The weekend comes early!

So, I've been told that I can see the future of sorts. For instance, I can see that Chris will be sick tomorrow. Oh my sweet husband.... and during our long weekend trip to the mountains! Of course we are leaving so that our realtor can have a fabulous open house weekend. One that brings many many offers for our lovely little home. Yes, we are off to the mountains... Banff or Radium is where we're headed. For sure a trip to the Calgary Zoo. Then? Not sure..... Will Carol, Lyle and the boys be able to meet us in Radium where we will camp. Yes, you heard me. Camp. Chris has a tent, and we have most of the 'equipment'. Should be fun? I hope they have showers, and toilets..........

and a massage therapyst! Or will we stay in Banff and blend into the crowded touristy hubub of crazyness? Maybe we will go somewhere else? As you may be able to tell, I do not have reservations yet.... Yikes!

Anyways, This could (and hopefully will be) our last trip to the Rocky Mountains for a long time. The weather is suppose to be nice. I want to soak in the hot springs. And shop at the.........
............CANDY STORE!
Maybe the boys will want something there too.

I just want to smell that fantastic air. See the tips of the highest mountain peaks kiss the sky! See the rainbow of colours in the trees. Be with my family. My family that has stayed with me through-out this crazy, stressfull ordeal of getting the house ready. Painting, and cleaning, and fixing, and packing and screaming, and yelling, and more painting! My husband who has worked his a** off the past 5 years to give us all that we have. My boys, oh my sweet boys who are such beautiful kids. I want to be with them all.

Oh yes, I also want to get the call. The call that says, we have an offer, and it's good!

Yes, everything IS good. It's fantastic. And it WILL only get better. Ah, I'm a twiddle with anticipation.......

Luck

Well, September 2nd came and went. It was a great day. Family to hang out with, and birthday wishes from around the globe! I am a very lucky person. I try to remember this all the time. I know that I am so very lucky to have Chris, and the boys, to have everyone in my family. I love all of my friends, and love what my life has become. It's fantastic to think that this is my life. Freedom, love and happiness. That is what I am full of. You never really know what you're going to get in life, and what will happen. And I believe in Karma, so what have I done to deserve all of this happiness? Really, this is a serious question.... I'm not sure, but I will keep doing my best as a person to have the 'luck' continue for my family and I.
Well, this is my first full day as a 30 year old. I don't feel older, and I don't think I look older. I'm ok with being 30. No mid life crisis happening here. Maybe it has something to do with this amazing adventure that we are getting ready for. Maybe I'm just lucky again. At any rate, it's the way it is. Anyways, just a little blabbering about how lucky I feel. A big huge thank you to everyone that I have ever known for helping my have the best life ever. I love you all.

Can hardly wait

I can hardly wait to finish painting the back hall, and laundry area. Then all that is left is the window wells, and some rocks. It seems like loads still, but it rilly isn't. Tamara is planning a small time away next weekend to the mountains for one final visit while Jay runs the Open House. We are still positive the house will sell this month, after all we didn't get stuck with disease for nothing. Though, I must admit, it would be great to finish all these tasks so that I can start spending an hour or two a day learning the copywriting with the course I bought. I am stoked to try it, and only need an opportunity to get some momentum. On that note, I'll segway to the ongoing hurricane season. Wow, it's getting pretty intense and covering more ground thjis year than any other it seems. In fact, all the countries we want to visit have been hit, or are in the path of the nxt two making news! Still... I would rather hit a shelter for a couple days and rebuild than have 7 month of cold weather. That's just me, and my wife, thankfully. Thank goodness we are allowed to make our own minds up and do things that aren't on the standard 'to do list'. We keep hoping. Life.

Waiting for viewings...

E3110052 is the MLS #.
All the pictures are up. Let's hope for a busy long weekend???
The selling of this house is the only thing I really want for my birthday.... (if anyone is wondering :)

http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=6126613

Waiting... patiently.

Now that we have listed the waiting is a killer. We signed and set everything up on Monday and only today did the house come up and still no pictures... apparently it's slow MLS. Patience. T and I only have basically a couple more tasks before we sit on the place and wait for people to check it out. Paint the laundry walls and floors, and put in three window wells, that's it. We are planning on completing this weekend. I am looking forward to it because then I can kick into my Copywriting course. btw it's Chris writing finally.

I needed to address some concerns that have been rising up. basically it boils down to what the heck are we doing and how can we justify such irresponsibility? Well, in the words of my kids, because Yes. Why not? What is money for anyways? Of course this looks irresponsible from a group of society's best's perspective, but from another group it is perfectly logical. And I have been told enviable. Bear in mind that it is not reality yet, but it is as much a reality as it can be at this stitch in time. Back to the title, we wait patiently... to negotiate our home, which is not really our home any longer. We wait patiently to close the real estate deal of our life, of course, in present memory. This is bigger than our move to Edmonton from Calgary. This is big for us. It is so stressful though, that many things are tough to even handle around here, because it requires so much energy. No apologies for my writing, i have never been trained properly. Yes we are biting our nails, this is crazy to do. We have done a lot of research and there are not many things if any that we have not addressed in some way or put aside until we have moved onto the next step. So rest easy everyone, we jump into it all four of us, and we do it hoping and expecting the best, yet ready for the worst. To wax advice-like, everyone should try it. You never know what the wate ris rilly like until you get in.

And another step is taken

I really believe, that when you have a dream, you always know what you want, but rarely know how to get there. You may have an idea, but it's only with each tiny simple step that you get closer to that dream, and reality.

Well, Chris and I have taken the next tiny simple step. Our house is now officially for sale. The house was cleaned (and I mean cleaned), it was simplified and staged. Pictures were taken, papers were signed, and the FOR SALE sign was placed in front of our pretty little home that had taken such good care of us these last 2 and a half years.

Now by tiny simple steps, I don't really mean tiny.... The days, no wait, weeks of painting, and preparing were time consuming. There were days when we thought it would never end. The money and energy Chris and I put into this house was taken, and will only been seen in the weeks to come. And today, oh the stress. Being in a position where we had to come up with a number. A number for our home! This home that has loved us. A number that would be generous enough to help us with this new future and dream that we have.
But now let me tell you how exciting it was. I was jumping up and down like a school girl. Our realtor was really here, taking pictures of our home, asking us how much money we wanted. It was so fantastic!

I know that we have only just put our home on the market, and with how flooded the market is, we could wait a week or two for an offer to come in. We do have an open house planned for the 2nd weekend of September (we may even go away to Jasper for that!) But the good (and surprising) news is that our realtor did call us 3 hours after the for sale sign went up, and we have a showing tomorrow at noon. Very soon, and maybe a little more excitment than we need right now. All I know is that we are positive people, and good things happen to us all the time.

Anyways, It's late and I only have a few moments to type unti Chris wakes up and tells me to stop. Wish us luck, and we'll be back with more news soon.

Yestaurday

What a day. Running around, donating blankets and pillow's to the brave men and women living in 'tent city'. They were grateful, and the boys were really happy that they could help some people stay warm. The weather is starting to turn. You know the feeling.... wanting to put a sweater on, or turn the heat on, and that small chill up your back. I've begun to wear socks. Not a good sign.
After the donations, we went to Capial Health. Thought we were just getting some info about the shots we may need to get done before we leave, but 2 hours and over 500$ later, there were 10 needles given and 2 skin graphs taken. OUCH! Chris and I have to go back tomorrow to see if we have tuberculosis????? (doubt it!), Oscar still needs 2 Hep shots, Callym needs his 4 year old shots, and I'm going in for my Mumps booster. Oh yes, and we need to discuss Rabies shots. Expensive, but I think neccesary - especially if we plan to volunteer in the jungles, etc. Something that we all really really want to do. And by the way, we did just find an organization that lets young kids come in and learn about the jungle / rainforest, and help out some animals. Namely sloths, monkeys, etc. Anyways, a slight change of plans, we will not be visiting Panama or Ecuador, sad really because we wanted to go to the Galapagos Islands, but this would mean that we would need to have Yellow Fever shots (2000+$) and we would also need different pills for Malaria. Because we have opted out of that, we can stick with the one type of pills. Less of a headache. These pills will need to be taken once a week, every week. I really had no idea about all this. But does this make us not want to go? H E double hockey sticks NO!!!! Actually, once Chris paid the bill, we both noticed huge smiles on eachother's faces'. Why, because this too is a huge step forward. We have know been stabbed with tiny parts of all these different dieses' and are ready to GO!

The boys and I also went on a little shoppong trip to MEC. What fun we had. The boys each picked out a cute little backpack for the trip. They are perfect for their body size, and hold enough toys and fun things to keep them busy on any trips we will take. We also picked up some great little binoculars for them. They have already begun practicing with them on the walk we took. They think it will be so much fun to see all the wildlife with.
Anyways, I need to be off for now, Chris is off work and I think we all need to be pampered at a restaurant. After which I desperatly need to buy this house some groceries.

Till then, Over and Out!

August 21st 7:47

I am about to have a glass (or 2) of wine with a very very very good friend over the telephone. There is so much for us to catch up on. There always is. I'm only posting this now, so that when all is said, and we are done, I will remember to continue with this blog and what we are up to now.