Yaay! I finally heard back on my appraisal. It looks like the house appraised at the right amount and now the paperwork is on its way to the lender. It'll be a long time before I hear more (unless there's a problem) so it's all about the waiting now. Great, because I handle stress sooooo well!  

For those of you keeping score at home.... Tomorrow is my official 1 year anniversary in the new job. While technically I accepted the job in January, my negotiated release date was the 19th of February. Also tomorrow, the appraiser is coming by. I wonder if it crosses the line to offer some kind of bribe for a good figure. Out of respect for my ( Read more... )

 I've managed to convince myself that the worst-case-scenario in regards to my home loan dilemma really isn't all that bad. WCS is that I don't get the loan and I get to go blow the wad of cash I'd been saving. I told my mom the plan this afternoon. She didn't seem to partial to that idea. As a matter of fact, there was middle name usage. When ( Read more... )

The redistricting meeting was tonight and I'm afraid it's bad news... Our new elementary school would be the school in the 'hood. The one with the 20% higher discipline rate for fighting than any other elementary school in the district. The one with the abysmal attendance because of the apathy of the parents - virtually NO PTA because no parents ( Read more... )

 It's so hard to engage in retail therapy when you have no money...

Tonight was the first "official" night of Karate. I am so proud of my little Z-man!! He didn't cry or fuss and did his moves to the best of his short-attentive ability... I was a parent helper so I had to hold the bag for the lil'uns. You would not believe how hard 7 & unders can kick! Luckily, they all missed my vitals and hit the bag. Next time, ( Read more... )

I need everyone I know to keep fingers, toes and elbows crossed as I just filed my tax return. This sets in motion my GRAND PLAN of home refinance. Flippin ARM loans, don't fall for them - whatever you do!! 

 Now, THAT was the 5th level of HELL, kids!! Actually, it wasn't so bad, maybe second level. But, most importantly, the kids had a lot of fun so all-in-all it was worth it. I sure did miss my sweetie, tho :(. I can't wait until tomorrow so we can take the boy out for a nice lunch, just the 4 of us. I wish I was getting some more time alone with my ( Read more... )

 I have today off from work. My plan: Get the kids off to school, go back to bed, get up mid morning and do some editing, then go to the class registration for the karate/self-defense thing. Yeah, yet another shining example of how I should never plan. It was minus 1 degree out this morning so I decided since I was going to have the kids wait for ( Read more... )

 Year at a glance... I started a new job (hence the lack of postage), met someone very special (squee!), and have been really busy with kid-type functions. I've committed myself, however, to start posting updates with what's going on round here. The new job is just the old job in a different format. Like doing exactly the same thing, in French ( Read more... )