So What Wednesday 10.23.2013

I've been wanting to do a link up with some of my FAVORITE bloggers for a while, but I blog from my phone or iPad...but NOT TODAY FRIENDS!!! I busted out the lap top (for work purposes...and I'm totally working right?!).

So WHAT IF....

{ONE}

I stayed up WAYYY too late one night watching THIS VIDEO ...I'm obsessed with Miley...but I don't get the video at all...

{TWO}

I drank a little too much wine, grabbed a drill and took down an entire walls worth of canning shelves in the basement.  I'm getting things done!!!

{THREE}

I like beer...more than wine.

{FOUR}

I gave my daughter marshallows for breakfast?!  We totally make it out the door in 10 minutes yesterday!

{FIVE}

I want to hire a painter for my entire house....less work for me!  That's what I work for!!  (Oh yea...and because we still own another house...)

{SIX}

I bought Halloween candy and it is almost gone...

{SEVEN}

I try not to watch the Cards games because I feel like I am bad luck- and do far tonight it is true....ouch 

Conversations with my 2 year old...

Yesterday I gave Allie a slice of apple for lunch, I had the other slice for myself...here was our conversations.

A: I need your piece of apple mommy.

V: You have your own piece of apple Allie.

A: But I need yours now mommy.

V: Why Allie?

A: Because it's probably mine...

V: {hands her the apple slice}... What just happened...

A: mommy you want my pretzels? K...

 {hands me a few pretzels}

V: No thank you, mommy is not hungry right now.

A: NO, KEEP THEM MOMMY!!! I have plenty. 

V: o...k...

Allie walking around...toots... "Somebody stinky on me" 

Mimicking daddy...

A: "What the Hell..." {insert creepy smile/smirk} 

Oh there are so many more I can not think of right now... She's a riot... When she's being good :-) 

5 on Friday

Since I don't have an AWESOME computer to blog on I can't link up...so I'm going to do my own "5 on Friday" blog post.  It's 5 random things about my life that you get to know ('cause I'm gonna tell ya).

1) I had a total geek out moment earlier this week when 3 of my best friends; I mean bloggers that I stalk; started following me on Instagram! I feel so popular! They have a podcast that I've started listening to as well as blogs. My only thing is that it covers a lot of current TV shows and I don't watch much TV :-( 

2) Tomorrow we are going to talk to an interior designer to help us pick out paint colors for our house! Eekkk! I can't wait! I hope we find some good ones, and then a good painter who can have this done ASAP :-)

3)  I feel like ALL.MY.FRIENDS.ARE.KNOCKED.UP...enough said (imaybealittlejealousjustalittlebit) 

4) I am loving my 2nd part time job! Getting back into the swing of things, and getting to know all the clients! It is so much fun! I missed working in the water, it is helping me to see OT activities in a different way than I have been for the past 5 school years! And we get to play with a pumpkin 'cause its Halloween time, and they float...and they are heavy, so it is good for strengthening too! 

5) I'm nervous for Halloween...I think Allie is going to hate her costume (pink bunny outfit- it was $4 at Goodwill- new with tags on!) Last year was bad, Allie ran around the street crying and finally we figured out it was because she wanted a lollipop. There's no telling how this year is going to go, but at least we will be in our own neighborhood!

Two weeks in!

We have been in our new house for 2 weeks now! That's crazy to think! We have done so much, but still have so much to do.  We love taking a walk around the block after dinner with Allie. She can pull her wagon, ride her bike, or just run with us. We attempted to try a stroller walk a few days ago, but that ended with Allie pushing the stroller :-) {in reality the walks get a little frustrating when Allie stops every foot to pick up leaves, or 5000000000 acorns...but i have to just take a deep breath and softy push her along} The street is so quiet, I've almost forgot how loud the old street was...almost. 

We are finding the little quirks of the house, popping water pipes with temperature change, the sound of the sprinkler system, and where the few creeks are in the floor. I'm settling into my new space, cleaning this much space with a 2 year old is a little crazy, but I will get used to it over time.  We have changed out the old curtains in the dining room and  formal living room finally! But still have a slew of vertical blinds to get rid of in the kitchen, eat in area, bathrooms, and family room (and on a door! Who puts vertical blinds on a door?! That's cray! We also need to get on the painting bandwagon and get this bad boy in tip top shape! All in good time. 

Speaking of good time, I was able to start another part time job as an Aquatic OT! This was a job I previously had before moving to the schools, and it was so good to get back and see some of my old clients! A lot has changed in about 4 1/2 years! It is such a fun job, very physical, as I am swimming back and forth and physically assisting individuals to maintain good body positions in the pool for about 9 hours. (I don't workout on that day right now :-) ) I'm so glad I can help the company, and it was perfect timing with buying a new house and having to find rented for our old house. I'm hopeful that soon everything will fall into place. 

Hope you all have a wonderful week! 

We're here!

It's official! We now own two houses, and live in the BURBS! I always thought I would live in a cute little "city" home...then I had a kid and everything changed. Needless to say here we are today! I feel so lucky that my husband and I both have amazing jobs (with of course the college degrees and loan debt) that allowed us to, without selling our old house, go out and buy our "dream home".  I'm not saying we're rolling in the dough...but we are comfortable, and will hopefully be more comfortable once we can rent our old house.

Without further a-do lets talk about moving...I.NEVER.WANT.TO.DO.IT.AGAIN!! Seriously I don't know how you all do it...it sucks! We have so much stuff! (Including quite a bit that we need to get rid of...that we had to move to the new house to go through) We hired movers, thank God! But man that was an ordeal! We have had such great support from our parents, helping watch Allie, and our friend Liz helping me paint Allie's room! It turned out so cute! 

So far we have replaced about 1000 sqft of carpet and the flooring in the master bath, had the jacuzzi tub and surrounding wall tile removed (cue my first panic attack...but that's a story for another time), fixed all 3 toilets, 2 shower heads replaced, bought a new fridge (with crazy stupid dimensions), had electric "things" brought up to code (evidently 3 inspectors over looked something that an electrician saw as soon as he walked into our garage), electric outlets added, plumbing added for fridge/utility table, replaced 2 light fixtures, replaced 3 ceiling fans, and began working in the backyard. Whew! This is on top of just cleaning the heck out of EVERYTHING! The house was a little more "dirty" than I expected. We cleaned all the windows, cabinets, pantries, got the carpets cleaned, scrubbed shower tiles, walls wiped down, and just a basic overall disinfect. My fingers were raw from all the vinegar and dawn dish soap! However I was glad we could be fairly "clean" with our cleaners. No scrubbing bubbles or comet over here! 

I've been out walking around the block with Allie multiple times a day and it is amazing and fun! (Until she stops for 30 minutes and collects everything that's on the ground) She enjoys the freedom of being able to walk "on the sidewalk" like a big girl. I went on a run, but got a little lost...and my phone wasn't turned up so I couldn't hear how far I had run.  When I thought I had gone far enough I headed home (it was 2.75 miles...so not bad!) if I would have known I would have went the extra .25 to round out 3 miles.  I haven't been working out like I was...but hopefully now that we are settling in a little I can get some more workouts in...my alarm is set for 5am...wish me luck! 

Allie is learning about the new house, but she is pretty much a crazy girl trying to get into everything and test her limits. On top of the move and everything being different she had been with "babysitters" and grandparents a lot lately, so Scott and I could work in the new house. Now it is up to Scott and I to do some "behavior cleanup".  I can see us entering the phase of terrible 2's (I thought it was starting like a year ago...but this is getting tough!!) And I hear 3 is even more difficult...yay...

But anyway...I will stop boring you and show you some pics :-) Allie's new room, our spread at "closing" on our new house, we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary somewhere in there..., and a cute pic of my scrumpy-roo (wearing a handmade outfit from her grandma L).