construction zone with the kids. thanks guys.

calling all friends, family, and people with musscle

so we have the month left to figure out where we are gonna live in 4 weeks. we did have a very hope full and potential offer come up today. should know by the end of the week if it's gonna work out. i'll elaborate then. but pray for wisdom and financing. and patience. coping with the state of my house has me actually depressed. there's no point in cleaning since we're moving, i can't keep it clean from the kids,and i have no energy to even try to because i am way to pregnant. this has been my most comfortable pregnancy but also my most exhausting. but we're more than half way there. woo hoo! guess we should work on names for this little guy. we've been mildly preoccupied with the housing and van and pregnancy. poor kid will just get named in the delivery room. ha ha.