A Change of Plans...Floor Plans

Today has been a roller coaster ride of a day! It all started last night...Rhett and I were so excited because we made an offer on the house. Tammra, my dad's girlfriend, is our realtor and we decided to go with her simply because of the fact that we knew she had OUR best interest in mind. When we were just looking into this house, we talked to the realtor who is actually advertising the subdivision because we wanted to find out more detailed information about the different floor plans. Never once did we sign anything that said she was our realtor or give her our word that she would make this deal for us. So, Rhett and I decided it would be in our best interest to go in this deal with someone who would be looking out for us, the buyer, and not the seller/builder.
Well, back to putting the offer in...Tammra received a phone call from the realtor that Rhett and I talked to before and she literally yelled at Tammra and bad mouthed Rhett and I. The realtor (who will remain nameless) said she would only except full price and didn't care if we went somewhere else to find a house. Funny she said that because she called Tammra back not 10 minutes after she said that. Not to mention, it's a buyer's market right now!! These are tough times for those trying to sell houses!! Anywho, after much consideration, Rhett and I decided not continue with the negotiation process because we knew the reason she turned down our offer was personal, not monetary, and we didn't want to get caught up in that.
We were definitely down and out after the recent turn of events, but Tammra took us to look at another subdivision (where Danielle Harper use to live!!) and low and behold.....we found a house we love that has yet to be built!! Another bonus is that it is a good bit cheaper then the one we made an offer for!! We love the floor plans and the price, and we are thrilled to continue with the deal. So, I guess the point is don't let anything or anyone keep you down. There is a reason for everything that happens. I guess I should be thankful that the realtor lady was such a witch.

Home for Christmas!

Jesse and I before he left to be a Squid!

I am one happy girl because I just talk to my brother and he's coming home for Christmas!! YAY!! For those of you who may not know, my brother is in the Navy and he is currently stationed in California. I haven't seen him in almost a year. I was so sad because he originally thought he wasn't going to be able to come home for Christmas because airplane tickets are just too dang expensive!! He thought the next time he would be able to come home was when he got stationed in Jacksonville, and that wouldn't have been until March! Well, as luck would have it, they stationed him in Jacksonville early. On his way to Jacksonville, he's going to take leave and spend the holiday season with his family!! I love my brother and I can't wait to see him!! He really does just crack me up all the time...and I am in serious need of a dose of his hilarious personality! Arrrggg! The Christmas Pirate will be home shortly!

I'm Baaaaaaack!

Hello all! So I couldn't stay away from blogging that long...so sue me. If you haven't quit blogging at least once in your blogging lifetime, you will! But I do have to admit, it's fun and just a little addicting. So I've had my little hissy fit and now I'm back for good after a very brief hiatus.


My love and I Thanksgiving morning!

On to the fun stuff.... Rhett and I are in the process of buying our first house! We are both so very excited, but also very stressed. This house buying business is no joke. We know which house we want, and we're in the beginning processes of actually buying it. Once we buy it, then the construction begins!! See, the house isn't actually built yet...it's one of those build as you buy things. But that's great for us because we can decide all the colors and such. Anywho, the house won't actually be done until around April, but Rhett and I are sooooooo excited. This is the first of many small steps towards building mine and Rhett's future together.
Now onto Thanksgiving, because god knows I will mention the house building process more than a few times in this blog!! I know everyone will get tired of hearing about it, but that's okay because I can also recognize the fact that this is MY house and although I'm thrilled to death about it, I know everyone else could care less.
So Thanksgiving....was great! Rhett cooked his very first trash can turkey!! Sounds gross, but trash can turkey is where you smoke a turkey using an aluminum trash can (of course, we use a trash can that's never been used). Rhett's turkey was a success!! It was sooo yummy and moist! We took it over to Rhett's parent's house where we had our first Thanksgiving meal of the day. Everyone in Rhett's family is very sweet, but they are a football lovin' crowd so they weren't very happy when I changed the channel from the Dallas Cowboys football game to the National Championship Dog Show!! HA HA HA!! Oh well, I'll have to work on them. After we finished at Rhett's parent's house, we headed over to my dad's girlfriend's (Tamera) house for our second and last Thanksgiving meal of the day! Rhett and I had alot of fun. The food was yummy and after dinner we played alot of fun games. Rhett and I got our first taste of Virtual Bowling!! We weren't too bad, but in the finals Tamera beat Rhett. After bowling, we played Virtual Baseball we're the girls surprisingly kicked the boys butts!!! Big, bad Rhett couldn't even hit the baseball!! After the virtual games, we played BalderDash we're my dad cracked everyone up with his answers! All in all, Thanksgiving was so much fun! I just love my family and I am thankful for all their support.


Rhett, his dad, and his brother Wes


Me and Rhett and our little babies (who were not cooperating!!)


Aubbie, smoking it up!

Over the weekend, I also came to realize that I have another favorite show that I love to watch!! Meerkat Manor!! I am obsessed with watching that show. Weird, I know. It's fun and so dramatic!! There was a Meerkat Manor Marathon on Animal Planet all day Friday and I couldn't peel my eyes away from the TV! Anywho, I was also thinking about the concept of gossiping. I mean really, yes gossiping is bad, but could you imagine not gossiping and only having yourself to talk about?? How boring would that be? I guess I'm one of those people that doesn't like the whole stoking your own ego thing. Oh well, just food for thought!! Have a great week everyone!!