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DIY on the Home Front
So we bought a new house and as long promised here are some pictures.
We have spent a lot of time cleaning, painting, cleaning, and adding base board to the bedrooms.
The first big update we embarked on were the three bedrooms. With a lot of help from family and friends we were able to get the rooms painted.
Next Matt and JP mastered the baseboard with A LOT of help from Guy!
Here is the almost finished product. We debated leaving the tile floor in one. I thought it could be Matt's P90x room. But I have to say it is just too ugly. The next pictures to come will hopefully include carpet!
PROGRESS!
30 Weeks
Wow I'm already at 30 weeks. Yikes! That means there is only 10ish to go. This morning Matt and I stayed in bed until almost 8:00 am (which is super late for us since Matt is normally out of bed before 6). We just sort of stayed in bed lazily wondering how our life will change in the next few months.
New House
We moved into our new house last week! It was very exciting. There are so many things I love about the new house. One of my favorite things is the park that is just one house away. I think Jocelyn took about 10 trips to the park in two days. So great.
A thing I'm not so thrilled about is the grease. Yes grease. We didn't realize we had purchased so much grease with the house. Matt and I were cleaning and we noticed AMAZING amounts of grease EVERYWHERE. We asked the neighbors and found out that the family who use to live there owned a Mexican food catering business. Unfortunately there was no vent above the stove so there is literally grease everywhere. This is Matt scraping grease of the top of the cabinet. I have to say I'm not too thrilled to eat anything fried.
Overall we are very excited to have friends and family over for many dinners to come.
NEW HOUSE!
We officially own a house in Goleta! Our house closed on Tuesday. We are very excited to move in. Pictures of the fixer to come soon.
Overwhelmed but THANKFUL
Life seems incredibly overwhelming at the moment. I have all of these major life changes and I am having a hard time even taking a breath. EHHH. We are moving this weekend. We are moving out of our wonderful downtown loft. I have ABSOLUTELY LOVED our Loft. It has been an amazing home for us during our first 4 years of marriage. I have to say I’m very sad to be leaving. I will miss the short walk to the Farmer’s Market and Yogurt Land. I will also miss my amazing run route along the beach. How many people can say that a whale has swam within a mile of their house. Pretty cool.
Also overwhelming is the whole house buying process. Wow papers, papers, papers! I’m so thankful that we are blessed to be able to somehow afford to buy a house in this beautiful city of Santa Barbara (well actually Goleta). BUT it is an overwhelming process. I feel like I’m spending Monopoly money with all the zeros behind the numbers. It’s a bit overwhelming to buy a fixer and think of all the work that goes into it. However I have felt sooooo loved by our friends, particularly JP & Garth who have already brainstormed all of the “fun” projects we can do in the years ahead! I’m so excited to know we are not tackling this project alone.
Also overwhelming is Matt’s health. I know he looks like an amazingly healthy young man. And overall he is. But late summer/fall we had a bit of a panic. Matt found out he had a rare form of skin cancer. To aggressively treat it he had 2 surgeries where around 15+ square inches of skin was removed from his chest. He now has a 10 inch scar from his shoulder to his heart. He recently had another biopsy that came back cancer free. So overall things seem good. I have to say it surprised both of us a bit more than we realized. We both feel young and in great health. Now I see a lot more worry on my husbands face when he gets a cold, sees a mole, or feels a swollen throat.
Finally, the thing that has been least overwhelming as of yet, but might become a lot more overwhelming in the weeks to come is this baby! I’m sometimes shocked when I get the update in my email noting how far along I am. 21 Weeks already! How can that be!? I feel like I just found out I’m pregnant. Now a baby is coming... soon! Wow. How Great! Sometimes I feel I just have to take some deep breaths and tell myself to relax. I really have SO much to be thankful for.
I decided to look up the definition for the word overwhelmed.
overwhelmed past participle, past tense of o·ver·whelm (Verb)
1. Bury or drown beneath a huge mass.
2. Defeat completely.
SERIOUSLY!!! After reading this definition, I have to confess I’m not overwhelmed by anything... well anything but thankfulness. I really don’t feel defeated, I actually feel quite blessed. A house, good health, a good job, a wonderful family, fabulous friends, a precious baby on the way, wow so much. So I guess this title of this blog is wrong it should be:
OVERWHELMED BY THANKFULNESS.
Also overwhelming is the whole house buying process. Wow papers, papers, papers! I’m so thankful that we are blessed to be able to somehow afford to buy a house in this beautiful city of Santa Barbara (well actually Goleta). BUT it is an overwhelming process. I feel like I’m spending Monopoly money with all the zeros behind the numbers. It’s a bit overwhelming to buy a fixer and think of all the work that goes into it. However I have felt sooooo loved by our friends, particularly JP & Garth who have already brainstormed all of the “fun” projects we can do in the years ahead! I’m so excited to know we are not tackling this project alone.
Also overwhelming is Matt’s health. I know he looks like an amazingly healthy young man. And overall he is. But late summer/fall we had a bit of a panic. Matt found out he had a rare form of skin cancer. To aggressively treat it he had 2 surgeries where around 15+ square inches of skin was removed from his chest. He now has a 10 inch scar from his shoulder to his heart. He recently had another biopsy that came back cancer free. So overall things seem good. I have to say it surprised both of us a bit more than we realized. We both feel young and in great health. Now I see a lot more worry on my husbands face when he gets a cold, sees a mole, or feels a swollen throat.
Finally, the thing that has been least overwhelming as of yet, but might become a lot more overwhelming in the weeks to come is this baby! I’m sometimes shocked when I get the update in my email noting how far along I am. 21 Weeks already! How can that be!? I feel like I just found out I’m pregnant. Now a baby is coming... soon! Wow. How Great! Sometimes I feel I just have to take some deep breaths and tell myself to relax. I really have SO much to be thankful for.
I decided to look up the definition for the word overwhelmed.
overwhelmed past participle, past tense of o·ver·whelm (Verb)
1. Bury or drown beneath a huge mass.
2. Defeat completely.
SERIOUSLY!!! After reading this definition, I have to confess I’m not overwhelmed by anything... well anything but thankfulness. I really don’t feel defeated, I actually feel quite blessed. A house, good health, a good job, a wonderful family, fabulous friends, a precious baby on the way, wow so much. So I guess this title of this blog is wrong it should be:
OVERWHELMED BY THANKFULNESS.
Wipe Out
Three years ago when I was procrastinating so my friend Bethany and I decided to apply to be a contestant on Wipe Out. Last night I finally got the casting call. FINALLY my Wipe Out dream came true! I have to say I was SUPER excited and thought OMG I could be on Wipe Out. Then I remembered oh yeah a pregnant lady probably shouldn't go on Wipe Out. So I called them back and asked if they would consider me next year. Then I thought I should have them call Bethany. So they did!!! Now she is debating on wether or not to go on the show. Unfortunately it is bad timing for both of us. Bethany is training for the Olympic Trials. So now she has to decide wether to risk Wipe Out with the high potential for injury. EHHH if only they would have called last year!!!
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