Moving...Again

On Wednesday (two days ago), the Sherman's called and said that they were coming back about 1 1/2 months earlier than originally planned. So they gave our eviction notice: September 20th! Aaaggh! That wasn't part of the plan...but it will be nice to move into our own place!

That evening I made a few phone calls to different apartment complex offices and individuals, however it was after office hours...Dang! I was in "project mode" and nothing to do about it. I couldn't gain any ground, get any answers, look at any apts, or make any progress...

The next day, yesterday, I arranged 5 showings of apartments that evening. There were two in Orem, two in American Fork, and one in Pleasant Grove. (Why was I looking in AF and PG? I'm actually not quite sure...)

The two in Orem were nasty and gross and definitely not worth what they were asking for. We crossed those off our list

The two in American Fork were about the same in construction (what were they thinking in the 70's?) but one was priced better than the other, so we crossed off one of those. Okay, great, we're making progress! Since we were up in AF we decided to visit the Baddley's for a little bit. We left there around 7:00pm and drove to PG to see the last apt for the evening.

We were in a nicer neighborhood, which was nice for a change. We saw one house on the whole street that had the red brick outside and thought for sure the address on our paper would match the address on the house...It didn't! It was the really nice house next to it, the one with the boat and SUV and stone siding, and built more recent than the 70's!

Right then and there we both looked at each other and pretty much decided that that's where we wanted to live. We looked at the apartment, in their basement, and fell even more in love. It's quite small, only 800 sq. ft., but it's all that we need and in far better condition than any other of the apartments we had been looking at. We knew we had been guided directly to this apartment.

Anyway, I'll be getting pictures soon enough. We're planning on moving out and in as soon as possible, so within 2-3 weeks! Yay! Our own home where we can decorate the way we want and organize the kitchen the way we want! I'm SO excited and humbled by the beautiful blessing we have just been given!

School starts again in 1 1/2 weeks!

Does anybody else think that that's super crazy?!

My New Office!

My old office used to be the dining room table! My laptop, cords leading to the outlet and leading down to the foot pedal cut across the entryway making it difficult for those walking in to avoid everything. Also, I was putting the keyboard on my lap and typing like that, which actually made it more difficult and slowed me down in the long run. So, Jason and I decided to go to IKEA for FHE this week and buy a desk that would last us a while and be beneficial in keeping our house neat and orderly! Julie came over yesterday and helped me put it together while Jason was fulfilling his calling, out with the EQ Presidency. Here's a picture of our setup, so far it's working great! (Now we just need to get Jason one!)

Bear Lake

The Lewis' (Jason's mom's side) had a family reunion at Bear Lake this last weekend. We were able to hang out with 8 (out of 14) siblings and their kids. It was so much fun! We went to the lake Friday and had some great fun with a JetSki and the sun--everyone forgot to put sunscreen on! Right when we got there, though, Jason wasn't feeling that great so we started throwing the football around. And about the 5th catch, I decided to not open my hand all the way and jammed my finger. It wasn't until Jason's dad pointed out the fact that I would now have a more difficult time typing that I realized just that. It's like we're just falling apart! Between Jason's ER visit for his gall bladder and my finger, hopefully we'll stay healthy for the rest of the year! Here's a picture of it now. It looked 10x as bad before...



The next day, Saturday, we stayed while most of the others left. We had fun playing volleyball and just chillin in the great outdoors. That night we built a fire and made s'mores and different variations of them (people were getting creative).

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