So much to tell...

We are all moved into the new house and mostly unpacked.  I think Jason and I are going to work on the MB tonight after Harri goes to bed.  I HATED our old house.  I tried not to think about it, but now that we're gone....AGH, I hated it so much.  I'm so happy to have a house that is newer, nicer, and bigger.  It's much more "me".  I know that's snobby and horrible of me and I don't care.  I want to live in a nice place.  I won't feel bad about that.  We were going to go back and work real hard to get our deposit back, but we've decided not to.  Jason did a final walk thru with our Landlord and he wants about $400 worth of stuff done(steam clean carpets, repaint 3 rooms, fix window)  Most of these are things that need to be done.  I personally think the paint is "wear and tear"  we did live there 2 years.  I do believe we need to fix the window and clean the carpets though.  Here's my concern.  We spend $400 doing wants he wants and he still doesn't give his back our deposit.  OR We spend $400 and 8-10 hours man power to get it done and he gives up back our deposit. He's already told us he's taking off $60 for the plumber b/c the last time they came out that was our "portion" of the bill. So we are down to $540 minus the $400 and the man hours we put into it.  So we actually get $140.  It's not worth my time to spend a whole Sunday for that.  I feel very confident that no mater what we do he won't give us back our full deposit. So I'm going to basically cut my losses and basically "pay" him to put it in the condition he wants it.  We've already cleaned, wiped, and mopped.  That's all he's getting from us.  He can do all that other stuff.

Got a big bonus at work today :O)  SOOO excited.  I'm working on getting everything paid for 6 months so the (way) higher rent we pay won't be such a pinch each month.  It's worth it.  I love my house.  I've already paid 6 months of insurance and I'm going to pay off the credit cards too.  I think with the bonus I'm going to pay 6 months of van payments too. I also have to start planing for Jonathan's big birthday party too.  The Dj quote we got was $240 and the country club rental is $150-200.  Then there's decorations, food...  I'm so glad he only has a golden birthday once!!  It's gonna be so fun though.  I think I even got a photographer too :O)

I'm having a REALLY hard time with Jonathan going to middle school. Tonight we went to the football meeting and I couldn't stop thinking about the bus rides to and from games.  He's growing up... and I don't like it.  I was sick all day thinking about if he could get his locker open, if the 8th graders were bothering him, could he find his classes, did he get lost, was he late, was the teacher mean to him if he was...  I was SO happy to see him at 5:45 practice, to know he was alive and okay. Sounds silly I know, but he's my first born., my baby.