Great incentive

This is a great incentive for new homebuyers. I know it will help us greatly next year. You have to read the whole article to get the full effect. Even if your tax liability is only $5000, you can still take the whole $7,500. I know it doesn't take an accounting degree to realize that is a $2,500 credit. That is awesome.

Nora Claire...5 months

house pictures

This is Anthony's outdoor kitchen. It has everything for a bathroom and kitchen. We just have to finish it.


The living room.


kitchen


outside


outside

House update!!

Ahh, the joys of buying a house. We have the appraisal and inspection done. So hopefully we will be closing on February 20th. We are keeping our fingers crossed. We have alot to do. There are alot of little do-it-yourself things we have to do-make that Anthony has to do. More to come later.

"Bump It" giveaway!

Shelley is giving away 2 bump it's. They sound really GREAT!! If you can't use one, please leave a comment to help me out. I could really use it!! Here is the information about it....

What are they?
Bump up the volume in your hair using Big Happie Hair Bumpits. Our volumizing plastic hair inserts take your hair from flat to fabulous in seconds without the use of heavy creams or gels. Simply place the piece underneath hair at the crown of your head to instantly transform your look. Choose Light Blonde, Medium Blonde, Brunette or Black.Big Happie Hair Bumpits






Volumizing Hair Inserts Includes:

Extra large Bumpit - 5"L x 1-1/2"H.
2 Medium Bumpits - 4-1/2"L x 3/4"H.
2 Mini Bumpits -1-3/4"L x 1/2"H.
Product Features:
Rigid design creates volume that won't fall.
2 rows of self-gripping teeth at top and bottom for added stability.
Comfortable design stays put.
Lightweight and comfortable - you'll forget it's there.
Washes clean with soap and water - use again and again.
Use individually or together for a variety of looks.
Great for dramatic up-dos.
Made of easy-care plastic.
Made in USA.

As if our life wasn't already crazy enough, we throw buying a house in the middle of it and you have chaos! We looked at a house and made an offer all in the same day. So today we get up and go to Lafayette meet with a real estate attorney, then back to Rayne for the seller's wife to sign papers, then back to Lafayette to give them to the mortgage broker, back to Crowley to start dinner, back to Lafayette to sign mortgage papers, and finally back to Crowley. If my husband would have told me that we could sign the papers today, I would have made him stay. But that is besides the point now.

If everything goes right, we should be in a house by the end of February. Hopefully.

I finally loaded pictures off of my camera and hopefully will get them up tonight.

houses

Before Christmas break my husband decided it was time to start looking for houses. We have looked at a couple and found one that I like and Anthony did too at first. Well, to make a long story short, the guy didn't want to come down off the price at all and it was too high for the area. So a couple of weeks go by and in the mean time we decide to build instead of buy. Well, yesterday the real estate agent called and said that the guy would take what we were wanting to offer, but now Anthony doesn't want that house. UGH!!!!

We are going to look at another house this weekend. For those of you who don't know, we live in Crowley. There is a town 10 mins east of us called Rayne. We were looking for houses in Crowley because it's closer to ND. Well, the housing is wayyyyy more expensive in Crowley. Housing down here in general is wayyyyyyyyy wayyyyy more expensive than in AR. It has something to do with after the hurricanes Rita and Katrina. Anyways, it is really frustrating. We are pre-approved at 5% and are trying really hard to stay within our budget and the house we are looking at this weekend is well within our budget. I just wish my husband would make up his mind what he wants to do!!!!

pics

Haley and NC at Christmas. Notice the ears, NC is taking after her Daddy.

Haley, Abriana, and NC at Christmas in Lonoke. We were trying out Haley's new camera. I am very jealous!

Abriana and her To-To (sounds like toe-toe). I don't really know how we ended up being Ta-Ta and To-To. Wait yes I do buy the story is too long. But she loves her To-To.

Just us

This is one of the few pictures of her smiling. No one's camera is fast enough to catch it.

I know that I am a little late, but better late than never, right? Well, Nora was about 4 months when these were taken at Christmas. She is now 4 1/2 months and can sit by herself and has a tooth! Wow how time flies.

School started back this past Monday and it was crazy. I could have used another week just to rest from traveling. Right now Anthony is coaching girls basketball and they are doing pretty good. They almost beat a top 5A team (ND is only 3A). They only lost by 3 points. They were supposed to get beat by 30. They played last night and won. Again they were not picked to win, but they did. We are still running around everywhere. Basketball games are Tuesday and Friday nights for about 4 more weeks. Anthony also starts his class at McNeese on Wednesday. Like I said, life is crazy right now.

Now on to Nora Claire. We started cereal about 3 weeks ago, and she loves it! I mix it with apple juice or pear juice to help her out. She likes it really thick and can eat almost 2 1/2 tablespoons 3 times a day. She is a little fatty. We got shots last Monday and she weighed 15 pounds and was 25 inches long. She is just growing. Other than basketball and Nora, there is not too much going on here.