packing ... MOVING ... settling in!!!

THIS WEEK we're packing all of our things - wh/isn't much since we did some down-sizing to move in to my dad's fully furnished house. clothes are going in huge black trash bags, books in boxes, and dishes in plastic containers.

we finished painting the 3 bedrooms and the living room and it's time to move in! the kitchen cabinets are totally 70's and are in DESPERATE need of some updating, but that will be best done when we're living in the house.

the bathroom also needs some TLC: paint blue tiles white, remove the glass doors & wood cabinets, and replace the counter & vanity. all in good time, but easier done when living there.

and as always, our adorable son is eager to explore any new space. he's ready to move too!

Our FIRST HOME!

This is our new home! we started looking for homes the beginning of may not really seriously but just b/c we were on stay-cation. in a couple weeks we found this little diamond in the rough and it took nearly 2 months for the seller to make the necessary repairs for our FHA loan approval. but finally all the repairs were done satisfactory & we closed on august 7th!!!

that night we went to lowes and bought & installed new locks in the house. then we began preping for paint! today we're priming and hopefully by the end of the week it'll have some color to it.

i'll post more pics later ... just thought i'd tell you all the good news!

WE'RE HOME OWNERS!!!

just for BRADLEY LARSON!!!

everybody else can view this, but this is just for BRADLEY LARSON!

I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF! i can't stop watching HGTV! and there's a show - color splash - where the host David Bromstad looks just like my good friend bradley larson! no joke! here's your twin in a side-by-side for your laughs!

BABY #2 updates

THIS IS OUR NEW LITTLE TADPOLE!!!

we went to visit our midwife - who's moving to Maine in a couple weeks bytheway - and had to have an ultrasound to determine gestation! nursing does great things to your body & we had no clue how far along we were. we're officially "7 weeks 4 days" on aug 11th according to the size of our little tadpole swimming in his little black blob.

we're just so excited! it's like having our first child all over again except i'm much more nauseous than i was last time. yuck yuck yuck!!! good thing i have a great mother-in-law to help when i can't operate.

BABY #2

COMING TO A LOCATION NEAR YOU IN LOUISVILLE, KY ...

ANNOUNCING THE DEBUT OF

HUSS BABY #2 !!!

COMING MAR/APR 2010

UPDATES SOON TO FOLLOW

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ICE ICE BABY!!!

boom boom BOOM!!!

mon nite - sleet & snow

tue all day - freezing rain

tue nite - light snow

wed - COMPLETE DISASTER!!! tree limbs all over the place and breaking every minute

wed am - more sleet & snow to compound the mess

the falling branches and trees knocked out TONS of power lines throughout the city - our street included- and blocked streets everywhere! it was beautifully deadly! when the light hit the trees it would shine like christmas lights! every individual twig branch and blade of grass were encased in 1/2" of SOLID ICE!!!

we lost power tue night til tue morning the next week. so wed morning we built a fire in the fireplace while we packed and got ready to leave before the house dropped to below freezing and the roads became worse. we went to matt's family's house since they still hda power and heat. it was a full house at the huss' since the boy's apt also lost power, but we all loved it!

deadly beauty!!!