Recent stuff

Random recent stuff:

1. *This morning Justin was lying on the couch reading Jacob a story-very cute.

*I've heard from two different people this week that Leanna's school is a good one(one of them is a teacher at the high school, so presumably knows what she's talking about). That's good to know.

*My parents got bluetooths, and they're so excited about it I thought it was worth mentioning.

* I was looking forward to a slow paced week after spending the first week of the month trying to clean and prepare for Timmy's birthday party, then the next week trying to get Leanna's costume made and cleaning for a home meeting with our Forrester's Rep. Then I had the two days where I was preparing for trick or treating-we did go to Wilson also (ironing the costumes, get the clothes to keep warm underneath the costumes.gathering all props and baskets, make sure I have extra bags in case it gets too heavy for them, bring along coats/blankets in case it's too cold, charge the camera batteries and unload pictures, get the stroller ready and bring the sling just in case, and get everyone dressed and fed and ready), and we also had the nurse from the Forrester's group make a home visit, so again the house needed to be relatively clean. I was really looking forward to things being normal again after Monday, but then our landlord called. We're supposed to sign papers next week to buy the house. And the price was lowered a little, which makes me sooooo relieved, you have no idea! So it's finally happening. But our landlady has never been in the house since we moved in. And part of our agreement was lower rent in exchange for Tom repairing the damage previous tenants had done to the house. So she's at the very least going to want to walk through the first floor, possibly the whole house. ARRRRGGGGHHHH! Now this woman had five children herself so she must at some point have had some messes. But she seems extremely organized, she runs her own mortgage company and has a real no-nonsense attitude. And I'm pretty sure her kids weren't as rambunctious as ours are! So I don't think she would be as sympathetic as some. This means Tom must clear his junk off the front porch (Hallelujah!) and the backyard. He might even try to finish a few home projects he started but never finished. But it will be a lot of work to have everything presentable enough for a tour. Wish us luck-both with the house deal and the mess!