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At the beach - part 2 from sabete on Vimeo.
June 2009.
So … the long awaited house entry begins. We’ve been working like crazy to find a place of our own, with my mom’s most-excellent assistance. And after weeks of house hunting we did find a diamond in the rough. Well, it may be more like a rough little diamond. But it gives me that “I’m home” feeling, which is all I really asked for from this crazy adventure.
It’s a 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath townhouse in Dededo. After looking at numerous houses in ditches, featuring questionable craftsmanship and/or surrounded by garbage this place looked like heaven. Literally. So we put in an offer, accepted a counter-offer, had our home inspection over the weekend, and now it’s just waiting on the financing. We’re supposed to hear back from the bank this week, and then the last thing will be having the property appraised. If the value is good, then we’re full steam ahead! And if not, then I guess it just wasn’t meant to be right now - and we’ll try again. But not right now, because I am BEAT. This house hunting stuff is exhausting.
And seriously - why are all the houses in my price range in low-lying flood-prone ditches?!?!
UPDATE! 11:32 a.m. - Everything went well with the bank. Our loan is good. Yay! Let’s start planning our housewarming party. 
My 19-month-old girl says her Tata is a stinker. And she’s right.
I made this little Animoto short featuring some of my favorite mamas - and I wrote the little poem below for Mom and Granny. Here’s to all the beautiful, hard working moms out there! Happy Mother’s Day!
ADDENDUM: 8 May@ 10:35 a.m. - My little poem actually won in the KSTO 95.5 FM Mother’s Day poem contest! Sweet!
Mother’s Day - 2009
My mother
And hers before
Up the branches of an infinite tree.
Each one has passed down to me
Goodness, love,
Strength and loyalty.
My mother, my grandmother
They give of themselves freely.
Always ready to dole out kisses on knees
A hand to hold
A shoulder to cry on
Copious amounts of tea and sympathy.
A loving word
A warm embrace
They’ve given me these things and more.
Much more than I can ever repay.
Now I am a mother to a daughter,
And all I’ve received will follow her
Down along the line
To the daughters of her daughters.
Asan Memorial Park - 4.26.09
I taught her to call the duk duk, she chased her shadow, threw rocks, chased Nana, jumped and ran … all in all, a pretty great afternoon.
The day before we also had a play date with Alex and Renee - Aprilyn’s kids. They made quite a ruckus with Zoey’s toys, and had a grand time.
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