Once again,

Ray is out of town and what is my norm when he is gone? I don't sleep! What do I do when I can't sleep? I sew! This is what I made this time.
I like it.
I do believe I will need a nap today,

Diane

And now we wait...

We just heard back from the real estate agent, and the gentleman agreed to the contract. Only 24 hours after it expired! Goodness I hope this is not a sign of things to come.

So now we wait. We wait on the mortgage company to do all the stuff they do. We are already approved for the mortgage, but they have to do stuff that I don't know all the details and don't really want to know.

I will start packing up the rooms we don't use on a daily basis. One thing I learned from the last move was to have everything that belongs in a room packed together. It makes it SO much easier to unpack. Before we left Mobile I had a sewing house, meaning I had sewing stuff in EVERY room of the house. I worked hard to get everything organized before the move, but we all know you never get everything done. But I have continued the organizing thing the whole time we have been in this lease home. I pretty much have everything in the rooms they belong in and in their correct place so when we pack we can label them by where they go and what they are for. Since we are doing the moving ourselves I hope I can keep it that way.

You know how movers are, they just want to fill a box. I had stuff from the bathroom put in with kid's room stuff because they space. I hope to not do that this time.

Ray had to make a fast trip back to Mobile unexpectedly. Last night he came home and said his boss was going to Mobile, I asked if Ray was going with him and he said no. This morning I get a call saying throw me some stuff in a suitcase I have to go with my boss. UGH! Normally that wouldn't be a problem, but I had not been to the pharmacy to fill his new medications. We had been using the samples so if he had a reaction (Dr. said he could) we would not have spent tons of money on Crestor. So I rushed to the pharmacy, waited in line, waited in line, waited in line ...do you understand where I am coming from?

Finally I get the meds and head back to the house to find Ray REPACKING his suitcase I had so meticulously packed. UGH!

I fix his lunch since we all know there is no place you can eat fast that is heart healthy. I shove him out the door....AHHHHH!

Now I am in the sewing room and I refuse to come out until I am stress free!!! LOL

Maybe I can get another Linus top made. I hope so!

Later,

Diane

Mr. Fixit?

Here is the latest top I made for Linus. WOO HOO! I think it turned out nice. Very easy, nothing special, but nice.

My mother in law went home yesterday evening and it is kind of quiet around here. She doesn't talk a lot but between the two of us we kept the house kind of lively. Now it is just me (and my son, but we all know how a much 19 year old son talks with his mom) in the daytime.

I mentioned we made an offer on the house. Well the man countered (I hate playing games, we offered what we wanted to pay!!) and he wants two months to move out of his house. Needless to say I did not like that at all! Ray decided we could move up on the price by a bit (tiny bit!) and also give the man an extra two weeks. I told he could do what he wanted but I will not be moving out of this house and into another with just a weekend of time. I know some do it but I am not some. I need time to clean that house before things get moved in and then clean this one before we hand over the keys. Both houses are pretty large and I know I need a whole day in each for just a quick clean.

Anyway, we counter offered and he hasn't replied yet. He has until 5pm so I am sure he will take the whole time. He told his agent he didn't know the house would sell so fast and he wasn't prepared to get rid of his wife's things yet. His wife died a year ago and he is moving into an apartment. I really do feel bad that he is still grieving, I can't imagine how bad it hurts. But why didn't he start taking care of some of this BEFORE he put the for sale sign up? Just a question.

So today I am in the sewing room trying to keep my mind off of the house. I think I will start getting my stuff rounded up for the retreat I am going to attend. I am always worried I will leave something important at home so this will give me time to think it though. Yea sure!

Plus this year we are having Secret Quilt Pal. I have a few things I have bought for her and a few things I want to get from my own stash that I need to get together. Nothing too expensive. We were told nothing that costs more than $10 each and not too many of those. But I have some stuff I found at Tuesday Mornings on the cheap, actually useful stuff not just stuff to fill a basket.

Ok, off to the sewing room,

Diane

Maybe?

For the past several months I have been looking for a house as I have lamented before. I have decided I do not like looking for a house. I have looked at well over a hundred homes in person and probably a thousand online since May. I have fussed and cried and never walked into that house that made me feel that feeling of "my home". That is until last Thursday. The first house of the day and I walked in and instantly thought, I might be home. The more I walked around the the more that feeling grew. We (the agent and I) left and looked at four more homes and I just kept comparing all of them to the first house of the day.

I called Ray and asked if he could go look at the house the next day. As a matter of fact we went and saw all of the homes I had seen the day before as really all of them were potentially good buys. We left the house and both agreed that might be the house. Finally Ray looks at the price of the home and says, "Oh, but it cost a lot more than we wanted to spend". Ray has had it to the penny how much we could spend. With the money from the house in Alabama we knew exactly how much we could afford and this house was out of our budget. RATS!

After looking at all of the homes the agent drives us back home and we are talking in the car. Ray mentions about how much we have to spend and how we have exactly enough money to pay all of the closing costs and agent's fees when our agent says "you don't pay all of those fees, the buyer pays this fee and this fee and you only pay this fee". Ray asked her to repeat herself...I knew then. She tells him again in detail what she said. I turned around in the seat and looked at Ray and he said..."We will call you in a few minutes".
Off she goes to show more houses to another client.

Ray and I go in the house. He gets online and on the phone to our mortgage company. He confirms what she just told him. He gets the calculator. He calls the insurance agent. He gets the calculator. He starts a spreadsheet, with the calculator in hand.
He calls me into the room and says, "Do you like the house?"
Me: "DUH!"
Ray:"You wanna make an offer?"
Me: "DUH!"

So long story longer (as my friend says) we made an offer on a house!!!!!
Now we are hoping the owner accepts it.

Later,
Diane

Newest top

I finished this top today. I was so pleased.

I seems I haven't gotten in my sewing room much in the past several weeks. With my mother in law visiting, house hunting, Ray's gout, and me having to relearn to cook everything I have ever cooked in my life all I seem to do is stand in the kitchen or go to the grocery store. UGH!

My stove finally got fixed...yeah!

Ray's gout is no better...thanks doc!

Ray's diet and therefore my cooking lessons are going fine, just slow.

I have burned a whole tank of gas going back and forth to the store over the past week.

:^(

But I got in the sewing room today :^) and I finished the top and started pulling fabric for another.

Diane

Look what I brought home

Friday we went to the doctor's office to get Ray's blood work results. They were not good. The doctor said just dieting would not do enough to help him (us). She suggested Wii Fit. She said it was fun. Both Ray and I just rolled our eyes. LOL Neither of us has EVER thought exercise as fun.

Well after talking about how I really want him around and healthy he decided to go buy a Wii Fit.

Tonight we hooked it up and let me tell you it is not just a game!

I can honestly say there was some of it that was fun.

I ran a beginner race and loved how everyone cheered me on and was so happy for me to finish. Kinda of strange but encouragement does seem to help even if it is from a character on a screen.

I did yoga; that is HARD! But I did it.

I did step aerobics...I'm really not so good at that. I quit to come back another day.

I hoola hooped and I am GOOD at that! I was doing three at a time! Now in real life I can't hoop one. But fake hoops I am amazing!

LOL!

Ray is still hurting with his gout so he has only bowled (it came with the Wii console) and did quite well, and he played some baseball. Hopefully his gout will go down soon and he can start doing more.

Later,

Diane

PS...did you know when you make your Wii Mii (your Wii person) and you weigh yourself, your Mii gets bigger to match your weight. I was not pleased to see that part. Also when you first start and you get up on the Wii Fit Board it sounds like it groans. Not very encouraging! LOL

Sleep...it hardly ever comes easy

Yesterday I went to the doctor for my six month check up. I actually lost a tad of weight! Yea me!

She asked me how I was doing and I told her the good news. I am no longer taking my pain meds or muscle relaxers on a regular basis. WOOT WOOT! I am regularly in the pool doing low impact exercises (when the daily thunderstorms allow). My up days out number my down days by far, so I am pretty happy.

She was pleased and then asked the one question I am sick of answering. She asked how I was sleeping. My answer was "I don't!"

I am doing all the right things, eating mostly right. I am down to two cokes a day and none at night. I am exercising (in the pool) way more than I ever have and still have a hard time getting a good nights sleep.

Her answer was a pill...I told her I have done the Lunesta thing and they didn't even phase it. She said she had another pill that would help me stay asleep.

I was awake and asleep worse than if I had not taken it. It seemed like ever ten minutes I was awake. The I was jolted out of bed with a charlie horse. The WORST one ever. So bad my husband came running in from the shower dripping over me. Oh man!

Oh well, life goes on.

Now I have to go shopping. Not fun.

Later

Diane