King of the Castle

Well, I promised Beth a post but I have yet to deliver. I have been extremely busy, very tired and fresh out of witty blog topics. I suppose I could at least update everyone on recent events.

Thanks to all of you that have shared my excitement over buying a house! It's always nice to hear my family be supportive and excited with me. I can't even explain the mix of emotions I'm experiencing. I'm super excited, anxious and scared to death! Buying a house is such a big deal to me. I never thought I'd get to this point! Everything has been working out smoothly and I'm surprised by it. Chris and I never seem to accomplish things without type of road block. We found THE house within our first few days of looking. The sellers accepted our first offer. The mortgage stuff went along easily. The inspector said we were buying a great house. Per the inspector the sellers had to fix the dryer vent and replace 2 windows. All the windows are double paned and on 2 of them the gas between the panes had leaked out and they fogged up. That was it. Today, we set the final closing date and time. We are to close on the 16th. That is 2 weeks away! Packing and the actual moving part is no fun. I'm ready to just be there.

I've heard before that a man's home is his castle, but not really because the woman runs the whole home. In my case, this house really is my man's castle. I can say whatever I want to on here because I know Chris doesn't read these blogs. This man has taken over! He has decided exactly what he wants to do with every room (color scheme, decoration, style, etc.) and I have no say. Well, he didn't say that but I clearly see how this is going. Yes, my big hairy brute of a husband has a flair for interior decorating. Which is fine and all, but at least give me one room! We were squabbling over the bathroom theme and it occured to me that there will not be one feminine touch in the whole house. At first I thought, "Okay, pick your battles. Who cares what he chooses for the bathroom. As long as he stays out of my kitchen we will be fine." First I lost the kids bathroom, then I lost our bathroom, then I lost our bedroom, then I lost the livingroom and finally he took over my kitchen. I put my foot down! Well, I tried. Finally after voicing that it was my house too and I am allowed to put my stamp somewhere he says I can have our bedroom. Uh, no. We bought new bed clothes at a huge sale (got a $300 king size bed set for $100) just a few weeks ago. I was polite and compromised enough that we picked something we both liked, well mostly he liked and I could live with. If the bedroom was mine and I knew that I wasn't going to get to contribute to any other spot in the house I would have girled it up. I'm talking pink flowers everywhere! I would have over-girled it just to make a statement. LOL. Oh well. He can start the house out however he wants and then I will just change it to my way as we go along. He'll never notice. LOL. Ha! He may not notice my hair but he will notice the decor!

So anyway, that has completely taken over my life for the time being. In other news MACY CAUGHT HER FIRST FISH! We went to the family farm over labor day and fished in one of the ponds. We had only been fishing a few mintues when she got it. She stood in front of me and we casted it out together. She had a little chartruese grub on her hook. She started reeling it in and jerked it up real quick. She said, "Mommy, I'm stuck! I got caught!" We had caught a tree branch and snagged up just before that. So I took her pole, started reeling it in and realized that it was not a tree at all. So I gave her back the pole and told her to keep reeling. You should have seen her face when she pulled the fish out of the water. It was like Christmas morning! She was so proud. We snapped a few pictures and then Caden took the hook out of it's mouth. I was proud of him for that too. He usually won't touch the fish. He grabbed it and took charge and released it. It was the smallest little baby bass i've ever seen. It was maybe 5 inches long. Nevertheless, it was a fish and it was all hers. Yay Macy! That's all for now. I have packing to do!