My new fall do!

Mom and I just did some box jobs on our hair for the fall, and mine is DARK! I barely know myself in the mirror. I can only imagine what my little ones in my preschool class will think in the morning. I LOVE IT, though! I hope the feeling is mutual with the man when he gets in from work!
Anyways, so I will try to get some pictures up soon!
Hey and thanks sis and brother in law for coming in this weekend and helping a sista and brotha out! I love you guys!

the saga continues...

We are yet to be done with the house. And, we realized last night that more has been stolen from there. We are not living in the house yet, but we have moved some of our stuff over there. Nothing too, too major is gone... like my china hutch or anything. Just a bunch of Rdub's tools, our weedeater, a decent sized air compressor, a bicycle, and few other odds and ends. I just cannot believe that there are people out there that will walk up to a house that they do not live in, and take things. No one has entered the house. This was all in the garage. Nice, huh!?! So needless to say, my husband is ready to whoop some hiney. But other than that, all is good in the hood so far.
We still have a long way to go, but are closer than we were almost a month ago. It takes a while on this stuff when you are the laborers also chasing boys.
I hope this blog finds you all good.

Sister came through... as always!!!

I love my sister. I have THE BEST sister in the world! She showed up on saturday just to help me! We got so much done, and worked on the house. I love how my boys, even my husband, adore my sister. She is the bombdiggity no doubt!
Thank you, sister, for coming to the rescue. I love you, and owe you big time!
love,
me

The House

We spent yesterday afternoon at the house, and today the electricity gets turned on! WOOODEEEWOODEEHOO!
I am excited over electricity! LOL! I know! But this means that I will be able to Rainbow! Get it smelling better! Really get to clean! R can fix the A/C unit! We can air up the John Deere with the air compressor! And, we can dance to music all at the same time as painting, painting, painting!!!
My sweet sister and brother in law are going to BRING us some new cabinets to put in the kitchen so we are going to demolish the delapidated cabinets that are there, and we are going to switch the washer and dryer hookup from in the middle of the kitchen to out in the garage! HUGE! So our dirty underwear are not the first things you see when you walk in! LOL!
We are looking for a used stove/stovetop for the kitchen as it does not have one. It is ready for gas or electric so if anyone has one that would be great. I would also take a used dishwasher if anyone wants to get rid of one. So please keep us in mind.
Okay so now I am off to take a shower so we can all go to preschool this morning!
Love you all! Have a fabulously blessed day!
Oh, and sister please be careful driving in with those cabinets! LOL! Love you!

Exhausted!!!

Boy, am I worn out! I went and painted, and cleaned a little on the house yesterday. Today I feel like I have literally been whooped by a big, burly man!!! I am so tired, and my boys already took naps at school and daycare so they are ready to party. This mom thing is extra hard when you just want to drop, and they are waiting for you to pass out any minute so that they can go tag team on your head. (And believe me, they do do that! ugh!)
Anyways, so we have had a great day, and we are now waiting for Dub to get home so that we can go get some more work done on the rent house.
I hope everyone is fabulous and has had a great day!

Paris, Texas

Well, here we are in my home town, and finally seeing the end of the tunnel. I think. It has been a long tunnel, but the end is coming I do believe.
We will be steadily working in the new abode all next week. I am so ready to have a place for just the Chisum clan once again. The house in Amarillo is still on the market, and we are praying that just any day now someone will walk into that house and feel at home as we did. I did love that house, however I know from all of our moves that the family is the "home." A cardboard box truly could feel as a home as long as all that are in it are in love with each other. I just cannot wait to get the boys trampoline up, and the place cleaned and repainted. That will be wonderful to just have a place to call our own once again.
Our little guys have gone through a lot with this move, and I am so proud of them. When people say that kids are resilient they are not kidding. T and T are just as ready as Dub and I are to get somewhere and be still, but they also have done great in every situation.
I truly cannot believe we are back here though. I am constantly saying that to Dub. He loves it here! He got an offer to go to Atlanta next week to interview for another railroad, and he would rather not. I am like... hello!... continue our railroad retirement, but he is now ready to settle and sit still. I have to hand it to him, I think our lesson in pride over this summer has really sunk in more for him than it truly has for me.
So it looks like for now, and possibly forever Paris is our home town as a family now too.
I am still in shock!