3 Days 'til Closing!

We are set to close on Thursday!! Packing is going...pretty good. I'm so thankful for a helpful hubby! Even after working over 40 hours last week, he still came home each night to help me pack up. Just a few more odds & ends to pack up and we'll be ready!

Went out to the house yesterday to get some pictures for our insurance agent, so I decided to post some more. These are just a couple of the outside of the house, as that's all the agent needs, AND we couldn't get in the house (obviously).





Check back for updates; I'll try to get this blog updated with pictures of the "moving" and "unloading" stages. :)

Strawberry Jam Makin'

So I'm supposed to be packing up the house today...but instead I get an idea to prepare meals ahead of time (in hopes that it will help with "moving week") AND make strawberry jam! So, off to the grocery store...by 11 am, I had 10 "jars" of strawberry jam made, and enough lunches & suppers prepared for the entire next week (oh, can't forget this part: AND the kitchen completed cleaned up!) Whew! Oh, the things you can get accomplished with you are determined. :) About half way through making the meals for next week, however, my hand slipped while trying to cut an onion w/a VERY sharp knife...no stitches needed, but that did put a dent in my day...trying to cut, cook, slice, chop, clean up, etc. with one hand isn't as easy as it sounds. But everything's done, so can't complain too much!

And, here I sit...still not packing up the house. Guess I better get to it so the hubby can tell something was done today. :)

Here are some pictures of the strawberry jam makin'! :)

All in a Day's Work

Just to summarize the last few days:

• We are set to close on May 21st! :) Now comes the fun part (not!) -- getting all the utilities switched over, address changed, etc. We are so thankful for a good realtor -- she's been very helpful through the whole process and we feel that she's gone above and beyond her duty!
  

• We are done w/another semester! Yes! We are done w/finals!!! (can you tell any excitement there?!) Still waiting on grades to be posted. No more school until August!!!

• We have started packing up the apartment -- (and yes, it looks like a tornado has come through -- I have pictures to prove it...if I'm brave enough, I'll post them later) -- this morning and got quite a bit done. T was called into work at noon, so that slowed me down on the packing. However, we will appreciate the overtime hours on the next paycheck. :)

• We bought a refrig & mattress for our new home (our apartment now is furnished) -- next up, is a washer & dryer. Then living room furniture...and all the fun decorating stuff. :) Mom has already measured windows to make window treatments (I know some of you can picture this -- we are having the inspection done and at the same time, Mom's in there with a measuring tape getting measurements for the windows!) -- so that is also on our list.

• We've also had baby showers and baby news in the last few days. Let me clarify that it's not OUR baby news, but we are going to have a baby girl in our meeting later this fall. We are all very excited! Our boys out number our girls right now (hehe). Mom & I also went to Heidi's baby shower...it's was a perfect day for a day at the park, eating cake, and munching on fruits & veggies (of course!). I don't know how the momma-to-be felt by the end of the day (probably exhausted!), but it was fun nonetheless!

Well, I better get back to packing and cleaning up this place before the hubby gets home and can't open the front door b/c of boxes in the way (hehe).

More later!