Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The One Where We GET THE LOT!

The Semi-Homemades are nearly beside themselves with this land roller coaster... and debating on giving it up and running away to live at the beach permanently.  They get the call on Tuesday with the counter offer, and forward progress is made.

We accepted the counter!!  And now maybe I can start sleeping at night again! ;)  We broke the news to the kids over dinner (which was pancakes - we're trying to eat our way thru the pantry so we don't have to move lots of food, lol!)  And then.... because we were celebrating....


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we might have had a little ice cream.....


okay, maybe alot of ice cream... split between two messy kids....


and then once they went to bed, we might have (FINALLY!) gotten to break out the champagne Mr. Fix-It bought 2 wks ago!  (Check out those bags under my eyes - yikes!)


My mom and mom-in-law drove down today to join me for a Packing Party!  We're going to spend the next 2 days packing the rest of the house while the kids are at school.  Sat most our stuff goes to the summer house... and by next Friday, we'll be living there (and most our stuff will be in storage!)

Whew!  What a relief to have THE lot we wanted, at a great price, so we can get started building.  I'm not kidding when I say I've been losing sleep over it... and so has Big Sis, apparently.  She's always adjusted so well to any kind of change (moving, potty training, transitioning from crib to bed), so we figured she wouldn't skip a beat with this move.  WRONG.

After waking up in the night Sat, crying and panicking.... she refused to go to bed on Sun, after I had taken down and packed all wall hangings in her room.  This isn't my room - it isn't pretty, momma.... that's what she was crying.  Broke my heart to see her so upset.  I rehung 3 canvas paintings done by a friend and she went to sleep.

Mr. Fix-It and I have been worrying alot about her for a week or so... she's been out of character... So, today Mr. Fix-It asked me if I could arrange to be at the summer house for a short time on Friday, for a surprise.  Any guesses what he's up to?  :)

Stay tuned to check out the Semi-Homemade floor plan!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!!! I can't wait to see what the surprise is and that new floor plan! What fun! Hope little Miss is feeling better. xoxo

Britney said...

Congrats!!!! What a huge relief!! YEA! Been reading your way too cute blog for a while now!

C. Beth said...

So exciting! Congratulations!!

Tiffany said...

Awesome!!! Glad you guys are finally getting settled! I too can't wait to see the beautiful new home you guys have been planning...home the building process goes super duper smooth for ya'll.

Sasha said...

Yay! Can't wait to see the plans and the decorating!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!!! SO exciting! Sorry to hear Big Sis is having a bit of a rough time, that stinks. I'm sure once you get settled into the Summer House she will be fine :) AND, can't WAIT to hear what Mr. Fix-it's surprise is...what has he cooked up???

MaryBeth said...

Yay! So glad you can relax (just a little bit!) about moving. It is such a big undertaking...especially with 2 kiddos. I admire you! Good luck packing and can't wait to hear all about the new house and the building process. HUGS to big sis too!

Val said...

HOOOORAY! I am so happy for you! Good luck with all the packing!!!

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