Happy 4th of July Miss Pippa!

Pippa had a great day on the fourth. It started like any other day, with breakfast and a trip outside, but then later that day something new happened. There was a parade with a patriotic pet contest! She came and told me that it was time to assemble and that she thought she had a shot, so I helped her put on her air force jacket and then accompanied her to the assembly area. There she told me she thought she would look more patriotic if I tied some ballons to her. She really wanted them so I couldn't say no. After she was equipped with her jacket and balloons. We proceeded behind the ambulance (It was kind of hot, so I thought I should stay close) down the parade route to the park. When it was time to judge the pets, the announcer decided to point to each animal with a hot dog in hand. Pip decided that this was obviously her cue to start her show so she began to dance on her hind legs. The crowd loved it and then she was interrupted by the ringing of a cellphone. She decided that she was not only supposed to dance, but if she wanted to win this thing that she must sing as well. She sang a song and the crowd laughed and clapped so she sang some more. The mob of patriots declared her their winner and she was awarded her prize. In one hand the announcer still had his untouched hot dog and in the other was a silly dog toy. She decided that her prize of choice was in fact, the hot dog. The crowd roared and applauded her great decision. She smiled at them and was very proud. After she was finished with her hot dog we walked home where her Dad was grilling steak. When we were done eating, Pip told him that since it is independence day that she is entitled to a small piece of steak. He agreed and gave her a small piece (this is a rare occasion, she never gets anything except dog food). This made her happy, but she told him that she would not be completely content until he gave her the bone. After all, he was only going to throw it away. He could not say no, so he gave her the bone. She has been chewing on it ever since. It was the best decision that he could have made. Pip would like you all to know that the Fourth of July is by far, the best Holiday of the year. After discovering how well the bone works at enertaining her, we have to agree.

Our New House...hopefully!

Okay, so you now all know that our house is for sell. I thought now I would post some pics of the house we have an offer on. I'm trying to get ahead of the game so that those of you across the country can see this one before we move out of it. Maybe I can get this picture thing down better for this post. The last one was not very pretty.

The Outside:


Matt's new play equipment: My new kitchen:

The neighboorhood itself is in Montgomery on Lake Conroe. It is a lot like the parents neighborhood except it has the lake and yacht club and you do not have to be an "active adult" to live there. It made me very happy to know that we can move into a "resort style" community before we retire. I really didn't want to wait that long since I am uninsurable until I hit Medicare. Of course Matt will be an "active adult" before myself, so I could've cheated since I'm married to him. We ate at the yacht club restaurant when we were there and the food was very scrumptious. I'm also very excited about the day spa and fitness center. Oh, and the best part...a 24-hour guard so no more attempted break-ins!!! I am going to help Matt make his sales telephone calls to set-up appointments and the law states that an appointment setter must be paid a salary that is not reflective of his sales, so he is going to pay me in spa treatments. We are also hoping that Brian can help us get a good deal on a boat. We'll have to wait a couple of months on that, though. I have started packing and I have done 14 boxes which is very miniscule to the number of boxes that we will actually have. The good news is that we are going to be able to get a lot of new furniture when we move, so we can donate or sell a lot of the heavy stuff. Pick-up only of course. I will keep you updated on the progess of our current house selling. Hopefully it will actually sell soon so all of these pictures are of the house and neighborhood that we are moving into and not of the house and neighboorhood that we thought we were moving into. Matt says that I should not tell everyone before our house actually sells. I hope that I do better when we are pregnant, since your not supposed to tell anyone until you are through your first trimester. Maybe I'll just tell Anne so she can start on blankets and Christmas stockings and let it burn her up for awhile since she is good at keeping quiet. That's a fun game! I hope everyone has a great week!

Long time, no blog...so sorry about that.

For those of you who don't know, we have put our house in Clear Lake on the market and have an offer on a house in Montgomery by Lake Conroe. About a year ago I was supposed to post some pics of the house for the boys, but it never happened. So, here are the now irrelevant pictures of our house.

Here's a couple more:

They are not the best pics, but our Realtor took them and I took them from the website so it made them much easier to post. Anyway, that's our house for the most part.