Sunday, February 27, 2011

sore feet

It is beginning!!

We are really on our way to getting our house on the market.

The POD was delivered on Friday and did the bulk of the loading yesterday. Whew. Sore feet.

But there is a story to the POD-which stands for Portable On Demand Storage. Darin did the reservation online. In the directions, he stated that we wanted it to be placed with the door facing the house. Apparently there was some box he had to check for how the POD was placed on the delivery truck. Well, he marked the wrong thing, which was apparently not so clear, so instead of the door facing the house-I drove up and it was facing the STREET!!!

WHAT? How IDIOTIC can you be? It was very explicit in our directions and I would think that any experienced driver would understand that we would be taking things our of our house to load in and that we would want to walk straight into the POD. Not rocket science, people.

Needless to say I was LIVID!! I got on the phone right away. Well, you only get the corporate call center and they can't really do much. The lady did call the local office and they said that since a certain thing was marked, it was partly our fault. It would be a $104 charge to change it around and they wouldn't be able to do it until Saturday. Oh, but they were being so nice and said that they would take half the price off.

again, WHAT? Why on earth didn't the driver-whom you would assume has delivered may PODS to houses just assume that since the directions say "put door of POD to door of townhouse" to disregard the other mistakenly marked box. I was just so ticked because I had called the day before to get the time and I wondered why it said "facing C" in our directions box. I guess that means the door is facing the cab of the truck so that is how they place it in the spot. I'm just kicking myself that I didn't ask about that.

So we spent the day yesterday loading it by walking all the way around it to put the stuff in. I actually spent the morning getting things packed and off the big furniture pieces so they could be loaded. Jonathon and Darin did most of the heavy lifting, which was great for me, but I kept working the whole time.

So now we are left with piles and chaos in every room in the house. I have lots to still box up and load in, but all that is left is little stuff.

Now you know what I'll be doing all week!!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

My birthday present

I had an AWESOME date on my birthday!! Darin told me we were going out, but I didn't know where we were going until we were about to leave the house!! So were did we go?

A cruise on the Potomac River!! It was really amazing! The boat was an old fashioned Yacht-really cool old woodworking and cool decor. We sat at a table in the "salon" and had yummy fondue. The ride was about an hour and a half. Part way through we went out on the dock to see the view.

It was just so nice to spend time with Darin and relax for a while. He is so good at finding things that make me feel so special and loved. I LOVED our date!!

Here is our Yacht-"Finished Business"
I tried to do a night shot of the boat. I just took the little point and shoot, and when we got there, I was so bummed that I didn't take my nice camera. But I did get some pics for us to remember!

A close up of the yacht.
Darin and I were the first ones to board the boat, so we found our seats then we explored the Yacht-there was seating actually right up by the control room. Darin had a seat in the captain's chair. We thought the old fashioned wheel was really cool.
Inside the cabin. There was a main room, then a "salon" through the doors. We sat in the back-near the big window in the corner.
Darin and I on the yacht. I was so excited that this picture actually worked. Every time I try holding the camera out to take one, it never works. This time it worked-Yay!!!
After we enjoyed our fondue, we took a stroll out on the deck. It was crisp, but was totally beautiful night.
This picture is funny because Darin said when he focused in on me, he couldn't see me until the pic was taken. Explains why I'm a bit cut off.

But it was such a pretty view!
There were two friends who kept trying to take a pic of the 2 of us. This was the best one they got-so we'll take it:)
Such a wonderful evening!! Thank you for making me feel so special, Darin. Love, love, love you!!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

it continues

I now have 3 bottles of antibiotics in my fridge. Yes, they each have their own. Now Landon and Jordan have strep. And Jordan just had it 2 weeks ago. We just can't kick it. I feel like I want to sterilize my house and not let my kids out until May.

Yeah, I'd never really do that, but I wish I could figure out a way to stop them from being sick anymore. It is just so frustrating to have been this sick-as a family and in such a short period of time. I just pray were done for the season.

And I'm done with being cold. Most years winter doesn't bother me. I like the snow, the cold, etc. But this year-maybe because I'm so busy with so many things-Can I say how I really feel:
I HATE you old man winter. GO AWAY!!!

Spring-PLEASE come early. I'll treat you so well-plant flowers, take my kiddos outside to play, open my windows for air to come in....you'll really like us. PLEASE GET HERE SOON!!!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

lately.....

we have all been sick. It has been a rough couple weeks:

Jordan's has fever and throat hurts. We take her in-it's strep. She misses 2 days of school.
Landon has sore throat and temp so misses a day of school.

Mommy starts to feel yucky. Wakes up with body aches, continues on with horrible headaches, nasty cough, chills, temp, sore throat. Spends 3 days basically able to do nothing.

3 days during the un-necessary snow days the kids had. Yeah-brutal. Thank goodness for great friends and Darin who came to my rescue. Dr. said just a virus. Whatever.

The next week Darin comes home from work with a headache, sore throat and feeling yucky. Stays home from work for a day.

And last but not least Spencer comes down with sore throat and bad temp. Then develops a rash. Scarlet Fever. Sounds so scary, but Dr. says it is strep throat with a rash. He got it good. I was a bit scarred because he was not eating anything. He got a blessing last night and woke up a different person this morning!!

I love the priesthood!

And in the midst of all of this, I am teaching at the RECenter, volunteering at the school, packing the house to get ready to sell, leading brownies and cookies came in.

My picture is in the dictionary next to to the word "frazzled."

BUT.....for my birthday Darin gave me a certificate for a 60 minute deep tissue massage!!! THANK YOU DARIN!!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

a sad goodbye

We had a bit of a sad evening tonight.

We said goodbye to our beloved pet fish.

And boy did I underestimate how the children would take it. Darin put them on Craigslist and had a lot of responses. On guy wanted to come tonight, so Darin said ok. I wish it would have been later because the kids were still up. I tried to keep them upstairs, but that did not work at all. The guy was a really nice guy-said he has an even bigger tank than we do so it was a good choice.

Anyhow I was in the middle of dressing the boys from their bath. They were crying their eyes out because they knew what was going on. We kept telling them that the fishies were going to a great new home and would have more space and lots of new friends. When the guy left, all 3 kids were in tears-seriously in tears. They kept saying 'But they are our fish." "What if they get scarred?" " What if they don't like the new place?" " What if the new guy isn't nice?"

Then at bedtime, Spencer said to me "mommy, what if the fish don't like the food at the new house?"

Oh man, my heart just melted.

I didn't really think it would be a big deal. But then I do have to remember that they are always asking Darin to feed the fish. They were pretty proud of them since people always comment about the fish tank when they come in the house for the first time. The kids were really attached to them-and we've had the fish tank for probably about 4 years give or take, so it's been here for Landon's whole life and most of Spencer's.

And now as I sit here and type this, it is weird to look over at a dark fish tank with no fishies swimming around. A lot of times I just sit here at night and watch them-it's pretty calming. I have really enjoyed having the fish tank in our home.

It makes me realize that this is going forward-we are selling our house. For real. Oh man, the emotions are really going to come if I dwell on this....Darin and I have lived here since we got married and have brought all three of our kids home here....

uh oh,

this is going to be very hard....

I want a bigger house, but man, I think leaving here is going to be way harder than I think.....

better think of something else now...

ok, my primary lesson!