October 31, 2005
Nothing like waiting til the last minute. I *just* finished the Harry Potter scarf for tonight. With 2 hours to spare til we go out for candy.
I am mommy, hear me roar!
5:52 pm
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Everyone all together now….aww!!
(Good thing they’re cute - it saved them from a beating when they ate an entire bowl of Halloween candy yesterday!)
3:16 pm
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(Pumpkin designed by Mommy, dirty work left to Dad and the kids)
3:15 pm
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Yesterday we went over to Busch Gardens to celebrate the great report cards the kids got. The weather was absolutely perfect - sunny, cool breezes…
And the park was perfect as well - no lines, no crowds! We walked onto every single ride, no lines. When we got to the park we paid $5 for the passholder preferred parking so that we could skip the tram and just walk from our car to the gate. We headed straight into Egypt and went to Montu. Catherine had never been on it before, but she’s big enough now, so I took her on that, while Jim and the other kids checked out the King Tut tomb exhibit. She LOVED Montu and said it felt like she was flying. Jim was amazed at how quickly we were on and off, and so we headed towards the middle of the park.
Matthew has been saying he would try Scorpion, and Grace hadn’t been on it either, so we all piled on that. Matthew decided he didn’t like it, but Grace did, so the girls and I rode again. We did a few other little rides in this area and then went to Kumba. Jim took the smaller kids on the kiddie rides and I took Catherine on Kumba - another big hit with her!
After that, we went to Python, which is the oldest coaster in the park. I took the girls on this one while Matthew and Jim waited. (Matthew’s not tall enough for it yet). Once we were off that (a 10 minute line - the longest of the day I think!), we headed to Land of the Dragons, which is an area of ropes, nets, moonwalks…and Lory Landing. This was my favorite part of the day. You enter this enclosed net, like a huge pool enclosure, that’s a bird habitat. We bought teeny cups of nectar and entered the lorakeet area. The little birds land right on you when they see the cups of nectar. I had a bird on my heard, and three on my arm, all trying to drink the nectar, and so did each of the kids. Of course, I didn’t bring my camera…argh! The kids thought it was the neatest thing ever! The birds are also attracted to jewelry, so once my cup of nectar was gone, I had them trying to make off with my diamond ring…LOL
We left and enjoyed a quiet drive home - Jim and I parked the kids in front of the TV with a movie and enjoyed a nap - the perfect ending to a perfect day.
11:54 am
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October 30, 2005
I think we’ve got a deal with our buyers. Mr. Buyer is flying in tomorrow and we’ll sign off on the new contract Tuesday evening in my dining room. Jim and I have a rental lined up (from a friend - so no deposit, first months, last months, etc) and a closing date that works for us.
I think it’s going to work!
6:54 pm
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October 29, 2005
They offered. We countered. They countered again, today. We’re countering again, tomorrow.
I’m putting a big FINAL OFFER on it - take it or leave it folks!!
8:14 pm
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October 27, 2005
We went to bed last night and quickly snuggled under our nice warm blankets. We Floridians aren’t used to these cool temps so early in October! Jim and I woke up freezing early in the morning and he had to crank the heat on, because we had hit an overnight low of 55 degrees.
I forgot that the heat is kinda stanky when you turn it on for the first time during the season. Luckily I was so damn tired I went right back to sleep, but Jim had to get up for work and deal with it!
Weather.com says it’s 70 out right now. I’m sitting here with goosebumps all over me - 70 my ass!
9:53 am
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October 26, 2005
Catherine brought home straight A’s - deans list!
Gracie brought home all A’s and B’s and one C - still honor roll!
The boy doesn’t get letter grades, but he got all S’s (successful) and E’s (excellent) and one N (needs assistance - for sharing the teachers attention…LOL)
We’re celebrating here tonight!
3:59 pm
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October 25, 2005
The offer sucked ass. We countered.
10:26 pm
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They’re writing an offer! Their agent just called me to suggest a closing date, and she said they are writing an offer right now. I explained we’d be on vacation in the 1st part of November, and suggest we close sometime during the end of the month, and we agreed on Nov 21, which is the Monday of Thanksgiving week.
Now, here’s hoping the offer is a GREAT ONE!
3:33 pm
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