What a pisser. Seriously.

Man,
We got a call Thursday to come into the builders and finish our selections on the house. Fabulous, fun and stressful in EVERY way. So we show up we start going through the available items and quite frankly some things I was very happy with...while others I WAS NOT. The design of our home leaves us to have only a hanging light over the front door because our porch goes straight up to the roof and past the second floor. So you would guess right if you guessed that all the light fixtures that we had to order for that entrance and hallway were not part of the selection so we had to pay extra for them. Well so far...we are up to about 500$ in extras when you include the fact that we didn't want the cheap-a$$ed bronze or gold knobs, and that some of the light fixtures gave us NO OTHER CHOICE. We haven't figured out how much extra it will be to have an electric stove over a gas one although we've told them in plenty of time to keep them from having to pay the extra to have it wired for electricity, that will remain to be seen. Now when we first got there, they told us that we have a small problem. Our brick won't come in until the end of September and that will delay construction. WEEEEELLLLL, this is the kind of hangup hubby and I have been wanting so rather than picking out a new brick, we told them we'd really like to keep our selection. We are waiting to see if they will go for that. I mean we want that brick and we really only like two other selections that they have. One is just like a house built next to us so that is a no-go. The other is a tan color brick rather than the dark red/brown that we picked. I didn't want orange, and that seems to be the choices that they have left. So we asked if we had the option to wait until our brick comes in because we are in NO hurry. We still have to sell our house and it might bet better for us to put it on the market in October than in September.
So we finish after an hour of dulling over selections and we decide to ride out to the house. Low and behold guess what we find? They are installing the WRONG WINDOWS. I mean come on! Completely wrong from the word go. We had requested black plantation windows and they are putting in regular white windows. *sigh*.
So now I have to wait to hear from the builder on whether we can wait for the brick that we fell in love with or if we have to make it our second choice. So if we have to make it our second choice, I suppose the windows being installed would be alright seeing how we picked out the black ones to match the brick.
I have more grey hair this morning and I feel like pulling it out!

ttfn,
mons

Have you blogged lately?

Why no, have you?
I suppose that the days have run together. Work has actually kept me pretty busy and I havn't had time to play considering what needs to be done. I'm getting ready to get the rest of my responsibilities as soon as a new person or two are added to our group. I have so much to "blog" about now but just so little time. The house is coming along lovely. Really it is too lovely if you ask me. I'm nervous, I'm crapping bricks, I'm losing sleep at night wondering if we are doing the right thing. Seriously. I thought I had it ALL figured out. But it seems that even though it is the same on paper 100 times, I still wonder "what are we doing?" I wish I had longer to write, get my feelings down. It's going to be a long weekend. We have much to do and far to go before we sleep, and far to go before we sell. At the rate my new house is going, we won't have this one on the market and the new one will be half done! EGATS.
Well, I'd love to chat a bit more, but it's nearly 5:00 on a Friday and I have got errands to run.
blah.
ttfn.
Mons

wow, It's been a busy few days.

Taking just a few moments to capture the events that have unfolded over the past few days. Shew. Well, it all started Wednesday night 8/10. Work was alright, I knew the next calendar day was going to be a bumb for sure. You see I lost my father five years ago on 8/11. So to say the least, I wasn't looking forward to Thursday. Wednesday night was rough. It began with something that ended up making me cry most of the night. I guess it was because I never imagined myself where I am at with my father's death. I still get upset but for the most part I accept it. It isn't fair...but I can't change things. I know he loved me and I just wish had more of his wisdom. I started on that and it just rolled into Thursday. I guess it is my fault for allowing it to happen, but I just felt like sulking and I needed time to get things off my chest. Trying to get a house ready to sell, get contractors to do work, get it painted, rent a storage unit and not sink my bank account were more than I could handle. Thursday seemed a gloomy day to me. I had lunch, and ended up answering a phone call. That phone call was a spill response on campus. So, the spill team, along with myself trecked out to this spill. We worked from about 2:30 to 7:00 pm that night with the responders and getting this cleaned up. That rolled into Friday morning. Me and another coworker were the poor SOBs that got to go back and take samples Friday. WELL, THAT took all day long. I am exhausted. So for some reason, I decided that I needed to de-weed my flower beds. I sweated constantly for three days, I have no desire to sweat anymore, any time soon. But, my house looks good...just needs to have the outside painted all the same colors.

the saga...credit and homes.

well things aren't right where we'd like them to be, but we've gained some ground over the past three months. Credit scores have increased by 20 points for hubby and 36 points for me. I do have credit with having some things paid off though. So I think that is why I am getting "more". This whole process, blogging is like a journal for me. Except when I invite others, they can see the true nature of the beast.
We have boxes, bags, wrapping paper, and stuff strown from one end to the other. I'm packing stuff up, getting a storage unit and trying to make this house seem bigger than it really is. All to make a little extra money. We've been advised that selling our house and paying things off may also help us get those scores to where we can get a decent rate. Debt ratio is not an issue. In fact paying things off has totally helped us get to the point that we are in now.
Any rate, I'm stressed. We drove by the lot tonight and they have squared up where the foundation is going. It was very nice to see where the back yard is going to actually come out to. We are pleased that we will have a much bigger front yard. We've already decided our first project together is to plant a tree. We picked the spot today. I guess we are big dreamers. I just have my heart set on this and I hope and pray...things will be much better.
ttfn.

oh, oh, a challenge...five products you can't live without...only five.

hmmm what a challenge Katrine,
Five things I can not live without.

I suppose my first item would be benedryl. Honestly, it keeps me funcioning to some degree during the springs and falls here in Texas. Without it I would have an endless headache, and my nerves would be shot!!! Right so we've established that benedryl is PRETTY important to me.

Next would be chocolate. I don't like EVERYTHING chocolate, but if they didn't make things with chocolate...or suddenly stopped making things with chocolate, I'd be in trouble. In the words of Jim Belushi: I owe it all to little chocolate donuts!

oh yeah. Soft toilet paper. I'm rather fond of my nether regions...and honestly John Wayne toilet paper gets ir dun...but women need a softer touch.

Deodorant is a necessity that some people do not believe in. (hey did you know that some deodorants have expiration dates?) Me, I have forgotten deodorant on the occassion of misfortune and I remove myself from public.

Salt. honestly most things can taste better with salt. I mean yucky veggies, and food are manageable if you have some salt to season them with.

oh wow what a busy few days I've had.

Time management has never been easy for me to accomplish. There is ALWAYS some goofing off to do. I'm getting to the wire on this house issue. Disappointed in my communications from my mortgage company that I bought my first home with...I've decided to make an appointment with another company to discuss this new house. So Friday at 1:00 I have an appointment to discuss all the headache and trouble I've been through with the other mortgage company. I'm really disappointed, but I want an answer before I go selling a home that I have in my possession, have made ontime payments for...and no one can take away unless I just don't pay!

Work is starting to get busier and busier. I've been able to play around on the internet off and on, but it is getting to be crunch time and it seems that everything is due at once.

Speaking of the house, I haven't driven through lately, but as of last week the foundation was suppose to be completed, and as of 7/30 nothing had been done. They are taking their time to build and honestly that is just fine with me. The problem would be, being out of our house and into the new one. One of the things that frightens me the most about selling before mine is built. But I'm going to have faith and put my trust whole-heartily.

Brings me to the fuss and muss of packing. My life is cluttered. My house, my car, my thoughts...all cluttered. So, the biggest piece of advice I could get was to de-clutter my home. Oh joy! Why is it that I'm the only one that is packing? Surely I'm not the only capable body. Perhaps it is that I will take care in wrapping the family glasses, or no one cares about my scrapbook stuff like I do. One just never knows. When I get in the mood to purge and dump...I'm ready to do so. I don't often get into that mode. But when it's time to dump, its time to dump!
I've been working on this blog all day. It's time to go...

ttfn.