Showing posts with label house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house. Show all posts
Friday, May 15, 2009
Home Improvements
We have been busy recently with a few home improvements. I finally painted our formal living room a decent color (that's the second picture with the chair) and am excited to pick out more furniture. I did find one chair on craigslist that I like and so does Chris as he can sit in it with the laptop and have some nice arm rests. Great reason! I figure I am a good improvement to the home, so I'll add that picture and Chris, the handy husband, figured out how to change our leaky kitchen faucet which I am grateful for. For some reason, we don't have a picture of the finished projects, but I am sure that will come soon.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Our New House!
It's official! We have a contract! Yeah, we are so excited. (You can join us and break out in a happy dance if you want to) Here is a picture of the future Johns' casa:
It feels great to finally have a time frame on when we can move in and get settled again. Our closing date should be on or about March 24th. Anyone wanting to come and visit is welcome after that date! You may be put to work, depending on how close to that date you visit!!! We'd love to have you. We will have plenty of room:)
It feels great to finally have a time frame on when we can move in and get settled again. Our closing date should be on or about March 24th. Anyone wanting to come and visit is welcome after that date! You may be put to work, depending on how close to that date you visit!!! We'd love to have you. We will have plenty of room:)
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Houses
This week has continued with a search for a house. We have put in an offer on one and anyone who has bought a house knows "the wait" that comes after submitting such a document. We are still eagerly awaiting a response this evening. This has taken up a lot of our energy this week. A funny story today about the house. Our Elder's Quorom came over for a visit tonight and we were talking about the offer on the house and one of them piped up telling us about a house he and his wife were watching and wanting to buy that had been on the market a while. He started to tell us where it was located and named a neighborhood and come to find out, it is the house Chris and I are trying to buy. We had a good laugh.
On the home front, Derek is getting to be quite a talker (more like noise maker). He is experimenting a lot with his voice which usually results in a slobbery mess. He loves his Johnny Jump-up (so do Chris and I). It keeps him entertained for longer periods of time. He is starting to push up on his hands and knees, getting his rump up in the air and his tummy off of the ground (not an easy feat). It won't be long before he is mobile!
Mason gave me a good scare this week. He and Sadie like to play with the neighborhood kids out by the basketball courts, which I can see and check on them from our apartment. I went out looking for Mason one day and couldn't find him. Sadie and I searched for about 15 minutes. Finally I told Sadie to stay with Derek in the apartment while I went to look for him. As I was talking with the managers in the office, Mason came running around the corner with a couple of other boys. He had gone off too far, but was having so much fun! The great thing about this experience was that when I got back, Sadie said, "Mommy, you know what I did? I said a prayer that you would find Mason and he would come home." What great children we have and such simple faith. I gave them both big hugs after that.
While we are enjoying very pleasant 50, 60 even 70 degree weather, some of you are having snowy storms. Maybe we can switch places for a few weeks?! We'd love to have some snow and I'm sure you'd like some pleasant weather. We have discovered we really do like NC winters, but wouldn't mind seeing the white flakes too:)
On the home front, Derek is getting to be quite a talker (more like noise maker). He is experimenting a lot with his voice which usually results in a slobbery mess. He loves his Johnny Jump-up (so do Chris and I). It keeps him entertained for longer periods of time. He is starting to push up on his hands and knees, getting his rump up in the air and his tummy off of the ground (not an easy feat). It won't be long before he is mobile!
Mason gave me a good scare this week. He and Sadie like to play with the neighborhood kids out by the basketball courts, which I can see and check on them from our apartment. I went out looking for Mason one day and couldn't find him. Sadie and I searched for about 15 minutes. Finally I told Sadie to stay with Derek in the apartment while I went to look for him. As I was talking with the managers in the office, Mason came running around the corner with a couple of other boys. He had gone off too far, but was having so much fun! The great thing about this experience was that when I got back, Sadie said, "Mommy, you know what I did? I said a prayer that you would find Mason and he would come home." What great children we have and such simple faith. I gave them both big hugs after that.
While we are enjoying very pleasant 50, 60 even 70 degree weather, some of you are having snowy storms. Maybe we can switch places for a few weeks?! We'd love to have some snow and I'm sure you'd like some pleasant weather. We have discovered we really do like NC winters, but wouldn't mind seeing the white flakes too:)
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