The house building process and Summer plans

Hello Everyone!

So I thought I'd add a quick note to my blog, I was starting to forget that I had one! So, the house building process has been very slow. With all the rain the start has only been delayed. Lance and I had one final meeting with our builder on Saturday. We now have every detail finalized in order to start! We discovered are wants definitely exceed our needs (but don't everyone's?). So hopefully we aren't getting in over our heads. I'm definitely thinking picking up that teaching job isn't such a bad idea! Since I currently only work 3 days a week at the hospital I could easily squeeze in an 8 hr shift at the college. The only down side is, with their new curriculum plan, they do not offer OB during the fall, so I might have to teach another area of nursing. This of course is a little scary to me since I have only practiced in OB. I think it will be a good refresher on my general med surg nursing skills though. With the new house I just don't want to feel poor, so a little extra income will be nice. And of course I have been interested in teaching for a while and it will be good for the resume.


So as of now the house isn't scheduled to be completed until October...quite the delay from our original estimate of July! Oh, well. Just means more time at good ole Clive Hotel and Suites! And of course, lots of good house warming ideas for Christmas :).

Summer plans include a trip to Chicago in one week. Katie and I are meeting up with a friend we met on our Europe trip. She is from Canada and has never been to Chicago, so we decided it would be a good meeting ground. We'll spend about 5-6 days there to sight see and shop!

Then over the 4th Lance and I are going to see John Mayer and Colby Callait in St. Louis with some friends.

Then of course there's the Cummins family vacation to Branson which Lance and I are both very excited for!

There is talk about a potential trip to Florida in the fall, but those plans aren't finalized yet.

Well that is all for now!

Oh yes, I almost forgot, most of you haven't seen my new haircut, I chopped my hair off to about chin length! It's quite the change, and has taken awhile to get use to be, but it's cute!