San Francisco day trip

We went to SF for the day to see the museum/aquarium and just hang out. We ate at Chevy's on the way home, and visited Jason's 90's-ish grandparents for a while. So fun!

Here's some pictures to share. They aren't in any order of importance. Just fun springtime stuff.


Here's Travis checking on some baby chicks we got.

Travis' "cat". This is Catsby, we adopted him right before we moved here. He follows Travis around like a dog. Travis got in the tree and called the cat and up he goes!
Dad and son working the land!

Samantha is helping rip out the old chicken coop/rabbit hutch. It was really nasty, overgrown and dilapidated. Remodeled coop pictures coming soon!


Here's the coop from a far. Pretty ugly!

And then here's me, getting staples out of our "new" hardwood (fir??) floors. Really they are original to the house, just hidden under carpet. (Who does that!) More pictures later!!

Here we are!

Well, it has been awhile since I updated this! We are cozy in our new house, enjoying sunrises and views of Mt. Saint Helena! Awesome!

Then again, maybe not

We got the ok and then the ok was no way. The lender just won't fund the loan. The new projected move in date is Tuesday, February 3. Here's hopin'!

Better late than never!

Here are some photos that I was too busy to post. Just looking through them now, and thought everyone would enjoy! Here is Samantha's first band concert, rockin' the clarinet. She is enjoying band!


Next, the kids enjoying the January temperatures in the 70's! Rare, but enjoyable!

At Long Last...

Wondering what I'm talking about?? For all of you who see us often you know what a strange, topsy turvy month this has been. Let's say 3 months actually. It started in October officially. My dream was to move to Sebastopol to be closer the Jason's work, and to have some space. A little bit of land... Online real estate hunting was the only step I'd really taken. I had seen this house posted for about a month and then one day the price was lower. Not low enough, but at least lower. That piqued my interest, since I hadn't really thought twice about that house.
I jotted down the address and stuck it in my pocket one rainy day. My friend Debbie and I were planning on going antique shopping in Sebastopol, so I drove by. It wasn't very far out of the way. The address took my off of the main road, and down a long driveway to this odd looking house. I liked the location A LOT! Not too sure how accurate the online information was, we just backed out and left. When I got home, I called the listing agent and got a call back almost immediately from an awesome lady. She showed me the house the next day.
Jason and I loved it, put an offer in and waited. It was about a week and the bank (bank owned foreclosure by the way) said no. They were sending the house to auction. This was not a conventional courthouse auction. The nice thing about this is that you didn't need CASH to purchase the house. It was about 6 weeks from the first time we fell for the place to the auction on Dec. 7th.
Meanwhile my dreams are getting bigger, I've moved in mentally! Auction day, we get the house! BY THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH! Great. 45 day escrow, no problem. We post our house for rent, find renters sign a lease. Great. 39 days go by, get an extension, 45 days go by. Not looking too good. Feb. 1 we have to move out! Give our home to someone else. Half our stuff is packed. I've been ready for 2 months.
TODAY, signed. Keys? Not yet. 6 days left, and we have to be out. So, hopefully we get the keys Friday.
What a ride. And that's the short version.