It's finally Friday!! Isn't it funny how weeks always fly by, but we get excited about Fridays everytime as if it takes forever to get to them. Fridays normally mean one thing for me...Procrastination. I gradually do get my work done. It just takes a little longer. I have read all of my blogs, checked Perez Hilton (don't judge me, Steph!!) a few times, Facebook and I have become good friends today. I have even found a new band that I really like, The Script.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlR3aMRDick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2omyqxbsKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7fv5dlozk8
Seriously, check them out! I found them courtesy of Dave Barnes. Yes! That Dave Barnes on Twitter! I have also found out today that Hanson is coming to Nashville on Oct 27th. It's a Tuesday which means I can't go. *tear* I have also researched TOMS shoes. I really like them and I am considering buying a $44.00 pair. That's pretty expensive for shoes, but really it's 2 for 1. I have also considered buying a pair for Steph for her birthday, but she would never wear them. You could even get Vegan shoes. In my heart of hearts I am a vegan/vegetarian except that I eat meat. What?! I don't have a problem eating meat and chicken, but I don't want to look at it being killed. Seriously. If you showed me enough videos of cows and chickens being killed I could be a vegan. Andrew wouldn't like that too much though. How can I try to prevent Child Abuse and not animal abuse. Maybe I should work for PETA, but I don't think they would like someone who eats meat. Hhmmm. Maybe I just like the idea of being socially aware, but not really following through with my ideas. Should'a could'a would'a is what I always say.
Stephanie might get to have lunch with me today. Yay!!!That Might is a pretty big Might. Actually it probably won't happen because that's usually what happens when Stephanie tries to make plans.
Last night I was in a really foul mood. I mean really foul. I can usually tell when I am because thoughts and words come out of my mouth that would normally not even be close to what I would feel. I was angry at the world. I was angry that my husband doesn't understand my fear of tornadoes and why if the weather man says the warning is until 7:20pm, I have to stay in a safe place until 7:30pm because he might be wrong, even if it has stopped storming, the sun is shining, and everything is fine. He's doing good to have me in the living room during a Tornado Watch. If I had my way, I would have been in the tub with a mattress over my head and a Bible in my hand quoting Psalms 23.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Rebecca!!!
Rebecca!! I want one. Not a Hanson brother but a I Heart Tulsa shirt!!!!!!!!! You need one, we all need one. I just want you to know that if I was you, I would spend every free moment trying to find someone with the Hanson family. I would be their friend and then I could meet them. Then I would be their baby-sitter and then they would invite me on tour with them. Then Zac would tell me that he was sorry that he didn't meet me sooner and that he hates that we are both married. J/K!! But I do want that shirt.
Monday, July 27, 2009
What What!!!
Okay. Since I wrote that blog about venting about the housing market and Josh, here's an update:
The actual realtor of the house has been on vacation for the past month. What that means is that Josh was the one who was making all of the crazy counter offers. The real realtor, Ron Stallings, is that wonderful man who let me watch TV in his office when I lived in the Crye-leike building.
He called our realtor and told her that were too close to making a deal and the lady who was selling the house accepted our offer. So as of today....Andrew and I are in contract to buy a home!!!
Here it is!!! Unfortunately the boat was not included. If everything goes well, we will be in the home by September 1st at the latest. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. I wonder how long it will take us to get used to having 2 bathrooms. I'm so excited!!!!!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
I'm Pretty Sure I'm Getting Old
Okay. I know. I'm 23. In the grand scheme of things, that's not old. That's actually not old at all. Most people my age are living the good life of partying all the time and living with reckless abandon. Not me. I'm old. Here are the reasons why I am old:
1. I have to get my sleep. I don't mean party til 3 am then sleep til 1 pm. I mean go to bed around 9:30 if I'm lucky and sleep until 7:30am. Even on weekends. I'm a party pooper.
2. I don't like to text. It takes me forever. I don't like all of the symbols and abbreviations for things. What's wrong with a good ole' phone call. So many young whippersnappers have really "deep" relationships with people and they can't even talk face to face.
3. I have considered buying wrinkle cream. I don't' have wrinkles yet. But I did watch an Oprah about 5 years ago and she had older women who looked really young on there. There was one lady who started using wrinkle cream when she was 18. I'm already 5 years behind!! Yikes!
4. My body feels old. I ache and I crack all the time.
5. I have no control over my flatulence. I will just be standing in line at a store and it just happens. I turn around as if to say,"Did you hear that? Who was the rude person who let that fly?"
6. The music that I used to love isn't so hot anymore. I was riding with children and an *NSYNC song came on. I automatically turned it up so everyone else could sing along...I was the only one singing. They hadn't even heard of *NSYNC. I bet they had never heard of Hanson either.
There are a lot more reasons I'm sure. I haven't even reached 25 yet. I don't even have children. How am I going to keep up with rugrats? Oh yeah. I am also turning into my mother. That will have to be another blog another time.
1. I have to get my sleep. I don't mean party til 3 am then sleep til 1 pm. I mean go to bed around 9:30 if I'm lucky and sleep until 7:30am. Even on weekends. I'm a party pooper.
2. I don't like to text. It takes me forever. I don't like all of the symbols and abbreviations for things. What's wrong with a good ole' phone call. So many young whippersnappers have really "deep" relationships with people and they can't even talk face to face.
3. I have considered buying wrinkle cream. I don't' have wrinkles yet. But I did watch an Oprah about 5 years ago and she had older women who looked really young on there. There was one lady who started using wrinkle cream when she was 18. I'm already 5 years behind!! Yikes!
4. My body feels old. I ache and I crack all the time.
5. I have no control over my flatulence. I will just be standing in line at a store and it just happens. I turn around as if to say,"Did you hear that? Who was the rude person who let that fly?"
6. The music that I used to love isn't so hot anymore. I was riding with children and an *NSYNC song came on. I automatically turned it up so everyone else could sing along...I was the only one singing. They hadn't even heard of *NSYNC. I bet they had never heard of Hanson either.
There are a lot more reasons I'm sure. I haven't even reached 25 yet. I don't even have children. How am I going to keep up with rugrats? Oh yeah. I am also turning into my mother. That will have to be another blog another time.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
GGrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
I am so angry.
I am one of those people who hates when someone gets angry at them. It just eats at me. Okay, here's what has happened:
Andrew and I have been househunting. When I moved here over a year ago, I didn't have a place to live. One of our board members, Josh, let me live in the Crye-leike building for a reasonably low amount of money. He even hooked me up with my landlord Ben when he heard that Ben had bought a house and needed a renter. I wrote Josh a thank you letter telling him how much I appreciated him.
Okay now back to buying a home. Andrew and I were interested in a home. Who did we call? Josh at Crye-leike. Josh wasn't at work at the time and his brother Todd (who I also know) offered to show us this house. While Todd was showing us this house, Andrew and I made it clear to him that we were very interested in purchasing a house. The next day, Andrew call the Crye-leike office. Josh answered and was not friendly at all with Andrew. Josh didn't know it was Andrew on the phone, but if he was rude and short with him on the phone why in the world would we want to do business with him. We then talked to Todd and made an offer on the house that we looked at. When Todd contacted the business that was selling the home, he was informed that there was already an offer on the table. After that, did Josh or Todd tell us about any other homes that we could look at that were in our price range? No! Did they offer to show us any more homes? No!
After that, whenever Andrew and I were driving around and saw a home that was for sale, we would just call that real estate office to find out the price of the home. We had contacted Childers Real Estate first. Mr. Childers was nice, but he as well didn't offer to show us any more homes. Now, my family has moved around enough for me to know that the realtor has always shown my family several homes that we in our price range, after all they are trying to make a profit here. Andrew and I then contacted Vandiver United Country to ask about the price on a house they were selling. Amy, the realtor, answered the phone and informed us that there was a contract on that house and it was closing in 2 weeks. She then said that she wasn't in the office but she would call us back in about 30 minutes to see if there were any more homes that we might be interested in. Amy called us back and offered to show us about 7 more homes. She even knew people who had had homes on the market in our price range but had taken them off the market because the market was so slow. She even called those people to see if they were interested in possibly placing their home back on the market. She was wonderful. She was nice and it turns out that all of her family does to our church and she has some in-laws that live across the street from my family in Dyersburg. Amy was working for us!! She was doing what she was supposed to do! Andrew and I then found a home that we loved...sold by Crye-leike.
Josh is now apparently really pissed off at me. He said that he gave me a place to live when there wasn't any other options and he didn't make any money off of that. He then found me a house to rent and he didn't make any money off of that. He has threatened to quit the board because of me. What the heck?? He was the one who wasn't doing his job!! Yeah, I admit he did do a lot for me, but when it comes time for buying a home-he didn't cut it!! Now I don't know what to do. Do I send him a letter explaining that I had just contacted Amy to find a price on a home and she started working on finding us a home? Do I lay low like my boss says and if he asks tell him? I don't know. The house fell through. I heard that Josh was willing to take less commission in order for us to get this house. I don't want him to take less commission. I would pay him more commission if it would make him feel better. I don't know. I really hate it and now it's going to be on my mind all day long. I can't win for losing.
I am one of those people who hates when someone gets angry at them. It just eats at me. Okay, here's what has happened:
Andrew and I have been househunting. When I moved here over a year ago, I didn't have a place to live. One of our board members, Josh, let me live in the Crye-leike building for a reasonably low amount of money. He even hooked me up with my landlord Ben when he heard that Ben had bought a house and needed a renter. I wrote Josh a thank you letter telling him how much I appreciated him.
Okay now back to buying a home. Andrew and I were interested in a home. Who did we call? Josh at Crye-leike. Josh wasn't at work at the time and his brother Todd (who I also know) offered to show us this house. While Todd was showing us this house, Andrew and I made it clear to him that we were very interested in purchasing a house. The next day, Andrew call the Crye-leike office. Josh answered and was not friendly at all with Andrew. Josh didn't know it was Andrew on the phone, but if he was rude and short with him on the phone why in the world would we want to do business with him. We then talked to Todd and made an offer on the house that we looked at. When Todd contacted the business that was selling the home, he was informed that there was already an offer on the table. After that, did Josh or Todd tell us about any other homes that we could look at that were in our price range? No! Did they offer to show us any more homes? No!
After that, whenever Andrew and I were driving around and saw a home that was for sale, we would just call that real estate office to find out the price of the home. We had contacted Childers Real Estate first. Mr. Childers was nice, but he as well didn't offer to show us any more homes. Now, my family has moved around enough for me to know that the realtor has always shown my family several homes that we in our price range, after all they are trying to make a profit here. Andrew and I then contacted Vandiver United Country to ask about the price on a house they were selling. Amy, the realtor, answered the phone and informed us that there was a contract on that house and it was closing in 2 weeks. She then said that she wasn't in the office but she would call us back in about 30 minutes to see if there were any more homes that we might be interested in. Amy called us back and offered to show us about 7 more homes. She even knew people who had had homes on the market in our price range but had taken them off the market because the market was so slow. She even called those people to see if they were interested in possibly placing their home back on the market. She was wonderful. She was nice and it turns out that all of her family does to our church and she has some in-laws that live across the street from my family in Dyersburg. Amy was working for us!! She was doing what she was supposed to do! Andrew and I then found a home that we loved...sold by Crye-leike.
Josh is now apparently really pissed off at me. He said that he gave me a place to live when there wasn't any other options and he didn't make any money off of that. He then found me a house to rent and he didn't make any money off of that. He has threatened to quit the board because of me. What the heck?? He was the one who wasn't doing his job!! Yeah, I admit he did do a lot for me, but when it comes time for buying a home-he didn't cut it!! Now I don't know what to do. Do I send him a letter explaining that I had just contacted Amy to find a price on a home and she started working on finding us a home? Do I lay low like my boss says and if he asks tell him? I don't know. The house fell through. I heard that Josh was willing to take less commission in order for us to get this house. I don't want him to take less commission. I would pay him more commission if it would make him feel better. I don't know. I really hate it and now it's going to be on my mind all day long. I can't win for losing.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
I haven't felt like blogging in a while. I have had a lot of stuff going on, but I just feel like no one really cares to listen to what I have going on. I guess it's just normal things like:
1. I'm still waiting for more info about grad school. I'm supposed to be getting information sometime in the next few weeks. My new friend Jessica has already gotten some of the books that I will be using for school.
2. This is Andrew and my second attempt at putting a contract on a house. I really have been praying about it. My prayer is that if this isn't where God wants us to be, He will slam the door in our faces. It's a wonderful house. It just feels like a home to us. The other one didn't really. It's in a wonderful neighborhood, which is hard to come by.
3. Andrew's promotion seems to be going two steps forward and then one step back. It's frustrating for everyone involved.
4. Looks like Andrew might be the interim music minister for a while longer. I think that God knew that his promotion might be put on hold and is providing this 2nd job for that reason.
Sometimes I wish I could just check out of the world for just a little bit. I would like to go off by myself, not talk to anyone, not return any phone calls and just be me. Does anyone else feel that way sometimes?
1. I'm still waiting for more info about grad school. I'm supposed to be getting information sometime in the next few weeks. My new friend Jessica has already gotten some of the books that I will be using for school.
2. This is Andrew and my second attempt at putting a contract on a house. I really have been praying about it. My prayer is that if this isn't where God wants us to be, He will slam the door in our faces. It's a wonderful house. It just feels like a home to us. The other one didn't really. It's in a wonderful neighborhood, which is hard to come by.
3. Andrew's promotion seems to be going two steps forward and then one step back. It's frustrating for everyone involved.
4. Looks like Andrew might be the interim music minister for a while longer. I think that God knew that his promotion might be put on hold and is providing this 2nd job for that reason.
Sometimes I wish I could just check out of the world for just a little bit. I would like to go off by myself, not talk to anyone, not return any phone calls and just be me. Does anyone else feel that way sometimes?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
I'm Back!!
I'm sure everyone who reads my blog wondered where I was and what I was doing at all times. I will tell you what I was doing: Relaxing!!! I read 2 books over my vacation. Cried my eyes out with one if them. Rode on several different boats. Played with my 10 month old 2nd cousin Jackson. Spent quality time with the family and had some much needed down-time. It was the best vacation ever!! I loved it. Now it's back to the old grind. Oh, and Andrew and I are looking into buying a house. We have been approved, we have found a house. Now all we need is the inspector to check it out. Keep your fingers crossed!!
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