Rose Bushes

A few weeks ago when we got new mulch for the landscaping we realized (the hard way) that we have rose bushes.

OUCH!!!

A few days ago I realized they looked like crap.

SO.....I did some research.

I figured out that you have to PRUNE those suckers every spring.  I watched multiple YouTube videos on what to do and why.  Then I went out and bought me some pruning tools.

Today I figured out we have 7, that's right SEVEN, big overgrown frumpy rose bushes.  I worked on them all afternoon.

Look at this dead pile of thorny plant clippings that Kevin gets to haul off to the mulch site for me!!

See....I don't just sit around the house drinking wine and eating bon-bon's all day!

Furnishing the new house

We bought Furniture for the Porch.

I LOVE IT!!

We finally got the new craft "hutch" home and in the kitchen.

Look at the inside!!  So nice.

Kevin is spoiling me rotten.  I love him so much!

Day to Day

It has been two weeks since we bought the house and I still can't believe how busy I am.  I have a notepad (full size 8.5x11) that I am keeping a list of things I need to do.  It is FULL and just as fast as I get one thing done I add another.

I need to get taxes done too.  I am really procrastinating on them.  I just haven't felt like sitting at a computer much lately.  I am still getting details of the house in order and that is currently of more interest.

I have been shopping a lot too; looking for a kitchen table and a patio set for the screened in porch.  I am not a huge fan of shopping.  I know it sounds wishy-washy but I worry I will pick something out that is expensive, get it delivered and then see it IN the house and regret the purchase.  I have that much confidence in my ability to make a good choice!  On top of that, being unemployed makes me feel I have no right to be spending money.  (Although I have been using coupons and buying things on sale.)  If it were up to me we would just do without a kitchen table for a while.  Heck, I lived for a few years with no couch after Randy and I got divorced.

Kevin reassures me that he is getting his bonus in April and we can afford this stuff.  He wants the house put together and done.

Some days I feel like such a worthless mooch because I am not working.  I have to remind myself that it has only been 3 weeks and I will get another job.  Then other days I think about how I plunked ALL my life's savings down to buy this house and I really shouldn't feel guilty for one second about not working right now.  I prepaid for this gig....LOL.  Besides, I am a kick ass house wife and stay at home mom.  I never sit down!

Hello!

Hello from the Blue House!!

Last Friday we closed on the Blue House and started the moving process.  For the last 7 days we have been working our butts off to get everything out of my rental house and into our new BIG house.  We hired a mover last Saturday to move the large things like my couch and dresser but have been moving all the smaller items on our own.  The new house is only 3 miles from the old house so it has basically been a shuttling process.

We have also been moving things from Kevin's house as he needs them; things like tools and clothes.  His son has already sort of "moved in" which is good and bad.  Good because we want him to buy the house.  Bad because he has 2 crazy dogs, a small child and wild friends and suddenly we are worried to have anything of value over there.  You never know what will happen.

I already dropped about $250 at Target for new towels and stuff like that.  I feel guilty since I don't have an income at the moment.  Kevin is fine with it and glad I am making our house a home.

There may have another furniture purchase too.....more on that later.

This last week has been exhausting but things are in pretty good order now......I know where my underwear is! 

We didn't get internet here at the new house until yesterday.  We felt so isolated.  It is crazy how much we depend on it these days.

Of course as soon as we got the internet up I sat down at my desk and JDK started a huge fight via email.  It requires a blog post all it's own.  I really want to share what happened and get your input.

Kevin doesn't know about this blog so I have to do all my posting when he is not paying attention AND he pays a lot of attention to me so it is going to be harder than it used to be.  However, he likes to sleep in so I think I will be doing a lot of early morning typing in the dark from now on.  Which is fine because I am mentally at my best first thing in the morning.

New Furniture

How do you celebrate losing your job?

Well evidently I go furniture shopping. 

Today I drove to the BIG CITY to shop at a huge furniture store that has amazing prices you really just can't beat.   It was the last day of a big sale (over and above the normal very low prices) and we saved hundreds buy purchasing it today rather than waiting until we moved which was my original plan.

We have been looking for a new couch and love seat for the new house.  My old black leather couch is going downstairs in the family room and the upstairs living room will need furniture.

Kevin's house is full of hand-me-downs from his Grandmother and mother and quite frankly his furniture is ugly, old and not our style so we agreed to not move it to the new house.  It will get sold or given to a kid.

So today I purchased this sofa and the matching loveseat.  They were about 50% of the MRP!!

leather does not collect dog fur!

...........and I couldn't resist purchasing this end table as well. It wasn't on the list but I kind of fell in love with it.

Blue House

We are the proud new owners of the Blue House! We are so excited. 

Here are a few more pictures.

I love the paint color but hate those pendant lights.  It will be easy enough to change them out.
They agreed to leave the TVs that are attached to the wall.  They are also leaving all the appliances including the refrigerator.  AND they are leaving the clothes washer and dryer.

Master bath - shower has two heads.

I LOVE this big screened in porch.  I have always wanted one.
  Kevin is, of course, excited about his basement garage for the motorcycle and tractor.

There is a downstairs family room.
 I think we will be very happy we have this extra space.
We don't have a fancy entertainment center to put here but I will be setting up my bike on the trainer.

This is the upstairs living room. 
I like this red sectional.
Our furniture is pathetic and will not look this nice in here.... so we will be shopping for a sectional
as soon as we sell the other house.

I called and got the current interest rates and did a few amortization schedules for Kevin to see what our payments will be.  I worried that seeing the numbers would deflate him a bit.  But no, he is still super excited.