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Saturday, March 16, 2013

House Woes

The past few weeks we have been packing and rushing to sell our house. The market is hot and houses in our neighborhood are going for more than their value, so we thought surely this is the time to sell. The first realtor we hired was a complete c*nt and blew smoke up our asses about how the house looked great and she could sell it in 30 days or less and have us in a new place quickly with no problems. After my husband prompted me to call the realtor that sold us our house, we quickly decided to go with them instead, because we trust them.
So they came out Friday and we're excited that they're going to tell us our house is worth X amount of dollars and we can list it for what we want plus more. EHHH. Wrong. We have to have a new roof put on and possibly a new AC installed before we can sell our house. So we're looking at putting a ton of money into our place before we can get out, two to three months. Sad face and lots of tears fell after they left.
Not only did the carpet guy flake to install the carpet on our stairs last week, but the lawn guy also failed to come by to mow and trim the hedges like agreed. So it looks like we'll be doing some more looking, and then waiting. And waiting.

In the meantime, here's what is happening around here lately:

My dad came to lay floors and Cole helped
Cole's room without carpet
the team helping out
Bre pulling up carpet strips

Sunday, February 24, 2013

This week's adventures

This week I tried to start potty training Stella, and although she loves the princess panties, I don't think she's quite ready yet being that she peed herself while sitting on the couch playing iPad and didn't even notice.

trying out panties before bedtime

baby wedgie running away

Zeus dog chillin' on the princess couch

She loves her Dora potty

They love mom and dad's bed after bathtime.

pouty while sleeping <3 br="">
pouty while sleeping, again


twinkies


Grandpa hung out while mom and date did date night - popcorn and movies
Date night at the Stars game, platinum suite tickets - we saw Walter White from Breaking Bad!

heartbreaking, devastating
i forgot to breathe while you were rejecting me
for feeling too much.
nothing makes sense,
as if we could handle this,
we're in too deep to climb out
but haven't even scratched the surface
of the dirt/
don't you know there's work to be done, 
things to be understood, 
battles to be won?
no army stands behind me,
i must fight this on my own
no winners on this one,
only losers this time
heartbroken, devastated,
covered in satire and rhyme.  
      © sw

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Pinterest Inspirations

These are the outfit inspirations from Pinterest for what I wore last week...





Can you tell I was in the mood for black and my motorcycle jacket?


This week I'm on the hunt for a grey maxi skirt and a tulle skirt so I can pull off my own version of these outfits:
I'm hoping that a trip to Goodwill and Plato's Closet will throw some good options at my eyes so I don't have to pay full price for either one. :)

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Space Harem / Date Night

Our friend Suza hosted a party Saturday night with the theme "Space Harem," and it was so much fun. This group of folks know how to throw a great party! So welcoming, warm, funny, sweet.. Here are some pictures. Lots of people made their costumes but we cheated and rented ours. Shh.


the lovely Willa Elaine, fellow alien


party host/fellow Pirate Suza and my hubby

longtime pal Brian

fellow Pirate Skye

Monday, February 11, 2013

Favorite: Looks I Love

So how many of you haven't jumped on that Pinterest bandwagon yet? It took a while, but it sucked me in and that site takes up way too much of my time... but hey, it's a nice break from cartoons and playing cars!

Here are some of my favorite looks pinned.



Tiny Ballerina

Stella started her first ballet class this week. It went a little something like this...

gotta have cute pictures before class, right?

tights, shoes and leotard too big... bangs too long

at least she looks adorable!

"hey Stella, get off the floor."





at least mine wasn't the only kid not paying attention...






I love this one.







At least Mommy learned something.