we bought a house

its true. you'll have to come visit! we are hoping to move in on easter weekend...please keep praying for this whole process as the details of closing come together...we are so exited and only wish all our friends could be here to celebrate (and help paint!)

playing the waiting game...

that's right, i am constantly looking at my watch to see if it is any closer to 5:00 today. my stomach is in knots.

we made an offer, and a quite good one at that, on a house last night. jared has a confident peace about it. i'm not sure if i'm anxious because i wonder if they will take our offer, or because we might have just bought a house!!! either way, my stomach is killing me.

i'm so glad it's spring break, even though i'm at work, because all my attorneys are off with their families somewhere exotic; which leaves me here to do my own thing UNINTERRUPTED!!! i cant imagine how hectic it would be right now if they were here asking me to do things right now. i cant exactly concentrate, all i keep thinking about is what color i want to paint the kitchen!

laugh with me...the kitchen is currently the second shade of butter that the crayola kitchen was. you know, the one that was more like highlighter yellow! yikes, that will have to go.

anyway, i will try to post again once we've gotten a response to our offer. hopefully it will be a good one!

just the surface, there's more if you dig deeper...

i've been having issues with blogs lately, i love reading them, but after i read them i feel like i have connected with the person, when in reality i have not. my phone calls to friends are becoming fewer and farther between, and i think it's the same on the receiving end as well. so, i'm torn. should i not read? should i not write? i think i will only write superficial surfacey things so that i'll still get the ocassional phone call for a real conversation.

so here's to surfacey updates:
a new friend at work cleaned out her closet and gave me tons of new cool clothes. i'm not afraid of handouts. i havent tried them on yet, but they look great!

we found a church! its great. i work in the two year old class. it meets at WorkPlay Theatre downtown. the people are really fun.(so are the little two year olds)

still looking for a house.

i am so excited that karen and bryan are getting married....not only cause it is a totally fun adventure awaiting them, but that means all of our friends will be in one place (minus a few who live to far to come home). but some are better than none right? i cant wait to see han and rach.

i'm getting a sister! (ok ok a sister in law....) and i'm totally excited about it. Ty and Amanda are engaged and are getting married in May. it's been really fun helping amanda do some little things for it...and we have a super huge party coming up for them...margaritas for everyone!

i hear the call of the ocean. i wish i could answer it soon....

work is so hard. i got physically overwhelmed yesterday and had to stand in the hallway with my back to my office so i couldn't see the huge stacks of things to do staring at me. i kinda had that gut wrenching feeling i used to get before i walked into a classroom to take a final. not so fun. but the stacks have dwindled a little today and should be looking much better by friday (my two attorneys are out of town so i should finally get some work done!)

but i still love work. its hard. its challenging. its something i never thought i'd end up doing. and some days i hear the Lord speak to me through jumbled up medical records, a subpoena, or even a memo. it's fun to converse with Father in monotanous tasks.

i love jared. whats more to say about that? i love my husband. cheers to the bride and groom to be....congrats Isbells!!!

hope to see you all soon!