ShayLynn's Blog

My new "online toy"

2008-05-15T17:28:00Z

So i was reading A Lighter Shade of Green, one of the many blogs i peruse during lunch, and she was saying how she uses Google Reader to keep track of all her blogs in one place... What a fabulous invention! So off I went and Ta Da!

www.googlereader.com

The only small small gripe I have with this is that you can't post comments or view other people's comments unless you actually go to the link to the post... which I guess is ok... but at least it helps me to keep track of what i've read and what i haven't... with the nest blogs its a little harder because there are a lot of people blogging and I usually just read everyones... but for the blogspots or other types of blogs I read this is perfect!

i'm still trying to figure out some of the ins and outs of it, so if you ladies have any feedback, let me know!

MIA for a few days...

2008-05-14T12:49:00Z

Hi there!

It's been a few days that i've been completely swamped so much that i just spent an hour catching up on all the blog posts! I feel like its been forever...

Anyway, just to update quickly (since i'm still swamped here at work) -- we had a good weekend, a nice mother's day with the family on sunday, went to my gf's wedding on saturday night (love you K with your country music, you were sooo cute and looked amazing!), and of course spent time at the store... DH has had a steady number of customers coming in (no donuts as he says - meaning no days with no customers) so hopefully once some of our advertising comes out things will pick up a little more...

And, we did NO househunting this weekend... i mean its not like we have to move in 7 weeks or anything (can you tell i'm being sarcastic here?) don't get me wrong, its not that i didn't want to do any, we just haven't had the time, energy for it... we did however, get our condo appraised (for the buyer's bank) and get a tentative closing date of june 28th (which now im looking and that's a saturday, can that be right?) So i finally called the realtor yesterday and had her send us a listing of houses in our price range with my many requirements (see previous post) and she came back with like 6 houses. let's just say i'm TRYING not to be negative about this... there is one house on the list that is MUCH lower than it should be, and i saw before (i can't remember if i've mentioned it previously, i think i did...) so we're trying to find out if its still available...

Anyway, i guess i should get back to work over here... i have to leave early for my nephew's confirmation. DH is his sponsor so we need to get to the church on time tonight...

Wants vs Must Haves

2008-05-08T20:50:00Z

The house hunting has commenced (online at least) and let me tell you... its quite depressing. I guess what I really need to do is make a list not only of the places I would be open to living in (location-wise) but more so what I would like in a house vs. what I have to have.

Necessities

3 bedrooms (or more) - master bed, office, guest/baby room
1.5 bathrooms (or more) - sharing a bathroom with 2 people trying to get ready at the same time in the morning SUCKS
Central AC - this is for DH, and also bc last summer my electric bill was almost $400 from running our little wall unit to death
Small backyard area - for the dogs to run around and so we can finally have a BBQ and grill outside
Laundry facilities in my ACTUAL house

Wants

4th bedroom - to expand so i could either have a craft room or another child's room
Man cave aka basement - or area we could make the guy's hang out space/game room
Walk in closet in master bedroom
Bathroom in master bedroom
Formal dining room - believe it or not i found a really cute house, but it only had an eat-in kitchen
Good school district - as this is a starter house, i'm hoping by the time our future kids are school age, maybe we'll be better off financially that we can move to a bigger/nicer house?

I guess so far this is it for my list of wants vs must haves... i dont think i'm being too snotty about it, do you? when i had mentioned to DH a while back that i wouldn't even look at a house with less than 3 bedrooms he called me a spoiled brat. I honestly didn't mean it that way. I know LOTS of people that have 2 bedroom places and yes, i understand that IF that's all we can afford then so be it. BUT, i had ALREADY found houses that had 3 bedrooms in our price range, so i know its possible. i guess bottom line is that i just feel like if we're going to be investing so much time, money, energy into a house, i want it as close as we can to something we won't outgrow right away, something we can grow our family in and something i will look back and be very happy with our purchase.

Stay tuned to see what we actually end up in!

Ack, I keeling over from the excitement!!! Or am I just delirious??

2008-05-07T15:24:00Z

Yup, you guessed it! Our counter offer was accepted!!!!

The news came in late last night. i was dancing around the store like a fool! So thank you thank you thank you for all your prayers for us!!! Yesterday was a GREAT day!!!

I will blog more later, totally swamped at work today. Although on a high like no other. will have to start house hunting ASAP!

On a side note, worked at the store til 1:30am last night... more about that later --- but that's why i might be delirious today! hee hee! :)

Short Tidbits for the Day

2008-05-06T18:06:00Z

Super busy at work here today so i'll update you on what I can...

1. GOOD no GREAT NEWS - We got the CO (certificate of occupancy aka stupid piece of paper that says we are legally allowed to operate) for the business!!! We are officially OPEN now! As I've said, almost 2 years in the making, i can't wait til our first customers start rolling in! Thank you thank you God...

2. STINKY NEWS - (literally) the bathrooms at work are broken... possibly for 3-4 more days. This started yesterday after someone clogged it by flushing feminine products down the toilet (rolling my eyes over here!!!)... ever since then we have to go outside, cross the street to the next building to use their restrooms. at least its nice weather out... the downside is that our entire office smells like an airplane bathroom/porta potty/sewer...

3. NEUTRAL/WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH NEWS - no word back on our counter offer to our potential buyers counter offer yet... its going on 2 days, is this normal? so i'm still trying to have hope it will still go thru... keeping a positive attitude is all i can do, trusting God will lead us to this if its the right time... but praying it is the right time.

Despite the gamut of emotions, it is a BEAUTIFUL sunny day, 75 degrees... my window is open... got a nice healthy salad for lunch... i am in a fantastic mood and am going to remain thinking positive thoughts!

Need Lots of Prayers Today!

2008-05-05T13:11:00Z

We got an offer on the condo yesterday!!! It was MUCH lower than we wanted, so we countered, then they countered and we countered once more... if they accept, it will be right where we want to be, and then we'll be faced with some big decisions, but at least we'll be coming out of the gray area i felt like we've been stuck in. i'm hoping PRAYING they accept... so please please send lots of prayers our way... i'll let you know if i hear anything later today!

Also, DH is supposed to get his CO (certificate of occupancy) for the store today. if this happens, we will officially be OPEN for business... almost 2 years in the making, this will be a HUGE relief to finally have some paying customers...

Stuck in a gray area...

2008-05-02T17:28:00Z

I am officially boring today... I have nothing new to report on in my life. I am stuck in this gray area that prevents me from both moving forward or going back. This applies to my job (although I am content with this), hubby's new business, the selling of the condo, the buying of a future house and possible plans for TTC.

In waiting for this time of being stuck in gray to pass, i have been thinking a lot about how different my life could have, would have been had i taken different paths...

For example, what if i hadn't become a designer... i've always loved animals, and for a while thought about becoming a vet. or what if i had continued with dance, gymnastics, karate, piano lessons... would i be a superstar in that area? or what if i was never adopted? i would be living in korea doing who even knows what? what if i never had that fight with j, i would have never hooked up with rob and subsequently married him... who would i be with? what if i had stayed with x, y, or z ex-boyfriends years ago? would i have had children by now?

I guess when it comes down to it, i truly believe that everything happens for a reason. i think God does have a master plan for us all, and although i sometimes lose faith in Him when things aren't going the way i think they should be, i just need to relax and maybe take time to try to enjoy being in this gray area... who knows maybe if i stop and look around long enough i might appreciate the break from the furious pace of life. maybe the famous phrase of its about the journey, not the destination has some truth to it?

Getting Over the Hump...

2008-04-30T17:39:00Z

This week has sort of passed by in a fog for me so far... mainly because I am so tired... I have in essence been working 2 jobs in helping DH with his store. Luckily tomorrow his workers start so this should hopefully ease up by next week.

This week though is definitely taking a toll on me... add to that being busy at work (although, how busy can i be that im sitting here blogging) and having another jam packed weekend coming up, i think i'd just like to close my eyes and wake up to next week instead...

Where's my adam sandler CLICK remote... i'd like to skip ahead to the part of my life, where we have the house, we're on the verge of getting PG and DH's business is successful... maybe then i can press pause and take some time to stop and smell the roses...