Thinking Outloud

As most of you are aware, my husband and I have been on a serious mission to purchase a house.  We placed a bid on one that we wanted, but unfortunately our bid was not accepted.  And then we received the news that my father in law is selling his house and was willing to sell it to us (only us–family) at a discounted price.  So we discussed it and even though it meant the children would need to change schools, we just couldn’t pass up this great deal.

Well…here’s the update.  My father in law got his house appraised and it was well over the amount that we could even think about.  As it would only be my husband’s paycheck that we could rely on to pay the mortgage, we really need to find something a lot cheaper.  Even at a discounted price, we still couldn’t afford to make the payments.  Well that was a little disappointing, but life goes on.  So we are back at the drawing board again looking for a house.

And…as always I’ll keep you posted on our house hunting adventures.

Last night I was working on my youngest son’s scrapbook and I have to tell you all that I was getting a little misty eyed. I was truly amazed at seeing how quickly this little boy is growing up. It seems like only yesterday that I was bringing him home from the hospital and now today he is grading from grade 2. Before you know it, he will be complaining of acne and needing some type of acne treatment. I really wish they could stay little for ever. But I know that’s not possible. So I’ve got to suck it up and be happy that he is growing into a really cool young man. The time is flying by so quickly that maybe soon I’ll be posting that he’s getting married (just kidding). But if your a parent, then you know what I mean.

When men are sick they are usually bigger babies than well…babies. And my husband is no different. Right now he has a cold. Yes, just a minor little cold. But by the way he was carrying on last night, you would have sworn that he just had a major colon cleanse. He cracks me up when he’s sick. I would honestly hate to see it if he had something serious. My youngest son was trying to take care of him and he was so cranky that Daniel gave up and went into his room. Can you imagine if they ever had to have babies?? Oh well, this too will pass and soon my hubby will be back to acting like himself instead of a big baby.

Today our temperature went up to +29 degrees. I’m not sure what that is in celsius, but I do know that this is hot!! With temperatures like this a person really doesn’t need to go out and purchase any diet pills. Just sitting out in this heat would help them lose the weight they want. It’s so hot out today, that the kids were unable to stay out and play very long. It is going to cool down later on as we are expected to get a thunder and lightening storm. So relief is in site. I just don’t know when.

I was born and raised in a country atmosphere and I vowed that when I became a mother, my children would grow up in a more active community. It’s funny how our ideas and values change as we get older. I tried living in the big city and hated it. So I moved my family out to the country and have never been happier. There are some pros and cons to living anywhere. Where we are at we are quite far away from a lot of the stores where I like to shop and your pretty limited as to what kind of job you can be employed at, and with so many trees around our area, our cell phone service is quite horrible. But with cell phone amplifiers we have kind of taken care of that particular problem.

But the pros of living in the country is the air is a lot cleaner, the crime rate is down and the kids don’t seem to get in as much trouble as other kids their age that are living in the city. I would have to say that at this point in my life the pros of living in the area where we are at far outweigh the cons. I don’t know if my children would agree with that statement, but as long as their the kids and I’m the parent they will just have to deal with it. lol

Last night I had the most bizarre dream that I think I have ever had. I dreamt about vacuum cleaners. The Dyson brand actually. I don’t have any carpets in my home and don’t have a vacuum cleaner so I’m not real sure where this dream came from. I have narrowed it down to two possible reasons. Reason number one is that I’m watching way to many commercials and reason two could be that because I don’t have any carpets, I want them. Who knows?? Hopefully tonight I will either not dream at all or my dreams will be of a normal nature.

My youngest son (soon to be eight) is very shy. When I say shy, I mean shy. When he was younger he used to hide under tables so that the waitresses at my old work wouldn’t see him. He is not quite as bad now, but he is still quite shy. But when he makes a friend, he makes this friend for life.

He has a little friend who is a year younger than him and they play at the bus stop every day. But if this friend isn’t at the bus stop for some reason, Daniel won’t stay. And if Daniel isn’t at the bus stop his friend won’t stay either. His little friend has been sick for a few days so he hasn’t been at bus stop. So Daniel goes home. But since they miss playing with one another his mother is going to bring him up to the bus stop when Daniel gets home just so they can play for a little while together. I really hope these two continue their friendship over the next few years because they are such good friends now and Daniel is quite shy when trying to make new ones.

Last night my husband and I were watching a TV show about celebrities and their troubles with weight losses and gains. It was quite informative. One expert stated that celebrities like Oprah and Janet Jackson are damages their bodies with their quick weight loss methods. They state this is because of the yo-yo effect of all these diets that they have been on over the years. I’m pretty sure these facts would hold true any human, but they were using celebrities as an example. Did you know that if you lose, gain, lose then gain again, you can add up to four years of deterioration on your body? The most important fact that I took away from this show is that any person when trying to lose any amount of weight needs to do it slowly so they don’t do major damage to their bodies later on down the road.

For the past few days I really have to wonder if Spring just got up and walked away. Lately we have been having seriously cold temperatures every day and the high winds have been constant. It’s days like today that I wish I could just hop on an airplane and fly myself down to the Caribbean. They have so many enticing Caribbean villa rentals that when the weather around here is crappy, it gets my mind to thinking about faraway lands. But since that isn’t going to happen any day soon, I either have to get used to this bitterly cold temperatures or just stay in my house until it warms up.

Now that I have had my credit cards for a couple of years and have started building up pretty good credit, I have decided that it’s time that I look into possibly getting another one at a lower interest rate. Now, don’t worry if I do get another card, it will be to replace the cards that I currently own. When I first started looking for credit cards I didn’t have any credit to speak of so I pretty much had to go with the ones that I did. But with my better credit rating, I’m thinking that I may be able to go with a card that has less interest on it.

I have found a site over at creditcardsclub.com. This site lists all types of credit cards and all their advantages and disadvantages. They have actually set up a different credit cards rating for each card listed on their site. They have done all the research and leg work so that I don’t have to. They list all the different interest rates and any rewards associated with each and every card. This is a great site to find the perfect card that I’m looking for and with all the information located in one place, my search for a new card has been made a lot easier.