The Chronicles of Motherhood .....: June 2006

6/30/2006

New Balls

This was Jared exciting purchase for the month. We got him a set of billiard balls for the pool table. We purchased them off ebay for $.01...of course shipping was $30.00 but still a great deal...at least until Erin chucks one through a double-paned window :)

Update

So I really haven’t updated any specifics lately. I got a minute this afternoon so I will fill you in on the semi-exciting life of the Renshaws.

June has been crazy. I turned 25 years old a few weeks ago and got the long awaited discount on car insurance. Jared bought me a power sander (don’t worry I asked for it, he’s not in the dog house because I got a power tool for my birthday).

We locked in our mortgage rates for the house, the rates jumped a quarter point right before we locked in, but that’s life. We could not lock prior to sixty day before closing; therefore we had no control over the situation and no reason to fret. Now all we need to do is decide on insurance carrier and we are ready to close.

We just purchased our first thing for the new house – a 5 hp 12-gallon wet/dry vac – good deal at the HD. Our two new hangouts are Home Depot and Lowes. It is a bit ironic because we both dreaded the “do-it-yourself” stores when we were little. Our parents would drag us in and spend hours looking at faucet fixtures and garden hoses while we almost died of boredom. Now we get to pass that wonderful childhood memory onto Erin.

Britt, Jared’s sister visited us for a week. We had a good time, just tooled around the city and hung out. The photos are from the Children Museum of Houston. She babysat a lot for us, which was nice to have some alone time. Her boyfriend from Dallas also came down and stayed a few days.

Erin is wild as ever. She is now talking up a storm, but mainly all I hear is a constant round of “puppy”, “kitty” “cow” and “baby” – her four favorite things. She has been obsessed with cows since our trip to Iowa and cow finally earned a ride in a bleach laundry load today – he had been through much trauma.

I just finished the greeting card line I have been working on for last past three months. They were going to print 100 and start locally, but the print quality was poor so they are printing 12,000 initially. The proof should be in by tomorrow and then the printing starts.
They are still building the website, but check it out http://www.angeltalk.com/ I’ll list it on my side bar also. That leaves an opening so I am looking for a new design gig although I am not too serious, July is a busy month and I still have some projects going on.
That’s about all!

6/26/2006

To the Zoo...

So Shannon thinks I need to update more, so I am going to get better about it. I guess I have let my blogging slip a bit :) My SIL Brittany got into town Friday and we have been hanging out all weekend. Friday we went to the zoo and had a great time. Minus the point it was 98 degrees - hot temperatures and the smell of zoo exhibits just do not mix well. Today we are heading downtown Houston to the organic market and then maybe to the children’s museum. Anyway here are some pics from the zoo…

Monkey Viewing......

Britt & Erin

Erin took her first ride on a carousal. She was scared the first round but then she loved it. Most of our pics from the zoo did not turn out because it was so humid.

6/19/2006

Rain Rain Go Away.....

Just to let you know we are fine. We live on the second floor and and our area did not flood, although we recieved between 6-8 inches of rain in under four hours. The bayous are full and we are looking at another 2-5 inches tonight. They are comparing this to T. S. Allision. I guess its just a warm welcome into hurricane season :)

Besides that we worked out financing for our house today and we were happy with it. We can't lock in our rate until 60 day prior to closing, which is in about 10 days, so lets hope rates steady a bit...keep your fingers crossed. Now we just need to find insurance and we are set.

6/18/2006

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father’s Day to both Big “E” and Larry Dean from the three of us. Time moves quickly. We love you and miss you!

Every now and then, the diesel fumes from the traffic will cross with the weekly mow schedule of a suburban neighborhood and the combining smells triggers the memory of Dad packing my blanket and a snack and loading me in the old case tractor cab. For hours, I sat on that old metal floor coloring and napping as he planted spring crops and mowed summer hay. That innocence of childhood only seems like only a moment ago; then I realize I can begin to count the decades and watch the generations progress.

Big " E" & Emm - 1983

Big "E" and Emm 2005

Jared ~ 1983

Father’s Day is now not only for my father but also for my husband. Jared and Erin make me laugh together. They are pretty buddy buddy, she is Daddy’s little girl and loves him dearly. I know everyone say she looks like me, but looking at Jared childhood photos I see a lot of resemblance.

6/13/2006

CPR Certification

Tonight I attended an annual CPR refresher course. Its only a hour or two, just enough to get updated on the new techniques and become comfortable with it again. Erin also attended and almost received her certification. Unfortunately, she had a little trouble with the chest compressions, but she loved kissing the dummies.

6/11/2006

One Step Closer…

We put an offer in for the house Friday morning and they accepted our first offer Friday afternoon on the terms that we close a month later. This works great for us because we have our apartment contract until Aug 31 and were just thinking we would have to eat August rent for our roach infested cave in the ghetto.

Now the ball is rolling and things are getting crazy. Our inspection is this coming Wednesday (keep your fingers crossed) and then we work on financing and finding an insurance company that has not exhausted the number of hurricane policies they can write.

We are really excited, I think we have stayed up the last three nights just talking about things we would really love to do with the house, but in reality will not be able to afford for a decade.
Wednesday I will take some more photos at the inspection and post them. Photos like the façade of the house, which I will give an early warning, its not exactly pretty, but nothing a tree and a few vines can’t fix.