Sorry but I don't want to hear....

Anymore about peoples vacations at all. It's been over two yrs since we had one and I am jealous. I don't need to go far to enjoy myself on vacation at all. I would be happy to even have a vacation here at home, infacted a true long weekend or H.E double hockey sicks a good relaxing weekend. Yes this is a bit of a rant but I am so tired of hearing the word vacation. I want to go somewhere or even stay at home with the whole family and not have to do anything, but relax wake up and just eat breakfast go to a park all together with No driving, No time frame to be here or there. Just do what we want to do....That my folks is a vacation. OF course I love to be at a beach...I love to get up eat breakfast than head off to the beach, splash in the water, play in the sand and than head back for lunch and decide what to do later. Like walk to a local market etc. Just have a slow pace day all together. But nope that is not reality anyhow, Oh well... I am happy you all are having your vacation in all, because I feel they are so important.....One day we'll be able to have a break just got to be wait be patient... because they say good things happen for those who wait right?

Boxes and boxes

I think I am half way through them but yet there is still more oh my goodness. The mess is driving me crazy but since I worked really hard last week at trying to get thing out of the boxes I am having a hard time motivating myself this week, plus I don't think my emotions on missing my friend has help out either. Yesterday was probably the first tuesday in months maybe a yr(well we missed like one or two over the yr) that I didn't have her over for lunch. yup her gone is pretty much killing me but I have to suck it up and move on and I know we'll keep in touch but still sometime it's hard.

Anyhow I am 30wks 1 day today which means I have 69 days left of this pregnancy hopefully I won't go over. Feeling okay getting pretty tired, lots of heartburn and trouble sleeping too. But that is the norm, it not going to get any better till the little one is here. Weight is still in check and pretty much all out front growth as I can still wear a few of my not pregnancy carpis and shorts they just have to be low but I can button or tie them woo hoo, shirts on the other hand are posing a little more of a probably but oh well. Hopefully not much longer.

Well I took a few messy house pictures I figure some of you might be wanting to see so here they are,

















This the third room most likely to be the baby's room and guess room,


















This is the family room that is not put together and has toys all over the place as well.

The is of the living room which houses most of our boxes mostly since I got most of the kitchen done.
































































The Kitchen is a mess and yesterday they dropped off the dishwasher which will be sitting there in the box behind the table till the carpenter, plumber, electrician comes to cut out the cupboards by the fridge and make a spot for it.

Jonas was sleeping so I didn't get a photo of their room and probably couldn't anyhow b/c there is a dresser in the door way and our is a mess as well with the drawers not put back in the dresser etc.

House and good bye to friends

Weekend was off to a rough start as we didn't get much sleep where Noah was having dream issues and kept waking us up...the morning came way too soon today. Than the roofers came so no sleeping in, as well my heart burn didn't make sleeping any easier. The good news is we have a roof and it's done woo hoo, so so happy. We now have a roof and floors and hopefully only two weeks left of things get fixed, till we can afford to fix some more things(not talking cosmetics either, that is so far down the line)....ah the joys. I think I am finally 3/4 the way through getting my kitchen done, than I need to organize it better and find the perfect place for things. Family room is a work in progress, and I can't do too much more till the contractor comes in to put the baseboards down. We were suppose to move the boys into the third bedroom so I can prime the walls to paint tomorrow evening but it didn't happen so hopefully tomorrow evening I can get the priming done. Tom has to go over early to the apartment and finish getting the last few loads of junk and hand in our keys.

In the craziness of our messy house we had a good bye party for my best friend and the boys best friend, who move monday to Phoenix for the next yr but there is no guaranteed they are going to move back here as they don't know what life will be in the next yr. I am quite sad as best friends are hard to come by...You know the kind you can just say anything to, or sit in your messy apartment and eat peanut butter sandwiches together while the kids play, or call anytime and see if they want to do something etc. I am excited for her though too b/c she is finishing her master degree and has worked very hard to get this far, and is doing her workman ship this coming school yr. It's very bitter sweet but I won't lie I will probably be pretty depressed when she is gone. It was a great evening though but I didn't say good bye I am not very good with those even with family. I try to do it like a band aid fast and quick so no one sees tears and so I don't get too upset. Oh I am going to miss her and the boys are going to miss Wesley too. However we had a great evening with laughs etc.

Well I am exhausted and need to sleep and hopefully will get a good nights rest as tomorrow seem to be a busy day for us tomorrow.

Hope you all are having a good weekend.

Trying to get settled in

Ugh I had a bunch written the other night and some how it not there anymore, so time to start over.

So moving day happened on Monday and it was long and exhausting and we still have some junk over at the apartment too...ugh. But we survived it and all the packing, moving and stress of it all didn't cause early labour so that is great and I don't think this little one will come early now after that day.

We are all loving the house even in it's messy state that it is. First off so much bigger than anything we have lived in haha. It's bright and sunny and maybe a little too much since we have no window covering(hopefully we'll get something temporary this weekend). But all the same we are loving it. The boys run around crazy, Bella I think is trilled to have all the space and Tom and I love it as well. Still lots to do and fix which will happen over time.


So I have been scrubbing and scrubbing and scrubbing(these old house collect a lot of dirt but we are slowly getting rid of it all), painting, papering shelves and than unpacking some of the boxes. I think I might have a little over 1/4 of the kitchen done but there is so much more to do. I have also worked on the hallway closets, and the family room. We did have one clean room which was the storage room till the roofers came yesterday and ripped off the roof and debris fell down into the storage room since there is no ceiling and no one thought of that not us or even the roofers that were in there for the electrical outlet ugh so so messy and all over our washer/dryer etc. I have a bit of the family room done, our beds have sheets on them and a few of the hallway closets are done. I have about 10 loads of laundry to do and would have done them if we had a clothes line but we don't. Not all the furniture is in place and won't be till another few weeks when the baseboards are in place. But it's slowly turning into a home, oh so slowly. We did try and put some grass in and the place we started is now ruined but it was the only place out front the roofers could pull up their truck(it was sad and sort of funny at the same time.)


We had the roofers start yesterday at 8am and they have the whole roof off but seem to have taken a break today since no one is here working on it and it is now 12pm. I am also waiting for the gas company to show up and turn our gas on today( I have a waiting time of 8am -8pm woo hoo I love those waiting time LOL), yes the last few days we have had no gas which means no hot water or a working dryer. I can't wait to have hot water, but last night I did finally find our pot, so I did boil some water to wash our dishes and scrub a bit more since scrubbing with cold water seem to take longer too. Tomorrow hopefully by the afternoon we'll have a phone etc. that waiting time is only suppose to be an hour or so, I am hoping by 12 noon well have things working but we'll see. I am hoping that Saturday our cooktop will be installed, (we only have partial working one now and tom doesn't like me to use it but we need to eat too). Next mid week is baseboards and door frames, and than hopefully at least have the carpentry done to put our dishwasher in which won't be as simple as we hoped b/c to make it simple we need to find a dishwasher 31 inches tall when the standard is really around 33 inchs which means a lot more work and removing counter top, and getting something for a counter top that won't look to bad to put it back in to match the rest ugh ugh ugh.

Well should run and feed the kids and get back to doing something so that we will have a working house some what. I can't wait till the next few weeks are done and all the projects we have at the moment will be done.

Trying to get settled in.

Ugh I had a bunch written the other night and some how it not there anymore, so time to start over.

So moving day happened on Monday and it was long and exhausting and we still have some junk over at the apartment too...ugh. But we survived it and all the packing, moving and stress of it all didn't cause early labour so that is great and I don't think this little one will come early now after that day.

We are all loving the house even in it's messy state that it is. First off so much bigger than anything we have lived in haha. It's bright and sunny and maybe a little too much since we have no window covering(hopefully we'll get something temporary this weekend). But all the same we are loving it. The boys run around crazy, Bella I think is trilled to have all the space and Tom and I love it as well. Still lots to do and fix which will happen over time.


So I have been scrubbing and scrubbing and scrubbing(these old house collect a lot of dirt but we are slowly getting rid of it all), painting, papering shelves and than unpacking some of the boxes. I think I might have a little over 1/4 of the kitchen done but there is so much more to do. I have also worked on the hallway closets, and the family room. We did have one clean room which was the storage room till the roofers came yesterday and ripped off the roof and debris fell down into the storage room since there is no ceiling and no one thought of that not us or even the roofers that were in there for the electrical outlet ugh so so messy and all over our washer/dryer etc. I have a bit of the family room done, our beds have sheets on them and a few of the hallway closets are done. I have about 10 loads of laundry to do and would have done them if we had a clothes line but we don't. Not all the furniture is in place and won't be till another few weeks when the baseboards are in place. But it's slowly turning into a home, oh so slowly. We did try and put some grass in and the place we started is now ruined but it was the only place out front the roofers could pull up their truck(it was sad and sort of funny at the same time.)


We had the roofers start yesterday at 8am and they have the whole roof off but seem to have taken a break today since no one is here working on it and it is now 12pm. I am also waiting for the gas company to show up and turn our gas on today( I have a waiting time of 8am -8pm woo hoo I love those waiting time LOL), yes the last few days we have had no gas which means no hot water or a working dryer. I can't wait to have hot water, but last night I did finally find our pot, so I did boil some water to wash our dishes and scrub a bit more since scrubbing with cold water seem to take longer too. Tomorrow hopefully by the afternoon we'll have a phone etc. that waiting time is only suppose to be an hour or so, I am hoping by 12 noon well have things working but we'll see. I am hoping that Saturday our cooktop will be installed, (we only have partial working one now and tom doesn't like me to use it but we need to eat too). Next mid week is baseboards and door frames, and than hopefully at least have the carpentry done to put our dishwasher in which won't be as simple as we hoped b/c to make it simple we need to find a dishwasher 31 inches tall when the standard is really around 33 inchs which means a lot more work and removing counter top, and getting something for a counter top that won't look to bad to put it back in to match the rest ugh ugh ugh.

Well should run and feed the kids and get back to doing something so that we will have a working house some what. I can't wait till the next few weeks are done and all the projects we have at the moment will be done.

Things to do and think about.

Disappointed this weekend the floor guys didn't work on the floors this weekend which mean that the floor will most likely be finished on Thursday now instead of Tuesday which I was really hoping for. Oh well I guess as long as they do a good job that is all that matters in the end. There is much more that needs to be done but will have to wait a few more months before we can look into them. I have also been having trouble deciding what to do with the boys room. We got the paint but now we need to pick the room and what to do about beds. We don't want Noah in a top buck yet, since tom fell out once when he was much older than Noah is and as well all the safety stuff I been reading says they should be at least 6yrs old to go on top. Yes we are a bit of the safety nut parents in some ways, but also we've have had stitches and a few other big bumps along the way and even though you think those might not be bad, dealing with a panicked little one crying and asking you to stop and that they are all done while you are holding them still in the emergency room is not fun and very heart breaking. I also think Noah would be okay but there is that line when something could happen...ugh. I have found two bunks I like one is to mission style twin beds over each other that can be separated and used as two beds but has a ladder which I don't like. The other is a mission on the bottom and has a stair case that are also drawers which I love but the top buck isn't a mission and not sure if you can use it separate. It is a tough decision but I still have time to think about and decide b/c we can't buy them for a few months anyhow. Or we can just buy a cheap frame(not including the head for foot boards) and put a boxspring and matters on them for the boys. What to do?

Slowly getting more packing done, very slowly but I did pack some of the toys up and need to work on the odds and ends. I am hoping this Saturday to transfer all the food to the house and picture off the wall and our clothes to start.

Well it was a busy weekend of birthday parties, good bye parties as well tom working to squeeze in some hours to make deadlines. The next weekend we have our move and some more birthday and good bye parties, So so busy and I have to say it is very draining too, with tom working the weekend. This week we have our apartment inspection, our cooktop gets installed at the house on Monday, Wednesday doctor appointments, Thursday the car need to be in to the garage and there are a few morning that I am forgetting b/c I know everyday is packed. I am tired just thinking of it, and then the fallowing week is unpacking haha woo hoo. I think about when I turn 50 I will be able to put up my feet and have a days break.

Our Home!

This is long over due I know but things are just crazy lately and finding lots of time to do things is just hard to do. So here is our home.




Not easy getting a family photo either out side but this is the best I could do with the kids wiggling and well my remote for the camera doesn't seem to focus that well.

Things I love about our house,

It is double the size what we are living in now.
Has a washer and dryer
large fenced in back yard
It has a fireplace
a family room
a eat in kitchen
two bathrooms
Oh and trees out front seem to keep the place pretty cool!

Things I would love to change in years to come.

The design of the kitchen.
Put better windows/doors in
add on to the master bed and bath(it's a small master)
And maybe add up but not sure I sort of like one floor house and all the bedrooms on the same floor.

Days like today....

I WISH....

1. I was on Vacation
2. I had at least an hour to myself
3. The mess would just clean up itself
4. Things would get done on time

Update on things here

Happy 4th of July and July 1st for all the American and Canadians.

I have to say I was disappointed that we didn't get out the the Canada Day BBQ last weekend but we got stuck at the house and the kids were to tired. :S I missed out on the Canadian chocolate and other goodies they have, but I really don't need them either. Today I am not sure what we are going to do during the day. I know Tom needs to work some and we are all going to listen to the San Francisco Symphany tonight and watch the fire works, is on of the most amazing shows ever and it's awesome to just lay there on the grass hill and take it all in. I will be sad next yr when we won't get free tickets for it since we won't be living in mountain view but the grass seat aren't that expensive.

So as for the house we got some stuff done and I was sore again but back off when I feel things going down hill. I rescreened 2 windows and washed 4 more( I ran out of screen so I picked the more damaged ones)...I will rescreen things when I am not pregnant anymore b/c it just to hard on my back. Me and bending over are not friends at all and it causes a lot of pain(more than I could have ever thought b/c it wasn't like this with the boys...I had some not really with Noah but with Jonas but nothing like this). I sanded some walls where I did some patch up, now got to prime and paint them. I finished cutting a bush down that is growing against the house(there are a lot of them that are right against the house that have to be remove but they are so big so one at a time. We have to call and get the floors and roof started. I am really hoping they can start next week. Since the movers are suppose to come on the 19th I think. We are cutting it close but what can you do when ppl make you wait for quotes etc. We bought our cooktop yesterday... I think I am going to be very happy with it. I think we got a diswasher picked out too but will wait a little bit. We got to get a carpeter in to remove a cabnet to have it instelled. We got the paint for the boys rooms(not got to figure out which room and how to paint it with the kids around). I know we did a few other thing, Tom cleaned the storage room and went to the store to pick up some stuff, put the mail box up and helped with the bush. The chimney men are done woo hoo. But there is so much more to do. I just want the floors done though.

As for the pregnancy, there is no more room in there for this kid. I can hardly eat and this one is so high up under my ribs already sitting is not fun. Besides my back and energy things are pretty good though. I am dying for this little to come early too but really s/he can't because Mom Flynn doesn't arrive till the 2nd but s/he will be the one to determine when the big day will come.

Proctive day sort of...

I got the bathroom scrubbed, scrubbed the kitchen floor, and the kitchen cleaned before making a double batch of banana chocolate chip muffins with Noah and his friend Wesley(I was babysitting for my friend for the afternoon). Got the carpet vacuumed, and spot clean with my spot carpet cleaner, kids stuff picked up for now, and while the muffins are baking I need to clean the dinning area and than move on to tidying up my bedroom and sort through things to throw out and pack. Tonight when the kids are in bed I will sit down and try to go through papers and pack up some more.

So we are still waiting to get someone to fix our floors at the new house. Tom and my friends husband was suppose to refinish them this weekend but since we haven't gotten anyone to repair the master yet there no since working on the rest. Plus everyone one so far that has come in want to do the repairs and refinish them. So it might come to that and might help Tom with juggling work and house work. So now it's time to crunch some numbers. We are hoping next wednesday the roof can be started. As well looks like we need a new electrical box in the house b/c it's old and won't support our small 7ci deep freezer etc. ugh.