I didn't think it was possible

After a weekend full of sweat (lots and lots), tears, and a lot of frustrations, my house is now a model house. Of course, do not look in the garage (well you can look, but you surely can't walk around in there cause of all the crap that was stuffed in there) or any of my closets. But the final product did come out really nice I think. Below are a few of the pictures I grabbed off the internet that the realtor took this morning. Now I am not sure what to do because the house is clearly too nice to actually live in it. And I also feel like crying because I do so love my house and don't want to part with it. Can't I just take it to MS with me?

It Is Official

As of 2 hours ago, my house is officially on the market. Let the mega offers start rolling in. Oh and also let the mega stress start compounding. I have to have my house "looking like a model" for the pictures and virtual tour by Monday at 10 am. I wanted to laugh in the poor realtor's face when he mentioned that. Yeah right. Ha. Model. MY house. Hahahaha.

A Wee Bit Warm

Jack and I finally got out the house today and look what was facing us. Ummm maybe we should of stayed inside huh?

After the drywall repair guy finally left (he actually showed up at 7:45 am wow!) after 4 hours, I decided to go do something fun and relieve some stress. So Jack and I went to the movies at the cheap theatre in town and saw Ice Age 2. Cute movie if you haven't seen it yet. Maybe dvd worthy.

So now Jack is sleeping and I am waiting for the realtor to come so we can sign the papers to sell our house. Yikes this is really becoming reality now.

I Need Out of the House!

Jack and I have been cooped up in this house for the last two days going crazy. I stayed in yesterday because I wanted to get some stuff done like cleaning bathrooms and laundry that was desperately needed and between that and Jack's naptime, we never made it out of the house.

The stupid air conditioning repair guy messed up my day today. Of course they gave me a window of 8 - noon that they would be here to fix the pipe that leaked all over my ceiling. And guess what time they arrived? 11:30 and by the time they were done, it was naptime for Jack and that was that. We even missed a cool pool party that we were invited to all because of the stupid pipe in the ceiling.

And tomorrow? Yeah that is going to be messed up also because the drywall guy is supposed to come and fix the ugly, wet, and rotting ceiling. And the time frame given? Yep 8 - noon. Any bets on what time they will show up. I am thinking between 11 and noon. And of course we have to pass on the offer of playdate tomorrow which is at 10:00. Seriously people if we don't get out of this house soon, I really believe Jack and I are going to go crazy! I mean you can watch so much of Thomas and Mickey before it becomes torture!

On another note, my husband just ended a 33 hour straight shift at work. Yes you heard me right - 2 straight days with no sleep and on the job. I guess some big stuff was happening yesterday and he told me he was going to be late. I woke up at 2 am and still no Jim, so I called him and he said he wouldn't be home until this afternoon! And of course that pretty much ended my sleep for the night cause I just can't sleep knowing he's at work that late. So I was up at 3 am watching recorded shows of House Hunters.

So Jim got home today about 3:30 which was 36 hours after he left to go to work 2 days ago! I do not know how he does it. Me? I would of passed out long ago or be the biggest bit#@ in the world.

Day at Disneyworld ... Part 1

We had a good time at Disneyworld. It was a very long day at the Magic Kingdom and rode a lot of rides. As I said before, the Florida Magic Kingdom blows away the California version. So much better and not just because it is bigger, but the rides that are in both parks were always better in Florida. Why is that Disney? Can't you make them at least the same? Or California have one that is better?

Below is a little pictorial of our very long 14 hour day at the Magic Kingdom.


Daddy and Jack in the car behind us. Jack driving. Scary thought.

Laura driving our car. Another scary thought.

Jack playing with the water jets. He was so funny cause he ALWAYS missed the jet. He would go up to a hole, wait for the water to come up, give up and turn to another one, then 1 second later, the water would come up at the previous jet and he kept missing them. But somehow he got really wet. It was so hot, that I was tempted to get in there and play myself, which would of been a very scary sight.

Here is Jack in one of his "I don't want to be with Sissy" moments.

Laura being all pretty on the carousel.

Jack being slightly grumpy on the carousel until the thing started to move, then it was all smiles.

Laura and Jack shooting each other. I am glad that we did not buy these because I am pretty sure they would have shot each other in the back seat during one of the many times Jack was annoying his sister to no end.

Jack showing us the fire truck that swindled out of us at some gift shop.

The parade in the afternoon. The giant rat in a bubble.

Me (looking like a candidate for a tummy tuck, which I will be getting as soon as we get rich from selling the house - can't wait) with Laura and Jack getting on the Magic Carpet Ride.

Day Of Disneyworld ... Part 2

Laura thought carrying her little brother on her back would be fun. It lasted about 3 minutes.

Jack and Laura playing with the motorized boats. Such concentration. I think they were racing or something.

Jack spied something out the window of this play house.

It was a little blonde! And he invited her back in the house to play. He is such his father's son!

Then it was time to come inside and play with some games. Jack trying to figure out the mechanical dog. Of course he got it to work and I couldn't. Figures.

Jack and Daddy go riding on a jet ski.

Finished the night up with the parade and fireworks. A very long day was had by all in the Jackaroo family.

Getting Down at Chef Mickey's

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Day at the good ole Chuck E Cheese

We went to a playdate today at Chuck E Cheese. It was so good to actually get out of the house and not be cleaning/packing/stressing about the house and the big move. It was also good to talk to the other mothers about the big blow up at the group. Most of my friends at the playdate today were also kicked out or left the other group. It is so stupid and so junior high level mentality that I just have to laugh about it all. Women and drama - you just can't separate the two.

The picture above was taken by Chris, another mother at the playdate. I thought it was a really good picture of Jack on the little carousel there.

I think that the stress of everything is getting to everybody here in the Jackaroo house. I came home today and slept for over 2 hours and Jack slept for almost 4 hours!

And to update on the leak in the ceiling. It turns out that the pipe for the air conditioning condensation was never properly fitted and has been building up for sometime until the other day when it just kinda broke loose and came flooding out of the ceiling. The builder guy was here this morning and said that they will fix the pipe and the drywall damage. He also said he will treat for mold just in case (yuck!) and left this huge blower/dryer thing that is now sitting in the middle of my hallway blowing air up to the ceiling to dry it. One good thing was he told me that I have the cleanest attic he has ever seen. Of course that made me very proud. Yeah, like I actually go up and clean my attic - HA!

More Pictures . . . Disney Day 1

The mouse-eared kids

Jack the pirate. Oh and I tried to find a Captain Jack t-shirt from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean and again stupid stupid Disney for only have them in pink girl shirts.

The beginning of the sugar buzz from Chef Mickey's

More Pictures ... Chef Mickeys (the day he got high on sugar)

Laura and Mickey looking cute together.

Jack did not like the characters at all. Here he is trying to concentrate on the spoon in his mouth so he can forget that there is a giant rat dressed in a dress behind him.


He was less than pleased when a giant chipmunk walked up to him.

And when the giant rat walked up to him to say hello, well let's just say Jack did NOT like it.

Laura looking cute as she always does.

He sorta warmed up to Minnie by the end to the extent that he wasn't wanting to run away. His tactic was one of ignoring and maybe she will go away.

The Blog World is Way Too Small

There is this one woman in the mother's group that I belong to, or I should say used to belong to cause she kicked me out a few days ago (long story that is too stupid for words), that needless to say I do not care for. In fact, you could say that I really do not like her. This woman is very immature, controlling, and likes to manipulate people to her advantage. Oh and she holds grudges a very long time against people who unknowingly and innocently did something she considers "dissing" her. She happens to be African American and she calls herself the "head N-word" and an angry black woman who is proud of it.

ANYWAY, she has a blog, and tonight when I was on a reading a blog that I frequent every now and then (not one of my regular must-read blogs), I noticed that HERS was listed on the blogroll! And no, I am not going to tell ya which blog I was reading or the name of HER blog, cause I really like blogging in anonymity and I so do not want this woman reading MY blog.

So my question is this, how many degrees of separation is there in the blog world? I would bet that it is way lower than six and in this instance way too close for comfort. The blogging world is just fascinating isn't it?

And don't worry about me not being in a playgroup. I have picked myself up and joined another playgroup (one of the reasons why I was kicked out cause I DID join another one). I think I left that kind of mentality back in junior high.

It is a Conspiracy

Okay, I lived through the dog throwing up on the carpet, the other dog coming in from outside with poop still on his butt and scraping it across the carpet (sorry if TMI), and Jack taking out every single toy I put away. But BUT I am not sure I can live with water coming from my ceiling like a fountain! Yes that is right, during THE day that I am trying to get the house show-worthy, my ceiling decides to start raining. Yay! Of course the builder got a very nasty call from me, or I should say message cause they are all conveniently in a meeting at the very time I called. ARGH! Everybody, including my roof, is conspiring against me!

Family Reunion Pics ... Part 2

I don't know what is going on with blogger, but it won't let me post more than 7 pics at a time before it stops. So here is the part 2 of the family reunion.

Jack and Daddy Go Fishing

Another pic of the boy and his batman car.

And More Pictures ... The Family Reunion

The boy in his batman car that Grammy bought him. And yes, he was spoiled rotten with all the attention.


Grammy's gorgeous property.


Grammy C making ice cream and yes it was yummy.



Bill Bailey on his famous grill. The amount of food there could have literally fed an entire army! Seriously! And it seemed like all we did was eat and eat and eat some more and then after that - We Ate again!


Some of the teenage cousins. As you noticed, there were no pictures of Laura. That was because we saw her all of 10 minutes while we were there. She spent all of her time with her cousins.

Just the Kitchen?

I have spent the last 2 hours scrubbing, cleaning, mopping my kitchen until it shines. Is it possible to just show my kitchen when it comes time for potential buyers to traipse through my house?

More Pictures - The Horses

Uncles Bill and Dan have a very nice home near Gulfport where they have a lot of acres with 5 horses. Uncle Dan was very nice to let the kids ride the horses. Thanks Uncle Dan! I have a feeling that we are going to be spending more time there with the horses after we move!

I love this picture. I will have to get this one framed.

Our little cowboy wearing Daddy's hat. He kept saying "riding horsie!"

Laura getting riding lessons from Uncle Dan. Doesn't she look good up there?

Uncle Dan and his horses.