Moving, Pups, etc.

Well it was a busy weekend. BJ ended up working overtime on Friday - he worked a total of 16 hours! After he recovered from that we spent time fridge shopping (still not sucessfully - I just can't decide!), picking up random things for the move, cleaning, cleaning some more (the house was open for visitors on Sunday to find new renters), organizing, and packing.

The highlight of our weekend was a van full of boxer puppies in the Walmart parking lot. I'm not sure if that's too good of an idea - buying puppies out of a van at Walmart.... but it was fun to play with the puppies a bit. They had three for sale, two boys and one girl - BJ fell in love with one of the boy pups. Good thing we have decided to wait until we have grass to get a dog - otherwise we might have been tempted... :) Plus, we want to have the time to train the dog really well. Right now we don't have time to watch a movie, let alone raise a puppy!

Grandma Murphy's 89th

Here's a photo from BJ's Grandma Murphy's 89th birthday!



We had a great time visiting with everyone and were so happy to be able to take BJ's dad, Grandma, and Shelia out to see the house. Yesterday I stopped by to see the progress. We have shutters, a white frame around the front door, and a lot more of the painting done (the doors and the fireplace mantel in particular).




Two weeks and one day to our move in date! This week I'm going through our list of utilities (phone, gas, electric, water, etc.) and setting up our service. This weekend we'll be buying a new fridge and packing up the house!

Like a Crushed Ice?

We recieved another letter from Juevyllee (our sponsored child) and her mother yesterday. Juevyllee asks, "How does it feel when there's a snow? Is it like a crushed ice?".

She's so adorable. :)

New Move In Date

We have a new move-in date... March 9th! With the weather being so bad things have been delayed a bit, but that's fine with us because we have so much to do! We've been trying our best to actually go through all of our stuff before packing it up, to be sure we don't bring along stuff to the new house that we don't want or ever use. Plus my new goal is to get and stay organized so I've been trying to sort and find realistic places to store stuff (such as the mail - which is never going to actually make it upstairs to the office). :)

BJ and I went out to the house last night (which actually works now that we have electricity - no more need for flashlights!) - and we have a few new additions - namely toilets and shutters. Sweet, I know. :) - Jessie

Icy Days

BJ and I had the past couple of days off (Xavier was closed, and BJ flexed time so that he wouldn't have to drive in the bad weather). We spent most the time going through stuff in our house and starting to pack. We think the cats think somethings up. :)

I've got a cold and it stinks.

Here's some of our snowy day photos....

New Home Picts

There's been a lot more done over the past week or so. Here's some photos BJ took yesterday...

Here's our upstairs hall bath and our laundry room / back hall closet.



Here's our staircase.



Here's our kitchen... :) I'm going to need a step ladder because I can only reach the first two out of four shelves. I guess BJ could hide my Christmas presents us there!



We should in in about 3 weeks!

Trip to Columbus :)

BJ and I had a great time this weekend visiting my friend Jessica and her husband Ryan. I've missed seeing her! I'm so happy that they live closer now. :) Here's some photos....

Me and Jess...



BJ with the pups....



The four of us...



Hanging out...



After our visit we stopped by the house for a visual update... We have all the flooring in now except for the carpet, the fireplace mantle is in (this will be painted white), and the doors are on upstairs. Very fun! :)