July 21st

We should be in our house and I can't wait. We got some progress done the other day but there is so much to do. I of course over did it and couldn't even walk, move, or sit near the end so I layed in bed at 9pm till I fell asleep. The chimney work starts tomorrow and the roofing guys come Wednesday to look at what has been done with the chimney and termite work and give us the final quotes and option we can do. To night we have a contractor who's a neighbour of my friend coming to the house to look at the floors which were damaged from the termite work that was done, and a few other things around the place and than hopefully this Saturday Tom and my friends husband will start the work on the hardwood floors. So hopefully by the end of the next a few more things will be closer to being done. We also have to remove two Oleander bushes from the the back yard which Tom has been working two full days on digging up(the roots are huge) it's a shame that these plants are highly toxic b/c they are beautiful bushes.

We met a few of our neighbours when we were leaving the house last night. I think everyone is retired and nosy haha but they seem friendly in all.

Since this weekend is a long one but tom will be working on the floors we won't be up to much and me and the boys will be staying at the apartment out of the way so the floors can get done. We will go see the July 4th fireworks like always(last yr of free tickets b/c next yr we won't be residence of Mountain View anymore). Where has the month of June gone I don't know.

Well the kids have been good since I have pretty laying down for the day and can do anything. I think I am going to have to start physio here soon. Hopefully tomorrow my back will be a bit better and I can work on the apartment tomorrow. So much to do it's crazy.

Well that it just sitting is killing my back so off to lay down.

I shouldn't be on here

....I have so much to do but my back is killing me and even walking is hard. There is probably lots of stuff I can ramble on about but mostly I won't, I will just mention a few highlights of stuff.

We had a great time seeing everyone back home even though it was short and way too much driving. We got stuck at the airport again and missed our connecting flight but something good did come out of it. We got upgraded to Business class which none of us have been in before, it felt like royalty, everything free and roomier. Which is bitter sweet since we know now exactly what we are missing when we fly in coach haha. We got home just in time for rush hours traffic which was so much fun, so by the time we got home and got some groceries we were all exhausted, but the boy troupers.

Well we are back in our own crazy stuff with Tom's work and closing on the house which keeps giving twist and turns now, which is not a lot of fun but at this point I am not sure we'll have floors in two of the bedroom, especially in the master since a lot was ripped out to fix termite damage but they didn't even rip it out professionally and just cut way at it and didn't try to save pieces so that we could put it back in place, more money that we don't have but enough about house issue. I am sure things well work out some how even if it means haven't no floor for a while.

Also had my dr appt. It went well i have only gained 5lbs but some how measuring 3 wks ahead which I already sort of guessed since I feel the baby way up under my ribs anyhow. But all seemed well so that was great. I also have to start my yoga tapes to help my back out and if it doesn't seem to work than she is sending me to physio since I had a hard time getting off the table this morning and walking out to the car. So I want to avoid paying for that so I have a date with my yoga dvd tonight after the boys go to bed since they wouldn't let me do it this afternoon.

Happy Birthday Noah

Today is our oldest son's birthday and I can't believe he is three yrs old today. We had a party last weekend b/c this weekend we are going back home to visit family. Three years is really not that long but I really can't believe how fast it is going. I remember his first year still pretty good. He was a pretty good baby in our eyes. The only big trouble we had was probably from 1month old to 3 months when he would cry from 9pm- 12am, besides that he was pretty good. We could take him every where and he would sleep. The time did go fast but nothing like when you add a second one. I don't think I even remember jonas first yr(that went way faster).

Anyhow today is Noah's day.

1.He's pretty quick at learning things and I would say is a head of his friends in lots of ways.
2.He can be shy, especially when he's tired.
3.In new settings he is divided in the since sometime he jumps right in and joins in and others he sits back watches takes it all in and than comes home and repeats it all.
4. He loves his music class and soccer class a lot (just sad we might not be able to continue it for a while since money is now tight and it's not cheap)
5. Loves to be silly
6. gives good hugs and kisses.
7. Loves to help mom bake and cook.

I think we are pretty lucky b/c he is really a good kid, I could go on and on.

Happy Birthday Little man, we love you.

Signing our life away

Tomorrow we do this!!! eeeekkkkk is all I feel at the moment. Hard to believe we have a house, I still don't believe it and I worry about it too. There are so many things that need to be done. Some can wait a few yrs and some sort of need to be dealt with asap, or pretty close to it. So we'll have lots of professionals coming in and getting quotes as to what the cost will be and than decide what we can and can't do. I am not even talking about making things pretty at all. Do to the age of the house things just need to be brought to code. Like the chimney, isn't not attached to the house and hello where to we live but California near a fault line haha, it might not also be up to standers anymore either. So we are trying to think of our option. I think we'll put in a gas fire place....can't believe I said that since I think that is sacrilegious in taking out a wood fireplace. It's really sad and if we lived back home we would not do it at all but since we live here and there are so many spare the air days and no burn days(meaning you can get fined for using your fireplace) gas just makes more since down here. I will shade a tear when doing this or if we can do it. I am not going to go down the list at the things that must be done. It stresses me out just thinking of it all. But we get the key on the 24th woo hoo.

Got some paint samples but I think I am going to go to Home depot and get the kind you can paint on the wall and really look at them. I think my goal is just to do the boys room and than later one accent wall in the kitchen and maybe the bathrooms but we'll see. Than of course when we are able to the whole kitchen will get a face life but that won't happen for about 5 or more yrs down the road. Dreams that one day things will look how I dream they might be.

Anyhow got to get to bed, early morning got to get my pen hand rested. Than back to packing.

It's offical or pretty close as possible to being.

We are excited, nervous and the journey was not fun at all. I really do not want to do it again in a long long time. We will be official poor but will own a house(or well the bank will own most of it) as late as June 29th, when we will get the keys and escrow gives the money to the sellers.

We won't be moving in right away as there are somethings to take care of and well we have to give our apartment 30 days notice, so it won't be to mid July till we move in. We are looking forward to making it our own but that really won't happen for a few yrs since we have no way to make it our own after paying the down payment and closing costs and doing at least some of the few repairs it needs. The rest will just have to wait till we save for awhile so maybe another five yrs down the road we can start on changing a few things.

It's a 3 bdr house with an eat in kitchen(I love that), large living room, and a large family room as well as two small baths(one off the small master bdr) which will be nice so we don't have to shower in the dark b/c we don't want the fan to come on and wake the boys if we are up before them. Good size fenced in backyard which is naked but will have to wait for a yr or more till we can really fix up to what we want it to look like but there is an apricot tree and one other small fruit tree.

It' has been a pretty stress journey dealing with situation that would come up. One min things were good another min things were bad but finally things are straight and the owners are fixing a few things up over the next few weeks which they have to in the contract and when we get back from Canada we might have the keys a little early.

The boys have picked the color of their room and I am hoping to get it painted before we move in officially but we'll see how much I can get done, since there is a lot to over see and do. Hopefully if I take them there they can play in the backyard while I paint or something. Or nothing might not get done, who knows, but time. I just hope I can get in and get the unpacking and at least set things up before late September -early October when baby #3 arrives (yes not very public news and no we aren't posting things on facebook about it so please no posting).

sorry that is all the time I have got to bake a cake for tomorrow and find out what one quiet boy is into.

No words

Well sometimes I would like to blog but there is no time, or I start and never finish again because there is no time and I have to say by the time the kids are down and there is a bit of time I am too tired and just want to relax and do much of nothing. I am trying to keep up with my cross stitching b/c it's easy and doesn't require me to get out a lot of things like my scrapbooking which hasn't been done in over a yr, that is sad to say but it's true.

Still not a lot going on here really, even though at times I feel stressed out. It funny how you might not have major things or extremely serious things going on in your life but how a bunch of little things and lack of quality of sleep/and a decrease in your exercise levels can make you feel stressed out. So that is where I sit as of now. I have to get ready for Noah's birthday party this Saturday. He's having about 4 friends over for a pool/pizza party, it should be a lot of fun for him. He's so excited for his birthday and turning 3. I am glad not to have it in the house since it's a small pace and the packing boxes doesn't help the cramped issues here.

I am still trying to pack some but have trouble if there is a lot of bending over and lifting since my back has not been very good lately, got to love having sciatic nerve issue. But doing the best I can at the moment. We are hoping to move at the beginning of July.

In just a little over a week we'll be flying home for a quick visit to our families and celebrate my grandmother's 100th birthday. It will be a small family thing but really nice to be there with her. As well as seeing our family and meeting two new nephew's too.

As we have been looking into new housing arrangements down here and I have been watch home buying shows on HGTV. We have been shock at how little people put on their down payments on a house like seriously really 10% and even lower and even 10 is crazy low. No wonder people have a lot of mortgage troubles etc. It's crazy how people jump into buying so quickly, we even laugh at the shocked faces of them, when they don't realize all the underlining cost of things that are added on to the price of the home. I shake my head and be like really are you that clueless. You'd think if you really wanted to buy a house you would look into all the cost that are involved into buying a house. As well why would you buy a house before having an inspection of the property done haha that is really crazy when I here people doing. It's like buying a car and not knowing the history of the car if you are buying a used car. Crazy I tell you, people really do crazy stuff with big decision. It really blows my mind. Anyhow we are still looking at our option and figuring things out, which is not a fun process and means to re do our budget which is a bit scary because it won't be in the direction I want it to go. Oh well that is the curve balls life throws at you.

Is it really June...

all ready I mean where did the first half of the yr go, well this is the last month of the first half but really where is it going. This month has so much going on my head is spinning. In two weeks we'll be home in Canada for a week, yup only a week pretty sad really b/c most of the time will be traveling :2 days in the air, and 4 part days on the road and the other part days will be trying to see our families that we miss so much. I think next time we come home. We are going to head to PEI in the summer stay at a cottage and everyone can come to us and either join us or visit. That way we aren't on the road the whole trip and if ppl come and join us for a bit we can see our family longer so you all better think of that idea. I really doubt we'll be home next yr. I have a feeling with us moving to a bigger place things will be stretch thin and 4 plane tickets and a rental car adds up. However you don't really know how things unfold either in the future but we also have to be realistic too, So my PEI dream of a relaxing time at home with our families may never happen but that is one good things about dreaming you are free to do it and it's free. I think it would be pretty cool to get all of our families together on a vacation even if it just a few days at the same time.

We have started the packing processes and I have to say it's a lot harder with the boys around who oh so much want to help pack. I have started working on the book cases, and than will move on to the closet. I hope to move as much as I can into the storage unit we are renting. After I finish packing up those things I will start with things we don't use as much in the kitchen. I have already packed and put in storage, our extra sheets,towels etc. I will leave all our clothes on hangers and in drawers but will remove the drawers from our dress and just take them to our new place where ever that will be. I am going to pack up some of the boys toys that the they don't play with that much. As well put their boxes of clothes in the storage too but those are in the closet so that is back at step on. woo well I got three boxes done this morning so I better get back and continue. Since I need to walk to the grocery store for a few things so I can make pizza dough and pizza for supper tonight. Here is hoping I get a lot done today.