Southern California

Eric had a business trip in Pasadena. I needed a vacation so I went with him. Not that I think southern California is an ideal vacation spot, but hey...

One day we went for a hike up one of his favorite canyons.

Humbolt Lilies

This monster sat in the path for ages. We had to go around eventually, through the creek. Isn't it beautiful?

Spring classes

Well, I forgot to take pictures of most of my spring classes. and I had a lot of them. oh well.

I did remember to take this one,.

my night 102 class

I babysat one of these kids when he was little. 2 of the boys were serious trouble. I had to confiscate cell phones many times. After they were stolen back from my desk time after time, I started putting them in my pocket. That was not the greatest idea. when both my back pockets had phones and they went off, vibrating away, I think my red cheeked squeal lost me a serious bit of respect. whoo boy

Eagle Creek Trail

Eric and I took a hike in the Columbia Gorge, the Eagle Creek trail I believe.

Winter term classes

My 102 night class.

This was a really fun group of kids

101 lab

tiny group

101 night class

man was this an interesting group. One for the history books

Clamming!

Eric and I went to go visit his parents. They live on the coast of Washington, prime clamming territory

It was a very early, and very cold experience. Think ice on the sand.

This is Eric with his mom, waiting for Jim to get back with the shovels

There was talk that maybe he pretended to forget the shovels so he could sneak away and get his clams before we did, but no... he came back, once we were thoroughly frozen of course

Now, time to get into the ocean. weeeee

Those clams are stubborn little buggers

Rin fretted at the edge of the water, but wouldn't come into the waves

we froze, but we made it!

Yummy clams!

Big news!

I bought a house! Crazy isn't it?
It is tiny and cute. Here is my new living room.

The side entrance to the kitchen

My new claw foot tub! I need to fix the pain in there though, ugh. I'm struggling with color though. It sort of looks like with the tile accents that red or rose works best. I won't have a pink bathroom (!) so it might have to be red. But that sort of seems overwhelming. Oh well, save that paint job for last.

The back yard has potential. All in all, it is a very cute place. I got the keys this afternoon (though these are actually pics from when I got the inspection, lazy me). I am slowly moving stuff over, one carload at a time. I am going to start painting tomorrow, the kitchen first. Weeeeeee

My girls

I got to hang out with my girls last weekend. Finally, I remembered to take some pictures of them. They are growing up!
Lexie is a very fun baby and let me hold her lots. Even though Ive been bad and haven't visited for ages

Bella was a bit shy at first. I think she was mad at me for not visiting her. But she warmed up and we had fun.

Lexie Lou

John and Bella having fun

It is very hard to get a picture of Bella because she would much rather be the one taking the photo

Rin tolerates the girls, but it sure tries his patience

Miracle of miracles

I put in an offer on this place, not expecting anything since that has been the trend, but the accepted my offer yesterday!!! It took a little negotiating, and it is going to be an expensive one for me, but it is actually really nice! Too many exclamation points, sorry. Anyways, it is still up in the air obviously. There are inspections, appraisals, and money to gather. But, it is a very cute little house, and maybe, just maybe, it could be mine.

and it goes on

Well, I fell in love with the place on Mollala avenue, the Victorian. It was adorable. Unfortunately, due to zoning issues, a FHA loan wont fly so I'm back at it again. It was pretty sad.

But I did find another cute house today. It is also pretty adorable, but expensive (for me). It's at the top of my budget. I don't have any pictures since I forgot my camera, but you can look at the link for the listing pictures.

This one was super nice inside. And the garden is sad, but obviously set up by someone who cared. There are some pretty cool plants. Not a reason to buy a house obviously, but the place really was nice. Amusingly, it is right next to my real estate agent's house.

The search goes on

Interesting possibilities

So I'm back looking. I have found a few cute looking options, though not nearly as good of a deal as the Hazel place was. And I haven't been to them yet to see how bad they actually are. Its amazing what sins a picture can cover. Go ahead and click on the links, it should take you to a listing with more pictures.

This one seems adorable, but it is on Molalla Avenue in Oregon City. Its a very busy street which I really don't like. But its a short sale, cheap, and has a huge yard.

This house is small and cute looking, but right next to 205 and on the edge of felony flats. maybe even in the middle, I need to find that out.

These two houses seem adorable, if they aren't falling apart. But they are both in that region east of 205 that seems sort of depressing. I haven't been there in ages though so maybe its not so bad?

This one is on Harold Street
And this on Boise Street This one is interesting. It is actually a condo. 1/4 of a big old Victorian house in Goose Hollow. Super nice inside (based on pictures). Even affordable, except for one thing. The HOA fees are almost equal to the mortgage! It would be kind of fun though.So I am going to look at these hopefully soon. I will let you know how disappointing they are. Ha!