Thursday August 18

Well, we didn't make our deadline of listing the house today.

But last night we decided that all the stress we were causing ourselves was not worth it!!!!

So we still got a lot done today, just didn't stress.

I like that better.

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Yesterday Brent met with the guy to do the inspection on the septic tank out at the house.

There was a root blocking a part of the pipe, and the guy wanted $770 to dig it up.

Brent told him he would do the digging himself and the guy could come back and do the inspection.

So he left this morning to dig it up.....and as he was clearing the trail to dig up, the fire pit was in the path.

So we went and moved all the rocks and moved all the stuff around it and found a false floor under it all.

And guess what he found under that false floor????

It was a vault holding the septic tank.

How cool it that?

So he didn't have to do any digging and we will only have to pay about $60 to replace the part of pipe that is blocked by a root.

Pretty great!

Brent was also out there yesterday for the house inspection.

The guy says the house is a great solid house with no issues.

So that is pretty great too!!!

Those old houses are built way better than these cookie cutter houses they put up now a days!

So things are moving along over at the new place....just wish we could get out there sooner!

Brent texted me as soon as he got to the house this morning and he told me how beautiful it is out there in the morning....birds everywhere, quail running along the fields.

I can't wait.

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The boys did some cleaning up and watering this evening.

I love to see my boys working together.

Port is gonna grow up to be a great man cause of his Daddy.

Brent gave him the hose to water the grass under the swing set, and we took the garbage cans out.

When we came back he was soaking wet.

So we played around with him for a little while

This kid constantly cracks me up!

I just love him!!!

And of course you gotta tease the boy.

Brent would kink the hose and tell Port it was broken, and Port would check it out by sticking it in his face and Brent would let go.

Porter thought that was so funny.

Then he started to drink and Dad turned it up full blast.

So funny!

No wonder the little boy is such a tease....the big boy is teaching him how to do it!!!!!

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I painted the laundry room tonight.

I couldn't find the paint the touch up the wall.....so I had to repaint the whole thing cause it was pretty bad.

One of the walls in there includes this......

Our height markings.

I transferred all the markings onto a piece of wood and painted over it all.

Kinda sad to cover up that piece of our lives....but it will be fun to find a place in the new house to put them....and never have to paint over it again!