LOTS TO SHARE

So the last time I posted, we were getting my settlement, going car shopping, looking at moving. WOW, that is a lot to think about in a weeks time.

Starting on Wednesday at 8:30pm and thru Friday I worked 25.5 hours. Talk about lack of sleep. Wednesday night we went and looked at a car, we got back home and they needed help at work. Our school enrollment was Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. So starting Wednesday night we started sorting the enrollment forms and setting up routes. We had until 9:30am on Thursday to get our "5" city routes set up, ran, times set, typed up, and submitted to the local newspaper, to be printed in the Friday paper. I worked until 1am and decided I couldn't go anymore. I came home and and laid there staring at the ceiling because everyone knows when you have so much happening at the time you can't sleep, I returned back to work at 6:30am. By 7am I was on a bus running 2 different routes, writing times down.

I came home Thursday afternoon at 5:30 and was ready for bed. LOLOLOL. Adam called and he had stopped to look at a car. He was bringing it home for me to drive back to the car lot in Stilwell. HELLO, I WAS RUNNING ON A FEW HOURS OF SLEEP HERE. DANG!

So after my "loving", NOT, husband decided to spend 3 STINKIN' hours of hageling the dang salesman, while I was dozing off in the chair. I started signing papers and I drove my new car home. We ended up with a 2004 , 4-door, four wheel drive, Blazer. I LOVE IT, by the way. But we could have picked another night to buy it. HAHA. Oh yeah, it is a pewter color. Basically it is tan. :)


We did receive the settlement, IN FULL. YEAH!

We have decided we are moving, on one condition. We are in the process of talking with the gal about getting the house off the market. She told us she would. She is looking to be moving out quite soon, so that means we will be moving soon as well. We have to give 30 days notice to our landlord. I have started cleaning and sorting my CRAPLOAD of things I don't use, haven't used and don't need.

We spent the weekend at the Christian Youth Rodeo we have been helping out with since April. I have been helping the secretary and treasurer out by completing all score entries into the computer for their payouts. It has been very fun. The kids are GREAT. We have the finals rodeo the entire weekend of Aug. 22-24 in Mound City. I will miss it for sure. Until it starts back up in April. It has kept us pretty busy this past Spring and Summer. Which by the way JEN, they have it scheduled to return to Burlington again next season, so I will be back to see ya..hopefully before that though. ;)

School starts on Wednesday, so I am finishing up getting my route set up, finished, learned, phone calls made to all students with pickup times, etc. Hopefully, once school starts, life will slow back down a little bit. HAHA!

Hope everyone has an enjoyable rest of the summer. It won't last much longer.

FINALLY THEY SETTLED

Well we have been nothing but busy.

I finally got the insurance to settle on my car accident. They called me on Monday and offered me a settlement. We didn't feel as though they were offering enough so we counter-offered and believe it or not they called me yesterday and were happy to except our offer. So they are sending me a check today. I am so stinkin' excited. LOL.

The most exciting part of the whole deal is "I AM GOING CAR SHOPPING". We had to sell my Saturn, due to me being out of work so long and our bills piling up, so now I get a new car.

Other news, we have been house shopping. We have decided that we can't stay here another winter. Just this past winter months we paid the exact amount for monthly rent as we did for our monthly electric/gas bills. Plus our summer electric bill is outragous due to running 2 window unit air conditioners. So we have to do something.

We went last night and looked at a BEAUTIFUL 4 year old house on 3 acres in Drexel. I FELL in love instantly. Of course, there are pros and cons. The pros mainly consist of the amount of money we would save during the winter. The rent is the same as what we pay now. The con's...yeah, the con's. She has it on the market until December, BUT she said she would be willing to see about getting it off the market, since she hasn't had one looker since she put it on in April. We would have to haul water, but we can handle that. There is a total of 10 acres, but it is split with a house of 3 acres and a house on 7 acres. In order to get to the house, that 10 acres is up on a hill in the middle of 75 acres. You can't see the house from any surrounding road. To get in the driveway, we would have to cross a set of railroad tracks, BUT, beings it is a small rail line, they don't run that many trains. So we could probably live with that. So we are debating everything.

If it just depended on the house we would be moving immediately. It is a 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath, formal living room, formal dining room, MAGNIFICENT kitchen, breakfast nook in the kitchen, and a family room. The outside has a 2 car garage with a large covered porch off the side of it, the house has a beautiful front porch and a nice deck off the kitchen.

But we have to look at the thoughts of the driveway, hauling water and living so far away from family. It is only about 40 minutes from Paola, but our family doesn't like to travel. LOLOLOL.
So we should know by next week if we are going to take it or not.

So as you can see, we have been busy. Maybe by this time next week, we will be starting to pack. Which by the way if we do move, we will be having a LARGE moving sale. Since that house doesn't have a basement, I would have to drastically downsize. LOL

Finally back to work

I finally got to return to work yesterday. IT WAS SO NICE! I was a little nervous about driving the bus since I haven't been in it since March, but it wasn't bad at all. It came right back to me.

I can't wait to see all the kids again, that will be what makes it all the more exciting to get back.

Not much else going on now. Hope everyone has an awesome week. Stay cool!

YEAH!!!!!!!

We walked in the parade last night. Pictures will be coming later. LOL. It was hot! LOTS of people and no air moving.

I did get to see several of the kiddos from my bus and they all asked if I was coming back. It was so neat to see them get so excited when I told them that I was going to be their driver. Even the parents got excited. It definetly made me feel good. :)

I am sitting here bored. I am waiting on the carpet guy to get here to fix my carpet. They laid it down last week and the transition piece to the bathroom has popped loose and the seam in the hallway looks Craptastic! So they are returning to fix their work!

Hope everyone is staying cool. This weather stinks! The bad thing is, August is usually always hotter, AGH!

Finally I am blogging

Ok, So everyone keeps on me about blogging. So here I am.

I am finally, as of today, returning to work. I went and did my defensive driving class and back to being legal. I will go back to full-time on Monday. I am stickin' excited! :)

Tomorrow night, Adam and I will be in the Miami County Fair Parade. Adam will be riding a golf cart with my brother, throwing candy while myself and my sis-in-law are walking and handing out fliers promoting her new salon. Which by the way is absolutely gorgeous! If you get a chance to stop by we are doing the Open House on Friday, August 1st. She is opening in a newly restored building on the square in Paola. The owner, put lots of time and money into the restoration. It is magnificant!

Other than that, not much else going on. I am just ready to get back to work and see my kiddos again. I have missed them!