Moving Pictures

Our complimentary moving van

Empty Truck

Loading truck

Half Full Truck

Art trying to decorate his "man cave"

I wish I had taken a picture of the truck completely full. We filled up the truck twice, 3 pick up loads and half FIL suburban to get all our prize possessions to the new house.

Rethinking Children

I just found the best birth control!
http://shitmykidsruined.com/

OH MY LORD!!!!!!! I am thinking I might not need a baby for awhile!

MOVED!

We are officially moved! We have to make one last trip to the apartment to pick up the last of the food, bake ware I left in the bottom drawer of the stove and Art's fishing poles.

Last night was our first night in the house. Neither of us slept good getting use to the different place. We got a ton of work done already. Today I finished the kitchen. I am going to work on the master bedroom next. It feels good to have some things done. I will post pictures later of our move.

Painting!!!!

Here are some pictures from our weekend of painting. Art and I painted for a total of 25 hours each and FIL painted for 10 hours. Saturday we spent 16 hours painting and Sunday 9 hours. We are all walking like we are 95 years old.

FIL painting the family room
Me painting the living room

Art painting the living room

The living room before we started painting.

Art not happy I was taking his picture while he was painting the hall closet.

The Kitchen - The kitchen painting has a story.

I bought blue paint for the master bathroom and periwinkle paint for the kitchen. I had to make 2 trips to Lowe's over the weekend. We didn't buy enough paint in the beginning. I came home from Lowe's to find Art painting the kitchen. I was happy he had started the kitchen. He said hey dear I see you took my advise on the kitchen. I was very confused as to what he was talking about. He said the blue paint. I thought he was kidding so I laughed. He goes on to tell me how much he likes white cabinets and blue walls. WHAT!!!!!! My dear father in law labels the cans incorrectly. Art had started on the kitchen with the WRONG color. At this point we had been painting for 14 hours and I didn't find the humor in this at all. Luckily Art had just started.

Art painting the kitchen ceiling

My pretty PURPLE kitchen!

I love the color of the kitchen!

The family room looking into the living room

Aw it's the little man cute!

Pretty blue master bathroom. I LOVE the bathroom color almost as much as I love the kitchen.

Master bedroom

I will admit the master didn't turn out how I had hoped. I picked too light of a color. I wanted a darker cream color. It looks white.

Family Room

Family Room

Living Room

Living Room

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to Two Amazing Mother's!

My mom & me on my wedding day
Art's mom wishing him a happy birthday.

16 Hours

We spent 16 hours yesterday painting....I made 1 trip to Osh, 2 trips to Lowes, 1 trip to the chiro, and one coat of paint around the entire hours. Every room has a coat that we are painting. I am exhausted....but we are getting ready to go do round 2.

I love all the paint colors I picked out. The only one I wish was a little dark is the master bedroom. I wish I had picked a darker cream. Oh well. I will have pictures later.

House

It's only Friday and I am exhausted. My poor husband is even more exhausted. We have the entire weekend ahead of us with LOTS of work. Wednesday night we started washing down the walls and putting up painters tape. We finished up all that last night. Art's dad came over and helped us last night. While the boys were working I went out and bought all the paint, rollers, paint trays, and a mail box at Lowes. I also went and picked up a FREE round pedestal table!!!! It's an oak table with a leaf. PERFECT!!! I can't wait to paint it white. Before I left to do my shopping I did help tape the hallway, master bedroom, and master bathroom all within 30 minutes. I am the taping queen!

I finally remembered to grab my camera as I ran out the door this morning. Pictures soon!

The Next Survivor Series

I would actually watch this one!

THE
NEXT SURVIVOR
SERIES
Six married men
will be dropped on an island

with one car

and 3 kids each

for six weeks.

Each kid will play two sports
and take either music or dance classes.

There is no fast food.

Each man must

take care of his 3 kids;
keep his assigned house clean,
correct all homework,
complete science projects,
cook,
do laundry,
and pay a list of 'pretend' bills
with not enough money.

In addition,

each man
will have to budget enough money
for groceries each week.

Each man
must remember the birthdays
of all their friends and relatives,
and send cards out on time--no emailing.

Each man must also take each child
to a doctor's appointment,
a dentist appointment
and a haircut appointment.

He must make one unscheduled and
inconvenient visit per child to the Emergency Room.

He must also make cookies or cupcakes
for a school function.

= Each man will be responsible for
decorating his own assigned house,
planting flowers outside, and keeping it
presentable at all times.

The men will only have access to television

when the kids are asleep and all chores are done.

The men must shave their legs,

wear makeup daily,

adorn themselves with jewelry,

wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes,

keep fingernails polished,

and eyebrows groomed

During one of the six weeks,

the men will have to endure severe
abdominal cramps, backaches, headaches,
have extreme, unexplained mood swings
but never once complain or slow down
from other duties.

They must attend weekly school meetings

and church,
and find time at least once to spend
the afternoon at the park or a similar
setting.


They will need to read a book to the kids each night

and in the morning,

feed them,

dress them,
brush their teeth and
comb their hair
by 7:30 am.


A test will be given

at the end of the six weeks,

and each father will be required to know

all of the following information:
each child's
birthday,
height, weight,
shoe size, clothes size,
doctor's name,
the child's weight at birth,
length, time of birth,
and length of labor,
each child's favorite color,
middle name,
favorite snack,
favorite song,
favorite drink,
favorite toy,
biggest fear,
and what they want to be when they grow up.

The kids vote them off the island based on performance.

The last man wins only if...
he still
has enough energy
to be intimate with his spouse
at a moment's notice.


If the last man does win,
he can play the game over and over and over
again for the next 18-25 years,
eventually earning the right
to be called Mother!

BARGAIN!!!!

I have been searching Craiglist ads for a couple weeks now. I started looking this past weekend at washers & driers. I wanted to buy a washer & drier as a pair or from the same owner. I was hoping we could get a good deal and it would be less work to pick up 2 items.

I feel like we got a HUGE score tonight. We bought a washer & drier by Kenmore 400 series that is 6 months old for $300. They sell about $330-399 each at Sears. We picked them up this evening and they look brand new.

I think that is probably the end of our big purchases for awhile. Probably in the next 6 months we will buy a new fridge. I have a list of items I would like for the house, but that is another post. :)

HOUSE!!!

Here are some pictures from the house. This is what 30 years of debt looks like! =)

Front of House

Kitchen

Back Yard

Back Yard

my walk in closet!!!!!!!!!!!

Art's closets

master bathroom

master bedroom

guest room

craft room

main bathroom

hallway

looking from the family room into the living/dining room

family room

family room

living room

House

I wanted a picture by our sign....all the pictures turned our terrible. We will have to try again. Art's parents came over for a couple hours. We changed all the locks on the doors, hauled over a truck load of stuff, decided how much paint we need, wash down the countertops, and enjoy our new house. I called my mom on the way home...she said what are you doing...oh on our way home from home. hahaha

Birthday Boy!!!!

Today is Art's birthday. We celebrated his birthday yesterday with the family. He got a huge surprise today when the realtor called and said we could have the keys. Art said that was the best birthday present!