Splendiferous Zeppelin Escapades

Well, we closed on our house just before Christmas.  It was a crazy day!  We drove down to Norman and took about 40 minutes to sign boo-koos of papers.  Then we drove away ready to start moving out stuff in.  It was awesome to come to the house and it finally was ours.

We got all of our things in our house over the course of Friday and Saturday; we were able to do this with the help of Jessica’s parents, brother and brother’s best friend.  It was awesome to be able to sleep here for the first time.  I absolutely love being in our house. 

The only thing that isn’t absolutely awesome right now is the unpacking.  Unpacking is a long process, but it’s a good thing that I am on Christmas break right now.  I have quite a bit of time to spend putting things just where I want them to go.

Christmas was fabulous.  Our best gift was the one we gave to ourselves, the house.  We spent Christmas with my parents.  It was a great Christmas.  They have always been the best about giving everyone in their home a wonderful Christmas.  This year was no exception.  It was nice to be there, and not have to worry about the boxes being everywhere. 

So now, we are just unpacking and enjoying our home.  We will post the final pictures as soon as we can. 

It seems like we haven’t had a break.  School has been none stop for me, really.  We did have 2 snow days on November 30 and December 1.  My classes and I have been reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and I think we are all glad that we are finished.  I am giving my final on Monday.  Then we are basically going to done for the semester!

On Tuesday, I (and possibly Adam) are going for our Homeowner’s orientation meeting and final walkthrough of our house.  We are so excited to have our house finished.  It will be nice to have our own home.  My parents have been wonderful to us while we have been here, but I think we are good and ready to be in our own place.  I think they are good and ready for us to have our own place too.    

We close in 5 days!  Hurray!  We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

EDIT:  New pictures of the house are up!  Sorry we haven’t posted pictures for a couple weeks.

Well, before I get into my latest rant, I thought I’d mention that our house has most of its tile now!  It looks really good, and we’ll have pictures up tomorrow. 

Ok, now to football.  I was watching the Texas vs. Texas A&M highlights, and they showed briefly where some player on A&M tackled Texas’ quarterback (McCoy) several seconds after the play was over when he didn’t see it coming.  From what I know, all he got was an ejection!  If there is one thing in football that needs nipping in the bud, it is completely inappropriate behavior like that.  I’m not talking about people trying to sneak in an illegal move without the ref’s seeing.  Unfortunately, you can’t catch ‘em all.  BUT, when someone does something like that openly, something harsh needs to be done. 

Now, what would that be?  I call for suspension for at least 4 games, and I’m not just talking about not playing.  They should not be allowed inside the stadium.  Now, for such brazen acts, I believe there should also be a serious team penalty because this kind of behavior should NEVER happen.  I’m not saying seldom, or not very often…I’m saying NEVER.  So, I’d say give ‘em 20 yards.  It would have to be a completely subjective call on the part of the referree to determine if it is a blatant AND severe foul, but I don’t see that being a problem.

Can we eliminate fouls and illegal moves in any sport?  No.  In fact, even if everyone DID have the best of intentions, someone’s still going to mess up and commit the foul.  The solution is punishing willful and blatant fouls with the utmost severity to send the message to all ill-intending individuals that such insolence will not be indulged.

We are now 32 days from closing, and I can hardly wait.  Our house seems to be progressing everyday.  Last time I took pictures was on Friday, November 17th.  At that point, we have lights, vents, and we almost have appliances. 

On Friday, I went to go see the appliances, and they were BLACK!  We ordered white!  So, the builder is replacing them with what we ordered.  That’s what is happening as far as house progress goes.     

Well, on Monday they painted the house and took off the tape on the wood.  I am in absolute love with the color of the wood.  It is not too dark and not too light.   The color of the wood is called fruitwood.  I love it, love it, love it!

Today they put in the countertops in the kitchen and the bathroom.  The cultered marble in the bathroom is beautiful.  The countertops in the kitchen are awesome.  Our house is very…tan.  I love it a lot! 

Can you tell that I love my house and how everything is coming together?  Well, if you can’t… I so love my house and how everything is coming together!