Things quickly went from zero to 60. It’s amazing how that happens. Monday I had an in-teacher service day at school. Tuesday and today was a seminar. Tomorrow I’m back in the classroom. Thankfully Monday is a holiday The seminar was really interesting but I’ll go into that more on my other blog. I want to document some stuff.

It’s been really, really cold here lately and I hate it. Cold is okay, but as cold as it’s been lately we are just not prepared to handle. I hate it!!!

I have decided to start accepting myself and stop beating myself up over it. I’m 50 years old, isn’t it time to act like a grown up??? For years I’ve been searching for the best weight loss supplement and I haven’t found it. Maybe I should just accept things the way they are and get on with my life…..

That’s it for now. I’m off to document some stuff on my teaching blog.

Well, I’ve been busy. I’ve been packing and cleaning and getting lessons ready so I don’t have to worry about them. Lots going on. The bad news is that the past few days brings a new problem with the house. First it was the electricity, which worked out fairly well. Next came the appraisal – it came in low. That means we have to come up with more money. We are really tight right now on the money so we had to figure out a way to do that. We may have solved this problem, not sure yet. Then yesterday the biggest blow of all, a lien that we did not know existed and has been in place since 1996 is on Hubby. Until we get that lien removed we can’t take possession of the house. I’m trying hard to remain upbeat. Every problem we’ve encountered so far has resolved itself, I’m trying to keep a positive thought that this will too. But it is such a huge thing it’s hard to remain positive. So keep your fingers crossed for me.

I wrote a really long post the other day but it seems to have gotten eaten by the blogging gods. I hate when that happens. Anyway, it’s a new year. I am usually the type who looks forward to the new year with great anticipation. The new year is always like a line in the sand for me, I cross it and everything changes. I can throw off all that happened before and start new. If it was a bad year/month/week/whatever, I can start with a clean slate and none of what happened before affects me. This year is different. First because I’m literally in the middle of buying a house. We had the offer accepted about 30 days ago and the house closes in 27 days. So I’m smack in the middle. I can not throw that off – it’s there and it’s not going away. Second, last year was a pretty good year, as years go. It was not perfect at all but it was darn good. A lot of things happened that I’m very pleased with, not the least of which is the aforementioned house. So this year I was not all gung-ho about the new year and it’s weird to feel that way. But you know what? It happened anyway and it is a new year so here goes.

Today we are meeting the electrician over at the new house. The electrical needs to be upgraded and he’s going to give us an estimate for it. I have my fingers crossed that it’s not too much. We are trying to get the seller’s to pay at least some of it, we’ll see what happens. The house needs a lot of things the electrical is just the most urgent. It needs new tiles, new appliances, new Danze faucets, new paint, the floors redone, okay I’ll stop there, you get the idea.

Well, I have nothing else to say. I guess I’ll get ready to go for my run.

I can pretty well assure you that this blog will rapidly become all house stuff all the time. It’s turning that way pretty quickly. Anyway, I used to love to watch those shows where they redid houses. For some reason about 2 years ago I stopped watching them. I’m not sure why but I did. Last night I started watching them again, actually I think it was the night before. Anyway, I’ve already gotten a number of ideas for the house and I really just can’t wait to get in there and start working on the place. But one thing I’m not sure about is the backsplash for the kitchen sink. Tile is a popular option but I’ve seen a stainless steel backsplash that looked pretty cool. So, there are clearly more decisions to make about all kinds of things. It’s going to be a long, slow process.

When buying a house there is so much new stuff to learn about. For instance, what exactly do I know about home insurance? Nothing. I finally figured out car insurance and now I have to learn a whole new one. Then shop for it. Yikes!!!! I’m also rapidly becoming an expert in things I never cared about like plumbing and electrical, roof issues. Please. This is exactly why I never wanted to own a house. I have way too much responsibility in my life as it is now I have to become an expert in areas I don’t care about. Oh well, I guess there are good and bad to every situation.

We went by the house today.  I’ve been by it a few times but today the door was open so we went inside.  There is lots to do and we are going to need to be creative to make this small house ours.  The kitchen is very small and we may actually have to change it completely in order to make it work.  There is a door right in the middle of one wall of the kitchen.  It seems like we are going to lose that door so we can extend the counters to have more room.  Then it looks like we are going to make a half wall between the living room and one bedroom.  That bedroom will be my workout room and by making a half wall we’ll open up the living room some.  I think it will be really cute.

For 50 years I’ve rented and been of the mindset that I can’t do too much to anyplace I live.  It’s a bit of an adjustment to switch to the thinking that we can do anything we want to.  It’s getting real exciting to think of things for the house; bookcases, shelving, sliding doors, rackmount, appliances, sinks, tubs, just all kinds of things. It’s starting to sink in that I can do anything I want to this house and never have to explain it to anyone. I love it.

I’m trying to post I’m really trying….. In spite of the fact that I’m home all day and not working it seems like I just don’t have enough time to post.  Oh well, I’ll do the best I can.

This morning I had some errands to run and went out to my car to find it dead. Completely.  Nothing.  Hmmm…. I’ve only had the car for 2 months, the battery can not possibly be dead yet.  At least it shouldn’t be.  So I called road service to come jump it and it took a lot to get that puppy started.  We worked on it for about 20 minutes before it finally turned over.   Once it was running again I took it straight to the dealership to have it looked at.  It appears that the battery was just bad.  They checked the charging system and all is working fine so it appears that the battery is at fault.  The good news is that while I was waiting for them to check out my car I had time to get my hair cut.  So it all turned out well.

Now I’m off to drop Entrecards and Adgitize.

That’s what’s happened here. Serious neglect. If this blog was a child it would be taken away from me. If this blog was an animal I’d be charged with abuse. It’s terrible. I have just been so busy lately that I can not seem to find time, or the energy, to write things here. So I’m making a commitment. I post on Cake almost everyday. That seems to be my main blog. The others, Teacher, Pet, Photo, and this one, I tend to let slide and that is wrong. So, starting today, I’m going to alternate the blogs I post on. I’ll probably do Cake about every day, but the other four I’ll rotate so that each one gets posted on every week. That will take the pressure off me to try to keep them up constantly but still have them posted on regularly.

I’ve also been a real slacker on Entrecard and Adgitize. I’m thinking of pulling some ads on Adgitize, a different blog every month, and working on dropping again every night. I enjoy visiting and dropping on all the other blogs and it really only takes about 30 minutes or so. I spend 30 minutes on Farmville I can certainly find 30 minutes for blogs. Plus it helps me relax and unwind. So I think I’ll get back on that wagon again.

If only life wasn’t so busy and I didn’t feel like I was riding ellipticals all the time. Seriously!! Sometimes, okay lots of times, I feel like I’m on a treadmill that’s going way too fast.  I feel like I’m barely able to hold on.  Well, I guess that’s better then being bored, right??

Okay, I’m off.  Things to do and this is not getting them done.

I am not a patient person. When I make a decision I want to act and get it done. I think that’s why I have such a hard time losing weight but that’s for another blog. I’ve come around and am incredibly excited about the house so now I want to be there. I am done with this house and want to be in the new one. Sundays are cleaning days. I put the soaps on and clean the house. Today my heart just wasn’t in it. I’m done here, can we please just move on already???

When we move we are pretty much throwing everything out. Most of the furniture is pretty old so we’ve decided we are not even taking it with us. So, even though I can’t buy anything yet, I’ve been looking at furniture. I want a new bedroom set, new bookcases, new patio furniture cushions, even new dishes. I want to get everything new. But slowly, over time, I’m not in a big rush, though I am done

again. Hubby and I have been married for 20 years. During that time we have argued. Big. Time. Then we grew up and just had little disagreements. For about the past 5 years or so we haven’t had any real arguments because I’ve learned how to handle him. We’ve gotten angry with each other but there have been no real fights. As a result we’ve kind of lost the ability to argue effectively. That has to change. Soon. We had our first argument over the house today. Hubby wants to paint the house before we move in. I, knowing that we are going to redo each room, don’t really care and think it’s a waste of time. That lead to a fight. He got all pissed off because I thought painting was a waste of time and he said to forget it and didn’t want to talk about it anymore. That’s what he does. But that is not going to work this time. We are talking about a house and the things we want to do with it. We are not talking about whether to take the dogs for a walk or not, that’s usually what we get angry over. So I told him we are going to have to learn to argue again. There is going to be a lot of things we disagree about and we are going to have to work them out. In this case, even though I think painting is a waste of time, I just don’t care enough about it. If he wants to paint, we’ll paint. Whatever. I’m not going to be excited about everything he wants to do and I don’t expect him to be excited about everything I want to do. So what. If it really matters we’ll come to a compromise. If it doesn’t matter to one of us, the other wins by default. I can see the disagreements that will be coming; the furniture, the kitchen appliances, the counter tops, the bathroom, the plasma mounts; yeah, it could get ugly.