Snow Day

Well you are not going to believe that we had a snow day on Thursday March 22! The latest in history for Portland. At our house we had about 3-4 inches. It was beautiful and I loved it. Its just that it is spring now! We had a 2 hour late and no morning Kindergarten......so I was able to go to work late and get some stuff done in my classroom. This is looking our our front door. We had more than what this looks like. So now it is spring break. I am at home working on a bunch of stuff that needs to get done. I have finally started on Noelle's quilt and plan on finishing it this week. Dad will be working all week so I should have plenty of time. I have already washed clothes, folded them, ironed, washed mirrors, vacuumed, made some appointments for next week, spackled and painted spots in the house that needed it and got the dishes done. Pepper and I still need to go for our walk since it is not raining or snowing, he really likes the walks we take. If I have any good stories over spring break I will let you know.

Valentine's Day

Dad and I had a really nice Valentine's Day. He took me out to lunch. We ate at Olive Garden and the waitress asked us what we had planned for Vday. We just looked at each other then said "unpacking boxes". We are trying to get things sorted, put away and given away still. We have to much stuff. Dad's garage is shaping up however and we can walk around in there!

We started hanging up grand children pictures in the den from last June. They are looking pretty great and the den is looking a little more like home. We also put some family pic in the hall.

We are looking forward to having a visit from Grandma and Grandpa this weekend. They are pretty excited about coming to see the house. Grandma and I are going shopping and Dad and Grandpa will probably watch the basketball games on TV. Hope everyone has a long 4 day weekend.

Getting there

We were able to go up to Seattle and visit Mom and Dad. This was the first time in 15 years that dad has been home for his birthday. We had a nice celebration at Pat and Dawns. We will have to start planning his 80 th next year. It was a really nice celebration.

This is the new murphy bed. Yeah it is up and going. I also got my new blinds for my windows. They go down from the top and come up from the bottom. I also got a new shade for the slider. It looks so nice.

Come and visit us and you can sleep in either room!

Our New Home

We have been in our new home for about a month now. Our official move in date was the 20th of Dec. It took 2 days with the moving truck. We have been living in a sea of boxes. And we still have more boxes in the storage unit! Jim was able to clear some boxes out of the garage and I am able to get my car in there. The yellow bug and the utility trailer are also in the garage. And he is getting some things hung up, put away and is trying to make a work space. Plus he is working 10 hour + days.

The kitchen is pretty much put away but there are some quirks that need some

attention. We have a 3 day weekend so maybe we can look into some things. My sewing room is going to need a lot of attention! I have pared down to only 2 extra bedrooms instead of 3. We need to look for a murphy bed so that we have room for guests and sewing.

Come and visit us. We are not quite there in the unpacking but

we would love to see you.

Sold

We can't believe that we are moving. Our house was on the market for 11 days and we had 3 offers. We are so excited to move. Instead of putting up the Christmas decorations and tree we are packing up boxes and getting rid of stuff. 22 and 1/2 years of stuff. WOW. We have a really nice home to go to and I feel it is a step up from where we are now. 3 car garage, air, central vac, 1 level, big family room right off the kitchen, master bath. Ooooh can't wait. We will take pictures and send a card soon. We are pretty tired at the end of the day.

Also, just a random note, Pepper started coughing this morning. He was hacking like he had been a smoker. Jim had the day off and took him to the vet. I was able to call at about 10:00 (during recess time) and asked how he was. The vet said he had laryngitis. He gave him some antibiotics in shot form with steroid in it. He is still coughing. I have never heard of a dog getting this. I thought it was kinda funny. Hopefully he will be ok and not keep us up all night coughing. :)

For Sale

Our House will be for sale soon. We have been so busy moving things to a storage unit and getting things cleaned out. Jim says "the hoarder in me is resisting". We have moved some furniture our and around so it looks like there is more room. I told the Realtor that you spend your whole time trying to make your house a home then you tear it all down so that people think it looks bigger. The walls look pretty bear and so does the refer. I can't stand it. But then on the other hand we have so much stuff, I really like how clean the bedroom looks with out all the book cases. The professional photographer will be out to take some pictures on Tuesday so...... probably by the end of the week it should be on the market.

We have not looked for a house yet, just a few times on line. Maybe some time soon we can go for a drive and find something that will fit for us. We do have a few guide lines, a shop, 2 car garage, a large kitchen with storage, larger master bath, one level with family room, and not a lot of yard work. It would be nice to have a fenced in back yard, up dated appliances etc and at least 3 bedrooms, and RV parking. We will see what is out there. I am just hoping that we will have some bites on our home. We have done a lot of improvements to the home and the land. It has been a good home to raise 3 kids. We just don't have any one to help us with the yard work any more!:-)

Good news and sad news

I have good news. I am down to 27 children in my classroom! Yea! They have hired a new teacher (who I know because she has been at the Kindergarten in services in the past) and she is wonderful. We are busing some kids down from a neighboring school and that will start to happen this week. Our numbers should all round out to be about the same. Work was enjoyable, instead of just manageable.

Jim had a good weekend, he was able to go down and visit Ian and Shannon and the grand kids. His main purpose was to go to the BYU game and they won. Go Cougs. That was pleasant because last weekend was really bad. I have no idea who showed up to play ball because it was not typical of BYU.

On Monday evening I took Keren out to dinner and she left for Salt Lake Tuesday morning driving the truck and pulling their trailer by her self. Then she flew out Wednesday for Florida. After I dropped off Keren from dinner I called over to the Morgans to see if it was ok to drop off a book for Dianne. Bryan answered the phone and told me that he found his brother, Jim dead. He was suppose to be at their house Sunday evening for a family gathering but did not show up and Bryan's mom was getting worried because she could not get ahold of him. Bryan went to his apartment on Monday and found him. The funeral was Friday afternoon. It is so hard to loose family members. My Grandma told me once that you knew you were getting old when your family and friends started dying around you. We, Jim and I, knew Bryan's brother just a little, thru the Morgan family get togethers, weddings etc. All of the Morgans came for the funeral and it was good to see Brad, Allison and Trevor again.

I think that tomorrow I will call a realtor. I have 2 that I think I will be able to choose from. I am wishing that we will be able to sell, but don't have to many hopes. I hate the stairs, and I am done doing yard work. There is just to much. If by some miracle we do sell the house, of course we don't know where we would go, some where around here of course because we are both still working..... but you kids had better come and get any of your stuff. I will be purging!