After a long and stressful day, there is nothing like exercise to relieve the tensions!! It loosens the muscles and helps them to relax when you're through. It gives oxygen to the brain. It lifts the mood. It gives much needed energy. It builds muscle. It was just what the doctor ordered!!
Who'd thought that buying a house would be more stressful than selling? (You wouldn't know that this is the third time we've been through this! You would think we've never been through it before based on the amount of stress it has caused!!)
We spent the day working with a new mortgage broker (better rate, much better rate!) and going to Lowe's, walking through the model of the house we are buying (The David, by Richmond American). Measuring cabinets. Taking phone calls from the Realtor, the new mortgage broker, and the "old" mortgage broker. Taxiing my kids around to and from school and preschool, calling cabinet companies. Calling Qwest to fix our phone that has not worked since they connected it at our "new" place (rental). Making Homemade Pizza for Dinner. Prodding kids to do homework and do their chores.
Did I mention the house we are buying is a foreclosure. It was built in May of 2005, so it is not too old but they stole 2/3 of the kitchen cabinets, all of the appliances, the blinds, and scratched the hardwood floors, put a couple of small holes in the walls and played paintball in the basement and family room. So all of that stuff has kept us busier than usual on the buying end!
Here's hoping for a much less stressful day tomorrow and the rest of the week! I want to feel the holiday spirit more. I want to feel like wrapping gifts and making and eating good food. I want to sing along with all the good seasonal songs on the radio. I want to do kind things for others. I want to think about something other than these past two real estate transactions of ours (selling and now buying).
In all of our recent hustles and bustles, we have managed to do most of our Christmas Shopping, take our kids to Chuck E. Cheese's (a reward for helping us keep the house clean to sell it for all of those nearly 12 months!), take the kids sledding and to a movie (Flushed Away). We also went to the Ward Christmas Party and Tithing Settlement.
And we just had our two daughters (Kayla and Alyssa) Christmas Piano Recital. Alyssa played We Three Kings and then Silent Night while we all sang along (their teacher is a big believer in getting the kids used to accompanying). Kayla played A Pachabel Christmas (this song is SO BEAUTIFUL!) and accompanied us on Hark the Herald Angels Sing from the Hymn Book. ...So we have done some "seasonal" stuff, I just want to enjoy it more!!
3 comments:
Your so funny. Did one of your kids take that of you exercising? I love to exercise especially when I am stressed it does something for the mind and soul.
Your new house does sound stressful. I dread that when we move. We have only bought one home (the one we live in) I do dread going through the process of selling with 4 kids though.
Your kids sound so musically inclined. One of the things I would love to learn how to do someday is play the piano.
Jenny,
Actually my husband took that picture a few months ago (in the basement of our old house). He was being goofy and just taking pictures just to take pictures!
Oh, I would love to be able to play the piano too! It has long been a dream of mine, maybe oneday!! In the meantime, I will enjoy my daughters beautiful music!!
You look amazing, and I am so with you on the exercise. It is my best friend, and well since no exercise for me for a while lets say I am trying to still be the nice mom.
I hope that the house comes together quickly.
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