110
I removed 31 more batteries tonight, from Jake’s electronic keyboard and Timmy’s 8 (count ’em: EIGHT) Shake ‘n Go cars. Wendy reminded me about each of those cars having 3 AA batteries! Phew, I almost forgot! So the current battery count is 110.
moving
Moving Preparations Continue
“Oh my gosh, what on earth are you doing with that enormous pile of batteries?” Um, yeah…this is one of those fine-print sorts of things they don’t tell you about having young kids while in the military. You know all those cool toys my kids have? The various Christmas, birthday, “gosh, I’ve missed you” gifts? … Read more
Back from PA okay…
But just okay. We got back from Pennsylvania around 5pm tonight. In Richmond, on I-95 right through downtown, a car in front of me rolled over a piece of tire and it whipped into the front end of the Prius. I wish I had more time to react, but I didn’t. Even though Dave and … Read more
The Scoop on the House
We signed a contract Monday night. We’ll close on the North Carolina house on 21 July, and Dave is flying out to Omaha on 19 May to investigate military housing/rental options for us and perhaps get us into a lease ahead of time, which would be great so we could have an address with which … Read more
Need a House?
Need a house? This York Simpson Underwood Listing is a much better website than what’s on Realtor.com. I have to brag a little about the pic of the outside of the house. We asked that the photographer come in the afternoon to minimize the shadows — the sun shines directly on front of the house … Read more
Now That’s What I Call CLEAN!
Hi! Let me catch my breath… “Phew!” The photographer just left — she was here to take pictures of our “staged” house for the MLS listing. So now we can mess up the house again! Just kidding… I will admit that I feel like if I BREATHE too sloppily, the house will get messed up … Read more
Stoopid Tired…
I’m stoopid tired again. It started with another yard sale this morning. So once again I was up at 6am on a Saturday. It was lousy this time around: $20 in 3 hours. Compared to $300+ in 6 hours last Saturday. We ended up giving away our two largest items — Dave’s old model train … Read more
How Many Products Does it Take to Screw Up Your Fridge?
That’s my fridge. I love it. I think stainless steel is sexy. But…over the past 3 years, my boys have had a field day playing with their letter magnets, their Thomas and Friends magnets and their keeping-up-with-their-chores magnets. So the front is now pretty beat up. Again, in anticipation of the house going on the … Read more
Wax On, Wax Off!
Today I was continuing to prepare for our house to hit the market by applying Olde English oil to all my wood furniture. I guess this was the first time I had ever oiled all the furnishings at once, for I realized, 90 minutes later, that we have a LOT of wood furniture. All of … Read more
"Where’ve You Been, Woman???"
Okay, so I fell off the scope for a bit. This week was pretty darned busy for me, so a couple things had to fall by the wayside, the blog being the first thing. Photographs of my life were next. Then paying attention to my boys, the poor babies. This past weekend I had a … Read more