Friday, March 27, 2009

This NEVER happens

For some reason, it's 2 AM and I am wide awake. I'm not at work. I'm in temple with Chad, supposed to be sleeping at night since I'm off work for three days. I never have a problem sleeping, and I mean never. I can sleep anywhere, anytime. We went to bed around ten pm, and now I'm just awake. I took two benadrly. I wonder how long it will take for them to kick in....

-b

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

busy, busy, busy

We've been busy! These last two weeks have just flown by. Chad was here all last week since it was his spring break. It was so wonderful to have him in Texarkana for 5 days. We spent lots of time with all of our family, went to the movies, bought a house - what a great week.

We are so blessed that things worked out so well house wise. I had been looking at houses around town for weeks - and the fact that we were able to find one we like, have Chad go see it, make an offer, and sign a contract all during the week that Chad was in town for spring break was such a blessing. He is rarely in Texarkana and it was just so wonderful that it all came together while he happened to be in town. God was definately looking out for us because He knows I was sure getting stressed.

Now nothing is final yet on the house. We have signed a contract, but we still have to get the house appraised and inspected. If everything goes well there then we should close in May. Yay!

I am currently working my 4th 12 hour shift this week and am exhausted. When I get off of work in the morning I'm driving to Temple to spend the rest of the week with Chad so that is exciting.

Chad is starting to look for a job here in Texarkana so keep that in your prayers if you don't mind. We aren't too worried about it since we really feel like this is where God wants us. He has just opened so many doors for us here and made everything so easy so we are trusting that He will continue to provide.

Hope you are all having a good week.

-b

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Exciting News

Chad and I have HOPEFULLY just bought our first home!!

We made an offer on a house on tuesday, they accepted on wednesday, we sign the contract tomorrow and then all we have left is the appraisal and the inspection. We are hoping all goes well and will close on the house in the middle of May.

Yay!!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Past Week

It's been a week since I've posted - and here's what's been going on:

Nothing much happened last saturday and sunday except Chad came to Texarkana sunday night.
Monday and Tuesday Chad got to hang out with his family, and I saw him inbetween sleeping and work.
He left Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday my family got together to celebrate my Memom's 71st Birthday - fun was had by all. I met with our realtor Wednesday also and she showed me two different houses, neither of which we are going to buy.
Thursday I went and looked at a house that is for sale by owner - it is very promising..i like it a lot. Thursday night I went out to eat with my daddy and we went home to watch Thursday night TV (Grey's was GREAT).
Friday I went and had lunch with my friend Lauren in her classroom (she's a 1st grade teacher). Then our realtor showed us (my mom, dad, and sister came along) 3 houses. One of them is nice, but I don't like it as much as the one that's for sale by owner in Wake Village. My mom and I watched Nights in Rodanthe Friday night - Richard Gere is so cute.

And now I'm back to work.

So, Chad's spring break is this week and he will be here in Texarkana Monday-Friday...yay!!! We are going to see the house that I like in Wake Village, and who knows what will happen from there - I'm just glad he'll be home for a week.

-Britt

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Enjoying Springing Forward

This is the first year that I get to enjoy "springing forward" and "losing" an hour for Daylight Savings. Everyone, except for us lucky graveyard shift workers, lose an hour of sleep..but this year for me it means I get to work an hour less - and that it will still be light outside when I go into work which is nice.

So, I'm back to Texarkana (after four wonderful days with Chad and the puppies). I'm staying in town on my days off this week to look at houses - so wish me luck!

I love Cheerios new Multi-grain Cheerios..give them a try.

That's all for now.

britt

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Sweet puppies

For those of you who haven't met our puppies - here they are:

Sadie


and Caleb:



Aren't they cute?

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Happy Birthday Sister!!!

Sunday, March 1, 2009

I love the front yard

I saw Slumdog Millionaire last night and loved it!! If you haven't seen it, you definitely should.

My poor sadie dog had some allergic reaction yesterday, to what we aren't sure. She got whelps all over her and her face swelled up..it was so sad..I cried every time i looked at her little swollen face. I had to take her to the vet where they gave her a shot that worked for an hour and then all the whelps came back and she started scratching like crazy again....she's all better now though.

My sister's birthday is Tuesday!! Yay for being 22!!

I get to spend 4 days with Chad this week, and he's off of work for 3 of those days...yay!!