Looking back.

What has happened to my peppy personality? Russell and I were discussing this tonight. I was posting an ad for our trailer on Craig's List, and I couldn't find pictures of the trailer, so I was looking through my old blogs in 2006 to find them. I read some of my old posts along the way, and they seemed so optimistic. I liked school. I liked my job. I posted twice as much as any other year...but about happier stuff. And things that made me laugh. And tons of pictures. It was so nice to see these pictures that I haven't seen in a while. I wanted to learn, and I talked about experiences I had - new things I had never seen before. I think this was right after the time I had lost so much weight. Is my happiness and my attitude based on how much I weight or do I just feel that much better about myself and about everything else. I guess it would be the latter.

So if this is the case, and I could feel soooooo much better losing weight, then why do I continue to eat the way I do and sit on my ass.

I have no idea.

New home?

So we are here. I need to take some new pics and update you all. The house feels more familiar now, but still not our home. It will get there slowly. I don't like the wasps in the house or the mice (which may or may not be gone now). We finally got our new stove and fridge yesterday. They are fab. We have to work on getting the water hooked up to the fridge today so we can have water and ice. Yay for crushed ice. Today, we are supposed to be getting the satellite dish hooked up, so we can feel a little more normal with tv. I'm going to the grocery store today to stock up on foods, so that will probably be the most exciting thing I do today. I need to start cracking down on the job front, but I just can't make myself do it. Anyone have a good resume they can send me to help me make my own fabulous? I would much appreciate it. Well, off to get some things done. Will post some more later.

Rooster or Citi?

The climb

So it is decided.

We are moving. Definitely moving. At the latest on October 30th. Scary huh? Leaving this shit hole trailer we call home. Haven't decided if I will miss Morgantown...yes, I know I will because everything is at your fingertips here. And even though I hate this trailer, I will still miss it because it has been our home for 3 years now, and it holds many good and bad memories. This new house is beautiful, quiet, peaceful, and CLEAN! We're going to have a king size bed, and I'm so excited about that because I can have all four of my babies sleeping with me. Still haven't found a job. Maybe it's cause I'm afraid that I won't find anything worth wanting, so I haven't been looking as much as I should. At least Russell will be making a pay check. I guess we'll be keeping the trailer for a bit before we sell it because there will still be a need to stay in Morgantown for multiple days with Rusty still finishing his lab work.

And if you didn't notice, it is now the five of us. Let me introduce you to.....

DEXTER!!!


It was love at first sight between mommy and puppy. The second I picked him up at the airport, he gave me big kissies! He is growing so fast - already bigger than Citi, and he is only 12 weeks old! I'll post more later with more pics, but he is definitely a momma's boy. Love him!

NEW HOUSE PICS!

I promised you pics, and here they are!! There is so much more to see, but this is a good start.

This is the loft. Notice the huge primitive hangings on the wall.

View down into the living room. Gas fireplace.

Loft area.

Kitchen with beautiful stove. Hope she leaves it! lol

Another pic of the kitchen. The sliding door leads into a walk-in pantry.

Dining room. Sliding glass door leads to the back deck.

Guest bedroom.

Another pic of the guest bedroom.

I think this is the first floor bathroom.

Hallway.

Hallway and area beside laundry.

Primitive wallpaper in master bedroom!

Master bedroom with huge skylight. Love the colors!

Front porch.

House on right, office on left. Notice how they hook together so you can walk from one to the other.

Front porch.

Front door.

Front door from the inside.

Living room, kitchen, dining room.

Living room/Dining room.

Stairs and loft.

Stairs.

I cannot wait to live here!

MOVING!!!!

Rusty and I are moving! We don't know when exactly, yet, but it will most likely be October or before depending on when the people are able to find a new house. Faith Mountain is a non-profit retreat for non-denominational ministries. These people decided to sell the place because they wanted to move back to Ohio which was closer to their family, but they wanted whoever bought the place to provide the same purpose as they do now. They are selling the whole 250 acres and all the buildings and furnishings in the cabins for the price of just their home (pictured above). Russell's mom fell in love with the place, and she wants Russell to run the whole thing, which means we will be living in that gorgeous house in Rosedale, WV. She has so many ideas of what to do with the place. The house is only like 12 years old, and it is gorgeous inside in out. I don't have any other pictures at the moment, but I'm supposed to be getting some through email in the next day or two, so I will definitely post a bunch of pictures. The pond pictured above is around 2.5 acres (so actually considered a lake), and has a side dock and a floating dock. We're planning on making a sandy beach area, and it is stocked with many fish. There are 3 cottages to rent and a large cedar house. There are hiking trails, and the whole place is just perfect. All of our bills are going to be paid for, and Russell will be making a salary. We're already looking for a new puppy (Russell wants an Australian Shepherd). We are so excited, and I cannot wait to move!! I'm not too happy about having to drive a good ways for employment, and it will take a lot of getting used to not having anything I would want within a 15 minute drive, lol. AKA WALMART!!!! The house also has a whirltub and a gas fireplace. It has 2 large bedrooms, a loft, and 2 full bathrooms. The master bedroom has a huge skylight above the bed!! There is also a large office with a sink and stove hookup, an extra room, and a full bathroom adjoining the house. It has a front porch and a deck on the back. There is a gorgeous view from every window. There is a two car garage, a basement with a pool table that they are leaving...and the basement has a kitchen area, laundry room, and another full bathroom. So that is four full bathrooms altogether lol. A lot of toilets to scrub. There is a fire pit in the front yard. A laundry room on the first floor. A kitchen and dining room area with a huge walk-in pantry! The master bedroom has primitive wallpaper which I am extremely in love with and have always wanted to decorate in, and she has huge primitive artwork on the walls that she may be leaving. She is a fabulous decorator. The whole house has fantastic hardwood floors (GREAT for cleaning and Russell's allergies!!). We've already been looking for new furniture to buy! We want new living room furniture, huge front loader washer and dryer (I'm trying to talk Russell into getting me Electrolux! in red or turquoise depending on color of the wallpaper which I think is a maroony color)(also I think we can get this stuff tax exempt since it is nonprofit), and a whole bedroom set (hopfully a king size bed with headboard and footer, chest of drawers, another set of drawers with a large mirror, and bedside tables. I also have my hope chest but not sure where I'm going to put it, yet. We may also need a new fridge and a stove if they take theirs (the stove is old fashioned, really expensive, and she may be leaving it since it is so wide). It looks kinda like below, but is all white.


Check out the website and tell me what you guys think. As soon as we get moved in and settled, you're all invited to come over and play!! I'll actually have to keep this place clean! So I'm going to go ahead and start packing up things here we won't need and get rid of a bunch of stuff so it's not chaos when we do move. As soon as we get pictures, we're going to start buying furniture I think...we're going to be storing it in Russell's mom and dad's house in Frametown until we get to move. We're going to have well water which I will also have to get used to being a city girl. We are so lucky and blessed. I guess I will have to watch my foul mouth and stop saying the "F" word all the time since we will be around church people a lot, lol. And pron will have to be limited HAHAHA! I also want a treadmill in the basement....I hope they will leave theirs!! lol

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I looked down at my finger today, and I saw a big dent in the side of it. I almost started freaking out and thinking of why the hell I would have a dent in my finger. Well, it turns out that instead of writing with my finger in the air like it has been habit for me lately, I wrote like I normally do which created a dent mark in the side of my ring finger!! I wrote normal and didn't even realize it. Awesome!

My first physical therapy appointment is next Wednesday. I hope it goes well. Here's to bending my finger normally!!!