So very big news today... I'm extremely glad we didn't end up taking that near perfect house the other day, turns out after talking to real estate agents and the police for the last hour that it was a big scam and several people are out nearly a thousand dollars each! Not us though, we were smart and careful and may help a lot with the police investigation (if they actually do anything about it). It felt really good to use my computer skills to track down IP addresses, phone numbers and title searches on the property/email contact and I hope we help them catch these guys. Internet fraud is just so rampant these days, it's scary. Scary and sad, what a selfish world.
Needless to say now we need to find another place to rent, we should have something by tomorrow though, I sure hope so anyway! Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Then I can set up my little nest and send my hunter off to find his bear.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Pregnancy Pondering
It's very weird to me now that here at 24+ weeks, almost done my whole second trimester and I just FINALLY feel like what I thought pregnant would be. I have a little moving hard lump in my belly I can see and feel, I've slowed down and definitely have trouble getting into our big truck, and I'm having to make adjustments to my life due to the 'belly's demands'. I'm kind of sad it took this long since it's already almost over but I also hear that time tries to stand still so maybe I'll get sick of it yet. I really thought I would have been more 'pregnant' til this point but I am glad for the experience now!
Baby update: still no name but lots of healthy kicking.
Last night we had fun with some of CK's buddies. We went to probably the largest house in this town, which was not quite done being built but the pool was! I didn't go swimming but some people were having a blast and there were neat sitting areas all in this indoor pool, one corner was Mayan themed, the other Pirate themed. Cool owners! CK got to hang with some friends and drink a few beers and all that wanted one had a safe ride home thanks to fatty-pants me over here.
The only other thing kind of blog-worthy about last night was the incredibly long demonstration of male hormones after the beer was gone and the night winding down. I'm talking about the Sat night amateur mixed martial arts wrestling, or whatever they want to call it. I've seen it plenty with CK and his Army buddies but this was pretty intense, the men got right into it!! So a whole crew of sore boys today, CK with a twisted back, another with a torn up shoulder, and one more with 2 black eyes... oh and a wife that laughs at them because they brought it on themselves.
Baby update: still no name but lots of healthy kicking.
Last night we had fun with some of CK's buddies. We went to probably the largest house in this town, which was not quite done being built but the pool was! I didn't go swimming but some people were having a blast and there were neat sitting areas all in this indoor pool, one corner was Mayan themed, the other Pirate themed. Cool owners! CK got to hang with some friends and drink a few beers and all that wanted one had a safe ride home thanks to fatty-pants me over here.
The only other thing kind of blog-worthy about last night was the incredibly long demonstration of male hormones after the beer was gone and the night winding down. I'm talking about the Sat night amateur mixed martial arts wrestling, or whatever they want to call it. I've seen it plenty with CK and his Army buddies but this was pretty intense, the men got right into it!! So a whole crew of sore boys today, CK with a twisted back, another with a torn up shoulder, and one more with 2 black eyes... oh and a wife that laughs at them because they brought it on themselves.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Finding a House
Today was a setback day. We thought we had found the perfect house, the right price in the right neighborhood... well close. This house is about 3 blocks on the wrong side of the neighborhood and with a new baby on the way I don't know if I can do it. At least with my computer savvy skills I did find the title on the house to match the people claiming to rent to us, so having a landlord out of our business all the way in England would have been nice. Anyway, I think I must drag CK down to the new town to check it out for ourselves (thank you anyway JK) as well as some other more expensive rentals I have listed.
I'm very disappointed that we didn't get to buy our first home this month but I am also glad my CK gets his time to wind down from the military without taking a job that he won't like. In the grand scheme of things we will be paying for the rest of our lives, 6 months rent won't kill us. Maybe it'll be best anyway to spend some time in this new country/state/city with our growing family before we sign away the rights to over $100,000.
Still plenty to look forward to, and that's what I'll keep telling myself in the frustrating moments of being homeless.
I'm very disappointed that we didn't get to buy our first home this month but I am also glad my CK gets his time to wind down from the military without taking a job that he won't like. In the grand scheme of things we will be paying for the rest of our lives, 6 months rent won't kill us. Maybe it'll be best anyway to spend some time in this new country/state/city with our growing family before we sign away the rights to over $100,000.
Still plenty to look forward to, and that's what I'll keep telling myself in the frustrating moments of being homeless.
Here I Go!
Trying out this blogging thing again, really have to keep up with the memories of this first pregnancy and the whole moving process. Welcome to my blog, can't wait to get in touch with all of you out there being more consistent than me!
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