Poor Abby. Her toe fractures (yes, more than one!) are serious enough to keep her on crutches for another couple of weeks. One fracture is right next to a growth plate. The doctor was kind enough to show me where the fractures are. I also liked seeing the as-yet-unfused growth plates. Still thinking the #1 girl has 3-5 inches left to grow. She's being very good about using her crutches since the doctor said if she's not, she could be looking at surgery. Hans has moved her out of her walking class since she can't walk right now and has gotten her into a photography class. Her first day in Photography had her searching the school for something from the 70s. Someone thought to ask the age of her father...so she sneakily took a picture of her father teaching through a classroom window. Made for a lot of giggles later at home since he hadn't noticed. We surprised her yesterday with a larger terrarium for Coriander that we found while garage sale-ing.
I enjoy living in the school district where we teach. Kids recognize me all over, even high schoolers, as the substitute and I love it. I called a couple of weeks ago to order a Papa Murphy's pizza for the family and when I said to put in under "Weber," the kid on the phone asks, "Are you Mr. Weber's wife?" That in itself is a funny question since "Mr. Weber" can be vague and any male with the last name Weber. I said yes, and the boy said, "You've subbed me a few times and I had Mr. Weber as a teacher!" I picked up the pizza instead of sending Hans like I intended because the kid said he'd see me in a bit. I even had more children saying "hi" to me as we garage sale-d yesterday than Hans did.
Hazel is a funny peanut. She's over-scheduled and seems to be loving it. She's still doing Girl Scouts (although we're going to slow down on it during soccer season) and dance, but she's added soccer to her busy-ness. Come October 3, we should be a little scrambled getting kids to games. Thankfully, she's not into being keeper. I don't know that I could handle another kid on goal. She came home last night from Ellie's and Baile's house with grey, white, and red makeup lines on her face and arams and yelling, "BRAINS!" Somebody was a funny little zombie. A zombie! What the heck? Hans asked her if she had a sister and she replied, "No, I don't have a sister. I just know a girl I can eat!"
We're working on finishing up Eli's closet. I've painted the closet the same blue as his room and am gearing up to start painting the downstairs this AM. Hans is going to hang the door and finish the closet rods and shelving today. I'm hoping to talk to Theresa tomorrow about the new appraisal. Still waiting on the house across the street to close to see how close to 415K they got. Our house should be valued high enough now for us to lose the PMI. :)
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Monday, September 7, 2015
Life on Ambleside
It's my most favorite time of the year. School starts this week! Everyone is now in one school district! Tomorrow is Abby's first day of high school. Wednesday will be Eli's first day of middle school. Hazel starts 2nd grade then and has her first dance class of the new year.
I love the first days of school. Kids are excited and wake up on time. School supplies look all snazzy and sharp. My house will be quiet for a few hours. Poor Harvey will look at me sadly, then watch out the window for the kids to come home.
Too bad Abby broke her foot Saturday night while running up the stairs trying to surprise Eli. His room has been a construction site the last few days while Hans puts in a closet, making our home a 4-bedroom house. We're working on eliminating our PMI & maybe getting a refinance for a lower interest rate at the same time. Who knows if it will work. The house has to appraise for $55k more than we purchased it all to work out favorably, but with the house across the street (a 3-bed, 2.5 bath, 2700 sq. ft house) asking $415k, I think we look should be able to appraise for at least $340k.
I love our home. I enjoy driving to our house through the streets in our development. I like the sidewalks and the tidy yards and the quiet. I love that my kids have friends all over our development and can ride their bikes on sidewalks and trails and not be on any major roads ever. I still have painting yet to do, but enjoy the process. It's such a small improvement to make to a home and it makes such a visible difference quickly.
Just grateful.
I love the first days of school. Kids are excited and wake up on time. School supplies look all snazzy and sharp. My house will be quiet for a few hours. Poor Harvey will look at me sadly, then watch out the window for the kids to come home.
Too bad Abby broke her foot Saturday night while running up the stairs trying to surprise Eli. His room has been a construction site the last few days while Hans puts in a closet, making our home a 4-bedroom house. We're working on eliminating our PMI & maybe getting a refinance for a lower interest rate at the same time. Who knows if it will work. The house has to appraise for $55k more than we purchased it all to work out favorably, but with the house across the street (a 3-bed, 2.5 bath, 2700 sq. ft house) asking $415k, I think we look should be able to appraise for at least $340k.
I love our home. I enjoy driving to our house through the streets in our development. I like the sidewalks and the tidy yards and the quiet. I love that my kids have friends all over our development and can ride their bikes on sidewalks and trails and not be on any major roads ever. I still have painting yet to do, but enjoy the process. It's such a small improvement to make to a home and it makes such a visible difference quickly.
Just grateful.
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