The Henderson Family Chronicles

Well, at this point, it looks like its a go!!!!! I suppose there is a small chance that the loan may fall through at last minute, because of the nature of it, but there is also a small chance that the world may explode or that Elvis will be elected president. Oh, My, Gosh. We have a house. We will be closing on or before (hopefully before) October 30th, so now I must exercise that patience that the Lord has been trying to teach me. I cannot pack my kitchen or clothes this week. We hope to get into the house for a little while this week to measure and take pictures to aid in planning. Wooohooo. On an equally exciting note:1 1/2 weeks till the big ultrasound!!!!! Oh, and Andrew felt our fiesty little baby for the first time on Saturday night. It was upset AGAIN because we were taking up too much of it's room. (Andrew had his arm draped across my belly while we watched a movie). It's room, Bah.

So this morning we met with our realtor. Last week I spoke with him on the phone, and gave him a list of houses we had seen online that we were interested in. There were 3 older homes, several small spec homes in a new subdivision, and a spec home that has been complete and empty over a year a block or two from my parents (although in a different ward). When we arrived in his office today we found out that the three older ones that we had really liked, and seemed very feasible had all sold over the weekend. Yes, in a housing market that has been relatively stagnant, the three we like had all disappeared. So we went to see the collection of smaller homes in a new subdivision. They were nice, very pretty, but no basements. Plus, it is one of those neighborhoods where there are 6 floor plans and two or three color variations, and small lots, so it is just row after row of houses that all look the same. Ok, we thought, a house is a house, right? So then we went out to see the one by my par...

So yesterday we went and looked at apartments. Ewww. Yuckkkk. Nasty. People are so trashy-gross! We saw three-bedroom apartments in several locations on the east side of town, and they had all been abused, and the neighborhoods were scary, and the management were rude. And these were the supposedly the nicest apartments around!!!!!!!!!! So Monday morning we are meeting our realtor to talk about some options. I don't know how far we'll get there with our budget, but I am not sure I can face moving to another dang apartment. Why can't people have a little respect and at least put their dirty diapers in a dumpster instead of on the grass? And how about management companies repairing broken bedroom doors (as in with a hole in them) and vacuuming the carpets when someone moves out??????? Nasty, folks! *deep relaxation breathing* I am sure something will work out! On the bright side - I can finally feel the baby moving!!!!!!!! OK, so 17 weeks isn't late, but it seems to have ...

Now that I have been making my blog pretty, and sound nice, it occurs to me that y'all may find it strange that I do not have any pics on our blog - yes, I know that is one of the main points behind a blog. Here's the deal. Our main computer appears to have died. Along with a mighty amount of pics. I backed stuff up six months ago, but have added a fair amount since then. So, when and if I am ever able to recover the old pics, or take new ones, I will add them. I promise.

Okay, so evidently that there morning sickness kept me busy for a while. I really have great intentions at keeping this up! I probably wouldn't have even come on today to update, but my friend best-beautician-ever gave me her blog address, and it was so darn cute I decided I decided I had better make a better effort at this. I am feeling much better, it is nice to finally have the energy and stomach to do things like clean, cook, scrapbook, watch a movie.... We have three weeks until we get our big ultrasound, and yes, we are going to find out what it is (I'll give you a hint, it's not a puppy). September 4th is the big day, 9:30 am. I'll be sure to update then. Andrew is working as an LPN and slowly getting into the swing of things. I won't say he loves his job, but it is nice that we have more than doubled the income that he and I brought in together when we first were married 5 1/2 years ago. He starts his RN classes next Tuesday, and is pumped and ready to go. N...