get out of my way

We have to be out of our house at the end of Sept and we are going on 5 weeks since we countered the bank on this short sale from hell (thanks to Chase bank!) so if they dont accept our offer by the end of Aug we will not have enough time to get a loan from our bank which means well be FACKING HOMELESS at the end of Sept!  Oh and if they counter and we counter back well probably move into this home next year at this rate!!  So needless to say Im nervous, pissed off, stressed beyond all hell..living in a half packed home..wanting to just shoot myself!  

On the other hand Jakes new life changing career is going just great for him...me..I now sleep with one eye open, both ears focused on the sound of the garage door and my cell phone on my pillow when he is at work.  So I pretty much get no sleep on the nights he works...and if you say "oh stop worrying"....really?  

Im obsessed with swedish fish lately..lip balm too...and fake tan lotion.  And Im still obsessed with Adele.

I get to see my Husband for one whole day ever two weeks, and he thinks throwing a kid into this would be fun..why dont you poke my eyes out with a rusty spoon instead?

OH - I forgot to mention I got into a car accident too..well..kinda..I wasnt moving but the little girl in front of me was...fast..and backing up because she is a retarded driver..at least I got a rental car out of it and my car fixed..for free.

when it rains here it more of a shit storm.

I love my cat....ok i love my dog too.

Squibby baby in Galena..he alwayssss slept like this, still does..

Willy bean..right before he got shaved due to this fantastic heat/humidity we got goin on!

today is the beginning of worrying for the rest of my life..

 

Jakes first day on the job is today! 

Im so excited for him..nervous for me..its weird saying "bye..i love you..be safe..come home.." and really knowing the meaning behind it..but thats my new norm...

current state =

well the storm(s) gave my dog a heart attack who in turn kept me up since 1am..thank god i don't work today so i can nap it off...

Heres the current state of the chairs..these chairs are kicking my ass!  They are on my to do list besides clean the house, take care of the animals, pay bills, work..grocery shop, take out the damn garbage, PACK THE WHOLE HOUSE (yes im bitter)..and everything else you can think of that you don't want to do ALL BY YOURSELF because my Husband is still at PTI!  Three weeks form today he will be graduating and coming home!  If his training was any longer (than 12 weeks) I would shoot myself..the only thing that has been great while hes gone is I dont have to listen to him snoring all night..and there are no cereal bowls on the floor - heaven.  Back to the chairs - they need fabric - hopefully today or tomorrow I can run out and find something, well see..this gloomy weather and getting no sleep just makes me want to be lazy and nap all day..and maybe pack a few boxes..I think my couch is calling my name n o w...

if you cant tell I painted them black..would have loved to sand and re stain but I'm already in for a big treat recovering them..so I figured they'd go black and I sealed them with a satin poly so they didn't look lacquered black, which I'm not fond of...fabric is going to be neutral, was gonna go with something funky but I was afraid Id hate the fabric in two years and Id be stuck with it because I'm NEVER recovering these again!  So plain cream/white fabric..and funky changeable pillows..

this is going to hurt

 

Chairs - found in parents basement..pretty sure they have been down there forrrr possibly 15+ years after they were given to my mom from my grandmother.  Ive been searching for chairs for our new (well hopefully new soon) home to put in the front room - I wanted barrel chairs..luckily my parents basement is an antique pit - and viola!  I thought I was going to leave the cane..wrong!  I thought I was going to leave the back on and cover over it...wrong!  Oh the burlap on the bottom I was going to leave too..not so much!  I literally took them to the barest of bare bones..what the hell was I thinking?!  Im in the process of painting them black, which isnt easy in humid weather.  Fabric?  I have no idea..was going to go with something funky but Im positive in two years I would hate it..so Im thinking something plain, with funky pillow accents..and you think plain fabric would be easy to find..ITS NOOOOTTTTTT.  Went to Calico Corners and walked out with NOTHINGGGG..I have a terrible time finding fabric..exhibit a - my kitchen chairs are still waiting to be covered, poor things..good thing Ive added yet another fabric project to my list.  Anyways, this is what the chairs looked like last night after ripping everything off - fabric, icky stuff inside the fabric..oh and hundreds of staples too!  Off to putting on another coat of paint..uhg..

survival

Well the beginning of 2011 has brought some major changes in our lives..

My Golden Birthday was Jan 28th.  Gramma passed Feb 9th.  Driving home the next week from her memorial Jake got a call from the St Charles Police Department offering him a job.  He passed all the conditional offer tests and his first day with the department was April 4th.  He was also sworn in as a Police Officer that night.  Jakes 29th Birthday was the next day.  Today, April 8th I am on a mission to get everything Jake needs to bring with him when leaves for PTI the 10th, for 12 weeks.  Oh on top of all that we looked at houses the 31st and 1st and put an offer on one the 1st.  

So within just a few months we got older, one of the most important people in my life died, Jake got his dream career, and we started the process of being first time home buyers. 

I am mentally drained..and slowly becoming physically drained.  

Surreal...

its OFFICIAL!

April 4th Jake starts his new job as a POLICE OFFICER at St Charles!!!!!

He leaves for the Academy April 10th!

were done..the wait is over..finallllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

st charles police....

" They are mailing me a conditional offer of employment that says if I pass the background, psych test, and medical that I have the job and the academy is in April. "

Thank you Grammie...

for talking to the big man upstairs for us!




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UPDATE: 2.23.11 
Jake had his psych test yesterday in the city..got the call this morning from the police department saying he PASSED and they are going through with him, he has to fill out a waiver tomorrow for them saying they can finish his background..so im guessing his LAST and FINAL test, the medical, will be scheduled for some time early next week!  So after that its onto PTI (police training institute) down at ISU in Champaign for 12 weeks (April 10th to June 30th)!


again..thank you grammie!


we still dont believe its 'real' since weve been waiting for this moment forever..excited but in shock..




strongly agree or strongly disagree:
i have literally jumped for joy


that's a question that was asked on the test..


what would you have said!?

gramma

As the moon kindles the night
As the wind kindles the fire
As the rain fills every ocean
And the Sun the Earth
Your heart will kindle my heart

Take my heart
Take my heart

Kindle it with your heart
And my heart cannot be
Kindled without you
With your heart kindle my heart

 

 

this is what pure hell looks like..

blizzard 2011

me waking up on wed 6am to let the dog out..well i couldnt let him out because the snow drift in the back was half way up our patio door..so i figured i would take him out the front..ahaa..i had to carry him over the damn drift in the front..snapped a few pics while outside!  

front door..

out the back patio door..hugest snow drifts ive ever seen..

out in the street..can you see willy bean?!

 

snow bomb..
 

livingroom windows...

im sooooo over snow!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY LEIGHTON REBECCA!!!

watching tv at my house 1.12.11

Shes ONE..wow..time flies..shes a little girl now!! wahhhh!

Ok so an update on me..where did I leave you hanging..?

Well Christmas flew by..

Its still winter which I am counting the days till nice weather so I can paint/stain/sand more furniture finds!  I havent been doing many home projects if any lately but I DID just do one today!  Well half way did one..

Im making a linen covered cork board to put above my new computer desk (which is another project I just got off craigs list for only 10 bucks!)..still in progress..didnt have enough upholstery tacks to finish it of course! 

Soo thats about it..winter makes me tired...I have no energy to do anything till this weather goes away!  The only thing exciting happening here is that we have begun the house hunt..which is more stressful that exciting.  Ill post pics of the house we just recently saw soon..time for bed!

12.2.10

Rest in peace Chubby...

Now go play with Putty, Missa and Collin!

I already hate December..

its begining to look a lot like..winter..

ICK!

As Ive gotten older Ive slowly begun to despise winter year after year.  Today was our first official day of snow/fluries/icky..enough to stick and make white patches everywhere.  Luckily mother earth and father sky have been kind to us so far..but Im thinking they are done with the niceness for a while!  I hate being cold all the time, my nose is either stuffed up or running, or both at the same time!  We (aka I) got the Christmas lights up outside and some decor up last weekend..gonna get the tree up this weekend if I have the energy.  Also got more Christmas shopping done today after I got off work early..just a few more things and were done! 

would you like to know what Im asking for this year for Christmas??

a horse...

a mansion

 

and of course..a  money tree!

AHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHAHAHA 

good one right?