i'm about to burst...
part A)
my vegan friend, peaches, flew in from oklahoma to see me. i haven't seen any of my friends (including him) for two years so i am so excited! he's staying with us for two weeks.
:)>>>
part B)
my mother in law (and her husband) are moving back to their home state by the beginning of july.
...which leads me to the best one which is...
part C) that leaves her house available and that means...
WE ARE GETTING A HOUSE!
we aren't buying it or anything. she was renting. we are taking over her lease. BUT it's so much bigger (about four or five times bigger NOT including the huge basement or huge yards), only $35 more a month in rent (which is totally sickening since we have a 600 square foot one bedroom apartment), and we won't have to pay $135 every month for a storage unit. utilities are going to be more, but i think it will even out with the lack of storage bill.
that means i can finally live with the snake (harvey) and the bearded dragon (rainbow) again. they are both living at her house since we have so little space and have to hide our babies from the apartment people. 100 lb terrariums are very hard to hide and take up and down three flights of stairs that wind around like a corkscrew.
aaaaaand, the best part is that means my zoo can expand! brittney really wants two min pins and has been waiting for us to get a house and yard for two years to get them. she got all of the bunnies and kitties for me because i was very lonely after my kittie died and i was without babies for two years too long. i talked her out of the breeder route, but i found a min pin rescue in our area and i'm thinking about surprising her with a trip there sometime after we are all settled in. she'll be very much like this: :)>>> :D :o :)>>> :)>>> :)>>>
she has a min pin named penny at her dad's house in illinois, but she is obviously not in washington and her dad is keeping it that way. she misses her so much.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have not been able to stop smiling since this afternoon when we made this decision.
i still really want a pet hippo... but i guess that has to wait. i don't own a lake yet. haha.
w00t!
That's great news!
Awesome news, rd!
(I had to look up min pin. I didn't know what breed those little dogs were, but I've always liked them. Happy to put a name to cuteness.)
That all sounds like awesome news! But don't explode!
*scurries to cover the furnishings in plastic just in case*
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
good for you! ;)
w00t!
That's great news!
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
good for you! ;)
thank you! you have no idea how excited i am! seattle is so fricking expensive (i'm from oklahoma and now i actually appreciate the cheapness of it). we've been looking for a house with at least three bedrooms for soooooo long. almost two years. they've all been too expensive, too far away (so we'd have to find different jobs and i LOVE the dogs i walk!), or questionable about whether they were a scam or not.
we want three bedrooms so that the bunnies can have their own bunny proof room so they can have a lot more freedom and can play all of the time instead of just when we get a chance to supervise them.
they will be SO happy! :)
Awesome news, rd!
(I had to look up min pin. I didn't know what breed those little dogs were, but I've always liked them. Happy to put a name to cuteness.)
it's short for miniature pinscher but i have to look up how to spell the second word (it's german, i believe) and so i just shortened it!
;)
brittney is just crazy over them. she has been waiting quite almost patiently for one so i think she'll just flip if i surprise her with, "pick out any two you want!". she deserves it. she brought me so many babies who make my life complete.
i've never been super knowledgeable on breeds, either, since i just like all dogs and never bothered to figure out which was which.
but being a dog walker is helping me with that. i'm learning so much from these guys!
;)b
i want a little dachshund (wiener dog) like i had when i was little. i had two and loved them. one of the dogs i walk is a beautiful dapple dachshund. i had never seen one of his colouring before i met him! i just love pete to pieces and it made me want another one.
but, i think i can do without a dog to let brittney have some babies of her own. i've already got seven that she got for me and she only has one! haha! (rainbow was her dragon before i met her)
That all sounds like awesome news! But don't explode!
*scurries to cover the furnishings in plastic just in case*
i'm making NO promises! you have no idea how excited i am... i very well could explode!
i'll try really hard to avoid your furnishings, though.
;)
Congratulations!!!
(Now, don't go breaking your Karma again! ;D )
Yay RD - I'm so happy for you!!!
(my family is from Seattle and it's stupidly expensive up there!)
Rainbow, I know you were asking about people in the Seattle area. While I'm not sure if there are many in the Sea-Tac area, I do know there are a number of us in the Portland area....I can think of three, not including myself....Which leads me to my question....when is the house warming party????
Congratulations!!!
(Now, don't go breaking your Karma again! ;D )
haha, thanks. i'll know if my karma's still broken if all of this suddenly goes downhill. you know, my mother in law doesn't move so i don't move and then my friend doesn't make it home safely.
hopefully (especially for peaches's sake) my karma is fixed!
Great news!
thank you! i'm designing the new paint job on the livingroom in my head right now. ;D
Yay RD - I'm so happy for you!!!
(my family is from Seattle and it's stupidly expensive up there!)
oh yes, definitely. peaches commented that he brought $200 to last him for the whole trip and he spent it in the first two days.
Rainbow, I know you were asking about people in the Seattle area. While I'm not sure if there are many in the Sea-Tac area, I do know there are a number of us in the Portland area....I can think of three, not including myself....Which leads me to my question....when is the house warming party????
haha! i have no idea! they are planning to be able to see the fourth of july fireworks in illinois, so hopefully we will be living there by the middle of july. i'm crossing my fingers!
portland is quite a drive! but it would be neat to have a vegweb get together.