Hmnn...

So sorry that I have not posted on the blog in a while. I swear, there just seems to be NOT ENOUGH hours in the day!!

We moved into our house on October 4th...it felt so good to "come home" to a house that I actually want to be in!! Everyone did a fabulous job moving...or so I think...as I was at work when the move happened. And, if anyone that helped move is reading this...then "Thank you"...from the bottom of my heart.

I took the kids down to Salem on Friday since it was Shawn's weekend. The traffic was awful!! Not necessarily bad going down on the freeway...but once we got into Salem, and finally onto the bridge to go to West Salem, it was horrid!! I am so glad we no longer live there!!

Speaking of living there...on a lark, I drove past our old house that we helped build. Well, we have driven past a few times...and it was always kept up...pretty much. So, Kayte and I drive by, and the trees are overgrown, the grass is long, and the yard looked really awful!! So, as we are pulling by slowly, Kayte says "mom, there is a lock box on the door." Sure enough, there was a lock box, and on the side of the house was a For Sale sign that someone had put there. So, as I pull around the cul-de-sac, I stop and just look at the house. I then go over to the neighbors house (Gracie and Albert) and knock on the door. I talk to Albert a while, and he said that the house had been forclosed on, and the people who lived there, up and moved to Las Vegas. So, after talking with him a while, Kayte and I walk over to the house and look around. The place was a MESS!! Kind of disheartning because we, and Kents parents, put a lot of work into that house...and it's pretty much going to pot!! :(

It looked like the owners were possibly in the midst of updating the house as they had put in new tile, taken down a wall that made the front entryway not go directly into the dining room/kitchen. I do have to admit, it made the scheme look larger...but...I kind of liked that wall!! They had also taken out the carpet...even in the bedrooms. They put down a real dark...like dark chocolate color...wood...and it wasn't finished. The place was a pig sty!! Of course, this is only looking through the windows...around the side of the house, the hot tub was still there...but the top was off...and there was nasty water in the bottom of it. There was some great storage under the house (there was a door under one of the decks to access the underpart of the house) and the door was taken off...and there was a bunch of crap under the house. I guess the new owners got their real estate license because there were tons of house signs under there... I feel sorry for the next owners because there will be a lot of junk to clean up!!

OK...I am done with that. It hasn't been our house for about 5 years now...so...onto bigger and better things!!

I started my shots Thursday night. YAY!! It looks like our transfer will be about the 11-13th of November. I will update when things get closer.

Loving my new job!! I really like the stylists there. Shawna (one of the stylists) did my hair the other day. It looks fabulous!!

OK...must do something today!! Till later...A