"I'm Leo Getz, and whatever you want, Leo gets."

at 02/23/10 5:54PM

do you see the date on the previous entry?

january 8th.

we signed a contract on a house on that day.

jump forward to yesterday.

february 22nd.

we finally got to own the house on that day.

all the time in between those dates were spent in the most frustrating, annoying, and downright stressful hullabaloo that i have EVER been a part of.

i knew banks made you jump through hoops to get a house loan, but nowadays with the new federal regulations, they set those hoops on fire and make you jump through them naked.

it was as if god were testing us to see just how bad we wanted that house.

we wanted that house real bad.

and we finally got it.

shawnee was jumping up and down in the yard yesterday in her excitement.

i watched her through the window and just smiled at the thought of our new home together.

dan out

we did not actually jump through any flaming hoops whilst disgarbed...it's only a figure of speech...sheesh...

I'm so happy the hoops didn't get you. Especially naked. That would be awkward.

by mjintexas at 02/23/10 6:03PM
So happy for you all! It is SO exciting to finally have a home you can call your own. Congrats!

by lindseymarie at 02/23/10 6:39PM
*jumping jumping jumping!*

by neenee at 02/23/10 7:59PM
Still smiling!!! I am so happy for you two. I know your new house will become a happy welcoming home!!!!

by ootda at 02/23/10 8:18PM
Sweet. I think the regulations are more like they used to be when we bought a house. Glad it all worked out for you and Shawnee!

by be_with_me_lord at 02/23/10 9:09PM
So happy for both of you! Now get busy and turn that house into a home! Seriously, I hear you've been burning up the road making trips with stuff! Hope you're all moved in and settled soon!

by split_rock at 02/23/10 9:14PM
Now you can have fun making it cozy. Is it close to where you were living before?

by sarahpet at 02/23/10 10:13PM
thank you for sparing us the sight of that naked jumping. not something i wanted to see. but congrats on the house all the same. it's an adventure, but a good one.

by aikenape at 02/23/10 10:21PM
yay! I learned that you are much closer to us than I thought!

by mrs_worm at 02/23/10 10:53PM
Congrats! I'm very happy for you both!

by s_laughter at 02/24/10 3:45PM
and that is why we are still renting....
i'd rather my nether regions remain unsinged...

by fullofgrace at 02/24/10 7:26PM
caitlyn has been jumping a lot this week, she must be excited for you :)
really elmo's world was about jumping one day last week and it stuck

by mrs_poochie at 02/25/10 10:22PM
YAY

by snugglebug at 02/26/10 4:31AM
you all are too cute!

by beckdobbins at 02/27/10 9:18PM
yay!

by scbrewer at 03/01/10 10:27AM
Maybe the naked-fire-hoop-jumping is what got you sick... it's been pretty cold out lately!

by ktcasebolt at 03/01/10 8:22PM
:]

by adeline at 03/04/10 6:25PM
I saw you on Miriam's blog concerning Obama and Nuclear Energy. Obama talks out of both sides of his mouth. He has no intention of promoting NE, his left base won't let him.

by 23_bravo_7 at 03/05/10 6:38AM
by fullofgrace at 03/20/10 1:14PM

"You ain't no kind of man if you ain't got land."

at 01/08/10 10:11PM *

well we signed a contract tonight stating that i have now achieved my new year's resolution

(-:

dan out

for those of you who can't remember, it was to buy a house

*update*
i now have pics of the house on both my bookface page and here on pleonast

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So exciting!! I hope everything works out!!!

by ootda at 01/09/10 11:59AM
That was quick.

by ninja_penguin at 01/09/10 1:05PM
Super duper excited! :D :D :D

by mjintexas at 01/09/10 3:00PM
exciting!

by aikenape at 01/09/10 9:25PM
oh wow! way to go! :-)

by whipsmile at 01/09/10 9:57PM
Congrats!

by beckdobbins at 01/09/10 11:22PM
Congrats! Can't wait to see all the pictures!

by snugglebug at 01/10/10 11:17AM
Love the pictures! I'm amused at the pink bathroom. My friend Sarah got to redo a similar one!

by mjintexas at 01/10/10 7:19PM
Congrats! Love the pics on facebook!

by lindseymarie at 01/11/10 11:03AM
Congrats! It's a nice place, yo.

by scbrewer at 01/12/10 12:03PM
Well, you didn't bother to find out, did you?

by brewer at 01/13/10 7:12AM
Congratulations! I'm so excited for you guys :)

by s_laughter at 01/13/10 10:45AM
Congratulations on the new house! do you think you'll remodel any of it soon? ;)

by cellophane at 01/13/10 2:56PM
way to own land sir! you should seperate yourself from the country and declare youself a dictator of your resent conquest!

by the_sexy_mosher at 01/16/10 9:46AM
Congrats on the house!!!!!!!!!!!!

by jenjam at 01/25/10 10:44PM
Congrats!

by auamy at 01/28/10 2:37PM
I love those wood floors and the BIG tree out back!

by sunshinelove05 at 01/31/10 2:41PM
Its crazy that you ALREADY fulfilled your NY resolution!

by kiss_the_rain at 02/07/10 11:00AM
I like the hardwood floors and the land.
Will you be getting any cows?

by sarahpet at 02/14/10 9:02PM
thumbs up!

by whipsmile at 02/17/10 2:38PM

"i know you can be 'overwhelmed', and you can be 'underwhelmed', but can you ever just be 'whelmed'?" "i think you can in europe."

at 01/04/10 6:50PM

logically speaking, how can they all be called the first baptist church?

dan out

maybe if i start up a church somewhere, i'll call it "the first church of x"

you mentioned logic - doesn't work.

by shinri at 01/04/10 7:00PM
10 Things I Hate About You

by ninja_penguin at 01/04/10 7:23PM
i'm so glad someone guessed this one because i knew i'd heard it just recently, but couldn't for the life of me remember where. i saw a second baptist church just the other day....now where's the third?

by aikenape at 01/04/10 8:32PM
hehehe

by cellophane at 01/05/10 12:09AM
Love the movie quote. Such a good one.

by mjintexas at 01/05/10 12:35AM
Hope things are going well re: thee house

by ootda at 01/05/10 11:44AM
Hahaha...good point

by kiss_the_rain at 01/05/10 1:22PM
I about wrecked my car the first time I saw "Greater First Baptist Church".

by jimmybuck at 01/06/10 10:31PM
Do you mean the actual letter "X" for your church, or does "x" represent some word that you have yet to decide upon?

by markolinux at 01/07/10 8:30AM
If you start it in BG I will visit it and be welmed, I am sure.

by sarahpet at 01/08/10 12:25PM
They are all the first unto themselves. Most of those church have like 30 middle names like "Over the Holy Yonder FIRST Pentecostal Southern by Southern Western Baptist Church of the Holy God Father and Son" indicating they are all the first at something...

Or maybe they are just lazy.

by the_sexy_mosher at 01/08/10 6:40PM

"what are they doing?" "they're watching 'snow white'. and they love it."

at 12/31/09 5:26PM *

it seems like just yesterday when the entire world was panicking about the Y2K computer problem at the turn of the century.

here we are 10 years later and computers are still the same frustrating contraptions they've always been, just a little bit faster and flashier.

but i have my own Y2K problem, my zipper broke on my work hoodie so i'm not able to zip it up so it lets the cold air inside my hoodie.

i'll buy a new hoodie one of these days...

dan out

my new year's resolution: buy a house

hoodies are my favorite!

by adeline at 12/31/09 5:47PM
Have fun Saturday!!!

by ootda at 12/31/09 6:42PM
houses are great!!

by mrs_worm at 12/31/09 10:36PM
yay for houses!!!!

by aikenape at 12/31/09 11:02PM
I was thinking about Y2K today as well and all the people I knew who were stocking up on food and water. Good resolution!

by be_with_me_lord at 01/01/10 4:11AM
Happy New Year to you and Shawnee. I hope 2010 brings GREAT things for you and your family!!! Love ya ;p

by bama_momma_prezz at 01/01/10 3:26PM
Yeah, regular Apples to Apples is hilarious, I love it. I played the Bible version once and really felt just horrible after, everyone did...

A house, huh? Any specific area your looking for? Becky Seaton was our Realtor, she goes to West End and she's awesome.

by scbrewer at 01/02/10 10:59AM
Seriously, that's crazy. I can't believe it's been 10 years.

by kiss_the_rain at 01/02/10 11:19AM
My husband lost his hoodie. He is devastated.

by say_no2unibrows at 01/03/10 10:40PM

"Charlie, stay away from those things. They're reindeer, you don't know where they've been. They all look like they've got key lime disease."

at 12/21/09 7:47PM

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Underneath the mistletoe last night.
She didn't see me creep
Down the stairs to have a peep;
She thought that I was tucked up
in my bedroom fast asleep.

Then, I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus
Underneath his beard so snowy white;
Oh, what a laugh it would have been
If Daddy had only seen
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night.

first he spys on the kids day and night all year long, then he illegally breaks into your house, then steals all your desserts, and THEN makes out with your mommy?!?!

who came up with this preposterous idea?!?!

dan out

dirty old man...

mommy is going to catch key lime disease....

by fullofgrace at 12/21/09 7:54PM
i told you so.

by spinningbee at 12/21/09 8:35PM
should we turn him in to CPS?

by aikenape at 12/21/09 10:25PM
Check out "Year Without a Santa Claus" movie--Santa is pimped out and pops out from behind a tree to talk to a little boy. Creepy...

by frogkisser at 12/22/09 12:27AM
Nobody got that last one?? surely not! "It's a Wonderful Life" :)

by onelittlecandle at 12/22/09 8:24AM
yeah, but he leaves his penance under the tree.

by whipsmile at 12/22/09 10:51AM
hahaha!

by ktcasebolt at 12/23/09 8:14AM
The more I think about it, the more I think this is your dream job. ;-) j/k =]

by shinri at 12/23/09 2:41PM
happy
holidays!

by fullofgrace at 12/24/09 1:55AM
That song IS totally creepy.

by mjintexas at 12/25/09 1:52AM