April 3, 2007

• YAY!!!!!!!!

  WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!!! 

  Can’t tell you what a relief it is to have all that stress and uncertainty behind us.  We found out after arriving here in TN that if we had not come in person, but had chosen to stay and try to Close on it while in NM long distance things probably would have fallen through due to various factors that hadn’t been communicated to us before.

  None of it matters now though.  It’s all behind us…THANKFULLY!

  I am really really tired and hardly any help at all.  Although our truck is a wonderful vehicle to drive cross country in it still ended up being a lot harder on my body than I thought it would be.  I got very little sleep from the pain for about three days…Was starting to turn into witch woman!  Thank God for wonderful rest.  Last night I slept well for the first time in what felt like ages.  Amazing what a better mood that put me in today.     My  Man has been so  kind and patient in the face of my irritability.  I think he may have been more relieved that I finally got sleep than I was!

   The guys have been wonderful.  Working hard to get the “new” shipping area set up yesterday and then today working even harder with a very slow internet connection to process and ship orders.

  We keep finding unexpected quirks about the house.  Took them a long time to figure out how to get the gas working.  Didn’t get hot water until sometime this afternoon.  Found a couple of leaks that are “easy” fixes thankfully.  Am kind of feeling like the Home Inspection we paid for was a bit of a rip off since the house was winterized they didn’t check ANY of the plumbing or water related parts of the house.  All in all though we are simply delighted with it.

  We rented a wet vac and Steve spent a good part of his day shampooing carpets.   I’m supposedly picking out paint for three bedrooms/bathrooms.  Think I finally got that narrowed down and now just need to get the measurements and pick up the paint from Lowe’s tonight.  This whole being responsible for picking out paint colors for this house really has me freaked out.  I keep reminding myself that it’s just paint and if I end up doing something hideous it can be fixed.

  I am amazed at how beautiful this property is.  We saw it in winter when everything was still very blah and no green.  Spring has burst forth now and I was so pleased to see multiple dogwoods in full bloom around the place.  Probably the most impressive thing for me has been how GREEN everything is! After the monotonous browns of NM everything seems to be just bursting with life here. 

  Speaking of bursting that is about how I feel.  Huge doesn’t even come close to describing it.  Walking Blimp.  Waddling Blimp is more like it.  I’m wishing for a crane every time I have to stand up.  My ankles and feet are swollen for the first time this entire pregnancy and the only good part of that is that I’m very thankful they didn’t swell before now!  Haven’t figured out what is causing the swelling…Could be a combination of things since I’m not eating right, haven’t been drinking enough, probably doing too much and not getting a whole lot of rest even when I’m trying to rest.  Am really praying/hoping this baby comes when she is supposed to and not a minute later because I have a feeling the next three weeks are only going to get more miserable feeling physically.  I’m so close to the end though! And as everybody keeps reminding me in the end it’ll be worth it all once she finally gets here. 

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