Thursday, June 11, 2009

Time for some Pictures!

Ok, so I have been taking pictures with my new camera and experimenting with a great FREE download paint.net, and here are some pictures:

A cute little picture of Jack (he was very into the Golf Tournament on the TV at that time:



Mommy and her little boy Jack:



And the rain coming off of the gutter - interesting!




Some grass:



And finally, Mr. Boone:





Hope you enjoy!!

New Look

Good Morning!! Today I am starting to unveil the new look to "Kate's Notebook", please let me know what you think. Currently, there is a new banner and a new background, but some more odds and ends will also be in the works. I have spent the last few days researching about blogs and things like that, and learning quite a bit. Let me know what you think of the new "do"!


HOME UPDATE:
Well we got our final price back on the modular, slightly over $175,00 - meaning slightly over budget (opps!) but we will pay for what we went over with in cash, and Wells Fargo seems to be working really nice for us right now. We have been told to keep reciepts for EVERYTHING we pay for out of our pocket, and Wells Fargo wants copies to give us credit (basically saying the house is worth more then what we are mortgaging), so that helps with the 10% we would need to put done, but don't need to. Complicated.

As for packing up the old house, I have deceided to clean & pack, instead of just pack. Last night I packed up the office and was left with closet full of items for a yard sale and 2 contractor bags of trash. Yea - trust me, I don't want to be brining trash to my new home!!

The Town of Beekmantown meeting occurs tonight, and let's hope all goes well!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Crazy Day

So I'm finally getting stressed about moving - mainly since the appraisal occured today and we have NOTHING, not a thing packed! We'll find out in the next few days if the appraisal went through ok, and if it did, we will close shortly after. YIPEE!! Now, it's time to pick out countertops and the last little pieces to the new home.

Side note - if you are looking for a new job, look no further:



Apparently it pays about $80k a year, but living in NYC or LA you def. need that kind of money.

As for me, it will be off to grad school hopefully in the Fall, if not the Fall, Spring. It will be a fully online program, Masters in Library Science. My director would like for me to go back to school to hopefully one day take her spot. So I'll be taking my GRE's next month and applying to so far just two colleges. Texas Women's University and Clarion University. Though I keep looking everyday for other schools with the program!