We're Moving!

So here's the news...

I still have not had time to fix the problems with the house we are trying to sell - the problem being that the second units turn out to be illegal. I'm working on getting the paperwork done, but it just hasn't happened. I've started looking through everything we need to do, and it seems like a lot! And it might cost more that expected also. We might end up just selling as is if it's going to be too much trouble. I don't really blog about it because it stresses me out and I don't like thinking about it.

On another happier note, we are finally going to move back to Orange County. Here's the story.... We finally decided that it was taking too long to get the second unit ordinance completed, so we put the second unit up for rent and got someone who was going to move in. We were going to then move to the front house, but one of our friends sold their place and asked to move into the front house. This left us homeless and happy because now we get to move to Orange County. We found a very decent apartment in Anaheim about 2 miles from Jake's work which he is very excited about since his commute will decrease from one and half hours to about 5-10 minutes. Good for him. My commute will likely go from 40 minutes to about 30 minutes depending on the traffic, so I'm happy as well. We'll probably save about $300 just on gas. That's not even considering the wear and tear to our vehicles - and our service maintenance is expensive! Anyway, we are moving in on the 15th of September. Woohoo!

On an ickier note, the person who was going to move in to the back unit backed out so we've got it back up for rent. I've got the house listed again and my phone's been ringing non-stop today. So I don't think we'll have a problem getting someone else by the 15th. But this time we're not going to take the house off the market until we get their deposit so that we know they are serious.

Jake and I have been working like crazy to get our stuff out of the front house and the garage. We rented a storage unit for the month to help us not look too cluttered in the back hourse. It wouldn't be a problem except that we have to show the house to people who want to rent, and we don't want the place to look too small.

Tomorrow's project is to build a fence between the neighbor's house and ours. Currently there is only a low brick wall that is easy to see over. I think it will be much more cozy if there is more privacy for the people who rent next.

We've had an extremely full day today and got a lot accomplished. My only complaint is that we've been so busy working that we haven't had an opportunity to go for a bike ride in about three weeks. I think I'm starting to get flabby.

So there it is.... the countdown begins. 21 days to go. And if we had someone who wants to rent before that, we're putting the rest of our stuff in storage and we're moving early! I'll keep you posted.

Long line

This is the line at the ralphs grocery store. they need to get their act together. By the way, you can't tell very well in the photo, but the woman in yellow is in the line and there are two people behind her. Crazy.

Our Cruise

Our cruise was absolutely awesome. i am so disappointed that it's over.

Firefighter hat

We went out to claim jumper tonight. it was fun to get to see the family. a fire truck stopped by while we were waiting for our table and gave firefighter hats to caiden and micah.

It Works

The last two comments were a test of a text message and a picture sent using my cell phone. I haven't quite worked out every kink, but it's looking good. I think it's very cool that I can send a message from anywhere with cell phone reception.

Sushi

We went out to sushi

I just found out that

I just found out that i can blog from my phone. too bad it takes so long to type everything in!

It's Been Too Long

I really, really suck. I know! I've just been soooooo busy!

But I thought of a few things to say that wouldn't take very long, unlike posting pictures of our vacation which I'm still hoping to get around to eventually.

But the first item to mention is that Diane and Lisa have left for Virginia. Lisa got into a University for a Physician's Assistant program and she's going to be gone for three years. Lisa and Diane both quit Disney and have moved away. It feels very strange to have all our good friends slowly leaving us one by one. We don't have many people left here and I'm seriously lacking in girl friends (not that I have time for it anyway). We've been jokingly talking about begining interviews for new friends - well, maybe halfway joking. Thank goodness Emilio didn't leave when Mike came into the picture. And Alan better not leave us if he gets a boyfriend! But basically, my point is that we will miss them very much and wish them luck.

Secondly, Jake and I fixed his car window this weekend which I was quite proud of. Audi told us it would cost $500 to fix his window that wasn't rolling up. The part we needed was only $135, so Jake and I decided that if we couldn't do it, we'd bring the car in with the door in pieces and let them finish the job. Now, it's hard for me to admit, but Jake definitely did more than me - a lot more - OK fine, I mostly just stood around and watched the proceedings, but Jake is an engineer and he just gets how things go together better than me. I hate that I'm not mechanically inclined. It's embarrassing. Anyway, we were able to get it done in about 3 hours going very slow to make sure we didn't screw anything up, and it saved us about $365. Hooray for us, and I thought it was kind of fun.

I'll try to post when I have something to say and time to say it, but I'm not making any promises. My life is ridiculous.