Am I being too picky????????

I don't have pictures for this post, they are too graphic...

Some of you have already heard my complaining, if so don't read on...

So, many of you know that I am in Washington, DC right now finding a house so when we relocate here mid-July, we have a house to go to instead of a hotel. My search is not going well, actually is really sucks. The first day I was here I looked at 2 houses with my Realtor. Not good. I spent the rest of the day looking for houses on my own (or with my

brother...he met me here to spend a couple of days with me). Seriously, I spent 10 hours that first day driving around and looking at houses. oh and most of that was actually in the car. For those of you who have never been here, the traffic is awful!!!!! This is my first time here. I am staying at the Navy Medical base in Bethesda, Maryland which is the right new to DC. Yesterday, it took me 1 1/2 hours to drive 12 miles. Today, I drove my brother to the airport and it took me 2 hours to go there and back. The airport is only 19 miles away...anyways, day 1 10 hours and day 2 10 hours and nothing.

Every house I look at in my price range is so dirty and ugly. And when I say dirty, I mean tear the house down and start over. So, no I have not found a house and I have even raised the amount we are willing to pay to get a better house and that has not helped.

For 2 brief seconds, I did find my dream house...the owners has been trying to sell it ans couldn't for several months so they were going back and forth about renting it. That's where I come in...fell in love...perfect house. Clean, cute, every wall was painted beautiful colors, the yard was kept up, the price was right, the size was right and then they changed their minds. Good for them...sucks for me.

Best part of the house was THE CLEANLINESS

Well, I feel better now that I have let out some steam.

1 more day here in DC. Who knows what's ahead for tomorrow. Tomorrow could be the day...stay tuned.

So, back to my questions...is it too much to ask for a nice and clean house?

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day was wonderful. The kids and Joe made me breakfast in bed which was an egg, cheese and ham omelet, hash browns and OJ. Alex also cut up strawberries for me and Brady added two powered dounts to the plate. It was yummy. After church I started my day by laying on the couch all day. And I mean all day. I did nothing. Joe and the kids also made me dinner it was a great day.

The kids did these at church and I thought it was too cute to share.Brady says, I am 4 years oldAlex says, I am 40 years old.

When she asks me how old am I, I always say 29. I am sticking to that but she must have forgotten. I need to drill her just a few more times.

I am 29................

My baby is 6 years old

Alexandria turned 6 years old today. Times certainly flies by. Here's a few pictures of Alexandria over the past 6 years.

Starting with the most recent... Alexandria wanted a salon chair for her dolls.

And a horse shaped cake. I think I did a great job, especially for me because I am not too creative.

Alex blowing out her candles tonight.

5 years old

4 years old

3 years old

2 years old

And of course, 1 year old

1 year old again...she was such a chunk :)

Ant Farm

Brady's preschool has been studying bugs and such...so, today they searched outside for different kinds of bugs and insects. They have also talked about the life cycle of butterfly. Of which today it became a butterfly...I don't have a picture but the kids were excited to show their parents. Brady thought that was awesome, his words. But here is Brady's ant farm. He loves it. His teacher also gave them magnifying glasses to look at their ant farms. Pretty cool

They also made binoculars for searching for bugs. Brady painted his blue.