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First Day of school in California! 



Standing outside the Fairfield Inn and Suites
Hotel breakfast for the win!
(Although after day 5 the smell of hotel cheese eggs was making me nauseous, I swear it was in the halls, in my clothes...EGGS EVERYWHERE blah!)

New 4th grader

New 7th grader
New Junior and Freshman


The first week of school was spent at the hotel
and I will just say it was an adventure in patience.
I don't ever EVER want to do that adventure again.



After a week of losing our minds, Clay found a condo for us and we happily shopped Costco to buy mattresses and food.
Because that's all you really need...in an empty condo.
IKEA on a Saturday in Burbank is like...well...none other

the condo and all of it's glory

So, why are we not in a house yet?
Good question!
First we backed out of an offer when the seller wouldn't go down in price.
 Gosh, it was a beautiful home but behind a gate with a very large hoa fee for said gate that I knew I would come to resent!

Then, we were in escrow on a house we were excited about but after SEVERAL signs from the universe (including exorbitant amounts of money to maintain and fix it) and I think terrible sellers, we backed out. 2 days after we got here. It would have been like a Milkbarn but without the good vibes and twice the size but the backyard looked like an episode of Dynasty, haha or Downton Abbey as my sister told me :)

So, another home came on the market and I thought, 
I love the street! Same schools! Good price for the area! Well maintained!
Gosh, I hope they don't want a 45 day close...

and now we are in 45 day close

I drove by last night and saw they had moving pods in their driveway
YAY!
(can you hurry up please?!?)
see? I am not patient

45 days is a long time for me to NOT make plans to remodel...

I know, I know
but I can't help myself
90's over haul here I come :) 
or not? maybe just updates here and there


haha

Why did I think this part of myself would end?
Laundry room first because look ↓ at those walls










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