Tuesday randomness...

Here comes the snow!
Man, they weren't kidding when they said we were getting it,...when I got up this morning it hadn't started falling yet and here it is only 4 ours later and the roads are already getting a bit scary. I was wondering if they would release the kids early from school, I got a call saying that the HS was letting out early but no word on the Elem's yet.

Anyways, here I am in the mood to blog, but not a lot of concrete thought to put into it lol.

This morning started off with me sleeping in and totally blowing off my workout, this has been a pattern for me lately, one I hope to break quickly, however I have found that geting out of my warm bed in the morning hasn't been easy, maybe I need to stop turning the temp down so much at night lol. It's going to start affecting my workout time because I really need to go to bed early and can't be at the gym until 10:30pm, so ...something's gotta give. So, status for today = slacker.

We are in full throttle redo the house mode. This weekend we spent getting things in tubs/boxes, etc. The kids' rooms are pretty much done, we have 1 room to fully paint (including taking down the border thats up, yikes) and another to spot touch up. We also have several things going on downstairs, today I will start painting the DR this gorgeous shade of pale sage green, its beeeeautiful. I can't wait to see it. I'm trying to stay in the neutral pallette for the new renters but still put some color in places. We have the kitchen floor to totally redo, including the tiles I laid a few weeks back, they are coming up, ...all new floor, new counter, backsplash...yeah you get the idea. On occassion I'll take my lazy afternoons and hit the gym but that will not be happening for a long while, hence why I've got to start getting up, no excuses.

On the house front, no word, but thats to be expected. I have not gone into too much detail yet but its taking so long because this house is a short sale, meaning its not a foreclosure but is priced cheaper than a normal house sale. Because it is a shortsale, we can get a nice house for a lot less, this to me is fabulous because if you don't know this about me, you will quickly learn that I am cheap. I like being cheap, I actually pride myself a bit on being cheap because cheap people end up rich LOL. It's true. I love saving a penny if I can,...within reason of course. There are times where I can't afford to be cheap, and I am still learning at times that I could be cheaper in other areas of life, but I am not the kind of person to spend all I can afford on a house and then be house poor. That does not compute in my mind. So, this house is well within the budget we had set for ourselves, our payments would be slightly higher than I had hhoped only because the taxes in this new area will be slightly higher, however the schools are better, it is a great location, closer to Dean's work, etc. In the end these are good things to kind of look past. So back to the shortsale....we gave them a date of March
30th...thats another...hmmm... 49 days roughly?! yeah, looong wait. I feel like I'm pregnant and we are being induced that day ROFL!! And to make matters worse, Dean seriously says every (other) day...has it been 60 days yet?

You can kind of see the reason for my madness here, we have to wait all this time, AND there is still a chance we might not even get it. Such as, their bank might want more than we are offering (we put in a very fair offer so I would think it wouldn't be an issue), or OUR bank might say its not worth what we offered. This very well could happen because the value's have dropped so dramatically in that area (and its a VERY nice area, but a lot of foreclosure's have brought down and continue to bring down value's etc...) so this could also be the case in which we would need to renegotiate. My thoughts as always is, it's in God's hands. He knows our need, and I fully trust that if this is the one, He will make a way and it will all fall into place. As I was saying though , I have to prepare as if it WILL happen, even though I am not guaranteed anything. Ah, such fn, living on the cuff of moving a family of 10 at any moment lol. AND then to sit and think about what will go where, what we will need for the new house between closing and moving in, etc....adds even more to the equation.

Things are moving right along though where this house is concerend. We have projects rolling and we should have most of it done mid March, which is perfect. And if this other house falls through, rest assured we will be heavily seeking a new candidate asap, I cannot tell you how ready we are for this. I need my LAUNDROMAT! lol (I'm getting a mini laundromat in whatever new house we get, which will be 2 washers and 2 dryers, but hey, i've got 8 kids, this is a NEED people! lol).

So today with the falling snow, I can't help but feel excited about some indoor projects. I loooooooooooooove painting, this painting is more functional than anything, but I think the DR is going to look fabulous once it's done. While this house is way too small, this house is precious and very happy and cozy, it has had good people living in it for a long time (before us is what I am referring too ;) ) so my heart is still here even though we have outgrown it majorly.

Also, get ready for some shock value , but I've been using sposies for 3 weeks now *oh the shock and horror*
Yes...I love my beloved cloth, but I had to get a break, and I tend to take a break at this time each year so... here it is. The odd thing is, at this time next year I will have 1 only in diapers, and the year after that, possibly none or close to be done FOREVER. That is exciting and weird all in the same sentence.

Time to go get some stuff done :) I spent the morning having coffee with a new friend I have made whom I already dearly cherish so I'm feeling refreshed and ready to break out the brushes and rollers. I'm ready for the snow day too, I stocked up on food for the kids yesterday, and we are hitting the library later this afternoon to get some movies/books and whatnot to help keep kids happy tomorrow :)

And, I want a snowblower, hmmm.....wondering if I should splurge and go get one?