Soo, I can't sleep because I can't decide who snores louder...my husband or our tiny little doggie? They are quite a pair, and scarily similar when they sleep...they roll over on their backs, scratch themselves and snore like maniacs. They also both have dreams where they talk to each other...well, I know David is talking to Ruby because he says things like 'Get them bugs, Rubs' or 'Good girl...bite them skeeters on the butt'...Ruby only lays on her side and runs her paws in the air and whimpers and sometimes barks, so I am assuming that she really must be chasing the bugs and maskeetos like he says she is in his dream...at this exact moment David has decided to stretch about, uncovering me incessantly whilst Rubs decides that it is time for a midnight snack...off she pitter pats to the kitchen for some treats.
I normally don't do the writing of the notes thing, as I never feel that I am clever, witty or even remotely interesting enough, but seeing as how we just moved into our new house a week ago and I have had my lifeline...uh, I mean internet, back only a short yet glorious day...coupled with the fact that I can't sleep...well, I figured I could chat about our adventures of late...
We've been looking for a house for ever so long...two looong years. We were content and happy where we rented but anxious to put down some roots and own our own home. We found the perfect little spot back out in Fines Creek, where we both grew up and where we really belong. The folks who sold it to us couldn't find a house for themselves to buy so we jokingly said, we should just switch houses and you rent ours! Oh, funny funny David and Leah because that is exactly what they did. Sounds only mildly ironic until we discover that since we are now simply swapping houses, we will have to swap everything in one day...as in, close on the house in the morning and be completely moved by the afternoon...
Sooo, thanks to our parents and Davids BFF Justin, seven vehicles and one dump load later, we had everything but the recliner and kitchen table in one long caravan traipsing all over Haywood county to relocate the Mehaffey family of 2.5 (Ruby has to count for something...)...
So amid Easter at Lake J, presented by Long's Chapel (and phenomenal at that...I mean, AMAZING) and all of the work and planning that we had to put into that last weekend, we actually got a ton accomplished before David had to return to work on Monday.
I on the other hand, took a rare gem-of-a-week-off since all my kids are on Spring Break and our Pastor is trying to make me take better care of myself. I thought 'ahh, this will be great! I can relax, unpack and decorate all week at my own pace, get acquainted with my new home, and, best of all, watch One Tree Hill everyday on SoapNet (which I am begrudgingly addicted to thanks to my good for nothin best friend Lauren Jean King...arrrrg, matey...)'
But Monday rolls around and I decide, lets head in to town...which was needed and fun, but I missed OTH...oh, Ill catch it tomorrow I say to myself...
Tuesday, that fantastic kid that feels practically like my sister, Ashley, well, that Pickle came over and helped me paint some old furniture...we were feeling very Martha when we began but by the time it was done we were thinking that Martha is out of her mind...in the meantime, I am going to introduce Ash to OTH, and glory BEEE the tv goes out. Well, I am comPLETEly too dependant on tv, so being without it for two days was probably a blessing...I did get much more unpacking and such done.
Wednesday I had to wake up early for the tv dudes to arrive and so I was grouchy all day...I thought, what better way to pull my self out of a funk than to have Caleb and Megan do it for me? So I went and kidnapped them from Long's Chapel Child Enrichment Center, and we came back to the house and played and did arts and crafts and Caleb whipped me on SuperMario...as in, the version I was playing before he was even born...and I let down my generation by getting smacked down by a 10 year old...
So on Thursday I took them to see Hannah Montanna (and Amanda and Sawyer came too and he was HOOT sitting on that seat, bouncing up and down, swinging his legs and trying his darndest to sing along...although he was confused by why his Meggie sat with her friend from school and not him, and he tried so hard not to fall asleep...which he did in the end) and it was, as I knew it would HAVE to be, incredible. I am such a nerd the way I love that kid so much, and we came back to the house and the moment our internet was connected, I downloaded the entire soundtrack on iTunes...gotta stay relevant with my kids, right?
Speaking of internet, the lady who helped me on the phone with the setup was amazing and fantastic and a joy to have help me in our 40 or so min conversation...unlike the dish network people, with whom I spent almost 2 hours on the phone with on Tuesday...the internet lady was also much better than the phone people, who still cant seem to tell us how to check our voicemail from home.
So, I feel like I am at home now, what with the internet being hooked up, the tv and phones all working, my Mama 2 coming to visit, and Amanda and Saw, Davids sis Sarah and her bf Jarrod and their new 'doggie' and of course our parents, even Davids MiMi who lives far away, plus Caleb and Megan coming and christening it and giving it ample blessings (Megs said something to the effect of 'Oh. my. goodness. LEAH...waaay better than the old house...not that it wasnt pretty but this one is so airy and fresh and light. And the tire swing and barn make it worth it and the creek too. Too bad about the horses that were your neighbors before, but these chickens and goats will do'. This all coming from a 7 year old who I have helped raise and who looks more like her mom every day...enchantingly beautiful)...all of these things make me feel like I am home.
And the fact that Ruby and most importantly David are so happy here, it just really feels like home. I love being right at the foot of the mountain where I grew up. I love that its wide open and I can only see one house from my house and there are no Super Wal Marts within walking distance...although i do adore that place...regrettably...I love the rolling hills in which our land sits and the mountains that frame us in...I feel a peace when megan and caleb and david are playing in the barn and creek and on the swing that makes me gladly anticipate the day when we will have this yard filled with our own children (this is not a hint that this will be soon all you wishers out there!! a year or two more at least, Im just saying...).
Only wierd thing is this: the first day we moved in this crazy looking dog with human eyes came and accosted Ruby to be his lover and she of course, wasn't having it. Now he hangs around and hasn't left ONCE and he is skittish but just bold enough to stay around the house ALL THE TIME. He is so creepy, David has started calling him Cujo...or is it Kujo? At any rate, when Cujo lays down in the grass he peers into the windows and looks like he has no feet...just a dog body with people eyes...all our visitors are equally creeped out by him...
So, the thoughts that I could ride out the snores were correct...although Ruby is still sawing the tiniest of logs, its not loud enough to start David up again, so I will try and get some sleep...but ahh! Now that blasted Kujo is barking in the night! There's something strange in the neighborhood...Where are those Ghostbusters when you need them?
