Blogarrhea

What you are about to witness here on this post is a touch of Blogarrhea. It's a word that my brother Erik told me about a year ago. It made me laugh. It's where you post a lot of things on one post. So, here we go.

Today was Ethan's first day of school. He is excited, but on the downside, the new shoes
we got him for school ended up being too tight so I'm going to have to get a size up.
School was interesting this morning because they had an assembly first off and Ethan
was one of the minority. Just a few lone crackers in a sea of cute little Hispanic kids. Hopefully
it will go well today. :D

Next up is a picture of Missy on her first day of school down at BYU.
She's lovingly referred to as the "Chosen One" because she's cute and smart and athletic.
Deadly combination.

Next are the freebies that I got from my awesome Father-In-Law Nick and from an
alley by his restaurant. This Singer sewing table apparently belonged to Mrs. Osmond.
verified by Nick" the Name Dropper" Cash. Apparently one of the Osmond's
came in and commented that his mom had a sewing machine table just like that and
when Nick opened up the top- BAM! There were the names you see in the picture. It's a big story and I will no doubt be using it as a conversation piece to impress people. C'mon, wouldn't you?!

A lot of stuff, but I'm tired...

Jordanelle. It was fun. I'm still exhausted from moving and unpacking. On the upside my sister Missy is here, so I'm having fun with her. We went to The Time Travelers Wife last night. I bawled like a baby and she just looked at me like I was crazy. I'm taking her down to BYU tomorrow morning.

Not So Bad...

I am almost done packing up my little apartment, which to my surprise has seemed to double in size since I started packing. Which is, for me anyway, is an awesome thing because I get to purge certain useless items that I thought were going to be awesome/useful/relevant. I love to de-junk and moving is the best way to do that. I know, it sucks and is exhausting, but with the help of good friends, wink wink you know who you are, Kelly, V, and Jolene, it was pretty fun. So, coming soon...pictures of the new house and all these lovely boxes piled in it!

Boxes, Boxes, Boxes

This is fun....

HOly Hannah It's HoT!!!

Update on House

It has been awhile since I've posted. I know this. We have been busy. Our closing date was supposed to be on Friday, but it got pushed back to Monday (tomorrow). We've been in contact with our mortgage broker, Bucky's cousin's husband, JT and it's a jungle out there in the home-buying world! Changes in policies and nit picky things are making him run around and around. Don't get me wrong, this is better than people foreclosing on their mortgage, but it's a big pain in my butt!!!

But on a more positive note, we met a few neighbors and learned a little more about the school Ethan is supposed to go to. Here's the crazy thing about it. It's a circle school, which means it has no walls separating the classrooms. Yeah, try to imagine that. Kids getting taught different things at the same time in a gigantic time traveling school? A little too much for me. I'm going to try for a variance to another school or hopefully a charter school. That would be cool. It would be so cute to see him in a uniform.

Also, the apricot tree in the front yard is full of fruit! So, I'll be making a lot of jam and maybe some fruit leather. Anyone know how to make fruit leather?

Not Much Going On Here...

So I have a question, what do you post when you feel you're going to pull your hair out in frustration? A picture of my sleep deprived face (it's scary!) or a picture of my sick messy room because I don't have the oomph to clean it?

What, might you ask, am I frustrated about? Well, it's a little story like this. We are in the process of closing on a home. Plain and simple. Buying a house is so exhausting. Are we making the right move? Will the school Ethan goes to be good? What will the church be like up there? It's a lot. For me anyway. :) We are very blessed to be able to buy a house right now, I'm not saying that I'm ungrateful, but sometimes, I just want to crawl up into a ball and find eternal slumber. Well, at least until the house stuff is over.

So, is it just me or does the elementary school that Ethan is going to a bit scary? It looks a little like a high school to me. Here it is. Tell me what you think!