Special Delivery

What a lovely day.

The Husband took the day off to hang with his favorite posse.

We had some stuff to do around the house.

You know, house-y stuff.

We were having my parents over for dinner tonight.

While I was being a good cooker, I was keeping my eye on the kids.

They were in the family room.

Rolling around. Wrestling. Enjoying their new space.

P.S. Meet Milo the Dog.

He's the black, medium-sized pup on the right hand corner of this pic.

I sat there, stirring the hamburger meat, smiling to myself.

This is THE life.

And then I started to catch snippets of what the kids were chatting about.

They were working on initiating each other into their gang.

For reals?

It was all good until the widdle one got hurt.

But in the end, he earned his Homie-G status.

P.S. Alex calls him this all of the time, I am starting to think Nic believes his name is Homie-G.

We had a special delivery today...

I had a hard time getting a good picture...

but it's our BRAND NEW

KING SIZE

sleigh bed.

We lurrrve it sooo much.

A close-up.

As I mentioned earlier, my parents came for a visit today.

We made tacos, Spanish rice, and refried beans.

Delish.

It was good to see the 'rents. It had been two weeks.

After they headed home, we made our way to Target.

Everyone needed new sheets and pillows.

After spending a million or so on linens and things, I've got everything in the washer so that we can all sleep comfortably on our beds tonight.

We are wrapping up our night sipping Root-Beer floats and watching Marmaduke.

What a cutie-patootie movie.

This guy is lovin' it.

Bummed

We have to go to the apartment this weekend to finish cleaning up.
And to move our beds and dressers.
And other odds & ends.

I don't wanna go to the apartment.
I wanna stay in the new house.

I wanna work on our honey-do lists.
I want get the kids moved into their new rooms, finally.
[for some reason, they've been camping out in the loft]

I guess we'd better move fast and furious over the next two days so we can get back to our lovely new house.

Come on Husband, move fast!

:P

Declaring my Love

I love this house.
I love living in this house.
I love how this house smells.
I love this neighborhood.
I love the Dunkin' Donuts across the street [for the sweet tea, of course]
I love this part of town - even though it's different and so far away from my old part of town.
I love the feeling of putting down roots.
I love that the kids have been pretty much almost awesome about the move.
I love the kind people and fantastic customer service I've received.
I love that the football coach at Alex's new school welcomed him with open arms.
I love that Isabel had a great first day of school and that she looked darling in her uniform.
I love being in bed with the Husband at the end of a long day; the rest of the house quiet except for the two of us whispering about plans we have for this house -- our home.

Of course, I haven't yet made my first mortgage payment.
/sigh

I got it at Ross

Goooood Monday morning.
I cannot believe the weekend has come and gone.
I feel like we got a TON done... but that there is still much more to do.

We are officially in the house.
And it feels good.

It even felt good at 5am this morning when I walked downstairs and made a pot [ok, cup] of coffee for the Husband.  The smells were too delish.  The soft lights, the coffee brewing, and my apple cinnamon air freshener "spiffing"... it all felt so homey and beautiful.

=)

Isabel and I went out yesterday to buy her some clothes. Her new school requires her to wear a uniform.
After we hit up Target, we decided to check out Ross.

I am not normally a Ross shopper. In fact, besides this weekend, I've only been in a Ross two other times.
This time around, I was looking for an ornate picture frame for a project taking place in Nic's room.
I found it!

And I found these sweeties:

I love that they are very similar in shape, but different in texture.
I love the price; $11.99 and $9.99.
I do not love the color of the smaller one.

A quick trip to the Wal-Mart paint department resulted in some spray-paint  buying.
I chose the Jade for the large pitcher and and Bright Idea for the smaller pitcher.



After our shopping bonanza, Isabel, Alex and I put Nic down for a nap and got started on taping her room.
Who's idea was it to do horizontal stripes?
Really.

When the Husband got home from work, he immediately went in to get my work computer hooked up.
The office is no where near set up the way it will be when all is said and done, but I am so happy to have my laptop up and going.

Can you believe I ACTUALLY found a lamp shade
almost the same exact shade [get it?] of my walls?!

Final share for this post involves an announcement!
I got to take the PAPER off of the windows at the front door yesterday!!
How exciting is that??

For less than $20 total at Target, I dressed the two windows. And I did it by myself.
Well, that's only cuz a drill was not required.

I knew I wanted something that would block out most of the view from the outside looking in, but I didn't want to lose any of the morning light we get.  So, I went with a tan sheer. I love the look!

I am off to get Isabel to her new school and then to try and get Alex and Nic enrolled in theirs.
When that's all done I have some work [yes, real they-are-paying-me-to-do-it work] and then this afternoon, here's hoping the wind is much calmer than yesterday so that I can get my spray-paint on!

We are becoming our Mothers

For more than 30 years, pretty much the same group of 12 women (most related, others long time family friends) have gathered on the 2nd Wednesday of every month to play Bunco.

Every month...

with.out.fail.

Some of the daughters

[my cousins and I]

have been wanting to start our own Bunco group

for a while now.

Now that we are in our own homes,

with space,

and stuff...

We've decided to get going.

There are five of us that are related.

We needed to find seven additional friends.

It was hard to find seven people who could commit each month.

But we each sent out our own emails.

Of my three besties, only one could commit.

[no worries, I will pester the other two to sub sometime]

When we still didn't meet our quota...

we agreed that when all else fails...

FACEBOOK.

We have our 12 peeps now

and a few subs for when someone can't make it.

The criteria was simple.

They had to be FUN.

Cool.

Funny.

And willing to commit.

Oh. And they had to be able to roll

three dice at once.

That criteria list up there got me thinking...

So.

Question for you...

Who online, in the blog world, would YOU invite to join your

Bunco group?

If I could pick anyone, regardless of location...

I would have to say:

Suz [Day by Day with Suz]

Seriously... she would have us all in stitches.

And I would demand she bring Cocoa and Ozzie.

Yes, I would.

Ree [Pioneer Woman]

That's if she would give me the time of day.

That woman is so darn popular.

Bakerella [Bakerella]

Did I forget to mention we usually have food/treats

at these Bunco parties.

Who better to bring, really?

Plus, she seems like a doll!

Katie [All Bower Power]

Fun. Funny. Funner.

=D

Katy [Word to mi Madre]

Besides the fact that she can

dance dance dance

She is hysterical.

and finally...

Meg [Whatever]

Who doesn't love Meg?

So... those would be some of the ladies I'd want on my dream Bunco team.

Back to reality...

Our IRL first game is scheduled for October 6.

We are sooo very excited.