Visions for my house

I watch HGTV all the time, so it makes sense that when I got my house I wanted to make it perfect. I want it to look picture perfect like the finished products on the shows that I watch. I want there to be little surprises that other people would never think of....Little things that make my rooms special and unique. But then real life sets in, as I stare at the pile of mail just inside the front door.  The cardboard boxes that are piled in the corner are a nice compliment to the dirty cups that are on the coffee table. But I know that at some point I will have a beautiful home. I will finally be able to have people over without feeling ashamed for one reason or another....When that time comes, I hope I'll be bursting with pride in all of the hard work that I put into the house.

Summer

I love and hate summer. Here it is, 945 at night, and my house feels like its somewhere in the neighborhood of about 1000 degrees. It is seriously 15 degrees warmer inside than it is outside. I cannot seem to cool off. I walk around the house in practically nothing and I'm still sweating like a pig. Chris and I left the house today to go to the movies and out to lunch just to cool off. But as I sit here and bitch about how hot it is, I LOVE summer! I love that the weather allows me to go hiking, go to the beach, work on my tan, spend time in my garden. I love that I can go camping and wear shorts and dresses. I love that I dont have to worry about grabbing a jacket when I leave the house. But come on....can't it just stay in the high 70s every day?!?! That would be perfect!!

I promised you pictures of my house

Here are some pictures of the house from the other day. Some are really dark, some are really light....But here they are! :)

The view from our parking area.

The front entry way.

Our patio and garden area.

The view of the property from the patio

The living room

The "Library"

Kitchen

My Craigslist China Cabinet

Laundry Room (favorite room #2....Its amazing how happy I am to be able to  laundry at home rather than going to the laundromat)

Bedroom (not a very good picture...Oh well)

Master Bathroom

Front Bathroom

The office that Chris decorated...You can't really tell from this picture, but the shelves are all Star Wars books and figurines.

My craft room (Favorite Room #1)

Hope you kinda enjoyed the photo tour of the house. It looks way better in person! But its our place and we love it!

Packing...Packing....Packing

I will be spending all my free time this week packing for vacation. (I'm determined to fit everything I need in my carry-on) and packing up the house.

We are planning on doing a lot of the moving the week I get back from vacation. That means I have this week to pack up everything. And we have already run out of the boxes that we had. I'm going to spend today driving around looking for boxes on the back side of stores. Sounds exciting, huh?! UGH. Oh well, it has to get done.

Oh and the computer-for-my-pocket (new cell phone) was announced today and will be arriving in stores on Thursday. Just in time for my vacation! It's gonna take me awhile to learn everything about it but it'll give me something to do at the airports, I guess. I have a 4 hour lay-over on one of my flights. That does not sound like much fun at all, but with a new phone to play with.....it doesnt sound quite as bad! :)

Life is good.

Yesterday we signed the rental agreement for the house and gave our deposit (Good-bye house-buying fund) But at least we are closer to family and we wont have to live underneath those elephants anymore. And this house just feels perfect for us. Chris said that I could ahve the small room as my craft room and I am super excited about that! We are also going to have a room as an office and still have a guest bedroom....Isnt that amazing?!

I have less than one week til my vacation. East Coast- Here I come! I'm looking forward to spending a week exploring new places and taking tons of pictures and relaxing away from work with one of my favorite people. :)

I am not looking forward to packing and moving everything, although I am looking forward to purging and re-organizing everything! We have just accumulated so much stuff over the years and I just have not had much incentive to get rid of it, but now I dont want to move it, so that seems like incentive enough for me now!

Chris just found out that he is going to be getting "furlow" days every other Wednesday, and I know its not something that most people would be too excited about, I am VERY excited! Thats almost a guaranteed 2 days a month (whole days...not just a morning here and an evening there) that I get to spend with my favorite person in the entire world! Plus it will be a huge help when we start moving!

All-in-all....LIFE IS GREAT!!!

Crossing my fingers!

Oh my gosh, we went and saw the inside of the house today and fell in love. This place seems perfect for us. And while technically its only 3 bedrooms, there is a 4th bedroom off of the upstairs room, but it can't technically be counted since its off of the other room. Anyway, 4 rooms, 2 bathrooms, eat-in kitchen, laundry room (with dryer already there) and the living and dining rooms.

Its older, but Its the style that we wanted and has a lot of character and I REALLY hope it works out for us. As soon as we walked up, I felt at home. I can just see us living there and am already picturing where I want to put things.

We are filling out the applications and will hopefully hear something by the end of the week!

House Potential!

Right around Christmas, Chris and I found a house for rent up near my old elementary school. It was in a good neighborhood and closer to my family. (The downside of this place was that it was also for sale while it was up for rent. Chris and I decided we did not want to take the chance of moving and then the owners selling it 2 months later). Anyway, we told me Dad about it, who also seemed very excited (everytime he sees me, he casually mentions how nice it would be for Chris and I to live closer and how nice it would be to spend more time with us). (Another thing he mentions everytime I see him, is how I'm not getting any younger and that I can start growing my family anytime now. Slow down, Dad. The time will come soon enough). And he was obviously so excited about the possibility of us living closer that he told my Grandma all about it. So during Christmas dinner while I was at work, Grandma starts talking to Chris about moving to La Habra and how she will keep looking in the classifieds and she will let us know if she sees anything that might work for us.

Fast-forward 2 months: I got a call from Grandma who had very exciting news. She called and told me that she had been reading the local paper and found a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house in La Habra Hts for rent.(and it right in our price range!) She said that she called the number right away and was just waiting to hear back more information.

Today, she calls me again and gives me more specifics about the location and such. The house sounds pretty cool! I'm excited to contact the owner tomorrow and see if this is something Chris and I would actually be able to make work. :)

I'm crossing my fingers for this one!

One of those Moods

So, you know how there are those times when you wake up in the mood to clean and organize the entire house? Just like I did today, just after my "weekend" ends. Looks like I'll be spending all my free time this week cleaning and organizing (and boy does my place need a good cleaning right now).

It'll be worth it in the end, right?