Bring me a higher love!  That song is going to be in my head for the rest of the night.

I cannot believe I am saying this, BUT  I am actually going to New York.  I totally didn't think it was going to happen, but apparently I am going!  I am not packed.  I need to do laundry tonight and pack tonight.  I have to work all day tomorrow and then we leave.  Honestly, it seems a little surreal.  I really don't want to drive at night, but Jack's mom wants to make it there by the 1st.  Either way we weren't getting there until the afternoon so oh well.  You know me, I will try to take pictures the whole way there.  This is partly why I don't want to drive at night.  I want pictures of the "Welcome to Kentucky/Ohio/Pennsylvania/New York" signs.  I also want to be able to see things that I want to stop at on the way back. 

Hopefully I will be able to blog on my trip, but I am not 100% sure my hubby will let me take the laptop with me.  It might be hit or miss being able to use Mo's. 

I am so freakin' tired.

I am 98% sure I am leaving for New York whenever I get off of work on Sunday!  YAY!  Everything came through!  Now as long as my shift supervisor doesn't come in tomorrow and tell me her husband is having surgery next week, I will be travelling to NY!  YAY!  I am hoping that I can get someone to work on Sunday that wants the hours.  We shall see, but I doubt I will find anyone.

I feel like such an old fogie (my attempt at making up a spelling to a slang word).  I am totally about to go to bed.

Did ya miss me yesterday?  I totally forgot to post.  It was an uneventful day.  I woke up, watched TV, Jack came home for lunch, I took him back to work, I came home and shot the realtor some MLS numbers, I went to my mom's house, I got Jack from work, and we went home. 

I have officially printed all of this junk, so I can send it to the morgage guy tomorrow.  Hopefully what I printed will work.  I called to get them to send me the information, but apparently they want me to write a letter to get the info.  Really?!  Anyways keep your fingers crossed that I get it!

I have a list of houses that I am going to go see on Thursday.  I should say..hopefully going to see on Thursday.  I mean if the morgage guy says no then that will be off the table.  I will be searching for an apartment.  Ugh!  I need to stop these negative thoughts!  I will get this loan.  I will get this loan.  The interest rate may be a little higher than I want, but I will get this loan.  My debt to income ratio is fantastic.  There is no reason I should not get this loan, and if I don't, I'll go to the next morgage company (I keep forgetting I can do that!)

I totally cannot think of anything else to say.

 

We went looking at open houses again today!  Guess what?  They were actually open!  I did not make the same mistake twice.  We looked at 3 houses today.  One in Lavergne(1245912), one in Smyrna(1254106), and one in Nashville(1275934). 

The one in Lavergne was a definite no.
Smyrna was a maybe.
Nashville is the one Jack really likes.  I honestly think that it is only because its awesome man cave possibilities.  Honestly I like it too, BUT it is in a crappy part of Nashville....Elysian Fields very close to the zoo.  I don't know I guess the area could get better.  It only has one bathroom and the kitchen is tiny.  It does have an awesome finished basement.  It even has a freakin' wet bar downstairs.  Total awesomeness, but alas that bathroom thing.  I totally couldn't handle it.  Jack did mention that we could always purchase the house and put a bathroom downstairs.  Ehhhhh I don't think so.

We shall continue to look.  I added the two that we like to the "like" list. 

Jack finally decided that the house near Chris and Melinda's would be to small for the price the people were asking.  I keep telling him.  Elk Dr.  There is one on Elk we really need to look at, and then he saw another that he wants to look at on the same street, so HOPEFULLY we will be totally pre-approved by tomorrow, and I can tell our realtor to look into the houses for us!  Eek!

Soo if you read Misty's comment on my last blog.... she was right.....unfortunately the utilities are not in my name, so the morgage guy says I need to get at least 3 bills that are in my name and get print outs for them and hopefully they will be able to take that.  If they do, we are good for 150k....<---seriously?  With just what I make?  I, of course, am looking for a house under that anyways.  FINGERS crossed everything is good because I TOTALLY have a few houses that I really like and want to go look at soon!

We went to a few open houses today...that were not open today.  Fail on my part.  Jack got his panties in a twist..ok so not really..he is the most laid back guy you will ever meet depending upon the situation.  He did torture me about it all day long!  We did get to go into 2 houses.  The first was just a fluke.  It was way too expensive.  The second we went in and walked around.  Jack loved it.  Don't get me wrong it was nice, BUT the layout made the house seem really small even though it was 1700 square feet AND the yard.. um ...no...the backyard was literally the size of the pool that was in it.  It is on Boyd Dr. in Murfreesboro if anyone wants to look it up!

Just talked to the morgage guy.  Get this guys....I have a zero FICO score....<---well duh!  I am debt freeeeeeeeeeeee.  :)  The loan (fingers crossed) is only going to be able to be in my name.  I make more money than I realized.  I just looked at my year to date and thought it was wrong.  Unfortunatly since I have a zero FICO score, the guy is trying to figure something out for me.

TRUE STORY!

My husband gets home from work and starts walking towards the house.  He thinks, "Oh there is a cute little bunny on the front porch."  He walks closer.....It is a freakin' rat!  Can you say gross?


This blog post infuriates me!  Ugh!
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugmonkey.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fmary-sammons-given-award-for-some.html&h=NAQALubKJ

Well my meeting didn't go badly.  He gave me a list things he wanted me to do, showed me the pictures that he had taken, and basically told me that he didn't think my shift supervisors are working to their full potential.  Blah, blah, blah.

I got stuck working all day again today! BLOWS!  Karen called me on her way to work in a panic.  She had to call 911 to come get her because she felt that bad.  She thought she was having a heart attack driving down the road.  They ran tests on her and told her she was probably just experiencing anxiety attacks.  Thankfully she will be at work tomorrow!  I am entirely greatful.  I am going to TRY to leave work early tomorrow.  Oh I hope I can convince myself to do that.  After my list I got, ehhh we will see.

OMfreakinG.  Really?!  Are you effin' kidding me?  I left work about an hour early today, since I worked ALL day yesterday.  What happens after I leave?  My freakin' boss comes in.  Apparently he was not happy.  Well of course not!  I am not either!  I have freakin' been there by myself for the past 3 days.  So tomorrow I get to go to his office.  No doubt I am getting written up.  One of my shift supervisors said, "I was going to tell him that you had been here by yourself for the past few days, but he walked out with out saying anything."  Sucks!  I'll let you know.

I just had to re-read Misty's comment about Adam's cousin getting a house.  I just started flipping out again about getting a loan.  Jack and I desperately have to be off at the same time to talk to this loan guy.  I am getting so antsy.  I just want to know if we can get a loan!  Ugh!  Then I can know that the houses I am dreaming about are a possibility.  I totally don't want to live in an apartment again.  OMG I don't think I could take it. 

You know how my last blog started with what I love about my job....Well you know what I hate about my job?  Getting stuck working open to close because someone is freakin' sick.  Oh did I mention I had no freakin' cashier at all on Sunday ( I was expecting that) and today I didn't have a cashier until 4.  It sucks.  I got nothing accomplished.

I have to be back there at 7:30 in the morning.  ugh

You know what I love?  Leaving work early.  Yep.  I left early today, and my husband drug me around EVERYWHERE!  Ugh!  I was so exhausted at one point.  I finally demanded that we go home.  I immediately got in the bed and slept for 3 hours.  Now I am wide awake at 1:30 in the morning.  Sucks.

I cannot freakin' believe that in 2 weeks at this time I will not be able to sleep due to excitement about going to New York.  It is so close and coming so quickly. 

I have to work all by myself tomorrow.  That really blows, but that is what having absolutely no payroll will do to you.

Here are the houses in Rutherford County that I like...

--1290583 (Smyrna)  <---The one Misty told me about.  I really do love it!  I really love those french doors!


--1215351 ss<--Short Sale.  This one is very unlikely, but I like it nonetheless.

--1285944(Smyrna)<---The one down the road from Chris and Melinda's.

--1269857 Short Sale.

/1288837<--I kind of like this one.

--1272152(M'boro)

--1289731 (M'boro)


We called the guy at the bank today.  He must have been at lunch, so we still haven't gotten that taken care of yet.  Ugh! I am so ready!

We went to see the last Harry Potter today.  They give you Harry Potter glasses if you watch it in 3D. 

Ummm I went to the bank and to *gasp* Walmart.  I had to return *ehhh* something.  Yes, that means I have actually walk inside of a Walmart twice this month.  I can count on my hands how many times I have been to Walmart in the past year.

Sooooo hopefully we will finally be able to call tomorrow/technically today to get pre-approved for a house.  I will then really know what price range we are looking at.  Do ya'll want me to bombard you with houses that I like/love?  Here is one that keeps coming back up over and over again...

http://www.realtracs.com/MediaDisplay.aspx?PropertyClass=RES&DMQL=(AreaID%3d%7c25)%2c(ListingStatusID%3d1)%2c(OfficeListIsActive%3d1)%2c(IsListedOnInternet%3d1)&AreaID=25&MlsNum=1251626&Digest=OYroUHT+X418MM9PNB3wMw

It has a lot of the things that I want.
--decent size yard
--garage (this is Jack's request)
--something that can be used as a man cave (Jack's other request)
--at least 3 bed/2 bath
--the master bedroom is actually larger than the other rooms.

I am iffy on the kitchen.
It is a really long drive for Jack to work.  45 minutes long plus traffic~ only 25 for me

Does anyone else occasionally find themselves watching the "new" Unsolved Mysteries?  I mean why the crap did they just take the same stories and same video from the original and add a new host?  Could they not have found more stories to put on there?  I mean people LOVED that show!  I would still watch the reruns, hence why I catch myself watching the "new" Unsolved Mysteries.

OH! I forgot to tell ya'll!  I tried the new Sally Hansen Crackle!  See picture below!

It does infact work, but there is a trick to it.  Number one see the yellow color (Insta-dri Lightening<--yes it is spelled that way.)?  That is the bottom coat.  Make sure it dries completely!  Number 2 when you put on the Crackle nail color (black), [the brush is way too small] make sure you do sections as you paint OR even better try to get the brush out of an Insta-dri nail polish.  If you don't do this, you may feel like you didn't get enough crackle nail polish on your nail.  You may think that you can immediately go back over the nail before it dries to fix this problem, right?  WRONG!  Just say no.  Take my advice and go in sections.  It does turn out really cool.  And lastly number 3 don't be a dumb butt like me and forget to put a top coat on it.  Mine just peeled off.  BOO!

I love being able to just leave work when I want to.  I mean I work 45 hours a week but being able to just leave whenever.  It is sweet.  Jack really really wanted to go to the Skate of the Union tonight, so I took off of work early to take him.  I was going to go too, but I changed my mind.  I didn't want him to miss the autograph line, so I kicked him out on the side of the road. 

You heifers need to get on Google+.  Mine is totally boring right now!  Imagine Facebook with 3 friends.  Yeah.  It would suck!  I will send you an invite!  Just let me know by posting your e-mail address here or sending me a message in Facebook.

We dropped Gizmo off at Jack's mom's house today.  We stayed a while to get him adjusted and slipped out without him noticing.  He was following Jack every time he thought we were leaving.  Gizmo is currently in Paul's lap chillin'.  Paul was very excited about the puppy dog.  He has been really missing Sissy who passed away a couple of months ago.  YAY for a new dog (as long as know one claims him)!  Maybe now I can convince Paul that Mo needs a new refrigerator come the time Jack and I get into a house!  EEK!  Hers is fairly new, but you remember the washer and dryer....ya never know!

Work was a total bore today.  I was exhausted!  Ugh!  I had no sleep because I was up all night long thinking about houses and that dog.  Tomorrow is truck day, so I will have to be all hyped up on caffeine.

So there I was looking through my Facebook "news".......My initial thought was, "Why on Earth did this person put their cankles and ugly toenails on Facebook?"  Then I looked to see who it was ..my niece!  It is her little baby feet.  Insert foot into mouth.  :)

I currently have someone else's dog lying next to me.  It just breaks my heart that someone is desperately searching for their dog.  Ugh.  Ok so maybe they aren't desperately searching.  I looked on craigslist and petfinder, and no one has posted a lost dog ad nearby.  This little dog is so freakin' cute!

Let's see..... I shall go back to my previous post regarding my Pop passing away.  The funeral was beautiful.  The minister talked a lot about fishing and baseball.  Pop would have liked that.  Those were his favorite things.  He could tell you any stat you could think of regarding Braves baseball and more.  He was able to go fishing one last time.  He bugged the shit out of those Trevecca people to take them fishing.  They finally did about a week before he passed.  The ladies at Trevecca said that he had been talking a lot about my Granny.  I love that.  Honestly, he talked about her like she was still here all of the time.  Now that I have lived in this house, I understand why.  She has always been here, but I haven't felt her hear since Pop passed.  I just wonder if we wait on the people we love to meet us.  I was entirely greatful for all of the stories that I heard at the funeral and for all of the people that I got to see again.  At one point a lady came in the funeral home and I said hi to her.  She said that she wasn't sure what he looked like, but she was looking for Tom's son.  I told her, "I'm his daughter, so I can point you in the right direction."  When she got to my dad she asked him if he knew who she was.  It was my Granny's best friend.  Ok.  I had been pretty dry eyed until this lady said that.  I literally had to run out of the room to compose myself.  My Granny's death hit me the hardest out of all of my grandparents.  I was a freshman in high school, and I watched her go downhill.  I remember the doctor's telling us she only had 2 weeks, and she made it 8 weeks.  I remember "reading" a Cathy comic strip when my mom told her that the doctor said she didn't have much longer.  I saw the tear streak down her face.  I cried and cried and still cry when I think of her today.  I wish Jack would have met her.  He would have loved her just as much as he loved my Pop.  He was very torn up about Pop's death too.  He said that Pop was the closest thing he had ever had to a grandparent.

Ok so we shall now move to something else....  Where the hell are Jack and I going to live?!  OMG!  The state is going to take the house!  Holy Shit!  We have to move.  I have been looking at houses online, but we have to try to get preapproved first.  I hope and pray that we do.  I found a house out in Pegram I REALLY want to look at.  It is on 5 acres and in short sale.  It is the right size for a family.  **Thinking about future kiddos.**  It has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths.  That is totally bigger than I am really planning, but get this....119,000....I know right?!  5 acres, 4 bedrooms, and 3 baths.  Yeah.  I am just wondering what is the catch.  What is wrong with this house?  It says Short Sale price approved by the bank.  Does that mean it is not approved yet, or the price it is listed for is the price the bank approved?  Is there no driveway to get to the house?  Ummm are some of the rooms totally demolished?  Here is the link  http://www.realtracs.com/PropertyDetail.aspx?PropertyClass=RES&DMQL=(AreaID%3d%7c13)%2c(NumOfStories%3d2%2b)%2c(TotalBedrooms%3d4%2b)%2c(TotalFullBaths%3d3%2b)%2c(ListingStatusID%3d1)%2c(OfficeListIsActive%3d1)%2c(IsListedOnInternet%3d1)&AreaID=13&MlsNum=1228885&Digest=mn8bzxzaPt3iAZKN0iPl9A   You should be able to look at it there...If not, google 4490 Sears Rd. Pegram.

No matter what I am going to keep looking.  I need to be able to make that phone call regarding the pre-approval with Jack soon though.  We really don't have much time.  Ehh.  Pray if you are the praying kind.  Pray hard.  My cousin just got pre-approved for a loan that and I quote, "was much more than [she] could have ever imagined."  So I am hoping that is a good sign for me, since she just started her job and I have been with mine for 11 years.  Oh please oh please oh please.  This is one of those times that you need to reassure me with a "My fuck up (insert friend/relative) (insert name) bought a house.  Only God knows how." stories.  Please and thank you.