The Back Yard

WOW! Why do we always take on these BIG projects. Why can't I ever do something simple? The backyard is a mess. We had / have a goal of having the deck completed by Monday. We do have the screen porch rescreened and painted. The door needs to be put on. The base of the deck is done we just need to screw in the deck boards. We probably would have been on schedule but the rain the past two afternoons have messed that up. Hopefully we will kick butt on Saturday morning and be ready to use the pool on Labor Day. Maybe mother nature will hold out for us.

POOL IS IN!!

YEA! The pool is in! We filled it all day yesterday and all night last night. I turned the water off this morning because if I had left it on all day it would have run over. I have about 3 more inches to fill and it is done. We are soo excited. Katie is ready to jump in tonight. Now we have the deck to build. I will post some pics soon.

Life in the fast lane...

Why does my life have to be soo crazy? Well Katie, mom and I got back from our trip to Jacksonville for my cousins wedding. We had soo much fun. It was great to get to go to the beach two times in one year.

Looking at the pictures that I took I cannot believe how big Katie is getting. She will be 10 in just a couple of months. Tomorrow is the first day of school. I can't believe she is going to be in the 4th grade. Where has all the time gone?

Well things are progresssing with the pool. I have a huge dirt mess in my backyard right now but hopefully by next weekend there will be a pool in its place. As always this week is going to fly by and I am not going to be any further ahead. My house is a disaster area. I need a maid! But like my friend Lauren I would probably clean for the cleaning lady and that just does not make any sense.

I think there are more important things than an immaculate house. Like spending time with your kids. The housework will still be here when they are gone.

POOL NEWS

Ok it is official. My husband is trying to kill me. It is not a quick death noooo it is slow and painful. We came home from work today and got started on the yard. Our friend Clint came over to help Wade and I. Without him we would still be out there. We got the fence taken down and the shed torn down. I also got the yard sprayed for ants. (per the pool people) The tree company will be here in the morning to start taking out the 8 trees that need to come out. I should have taken a before pic tonight before it got dark but I forgot. I will try to get one in the morning when I leave for work. I know it is going to look like a disaster zone when I get home tomorrow.

The pool is scheduled to be installed the week of August 6th. At least we may get 4-8 weeks out of the pool before we have to close it down. Wonder how long it is going to take to fill it up and get warm? Oh YIKES.. wonder how much my water bill is going to be?

YIkes!! No blog entry in 2 weeks?

Ok I admit I am sooo bad at this. I am even bad at reading my friends blogs. My friend Lauren could have said all kinds of bad stuff about me in her blog and I would not have even known it. The problem is that the webnatzis at work will not let me have access to my blog therefore I cannot check it or ready anyone elses. After working on the computer all day at work I really don't like to come home and turn mine on.

Well I have been busy doing the auction thing. Things at the booth are doing well. I am making a little bit of money. It is at least paying for my habit.

On to today... Wade and I got a wild hair and we purchased a pool today. Yup you heard me right... a swimming POOL! I am excited. They had them 50% off. I understand that this is the end of the season but we will get some use out of it before we close it down for the winter. We have a ton to get done. We have trees to cut, fence to take down & move, a storage building to remove, get a backhoe and move dirt oh and a deck to build.

Hopefully we can have everyone over for an end of summer party. I will take pics of the progress. We are planning on starting on Monday. Wish me luck!

Back From Vacation!

WE ARE BACK!!!

We all had so much fun! The photo is of our whole group. Our best friends Edna, Whit & Megan Cooze went to Myrtle Beach with us. Chris also took his friend Brandon. We had some adventures along the way. On Sunday when we arrived it rained most all of the day. But that did not stop us from going to the beach. It was just raining so we stayed out. Heck we were already wet what did it matter. On Sunday when we checked in the remote controls did not work. On Monday or maybe Tuesday the fire alarm went off in our room every time we opened the balcony door. Come to find out the batteries were dying and all three needed to be changed. Other than that we had a smooth time. We ended the week by leaving the beach on Thursday and drove up to Charlotte. We stopped and visited Hendrick Motorsports and Lowes Motorspeedway. Chris was in Nascar heaven. The only thing that would have been better is if we had actually gotten to meet Jeff or Jimmie. The whole vacation was very relaxing. I hate the thought of going back to work on Monday.

Myrtle Beach HERE I COME!!!

Ok it is 11:52 pm the night before we leave for the beach. I am just now finished packing the bags and the car. We are ready... Well except that we left my camera in Wade's truck and it is at his brothers house. So we have to make a stop there in the morning before we head out. I am soooo ready. I will post pics and details next Sunday! Off to bed to get ready for the 8 hour drive.

VACATION!!

We leave for vacation to Myrtle Beach on Sunday!!! I am so excited I can't stand it! We are going with our friends the Cooze family. I talked to Edna today and she is like me she can't wait. I know this will be the longest week of the entire year. It is even a short week. Luckily work won't be too busy. It is month end and I have a ton to get done before I leave so it will make the week fly by.

News from the Wood Family

Wade and I have made a big decision. We are putting ourselves out on a limb and have made an offer on a house. Not another one for us to live in but investment property. We are looking to fix it up and sell it for a profit. We will find out by Monday if they accepted our offer. While we were there writing the offer there was another couple waiting outside to come in and look at it. Thankfully they did not see that we were writing the offer and hopefully ours will be accepted first. But in reality the buyer may hold out till the last minute to see if any better offers come in. Keep your fingers crossed.

In the meantime my other booth has come open at the Antique Mall. If I don’t take it I will loose it. So if I don’t get the house I will still want to keep going with the booth. I hate being an adult and having to make decisions. I just have gotten to the point to where you have to spend money to make money. If you don’t put yourself on the line you can’t get ahead. Heaven knows I am not going to get rich just working my regular job. Wade and I are just trying to find other ways to earn some extra income.

How does everyone do it?

OK I am absolutely exhausted! I feel as though I have not stopped for 2 weeks now. This is the first time I have had a few minutes to write. We have been on the go and I have not been home to get anything done. I cannot even remember the last time I cooked a meal. I know we have been eating out all the time. I have been throwing laundry in as I am breezing in the house so I have clean clothes but... they are all piled on the pool table.. (thanks Edna..you warned me).

I just feel like I am going to loose my mind. I am at my wits ends. Which by the way does not take long to get to. I have been in a horrible mood lately and have snapped at everyone. I finally got some sleep this weekend. Maybe that will help. Vacation is only 2 weeks away so hopefully I will get some much needed rest.

Well got to run Katie and I are headed back to the pool. It thundered earlier and we left. No thunder is over 45 min so I think it is safe to go back. I need the relaxation!!

Bloggin

Ok I have realized that this bloggin stuff is hard. With the summer here I am soo busy. Also with getting the antique booth I have been to auctions at least 3 times a week. I didn't realize this hobby would turn into a full time job. I got my first check from Knitting Mills (where the booth is). But to my dismay the only person that sold anything was my sister inlaw. But on a good note on Monday I sold 1 possibly 2 items. Hopefully I can find my nich. I just don't know what sells the best right now. Our booth is a hodgepoge of items.

Well I have to run. For some reason the laundry fairy does not stop here anymore and do my wash for me. It is amazing how many clothes this family wears.

Exhausted

The weekend has finally caught up to me. I am tired of auctions and junk. Tomorrow I have a baby shower at work and then Friday is Open House at work. I will be there from 7 AM to 9 or 10 PM. Oh and Saturday is my neighborhood yard sale. Maybe on Sunday I can get some rest.

Antique Booth

I am sure that you have all been waiting to see the pics of the booth. Well wait no more here it is....

Isn't it great! I am auctioned out though. We were at auctions this last weekend from Friday - Monday. On Monday we went to two that day. Hopefully we made some money over the weekend to make up for what I have spent.

Auction Crazy

We have been busy this week with loading in our Antique Booth. I have been cleaning and repairing furniture that we have gotten. I am on my way down there today to put more in that we bought last night. We are heading out again tonight to another auction. There are 3 more between now and Monday. Hopefully this little venture will be lucrative. I will take my camera and get a picture of the booth. It is called Wood Brothers Antiques.

Wedding Photos

Yea! It is over!! The renewal of wedding vows for my inlaws was today. I am exhausted. I was up until 2:30 am putting together a CD to use at the wedding since we were unsure about the piano player. You all know that after doing all that work she did show up today. But better to be safe than sorry. I got up and to my brother in laws this morning for his neighborhood yard sale. I made a purchase by myself and the guys were pleased. I got at table & 4 chairs for $35.00. Anyway I think I am pulling a Lauren and digressing again...

The wedding was beautiful. As you can see by the photo. Don't we all look gorgeous!!! After the wedding we had to go to my nephews graduation. I am just now getting home. I am loading the pics to Walmart.com so I can get them printed tomorrow. If I don't it will be days or weeks before I got that done. Who knows I may get creative and do them a wedding scrapbook. (Note: I have not even done my own so no one needs to hold their breath on this one.)

Guess what I did?

Well I made the plunge. I am now the proud owner of a booth at Knitting Mills Antiques. Wade & I along with his brother Jeff & wife Laurie are going to fill it up. This way we can get rid of all the junk we buy at the auction. We LOVE the auction and the thrill of buying a bargain. But I want to try and make some $$. We are going to try it for 6 months and see how it goes. Who knows we may not make a dime. But you don't know until you try. I am excited. So that means we are going to be busy the next couple of weeks going to auctions and buying stuff.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I know you are reading this and thinking .... did you loose your mind. An Anniversary and Mother's Day all in the same weekend! My mother has been saying this for 11 years now. Don't ask me why I picked the day before Mother's Day to get married. Hind sight I guess I could have picked another day but I wanted to get married in May and that was the only weekend available. (ok so I don't remember for sure but it sounds like a good answer.) Sorry like my friend Lauren I am digressing.

Mother's Day this year was spent getting up and going to church with my mom. After church we went and had lunch at Ryan's. We met my in laws Lynne & Billy there also. We had a nice lunch. After lunch we headed back to our house for a photo op and change clothes and then we went to Lowe's. We picked up mulch and a few plants and went to mom's house to work in the yard. It is amazing what some weeding and a few bags of mulch will do. The yard looks great! So now that I am exhausted I am going to bed and get ready for the week ahead.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! (to me)

Friday May 11, 2007 Wade and I have been married for 11 years. Can you believe it? Who would have thought it would have ever lasted this long! LOL. Wade really put some thought into our anniversary. He brought me flowers to work on Friday and planned our whole evening. We had dinner at Hennen's. By the way it was FABULOUS!! After dinner we walked around downtown and stopped at Ben & Jerry's for ice cream. We were going to take a carriage ride but because it looked like it was going to rain there were not any carriages out. We ended our evening at the hotel room that he had reserved. I was soo impressed that he did all that just for us. So ok he has brownie points for a while...

Whew!

Boy has it been a whirlwind of a week. The weekend has gone by just as quick. The plan was to get up on Saturday morning and go to the yard sales and then head up to Tansi. Well it was such a yucky rainy day we hung out at home. We got up early today and headed up there. We got a ton of stuff done. We got 10 bags of mulch put out, the water turned on, the air conditioner put in the window, cleaned the bathrooms & the kitchen. Oh and I also vacuumed the whole place. It is ready for us to go up for Memorial Day weekend. I am pooped now. I got home and put clothes in the wash. Why is a woman's work never done?

Lookouts Game

Well we went to the Chattanooga Lookouts game on Monday night. Katie won a ticket at school for being the most improved. I got the box seats that my company has so that we could be more comfortable instead of sitting in the cheap seats. Well our surprise the seats were GREAT! We were right behind home plate. We got to see all the action. We also were sitting around all of the scouts for the other teams. It was really neat. The weather was so nice. We actually enjoyed our night out at the ballpark. We only lasted till the 6th inning. Katie had already eaten ice cream and was ready to go. We figured she wouldn't make it. Anyway she had to get home and get ready for bed.