Mobile blogging, or How I Still Can't Get the Internet to Work

Here's the lowdown: I haven't showered in 18 hours, I've spent about a bazillion dollars in the last 2 days, and I am so sore from painting that I hobble like a 90-year-old man.

Oh, and the new house is worth all of that. It's amazing.

That being said, I have to get back to work. That minute spent blogging was about all I had to waste.

Painting Day!

Today is the day we say goodbye to the white walls of rentals. My whole family is coming up to help us paint the new house.

We're going with a warm khaki for the bulk of the house, with a leaf green in our bathroom and a pale blue in the guest bathroom.

I can't wait to post pictures as soon as I can. House fever is upon us!

Homeownership. Yikes!

We're about to close on the house.

The idea of spending this much money in a single day frightens me.

Short posts for the next couple days until the internet is restored. Wish us luck!

Help Wanted

With the big home purchase just 3 (holy crap) days away, Mitch and I are really trying to get our butts into gear with the whole packing thing.

The only problem is that I really, really don't want to do it. So I'm putting the call out there: would anyone like to come pack up my meager belongings for me? I can pay you in beer and cookies, although you don't have to eat them together. Unless you're my father, who loves sweets with his beer.

I'm expecting a flood of responses, so make sure to volunteer your time quickly!

In the probable unlikely case that no one volunteers, I will be forced to resort to my old style of packing, namely throwing everything in a box, making it impossible to find anything for months following the move. So search your hearts; I really don't want to do this alone!

Back from vacation...or something like that.

So maybe it's been about a month since I posted anything. I'm going to call it a blogging vacation rather than the obvious truth of me being too busy to remember to post anything. Sorry loyal reader (hi Mom!).

What's even worse? We have big things happening in our life, things that are totally blog-worthy.

We bought a house!
We decided to make the leap and invest in a house rather than keep putting money down the drain in rent. Being first-time homebuyers made the whole process even more appealing, what with that 8k incentive.

The house was built in the early 1970s and has a tiny little kitchen, but we love the rest of the house enough to love the kitchen too. For instance, the dining area has the most wonderful brick wall and large picture window. I'm not sure why I love the brick so much, but I do. The piece of furniture you see on the left is a built-in china cabinet with a wet bar. Fantastic.
The house also has brand new laminate floors throughout, which is fantastic. And the dogs will soon have a HUGE backyard in which they can wear themselves out so they don't come inside and tear around the house like coked up weirdos. Also, the backyard backs onto a public park which is fantastic. And the two large trees are pecan trees....I guess that means I could pick my own pecans. We'll see if that happens.
The living room has two fantastic large windows to the backyard and park. For some reason, the previous owner had large curtains up over them. What a crazy! I won't be obscuring my view of nature. Plus, how cute is that door?
So that's our major update. I'm still deciding on paint colors for the house (no white walls! White walls are for rentals!), but I'm thinking a nice khaki in the living/dining/entry area with perhaps a navy blue accent wall. I need ideas, people.

Oh, and we're closing Nov. 20th, so we'll need help moving/painting too.

I can tell you're all on the edge of your seats to help with that one.