Life at the Moment

This weekend we are auctioning our old house. That will be this evening. I'm a little nervous. I'm happy that the spirea, clematis, and roses are in bloom so that there's plenty of curb appeal. It's such a cute house, I'm sad to leave it. I hope the person who buys it will love it. I just had to remind Jared Not to tell prosepective buyers that we had 2 babies born in the large soaker tub in the master bathroom...


Most of the stress in getting the house ready was finishing the bonus room. Rob did the texturing, my dad and I painted, Jared did the trim and windowsill, and the carpet... well, that's a whole nother story. But it looks great. I wish we had finished it while we lived there, but Jared had so much stuff in there it seemed like too big a task to move everything out, do the work, move it back. So the next owner will be the first person to enjoy our hard work and money spent on that room. The cost wasn't too bad though-- less than $1000.



My sister Emily sent me some of her daughter Sophie's clothes, and so I took this picture of Ellie in the pink toile suit for Emily to see:


Ellie has been teething and grumpy a lot lately. If someone is holding her and playing with her though she's usually OK. We need to get this house sold so I can spend more time playing with her, and with the boys. I've been more busy with getting the old house ready than I thought I would be, and the kids have been getting the short end of the stick.

Last night I sat through the second half of the open house (Friday afternoon was slow, so I worked on cleaning windows and scrubbing scuff marks off floors, etc.) I was so tired afterwards that I hid upstairs and made Jared feed the boys dinner. He took this picture of them eating their "bean fanchets."