Who's Trash is it Anyway?

A few posts back I mentioned that we were in the process of purchasing a small piece a property (a little over an acre).  This property was owned by the same woman since the early 60's....almost 55 years....I am making a logical guess here when I say that the Mrs. of the property was either looking for ways to save money or the 'grossed out' part of her brain was not functionally property... She choose not to have trash service but instead use the whole 1.23 acres to drop her trash...........for 55 years
From what I could gather the owner was elderly and passed away recently and did not have a proper will (and without properly disposing of her trash.........she definitely was not proper).  Due to a lack of relatives and some bills that needed to be paid, the State of Oregon acquired the property. 
In the eagerness to be rid of this property, the State found a realtor and allowed the price to reflect the trashy condition of this piece of land. 
After signing the closing papers on Fri. Matt and I talked about a plan of attack on all the trash.....praying for a flood to take all the trash away didn't seem very realistic..........neither did hoping that thieves would come onto the property and steal every last thing SOOOOO the first of several BIG garbage bins was scheduled to be delivered that same day and the weeks and weeks of clean up work began.....

Saturday as I was gazing out over the property it struck me that we were cleaning up a whole lot of someone else's trash...someone else's trash that had just become our trash............WAIT....who's trash is it anyway??? Their trash or Ours??

OURS :)

Free boat :)

In with the good air...out with the bad :)

• Wheat Thin Crackers taste exactly how dog food smells
• Refried beans used to be a staple in my diet (bean burrito w/o onions but add sour cream) UNTIL about a month ago.......I was looking at the refried beans in the bean burrito just before taking the first bite- I thought to myself 'refried beans look just like diarrhea'....then I took a bite of that burrito...dry heaved.........and have not eaten refried beans since.  I did the same thing with mayonnaise when I was in middle school (looked at it on a sandwich and thought it looked like a wad of snot).......I did not eat mayo until after I graduated from high school- Maybe I will go back to eating refried beans in my mid 40's
• Have you ever heard of Adrenal Fatigue?  Ya, neither had I until late spring.........Good bye late nights, over scheduling one's self, and bad eating habits.... I am on a strict regiment of vitamins (D, Iron, B complex, whole food vitamins, etc.), at least 8 hours of sleep a night, and 75 mg of progesterone cream a day for 14 days a month- I am also supposed to eat a bit healthier  :(-  It's a funny thing when your mind is saying 'go' and your body is saying 'no'.....So glad to not be as tired as I was 3 months ago but looking forward to being 100% again
• Matt is sitting by me........He just let one rip.........as I was glaring at him he looks over at me and say's 'You know what they say...in with the good air out with the bad!'....................hee hee hee hee hee!
• I'd like to give a shout out to my dad.  My dad is, I think, my biggest blogger fan- He is quick to remind me if I go to long without posting........... Hi dad- I love you!  Come visit me already!!

Hope you all are having a great Sunday night-

It took a lot of firm talk to make him take his hand down and get the picture below...
I guess teens don't think it's 'cool' to get their pictures taken with their parents

Design on Four Hundred and Fifty Dimes!!

After seeing this picture of our bedroom (our home is currently for sale- a photographer came in to do a photo shoot of it for the advertising)

It opened my eyes to exactly how bare and blah our bedroom looked..........no curb appeal.......nada.....zip........ZILCH. 
We do not have our bedroom furniture yet and I am not exactly sure what I want to decorate our bedroom like for the long term
BUT
Something needed to be done NOW to help with the curb appeal..........
Between Goodwill (love that store), Ross, and what I already had in storage at my own house
AND
with a total cost of a little under $45. this is what we came up with
Picture: Ross $19.99
Bed Pillows: Ross $19.99
Curtains: Goodwill $2.99
BEDSKIRT!!!!: Goodwill $1.99 (and it's pottery barn)
Dresser: Already had just moved it from one side of our room to the other
Mirror on top of dresser: already had
Ottoman, lamp, and light blue comforter: Was stored around the house in various places

Guess Where We're Moving :)

Our primary residence went on the market today (we have had it for sale by owner for the past couple of weeks...we decided that Matt is just to busy to take on selling our house so we hired JJ.....if you live in my neck of the woods you know who I'm talking about)

GUESS WHERE WE'RE MOVING!!!!!

We are in the process of making the transition back to Hawaii...........................

JUST KIDDING!!
hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!!

We are purchasing a little over an acre that we will build a modest track house on in the same town we live in now (Oregon)- After the house is done we will also add a good size shop (the property is zoned both commercial and residential) and stay put until Ryan graduates from High School (Ryan is starting his freshman year this Sept.).............That is our plan at this point- we are a whimish lot so these plans could change- What is certain at this point is that our house is up for sale and escrow is set to close on that acre property we are purchasing on the 19th of this month.........................

I will post pictures of the new property later- tonight here are the pictures of our house that just went up for sale....

Hope you all are having a great Fri.- mine was spent cleaning and making sure that every nook and cranny of my house was suitable to be inspected by those looking for a home like ours........

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.............This is so embarrassing because this picture of my bedroom made our local MLS today- ..........I captioned this picture on facebook with the following

Nothing like realizing AFTER THE FACT that you should have bought a bed skirt, curtains, a stylish comforter, put pictures on the wall BEFORE the professional photographer was over to take pictures- (house just went up for sale)...........learn from me ladies- ACCESSORIZE (and make sure your comforters are on straight)!!

Ellie's Kate....

July 21, 2017
I wrote this post in August of 2013 when Ellie and Kate were 2 years old.  Today is precious Kate's 6th Birthday (Happy Birthday, Kate!).  4 years after this post was written and 6 years after the girls were born, Ellie and I still pray every night for Kate, Claire, Jaylee, Jayme, Grayson, Linnea', Toby, and Jon.


August 7, 2013 
Every night when we put Ellie to bed we pray the same prayer- The prayer started back in August of 2011 when Elle's was just two months old....

One afternoon, a few weeks after Ellie was born, my sis and I were talking on the phone and I asked her what she was up to

'We're going to a bbq at some people from our church's house- you can come if you want.

After getting to the bbq I asked Jodi who's house we were at- She pointed out an adorable blonde with an even more adorable pregnant belly.  Jodi informed me that Kelly was almost due with her fifth child. 

The summer Ellie was born was a special summer of deliveries- Ellie was born 10 weeks after my friend Val's daughter Jayme, 3 weeks before Ellie's cousin Claire and 6 weeks before her cousin's (twins) Grayson and Linnea.  I knew that Ellie would be growing up with these precious kiddo's- I also knew that she would be growing up with Jaylee, who joined my friend Michelle's family by way of adoption the summer before Ellie was born.

On July 21 (2011) Kelly delivered her daughter Kate.  Shortly after Kate was born she had some routine testing done- It was in those tests (and confirmed by other tests) that Kate was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis.  When my sister called to tell me about little Kate I knew what my Ellie and I needed to do...

Starting that August night in 2011, when Ellie was put to bed she heard this prayer:

'Dear Lord Jesus please be with Kate Elisabeth, Jaylee, Jayme, Claire, Grayson, and Linnea......'

She has continued to hear the prayer every night since and will continue to hear the prayer until she gets old enough to pray for Kate, Jaylee, Jayme, Claire, Grayson, and Linnea (and whoever else she chooses to pray for) on her own (her cousin Toby has been added and her friend, Jon).

As Ellie and Kate were playing together several Sunday's ago my heart melted.

Heavenly Father thank you for little Kate!

thank you to Kate's mom Kelly for this picture

The pictures above were the original pictures with this post.  Below are a few I added today of the girls over the last couple of years

OPI Nail Polish Give-a-way!!

UPDATE- Ellie H. is the winner of this give-a-way.  Congratulations Ellie

I was with my sis in law Liz a few weeks back and happened to notice her finger nails...........polished and ADORABLE
Earlier this week I was with my friend Deb and noticed that her finger nails were........polished and ADORABLE!
Then I was at my friend Michelle's house Thursday and noticed that both her toes and her fingernails were...........polished and ADORABLE!

I then looked down at my finger nails and noticed that they were NOT........polished and ADORABLE

SO..............

I rushed right over to beauty supply and bought some OPI nail polish-

One for me and ONE FOR YOU!

In the celebration of friends that are inspirations to paint our nails and in the celebration of some of the best polish on the planet (OPI) I am doing a nail polish give a way-

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS 'LIKE' THIS BLOG POST ON FACEBOOK OR SEND ME A PERSONAL MESSAGE SAYING YOU WANT TO BE ENTERED INTO THE CONTEST.  I WILL PUT ALL OF YOUR NAMES INTO A HAT AND LET MY ELLIE CHOOSE THE WINNER.  If you do not live local I will ship it to you- I am not going to ship internationally (sorry)
The winner will be chosen Mon. July 29- I will post the winner on this blog post (only first name not last) and also contact you......

The winner will receive OPI Color 'Can't find my Czechbook'.....It is pictured below

Summer Fun

Getting ready to jump off the rock into the river with my nephew Shad

Ryan is determined to teach Ellie to surf.........His heart is in Hawaii like his daddy's :)

Cousins

cousins

Ellie and her cousin Claire were born 3 weeks apart.....

play day with more cousins!!

When this is in full bloom and the front door is open the smell is heavenly

fishin' at the ponds

Eli trying to get his cousin Josh to eat a whole Jalapeno for $10....Josh was smart and didn't do it 

hanging out with her daddy

when your camping everything is considered a 'play area' to a toddler

back yard sprinklers.........

Ryan bought a boat- This was it's first time out (thanks Jed for rowing)

eggs in the back yard

playing in the fountain in the front yard