House pics

Here's some pics of our house as of now. These rooms haven't been painted yet, and the way the other rooms are going, it's going to be awhile before we get to them :) All in all, we're loving our new home! Oh, also one pic of my totally awesome Halloween tree that I made at craft night with Marquesas and Lamay. Trick-or-Treat!!!

Lovin the coolness!

What an experience moving was! We were greatly blessed to have so much great help with moving. Brad and I were greatly touched by the great friends and family that we have that gave up their Saturday to help us load and unload the U-Haul. The day started out with Brad and I having received the whopping total of 4 hours of sleep. Packing the "last little bit" turned out to take longer than we expected. Packing the U-Haul only took about an hour, we had so much help it was great! Then we arrived at our new home to find that the air conditioner to the house had been stolen! I was in shock! What kind of person would steal someone's air conditioner in Florida! I couldn't believe it! Since we couldn't prove when the AC was taken, Brad and I were responsible for replacing it, not the seller. That was a bummer! We spent a hot and sweaty weekend unpacking the house. Nights weren't so bad, it actually became kinda cold between the hours of 3-7am. Monday I had the joy of calling around AC companies while Brad dealt with the insurance company. Let me tell you the Harper Revell company is my new best friend. They were so sympathetic and were able to get a tech to our house within the hour(no extra charge). This is when we found out that only part of the AC unit, the cheap part, had been taken. Instead of $3000+, we were only looking at $400ish. WOOHOOO! I love having prayers answered. Then, the even better part happened this morning. They weren't supposed to received the part until this afternoon or tomorrow morning, but it came sooner and we received a knock on the door at 8:30am. I've never been so glad to be woken up early before. By 9am, we had cold air in the house!!! After 3 days and 3 nights of sweating, I am so, so , so greatful for the invention of air conditioning. Now I can all the boxes unpacked.

Goodbye First Ward :(

Today was our last Sunday in first ward. It's a weird feeling. Since we're staying in Tally, just moving to the other side of town, we know we will still see everyone occasionally,but it's sad knowing we won't be seeing them every Sunday. We really didn't get to say goodbyes after church, because Bradley was very teary and didn't want everyone to see him crying. It's hard on him to be leaving, this was his first family ward as a member, and he's close to so many families that have watched him grow up with their kids.So all first warders, know that we are going to miss you very much and are very glad that we have had the opportunity to establish friendships with ya'll. I especially loved having the opportunity to teach some of your children. My primary kids are so special and have such sweet spirits. Laura was my quiet one, who after a year still will only speak up in class by whispering in my ear her comment; Joseph, who can make anything into a very detailed story; Noah, who I think is the most competitive in the class whenever we play games; Jason, who always is so sweet and has the right answer ready; Justin, my reader, he always wants to read the stories and scriptures that are part of the lesson; Jordan, who started to come to church recently and last Sunday started volunteering to say a prayer; and last is Kaeleigh, who always wants to draw a picture after the lesson. I've had such a fun time teaching them and will miss them very much.

What hapened to caring about the customer?

One day I believe that Brad and I will actually be able to close on our house. Our original closing date was the end of July, that was then bumped to last Friday due to the sellers not having stuff ready and Tropical storm Fay. So today we were supposed to become homeowners. Well, thanks to the Jacksonville division of our bank, Wachovia, we are not going to be able to close until next week. According to our understanding, our loan just needs to be signed off by the processor, who if they wish, can take an entire week before they have to even look at the paperwork. So, even though the bank knew our closing date, they really don't care about us, the customer. What they need to do would take approx 1 hour and we would own our home. We have politely and assertively told them that several times today to no avail. When Brad tried to be transferred to the processor in charge of our loan, he was told that they didn't have a phone! Yeah right!We were then told that the soonest they were going to look at our loan will be Monday evening. I am just so upset at their attitude, due to the fact that we were assured that they were sitting on go and everything was ready to go for today. Thankfully, we have a wonderful landlady who is not going to kick us out onto the streets, and also that U-haul was very understanding about changing our reservation date without charging us. We're also thankful to our Realtor and loan officer in Tallahassee who have done everything in their power to have us close today. Whew! I feel a smidgen better after letting off some steam! We've had so many blessing with this house that I don't need to dwell on this negative. For example, my dad was cutting our grass last night (the selling bank had neglected lawn care and the grass was waist high in some places) and our neighbor-to-be came over with his lawn mower and started cutting the back yard. I'm so glad that we are going to have such an awesome neighbor(even though his grandkids are upset that we don't have any children for them to play with). I know everything is according to Heavenly Father's plan, and there's a reason this happened, so I'm going to try not to be so upset. I'm still going to file a complaint with Wachovia though.

Which Disney princess are you?

This was kinda fun to do :) I think it fits me.


You Are Pocahantas!

Free-spirited and wise. You have a strong passionate spirit that touches and changes all who know you. The wisdom and common sense that you have is really what guides you through life. Even so, you also have a very playful side that loves adventure and excitement.

Which Disney Princess Are You?