Friday, May 8, 2009
Garden Update
Last week it was cool and rained almost every day. The garden LOVED the weather! My peas grew about 6 inches and have started flowering. Everything else grew at least a few inches too. We've been having salads made with our spinach and lettuce for dinner regularly now. This garden has grown better than any other I've ever had. I am a Square Foot gardener for life!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
The BIG news
Because it has been requested, I'm posting this a day earlier than I planned...
We sold our home and have bought a new one! I thought it would take months for our house to sell. I was planning on being here at least till July, but we will have a new house by the end of May. The Saturday before last our house was shown and my dad (our realtor) was sent an offer email. I found out about it Monday afternoon but he said that until we have a contract it doesn't mean much. We got the contract on Tuesday and after some back and forth on very minor things we signed the contract this Monday. We will close on this house (hopefully) on May 21st and be out of the house by May 25th. At the same time we also signed an offer contract on a home in Frisco to close on May 22nd.
Last week, after we recieved the contract for our house I started seriously looking for our new home. We were looking for proximity to Juan's work (preferably with multiple routes that wouldn't be under construction anytime soon), an excellent school district, and a forever home that we wouldn't grow out of. It was a hefty list but we were hoping for the best. We quickly narrowed it down to the Frisco area. On Saturday we found 2 homes that we really, really liked. My dad called both realtors and left messages one called back and said closing on that house would be in July so that one was out. The second realtor called back on Monday and let us know his clients would accept our verbal offer. This house is in a super awsome location, it is less than half of the drive that Juan currently drives to work, it is close to everything in Frisco, 1/2 a mile from an Exemplary rated elementary school and big city park, a mile away from my mom's work, 5 miutes from our church building and any shopping or entertainment we could ever want is within 15 minutes, we will even be 5 minutes closer to my parent's house. It has 5 bedrooms, 3 baths with a guest bedroom down and the rest upstairs (ideal in my opinion) and the neighborhood looks like it has lots of kids. Here is a picture.
We feel extremely blessed by the way everything has worked so smoothly and quickly for us. We are continuing to pray for a smooth closing and are hoping for the best. We will miss our Justin friends so much when we leave. This has been a wonderful home for us and we have made so many wonderful friends. We'll come back and visit and if any of you come our way (perhaps to visit IKEA), we'd love to have you over!
We sold our home and have bought a new one! I thought it would take months for our house to sell. I was planning on being here at least till July, but we will have a new house by the end of May. The Saturday before last our house was shown and my dad (our realtor) was sent an offer email. I found out about it Monday afternoon but he said that until we have a contract it doesn't mean much. We got the contract on Tuesday and after some back and forth on very minor things we signed the contract this Monday. We will close on this house (hopefully) on May 21st and be out of the house by May 25th. At the same time we also signed an offer contract on a home in Frisco to close on May 22nd.
Last week, after we recieved the contract for our house I started seriously looking for our new home. We were looking for proximity to Juan's work (preferably with multiple routes that wouldn't be under construction anytime soon), an excellent school district, and a forever home that we wouldn't grow out of. It was a hefty list but we were hoping for the best. We quickly narrowed it down to the Frisco area. On Saturday we found 2 homes that we really, really liked. My dad called both realtors and left messages one called back and said closing on that house would be in July so that one was out. The second realtor called back on Monday and let us know his clients would accept our verbal offer. This house is in a super awsome location, it is less than half of the drive that Juan currently drives to work, it is close to everything in Frisco, 1/2 a mile from an Exemplary rated elementary school and big city park, a mile away from my mom's work, 5 miutes from our church building and any shopping or entertainment we could ever want is within 15 minutes, we will even be 5 minutes closer to my parent's house. It has 5 bedrooms, 3 baths with a guest bedroom down and the rest upstairs (ideal in my opinion) and the neighborhood looks like it has lots of kids. Here is a picture.
We feel extremely blessed by the way everything has worked so smoothly and quickly for us. We are continuing to pray for a smooth closing and are hoping for the best. We will miss our Justin friends so much when we leave. This has been a wonderful home for us and we have made so many wonderful friends. We'll come back and visit and if any of you come our way (perhaps to visit IKEA), we'd love to have you over!
Radishes and Drawings
It has been so fun having a garden this year. Here is a picture of the last radishes we pulled before I replanted the squares.
Last week Jovi spent a whole afternoon drawing pictures of her friends and family. Here is a picture of me and Jovi's self portrate. She drew abot ten more, but I only took pictures of these. I think her drawings are adorable.
Last week Jovi spent a whole afternoon drawing pictures of her friends and family. Here is a picture of me and Jovi's self portrate. She drew abot ten more, but I only took pictures of these. I think her drawings are adorable.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
EASTER
We had a great Easter this year. The Saturday before Easter we went to a neighborhood Easter egg hunt. It was the best Easter egg hunt I've ever been to. There were literally thousands of eggs, the Easter bunny was there, they had bounce houses and face painting and snacks and the best part was that it was all FREE! Here are some pictures from that morning.
Jovi actually gave the Easter bunny a hug. Usually she talks a big game when it comes to costumed characters (I love Chuck E Cheese mommy! I'm going to give him a big hug.), but doesn't actually want to get near them when she sees them. I was pleasantly surprised and she still talks about giving him a hug almost a month later.
This was Corbin's first hunt and he really seemed to enjoy it.
I couldn't actually get any good pictures of Jovi during the hunt. She was moving so fast it was like trying to catch lightning. The first picture is of her lined up before the race with some neighborhood friends and the second is after the hunt when she had her face painted.
On Sunday the kids got small Easter baskets and we went to my family's house after church for a wonderful Easter dinner. It was a good Easter.
Jovi actually gave the Easter bunny a hug. Usually she talks a big game when it comes to costumed characters (I love Chuck E Cheese mommy! I'm going to give him a big hug.), but doesn't actually want to get near them when she sees them. I was pleasantly surprised and she still talks about giving him a hug almost a month later.
This was Corbin's first hunt and he really seemed to enjoy it.
I couldn't actually get any good pictures of Jovi during the hunt. She was moving so fast it was like trying to catch lightning. The first picture is of her lined up before the race with some neighborhood friends and the second is after the hunt when she had her face painted.
On Sunday the kids got small Easter baskets and we went to my family's house after church for a wonderful Easter dinner. It was a good Easter.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Yes, I still sew (occasionally)
Here are a few projects I've completed the last two months.
I did not make the aprons, but I embroidered them all on my embroidery machine and made the design myself using my embroidery software.
I made two of these outfits modifying this pattern. I highly recomend the pattern if you have a serger. Juan gave one to a coworker for an office baby shower and I gave another to a church friend having a little girl after a nine year break.
I made this set, using the same pattern as the previous outfit, for a friend who was having twin girls. My serger was having some serious problems by the end of it and I was doing all sorts of stuff to try and get it to work right. I finished the outfits, but barely, and took it into the sewing shop for a check up. I've had my serger for 3 and a half years now with no problems and never taking it in so I guess it was time. It turned out the needle plate was broken and had to be replaced. Fortunately that is not as expensive as it sounds and now my machine runs better than new.
I have lots of plans to make more clothes, this time for my kids, but it will probably have to wait till next month.
I did not make the aprons, but I embroidered them all on my embroidery machine and made the design myself using my embroidery software.
I made two of these outfits modifying this pattern. I highly recomend the pattern if you have a serger. Juan gave one to a coworker for an office baby shower and I gave another to a church friend having a little girl after a nine year break.
I made this set, using the same pattern as the previous outfit, for a friend who was having twin girls. My serger was having some serious problems by the end of it and I was doing all sorts of stuff to try and get it to work right. I finished the outfits, but barely, and took it into the sewing shop for a check up. I've had my serger for 3 and a half years now with no problems and never taking it in so I guess it was time. It turned out the needle plate was broken and had to be replaced. Fortunately that is not as expensive as it sounds and now my machine runs better than new.
I have lots of plans to make more clothes, this time for my kids, but it will probably have to wait till next month.
So much to say
It's been a month since I have had a chance to update my blog and so much has happened that I just don't know where to start. Do I start with the most exciting or do I post chronologically? I have about five separate posts to make. I think I will go chronologically, publishing one a day and I'll save the best post for the end. Then again, I might post them all at once. Keep checking back to find out :).
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Garden Update and BIG news
Our garden has been growing a lot this past month. It has been fun to see all the seeds sprouting and we've already been able to havest some of the radishes (as you will see from the pictures). We've lost two pepper plants, a tomato plant and a summer squash seedling to frost, but everything else is growing well. I'm waiting till Apri 20th, the official no more frost day for our zone before I try and replant them.
Jovi likes to help water, but her favorite gardening activity so far is picking radishes. Our radishes are pretty hot so she doesent actually like to eat them, but she is always trying to talk me into picking more, telling me that they look big and ready to pick.
And now for our BIG news...we are moving. We are putting our house up for sale on Saturday and as soon as it sales we will be moving closer to Juan's current job. Right now his commute is about 1 to 1 1/2 hours each way and it will just get worse with construction starting on 114 this summer. We haven't picked a specific place to move to yet, but are leaning towards Coppell or Frisco. We've been spending a lot of our time getting the house ready to put up for sale and yet there still seems to be so much more to do. We should have the big things like paint touch ups, the carpet cleaned and the front yard landscaped by Saturday though. It will be exciting to see what happens in the next few months.
Jovi likes to help water, but her favorite gardening activity so far is picking radishes. Our radishes are pretty hot so she doesent actually like to eat them, but she is always trying to talk me into picking more, telling me that they look big and ready to pick.
And now for our BIG news...we are moving. We are putting our house up for sale on Saturday and as soon as it sales we will be moving closer to Juan's current job. Right now his commute is about 1 to 1 1/2 hours each way and it will just get worse with construction starting on 114 this summer. We haven't picked a specific place to move to yet, but are leaning towards Coppell or Frisco. We've been spending a lot of our time getting the house ready to put up for sale and yet there still seems to be so much more to do. We should have the big things like paint touch ups, the carpet cleaned and the front yard landscaped by Saturday though. It will be exciting to see what happens in the next few months.
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