are you kidding me??

another crazy week.

yesterday we received the news that our house buyers

 wanted to close TODAY.

huh?

thanks for the advanced notice!

we're guessing it was some misunderstanding

between the buyers and their attorney.

you know, seeing as we never received a formal request

to close TWO weeks early. 

so, now, because we're nice....

we're scrambling to close today at 3.

we'll see.

either way the new owners won't be able to take possesion

until we have time to move out.

oh and have somewhere to move!  

minor detail.

we don't take possession of our new house for a week.

we will know sometime later this morning if it all can come together today.

our attorney needs a few more items in order to close.

i'll keep you posted :)

on another note...

isn't this playroom super-duper?

 i have no idea where i found it, but i've been drooling ever since.

take care friends!

xoxo. erin

cooper-isms

scene - my toyota sienna

coop: you know mom, when i grow up i want to date grace.

(a girl in his pre-school class)

me: really? what about emily?

(crush from last year)

coop: oh, i will date her too.

me: coop, you should really only date one girl at a time.

coop: ya, but... i don't really think that crosses the line.

me: (a little surprised) what line is that?

coop: you know, the "you can't marry your sister" line.

now... imagine me trying to contain my laughter.

then grabbing my iphone to call dan and relay the story.

and because i believe all blog posts should contain photos.

enjoy two inspiration photos for the new house....

second grade and pk 4

here they are

the obligatory first day of school photos

aren't they so stinkin cute?

reilly in second grade - mrs. meister's class

cooper in pk 4 - mrs. fiesman's class

mommy's little helper

coop decided to help me pack. he packed all his most important possessions....

 he packed...

4 zhu zhu pets

4 various balls

and

his toy soldier bucket

that should pretty much cover it... from his perspective!

my nightmare

how does anyone do it? packing a home with seven years of accumulated "stuff" is impossible (trust me, i wanted to say sh*! there, but i said stuff). i've become ruthless.... at this point EVERYTHING is garbage.

but through it all, this has become my savior....

POD how do I love thee? Let me count the ways....

you sit patiently in my driveway 

allowing me to put my boxes in you (slowly, as i fill them up)

you've allowed my home to stay clean & tidy 
and not overrun with mess & a maze of boxes

then one day....

a truck will pick you up & take all my "stuff" to it's new home

THANK YOU POD... YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!
(imagine Enrique Iglesias' song Hero playing in the background!)

eleven years

eleven years ago today, i married my best friend. time flies when you're having fun, because it feels like it was yesterday. happy anniversary dd!

to honor eleven years, 

here's eleven thing i love about dan...

 he makes me laugh.... a lot!

he's a great kisser

he puts up with me and my crazy

he has great taste

he's a fantastic cook

he's a great dad

he's a hard worker

he's tender and loving

he's sexy.... really sexy

after 11 years, he can still surprise me

he's my best friend and favorite person

love you babe.... xoxo ed

here's a little sneak peek of our new home.

since we don't officially own the house yet,

i didn't feel comfortable showing everything... 

more to come when we have the keys in hand!

guess what!

no i'm not going to say "chicken butt" but my 7 year old would have :)

anyway. back to civil adult conversation.

things have been a little nutty around these parts, in addition to our house going under contract, the kids going back to school, and a quick mini vacay... we bought a mailbox!

luckily for us, it also comes with a HOUSE. yay for dan.... it's on a golf course. yay for me.... it has the space we need and it's chuck full of fun home improvement projects! i see a lot of wall paper removal and painting in my near future.

now we're just praying that all goes smoothly. praying both our house sale and our new purchase goes off without a hitch! the thought of something going wrong has me up at night... when will i learn that worrying never does me any good!!??

happy tuesday friends! xoxo- erin

mia

sorry i've been missing. the husband and i sneaked away for a end of the summer mini vacay! i did loads and loads of not-a-lot and drank lots of drinks that contained pineapple! yum!

here is where i was.... key biscayne, florida...... ahhhhhhh!

The Ritz Carlton, Key Biscayne

the pool.... honestly this is where i was ALL week

the ocean was way to warm, but pretty

crazy days!

ok. i've been uber nervous to let my bloggy friends know that  as of last friday our house in under contract!!!!!!!!!!!! yep... hopefully (if all goes well) my home will have NEW owners as of sept. 15th. ! obviously this could still fall though, so i'm still extremely nervous. fingers crossed.

so... on top of school transfers, home inspections, attorney reviews, HOUSE HUNTING and the daily ups and downs of raising 3 crazy kids..... we've been dealing with THIS....

NIGHTMARE AT 11:00 PM

we got the call at 9:30 pm from a friend.... their daughter has lice. what? who? when? where? what the he@#! thank goodness dan is far more level headed than i. he promptly ran to the drug store and purchased the needed items to take care of the "situation".

honestly, i hope that all parents have to deal with this and just never talk about it. a dirty little secret. because if that's not the case, am i a horrible parent. no one has ever really told me about their kids having lice. 

do i not bathe my children enough? should i call everyone i know and warn them that my kids are/were infested? did my kids infect my friend's kid or did their kid infect my kid? really who knows. 

i just know i'm a loon. whatever. moving on.

it's all in the details

i love every detail.... the mirror, faucet, sink, color palette, blinds, flowers, soaps..... everything.

have pantry will organize

we went house hunting yesterday. whew did that wipe me out and now i'm a bit of an emotional wreck. anyway. i was touring a house (that ironically is a friend of mine's house) and i opened her pantry. and oh-my-goodness that girl is organized! so of course i had pantry envy. deep. emotional. pantry envy. honestly i wish i had my camera, i would have documented it's beauty!

so now i'm on a mission.... i must organize. find. the. time. to. ORGANIZE! to do so, i must have inspiration. so here it is....

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