SOLD!!!!!!!!!!

Well, me trying to sabotage the home buyers yesterday didn't work. They went and signed on the dotted line this morning and we did the same this afternoon.

When we were walking out to the parking lot, I told John that we have NO where to go now. No house, no apartment, no hotel, no nothing. It would be a great time to pack up our stuff and head to Minnesota to be with Brian and Tiffy! That is so tempting, you have no idea! A change of pace. A new environment. If John's job had an opportunity for us to move up there right now, we would in a heart beat! Man, that would be so nice!

I cannot believe it....we sold our house. Why is this so weird for me.

So, about the other house. We drew up another amendment and she came down to the appraised amount. So maybe we'll get the house after all. If we went ahead with the contract all that extra money would have to come out of the budget to fix the house up. Now it won't have to. Which is cool. But we are still back to the dogs and tree.

TREE: it was a retarded old Bradford Pear Tree. Those things always split. So we'll keep the 1/2 that still remains to shade the house and hope that it heals nicely. And unlike them, we'll keep it trimmed to prevent any more breakage.

THE DARN DOGS: John is going to put up a fence from the length of the front of the house to the end of the drive way and somehow wrap it up into a dog run to prevent it from falling over and stuff. Their yard is right beside the driveway. So the kids would be fine in the backyard. Getting to and from the car is what was scaring me with Maggie and the girls.

So tomorrow, when I wake up, I am calling and getting permits for the new fence to be built AND I am calling to see if those people rent or own. If the rent, maybe the lanlords don't know they have dogs like that. Either way renters or owners....I am going to ask them how large their insurance policy is.....because they could potentially have a HUGE lawsuit on their hands. Granted no amount of money is worth risking my kids health, but it may make them think twice about allowing those dogs to stay there.

I will do what ever it takes to keep my kids and dog safe.....those dogs need to recognize that I am from OAK CLIFF! (I kinda rolled my neck as I said that...felt so ghetto bitchy....)!

So, I don't know....do we want the house? It's a great one for flipping. The houses over there go for over $100 a square foot. She wants out and is letting us have it for dirt cheap! Coppell has great schools, it's .4 miles to the elementary. I am going to walk the girls to school! It's one block from the playground and duck pond. And it's on a cauldesac! Great loaction! 10 minutes from John's job. He'll use 1 tank a month!

I need to quit drinking my wine so I can focus!

Okay.....

So we close on our house that we are selling tomorrow at 2 p.m..

The buyers had their final walk through today.
Can I tell you that I think I secretly tried to sabotage it. Is that bad? It has to be bad!
I mean, we are selling to get the girls into a good school, but I hate having to give up my house, my yard, my nice open kitchen, the cleanliness of my house, the already doneness of my house, did I mention I don't want to give up my BIG backyard????

So anyways, They call via the calling service and ask for a 4-5 time slot. I told them no but said they could come between 5-6. Well, they ended up showing at 415. I WAS HOT! I wasn't totally 100% rude, but I was about 45% rude. I told them they had to wait outside (it was raining) until I was ready to leave the house. Just a side note: I had let Maggie out 20 minutes later so she could do her business. Well, she must have finished early and had time to get all muddy and enjoy the rain some! I was so mad at her! So I think since I can't beat my dog, I kinda took it out on their agent. I told her, "I told them you could NOT be here at 4. 5 today would be the only time that was good." Anyways, I had to bathe Maggie after her muddy adventure. So the house wreaked of dirty washed dog. There was Maggie hair all over my bathroom after she shook from nose to tail. I just left it, along with the wet towels.

I didn't vacuum either. I was hoping a dirty messed up carpet would turn them off...kinda.

I didn't mop either. The kitchen tile was a mess. I haven't mopped since the Scentsy party.

I know, I am awful, aren't I! I also exposed the wall in my master closet. It was never cosmetically touched up after our washer fiasco last year. Just some of that wall board was nailed up. They didn't even notice.

Sadly....I think....they still want my house. Sniff sniff!


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John and I are having second thoughts about the Coppell home!

What gives!

If you know us and what we have been missing in this current house is TREES! We want trees in our yard. Well yesterday, we drove by the Coppell home for the heck of it and saw that one tree was cut in half in the front yard! It looks so ugly! That is huge for us! Wouldn't you tell us???? You'd think they'd have to, right????? Well, then we drove down the alley. And we saw the dogs that the neighbors have that we had forgotten about. The are HUGE pits! They have a chain link fence and those dogs JUMP IT! I had forgotten about when the inspector said that when he was outside, one of those dogs came after him while he was on the side of the house.

HELLO.......I have Maggie, Presley, and Piper! And what if I have them all with me trying to get in the car and the jump the fence to get Maggie, or Piper, or Presley???????? That terrifies me!

And it didn't appraise for what we needed it to either. The appraisal also had mention of a small crack in the foundation which leads to more issues with our bank. So, we disputed their appraisers appraisal and are waiting for feedback. And the seller isn't willing to renegotiate the contract. So what are we to do? The extra money that will be needed at closing will have to come out of our budget to demo and fix up our new fixer upper!

I am dumbfounded at the moment.........And my mind is in limbo.

I felt feelings of melancholy after watching the girls from the kitchen window as I cooked dinner. I don't think they realize that this is probably the last week they get to play in that big backyard. It'll be a while before I would feel comfortable for them to play in the back yard of the new house.

Having to say good-bye to our backyard is no fun!

I love watching their uninterrupted imaginations at work! Presley was collecting grass for a fairy house. And Juliet was helping.

I haven't laid in the grass in such a long time. Seeing Juliet just lay back in the grass and look up at the sky through the tree limbs & watch her big sister was so sweet.

Then Juliet would get up and start twirling and singing...la la la la la.

They play so great together! I love it!

Moving Week!!!!!

John took vacation last week, since we were suppose to be moving out of this house. BUT that didn't happen. Which kinda worked out for the better if you ask me. The buyers didn't have all their paper work in order, so we have to move the closing date up to the 22nd. Which is much closer to the closing date on our other house. That means less time in a hotel room with 2 very active girls and a very outdoor loving dog!

So we just spent the week continuing to pack and stuff since we already had the moving pod delivered. So that means less work for when we actually do have to be out of here. Also means that we are living simple. Our house is pretty empty. The girls now have laundry baskets acting as dressers, limited toys/books/crafts/etc., no bed frames, John and I store our clothes in our suitcases (we a have a few clothes hung up), my pantry is bare! I only buy food for a couple of days now. I don't want to have to let any food go bad just in case something goes wrong in the new house that we can't store our refrigerated groceries. Actually, today is the 1st day I have gone shopping in about 3 weeks. And we've been eating out alot this past week since we have been so busy packing and stuff. Anyways, life is simple right now. It's really nice too. No clutter & the girls are loving it too. They have been jumping on the mattresses & running circles in the empty master (we moved our bed into their sleeping room & they are now sleeping in the toy room). They have just been having a grand ole time!

We started with this big old mess last Monday. I didn't think it was possible to make that huge stack of boxes disappear.

We had to load all those boxes into the tiny pick up truck then drive it around front to load it in the moving pod. We probably took 50 trips this way. The girls had a ton of fun helping us do that too!

The girls helped and helped and helped. Presley's our little muscle woman!

John is so proud of his bike collection.

The garage is looking pretty clear! Unbelievable! I can't believe we own enough crap to fill it up! And after we got this cleaned out, we emptied the attic and filled the garage up again! Now we have to go through that mess!

Presley taking a break in my childhood rocking chair.

The girls having a lil' fun.

Tuesday, we got the girls their Halloween costumes. These two are obsessed with Halloween! Presley is so bummed that we aren't having our Halloween party this year too. Anyways, Presley is Wonder Woman. We even went to JoAnne's Fabric and got her a Golden Lasso Of Truth! And Juliet is Super Girl.

So here are a few pics from a day in the life of a Superhero!
They eat breakfast....

They jump on mattresses. This always make me nervous! She can't see beyond all that hair!

They get boo boos from jumping on mattresses and hitting little Super Girl's head. This didn't hold her back for long. She was back to jumping in about 2 seconds.

Superheros need to take a break from playing and need to refuel with cartoons!

They even take potty breaks and read a book (and it's not even upside down!)!

And finally they nap!

Those two wore those costumes for 2 days! We finally convinced them on Thursday to shed their superhero persona's and go have a nice Kobe Steak dinner with their Mops and Pops! This was such an awesome dinner! It always satisfies! They had their 1st Shirley Temples and plum ice cream.

Friday the girls were dropped off at their Grandma Ragan's so John and I could get some real work done. We nearly got that pod full! After picking up the girls, we took them for a breakfast dinner at Cafe' Brazil in OC. It's always yummy! And Breakfast for dinner is always a hit with Presley!

Saturday was a totally lazy day! We kinda packed a few boxes here and there, we watched the Jungle Book with the girls, napped, and that evening we went to the Coppell Oak Fest. We wanted to check out what the city where we will be living does. And it was pretty impressive! I think we are going to like living in Coppell.

For a quarter, the kids got to make a test tube of Sandy Candy.

They got to color on beach balls.

We took a train ride around the pond. The line was about an hour wait. They had a ton of stuff for the kids to do while us mom's waited in line. The got to jump in bouncy houses, they had clowns, magicians, hula hoops, bubbles, and tons more! And it was all free! YAY!!!! It was so cold that night too & Pops forgot his jacket and had to bundle up in hello kitty and holly hobby blankies all night.

Finally the train ride. Presley was mad at me for not letting her ride by herself. See Maggie taught her the stink eye!

And the girls got their faces painted!

After the Oak Fest, we went to Starbucks foe some hot chocolate! This Starbucks had a chalk board for the kids to play with. Pretty cool!

And Sunday, I wasn't feeling so hot. I did what I could, I packed a little and mowed the yard. And I watched some lame old Steven Seagal movies on TV. That night, John took the girls out for dinner and desert so I could rest up. They came home with huge smiles on their faces! They love have daughter daddy time!

Well we had a great week. Kinda sad moments though. When I was packing up our stuff, I felt like I was packing up all my memories too. There is a story behind nearly everything we own and to see all of that stuff in boxes out in the pod is sad. But it'll be unpacked soon enough! Right?!?!?

Texas State Fair!!!!!!

Yesterday was our Texas State Fair day! It was so wonderful. We got a bit of a late start due to John having to meet the foundation inspection over at the new house, but that's okay, we had a blast. It started out a little wet and rainy...the day was nice and cool. I wasn't too thrilled of how cool it was though...I packed all of my fall/winter clothes in the garage. I seriously didn't think I'd need them till November. John let me borrow one of his jackets...thankfully!

I love the fair! We try to go every year. The girls love it! Presley really enjoyed it this year. Piper I think is still a little young to really enjoy it. Next year will be better for her though.

Juliet started the fair day with a nap.

We each got in for a buck with 3 cans of food a piece. That was super nice! Always love saving money!

I wanted to take Presley on the ferris wheel, but once she saw it up close...she decided that she wouldn't be up for that...EVER.

Where to 1st??? Presley navigated us. She wanted to see butterflies.

I love Presley's little pose with the statue.

Juliet just waking up...it took her a while.

Still kinda groggy. She's such a cutie!

Monkey See, Monkey Do All the way to the fountain.

Then we headed to the Science Museum! The girls LOVED it!

And there he is! BIG TEX! The girls just looked at him in awwww. He's so big and tall!

They loved Big Tex's choo choo train.

Then we went for some grub! I packed alot, but you can't go to the fair and not have a fair corny dog! Presley was doing her Corny Dog Happy Dance!

Fair Goodness! Yum!

Presley heard the music! Shake Your Booty!

We won a tire air checker thingy....Presley learned how to use it and started checking the tires of the trucks at the car show.

We are headed to the beach!

As Seen On TV! Presley moved her way up to the front of the line! She loves As Seen On TV products!

I cannot believe all the fried stuff they sold out there. Fried lattes, fried butter, fried moon pies..... Just sounds disgusting!

Pig Races! That was fun!

Piper talking like Big Tex. So funny!

We were hanging out wait for the parade to begin.

Juliet being a stinker shaking her booty at me.

And the parade begins!

We shared a funnel cake and lemonade too.

Maybe next year Presley will ride with me.....

We had a blast! Can't wait till next year! Maybe we won't have to take a stroller. Wouldn't that be nice!