Here We Go Again...

We haven't updated in quite some time. We are truly living a crazy life now that we're all settled here in Bay City. We finished up the purchase of our home, Ryan is now officially out of the Army and we are "home" in our house. I have been working a lot, taking classes and trying to help Ryan maintain our household. Ry has been spending a lot of his time being a "stay at home dad" to our two puppies (newest addition is Cruizer, mini dachshund). He keeps up with the yard pretty well.
As for the house, everything has been going pretty smoothly except for the latest SNAFU we have run into: the people who lived here right before us built on a 6'x9' addition to our bathroom. Sounds alright, right? Wrong. This is where the issue lies: they must not have gotten a building permit. The addition is built on top of the old 'rigged up' deck that we have. No foundation! We spent a day or so trying to figure out what we were going to do. Oh my goodness, this is such a huge disaster in my mind. LUCKILY we both have family who are fairly handy. Ryan has an uncle who knows building/structural, therefore we are able to utilize his help in tearing down this addition while holding up the existing roof (to remain as an awning). This will be our project this summer, removing the addition, closing the hole in our house, and putting up a new full deck. Please stay tuned for lots of pictures to keep updated on the status of our otherwise boring life ;).