One Down, One To Go

Closed on current home today, everything was fine. Close on new one tomm.

Just About Ready

Thanks to a lot of help from friends and family we are just about ready to move. We will close Tuesday on our current home, Wednesday on our new home and the movers will be here Saturday. We have some appliances and furniture ordered, most importantly a new TV. We have painted all four bedrooms and also laid new flooring down. We also have painted two bathrooms and replaced some fans. I am taking a few days off to finish out everything but the majority is done. I bet you didn't that Jeanna could lay flooring. She is a little sore, but she and her friend Robin did almost three whole rooms on their own, staying up til 2 and 3 in the morning a few times. I have been getting a lot of help with painting and trimming and shoe molding. As much fun as it is, I am ready for everything to be done with and just move in and enjoy it. I am tired of working, and especially tired of spending money. Send me an email at therenners@gmail.com if you would want our new mailing address.

What Are You Thankful For?

I am thankful for many things. I have a loving wife, four healthy children and I live in the United States of America. I am thankful to Jesus who died for our sins. I am also thankful for the people who protect our country.

My brother in law sent me a picture that is worth a thousand words.

It is a hand written note on the door of a SEAL who took a round from an AK-47 to his face and arm. May God bless and protect our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines both here and abroad, and bring you safely home yo you loved ones.

How To Get Out Of Shoppping The Day After Thanksgiving

Looking for an alternative to shopping post Turkey Day? Well have I got a plan for you. The Renners will be painting and laying floor in our new home and invite you to come join us for the fun. We will actually be working Wednesday-Sunday on an ambitous project to prime, paint and lay floor in all of the bedrooms. If Friday isn't your thing and you want to come another day, just let me know. The (very) rough schedule of events is prepping and priming on Wednesday, Painting on
Thursday, Friday (Big day, lots of help needed) second coat, carpets and staples up, flooring started, Hopefully finish flooring,molding, and any loose ends on Saturday with Sunday hopefully being a rest day.

We still have to finalize permission from current owner to get in early, and also this is assuming that all inspections, etc go acc. to plan so stand by for update.

Our home was inspected today, and there was nothing that came up as far as red flags to the buyers. This was the 'next big step' we were waiting for. We may close on the sale of house earlier than expected, which is a good thing.

We Sold Our House... Sort Of

We have accepted an offer on our home and if the inspections and everything turn out okay we will be closing on this house and our new one on later this month. We recently changed realtors, lowered our price significantly and put new flooring in the kitchen and DR (the eighties called and they wanted their carpet back) so between those things plus all the painting we actually had a lot of traffic here the first week or so of the new realtor.

We are excited about our new house, moving not so much. We actually have a been renting the garage from the current owner while our house was on the market, and it is starting to fill to capacity with our junk, I mean valued possessions. We have a very reasonable closing date and possession date so it actually will be fairly painless to move.

We wil really miss the hickory trees and squirrels in this neighborhood. However I will almost trade that for the lack of leaves to rake (or mow over). Also the one family that had kids for our girls to play with moved out last week, so this is a good time to get going in a new setting for the kids. New neighborhood has kids galore. More than anything though, the neighborhood is the one where the girls go to school and Jeanna teaches, so Jillian will go to the "right" middle school in a few years, classmates will be neighbors and we won't have to apply for a transfer for the girls each year, a big consideration with the over crowding issue.

It is hard to get too excited because we have heard all of the crazy stories about things that can make a deal go wrong, but after six months and multiple realtors plus gloom and doom in the news about housing prices, it is a great feeling to have accepted an offer. For the time being though, we can say we have sold our house, sort of and we will let you know when the painting party begins...

How To Give A Cat A Pill

How To Give A Cat A Pill

1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if
holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of
cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in
right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to
close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in
left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear
paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of
mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call
spouse from garden.

6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and
rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head
firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth Drop pill
down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap.
Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep
shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for
gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just
visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force
mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer
to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove
blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another
beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door on to neck, to leave head
showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat
with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on
hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply
cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus
shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another
shot. Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Call fire department to retrieve the darn cat from across the
road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to
avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the little monster's front paws to rear paws with garden twine
and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy-duty pruning
gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of
filet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints
of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the
emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm
and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way
home to order new table.

15. Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local
pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

How To Give A Dog A Pill

1. Wrap it in bacon.

2. Toss it in the air.

--
Jeremy Renner
http://therenners.googlepages.com