The past several days have been insane for me. It's been non-stop craziness. We all found a house that we like, it needs a completely new kitchen and new carpet, but we can do that. It has 5 bedrooms plus another one that was used for a bedroom but is a bit small, so we would use it as a toy room. It's 2300 square feet and has a nice back yard with lots of room for the kids to play. We are making an offer on it right now, so we'll see what happens. On Saturday i went to take pics for my sisters prom. I have to say that a lot of them turned out really good. I think I'm getting the hang of making my black and white pictures not so grey, it's hard. You can see them here... www.flickr.com/photos/30044222@N05/sets/72157617404283228/
and my mom made my sisters dress, it turned out amazing! i cant believe it looked that good, i know my mom is a good seamstress but wasn't expecting it to look store bought.
so remember the short blog in which i wrote that we had a new receptionist and that people were saying that they hoped it wasn't a problem because she was black. Then i went on to say that it was completely ridiculous that people thought that way. do you remember? probably not. but i did. Well that little (insert whatever really really bad word you want here) straight up lied to my boss and got me in trouble. On top of the completely fabricated story she told my boss she also told them that she overheard me saying racist comments to someone else about her. While i was sitting there getting in trouble for absolutely nothing i was speechless because i had no clue where this was coming from. I don't know if Ive ever said anything remotely close to racist in my life. So whatever. I have come to notice that she is the type of person that plays the race card. She has made several comments to numerous people about race and i have also heard her say "anti-white" (whatever that is called) remarks to people too. My boss who hates me didn't even listen to me when i was trying to tell him that everything she said was a lie. He said, "we believe her because she has nothing against you." Well she obviously has something against me if she made up a story, called me a racist, then got me in trouble.
I think i am going to stop this insanity before i get too upset. I hope everyone has a good week!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
babies babies all over
this weekend was fun but short. We were looking at houses every spare second we had. lame. On Saturday night we watched Piper, my friends baby while she went on a date.
And on Thursday i went to visit Lucia and her baby who doesnt have a name yet but i'm going to call him Jude because i think that's what they are going to decide on. He is soooo cute!
All these freaking babies make me want one so bad!
So this morning i woke up super super early because the news said that they shut down filming of New Moon (the 2nd twilight movie) because the author of the books are being sued for stealing the idea from her college roommate. I flipped out and looked on-line and some sites said that it was true!! but they didn't get their facts straight because they are still filming. now i am up early and it sucks.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
first let me say that Tyler decided to tell my mom and dad that mommy, daddy, Jake and mike were all going to live with him while we were in a room of crowded people. It was pretty awesome. So I explained to my dad what we were thinking about doing and he said, “that’s weird, ok.” End of discussion. That is what I like about my parents usually. I can never go to them for advise because they think that I am an adult and can make my own decisions, but the bad thing is that if I mess up they probably wont help out. They pretty much keep their mouths shut about everything and let me do what I want. I tell them enough so that they can tell that I’ve looked in to what I am doing then let me do it. I don’t know if that makes sense but I kind of like it and hate it.
So we are really looking at Anthem, (if you even start to say that it’s too far I will punch you in the face, it’s not far). We are looking at foreclosures and short sales only. The weird thing about Anthem vs. Phoenix is everything goes fast in Anthem and the houses in Phx are staying on the market forever!! They are expanding the roads on the 17 and making it more accessible so more people are wanting to move up there. I have always wanted to live there and I think I have convinced James and Jake too. The houses are gorgeous and it is beyond the best community to raise kids in all of AZ if you ask me. They have playgrounds on every corner, and just tons of kid oriented things to do. I love it! So we looked at two houses yesterday. They were both good, but I don’t think we have a chance at getting them because they have multiple bidders already. Our realtor said that since they are going fast in anthem as soon as one hits the market we need to go see it the same day then place a bid the next if we have any chance of getting it. So we shall see. I’m really excited and so is everybody else. Last night when we were going through them we were making sure that we would all have our own space, make sure that we knew whose room would be whose before we decide if we want to act on them. It’s a little complicated since we have kind of separate families, we want to make sure that just James and the boys could have their own space if they needed their family time and same with Jake and I. I guess what I’m trying to say is that we need a very specific house, so we have to make sure it works for us.
Other then that nothing really is going on. We had a good but tiring Easter, I love having an extended family to hang out with but on holidays it sucks! I don’t like going to 3 family dinners, I cant eat that much and ty gets cranky. But I guess over all it’s worth it.
So we are really looking at Anthem, (if you even start to say that it’s too far I will punch you in the face, it’s not far). We are looking at foreclosures and short sales only. The weird thing about Anthem vs. Phoenix is everything goes fast in Anthem and the houses in Phx are staying on the market forever!! They are expanding the roads on the 17 and making it more accessible so more people are wanting to move up there. I have always wanted to live there and I think I have convinced James and Jake too. The houses are gorgeous and it is beyond the best community to raise kids in all of AZ if you ask me. They have playgrounds on every corner, and just tons of kid oriented things to do. I love it! So we looked at two houses yesterday. They were both good, but I don’t think we have a chance at getting them because they have multiple bidders already. Our realtor said that since they are going fast in anthem as soon as one hits the market we need to go see it the same day then place a bid the next if we have any chance of getting it. So we shall see. I’m really excited and so is everybody else. Last night when we were going through them we were making sure that we would all have our own space, make sure that we knew whose room would be whose before we decide if we want to act on them. It’s a little complicated since we have kind of separate families, we want to make sure that just James and the boys could have their own space if they needed their family time and same with Jake and I. I guess what I’m trying to say is that we need a very specific house, so we have to make sure it works for us.
Other then that nothing really is going on. We had a good but tiring Easter, I love having an extended family to hang out with but on holidays it sucks! I don’t like going to 3 family dinners, I cant eat that much and ty gets cranky. But I guess over all it’s worth it.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
I’ve been thinking a lot lately how all parents are different. For example, when Jake is making a big decision he tells his parents and they support him no matter what it is, but they also give him advice on how to get to his goal. When James is making a big decision he tells him parents and they go through every possible scenario of what would happen and talk about it all the time. And if his mom doesn’t like the idea she will try to convince him not to do it no matter what. When I tell my parents about something I have to know every single freaking detail before I tell them. I need to tell them who, what, when, where, why and how before they will approve or even listen. It’s kind of weird but it’s the way I’ve always been raised.
So the reason why I bring this up is because James, Michael, Tyler, Jake and I are all buying a house together. I know it’s kind of weird to most people but it is going to be super super good.
Reasons why it’s good for James:
James needs a lot of help right now trying to figure out how to live life and have relationships with people and really needs to learn how to put his kids first (which is hard to understand when you are 21 and naturally selfish). So we are hoping that Jake and I can be role models for him in those ways. James is really uptight and stressed all the time, he thinks about things too much and Jake and I are very relaxed so hopefully James can relax more.
Reasons why it’s good for Jake and I:
With the relaxed thing, sometime we are too relaxed when we should worry about things more, so hopefully James will rub off on us too. We want to make an investment in the house. We are buying a house that is going to be relatively cheap while the market sucks right now, then when we’re ready we are going to sell it and split the profits and buy our own separate houses (Jake and I then James will buy his own.) And if we don’t make very much money off of the house we still are going to save a crap load every month by splitting bills and we are going to save all of that for a down payment of our own. We have been talking about buying a house our self but in this economy that can ruin your life if you lost a job or something happened, and with Tyler I really don’t want to take that risk and either does James. I know it will be weird because we just got married but this is a plan for the future, we’re setting up financially for our future.
Reasons why it’s good for the boys:
Mike and Ty are completely different kids, I think it will be good for them to balance each other out. They love spending time together so sharing a room will be no problem. And Mike has some behavioral problems, he has a good heart but has some problems that need to be worked on. So I think it will be good for him to see how ty behaves all the time. (not saying that ty is an angel or mike is bad, just that they can learn from each other). Ty has been confused for several years because James and my parenting styles are completely different, which makes it hard on him and confused on what he can and cannot do. So that will be good for him.
Reasons why it could be bad:
We’re buying a house, not renting, this is an investment and we’re pretty much stuck together if we want this to work. But the good thing is that if it really doesn’t work and we want to give up one family could just move out. (since we’re buying a house cheap enough). It could potentially ruin our friendship. I don’t think it will but what if it does? Other then that we have really put enough thought in to this where we wont be screwed.
So we got approved for a mortgage yesterday and with all of the 1st time home buyer incentives from the govnt. we are getting a really good deal. So we are buying a house that only two of us can afford if someone lost their job and that way it will be cheap and we can all save our money to buy our own houses in a couple of years. Ideally we want a 4 bedroom house so the boys can share a room (they want to) and we can have one for a baby (!) and we want one room separated from the others so that James can have his own space if he needs it. We are going to test this out before we sign on the dotted line though, James and Mike are going to move in to our current house for a couple of months while we look for houses to make sure we can live together. But all of us, the boys, our friends, and James and Jake’s parents feel really good about it. I haven’t told my parents yet because of the reasons above. But now that we have things in place, we got approved and have a plan, I think we will tell them this weekend.
So the reason why I bring this up is because James, Michael, Tyler, Jake and I are all buying a house together. I know it’s kind of weird to most people but it is going to be super super good.
Reasons why it’s good for James:
James needs a lot of help right now trying to figure out how to live life and have relationships with people and really needs to learn how to put his kids first (which is hard to understand when you are 21 and naturally selfish). So we are hoping that Jake and I can be role models for him in those ways. James is really uptight and stressed all the time, he thinks about things too much and Jake and I are very relaxed so hopefully James can relax more.
Reasons why it’s good for Jake and I:
With the relaxed thing, sometime we are too relaxed when we should worry about things more, so hopefully James will rub off on us too. We want to make an investment in the house. We are buying a house that is going to be relatively cheap while the market sucks right now, then when we’re ready we are going to sell it and split the profits and buy our own separate houses (Jake and I then James will buy his own.) And if we don’t make very much money off of the house we still are going to save a crap load every month by splitting bills and we are going to save all of that for a down payment of our own. We have been talking about buying a house our self but in this economy that can ruin your life if you lost a job or something happened, and with Tyler I really don’t want to take that risk and either does James. I know it will be weird because we just got married but this is a plan for the future, we’re setting up financially for our future.
Reasons why it’s good for the boys:
Mike and Ty are completely different kids, I think it will be good for them to balance each other out. They love spending time together so sharing a room will be no problem. And Mike has some behavioral problems, he has a good heart but has some problems that need to be worked on. So I think it will be good for him to see how ty behaves all the time. (not saying that ty is an angel or mike is bad, just that they can learn from each other). Ty has been confused for several years because James and my parenting styles are completely different, which makes it hard on him and confused on what he can and cannot do. So that will be good for him.
Reasons why it could be bad:
We’re buying a house, not renting, this is an investment and we’re pretty much stuck together if we want this to work. But the good thing is that if it really doesn’t work and we want to give up one family could just move out. (since we’re buying a house cheap enough). It could potentially ruin our friendship. I don’t think it will but what if it does? Other then that we have really put enough thought in to this where we wont be screwed.
So we got approved for a mortgage yesterday and with all of the 1st time home buyer incentives from the govnt. we are getting a really good deal. So we are buying a house that only two of us can afford if someone lost their job and that way it will be cheap and we can all save our money to buy our own houses in a couple of years. Ideally we want a 4 bedroom house so the boys can share a room (they want to) and we can have one for a baby (!) and we want one room separated from the others so that James can have his own space if he needs it. We are going to test this out before we sign on the dotted line though, James and Mike are going to move in to our current house for a couple of months while we look for houses to make sure we can live together. But all of us, the boys, our friends, and James and Jake’s parents feel really good about it. I haven’t told my parents yet because of the reasons above. But now that we have things in place, we got approved and have a plan, I think we will tell them this weekend.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
karate
my baby is growing up. he had his first performance of any type yesterday. He does karate at his school and he had a recital to show what they've learned. They dressed them up in little karate outfits, it was the cutest thing ever! Since ty is so little they put him in the front row so we could see him perfectly the whole time. he was so cute, he looked so proud up there showing everyone what he could do. When we decided to get my fancy shmancy camera i told jake that i wouldnt need a certain type of lens until ty was really in sports or concerts but i really needed one yesterday, my pics sucked!!! 
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
This week has been weird so far, both Jake and Ty have been sick so far this week with what seems like different things but who knows. Last night I learned that I am in the running to win a photo contest that I entered. The people who run the group picked the top 4 and then I clicked to vote for myself and saw that I was winning!!! I don’t even think it was one of my best pictures, (if you look below it’s the one with just Ty and the kite) the theme was spring and I guess I was picked because everyone else had pictures of flowers and mine was different. . . Anyways, I am super excited that I was picked I mean there are a lot of professionals who enter these contests, it makes me happy. : )
I’ve also been going crazy lately about having another baby. I mean Ty is going to be 5 this year and that is like the maximum age I would want siblings to be apart. It’s too weird to have a younger or older sibling who is 10 years apart from you; you have nothing in common with them. And I learned a lot of ‘tricks’ with Ty that I don’t want to be out-dated or forget by the time we have another one. I don’t want Ty to be in college and then start taking the other one to kindergarten, it’s not the way I want it. They need to be all out of the house within the same time. I want to be able to take both of my kids to events that they will both enjoy, not drag a 15 year old to a Barney concert for his sibling. All I can think about lately is baby things and it freaking is driving me nuts!!!
I’m friends with this girl on MySpace, you know I’m not really friends with her but she was in band, you know how that goes. Anyways she has 2 babies, both under 2 years old she is 19 and is currently getting a divorce. Wow, I mean, just wow. I don’t know what my point is but I just wanted to mention that.
I was watching the news this morning, There was this trailer that caught on fire and was just completely gone this guy had a ton of junk in his yard and house all over that just burned up. Well apparently the Sheriffs office told this guy this morning that his 15 year old daughter started the fire because she wanted to die. Guess what this ‘dad’ said to that?!!?!? He said, “I should have let her burn, I made a big mistake.” WTF!?!?!?!!?!? What kind of dad thinks things like that? This is obviously why his daughter is suicidal, what a dick.
I’ve also been going crazy lately about having another baby. I mean Ty is going to be 5 this year and that is like the maximum age I would want siblings to be apart. It’s too weird to have a younger or older sibling who is 10 years apart from you; you have nothing in common with them. And I learned a lot of ‘tricks’ with Ty that I don’t want to be out-dated or forget by the time we have another one. I don’t want Ty to be in college and then start taking the other one to kindergarten, it’s not the way I want it. They need to be all out of the house within the same time. I want to be able to take both of my kids to events that they will both enjoy, not drag a 15 year old to a Barney concert for his sibling. All I can think about lately is baby things and it freaking is driving me nuts!!!
I’m friends with this girl on MySpace, you know I’m not really friends with her but she was in band, you know how that goes. Anyways she has 2 babies, both under 2 years old she is 19 and is currently getting a divorce. Wow, I mean, just wow. I don’t know what my point is but I just wanted to mention that.
I was watching the news this morning, There was this trailer that caught on fire and was just completely gone this guy had a ton of junk in his yard and house all over that just burned up. Well apparently the Sheriffs office told this guy this morning that his 15 year old daughter started the fire because she wanted to die. Guess what this ‘dad’ said to that?!!?!? He said, “I should have let her burn, I made a big mistake.” WTF!?!?!?!!?!? What kind of dad thinks things like that? This is obviously why his daughter is suicidal, what a dick.
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