Rowan taking a bath

This was a fun time!!! Rowan really loves his bath time!

After a long day of crying, let's look at some fun pictures!

Rowan climbing on top of the dog house to get a better look at the wild outdoors...

JUDY EOFF AND REMAX

I want to let everyone out there know that my experience with realtor JUDY EOFF, Jacksonville, Il, and broker for Remax Mike Oldanettil (SP?) was far from a good one. They have lied and schemed the seller of the house I made a FULL PRICE OFFER on yesterday. Basically, they accepted a lower offer so that they would receive 6% commission instead of having to split it with Linda Pontnack from Live Well Realty.
I am very upset about this, as I feel both the sellers and I were completely undermined in an effort of pure greed. I will post more about this tonight or tomorrow with more details. For now, I am still looking for a house. I am pretty devastated, as it should have been a closed deal. Please, if you or someone you know are looking at buying or selling property, take into consideration what you will be dealing with. I know that Remax is a large company, and they sell many, many houses...this is true! However, after this experience, I will strongly encourage anyone and everyone to do business elsewhere. Word of mouth is VERY powerful, please help me spread the word about this.
For now, my family and I are thinking about taking legal action against both Judy Eoff and Remax, and we are turning them in to the Board of Realtors. I will do everything in my power to make sure something is done. They have just screwed the wrong family, and I won't put up with it. I'll do all I can to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. This isn't even so much about the HOUSE, it is about morals and ethics, something these two individuals clearly know nothing of!!!

Still morning...

AND....still waiting to hear from Linda...are you all praying for me??? LOL Jamie, my love, I am trying with all my might to have a house for you to come "home" to in August!!!

I have to get myself ready quickly; I am on my way to pick up some food and things for the Mother's day cookout! WOOHOO

Saturday morning

Well, it seems that my son rises with THE morning sun...these last few days, when it was dreary and rainy, Ro slept a little later...this morning, however, 5:30, sun was up, so were WE! LOL

I am awaiting a call from Linda, my realtor...YIKES!!! PRAY PLEASEEEEEEEE!!! Rowan is getting crabby, perhaps it is nap time already? Ohhhh, the schedule is OUT the window for today!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOMMIES OUT THERE!!!

Oopsy!!!

I attached some pictures of the house I made an offer on in the post below. The one dark picture is of the pantry, and I didn't mean to post that!!! I cannot figure out how to get the picture OFF of the post! Please forgive me. I took a lot of pictures of the house, but I only posted the outside ones. The inside is really not my style; the kitchen is apples, with GREEN cabinets! LOL Obviously, that has to go! One bedroom is pink...all pink...even the ceilings; a good coat of paint with fix that!
ANYWAY, please, please, please pray for us tonight. I am desperate to get into a house, and I reallllly like this one. Please pray that God's will be done. Thank you so much!!!

XOXOX

HOUSE

So, I made another offer on another house today. Here is the story: two weeks ago, I went to look at this particular house. I was prepared to make an offer on it!!! My realtor had showed it to another couple that same day, and they made an offer on it. I ended up making an offer on a different house. The selling realtor had shown it the previous day, and the sellers took the offer. Well, today, my realtor called to tell me that the buyers could not get financing to buy the house!! In excitement, I went to look at it again...I offered the asking price on it, sure that I would get the house, right?????????????

I went back to look at it this evening....Judy Eoff, the selling realtor, told Linda Pontnack, my realtor, that the original buyers are still trying to get financing...so, my offer that was made at 3:00, apparently does not take precedence over their verbal breakage of contract (1:00 PM). They called Judy at 4:00 to tell her that they still wanted the house...does this make sense to YOU??? I am a little pissed off. The selling realtor has not even taken MY offer of FULL ASKING PRICE to the sellers! I'd be very upset if I were the sellers...

I won't know anything until tomorrow, but it doesn't look good for me. PLEASE PRAY!!! I really like this house a lot, and I am going to be very upset it my offer is not even considered b/c of JUDY EOFF!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!

THANK YOU MY LOVE!!!!!!!!!

After a very long, busy, hectic, crazy day of house searching, and possible disappointment, I came home to a beautiful bouquet of white flowers from my wonderful, thoughtful and romantic husband. He also sent me a big box of chocolates, way to go honeyloves!!! :-) The card moved me to tears. THANK YOU, my wonderful husband, for making my day so much better. You are amazing, and I appreciate your thoughtfulness!!! MUAH XOXOXOX

NEED SLEEP

I am still awake; I have been on the phone with Mama L, and when we get to talkin', there is just no stopping us! :-) I had to talk to someone about my obsession with Jamie's care packages, and Mama L was just the person to make me feel better about it! We finalized my crazy list, and she helped me think of more things to send!

I am excited to get out and do the shopping tomorrow; I am going to get the items for Jamie's care package, which thanks to Jenn, Cori and Mama L is a lot less than originally planned...I really do have great support and help (THANK YOU GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!). I am also going to get some flowers/plants (not sure which yet) to send to our nephew Tyas and son, Kyle. Both the boys have a difficult time with Dad/Uncle Jamie being in Iraq, so I am going to mail a package to them both "from Jamie in Iraq". Cori liked the idea of sending them seeds to plant something. It will give them something to "remember" Jamie, and at the same time it is something they will hopefully enjoy taking care of...responsibility, always a great thing for boys their age! I think Tyas will do a really good job, but Kyle may get bored with it...we'll see. Tyas is very much a nurturer.

Okay, I REALLY need to go to bed!!! My OCD needs to shut off for the evening!

LOVES!!! XOXOXOX

OCD???

Okay, I have come to the realization that I really do have OCD. I thought it was just a haha thing, but no...I believe my worst nightmare is coming true. I opened up my planner today, and noticed that pretty much every single day for the rest of this month there is something to do, and by "something", I mean appointments, bridal showers, bachelorette parties, birthday parties, cook-outs etc. I am a little overwhelmed by it all...is this normal? I feel anxious and really stressed out, like if I forget something it will be the end of the world, I will make someone mad, etc. It's not a fun feeling at all!!!
Also, I am obsessing about Jamie's packages and things that he needs us to send to him. Rather than letting it all just happen, I feel like I have to make SURE he gets it all...I am really not right! No wonder people get annoyed by me, I would too!!! My sisters can back me up here, I WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS!!!!!!!! I was the one with the messy room, clothes strung from one end to the other, and not a care in the world...not anymore! Did motherhood change me??? I mean, in this way? ANYONE??? HELP??? ADVICE??? Come on, help a poor girl out!

Okay, so my accomplishments today: I went to Wal-mart AGAIN for some household items: paper towels, toilet paper, puppy pads (Di's dog), laundry detergent, bleach, crackers for Rowan, Diet Coke, etc. I got Jamie's anniversary card too! SO SWEET, it made me cry...I'm a little emotional. I talked to Cori, my sis in law, before I went into Wal-mart...I was a little sad. I also went to AT&T to find out why the heck my cell phone ring is so quiet...turns out I had it on volume 3...now it is on 7...MUCH BETTER; yes, I AM THAT girl! LOL I went to the post office to mail out some more cards; and yes, I am a total card whore! Oh, and I went to tan at 7 this morning...that is too early! AND...I successfully burnt my entire body, again...I hurt, and I look like a lobster, AGAIN...I think I should call it quits with the tanning thing.
For dinner, we ordered pizza, which Rowan just happens to LOVE!!! We did a little art project with the finger paints, turns out that ROWAN HATES PAINTS!!!!!!!!!!! Who freakin' knew? It's messy, I thought he would love it! Needless to say, we had a good bath tonight!

So, Rowan has learned a few new tricks:
1. He is officially blowing kisses
2. He is saying "bye-bye" very clearly now
3. He is learning to walk down the stairs
4. He has learned to start off the top stair to come down, something he was very much afraid of before now.

I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of them right now. I took some allergy meds, and I am a little loopy right now; Rowan also took Benadryl tonight b/c he has a mad rash all over his left arm...not sure what caused that!

Alright, I am off for the night; much love!