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Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I've last posted a message. I guess it's been due to a combination of being really busy and not having much to say! Is that a contradiction?

We've been letting Jack stay up late since Friday so that he could enjoy the Olympics. He really enjoyed the opening ceremony and has been in awe of the gymnastics. We went to a BBQ on Sunday night and just as we were getting ready to leave they put the ladies gymnastics on and all the kids say and watched. We had to drag Jack away.
In other news, we're getting ready to do a really crazy thing. After only two months of having no debt and house payment, we're putting in an offer on a new home! We really had no plans to do this, but when we went to visit our friends on Sunday, we decided to drive around and look at the houses there.

We had looked in there back before Ethan was born and fell in love with the place so we thought we'd just take a look and see how much it's changed. Silly us! We drove by one and the driveway was so intriguing that we had to stop to look. Well, we walked through and kept saying to each other, this is the perfect house for us, it has everything we've ever wanted (well, except for a lake, which is Jason's ideal setting but it's very close to Lake Allatoona).

Our friends that live there had told us that because houses there aren't selling very well due to the housing market, most builders are taking really low ball offers - especially in the higher end houses. So we decided to make a low offer and see what happens. It makes sense if we can do it, as we'll need a bigger house at some point for all the babies we want (hee hee) and the school district is better there.

I'll keep you posted on what happens. If you'd like to see the house, here's a link to it: http://www.jeremyrutenberg.com/psm/asp/detail.asp?l=2&p=252&o=1

The nice thing about this subdivision is that there are all kinds of price ranges in houses, so for the family that have shown interest in moving down here, there's a place for everyone! You can visit www.SevenHills-Atlanta.com to see the crazy amenities.

In other news, I've been getting lots of cool crazy free stuff lately. I joined this thing called Bzz Agent (www.bzzagent.com) and have been selected for a Max Factor campaign. Basically, then sent me all the stuff in the picture below, along with instructions on how to use it and then coupons to give people I talk to about it.

Once you sign up (free) you get emails about campaigns. If they select you, they send you the product and you use it and tell people about it. I'm VERY excited!

I'm also excited about another free deal with HouseParty.com. Basically, you sign up to host a party at your house if they select you. I've been chosen for two and I'm REALLY excited about the Fisher Price party. Ethan will get 4 big Fisher Price toys, plus they'll also send me 10 other little toys to give out as gifts to my guests (and coupons). I've been to three parties at my girlfriends house and it's been cool to try out stuff and then get a coupon for it. I've come home from them with LOTS of goodies. I'm also doing a HouseParty for a new TNT series, Raising the Bar. I can't wait to see what they send me to give the guest. Plus, I really want to see the pilot episode, which they're sending.

Anyway, I'm posting about these as some of you may be interested in checking out these websites and getting free stuff for yourselves. But that's also been the exciting news around here (for me anyway). Jason loves the fact that I get stuff without having to pay for it too!

Well, this has been a long post (it's what I get for going so long between posts). But we've had so many late nights with parties, the Olympics and back out looking at houses last night.

Love to you all!

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Grandma Christy said…
Whoa! I finally got a chance to read this. What have you heard?
August 13, 2008 at 10:08 PM
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