Appointment Scheduled!

We finally got someone who is available to show us a property.

Tonight @ 6pm we will be going to look at this gorgeous home! :)

4 bed/2 bath/2 car garage

2,300 sq ft

*Fingers Crossed* We COULD move as soon as March 13th.

Eyes, Homes and Cars. Oh My!

It's a MIRACLE!

Had my appointment with the Eye Doctor yesterday. Basically, my vision sucks. It's about 20/50. They sent me home with contact lenses, sooooo I CAN SEE! :) I was so excited, I was reading everything today to Jon. The clocks, the calendar in the kitchen, the TV screen! Everything has been a blur to me for the longest time, and to be seeing with 20/20 today is like a breath of fresh air! I also ordered the CUTEST glasses, so I have a pair to wear early in the mornings and late at night. I'll post a picture of those as soon as they come in (about 2 wks.). I have a follow-up next Monday to make sure everything is going well with the contacts. Note to self: NEVER PUT THEM IN INVERTED THE WRONG WAY! Burns like Hell.

Soooo, today's been a good day. Our tax return FINALLY hit the bank, and I've been calling on homes in Orlando all morning. I've got 3 potential homes already lined up and we'll be going on Jon's next day off to look at homes and buy a new SUV.

The most promising home right now isn't available until May 15th, but that gives us PLENTY of time to pack, give our landlord notice and transfer all our utilities and such. That means Jon will only have to commute to Orlando (for work) for about 8 weeks. He'll most likely take a 1 wk. vacation the week we move so we can get settled in properly.

Anyways, more about the house!

It's 4 bedroom/3 bath/2 car garage

2,400 sq ft

located in Kissimmee. About a 30 min. drive for Jon.

*Sure beats the HOUR and 30 min. commute he'll do those 8 wks!*

Here's a photo!

I'll post more photos as they come available.

Save-the-Date Photoshoot

Our photoshoot from today!

~Saturday, February 21, 2009~

10:00AM

2nd favorite photo!

Same shot with color splash.

Same shot. Black & White.

3rd favorite!

I loved this one!

And the one that has been chosen to go inside the Save-the-Date cards...

The Letters

When I was about 8 months pregnant, I bought these wooden letters, brought them home, painted them, hot glued the ribbon to them and put them in Chayce's nursery. They were originally yellow with a light green ribbon to match his room.


After he moved into his big boy bed, I painted them blue and attatched red ribbon to them. But when we moved into this house, I just never brought them out and put them on the wall.


Finally, 3 days ago I stumbled across them and decided to hang them. But I realized that since I last painted them, I've accented Chayce's room in a darker shade of blue. And the letters are a very BRIGHT blue. So, this afternoon Chayce and I painted his letters together. Navy blue to match his lamp, rug, valance and bedding. He did SO unbelievably well with them. He did the first coat, and I re-touched them as he'd finish. Then after he was done I did a 2nd coat on all of them. Here's some photos from our little craft. He's so anxious to hang them back up, once they dry and we hang them I'll post the photo.

Uh oh! A little messy...

Uh oh, a LOT messy! He painted a moustache :)

We make a great team! :)

Today's "chore".

So usually every Friday I spend the day cleaning, organizing, and taking care of anything I can because on the weekends we're never home. I don't clean EVER on the weekends.

Anyways, earlier this week I spent a full day cleaning my house top to bottom, and doing every stitch of laundry we own. So I'm caught up on my housework, YAY!

Today I did find something that annoys me I need to do! Ya'll know I'm a cooking fanatic. Well, if you saw my huge recipe box you'd probably freak out on how MANY I actually have. All of my recipes are hand-written, and at the moment VERY unorganized. They're all in one box, not sorted at ALL.

I just bought a printer last weekend (didn't hook it up til last night), and Im going to go through every recipe, type it up, print it out and organize them! I suppose I should start soon. I have approx. 200 recipes. They range from things like dips/dressings/marinades to cakes.

I really want them to be neatly printed, easy to read and CLEAN. My recipes look rough because I spill stuff on them when I'm cooking, LOL! So that's today's task. Lord help me!

Oh yeah, I forgot to share.... This is the printer I got.

I LOVE it!!! :)

It's a Canon Pixma ip2600

CONGRATULATIONS, JON!

I have to completely brag on Jon right now. When he got hired with T-mobile in 2005, he wanted to get hired in Orlando. It didn't work out that way, they kept him in Melbourne and for 3 years he's waited patiently to get a transfer to Orlando.

Finally in October he was told he was being concidered at one of the busiest stores in the Orlando market. He was SO thrilled. But his regional manager kept pushing back his start date, screwing him over basically. He got quite frustrated, but stayed very calm about everything.

Today was his day off, he opened up his E-mail and there sits his acceptance letter to Orlando! Ontop of all this, he's been selected to be promoted to a position only a few select people in the market have (4 others besides him). It's a wonderful position where he does more technical stuff (right up his alley! Especially Blackberry devices!), and still gets to sell.

So not only in 1 day did Jon get his transfer he's always wanted, but it's to the STORE he wanted AND he's received a promotion! I'm so very, VERY happy for him and proud of all his hard work!

FINALLY... FREEDOM!!!

Since October 2007 I've been babysitting for this couple. Anyone who knows me KNOWS all about them. They neglect their kids, and it's an awkward situation for ME because I've had to try and raise them myself. At one point I was watching them from 5:45am to 6pm. They'd go home, eat dinner, go to sleep, and be back at my house the next morning.

Basically for 18 months I haven't had any time for ME. I've spent all these months caring for these 2 little girls. But now, FINALLY. It's OVER!

NEXT THURSDAY is my LAST day!

I'm going back to being a Stay-at-home-Mom. And still babysitting the other 2 little girls I have just a few hours a week on the side.

It also works out PERFECTLY because Jon *should* be beginning his transfer to Orlando the beginning of March.

For the first time in over a year, I can BREATHE a sigh of relief.