Getting ready!

Probably the only highlight so far of this move is being able to buy new things! Friday night we purchased our first ever brand new washer and dryer! I didn't get the popular front loaders but I'm very happy with the ones we did chose. They are big and should work just fine and that's all that I really care about.

Since the boys will now have their own rooms, Tristan needed furniture. He liked so many things in the store but we steered him towards this one:

This isn't the exact bed but very close. He got a full size bed with drawers underneath and the dresser to go with it. I think he'll like it alot!

And now to the piece of furniture that I had to have:

A marble top dining table with leather chairs!!! I'm so excited! No more worries about setting something down that will ruin the table top!

Still have to get furniture for the family room but we'll do that after we're in the house. I didn't feel comfortable purchasing something now and not having a clear memory of the room size/layout.

Keep the prayers coming that all goes well for us this week. Movers with us Thursday, closing on Friday. It's a little scary now that we've purchased new stuff.

Corey

He graced the walls of my bedroom for years! I watched all of his movies multiple times and had the biggest crush on him. I even went as far to watch the reality show "The Two Corey's" which only made me feel sorry for him. Anyone who watched it could see his pain. I'm sad he's gone. The boys are sad also, "The Lost Boys" is one of their favorite movies. Aidan's favorite part is the scene in the bathtub when he's singing until his brother barges in. I hope he's finally at peace.

Look at what you can find on an email:

Palestine Div - Lake Palestine - Mar 7 Charles Hines and Larry McElwee win $2,507 on Lake Palestine with 22.28 lbs!

Teams: 52
Total Payout: $6,253
Places: 10

1st: Charles Hines / Larry McElwee- 22.28 lbs
2nd: Bill Wilcox / Jeff Gilbert- 21.26 lbs
3rd: Jeremy Locke / Ryan Whitfield - 19.82 lbs
Big Bass: Larry McElwee - 7.27 lbs

Thank goodness I signed up for the newsletter and updates or I would have never known that my dad just won another tournament and on top of that got Big Bass! Way to go Dad, we are very proud of you! Who's the King of Lake Palestine??

Typos

Over the weekend we got a call with the results from our current home's appraisal. Not good!! They told us that it appraised for $10,000 less than our sell price. What???? Our agents went on to explain that when using a VA loan you have to have a VA appraiser who sees the home. They've noticed lately that the government has been on the low side of appraisals. Whatever, that wasn't cool at all. We took the news and had to wait to see what the new house's number looked like before we made a decision to move forward. (Our choices would be to cough up the extra $10,000 so that the sale could go through as scheduled or stop the sale and relist our home without accepting any offers from those who are using a VA loan.)

Monday morning we heard that the new home's appraisal was fine. No problem. Oh man, what are we going to do? I've packed up half the house already!!

Monday afternoon we got another call from our agent. Guess what? It was a typo on our appraisal! It did appraise appropriately, the buyer's agent typed the number wrong on her communication to our agent. Unbelievable huh?

This should never be allowed to happen. I can't even explain the amount of emotional and mental grief Josh and I went through. Thank God it was a mistake.

Another weekend, another champion!

It was Tristan's turn this time!

Another awesome weekend of soccer. Tristan played really well. He scored goals, assisted other goals, and even drew 2 yellow cards on his opponents.

I also got my first sunburn of the year! It's worth it though because when the sun wasn't out it was too cold!

My eyes are killing me! (updated)

Thank God I have an appointment for tomorrow is all I can say. I've been dealing with this for two weeks now and I've almost given up. Last week it started with headaches and dry eyes. (I even wore my glasses to the inspection at the new house so that in itself should tell you it was pretty bad!) The headaches finally ended and I haven't had them this week but my goodness my eyes are dry. Cleaning the contacts isn't working, eye drops aren't working, ugh.

When I am at work I am constantly blinking to try and keep them moving so that they don't stick to my eyes. Plus I feel like I'm seeing through a film that I can't get off! Most people would just put their glasses on but unfortunately I feel like my vision is much worse with the glasses so I continue to suffer.

Please let it just be that the contacts are old and too dirty to polish. Not some dry eye syndrome or infection. I'll know tomorrow I guess.

******I think I've finally learned my lesson. As a mom you tend to put everyone and everything before you and this is exactly what I've done. I had no idea I hadn't been to the eye doctor since 2007!!! Needless to say, my contacts are completely worn out - they don't even fit my eyes correctly anymore. Not only has my prescription worsened but the astigmatism has as well. Plus, I have allergies in my eyes right now from the poor shape of the contacts. Killer!

The best that he can do for me is to order new lenses that he can't promise I'll see correctly in. It'll take a while for my eyes to shape back up to where they are supposed to be. (People who have severe near-sightedness and wear gas permeable lenses do so that the hardness of the contact actually keeps your eyes from changing so quickly. Since my contacts have worn out my eyes are out of shape, as the rest of me is probably too!!)

So, yes - I've learned my lesson. Every Spring Break I'll see the eye doctor. It hurts too badly to not! Oh, and the icing on the cake - I've broke the double digit marker. -10 in the prescription area. I'm way past you now, huh mom?

Champion!

Aidan's team played in a soccer tournament this weekend and came away as the champions in their age group! The championship game even went to overtime! It was "golden goal" which meant that first goal won and they pulled it off!!

Long weekend but extremely worth it! Way to go boys!