There’s just something about sleeping in your own bed that makes everything better. We finally got to sleep in our own bed on Wednesday night. We got it safely out of the flooded basement and into the garage at our new house. After we were sure it was dry and not damaged, we moved it inside. We set it up…and went back to our rental house, where our mother, pets,.. Read More
Tired! A weekend of homeownership activities has left Rafa and I aching. We tried to give each other massages, but we are both too sore. We move almost 1,000 pounds of brick from a storage area in our basement out to the garage. Rafa squatted in the space and cleaned while he slid them out to me. I then carried them up the stairs, four or five at a time… Read More
My goodness. Friday is almost over and and I am ready for this week to end. First, the awesome things: 1. The whole identity theft thing got cleared up and Wells Fargo put the fraudulently spent Walmart money back in my account. 2. We got carpet! The rooms looked like this: We signed the floor where the carpet would cover it. Here’s the after! Check it out! The new carpet.. Read More
The other day, one of my sisters asked me, “How are you?” I honestly didn’t have an answer. It feels like we’ve been on a crazy rollercoaster of emotions and experiences, I hadn’t stopped to think about how I felt. I have been moving, working, doing – whatever needs to be done. House stuff, hospital stuff, family stuff…I have just been focusing on each task on its own without taking.. Read More
We’re on another rollercoaster. Up when we’re thinking about our house, getting ready for Rafa’s upcoming citizenship, spending time with our friends… Then down when we’re back at the hospital, a mother-in-law who is struggling for air, a healthcare directive to write. So…we dance. We dance like Cliff and Claire. My husband and I reconnect, finally talking. Really talking. We dance in the kitchen. No music, no humming, no noise… Read More
Another delish dish to share. I tried a recipe for pesto pasta from the “Living Well on Dialysis” cookbook and we were all a big fan of the tasty green mixture. (I forgot to snap a pic when it was in our pretty square pasta bowls with a side of veggies! I grabbed this shot before we put it in Rafa lunch the next day.) Pesto Pasta Cook 1 pound.. Read More
One of my friends told me about one of her friends who got engaged. Her fiancé sent her a lovely text and she gushed about it to everyone. The thing is, my friend’s husband sends her gush-worthy texts like the one the newly-engaged girl read all the time. She realized that she doesn’t gush. Her realization got me thinking. I often forget to gush about the amazing things my husband.. Read More
Today marks six months since Rafa and I got married! A numerical representation of the past 26 weeks: Date nights held: Goal – 26, Actual – Approx. 13 Trips out of the state: 4, Trips out of the country: 2 Percentage of the time Sarah keeps to the budget: 82 Nights spent apart: 6 (Nights Rafa traveled for work: 4, Nights Sarah traveled for work: 2) Number of pets and.. Read More
It’s done – we are homeowners! It’s still hard to believe. God just moved everything in just the right time for our closing to go through (almost) smoothly. Thanks to our slow mortgage lender, our closing was delayed for two hours. No problem – they offered to buy us lunch. We had amazing food at a great spotjust down the street from our new house. After stuffing ourselves with woodgrill.. Read More
Another drive-by post to say, “my goodness, we are so blessed.” Gilda was released from the hospital tonight! We pray that her new medication will continue working. Rafa’s citizenship test and interview went fabulous today! Now we just have to wait for the approval letter 🙂 And tomorrow – WE ARE BUYING OUR HOUSE!!! Sometimes it’s hard to believe that all this is happening! Something else that we can’t wait.. Read More
