Monday, June 06, 2005



We Won The Lottery!!!!!!

I cannot believe it but we won! We won the opportunity to give someone $355 000 in exchange for a 1200sqfoot house in Hawaii. There ended up being 105 people in the lottery and there were 17 houses. We were picked third so we actually got our first choice in floorplan! I hate to say this but for some reason I always get what I want. It is like the opposite of a curse. Gee it would be nice to live in Hawaii....boom...There you go! Can you work in a husband that puts up with me like no other guy would? And can you make him cute as well? Your wish is my command! You know what I would love to have three kids that sleep through the night right from birth.....Voila! What else can I do for you? How about a house that we can pocket $100 000 on when we sell? Well you are kind of pushing it but......OK what the heck! The thing is I know how much I don't deserve it but everything seems to come to me on a silver platter. I am not trying to brag here it is more of a shock. Anyway we won the house and we put down our first $1000 so we have $3 left! We already got to pick out all our flooring, counters, ect so that was so fun! We will be able to move some time in August. So we are really going to have to tighten our boot straps to be able to make our monthly payments, but it will be so worth it in the end. The best part is............I have a walk in closet. Not just a walk in closet more like another small room! Not that I will be able to afford to shop anymore but at least I will be able to ( for the first time in my life) host all the close I presently own! The bad news is we have to sell the jeep and get a cheaper car that we can buy outright and have no second car payment. So bye bye fun convertible jeep, hello old beater. Sorry Jeff and Kel, you will still have a free vehicle to use while you are in Hawaii but it might not be trendy:(
Oh and the very bad news is.....Well the public schools in Hawaii are just not the greatest. Addison's school on base has one of the highest ratings at a B+. This being said most people are not thrilled with it. Well in her new school district they have a D- and out of 252 schools on the island it is rated #239. So guess who is going to be unpacking a new house, painting walls, having a baby, and HOME SCHOOLING???!!! Not thrilled about the idea, not to mention Addison might start getting dumber instead of smarter. At least we will be able to sleep in and do school in our jammies. There are allot of home schoolers on the island though because of the poor public education so I should at least be able to get together with other moms and pull together our strengths. I can teach shopping 101! Anyway that is a little catch me up on what is going on in the Turner household!

12 Comments:

At 8:16 AM, Blogger Alyssa said...

Oh I forgot you can check out the house a www.gentryhawaii.com
then click on the Monisito houses, and we are plan #3!

 
At 9:03 AM, Blogger Colleen Salter said...

That is so exciting and we are so happy for you. Congratulations on your new home!!

 
At 4:52 PM, Blogger Rhonda said...

Congratulations! That is an awesome deal considering homes here cost an arm and a leg! My home is worth currently worth more than $355k and it is only 800+ square feet on a 6,000+ lot. I wouldn't pay that much for my home.

You are so brave to homeschool. I may have to do this when my son hits 6th grade. It's either that or pay good money to send him to a Montessori school. There is no way I want him to attend the intermediate school in our town.

Hope you are well - long time no blog!

 
At 4:54 PM, Blogger Leanne said...

WOW! Congratulations!!

That is awesome! Good for you and I hope your 'luck' continues!

Lee :)

 
At 5:09 AM, Blogger Jeff said...

Well dang - congratulations!! Thats awesome and to get the third pick is awesome. So this house is going to be like Master Robin's house on Magnum P.I? overlooking the beach? I'm sure homeschooling will be fun and challenging but that school system sounds awful!! Heck you could give us tricycles and we would get around on the Island!

 
At 6:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Like we told you on the phone We couldnt be happier for you and cant wait to come see it in person Have fun picking out all your colors and stuff. Great things happen to great people.

 
At 11:08 AM, Blogger Lynne said...

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!
How cool is that? Wow. I am so impressed. One thing I have to say is, keep thanking the Lord for your luck. He is such a generous God. I'm happy for you guys. Good going.

 
At 1:20 PM, Blogger Darlene Schacht said...

Wow, blondes do have more fun.

You may just love homeschooling, I did! It's easy if you get a cirriculum that they can work on their own with. As long as they can read, they can work on their books and you can watch T.V. or blog, and you all get to sleep in, yay!

 
At 8:59 AM, Blogger Kelly said...

Yeah - how exciting!! Do we get to see it when we are there? I'm bummed about the Jeep - can't you just keep it for another 4 weeks!! :) Just kidding! A free car is a free car - right!

For some strange reason I can see you being really good at homeschooling - is that a compliment?

 
At 12:11 PM, Blogger Colleen Salter said...

So, how are things with the whole pregnancy? Are you still nauseas? When are you due? I hope things are well.

 
At 10:35 AM, Blogger Darlene Schacht said...

Come back to the blog!

 
At 5:41 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

So what colors did you pick I know its hard but Its time to come back from the beach and blog alittle

 

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