I get my husband back!!

He is taking his board exam today. He has spent the few months absorbed by studying for this exam. It will be nice to have this stressor gone and him back to his sweet self.

ugh..trying to close

Our first home purchase is supposed to close on Monday, July 11. It won't happen though and it ain't our fault! Our lender, whom I will not name in this blog, had a new employee working on our files and well, let's just say...things haven't been completed in a timely manner. Why should they be needing financial paperwork in the 11th hour when we have had 6 weeks to get this all complete? We don't know. So, we've been told the paper work is in the mail on Tuesday to arrive Wednesday, then Wednesday to arrive Thursday...come Thursday no paperwork as they don't have there $&*^ together! We are not goign to be home at the beginning of next week so now, hopefully, we will receive the stuff on Monday in Fresno. DH told them about 5 times the address in Fresno to send to. Good thing he called back this AM because they were planning to send to Pacifica. Hello, we wont' be in Pacifica...but Fresno. I sure hope it shows up.

Fireworks Stand

Over the 4th of July weekend I got to hang out with my siblings in my Dad's firework stand. It was over 100 degrees (one day being 105) with no electricity in the stand but that didn't matter; I totally enjoyed myself hanging with my bro and sis! I wasn't officially working the stand so I just helped bag items but didn't actually sell anything. The stand did very well nearly selling out of everything by the end the 4th.

did you know that Bandit is a fun dog? yep, he is super fun. If you aren't playing with him, he'll let you know by throwing his toy into your lap. If your hand is hanging down, don't be surprised if the toy ends up being put in your hand! He even was knocking on my door by throwing his toy against the door when I was heading to bed and midnight because he still wanted to play. I can't wait to have a dog of my own.

The drive home on Monday was easy. Matt came home from Chicago about 6pm (only 30 minutes delayed). We enjoyed a spectacular last 4th of July evening in Pacifica. Fireworks are allowed here - the safe and sane ones - but that doesn't matter to the residents. From our house, we could see at least 6 "shows" going on being put on by neighbors complete with grand finales. And, it went on for 2.5 hours! No need to go to any coordinated show, just hang out in the back yard and watch the sky all around light up! We lit off our "safe and sane" stuff with the neighbors for a few hours also. Fun was had by all!