The House

Here are some pictures I took the day before we moved into our new home with my phone. Excuse the ladders and misc items placed here and there. I will post more pix once I get the furniture in and things on the wall. I am posting them online for my many friends and family members who live far away that have been asking me for MONTHS to post some pictures.... So here they are....

The Great Room


The Kitchen & Eat in Dining Room


The Bonus/Movie Room


The Boys Room


The Nanny Qaurters or Guest Suite


The Master Bathroom

It Makes Me Sad...

Yesterday I had a garage sale at my house. I am so glad it is over. It was more like a moving sale. Everything in my house was for sale. We had furniture on the lawn... things in my driveway... EVERYTHING! I worked all day friday and friday night thru the night into Saturday when we sold it all. I was awake for 36 hrs straight with only a 5 minute nap when i passed out in the driveway of a fast food joint waiting for my veggie whopper from burger king...(it's very delish... a must try) I have been out of the house since November of last year, but joe has been staying there durig the week finishing up odds and ends and because the drive back and forth to town is almost an hour one way. I almost feel like an army wife w/o the great medical benefits!! But alas... the furniture, blankets, washer and dryer and chairs are all gone! The kitchen is complete, the plumbing and electrical finished and the last thing left to do is to update the landscaping in the front yard to make it more appealing....

But that isn't what makes me sad... Yesterday while i was having my garage sale a man ran off with my cell phone... I am so sad!! My phone was expensive and my lifeline to the world... I had over 200 phone numbers, addresses, and other misc info that im sad to not have! So if you call me and hear.... "we're sorry this number has been disconnected" it isn't because i didn't pay my bill... it's because someone decided to run off with my phone!!!

Also in the midst of my craziness on friday i ran over a 350 edger... so i began my yardsale in a $200 phone deficit and $350 edger deficit... alas... I am still alive and today more rested....

Missing In Action

dear friends and family,

i have been MIA for over a month now from the blogging world and frankly from most of civility. We are building a new house right now and Joe is in the process of completing the remodel of our current house. When i say remodel, the last time I checked we didn't have a kitchen sink, counter tops, appliances or cabinet doors. Instead of living in a half functioning house the boys and I made our way out to the farm and have been living the farm life ever since. We home school in the morning and then the boys play outside for the remainder of the day... by the time bath time comes around the boys are covered in mud from their ears to their toenails. So I went to walmart and purchased rubber boots and sweats for each boy and that's what they live in m-sat. The land is beautiful. I love being out here and enjoying the country. We do miss joe, but i'd say things are going much smoother in the house with us away. There is so much for the boys to do that do not involve the tv and computer... i'd rather the boys stay outside all day until naps. Lucas has learned the value of working to earn money. Joe's parents have lots of pecan trees on their property and lucas has earned all of his Christmas money for gifts for his family thru picking and selling pecans... WAY TO GO LUCAS! I'm sorry I haven't been able to post lately or check each of your blogs... The Internet here is very slow, due to our remote location, but I love it and plan to comment on each page once i get back to the fast paced world! I will post pictures of christmas soon and the goodies the boys are getting to use around the farm to get here and there a lot "quicker".

-Amanda