House Update

1 more big item down - We have a washer and dryer coming this week sometime! Thank goodness! 2 months of scratchy towels and stiff socks is quite enough for us :-)

Here are some of the house pics! We have a roof and porches now! Up next, windows and wiring etc. After that, we will have our hardhat meeting to make sure everything is right before the drywall goes up. They are chugging along!

 House from the back

 Our back porch, which will get screened in

 House from the front left side

 back porch roof is peaked inside

kitchen with pantry on the left

Kitchen and back door leading to porch

Living Room with fireplace to the left

Top of the stairs looking at the front door

Laundry room, with kids room #2 behind

Laundry

kids bedroom 1

master closet

Master bathroom, the tub will be under the window, and the shower to the right. The toilet room is where I'm standing

master bedroom

master bedroom

Kids bathroom upstairs

bonus room - LuLaRoe Room

Garage

Dining Room

Front room - kids playroom (Doorway should be arched not straight)

Front view from the right side

Counting down and takin' off!

Well, the countdown has begun! We are 104 days away from moving! The house now has amazing walls and the roof is laid out and ready to be put up. I wonder when we will get windows??? :-D Good thing that street light is directly in front of the lularoom and not my bedroom windows haha! Did someone say blackout curtains??? The kids rooms are on the backside so they will not be effected, thank goodness! Maybe mommy and daddy can sleep in sometimes HA! (I know all the parents out there got a good laugh with that one!)

Our business has taken off. The launch was on Friday night and went into Saturday online and an in person event on Sunday. So far so good! We have several new online events this week and some new inventory coming this week as well! Now, as I learn the ropes to this business, I have already found it is going to be essential to block off time for different tasks so that I can prioritize my family time and keep my work tasks short and efficient. Family quality time comes first!!!

We have also purchased our couch that will arrive when we move in. Here it is in a dark gray granite color. It has 3 reclining parts and hopefully enough space to fit all our friends and family!!! Not to mention, it is being treated so it will be kid-friendly!! Now...how to get the dogs off the new couch?! Any tips appreciated!!!

Our last big purchase that we need for the house will be a washer/dryer, a new mattress set, and a bed. Other than that, the other pieces and items can come later on as we grow our little family.

Well, 2017 is looking like it still is going to be pretty darn amazing!!! I believe I started this adoption blog with a quote about VISION. Having vision is essential to growth and success. Without goals and a vision of where you want to be, you end up stagnant. Don't give up on your dream! Almost 7 years in, but we kept our vision strong!

Happy New Year!!!

I took a drive over to the new house yesterday morning and found it quite peaceful and serene as all the workers were off for the holiday! I was a little surprised, as they were all working on Christmas Eve, but had NYE off - its a strange world! haha  It was nice to drive down the empty street and really get a feel for what the neighborhood will be like without all those construction trucks and equipment. It will be a great place to raise a family. They have made some progress! Our neighbors houses are getting ready to get windows installed, and ours now has pipes and cement poured! Woohoo!!! Hopefully by the end of January we will have some walls and a roof?! I hope!

I'm up early, big surprise, as I barely made it to 7:30 last night! Patrick of course didn't stroll in until about 3:30am and said they were quite busy at work tonight. I'm anxiously awaiting our couch store to open today as they are supposed to be having a really great 5 hour sale today. Fingers crossed I can get an even better deal on the couch we picked out! I'm all about a good deal and clearance!

Our New Year's tradition is to have a nice dinner with family, but first I'll be making a pancake breakfast for Patrick and myself. We are having Beef on a Weck tonight (a tradition from up north in New York where Patrick's family is from). It is kind of like a roast beef sandwich that you dip in au jus, but the beef is thicker and the bun is what makes it! A little salty and soooo delicious! Some put horseradish on it, but not me! Patrick's Aunt and Uncle always send the family beef on a weck and homemade cookies every year!

A beef on weck is a sandwich found primarily in Western New York. It is made with roast beef on a kummelweck roll. The meat on the sandwich is traditionally served rare, thin cut, with the top bun getting a dip au jus and topped with horseradish. 

One other step in our foster to adopt journey is ready to be completed between now and May. We have purchased 2 life books, one for each child. We are required to have these and keep them updated daily. They will contain things like photos, appointments, logs and information, etc. It is something that will be shown back and forth between us and the birth parents and the court. I wish it was all cutesy and scrapbooky but there are some pretty important legal parts to it as well! I thought the titles were very fitting though!!!

Our business is getting ready to fully launch hopefully next weekend or week. I got the call on Tuesday to place our initial inventory of 355 pieces of clothes. I'm hoping to get an ETA on the shipment by Tuesday evening. Patrick has been a trooper helping me set up our space and wipe down hangers. I was able to sit down with my sponsor and go over some great tips for the business and ways to track for taxes and paperwork etc. I'm pretty stoked to use my new excel doc and see our profit over the next month!

Hopefully our business venture will help the next 4 months fly by. The countdown is on:

  120 days until we move! CANNOT WAIT!!!