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:)
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Showing posts with label move. Show all posts
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:)
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Movin' out Movin' in
Well, there it is. All our worldly possessions. It's a bit weird to see it all packed up like that. After our house in Maryland sold we packed everything up and brought it all down here to NC. Unfortunately, since we don't have a house here yet it all has to go into storage. We are looking forward to being able to bring it all out again. The storage unit is kind of like a gigantic christmas present. I know the kids will be very excited to rediscover all of their toys that are stashed away, being neglected.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
We are moving!!
Well, everything is official now. We are moving to Cary, North Carolina in a few short weeks. I start at my new job on October 29. It's happening very quickly. We have our house on the market now and are crossing our fingers for a sale before we have to leave. The market has really dropped so it may be a bit hit or miss. We are really looking forward to the move and the kids are excited as well. They are eager to meet new people and go to a new school and have a new house. Everything is an adventure for them. It will be nice to have a less hectic pace of life without the mass of people all around like D.C. has.
My new job is with a company called The SAS Institute. They make the statistical software that I have been using as a statistician and as a student since 1998. As far as I know they are the largest privately held software company in the world and are consistently ranked among the best places to work in the nation each year. My new job will be to develop testing procedures and software to make sure that their financial risk software is functioning correctly. It is a change for me in that I haven't worked in the financial realm much, but I hope to pick it up quickly.
So anyway, it is an exciting time for us. New baby, new job, new house, etc. We don't have a new address in Cary, yet, but will let everyone know as soon as we do.
My new job is with a company called The SAS Institute. They make the statistical software that I have been using as a statistician and as a student since 1998. As far as I know they are the largest privately held software company in the world and are consistently ranked among the best places to work in the nation each year. My new job will be to develop testing procedures and software to make sure that their financial risk software is functioning correctly. It is a change for me in that I haven't worked in the financial realm much, but I hope to pick it up quickly.
So anyway, it is an exciting time for us. New baby, new job, new house, etc. We don't have a new address in Cary, yet, but will let everyone know as soon as we do.
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