Life’s a Stage

Okay, I have a few updates to catch everyone up on:

1. I am making progress on loosing the baby weight. I pulled out some of my old black slacks and could not only pull them up, but could fasten them as well! I don’t care that they were as tight as Joan Rivers’ face. I GOT THEM FASTENED! I did a quick little happy dance in celebration (but not one with a lot of movement as I didn’t want to split the rear).

2. The Shooting Down the Street: Thank goodness I volunteer for the police department in my town. Let me take a moment for a little soap box action and say that EVERYONE should MAKE time to do some sort of volunteer work. It not only makes you a better person, but you never know when you will make connections that you can use further on down the line (besides, I have learned so much in the process and have millions of juicy stories). So like I was saying, I have several connections through the police department and found out the nitty gritty on the shooting down the street from me. According to the PD, there was a party that went bad. Evidently the shooter was looking for someone in particular, but didn’t find them. The shots were evidently fired into the air, because no one was hurt. The police did take several people to jail that night (I hope they enjoy those chicken pot pies and Kool-aid while wearing the stylish orange coveralls!).

3. The House that Needed Fixing Up: It sat on the market for 25 days untouched, and of course when we went to inquire about it, there were suddenly five offers on it. John and I took that as a sign that God is not just saying “no,” but “heck no.” We are evidently not meant to be there. There must be something better in store.

4. Our house went on the market Friday. We have not currently found anything and really can’t at this point until we sell our house first. It is impossible for us to take on two house payments. I think we are looking to sell and then move into some sort of temporary housing if necessary while we keep looking. Anyone need any boarders?

So like I said, our house is on the market. In order to make this possible, we have repainted our kitchen and master bathroom and made every minor repair and touch up we possibly could to get ready. We have boxed up most of our “clutter” and staged the house to look more like a show house. We are having to keep the house clean and picked up at all times (which my OCD self is secretly loving!).

We are looking for a nice area with a good school district as our next move we plan on being there a little more permanently. I love G-Town for the most part, but it is time to move somewhere where the local barber shop is not named “Smooth Kutz” and that doesn’t have a palm reader open 24-7 on the corner. I will however miss the excitement of the local Walmart where for awhile car fires were the main attraction (don’t ask) and our new next door neighbors who throw parties on Saturday night complete with blaring accordion music and bounce house (that the 10+ kids jump in until 11:00 at night).

On a side note: Braden is still helping us keep the carpet clean by eating whatever he finds. More about him to come.