Meet and Greet Monday

Here we are again at Monday.

Meet & Greet Monday is a great way to "meet" new people in the bloggin world. To find great new blogs to follow and to hopefully gain some followers too along the way.

Welcome, if you are new and I hope you will stick around!

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If you believe, you shall receive

Saturday I was out shopping with my mother-in-law while Mr. A and his Dad were golfing. My realtor (and friend) called with great news.

As you may remember, there were two leans on this house, one for the mortgage (Wells Fargo) and one for the pool (Chase). The 2nd lean is always harder to reconsile than the 1st so we had to start with that one. The current owner was going to have to pay the pool loan off until we found out on Saturday that Chase is just going to FORGIVE this loan!

We were afraid we were going to lose this house because of the pool loan. We don't have the cash to pay it off so we were really counting on this guy.

WOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!! So, Saturday, Wells Fargo ordered and did the BPO, which is the appraisal.

This is such great news. The REA that is selling the house has no worries that we won't get this house. OMG, I'm kind of freaking out but SOOOO SOOOOO excited. This is going to be our house, I just know it!

We've already started planning things to change, colors to paint, furniture to buy. Once we hear about the appraisal, should be around 4th of July weekend, we're going to put our 2 month notice at our apartment.

This house is only 5 years old so the inspection should be no issue.

So, we brought my In-Laws over to see it and they loved it. It needs some cleaning but nothing too major. EEEEEEEEEEEK!!! We are so excited!!!

Here she is..... (I am in love) 4 bed/3 bath, 2002 square feet with a pool!!!

My 1st Etsy purchase

was not on myself but I'm ok with that.

I bought this adorable hanger for my sister-in-law. She is getting married in July of 2011 and I thought this would be a cute thing to have for pictures. I wish I had one when I got married.

And after the wedding, she could always hang it on the wall somewhere, right? I mean, you can't use a hanger than says Mrs. A for actually hanging clothes because then you wouldn't see the beautiful Mrs. A writing.

I hope she likes it.

Some may call me crazy

but I call it a good deal.

When you find something that is 50% off that you have wanted, have been eyeing or just love, do you pass it up? I don't know about you but I DO NOT!

So, I follow a page on Facebook called Babyhalfoff which runs 50% off deals with different companies. I'm not sure how often, maybe weekly.

But, today they had Organic cloth diapers for 50% off AND with a local pick up for Gilbert, AZ. Seriously, how could I pass this up? No, I am not pregnant....we'll get that right out into the open but I do want to cloth diaper when we have a little one.

Deals, specials, clearance prices are the best to stock up on when you find them so I figured why not get 2? We can try them out and if he/she likes them then we will get more.

It's better to stock up before you need these things so it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg when you actually need them. Even Mr. A said to go ahead and get them!

I got a Small Vanilla color and an Orange color (burst might have been the real name for it) and these colors can be used for either a boy or a girl. There weren't many choice colors as the green ones were sold out. I'm excited for my deal and can't wait to pick them up!

Postcrossing

I had never heard of Postcrossing until I read it as one of Jillian's things on her 101 in 1001 list.

It's a website where you sign up to send and receive real postcards in the mail from countries all over the world.

How cool is that? It's free to sign up so all you have to pay for is the postcard and the postage. That can't be that much.

I'm ready to send my first one and I got a female student in Russia. I have some postcards at home so I plan on sending one tomorrow.

I can't wait to receive my first one too. This is kind of like an adult version of penpal.

I also plan on writing up a 101 in 1001 list too. This may take me a while but stay tuned!

If you also sign up, please let me know. I'd love to hear how many other people this may have inspired!

Movin' on up

I MADE A BADGE!!!! Wow! I'm so proud of myself!!!

Here she is...........

A little about me, Mrs. A

Since I have some new followers, I thought I would tell you a little bit about me. I don't know if I ever fully introduced myself.

• I am in my twenties but getting pretty close to 30. BLAH
• I am originally from Upstate NY, where I lived for the first 27.5 years of my life.
• I now live in the greater Phoenix, AZ area and love it.
• I miss my family life crazy (they all live in NY still)
• I married a great man
• My sexy hubby is from Northern California
• We met in NY through a mutual friend
• We had a long distance relationship for the first 4 months
• We got engaged after only 6.5 months together
• We got married 2 years to the day that we started "dating"
• We are in the process of buying a home
• I can't wait to decorate my own home
• We have an awesome little puppy named Dexter
• I come from a divorced family
• I have a brother with severe MR
• Nobody truly understands the hardships you go through with a sibling who has MR
• My Mom is my best friend
• My relationship with my Dad has been rocky though it is better than it was and it is getting better by the day
• I miss my Grandmother like crazy
• The only thing in life that I want is to be a Mother
• I played collegiate soccer and had a blast
• I had back surgery at the age of 20
• I graduated college in 4 years
• I wish I knew what I wanted to be when I "grew up"
• I love photography and hope to be photographer someday
• I want to become a better blogger
• I love chocolate
• When I was 13, I won and contest and received a phone call from Jonathon Taylor Thomas who was my teenage crush
• I eat ridiculous amounts of chicken
• I am still learning things about myself
• I never knew getting pregnant could be this difficult and heartbreaking

This is me in a nutshell. I'm sure I could go on and on. If you'd like to know more, please ask. I'm pretty much an open book (not completely though).