We’re moving!

No not my blog – my family!

We’ve been looking at house after house for about 6 months now, we were at a point where we went into a house not really expecting to find something that would meet most of our requirements. So when we did, it came as a bit of a shock that we were actually buying a house! We currently rent and our rent is going up next month, by over 100$ and next year it will probably go up again. So it was time to start putting that money into something worthwhile. We signed the last paper with our realtor yesterday, now there’s nothing left to sign until just a week before possession date (May 27)… then we go see the lawyers and sign until our hands cramp… lol.

It’s our first home, so we had to concede that some things we would have to do without. It’s a mobile, and this means that we have no basement… and that would be about the only thing we have to do without… lol. It’s 1200 sq ft, (a bit bigger than what we live in right now), the kitchen is nice and large and bright (has a skylight!), there’s a sunken living room, master bedroom has a full wall to wall closet (I just might be able to snag half of it for scrapping space *wink, wink*), the ensuite bathroom has a jetted soaker tub and separate shower stall, my DD’s room is a bit larger than what she has here… as you can see the house is great!

It’s on a corner lot so the yard is quite large, there are a lot of mature trees in the yard (which is not rare, but not common either in Central/Southern Alberta), a 2 car heated garage (DH will be setting up his Consulting and Sale business office/workspace in half of it), we have a nice size deck, room to park 3 cars between the front and back driveways…  it’s awesome!

And all within our budget!

The inspection was done yesterday morning, and the only thing that he found was that the hot water tank is old and needs to be replaced. But we have kept aside some money from our down payment to pay for all the little fees, and I’m pretty sure we’ll still have enough left over to get the tank replaced right away. Everything else that he found is minor, cheap and easy to fix/replace ourselves.

So all this means that I’m going to be pretty busy for the next month getting ready to move, and for the following month too as we get settled in. I apologize for how little I’ve been blogging and hopefully I can get back into the swing of things after we are settled into our new home. I’ll still try to post updates, and show you some things that I’ve been crafting when I have time to do some crafting

Take care everyone!

Tasty Thursday – Pancakes!

This week I have 2 recipes for you, both of them are pancake recipes. I know, you’re wondering why I have 2 pancake recipes right? Well, one of them is my hubby’s recipe… it’s very basic and doesn’t have much for directions, but it’s totally customizable and is a great starter recipe. My hubby makes them huge (I can’t usually even finish one!) but they are awesome! The second one is mine, a cornmeal pancake recipe that I love to make ahead of time and freeze for breakfasts in a hurry. I put them in the toaster on low, when it pops up I flip it and put it in on low again. That way it warms up slowly and all around. Love ‘em!

Kit used for both recipe cards is called First Kiss by Flergs’ Designs.

Tasty Thursday – Zucchini recipes!

Hey everyone, it’s Tasty Thursday again! I haven’t scrapped any new recipes lately (though I do have a few that I should) so I thought I’d share some recipes from a friend of mine. I have scrapped a bunch of recipes for her and she gave me her permission to share them here with all of you.

For more recipes, click on the above Tasty Thursday button!

This week I’ll share with you some of her recipes for zucchini, enjoy!

Feel free to click on the above recipes to view a bit larger.

Layout Credits: everything used in creating the above recipe cards is by Flergs’ Designs, available at Scrapbook Graphics.