We have a date!!!

We sign paperwork on our house October 1st and Lord Willing we will be moved in by November 1st. I'm so excited!!!!! I can not wait to post pics!

Waiting on a Closing Date!!!!

Yes you absolutely read right, we are waiting on a closing date on our house. I was hoping we would have closed by now but alas sometimes we just need a light lesson on patience.
I'm hoping within the next few weeks to get into the house and start cleaning. As soon as we get a closing date we will give notice here and start moving things. It will be a good time to do a deep purge at the same time.
It's definitely not my dream house I thought I was going to have but I can't wait to make the inside have that farmhouse feel!!!
Hubby will start clearing the land in back of the house and will till a perfect garden spot and we will be figuring out where we will have our chicken coup in the spring!!
I plan on planting some tulips and other fall planted bulbs if we get our closing date soon enough!!! In the spring hubby plans on building me 2 beautiful rock flower beds in front of the house.
At closing I will post pics of our house!!!

9/11/01

Where were you 13 years ago??
I was on my way to my grandparents house 2 weeks away from having my 3rd son. We had stopped by a little mom and pop store to get drinks and snacks for my little boys. Dh had rushed into the car telling me the news. I remember watching tv with my grandparents for a couple of hours completely in shock.
When we got home that night we found out one of hubby's cousins was in the Pentagon when that got hit as well. Thankfully she was alright.
As well as remembering all those whose lives were lost, today is a special day for me. It's the anniversary of my hubby's and I first date. 19 years we have been together.
Take a moment to reflect at how far people have come in 13 years and the families who were left with a hole on their hearts.
I'm thankful for our military who lives their lives to protect us. Those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Yes we do not have a perfect country but I'm thankful for our freedom.

Update

We may have found a place!!!! Actually a place found my hubby! It's not what I dreamed to have that we have been house searching for but Hubby and I have dreams of turning it into ours. We should know by the end of this month if we will have this house or not.
I can tell you it's a 3 br 2 ba home that we will turn into a 5 BR 3 BA home. I have decided if this is our forever home, I will be doing farmhouse decorating to give my home that farmhouse feel. It sits on 2.6 acres so I know we can have some chickens and goats as well as a garden.
I plan on putting faux tin as a back splash in the kitchen and putting in a farmers sink. I also want brushed oil bronze fixtures. Lord Willing our dream of owning our own home will become a reality soon!!

More Snow Coming

We have more snow predicted to come this week. Honestly I'm ready 40+ degrees and mud season to come!!
We're still waiting for some proceedings to continue so we know what's going on with our 4 foster children.
I had the pleasure the last 2 weeks if cleaning a 95 year old neighbors house. His wife passed away almost 15 years ago. Cleaning his house has flooded some wonderful memories of long ago. He mentioned 2 of his favorite foods his wife had made for him so I googled a recipe for Crybaby Cookies and called my grandmother for her Salmon Loaf recipe. The Crybaby cookies my clan liked and he said he liked the Salmon Loaf. (none of my family likes fish)
I was given some more cookbooks this past week as well that from the 50's and one of my closest friend gave me her husband's Julia Child cookbook!:)
Have a great week!!:)

Snow Day

We had a great snow day today! We have been playing lots of games together.
Here's a pic if our homemade pizza and our cookie pizzas.

We ended the night with a few family rounds of Bingo and Charades.

Behind on the Blogging...

It's been awhile! No new news on getting closer to owning our little Farm but I do have some more decorating ideas!! I'm subscribing to Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living, Country Sampler magazines and have noticed chalk board paint is. Common theme this year. I love some of the idea! I want to have a memo wall in our dream home with chalkboard paint on top and the cork squares under it. I'm also thinking of getting dry erase Calenders for each of the children's bedroom doors, that way they know when their own practices are, vacations, etc...
I love dreaming of the future. :)
Congrats to the Seattle Seahawks on their blow out Super bowl Win!!!!!(even though I was cheering for Denver)