A Little Ketch-up!

We are getting closer to owning a house, actually we will own it Monday. We have one last little fee due Monday when we go to close, $43.**. This is due to something about a "HUD"? Anyhow, it is time to start cleaning, painting, and moving. We are going to try and do this all very quickly as we are ready to move out of our apartment.

Anyhow: While eating subway for lunch today, with my lovely wife, we realized our dog eats some really strange stuff.



Her favorite treat would have to be popcorn, which when I think about it is not really all the strange. But the following list is of things she does eat that are quite different. If you don't believe us feel free to stop by, I promise she will eat anything on this list.

1. Black Olives
2. Green Olives (Another Favorite)
3. Cucumbers
4. Pickles
5. Green Pepper
6. Lettuce
7. Tomato
8. Potato
9. Carrots
10. Corn
11. Salt and Vinegar Chips

I am sure there are others things, that is just a short list we came up with.

On another note: we are starting to plan our summer float trip. Doesn't look like there is going to be to many going, but it will still be a blast. I am sure we will post about that when it happens, and maybe some pictures (if they are not to incriminating).

--Jimmy

Yippee

Well Jimmy and I found out today that we are positively going to sign on the house on Monday. I am so excited because that means we will get the keys and we can start painting and cleaning. I cannot wait until Monday...Jimmy and I have been packing and we have boxes all over our living room so on Monday I can start taking stuff over to the house while Jimmy is at work and I can clean and much more. I never thought I would be excited about cleaning the house, but I am. All of our dreams are starting to come true and we could not be happier with our life. We have amazing families who support us in every aspect of our lives and we really appreciate them. Well I just thought I would post this before Jimmy had the chance to...LOL
~Rachel

Hands on the Wall??

Our dog Lily:

We have taught her all kinds of tricks. One of them being "hands on the wall," this is a really cute trick. Lily jumps up and puts her front paws on the wall appearing to be getting frisked. This is something that was really easy to teach her. Just hold a treat up against the wall and tell her hands on the wall. As soon as her front paws are up there give her the treat. Teaching Lily this trick took all of about 10 minutes.

Anyhow: The other day Rachel and I were playing with her and noticed she was really excited to have some time with her parents. She was acting all sorts of crazy. Lily decided to put a whole new spin to hands on the wall. She is now jumping up and putting all four paws on the wall. This is something that we DID NOT teach her. Below is a picture of the new trick and a short video.

More House!

WE HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 19 DAYS BEFORE WE CLOSE!!!

A few people have asked me some little things about the house that I could not remember. The main thing appears to be what uses gas and what uses electric. The simple answer is, if it can use gas it does(furnace, water heater, dryer, and stove)! Which I am unsure if I should be happy about this or disappointed. One positive: the house actually comes with all of these we don't have to purchase them.

We are just playing the waiting game now. We don't technically own the house, but we do. Meaning the house is held for us, and we are just waiting for all the paper work to be done. I personally can't wait. I am ready to start painting, cleaning up, cleaning the yard, etc. etc. After we get moved in and settled, I already have some projects lined up! One of the first is: The goldfish pond.


This was/is currently on the property, but clearly needs some work. I don't even think there was a hole dug, but some rocks thrown down. There is already power ran out to it for a waterfall. Just needs some work.

Well that is all for now. If you have more questions about the house leave us a comment on here and we will try to answer it ASAP.

--Jimmy

First Holiday

Well this Easter will be the first holiday without my grandpa. With all the good stuff going on in my life you would think I would be the happiest person in the world, but I'm not. I miss him so much and it is hard to think that we will not see him again. As I was counting today the number of people who would be at our Easter get together, I thought of him. I was going to count him in the number, but I had to come back to reality and realize he is gone. It is so hard. I never thought that his death would get to me like this, but it has and now I really do not know what to do. I listen to his song everyday thinking that it will make it all easier on myself, but it really doen't. I just don't know what to do because I think all the time about him, and how he will never get to hold my kids, see my kids, or anything. My kids will never know how amazing he was and get to meet him. I am so tired of crying, but I don't know how to get over this. I don't know how to let go of this pain in my heart. I wish that I could have seen him after he was gone so it would hit me. One day I hope to be able to get past this. I would not wish this kind of pain on anyone I know....
~Rachel

Our Dog should be locked up!

I know I just posted about the house, but I had forgot to post this at the end of last week. One day we found out Lily doesn't really care for the alarm clock, or maybe she really likes it. If we get up before it goes off and are some where else in the apartment when it starts she will go running into the bedroom. We bought an alarm clock that gets loader the longer it goes off, which Lily tries to out do!

This is Lily the other morning!

--Jimmy

The House!

WE HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 26 DAYS BEFORE WE CLOSE!!!

We finally got all the paper work signed and mailed back to Terry. Everything is moving along, but much to slowly for me. Buying a house is quite exciting, but very confusing. There is all kinds of legal Mumbo Jumbo, that has be read(at least looked at) and signed. Rachel has become obsessed with the house. By this I mean she was looking online and noticed it was no longer in the "active" or "keep showing" state and HAD to take a little road trip to the house to see if they had taken down the for sale sign. That was all we did! HA I guess I did get some other pictures of the back yard, but we drove 30 minutes to look at a sign! I don't mind for two reasons (1)I get to spend time with my beautiful wife, and (2) I am excited also. Anyhow things are moving along, and we will keep you posted about things that are happening!


This is a picture of the far corner of our backyard looking towards the house. You can see the nice dog pen, the back of the huge garage, and also the back of the house.


This is picture standing at the front door looking out into our front yard, which is also quite large. I guess I should start looking for a lawn mower!

--Jimmy