Feb/100
Updates
Is it sad that the only reason why I remembered it was our 2 year anniversary today was because my Grandma Dansie called and wished me a Happy Anniversary?
I’m pretty sure I would have remembered once I wrote 02/18 on something. Maybe. But really. What kind of woman am I?
House update:
We put in an extension. Don’t ask me the official date when we close because.. I have no idea. Welcome to the world of buying a house.
Never buy a flip house. That’s all I’m saying.
Feb/103
The Adventures of JJ & Ashley’s (and Penny’s) New House!
I am not a romantic person. At all. By romantic I’m talking about the flowers, the candy, etc that some girls swoon over. If you like those types of things, that’s fine with me. It just makes me feel silly and embarrassed. It just doesn’t work. I will admit though that I do like a few sappy love songs. Only a few. I’m just practical. I prefer humor. JJ understands this about me. I think he enjoys it too.
Today is Valentines Day. On Thursday JJ and I will celebrate our 2 year aniversary of being married. In Vegas. In the car. At the drive-thru. See what I mean about being romantic? I’m going to brag about getting married at the drive-thru in Vegas until the day I die. I just think it’s so corny and awesome.
We are also closing on the house either Tuesday or Wednesday. At least, that’s what we think.
This morning I wake up to let Penny out. While she was outside doing her thing; I was inside doing my thing. On the bathroom counter sat this:
Inside was a story and it went like this:
Indeed there were a few love notes at the end.
But, as you can cleary see this is why I married JJ. Cheesy humor is just our style.
Yes. All those photos of us acting like idiots are real. I guess it’s a good thing we act like a goofs whenever a camera is pointed in our direction.
Feb/100
California. The Beach.
You know what happens in California in November?
I’ll tell you.
No one wears swimsuits. It is forbidden. Everyone goes out into the ocean in their clothes.
But first, you must remove your shoes and place them wherever April tells you.
If you’re like JJ, you try to outsmart the Ocean.
The Ocean wins. The Ocean always wins.
Then, you just take the waves as they come.
Afterwards you change out of your wet clothes in the middle of the street.
What? I see nothing wrong with this.
Feb/101
House Update
The past two weeks have been the LONGEST weeks I have experienced in a long time. Time hasn’t moved this slow since I was 10 years old waiting for Santa Claus. Wait. When do you stop believing in Santa? Screw acurrate anaologies. It’s moving slow. It feels like we put the offer on the house 3 months ago, but it’s only been 2 weeks.
You see, at first I was excited. Yay! House buying time! Lets move! Do a little dance.
Then reality set in.
I know you have to pay to live (either rent or paying for a house). But, having that big HUGE number that you’re going to end up paying the next 30 years? Yeah, that’s scary. I’m not complaining about the price. I understand that’s how it works. Its just a HUGE commitment to make. To me it’s 20x’s more difficult that getting married. Marrying JJ was an easy decision to make. I wasn’t scared at all. We lived together for 3 years before tying the knot, so what was there to be scared of? But this house stuff? Wow.
The suspense and fear of it not working out is literally killing me. I just want to sign the papers and get it over with. See me? I’m dying over here.
I’m not really dying. Duh. No one dies of impatience. Do they?
Want to die of cuteness overload? Here ya go!
I figured having a crappy iPhone photo of me and my dog ended this post nicely. But it was weird not having some sort of closing sentence. So, there you have it. One perfectly crafted closing sentence.
Jan/101
California Part Two
Since this trip was spur of the moment, we only had one day to spend in California before heading home. We had a big decisions to make.
Go to SeaWorld or go to the beach with a tour of USS Midway.
I really wanted to go to SeaWorld. I also wanted to tour Midway. We decided the beach. The question was, which one?
I was assigned to be the navigator. That’s not true. I just told JJ where to drive and we ended up at Coronado Beach. Due to the fact you get to drive over this bridge:
Freaked out yet? Here is a close up:
I HATE bridges with water underneath them. I don’t know what it is. I get on these things and I just think the car is going to fall off the side. Then there is water all around you and there is alot of screaming. The mind just goes CRAZY when I get on these things.
But, I was feeling risky so I said, “Let’s go to Coronado!”
Silly me.
I’m still alive.
I asked April to pose and do funny stuff in front of the fountain. She was reluctant.
She ended up giving in and water blew straight out of her mouth.
She’s here all night folks.
Jan/101
California Trip Part 1
In an effort to get my mind on something else, I’m going to talk about our trip to Southern California at the end of November. My family (minus the little brother Austin) went there for my Great Aunt Delpha’s funeral. She is my Grandma Dansie’s brother (Reid) wife. She spent the last 2 years of her life suffering from Lukemia and other things. She was awesome. Everytime we went to San Diego we stayed with her and Uncle Reid.
We left on Thursday morning and drove. Then, we drove some more. Guess what happened after that? Yup. Driving. 12 full hours of driving.
See?
So, I just took photos of April.
April performed photo bombing of my self portraits.
We didn’t spend the entire day in the car. There was that one time my dad just sort of left the freeway without telling us.
So, we did get out of the car once or twice.
We arrived at 6pm-7pm that night. The funeral was on Friday. I think. I don’t remember. I didn’t take any photos that day, cause I suck like that.
But! Luckly someone else was. Here we are (minus Austin) at the Country Club after the funeral hanging out with the California cousins.
That night me and Ape went and hung out with our cousin Courtney. We attempted to go see Doug. He is Ape’s friend that moved to San Diego to go to school. We were going to watch his band play at a local bar. But, like true Dansie style we got bored and left.
Next up, our day at the beach!
Jan/100
The Word Is
There is another offer. We have to submit our final offer by noon tomorrow then the owner will make his decision. Do we know what that offer is? No. Of coarse not. What is this? Craigslist?
Why can’t buying a house be like buying something off craigslist?
Like this:
“How much will you give this to me for? $180?”
“How about $190?”
“Lets see what I have in my pocket. I only have 20’s. Do you have change for a 20?”
“No. I guess I’ll take $180.”
But nooooo. It has to be frustrating and suspenseful. Just tell me like it is. All this silent bargaining crap is driving me nuts. I keep thinking the worst. Then I get over it and go back to thinking about filming myself at the stove cooking and then blogging about it. Did I just say that out loud?
I did.
We are going to cut the closing date to 3 weeks. Maybe offer a little more, maybe not. I have a pro/con list and we are going to decide if it’s worth it. I think it’s worth it. Its just convincing JJ that it is. I have 4 hand written pages. Is that too much? If I had time I’d input all this into excel and do graphs. But, for right now it’s just a rough draft of how my brain thinks. Is it worth it to offer more and pay $50 more a month for a bigger garage?
Yes. To not paint the walls? Yes. To have new carpet? Yes. To have a yard? Yes.
Deep breaths, Ashley. Deeeeep breaths.
