Well howdy folks. I have just taken a few pictures and would like to share them with you. I am debating doing another youtube video. If I do I will let you know. Please check out the just updated pictures at:
What has been going on here? Well, Brian and I have decided to try and join forces with my brother Michael to buy and flip houses in Cincinnati. We have a little money to put into it and he has A TON of expertise. We have been searching for just the right home and when we find it we will let you know. We are aware that it is a buyers market and in MOST areas it will be hard to resell the house once we fix it up. However, it is a buyers market from spring until September for first time buyers. So, we are only looking at homes in first time buyer neighborhoods, with things a first time buyer is looking for. If we don't find anything semi-soon, we will wait and go house hunting again in Jan/Feb so we can buy it and fix it up for next 1st time buyer season. This has been a really gun thing to do as a family and while I have always been close with my brother, I think it has brought us all together on a more adult level (instead of him being my baby brother...LOL). Wish me luck.
What else? Well, we are also thinking about buying a 2007 Toyota Sienna. Our vehicle is payed off, but it is "old" and Brian worries it will break down on me. So we will keep the SUV for Brian and if we get the new car, I will be the primary driver of it. NO we are NOT made of money lol, just all these things came up at same time. So, you fit in what you can. I also call this the Iraqi curse. EVERYONE I know that has returned from Iraq has shortly thereafter bought a new car. Not sure what that is all about...LOL.
We almost got a dog that we saw on the side of the road (Stephanie, on the way to walmart). She was a lab/retriever mix for free, about 7 weeks old. Why we didn't get her??? I don't really know. We went back later in the day and the lady with her puppies were gone. We REALLY wish we had gotten her. Ah well, so much going on probably better for her and us if we wait.
Last Sunday we went to Branson, MO to visit with my mom-in-law. That was really a nice visit. Have you heard of Branson before (STEPH you can't comment here, no fair you live here...lol). I never have, but apparently it is quite the tourist town. There were a TON of performance theaters and water parks and hotels galore! We ate at Olive Garden (YUMMMMMMMMMMMM) and then went to the Titanic Museum (for those who don't know, Brian's passion is history in general, Wars and the titanic in particular). The museum was a bit pricey for me, but it does refer to itself as a museum attraction (says it is the worlds largest). I am just used to spending very little to get into museums. I think getting into the Louvre in France was less expensive. That said it was a really neat experience. When you go in, you get a passport with a person's name on it. Throughout the museum you can pick up little tidbits about your person (maybe even an artifact) and at the end you see if he/she survived or not. All of us but Sammi-Sam were unknowns. She was "The unsinkable Molly Brown!" I am so glad that she was someone famous. When we got to the store at the end, my reader could actually buy a book about her person and we all learned a lot about her. Anyway, it was a lovely visit with mom-in-law, good eats, good viewing and good learning!
Well, well, well that droned on MUCH longer than I had planned!
I hope you have a nice visit with family in your near future!
Whoops, forgot to warn you... naked baby pictures on webpage...LOL! Don't worry the "front butt" is covered or cropped out, but there are some "back butt" shots...LOL
**Updated--I actually got a notice from my picture page that I had to remove the one naked butt picture...LOL... I thought it was okay, but I was wrong, it is not the first time I have been wrong (oh wait yes it is...LOL). **
