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Friday, March 9, 2012

2012 Recap

Well it’s been a while. Life has gotten in the way. I really thought the start of the new year would help me get back into blogging. Well, it’s March and that didn’t seem to happen. So for a quick recap.

To start the year off, Ryan and I celebrated two years of marriage. We didn’t do any major celebrating since at the time we were/are planning on buying a house. We had a gift certificate to Salt, the restaurant up in Roswell that we got engaged at. We had a lovely night out.

On to the baby showers. My mom, my sister’s best friend and I threw a shower for my sister and her little girl on the way.

We quickly started the home search in late January. We were really interested in purchasing a fixer upper, however most of the homes we looked at were way beyond being fixer uppers. We noticed that many of these homes needed a great deal of work but did not have the purchase price attached to it to be able to afford to do all the repairs and upgrades. We quickly changed our focus and found a great home in our price range that we loved.

For a few weeks we went back and forth on whether to put an offer in, submitted an offer and then turned down on our offer. The seller even came back a week later to see if we were still interested. We hesitantly put in another offer to be rejected again. Unfortunately the seller was severely under water in the home and did not have the cash to sell. The seller was a little unrealistic in their expectations and at most only reduced the list price by $5,000, stating that they had done numerous upgrades to the home. I believe they bought the home as a flip, but purchased the home in 2008 just before the market crashed and then they continued to put a lot of money into the home. Unfortunately, some of the upgrades were great and much needed, others were poorly done and the value is not there. So we had to walk away. A first we were devastated, I think Ryan a little more upset than me, but after the final offer, I was at peace. The home was not meant to be. More than likely the home will go into foreclosure and we may be able to get the home at a more reasonable price.

Throughout the whole home buying/not buying process, to make things a little more stressful, Ryan was interviewing for a new job. Thankfully, he accepted the new job and has left Enterprise. I cannot explain how wonderful this is!! Enterprise had been taking advantage of Ryan for the last four to five years and it was a much needed change. He has been at home for the last two weeks and will have one more week at home before he starts. It’s been a nice time for him to slow down and rest from the ridiculous crazy life Enterprise created for him. Even though he hasn’t started yet, it’s already a huge improvement, they offer better hours, better benefits and a more relaxed environment. We are excited for the new direction and are looking forward to see what this job holds for our future.

For my birthday, my husband surprised me. I’m not easy to surprise, I tend to play detective and figure it out. But this year he surprised me. I spent about three hours in the car heading to a destination unknown before he finally spilled the beans that we were about thirty minutes away from Huntsville and we were going to the Jason Aldean concert that night. Because we got to Huntsville a little early I was able to spend a few hours with my Italy girls, Kristi and Ashley. Ashley and Ben just had baby Chloe in January and I was super excited to meet her! As an added bonus Kristi happened to be visiting with her little boy, Trey, who is now two years old, and I have never met. Since one of my most memorable birthday was spent with these girls, it was nice to spend the afternoon with them. The concert was awesome and I think Ryan and I are Jason Aldean fans for life, he puts on a great show!  Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so I have no pictures of the day except for the few I took with my iphone at the concert. I'm hoping Ashley will share the ones with her sweet little girl!!




Which now brings us to March. Last weekend I went to a surprise baby shower for a sweet friend who is having a little girl in May. It was exciting to be a part of the surprise and it was a lovely shower.

I’m hoping that now that I’ve done a little bit of a recap, I can move forward with blogging, but I make no promises.
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