It's been awhile..

We've had a busy month..

Mainly just trying to get the house put together plus just the normal day to day crap of working full time and always being so dang exhausted.

My mother-in-law visited us at the beginning of May.. she said she came to see us, but I suspect she wanted to see our house! haha :-) We were extremely lucky that weekend because she's pretty much super woman! She unpacked all the stuff we had been putting off, and most importantly she unpacked and safely put away all of our wedding china and crystal! I probably would have just left it packed away in boxes in our closet because I would be too afraid of using it and breaking it all.. but now, it's available and I do plan on using it soon!

We finished painting our kitchen! We love the color. It is perfect. We also decided to put the kitchen table that we (stole from my parents kitchen the day we left California) have in our kitchen... which sounds reasonable right? kitchen table in the kitchen.. but we didn't think it would fit, and then we felt horrible because we had (stolen) been given this great table from my parents and wanted it to be apart of our daily lives so that we had something from them.. so I was going to use it as a craft table in the office but I am so glad we decided to try it in the kitchen! It looks great and really works! It is really great to have the table there and have extra space to work on..

We have also decided to take on the previous owner's security system. Now I personally think this is pointless and a waste of money.. but I think part of that comes from the fact that I have never ever had a security system so the whole idea is foreign to me! I see some of the potential benefits... like in case I am home alone and scared, at least I know there's a system that will go off if someone is in my house.. or since we're in a quiet neighborhood, in a culdesac, and we have an alley that's at the end.. someone could quietly rob our house and no one would ever know..
so, because C feels strongly about it, I agreed and it will soon be set up. So watch out all you bad guys!

C and I are both still adjusting to our jobs... we both are wanting to be a little happier in them. We don't know if it will just take more time getting used to a new place, new people, new processes, etc.. or what. I am happy to be in hospice work again, it's just a lot of work, and a lot more work than I had originally been told about. It's those type of things that I don't like.

We still have painting to do.. some touch up in some of the rooms, and some rooms we haven't even started! I don't know when we are going to start them.. I suspect it will be awhile.. We have made a list of home improvements.. but the list is so long.. and well, we just are going to have to take time and slowly do things because it all adds up to money we just don't have right now!

This month we had a bunch of unexpected expenses.. we had roof repairs (big storm, wet walls, never a good combo!),.. that was the big thing oh! we also had to replace both of our toilets!

Then yesterday we had the dryer man out to repair our dryer.. it worked but wasn't blowing hot air! well, it turned out it had something to do with the breaker outside.. haha whoops! we're so stupid. :-P

Anyways, so this past week I was in a car accident. Ack! My poor Jetta! I was stopped at a red light, and a big boxed truck hit me from behind! I was on the phone with my mom when it happened (I was using an ear piece!)... so she heard the impact and me screaming.. ugh. It must have been awful for her to hear all of that. My car is pretty messed up. I am sore.. I am sure I will be seeing the chiropractor for awhile.. my back, neck, chest, ribs, shoulders are all messed up.
We are still waiting to hear about my poor Jetta... we don't know what the outcome will be.
Pics of my car: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=WinterMermaid&target=ALBUM&id=5337664696774436161&authkey=Gv1sRgCJCUloDqlab7vQE&feat=email


I am so excited! My family is visiting the first week of June! My aunt Terry, my cousin Brigid, her kids, Zerrell and Harper, and her Mother-in-law Sherry! I am also trying to see if they will bring me some goodies from Trader Joe's! I just really want all the stuff from the frozen section! haha too bad! Anyways, it's just been too long since we've seen my family. I miss everyone. It is hard not being able to go visit on a whim!

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Well, I did finally get those pictures I promised. I wanted to get pictures for my mom (and all of you) and so I asked my mom's good friend Peta (www.petaphotography.com) to come over and take a few pictures.

These are some before and after ones.. plus I will throw in the link of pics that Chris took before we were even in the house!

Chris' pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/sinning/1605ToddvilleCircle?authkey=Gv1sRgCOqzl4Tk3OzLyAE&feat=directlink

Peta's pics: http://flickr.com/gp/petaphotography/226X25

Enjoy!!