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We are still alive. living in a very small basement. waiting for our house to be done. two weeks left...

Sunny Sunday

Jerks

So someone broke into our house in the middle of the night and cut all the wires and ripped out the copper wiring and busted up the control panel and the AC. This is the second attempt, last time they cut all the wires but didn't take anything, and three windows were broken. Seriously? This time, while they were trying to get the wiring out, they lost their balance and fell through the ceiling and into the garage, ha, leaving behind a cigarette trail and a crow bar.

The house is back on track and moving quickly along. Finishwork, siding, painting, and cabinets are all happening in the next week or two. My goodness, this house is a lot of work. I am trying my hardest to be so smart and money conscious. And as of yesterday I totaled all of my items that we have added after the fact and I am only $300 over budget! BUT that is not counting the several things that John has added to the house and a couple of invoices that came up today from the builder. A couple of hundred dollars here and there, and a few thousand on other things really add up fast!

This process has been such a whirlwind that it has been so hard to stay on top of all the little details. Things have been overlooked, forgotten, or will have to be added later, and some things we have just taken out all together. But (to quote my Dad) for the most part everything is looking fantastic! I hope that in the last few weeks our budget doesn't totally fly out the door and that we have a cozy place to crash this fall!

PS, if you are going to build a house anytime soon please allow me to write you a long list of all the things not to do

purple

Mae was pouting and hit her eye on the corner of the table, ouch.

Sisters!

I am so glad that these two have each other. I can't think of anything better than growing up with sisters! I have been spending a little time planning out the "girls" room in the house and it makes me excited to watch them grow closer as Vera gets older.

Buddies

Grace and Mae have become little buddies, they can play house or boat or make anything fun with their imaginations. They love to empty closets and shoe boxes and change their outfits a dozen times . . . that's what cousins are for right?

My Mae

Mae is my little buddy, especially my hair buddy. I straightened her hair the other day so that I could trim it and see what I was doing. It never got trimmed but she did run around the house thinking that she was rapunzel. Doesn't she look like a different girl? I have been doing my hair curly lately too, I have been straightening it for the last 8 years? But I like doing it curly because I feel more like I am Mae's mommy and I feel back to my roots. I wonder if Vera will be curly. Anyway, here are some pictures of the curly hairs around here.