Spreading the love!

Our first Christmas in our new house!!!!!

Merry Christmas from the Lofstuen's!

Me and Molly! Merry Christmas!
Me and Peanut! Merry Christmas!
Michael and Peanut riding on his shoulder!

Mike doing some Destruction oops I mean construction!

That's a big hole!

Lots more pictures!

Cool new sign I got and a wedding gift I finally can hang up!
The girls!

Garage my side is on the left!
Our house from the side.
The side, and front!
Breezway/fridge!
Breezway door to the garage!

Freezer!
Our back yard!
More backyard!
Oooo the upstairs!
Garage!

PICTURES!!!

Moving Day! The HUGE truck!
Mike the HUGE truck driver!
Having fun going for a ride around the block, in the HUGE truck!
Michael riding in the middle of the HUGE truck!
Before we moved! This is pretty much our whole lives in the living room!
Molly, in the HUGE truck!
This is just the beginning...
Michael moving stuff!
Mom, taking a rest in the NEW house! This is what we call the bonus room!

Carrie's Birthday Shot! Thank you Cassy for doing that with me! And thank you Jack Daniels for being so smoooooth!
Getting punchy, it's about 1 am and we just got finished moving stuff in!
Just having fun!
The girls, staying outta the way!
SO LITTLE!

I'm very proud of this wreath! I've always wanted to have a real one and now I do!
My beautiful Christmas Tree! (and Peanut!)
My washer and dryer!! I'm glad Mike dropped the dryer, it doesn't squeak anymore!

1/3rd of the BONUS ROOM!!!

Where did Tuesday go?

Tuesday is over and I should be happy but I didn't get anything done! I had to make dip for work, so I did that. I made dinner for Mike and I, so I did that, I decorated the rest of the Christmas tree, I had the cool new ornaments that I got at Yonkers to put up, so I did that. I don't really recall what I did after that, alot of scuffling around trying to decide what to do with myself, and next thing you know it was time to go to bed. And I hadn't unpacked a single box that I should have! I think I will just put everything in the basement and buy all new stuff as I need it! SOOOOO much easier! We were planning on going to the recycling center last night and take a whole bunch of boxes, but I forgot! We still don't have a stove or fridge! Makes life interesting that's for sure! My life is a lot more boring now that we've gotten moved and I like it. But it won't be for long, Mike has his eyes on which wall he's going to tear down first! It's exciting and scary all in the same! I can see it now going a little to far and hit a water pipe, water spraying everywhere, a 10,000 dollar plumbing bill! I'm already stressing about it! Ha-ha! Ok I will try and get those pics uploaded tonight!

Finally, a moment to breath

Hello everybody, hello everybody, hello and how are you?

Well we got pretty much everything moved! Wow it was one of the craziest days of my life! We got almost everything into one truck! The boys and Laura went back for a second trip and to pick up some much needed booze! I think we had everything pretty much wrapped up by about midnight and finally had a few mins to relax. It was great! But we were so tired we didn't' want to drive the truck back to Cedar Falls so we made the crazy decision to get up in the morning to have it gassed up and back by 8am! We did it! After that we went right back home and went to bed! We were still so exhausted! I got up about 1 and Mike slept in until 3:30, the man can sleep! I was seriously overwhelmed by everything there was to do that day and about started to cry! And we didn't get the TV hooked up yet so I really didn't have any distraction to help me relax so I started to do some unpacking. Thanks to my mom and Laura who pretty much unpacked my whole kitchen and got everything set up, that was a huge project I didn't have to do! Thanks guys! I also want to say thank you to my Dad, with out ya we would have never gotten everything in one day! Thanks for you support when I went into panic mode!

I GOT MY TREE UP! And the house decorated for Christmas! I know that may not seem like the most important thing to do when you have a house full of boxes, but our house now feels like home! We still don't have a fridge or stove yet so cooking has been interesting! But it's also been easy, lots of frozen pizza, it makes me thankful that Iowa is a frozen tundra sometimes because our patio is our freezer and our breezeway is our fridge! It's been quite interesting!

Monday was great! We went to The Readlyn Telephone company and got our phone, cable, and Internet hooked up. Went to city hall to pick up our garbage rules, and went to the Post Office to get our PO BOX! Then we came into town so Mike could finish up working on his Blazer (yay it works! Finally!), and to go pick our a garbage can! We went to Lowe's and spent way to much money, but I got a real wreath, which I decorated with white lights and a big red bow that I hung on the front door! It look so pretty! I took a picture and am going to try and get a whole bunch uploaded tonight! I will try! We are going to try and take a Christmas photo to! Well today I am back at work but really don't want to be. Thank goodness I only have to work 4 days this week and then I have next week off! Whoo Hoo! I hope to finish unpacking and start some painting! Wow it's already overwhelming me! HELP!

Moving Day!!!

HI! We finally closed on our house at 5 last night! It was up in air until then! But it finally has happened for us! HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's Moving day! It's crazy around here!!! We have more stuff in our little duplex than I could ever imagine! Thanks to my family we have helpers and a few of our friends have been stopping by when they have time! We got the hugest moving truck it so fun to ride in it! I am in the midst of it all right now and this is my break! So I will write again on Tuesday when I am back to work! Love you all and I can't wait to see you all soon!

We've got High Hopes!

Well I am feelin good! They are going to overnight our deed back to us and are trying to arrange the closing for Friday! WHOO HOO!! I think that I am getting my hopes up again but come on people, if I don't then I will still be sad, and do any of you wanna be around a sad Carrie?? I didn't think so! I don't like being a sad Carrie! I am very disappointed that they couldn't pull it off tomorrow, you would think they would considering all we have been through, so sorry to all of our moving helpers, there will be more to move on Saturday then originally planned. I can't wait, I hope tomorrow I'm not writing another FRUSTRATED blog! :) Happy Hump Day!

Bad Day, almost over...FINALLY

Well this bad day is almost over. I can't even believe what we have been through. But I really need to stop whining and grow up and be a big girl. I DON'T WANNA! I really wanna throw myself on the floor on my back and start kicking my feet and pounding my fists on the floor until my mom buys me the candy that I want at the grocery store. Oh poo. We I was sitting here thinking that I really should be thankful that we are able to buy a home. We are finally going to be moving out of our first place of our own that we rented :( and into our first place that we OWN! HOORAY! I need to be thankful to all of the people who made this possible. I would like to thank my fans, with out you I would be nothing. I would like to thank my Mom, you are my best friend. Thank you dad for all of the good advise, you may have made me cry but only cause I knew you were right. Thank you to everyone who reads this, I get to vent to you, and I need that! It is sounding more and more like we will be closing sometime this week but it's still possible it could be next week. See the problem is, the bank in California doesn't understand that there are real people involved in this deal. They haven't signed the deed yet. That is all we are waiting for. They knew about a month ago we were going to get this house, how come they didn't sign it then?? HUM HUM HUM!!!!! Well I guess they sent them the deed via e-mail today and all they have to do is sign it and send it back, lets see how long this will take! Girrr!! I'm really trying to remain positive, but come on, it would be probably the worst birthday ever if we didn't move on it! OK! Thanks again for all of your feedback. You are all still welcome to come visit, if we ever move!

WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG?

FYI

Were not closing Today, my life offically SUCKS...wait, were getting snow! I love that! Makes me alot more happy! HOORAY! DRIVE CAREFUL EVERYONE!

FRUSTRATION!!!!!!!!!

I AM FRUSTRATED AND NEVER EVER EVER WANNA BUY A HOUSE AGAIN! I just heard that they may postpone our closing date! It's supposed to be tomorrow! AHHHHH! This just sucks, I had everything arranged with the Utilities company's to have everything switched tomorrow. Mike took off the rest of the week after tomorrow. We need to be out of our Duplex! This is so frustrating! Apparently a second Abstract appeared out of thin air and they have to make sure that it is clear. I know this is for our own safety but COME ON PEOPLE! Seriously, shouldn't we have checked on this I dunno, LAST WEEK! I figured out that we put the offer in on the house back in October. This has gone on long enough! I want to scream or cry or both at the same time!!!!!!!!!! HELP!

WE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS!

Wow! I feel a huge weight has been lifted off our shoulders! We passed our re-inspection and termite certification! Whoo hoo! We close on Tuesday, December 11Th! That's only a few days away! I'm just so excited I could burst! But...we haven't really packed much lately so that really sucks! And I work tonight until 7 at the kitchen shop, Mike works tomm. all day, and I work Sunday afternoon. NO PACKING TIME WHATSOEVER! So if anyone knows the packing fairy, please send her my way! Also, I have been trying to deny it but...I'm sick! I have a terrible cold! It is keeping me down, that's for sure! Last night it hit me like a box of rocks. I just can't function correctly. I'm sitting here at work and pretty much just staring at my computer trying to remember my password. On top of it all I have a tooth ache too. Oh listen to me whine, I'm getting my first house for goodness sake! I can't wait to have you all over to visit and give the grand tour to! We have alot of work ahead of us but we will conquer this 100 year old house, we will! Right now, I'm the most excited to get our animals in there. Peanut has never seen a house so big, I think she will run herself until she can't run anymore! It's going to be soooooo darn cute! And I'm pretty sure we wont see the kitty for a few days, moving down the street was very traumatic for her. I think she cried for 48 hours. I do think once she gets adjusted, she will really like it there, lots of windows to look out (lots of windows to replace!). We have also been really lucky lately, Mike's mom is going to give us her fridge, and a guy Mike works with is giving us a chair and foot stool, and Jean is giving me a big Christmas tree! YAY! We love free stuff! Any one else that has a furniture or ya know a stove we would love to take if off your hands! haha! Well I hope everyone has or is having a great weekend! I'm going to busy! :)

Going as planned?

Good news! Something is going right for us! Our contractor is finishing up this morning on the house! I'm am so excited to go to the walk through tonight I could just pee my pants! Te hehe!
Mike is going to the Omega sale when he gets off work to see if he can find us a really nice cabinet for the upstairs bathroom, so wish us luck! OK I will post more pics after tonight! yay!!!
Oh and our place is for rent if anyone wants to live in a one bedroom duplex! lol!

As Promised!

Wudda weekend

Happy Monday!

We had quite an eventful weekend!

Friday went like this:

Mike took 1/2 day off work so he could go help demo the bathroom, the only problem was that the other bank hadn't released for us to go into house, so our contractor couldn't start! So Mike got a nap! That is until we heard at about 2:30 that we had the go ahead to get started! So Mike and Michael headed out to Readlyn and I went to my other handy dandy job at the Kitchen Shop! Whoo we were sure busy! After work I headed out to Readlyn to check on the boys progress! And wow! They had pretty much demolished the upstairs bathroom floor! It was amazing! Adam and Cassie stopped by for a little bit to check out our crib. Shortly there after we headed back to Cedar Falls. Mike and I went out to dinner (Crappy Chinese) and picked up Tony. As soon as I plopped in my chair, I was out like a light! Mike got me up about midnight to go to bed!

Saturday was just so...bah!

Saturday morning, Mike and I got up bright and early, 8! We got ready to head out of town and get some real work done on the house. Also our contractor was there and we wanted to check in with him! The only problem was the terrible weather we were having! It was so cold and sleeting, freezing rain, snowing etc! But we braved the elements and went to Readlyn. When we got there it was 10! Jeff (our contractor) had completed the demo process on the bathroom floor and uninstalled the sink and toilet. It looked great! But due to the weather he decided to call it a day. So we went to the store and got Paint and accessories and worked our tails off and got alot done, the only problem was that when you opened the window, your face was filled with snow! So we got as much done as we could. After all that we finally headed home about 2 and I took my place in my cozy warm chair and the boys went after some Papa Murpheys Pizza! Mmm so good! We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening watching movies! After the wonderfully relaxing afternoon, we had to go to walmart and get the rest of the painting supplies we needed. Walmart on a wintery night is always fun! After that we had to pick up the girls from Auntie Laura's house, she was in charge of them for the day! I don't think they wanted to leave! I know they will be much happier in the new house with all the room to run and play!

Sunday-The day of non-rest

Sunday! I hate Sundays! It's the end of the weekend! Can't have any fun! Especially when you have to work! Ok so it's not as bad as I make it sound. It's Monday, defiantly worse! Ha-ha! OK well when I went to work Mike and Michael headed back out to Readlyn to see what they could finish up. After I got off work at about 4, I was summoned to Readlyn to smell our house, Mike did some minor cleaning and check out Adam and Cassy's awesome Christmas tree! Or should I say Holiday Tree...NOT! We had fun! Mike so conveniently got a flat tire, no big deal you say?? Oh that's not they way anything goes for us! Of course Mike's tire wouldn't come off! Well we got some fix-a-flat and he made it home and back to work this AM, lets see how long this lasts, he just needs to make it home from work today so he can use his impact wrench to get the stinkin' thing off! Wow! Wudda weekend. I am going to try and get the demo pics up from the bathroom tonight!