Rambling (Wo)man

Another week has flown by. This was a whirlwind of stuff at work mixed with resuming our pre-marital counseling mixed with making wedding plans and anticipting the arrival of my niece.

This weekend - we have a cake testing with a different bakery. Then I'm moved on to a candle party at some friends house - then I really want to try to load some of my cds into itunes and sell them back to cd warehouse.

I sold a couple items on eBay and re-listed the rest. Those items that sold I need to get ready to ship.

Maybe we can go back to the storage unit and look for more items to get rid of or sell.

I found the apartments that I want to move into. It's literally across the street from where John lives now but so much nicer. Plus - no power lines surrounding the complex - just a safety precaution.

John's boss is on vacation next week. I'm hoping that my little niece can hold off a few days so that John can make the trip with me. For one reason - he really really wants to go - and for a second reason - that's sure a long drive by myself....Worth it - yes!! but long just the same.

I'm tired. This morning I got up early to take my car to the dealership. I still haven't heard from them. I hope whatever it is that needs to be fixed won't be very expensive.

Someone has a case of the Mondays

Well - I was sadly disappointed with my runner. The paint I got was too hard and I didn't like the outcome at all. It was bumpy, too dark, and just didn't look like I imagined. If it doesn't look like I purchased it, then I don't want to use it. I guess that's a bit of the perfectionist in me. I went to Michaels yesterday and bought some softer, brighter paints. Sometime when I get the will up to do it again, I'll try again. I suggested not doing it at all but John didn't like that idea. I didn't know he was that into it to begin with. I think he felt bad for all the work I put into it and he could tell I was upset about it. Not the end of the world....just frustrating.

We did get something wedding related accomplished this weekend - we registered for the guy's tuxes.

I also grabbed a bunch of stuff from my storage unit that I am going to attempt to sell. Speaking of selling - I hope I get a positive update this week about my house.....It was a beautiful weekend - people should have been out and about house hunting!!!

Counting pennies...

Well...a week ago I was really optimistic about digging out of the hole to be on the road to success. The last few days everyone is talking about this bail-out plan. I don't know how I feel now. If my house had sold already I would be a little better. I do believe in the free enterprise system. I just don't want to have to continue to struggle through a few more years of it when I've already been struggling so long - espc when I'm on the cusp of it all being ok. I watched Dave Ramsey's show tonight. He thought that a lot of the panic was hyped up and that we all will be ok....just have to hang tight through a few years and then it will kind of reinforce what he preaches - living on a cash basis and those who can't afford houses won't qualify for them. I guess we will just have to see how the next few years pan out. Kinda scary for us when we want to try to have a baby pretty quickly after we get married. It will all work out though. I have faith.

I blame Ike!!!

The Houston branch is still without power. Darn Ike!! There are still deadlines that require the rest of us to pitch in. It's not really the work - but the timing....Stress upon stress upon stress. Can we have nap time? Or maybe a vacation? I'll get one of those in a few weeks when my little niece is born. I wish I could go down there this weekend for Julie's shower. One of these years I'll look back on this time and remark how far I've come right? Just plugging along down the journey - hoping for a reprieve somewhere soon...

The Drama Llama

What a day! Drama drama drama!! Goodness!! It's never dull I can say that for sure!!

On a good note - my condo had 2 showings over the weekend. No offers yet though. Hopefully once the pictures get loaded on the website it will sell fast. Susie said that the way we had staged it was very cute.

We continue waiting...waiting for an offer...waiting to finalize details...waiting for that paycheck....just waiting...

tick tock goes the clock....

Can I handle all this? I'm trying....

I am so stressed now - I just want to cry. It's not like things are not making progress - but things are just so tight right now and things are pulling from all directions. We all worked so hard on my place this weekend and there is still more to do. Not much but some. We are all meeting over there Tuesday night to finish up. Then Wednesday the A/C guys and hopefully the pest and dishwasher guys will be there... so maybe we can still get it listed this week. I'm praying it sells quickly. Like REALLY quickly. Moving is stressful.

To make matters worse - I freaked out last night because I was trapped within 2 feet of a wasps nest at waist level that was right on the doorframe of where I needed to be. I don't remember the last time I have been so scared. Maybe that's a little irrational 0r maybe a lot irrational. Maybe it's that time of the month but I don't freaking care. When I am out on the patio where the only exit is back into the house and they are at waist level on the door frame - about 10-15 huddled around that nest.... Yuk. 1 got inside - but quickly met his demise.

I keep telling myself that after October things will start to settle down - at least financially. Breathe in....Breathe out....Breathe in....Breathe out.

For Sale....Seriously? Seriously.

This weekend we are going to finish up my house so hopefully it will be ready to get listed next week!!! Yay!!! :) I'm so ready to get this process underway! Just a few things left to pack up - empty out the food in the kitchen and start sprucing the place up a bit. Hopefully touch up paint will suffice rather than having to paint all again.

Where do I move from here? An apt in John's complex! October is just around the corner too...Thus will end my ties with the lease company. If I end my agreement with ADT then too - then all business expenses should be wrapped up and it will finally go away. Talk about one big mountain overcome...then I can chip away at some other goals and maybe in the next year or two we can purchase a new home. October will be a big month!! Also my baby niece will be born!! I can't wait!! I've already planned a long weekend to drive to Pensacola to see! :)

Among all this craziness - I have wedding plans to make:

Cake, Limo, Invitations, Making Programs yadda yadda yadda.....I've kind of lost the wedding momentum...Come back, come back!!

Crossroads

So confused..All an illusion or...?? Hurry up and wait...I guess is what we will do.... Not make any decisions right now....I'd like to wait while someplace far away like on the picture below...Just go away from it all....7 months till Tahoe!!

Seriously - stop with the bad news.....

Ugh - Just found out that my pastor resigned. What do we do? He was going to marry us? Wait it out? Find a new venue? At 7 months out - this is not good timing... I hope whatever is going on in his world that brought him to this decision will be resolved... Sigh... :(

Tick Tock Tick Tock

So much to do - so little time. Thought we would have a lot of time to get some projects done by coming out to Athens for the weekend. We did some work around the house, and now are about to get cleaned up to go visit John's Granny and hang out with her for a little bit. This afternoon we need to do the goody bags for the reunion, the recipes, and put together Carol's programs. I was going to try to do my aisle runner while we are out here, but silly me forgot to go to Kinkos to get an enlarged version of the monogram. So...the aisle runner will have to wait a while. I need to sit down with John and narrow down what kind of wedding cake we want and also confirm that the invitations we selected months ago are still the ones we are going to use.

We only work 2 days this week and then we head to Kansas. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone - who knows when or if this will happen again. In those 2 days I need to find a good gift for my mom's 60th... Does Jared have the answer?