We're putting an offer on a house!!

First off, HAPPY EASTER everyone! :-) Scott and I went house hunting yesterday and we decided that, that previous house I raved about was too done up and that we wouldn’t be able to personalize it. I guess it also helped that it’s no longer on the market. We did find a house that has a HUGE lot and we’re going to be putting an offer on it. Cross your fingers! The house needs some TLC and some updating.

I’m excited to find our house….the next step in Scott and Sabrina’s lives

Just being silly! hehe We’re on our way!

This is obviously the front of the house. You can’t really tell but it needs a fresh coat of paint and we are thinking about painting the door black and change the gold door knob to silver.


The backyard is huge and has a nice pool…it’s missing a little tile around the pool but nothing major (not that we know of yet)


This is the front entrance. I’m not a huge fan of the tile or foyer but you can’t beat the room it opens up to. Huge living room/dining room


2nd living room on bottom floor, kitchen is on the right, master bedroom, garage and 1/2 bathroom is on the left. I don’t like the fire place or mantle and would want to paint it (the fireplace) and add crown molding later on. Oh and the door that leads to the backyard is visible in this picture.

Kitchen and another view of the fireplace. I loooove that kitchen island…could easily be used as a buffet table.


Kitchen has lots of potential. I needed a big Kitchen and this is a perfect template for one. We want to get rid of the wallpaper and that green tile…we might eventually stain the cabinets darker and get new counter tops.


Breakfast nook, and more wallpaper…haha I love this space, I wanted to build rounded bench seating to go around the window…but Scott isn’t a huge fan of that idea.


This is the master bedroom. I love the window seating area and plan to make cushions and pillows to fill that area. I would also like to paint this room a very soft blue.


This is another living room space…yes this house is big and I don’t know what I’ going to do with all of this space. On the left there’s three bedrooms, the bathroom is right next to the stairway, there’s closet space on the right and an additional bedroom on the right.

PORKCHOP’s ROOM!! haha yeah, we will probably paint this room and this may end up being my craft room. Or a small guestroom.

We don’t have pictures of the room nor bathrooms. All of the bathrooms need updating and I’m not a fan of the vynil flooring in them.

This is the lot it sits on…as you can see there’s plenty of room for Porkchop to run around annnd grass for Scott to mow ;-)

Other than our house hunting we also took Porkchop to the puppy park last week

Porkchop decided to dig a hole while he was at the park…lol in the car on the ride home.

Someone needs a bath! Our little Scruffy puppers

Porkchop positioned the stuffed dog like this. Porkchop hiding..lol he never ceases to amaze us!

To end this blog I’m leaving y’all with my new favorite cow commercial

I love Westies

This semester I am taking Art Appreciation (my least favorite class) and on our test we have to know about this one 43’ sculpture by Jeff Koons called Puppy. This sculpture is made out of flowers and just so happens to be a West Highland Terrier.

New York photo from http://aterrier.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/jeff-koons-puppy/

Porkchop is a Su Chef

So, after looking at several houses on Saturday there’s one we really like. The only thing that we didn’t find too appealing was the back yard. We are really wanting a house with a pool and a decent size backyard (for Porkchop). You really can get a lot for your money in the DFW area so we figured if were going to get a house, why not one with a pool. You can get pretty much the same size house without at a pool as you can for one with a pool. So without further ado here is the house we really like:

Front of the house. You can’t see it but there are a bunch of garden gnomes in the front lawn. If we buy this house I think we may ask the owner for the gnomes…haha jk The dinning room which has french doors that that open to the living room.Living room, on the left from the entranceKitchen, one thing I love and another thing you can’t see is the kitchen cabinet knobs. They’re flatware; forks, spoons, and knifes- I was like “awe, I want this house just for the cabinet knobs…haha. Family room which is open to the kitchenMaster bathroomDownstairs half bathroomGuest bathroom. Very spacious for a guest bathroom and has room for multiple people to brush they’re teeth together Backyard, has a porch that you can’t see and a swing set. Yes, there’s a pool but it’s not very deep, it’s described as a play pool and as you can see there’s not much grass for Porkchop.

Also if anyone would like to take a virtual tour here’s a link virtual tour.

We should be looking at some more houses this week, I will be sure to keep everybody posted on how that goes.

On the last blog I tried to plug in a comment box and it didn’t turn out very well. I will be searching for comment boxes to post on here, I haven’t come across any that will work, I may just have to script my own box.

Now onto the main event of this blog, PORKCHOP! So Mr. Porkchop is pretty much our child if y’all hadn’t noticed. Today he helped me make dinner. Porkchop is quite possibly the best dog in the entire world. Here are some pictures of him being my little Su Chef.

cutest dog ever

Porkchop likes bell peppers-he pretty much likes anything

We also video tapped Porkchop, but it’s not another training video…it’s of Porkchop chasing the cursor on the tv.

It’s a Beautiful DAY!

I’ve modified our page a little, as I’m sure you have all noticed. Yes, it is a little more feminine but I am the only contributing writer so I feel like that’s okay. I also added some “modules”, now everyone can see what the weather is like here in Tejas and check out your daily horoscope…Our blog is serving more purposes than one.

I mentioned wanting to do a crane count in a previous blog but I have neglected to do that so I decided that I should include that information in this blog. Yes, the crane count is vital info and everyone needs to know where the count stands. lol

Cranes-122
Only 878 more to make!! haha I thought I would have been further along with the cranes but I’m not. Hopefully I will have a significant difference in the crane count to report on each blog.

Scott and I also decided on having the wedding at Plum Brook Country Club. I need to give them a call tomorrow and reserve our date. June 5, 2010. I made a countdown for our wedding. As you can see we have plenty of time!

Scott and I are officially going to look at houses Saturday morning. I’m very excited. I plan to read up on HGTV's guid to buying a house, the things to look for when buying a house. I will probably print up a little review sheet for each house we look at, one for Scott and one for myself. That way we can compare notes on each house once we’re done looking. This is my plan but as usual I have a feeling that I will end up taking notes for the both of us. Here are some of the contenders:

Number 2 on the last row is our favorite out of these houses. Here’s one of the houses we are leaning more towards:

We really like 35,000 sqft of living space, the inside theatre, the cute guest house that has it’s own seperate pool, a private lake, tennis courts and 120 acres. It’s going for 65million dollars but Scott and I are going to put in an offer tomorrow at $150k, cross your fingers!! :-) haha I’m just kidding, but isn’t that insane? I don’t understand how people need that much space. I think that’s ridiculous, and I know some of y’all are probably thinking, I could live with that, but I just don’t understand how? I would get lost in my own home, and would need maids to clean the other 30,000 sqft.

I don’t really have any other news to share except for news about myself. I’ve decided to change my degree plan and pursue a degree in communication design, with a minor in advertisement. I’ve already got freelance work from Scott’s company The Via Group to which I am designing their company folders and a quick study card/guide for Microsoft Office Communicator. How nerve wrecking yet exciting! Here’s a design that I did for their company folders…it’s not official yet. This is the entire folder, front, back and pockets…use your imagination.

The other news isn’t really anything new just that' I'm silly. I some how managed to get a second degree burn on my arm from our rice pot…only me. I burnt it on the steam hole oh and I got a pimple on my nose that same week and I picked at it because that’s what I do so needless to say that was my white trash week. Thank goodness I never had acne when I was younger…my face would’ve been a land mine!

I’ve also been trying to link a comment box and will probably be testing some out throughout the next set of blogs. This way y’all can easily leave feedback/comments without having to log in or joining live.