Weekend Musings… On a Monday
This past weekend was a bit of a crazy one. Started out a little slow, sped up, and then ended abruptly. Ah, Monday, how I loathe you.
But all is well with the world. Over the course of two days, I slept for around 18 hours, give or take an hour. It was glorious. I wasn't sick or anything, just recovering from my inability to go to bed before 2AM. I guess this could become useful for when the baby comes, because I'll already be awake when it starts crying at 2AM. YAY!
Besides the sleeping, we enjoyed several activities. Well, some of it was enjoyable and some of it was work. Chelsea did all the laundry, because she still doesn't trust me. And I wouldn't trust me either. (Who separates colors!? Lights and darks, people!) That took most of the weekend, because she tends to procrastinate laundry. Just like I procrastinate the kitchen cleaning. Which I did on Saturday, only to make a mess of it again on Sunday.
Sunday was our busy day. I woke up at 5ish with Olive. Took her out and then passed back out on the couch until 1ish. Then the fun began. We went to the dog park, went to the grocery store, and then I proceeded to make delicious bierocks. And delicious they were! That's what caused the re-messing of the kitchen. But now we have a week's worth of tasty food that we can use for lunches or dinner when we see fit.
We also finished up season 4 of Dexter. This show is AMAZING. Seriously. And the finale for this season was crazy. CRAZY.
So, yeah. That was our weekend.
Now I'm working on getting a hold of our lender to get an appraisal done for the house, get the car seat in the car, get baby clothes cleaned, clean the bathrooms, clean my desk, and on and on and on. Lists suck.
And life goes on.
We’ve been inspected!
So, we had our new home inspected on Wednesday this week. It went very well. The inspector showed us all of the problems our soon-to-be home had. And, fortunately, there weren't many issues at all and the issues that existed were very minor. If you're interested, here is the report.
Chelsea also visited the midwives at Women's Birth and Wellness Center on Wednesday. She found out at this appointment that she's having mini-contractions currently. Probably Braxton-Hicks contractions, but contractions none-the-less. So, that makes it more real than it has been before. I'm not ready for the baby to come today or tomorrow... We still need to do things to prepare! Like clean all of the clothes and linens the new baby will be using... Get bottles... Clean the house... Sweet Jesus! There's so much to do and so little time!
So, it's getting a little hectic around here. Preparing for a new baby, a new house, and a new life. I'm sure we'll handle everything fine, but at times it can be a little frightening. Also, I'm still not convinced I'm an adult, even with all of this other nonsense going on.
All your house are belong to us…
The house hunting ceases in short order. We took along our bestest relatives and hit up our top choices from yesterday. We actually took in a couple new houses as well. We got talked out of the renovation project, unsurprisingly. We also got talked out of the second big house on Chelsea's list. It just wasn't meant to be. At the end of the day we decided we would try to put an offer on the house on Elderberry. A small house in a nice neighborhood.
As we drove home we were discussing this fact with the realtor and she decided to get the seller's agent on the phone to get the scoop. She found out that there was another offer in the works that evening! So she recommended that we should put together our own offer. So off we went to put that together. A few hours later and we sent the offer off. And then we sat and waited. After a few hours and some back and forth with our realtor, the offer was accepted. I repeat, the offer was accepted. That means we have a house...
Are we adults now?
Anyways, here are a few photos for you to enjoy. ENJOY THEM!
Front of House
Living Room
Aaaauugh! I mean… Happy Birthday!
So... first off. Happy birthday to my wife. She's another year older and doing well. We went out to Macaroni Grill for her birthday dinner. We both got Fettuccine Alfredo, mine with chicken and hers with shrimp. Delicious all around. Came home from that and her presents had arrived in the mail today. So, hoorah! She got a CamelBak drinking container with straw, a case for her new iPod Nano, and some breast-feeding friendly pajamas. All things she wanted and I think she was happy with them.
After getting home and opening gifts, Chelsea decided to wash Olive's bedding. Olive is our dog, so her bedding can get rather stinky. Part of her bedding is a fairly large pillow. Chelsea put this in the wash as usual. Except this time the washing machine decided it wasn't 'as usual'. Jerk. So, I'm in the bathroom when all of a sudden I hear, 'Jonathan! Water is dripping from the ceiling in the living room!' Oh joy... The pillow had gotten stuck against the top of the washer and started forcing water out of the washer. So, after pulling both the washer and dryer out from the closet and drying/mopping up the water, I'm sitting here 45 minutes later writing this blog.
But, I think things are back to normal. We'll have to check the ceiling tomorrow after it dries to see if it needs any immediate repair. I hope not, because that would be a pain. Anyways...
Happy Birthday to you, Chelsea! And it can't get any worse than this evening's episode.
House Hunting
The house hunting continues. We went for a second visit to our top two houses at this point. We arrived with 4 (+2) others in tow. While the munchkins ran around we had another look around Wickersham. The multiple eyes really helped out and now Wickersham is off our list. It's small, which we knew, and has some other flaws we didn't notice beforehand. Some rough ceiling work, little to no room lights, and price/sqft. So, it was a good trip and a disappointing trip.
We then headed over to a house on Emmit. This house fared better than Wickersham. It's still a small house, but feels bigger. Chelsea is a bigger fan of it than I am. She loves the open living room and the garden tub and skylight in the bathroom. We both dislike the kitchen. So, while it fared better, it didn't come out unscathed.
So, we're down one option and not 100% sold on another. We just finished looking through a few more suggestions and searched for a few more. We'll hopefully go look at another round of 11 houses this Saturday. We may ask the family that's available to tag along if they want. We shall see.
So, while it was a slightly disappointing night, Chelsea and I appreciate all of the input. This is our first house, so I think we're sometimes shell shocked the first time we see a house. We're like, 'We can afford to buy this!?' and we may overlook some flaws initially. The second round and new eyes helps out a bunch.
We'll keep you informed as the search continues.
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