It continues...

So the drama continued with the realtor. After the craziness with the photos, I had calmed down and was watching my new movies, when all of a sudden the door bell rings. None of us were expecting anyone so I went to check it. At the door was the realtor's son who was digging a hole to put the for sale sign in. While doing so, he managed to cut right through our cable line. Suddenly we are without cable and internet. Completely unacceptable. I still had an afternoon of discussions to take care of and now I had no access to the internet. Needless to say I was not happy and I gave myself a headache. The worst part was the fact that the realtor told me that I should go to Barnie's if I needed to use the internet. I was like.. Um no.. I pay for internet to work in my house. Unfortunately, Comcast couldn't come out until this morning, but the very nice Comcast guy named Bob came out an ran a temporary line for us around our entire house until they can come and bore a hole underneath our driveway to run the new cable in 7 to 10 days. At least it didn't cost us anything to be done and we don't have to be here when they come to run the cable. Which is nice because we will be out of town next week when we go to DC. 

So yeah.. yesterday was a fun day.

Realtors are annoying...

So I have decided that realtors are a pain in the butt in case anyone was wondering. When I first spoke to the realtor who was going to be handling this house she said that there was not going to be any inconvenience to us while they were trying to sell this house. Considering that our lease is not up until June 1st, we are still living here. Yesterday I got a call stating that they wanted to bring a photographer over to the house to take pictures. I figured they were taking pictures of the outside of the house so that they could post it on their website. What I didn't realize is that they wanted to take pictures of the entire inside of the house so that they could make a virtual tour. So aside from the fact that I had to finish my final this morning, I was trying to make everything presentable. But that apparently wasn't enough. She moved everything  around when they got here and actual said we need everything to be gone so that we can make it look new. All I could said was, "We do still live here and considering I just finished my last final, my last priority was your pictures." UGH! Just a word of advice. If you are ever renting a home and decide to sell it, try and do so closer to when the tenants are moving out. Realtors are pushy and completely inconvenience your tenants. 

On a happy note, I did get my two movies in the mail today. From my Disney Rewards points I got Donald Duck in Mathemagic Land and Ducktales Treasure of the Lost Lamp. Woo hoo!

The 2nd Annual Currey Move-N-Que

Clean Clothes for All!

New Samsung Dryer (minus the pedestal)

New Samsung Washer (also minus the pedestal)

Today Ricky and I went out and bought our new washer and dryer. Since the new house doesn't have a washer and dryer in the unit, it was one of those necessary evils. Although we new we could get a washer and dryer for very cheap, we figured if we were going to spend the money, we wanted to get a decent quality set to start with. This particular set is made by Samsung. Under normal circumstances I am a fan of Samsung products so we wanted to see what other features it had. The feature that sold us was the "sanitize" feature. Basically it has a hot water feature that allows you to sanitize laundry without the use of bleach. None of the other washers have that feature. They were the same price as the LG set we were considering and although the LG doesnt run off a belt, the appeal of the sanitize feature was a selling point for us. 

So since I was approved for a Best Buy Card yesterday, we were able to order our washer and dryer and set it up for delivery and installation. It will be installed and ready to go on May 4th! Everything for the new house is starting to come together. 

For anyone who is interested, we are tentatively going to be moving the big stuff in the truck on Saturday May 16th after we get back from DC. We will be having a barbeque after the truck is unloaded with burgers and what not out on the grill so if you are free and would like to help we would greatly appreciate it. 

Happy Cotton Anniversary!

Happy 2nd Anniversary!

Our anniversary desserts

Ricky playing with part of his anniversary gift

This past week, Ricky and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary. It was such a great day. Ricky and I both had to work in the morning because after all Tuesday is new release day and I had to be there to set the planos. Fortunately, my Tuesday class is over and Ricky's supervisor let him leave early so I picked Ricky up and we went out furniture shopping. The new house we are going to be renting doesn't have a washer and dryer so we are going to have to pick those up as well as replacing some furniture that are literally on their last legs. So we went to IKEA and a few other places to look around. This shopping was also so that we could kill time until our dinner reservation. We decided to go back to Texas de Brazil (even though we went for Valentines Day). Their food is so delicious.. I mean really, really delicious.. and although they are typically pricy, we had a buy one get one free coupon that they sent us in the mail. So we only spent about half of what we did in February. When it was time for dessert we each decided to get different things to share. I ordered carrot cake and Ricky ordered cheesecake (both of which were absolutely delicious). The best part was the fact that they put one candle on each plate for us for our 2 year anniversary. (whether or not that was the reason for two I don't know, but I'm going to assume it was). The evening was so nice and it was just great to be able to go out and have a nice dinner together. 

Now I gave Ricky his anniversary gift on Sunday even though our anniversary was Tuesday. I wanted to make sure he would be able to play it right away and we were going to be getting back late on Tuesday night after dinner. Ricky has been wanting Guitar Hero for the longest time. We really havent been able to afford it and even just getting the guitar and the game was going to run about 100 bucks. But once they released the Guitar Hero Metallica game they ran a special that if you bought the game, the $40 guitar was only $10.So I saved the money and bought it for him. I was very excited that I was going to be able to get him at least one of the games and I told myself that as the prices dropped I would eventually be able to get him the rest of them. Little did I know that was going to be sooner than I thought. I went to work on Sunday to discover that Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Legends of Rock are only $9.99 this week. I couldnt believe it. Aerosmith is usually $19.99 and Legends is usually $39.99. But both were only 10 bucks each. So of course I had to get those for that price. So for only $80 I got 3 different Guitar Hero games and a guitar. How amazing is that??? When I gave him his gift he was so shocked. I had to tell him the great deal I got so he would know why I spent the extra money, but for those deals I couldn't pass that up. 

All in all it was a very very successful anniversary. I thoroughly enjoyed my day with Ricky and I look forward to many many more. 

**And for those of you who are superstitious... yes it was our cotton anniversary and yes I bought ricky 6 pairs of cotton socks that he needed for work so I got it covered!

Our New House

Front of the house in Waterford Trails

Tile work in the Master bath

One of the hallways that leads to upstairs bedrooms

Kitchen

Different view of the kitchen to see the dining room

So here are a couple pictures of the new house we are going to be renting. I didnt take too many this time around, but we are hoping that with this house we will actually have a housewarming party/barbeque. We officially go and sign the lease on the first of May, but since our lease in this house isnt up until the first of June, it actually works out that we have a month to pack and move all of our stuff. I think we are going to rent a truck one weekend and request volunteers when we have to move the big furniture type items, but in that event, food will obviously be provided. 

Ricky and I are both hoping that we will be able to finally have a place that isnt going into foreclosure or on the verge of being put on the market to be sold. We are not big fans of having to move, but since we are put in the position there is obviously a reason for it. Although we may not know what that reason is at the moment, in the long run we will definitely understand later on. 

So here is just a taste for now.. I will continue to post updates as we get more info, but at the moment the next few weeks are filled with packing boxes and finishing up on the semester before we head to DC!

And the clouds opened up....

... and smiled upon the Currey/Heidt household

We officially got word this morning... we were approved for the new house in Waterford that we will be renting. After all of the stress and worrying that we weren't going to get approved, everything fell into place and we have a new gorgeous home to move into. Thank you all for the prayers and happy thoughts. They were all greatly appreciated. I will post pictures as soon as I take some. Our official lease signing day is the 1st of May. Our lease in our current house isnt up until June 1st so we will have a whole month to move our stuff over. We will probably get a truck one Saturday and move all of our big stuff at once, but throughout the course of the month we will be able to relocate the rest of our stuff. Fortunately since the new house is so close we don't have to pack everything in boxes.

Of course we will have a housewarming party once we get settled in but that probably wont be until June sometime. I think we want to try and have a movie or game night here prior to moving, but we shall see.

Again thanks for all the well wishing and prayers.. they worked beautifully. We are truly blessed.