Updates

There are a few updates recently to note:
1) Ted and I met with the builders and are hoping to have our final design submitted sometime in April. We can't get our loan from the bank until we get the deed for the land and can't get the deed for the land until the school district division is decided upon. We ran this by the builder and he informed us that we don't need to have any of the loan money other than a down payment to the company until the entire house gets here. The house gets here 8 weeks after the order. If we turn in our order to the company by April 1st and it is certified in blueprints by April 15, then that means we have until June 1st to have the loan in hand to pay the company. No stress here. This also means that I need a job by June 1st to help begin to pay for the loan. Yeah...that's going to work perfectly....
This would mean that the house would likely be finished by the end of July like we had originally thought. However, the water may not be hooked up out there until July or later. There is a possibility that we will not be able to live in the house right away and will be waiting on the water to be hooked up in order to live there. If the city water line begins to take longer than thought we will bite the bullet and dig that money-sucking well.
2) We are in desperate need of a new washer and dryer as we are sick of the laundry situation, so I foresee a large purchase this week
3) Potty Training Jake seems to be going much better than I had thought it would go and am very pleased so far. Go Jake!
4) Winter sucks! The one thing that winter is good for is a greater appreciation of spring when it does get here!
5) Ted and I are signed up for our weight training class again at the YMCA and have scheduled a time to run together every day. We arranged a babysitter for one hour so that we can do this.
6) Jake is signed up for parent/tot swimming lessons with Robert "robot". I can't believe he can already swim by himself, which is so awesome. I feel like a dork just following him around the pool.
7) I signed Grant up for private swimming lessons to see if I can get him to swim with "Robot" since the boys have always liked him. Grant had such bad luck with swimming teachers and it really broke his trust. I want him to know how to swim so Jake and him can go swimming with their cousins and friends. I invested more money than I ever would on an activity for the kids because Grant being an able swimmer is important to us.

Well, that's all for tonight’s updates.
It’s time for some funny stories.