Crazy-Eyed Killa

Friday. House inspection day. Good report. Tried new restaurant. Nothin' swanky; kid friendly environment a must. Had a fish bowl-sized Margarita. Hubby had dos. Almost went to look at stainless steel bottom freezer fridges and other various impressive appliances. Didn't make it due to the crazies. I think you know who I'm referring to here.

First day at New Montessori School

C attended her first day at her new Montessori school here in McKinney. (She attended one up in Philly last year) She'll attend two full school days (instead of three half days like last year) each week.

This school is awesome: they practice yoga on Thursdays, have computer lab time, have a green house for gardening, eat organic snacks only and, very importantly, have an awesome art studio/supplies! Public Kindergarten will have a lot to live up to next year.

For now, we are thrilled that we (I) found this school before we moved back from Philly so we wouldn't miss out on enrollment! C loves it! And she insisted on wearing her diamond flip flops to school and one of her friends had on the same shoes (as you can see in the pic.)

Nothing like a cute pair of shoes to hone camaraderie between friends, right.

Property virgins doing some shameless bragging

They accepted our offer on the above McMansion of our choice. (And I mean McMansion in an endearing way b/c, darn it, It's my McMansion :)) We got it at sixty six dollars a square foot so we feel that we're getting an excellent deal. It's not a brand new home (blt 1998) and there's a few things we'd like to change over time, but the bones of the house are fabulous with tons of closet space - which is a must for us b/c it's something we've never really had and need. It's just a great family home with granite counter tops already in the kitchen,which is a plus, and it's got five bedrooms with a game room and a big, flat backyard for the dogs and kiddos to play. It's in a wonderful gated neighborhood with a densely wooded walking/jogging trail and community pool two doors down from us. It also boasts a blue ribbon elementary school that C will attend in a year and L soon after. We have not closed yet, so it's not a done deal but we're really excited, nonetheless! This is, by the way, our FIRST house; wish us luck!

(The pictures show the previous owner's furniture)

On house hunting

Well, I've finally stopped my obsessive TiVo-ing of House Hunters on HGTV. And yes, after moving nine times in eight years, we're FINALLY house hunting ourselves (minus the cameras). All I've got thus far is.......

When in doubt?

Drink. And drink, a lot.

Of course, don't forget to read a few books to the kiddos, tuck them into bed, walk down and pass the left over mess from dinner. Let your yapping chihuahua in from the back yard as not to disturb the neighbors. Then, with a feral twinkle in the eye, wildly lunge for the wine cabinet, crack open a bottle of wine with a mandatory minimum alcohol content of 14.5 percent by vol. And just for effectiveness sake, have at least two bottles available, people! Open bottle(s) and enjoy!

Yeah, that's all I got right now on house hunting. I'll get back to ya later.

Gabba Gabba Hey!

Congratulations to Jessica and Marco on their new little man!

Marco Antonio Guerra II was born Friday 8-8-08 at 7:33a.m. and weighed 7lbs. 3oz. and was 20 inches long. Good job guys!

In a nutshell.....what I've been up to lately

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-78hfZOu_s