A lot

What a crazy month November has been. So many new, and fun and scary and exciting things have happened. I am behind on my journal writing so it might be a long post. One day, out of the blue, Brian and I went to see a house that we could have animals at. We have always been looking because we want to move to a place where we can have the horses close by. Anyway, that house was a dump. So we went to see another one. It was a lot better. We decided we were going to put an offer on it for the heck of it to see what would happen. That was on a Friday or Saturday, can't remember. Anyway, the next Monday I was just browsing around on the MLS and found another house here in town that I just LOVED the pictures of. It was on a bigger lot, and has fields behind it and really close to the girls school. So anyway I called up the realtor and went to see it that morning. Fell in love. I came home told Brian I want to try to get it. The only problem with it however, is that it is a short sale.Brian and I went again that night to see it and he loved it too. We knew nothing about short sales, however, now we know that it can take a very long time to go through. So, to make a long story shorter, we put an offer on it and had a for sale sign in our yard that very night. We thought all this was so crazy because we were still the middle of doing a kitchen cabinet remodel. (we planned the cabinet project before we ever even considered selling our house). Which by the way, I LOVe my new cabinets. We did distressed black on the bottom in kitchen and hall bathroom, and up top in kitchen and master bath we did the creamy color with dark glaze. They turned out better than we expected. The Monday before Thanksgiving we had our first showing. That night we got an offer on our house. We didn't expect that at all because we have tried to sell before and nothing ever came of it. (must have been the newly painted cabinets :) ). To make another long story shorter, we left for St. George that Tuesday and counteroffered with the people three times. We were hesitant to sell since we are still waiting on the house we want. However, we countered higher than we thought they would accept, but they did accept and now we are moving. I can't belieive it. We will be living with Brian's parents for a bit and we will pray that this house works out or we will just build on our prop. or find a new one somewhere. It is still all such a blur to me. I am very sad to leave my house. I didn't realize how attached I was. Especially after I just got my cabinets how I always wanted them! ANd my newly epoxied garage! And the shelves in my girls rooms. ANd my built in entertainment center in my basement. And my pink and green bathroom. And my bench. OH well. We can get all those things in a new house too. Im just not accustomed to change. ANd it will be really different living with family for a while.

Another fun change was that we now have a new little dog too. She is a cute little black and tan chihuahua and the girls named her Chloe. I traded a saddle for her. Brian told I could try it not thinking it would work. I had 10 calls the very day I put the ad up. (hee hee). We got her the same day we got the offer on our house. So she got to go to St. George with us. Everyone loves her. She sleeps with the girls at night. I so wanted them to have a dog they can play with the way I played with toni as a kid.

We had such a great Thanksgiving. We had so much fun with the whole Kleinman family. Eating at In n Out, hiking, playing bball, volleyball, movies, wonderful dinner at mom and dads. It was a great holiday and the weather of course was perfect. We saw Matt play in his soccer tournament. I even took pictures of their team. It was really fun. Which reminds me. In January I am taking an all day photography workshop in Gardner Village from a great photographer who I love the work of. So hopefully I can learn a lot. Well, that is our month in a nutshell. Oh ya, the night we got our offer, Brian and I went to see New Moon. I loved it and cant wait to go see it again.