Yep. No blogging for a long time. The worst part is so much has happened since the last post.
After beating Auburn, we traveled to Atlanta for the SEC Championship game. The University of Alabama played the University of Florida. A lot was at stake. The winner would go to Pasadena, CA to play in the National Championship game. Bama was the underdogs and all media focus was on Tim Tebow. And occasionally the rest of the Florida team. But, Bama came out of the tunnel with a mission. And they accomplished it. In fact, they dominated the entire game. The team played as a team and beat Tim Tebow. And the other players on the Florida team. It was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen. Now, Tide Guy and I are going with the Bama team to Pasadena to play Texas for the title.
The day after the game, we flew to Maui, HI for eight days of rest and relaxation. We stayed at a condo on the beach and enjoyed a great view, sand, warmth, and good food. We took a long, long drive on an extremely curvy road to Hana. We were gone most of the day. Although it was fun, we decided our trip was about enjoying the time rather than spending time in a vehicle. So, from then on, we didn't spend much time in the car. Maybe the next time, we go to Maui, we won't need to de-stress as much.
Everyone is done at the house. We still have a few little things that need to be done, but we started moving our things Christmas day. And, the day after. We will also move a little today. We should be mostly in by New Year's Day to enjoy the bowl games in our wonderful media room. We have watched two movies and it was great! Some furniture was delivered last weekend, but our master bedroom furniture won't arrive until after the first week in January 2010. We are going to put up a guest bed and sleep in that until our new furniture arrives.
There is still move to come, but it will have to wait.
Tide Gal
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
We Beat AU!
Barely. Bama played our big in-state rival yesterday, Auburn. We are ranked #2 and Auburn isn't ranked. But, in this game, ranking doesn't matter. This is a game of State Bragging Rights. For a WHOLE year. Many years, if one team isn't ranked, they have been able to knock down the other ranked team. Bama was predicted to win by double digits, but Auburn came out with some trickery. The end of the first quarter, Auburn was ahead 14-0. Unbelievable. They led the whole game. Bama was able to score a touchdown leaving Auburn with only seconds to score. They weren't able to do it, so we can still play for the National Championship if we beat Florida next weekend in Atlanta during the SEC Championship game.
Today, we are supposed to take my niece to Nashville for the night and see the Rockettes at the Grand Ole Opry. She may be a little sick, so we have to wait and see what happens at her doctor's appointment this morning.
Tide Guy is supposed to meet the painter this morning and go over what he needs to do. So frustrating.
In the adoption world, things are the same. No speed up. No big referral days. In fact, the time between referrals has had some delays.
Have a good day!
Tide Gal
Today, we are supposed to take my niece to Nashville for the night and see the Rockettes at the Grand Ole Opry. She may be a little sick, so we have to wait and see what happens at her doctor's appointment this morning.
Tide Guy is supposed to meet the painter this morning and go over what he needs to do. So frustrating.
In the adoption world, things are the same. No speed up. No big referral days. In fact, the time between referrals has had some delays.
Have a good day!
Tide Gal
Thursday, November 26, 2009
We Closed!! And Happy Thanksgiving.
Happy Turkey Day!!
We closed on our house on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. So now, Tide Guy and I and the bank own our house. Mostly the bank.
We are ready to move in, but the painter isn't finished. He needs to stain both sets of stairs and the stairs going down into the basement. He also needs to do touch up throughout the house and paint the columns in the foyer. He has at least a week of work to do. He seems to be putting us off. Tide Guy is supposed to meet him Saturday morning to go over what needs to be done.
Alabama plays Auburn on the day after Thanksgiving this year and the game is in Auburn. We had wanted to move some that day before the game, but since the paint isn't done, we have to wait.
Gas prices are up to $2.49. The economy is still horrible. Nothing new or any changes.
Black Friday is tomorrow and it seems stores are having great sales to make up for lagging sales prior to the holiday season.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Tide Gal
We closed on our house on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. So now, Tide Guy and I and the bank own our house. Mostly the bank.
We are ready to move in, but the painter isn't finished. He needs to stain both sets of stairs and the stairs going down into the basement. He also needs to do touch up throughout the house and paint the columns in the foyer. He has at least a week of work to do. He seems to be putting us off. Tide Guy is supposed to meet him Saturday morning to go over what needs to be done.
Alabama plays Auburn on the day after Thanksgiving this year and the game is in Auburn. We had wanted to move some that day before the game, but since the paint isn't done, we have to wait.
Gas prices are up to $2.49. The economy is still horrible. Nothing new or any changes.
Black Friday is tomorrow and it seems stores are having great sales to make up for lagging sales prior to the holiday season.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Tide Gal
Monday, November 23, 2009
We Close Tomorrow!
We close on the house tomorrow. So exciting. We still need the painter to come back for touch ups and to stain the two sets of steps & handrail. The basement isn't completely done, but is more done than I thought it would be before we closed.
Everything looks great and we are so happy to almost be done. Thanksgiving is in three days, so we will be limited when we can move our things. On Black Friday, Alabama plays Auburn, so that will limit our moving on that day, too. The next day, Saturday, we are going to Nashville to see the Rockettes.
The University of Alabama is undefeated right now and we are going to the SEC Championship game next Saturday. We are going on a bus ride with Traveling with the Tide and it should be very fun. The next day, we fly to Maui for 8 days. We need a nice vacation after working on the lot and house for almost 3 years.
My niece, Darby, had her 3rd birthday on November 10, 2009. She had a party with our family that day and a party for the kids the next Saturday. Among many other toys, books, and puzzles, she got a trampoline and had a blast with all her gifts.
In national news, gas prices still linger around $2.40 a gallon. The economy is horrible and unemployment is terrible.
Tide Gal
Everything looks great and we are so happy to almost be done. Thanksgiving is in three days, so we will be limited when we can move our things. On Black Friday, Alabama plays Auburn, so that will limit our moving on that day, too. The next day, Saturday, we are going to Nashville to see the Rockettes.
The University of Alabama is undefeated right now and we are going to the SEC Championship game next Saturday. We are going on a bus ride with Traveling with the Tide and it should be very fun. The next day, we fly to Maui for 8 days. We need a nice vacation after working on the lot and house for almost 3 years.
My niece, Darby, had her 3rd birthday on November 10, 2009. She had a party with our family that day and a party for the kids the next Saturday. Among many other toys, books, and puzzles, she got a trampoline and had a blast with all her gifts.
In national news, gas prices still linger around $2.40 a gallon. The economy is horrible and unemployment is terrible.
Tide Gal
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Day After
It is the day after Halloween. Yesterday, we spent the day at the house before the main event. I finished cleaning the floor and we are now ready for hardwood on Monday. The rain that came in under the floor has dried up. Tide Guy and the builder met to discuss the wetness on the floor. They think they have a few different solution and those will be addressed today.
We had sheet rock guys working yesterday and they got a lot accomplished in the basement. So much better than the first sheet rock guy we had.
The cable guy came at 4 and worked until about 7. Of course, he was all in the mud and had to go into the house. Tide Guy has promised me there isn't mud in the house on the floor I have spent hours cleaning. Hmmm..... Now, another contractor has to come and buy the cable line.
I went with my brother to take my niece trick or treating last night. She is three and had a blast until one house scared her. Then she was ready to go to her Granny's house. We did stop at one more house and they gave her fake vampire teeth. She loved them!! Her two favorite treats were the teeth and Play Doh. She ate one sucker, a pack of Whoopers, but played with the Play Doh and teeth for hours.
I have forgotten to mention Alabama football. Well, we are undefeated. We were playing great, but now our quarterback is losing his finesse. Our last two wins were not pretty. Mark Ingram is a potential candidate for the Heisman Trophy. He is up against some other great players, but Bama has never had a Heisman Trophy winner! Right now we are number two in the AP and number three in the BCS, but we were number one in the AP a few weeks ago. I would rather be number two right now. People seem to focus more on the number one team and find pleasure trying to knock them down. Plus, I really want to knock Tim Tebow and Florida off their number one spot. See, told you. Everyone wants to knock off the number one team!! And Alabama is tired of hearing about Tebow. He is often referred to as Superman and is the focus of his Florida team by his coach and the media. All Tebow all the time, and not much attention on the rest of the team.
Next week we have a hard game against LSU. Those LSU fans are fun, intense, interesting, and unique. And they have a good team. The game could make or break us.
Stay tuned.
Tide Gal
We had sheet rock guys working yesterday and they got a lot accomplished in the basement. So much better than the first sheet rock guy we had.
The cable guy came at 4 and worked until about 7. Of course, he was all in the mud and had to go into the house. Tide Guy has promised me there isn't mud in the house on the floor I have spent hours cleaning. Hmmm..... Now, another contractor has to come and buy the cable line.
I went with my brother to take my niece trick or treating last night. She is three and had a blast until one house scared her. Then she was ready to go to her Granny's house. We did stop at one more house and they gave her fake vampire teeth. She loved them!! Her two favorite treats were the teeth and Play Doh. She ate one sucker, a pack of Whoopers, but played with the Play Doh and teeth for hours.
I have forgotten to mention Alabama football. Well, we are undefeated. We were playing great, but now our quarterback is losing his finesse. Our last two wins were not pretty. Mark Ingram is a potential candidate for the Heisman Trophy. He is up against some other great players, but Bama has never had a Heisman Trophy winner! Right now we are number two in the AP and number three in the BCS, but we were number one in the AP a few weeks ago. I would rather be number two right now. People seem to focus more on the number one team and find pleasure trying to knock them down. Plus, I really want to knock Tim Tebow and Florida off their number one spot. See, told you. Everyone wants to knock off the number one team!! And Alabama is tired of hearing about Tebow. He is often referred to as Superman and is the focus of his Florida team by his coach and the media. All Tebow all the time, and not much attention on the rest of the team.
Next week we have a hard game against LSU. Those LSU fans are fun, intense, interesting, and unique. And they have a good team. The game could make or break us.
Stay tuned.
Tide Gal
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloweens H
Today is Halloween and we are into the fall season. Today, we have to finish cleaning the floor to prepare for hardwood to be installed on Monday. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?), we've had a lot of rain in the past few days. The water running off the roof above the master bedroom is over flowing over the gutter, hitting the deck, and some how coming inside under the wall or door. We have to get the floor dry before the hardwood is installed. I'm glad this is happening now BEFORE the hardwood is installed and then having to be repaired.
The deck railing is started, but the rain has delayed it's completion. The hot tub was to be delivered this week, but has been put off due to the rain. Some brick work has been delayed due to the rain. This has delayed the start of our drive way, too.
We are scheduled to close November 25, which is the day before Thanksgiving. Just over 3 weeks away. We have a lot of work to do and the weather isn't helping.
In the adoption world, we are not through review. That means our paperwork as been reviewed by the Chinese and there were no problems or questions with our application. So, we are still waiting. Still no speed up, but there is still hope.
Gas prices have jumped up to just over $2.50 a gallon. Unemployment is still terrible. And the public insurance option is back on the table.
Happy Halloween,
Tide Gal
The deck railing is started, but the rain has delayed it's completion. The hot tub was to be delivered this week, but has been put off due to the rain. Some brick work has been delayed due to the rain. This has delayed the start of our drive way, too.
We are scheduled to close November 25, which is the day before Thanksgiving. Just over 3 weeks away. We have a lot of work to do and the weather isn't helping.
In the adoption world, we are not through review. That means our paperwork as been reviewed by the Chinese and there were no problems or questions with our application. So, we are still waiting. Still no speed up, but there is still hope.
Gas prices have jumped up to just over $2.50 a gallon. Unemployment is still terrible. And the public insurance option is back on the table.
Happy Halloween,
Tide Gal
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Let's Play Some Football
Yesterday, I forgot to mention that Alabama is undefeated again this year. So far it has been a great year. We have junior quarterback and this is his first season as a starter. Right now we are ranked #3 and it looks as if we could be headed to the SEC Championship game again. We should be in a great bowl game, too. We already have room reservations in Atlanta for the SEC Championship game, and rooms in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl and Pasadena for the National Championship game.
Yesterday, the tile guy said he could easily fix the pot filler. However, if we could find some kind of extension to change the filler so that it unfolds below the rather than above, it would be easier, quicker, and less expensive. Of course, we've looked and the company doesn't offer that option. Luckily, we do have enough extra materials to redo the area without having to buy more tile. He also has about 3/4 of the tile around the master tub now.
The builder finished the mantel in the master bedroom and both mantels are now ready for primer and paint.
Tide Gal
Yesterday, the tile guy said he could easily fix the pot filler. However, if we could find some kind of extension to change the filler so that it unfolds below the rather than above, it would be easier, quicker, and less expensive. Of course, we've looked and the company doesn't offer that option. Luckily, we do have enough extra materials to redo the area without having to buy more tile. He also has about 3/4 of the tile around the master tub now.
The builder finished the mantel in the master bedroom and both mantels are now ready for primer and paint.
Tide Gal
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