New homeowners

It is official we have been homeowners for 24 hours now. YAAAA!!!! Now we can't wait to actually start living there. We will be there Friday night, if anyone wants to come up. The last 2 days our dog has been completely exhausted. He is so funny, he just goes and goes, then crashes hard. I have not had a dog in a long time, and I find it amusing how much he is like a child, even when it comes to playing in the sprinkler. We found out from the people that we bought the house from that there are 3 caves by our property. One of them, he said has about a 80 foot drop that you have to go down to get to the entrance of. Then he said that it is huge. Bill & I are so looking forward to going exploring! I love caves. The old homeowner also told us about the very large owl that likes to sit on our dusk to dawn light. I am also looking forward to seeing him.

I am off to bed, need lots of rest for tomorrow!!


I Love The Country Life!! :D

One Year Ago Today.........

Today is my 1 year blogging anniversary. I posted my first post on July 13, 2005.

Things that have happened over the past year:

I have gotten a really nice vehicle.
I started a new job, and make pretty good money.
We are buying a house.
Celebrated Grandma & Grandpa's 60th wedding anniversary.(How cool is that!!)
I have not worn a baseball hat!! (hehe)
Paula & Mike are having a baby!! (SSSSOOOO excited, can not wait)
I feel that Bill & I have grown closer. (Awesome)
Went on a great float trip, and getting ready for another great one.
Have made new friends, and have gotten closer to old friends. (When I say old, I mean they are some old farts!)
Have gone to the Art musuem for the first time ever, with my daughter.
We have added a member to our family. (Spoiled Dog)
Went to my first ever drag show!(That was a total blast, can't wait to go again)
Was very close to a lightning strike.

Hmmmmm...........I could go on and on, but I am starting to bore myself. So anyway.......................

Happy 1 Year Blogging Anniversary To Me!!!

Big Stupid Jerk

No I am not talking about Bill!! I am talking about the homeowner of the house that we are about to buy, or should I say hoping to buy. Where to begin..........The jerk has been fixing the front wall termite issue. He now wants us to back out of the contract on the house because he thinks that since he has fixed things for us and spent alot of money that he could put the house back on the market and sell it for more. The whole front wall turned out to be infested pretty bad with termites. So he tore out the drywall to fix all of the framing, which was a total loss. Well he has decided that he has spent enough money, so he is NOT going to put drywall back up. So Bill said fine he would buy the drywall and fix it, that is when we found out that he was hoping we would back out of our contract. So when we move into our house in 2 weeks, when looking at our living room all you will see is 2 windows and 2x4 studs!! I have a really bad feeling. I think he is going to pull out of the contract and we are going to lose the house. Bill says that if he does back out, he is getting a lawyer and suing him for all the money we have spent!! I have been told that buying a house can be stressfull!! But come on, this is just STUPID!!

FUN!!

These would be sooooooooooooooooooo much fun on a DF float trip, especially the first one, by the way the second one is a slide and trampoline.

Employee Of The Year

Every Wednesday morning at work we have a meeting. At today's meeting my boss Sharon said that it was that time of the year to nominate someone for team member of the year. She goes into this whole thing talking about the person she is nominating and why, when a little over half way through I realize she is talking about ME! Then she annouces that it is me, that she is nominating. The top 3 people from across the U.S. will get to go to the national conference in Sept. which happens to be at the Adams Mark in STL this year. The top person picked will get $1000.00 and 2 dozen roses. I was a little shocked and very embaressed. My co-workers said my ears turned bright red. This is so cool even if I don't make the top 3. I have never felt so appreciated at a job before, and let me say it feels pretty good!! Of course I had to nextel Bill this morning and tell him and he got all excited for me, which made me even happier. So again it was a good day at Merry Maids. :D