Craziness, Saddness, & Happiness

And I thought things would slow down once we had moved into the house! Well, I guess they have a little. Chad and I actually have time to watch a movie - we have a lot of catching up to do. We have watched No Reservations (Romanticly Sappy), Superbad (Crudely Funny), Two Nights in Paris (interestingly funny), Batman Begins, and The Greatest Game Ever Played. Okay... so we have watched a lot of movies. It is nice though to finally be able to relax. Relax??? Did I really just say that? Before we get to the movie part, it is unpack this box, decide what to do with some of our stuff, do another load of laundry, put some more insulation somewhere, trim something, clean something, sort wedding gifts, buy stuff, shop around for stuff (mirrors, curtains, etc.). However, no complaints here! I am just loving being in the house... YAY!!!

We also finally closed. After about 6 reschedulings, they finally got the information right and got us in on Valentines Day. Everyone got their checks today. Everyone is happy... especially us! We paid 40 cents on the dollar plus lawyer costs for the supid lien but hey... could be worse!

On a different note, we attended the visitation for Catherine Maupin today in Henry. She was Jeremy's mother. Jeremy is one of Chad's closest cousins. My heart goes out to their family. She had 5 children. The youngest are 11 years old twins. That was our second visitation within a week. We also went to the visitaion for the mother-in-law for Chad's boss. Both lovely women passed away from cancer. I pray that both families find the strength to remember the best times and pull through this.

What else has been going on? Well, Leann is going to be a yoga instructor for Gold's gym. She has attended her training and is now completing her community service (teaching yoga). I attended her first session last night. She did excellent. She has that soothing yoga instructor voice and the 'class' flowed well. I hope to attend another one of her sessions before she becomes high demand and can't fit me in anymore! ;) Great job Leann!

As far as the business goes, I am really busy right now. Heathers wedding is coming up in just under two months! I am also taking their engagement photos this weekend. I am by no means a professional photographer... but I really enjoy pretending. haha I do have a great source... Bridget Barnlund from Imaginate Photography gives me hints and tips. Thanks Bridget! I am getting a new digital SLR within the next month. I guess that means that I will have to give my film SLR back to my mother who purchased it for me for my photography class in college. Hmmm... I will have to think about that one! ;)

Last time I said I would post some pics. Well I don't have anything new, so I will post some from a session I did with Julie and Grant...

Home Sweet Home

WHOOO HOOO!!! YEEE HAW!!! YIPPEE SKIPPEE!!!

We finally moved in! January 31st was our last day at Casa Schell. It is so nice to be in our own place... after a year and four months, we were ready. We still have some work to do and we really haven't closed yet. We should close tomorrow. We need to finish the trim work downstairs and the rest of the stair rail. Then there will always be things to do when we find time and money! We don't have internet set up at the new house yet, so we had a date tonight. We came to Panera for dinner and free Wi-Fi! haha

In other news... a big congrats out to Gio and Genny on their engagement. I am so happy for you guys!!! I have added them to my list of friend getting married. However, my list of friends having babies (or trying) is much larger! I actually had two baby showers this weekend. Along with some gifts and books from their registries, their gift included bricks. :) I made book ends out of bricks we had at home. I forgot to take a photo of them but they were adorable... well in my opinion. :)

Rhyme and Tempest are doing great in their new environment. The day after we moved in, we took them to get their teeth cleaned. In doing so, we found out Rhyme has a heart murmer. That took extra tests and some medication that she is still taking. She is doing well though. You would never know! Tempest had a bumb on her lip that is going down so we won't have to have surgery... knock on wood!

Well, we are headed out for the night. Until we come for the free wi-fi again...

Good night!

P.S. I will post photos next time!