The New House

We have recently moved into a new town and a new house. We moved to Fishers where I currently serve at a local church. Below are four pictures of our new house:

The Front Lawn and House


Our Basketball Hoop / House from the Street


Our Side Yard: Swing / Patio


Inside Front Door

It Is Fall

I took a few photos of the house that we live in and the church that we serve at and you can tell that Fall is upon us. Some leaves are still green, some are turning colors and some are falling to the ground .....

Pics of the New Home

Here are some pics of the home. Someone else is currently living in the home. We will be redecorating and when we get it redecorated and moved in; we will put pictures up.

We are super-excited about the home.

Snow: The Day After

The snow finished up last night. This morning, I woke up and checked to see how many cancellations there were. In our county, there were quite a few but the counties (two of them) north of us had plenty.

I walked to church today. We really only have one wokable vehichle, so I had to keep it here for Stacey and the kids in case they decided to venture out to church. They did not because we ended up not having the following:

- 9 am Contemporary
- 10 am Sunday School

We did have the 8 am traditional and 11 am traditional. I know to some that sounds odd to have the bookends and not the middle but there were reasons for it :)

Anyways, back to the snow. I went out after I got home from church and took a few pics. Here they are:

This is a car that is 4 houses down from us. We are not suppose to park on the street if we have more than 3 inches. However, numerous of us do; due to our driveways and the way our street is set up. But, if it snows, the plows come through and will block you in, people know and understand this. So, here is the car:



I am one of the people who park my van on the street as well. So, here is my van buried. We have space in our driveway for the van, HOWEVER, my reverse on the van does not work. Thus, it is kinda hard to park in the driveway:



Here is a picture of our house. I am not sure if it really shows the "deepness" of the snow but it does show snow and the house :)



Here is Stacey's car this morning. The snow had shifted from the top (roof) of her car to the windshield and the snow and ice on the driveway is low now and packed down. You still have to press the gas pedal lightly or you will still spin:




With the sun out and the temps in the 20 and with a tool called a shovel; the snow came off of the drive way (a little). We can now at least go from the door to the car without much trouble:



And I decided to not allow the postman grumble too hard, so we made a pathway to the mail box. I need to go and do the sidewalk next. But, I have not done it. Our neighbors have not done theirs, so I have not done mine ... I mean, what good would it do :) Of course, they may be saying the same thing, ut-oh:




As I look at my window and see all this snow, for fun, I hit weather.com to check out the weather where we lived 2 winters ago ... um, note to Jeff ..DON'T DO THAT AGAIN !!!!!

Hope all out there in the snow are safe and warm and are "unburied".

The House .....

It is move week and we are crossing our fingers on the house.

Here is what we know:

1. The carpet is in at Lowe's

2. The painter is ready to tape off the walls on Monday

3. The owner was to be out tonight

4. Member of the church is suppose to pick up the key tomorrow morning

So, if everything goes as planned, the following will happen.

The painter will do the house from Monday - Thursday. The carpet will be installed on friday. Church members will enter the house on Sat morning to spruce it up ( thanks a bunch ). We will move in Sat. afternoon.

On this end, we will attempt to have the house packed up and ready to be moved in the truck on Friday afternoon.

House Numbers

Did you know that house numbers could tell you if you are at the right house or not ??

I am not kidding, you could not make this up :)

Painter A in town was going to go to the house and give us an estimate. Without us being in town, we must call the broker we are working with/through and have them meet everyone at the house. They ( painter A & broker ) had a meeting at 10 am.

At 10:40, I receive a phone call from Painter A. I thought that I was going to be getting a quote. Nope. This is what I received:

Jeff, I missed the broker. I was late and he did not wait ( ummmm, it was 40 mins and you did have his cell number ). Then he explains what happened. I was up the street about 7 houses sitting in the driveway. The house was for sale, so I asuumed this was the house. After 40 mins, I looked at the house and house number and saw that they did not match with what number you said the house was .. so I bopped down the street and he was gone.

* shakes head *

Then painter A asks me not to be mad at the broker for leaving so an estimate could not be made. I assured Painter A that I would not hold it against the broker.

I sure hope painter B & C have better luck.

Installing Carpet ....

Did you know that you must have carpet to install carpet ??

I learned that from Lowe's today.

Around 30 mins ago, a lovely lady from Lowe's called us to confirm that they have received the order and that the order has been paid for. She then proceeds to tell me that the carpet should be in on June 24. I ask her how long it usually takes from arriving to install. She said 2 weeks .. we might be able to do it quicker.

I asked if I could schedule install with the installers for the 28th. She said, sure ... you can schedule you install before the carpet arrives and cut the time between the carpet arriving and install.

However she said, I have to warn you ... if for some reason the carpet is not in by the 28th, the installers will not be able to install the carpet.

So, let me get this straight, if the carpet is not in the store, the installers can not pick it up to install the carpet ...

That is right sir.

* small laugh * Okay, I will schedule the install for the 28th, if the carpet is not in by then, they do not have to install and we will re-schedule the install after the carpet arrives.

Hopefully, the carpet will be there. Carpet installed on the 28th, move in on the 30th .. great timing.

Now, if we can get painters ......

Our New Home

Here is a picture of the front of our house. It is on a "quiet" street downtown. We are excited that we are not in a cookie-cutter subdivision anymore. The house is approx. 3 blocks from their elementary school and 3 blocks from the church. I am looking forward to walking them to school and then to the church.

It is a 3 bedroom and 1 1/2 bath home. The home has a living room, a dining room and a family room that looks out to the back yard. The back yard is small but it is very shaded with trees. We have no neighbors in the back. The yard goes to a ravine that goes into the old high school football stadium .. now used for lacross.

Here is a pic of the back yard and a little of the neighbor house next door .....



We are looking forward to the shade & privacy. We will place a fence back there and a few toys for the kids. We have given the boys the garage for a clubhouse. More on the house later ....

We need to order the carpet tomorrow. For some reason, Stace does not want the 70's shag to remain.