Blogger societies...yes they exsist...

 A few weeks ago (yes I have been holding on to this for that long!) I was looking through the "blogs of note" on my dashboard page.  If you are unfamiliar, at the top of the list of blogs you follow, there is a tab that says "blogs of note".  Blogspot selects blogs to list on here, for your enjoyment when bored.  I am not sure how they select these "blogs of note".  Are they viewed alot? random? based on the blogs each person follows? Does everyone see the same blogs on the list?  There are a million questions that I don't have the answers too, but either way, it exists.

Well, while browsing the other day I found this...

"The Society of Catholic Canadian Bloggers"

Yes, that is correct.  My curiosity peeked and I checked it out.  Basically they share bible messages based on Catholic teachings. (similar to visiting/home teaching).  I was really curious as to how many of them there could be. I mean really, yes there are a lot of Catholics in the world, there are a lot of Canadians, and there are a lot of bloggers in the world.  There may even be a lot of Canadian bloggers or catholic bloggers, but how many Canadian Catholic bloggers could there really be?

The answer???  144.

Yes, there are 144 Catholic Canadian bloggers on blogspot.  There may be more that don't know yet of this society.

Now I wonder, what is the number of people that could be classified as a "society"? You would think it would need to be a significant number to constitute a society, right???  144 hardly seems a significant number of people...that isn't a society...it is more like a big "club".   

So, those of you that peruse the "blogs of note" from time to time, have you ever come across a strange blog? What was it about?  

I had fully planned for this post to be much more substantial and humorous....but seeing as it has been sitting in my edit pile for about 3 months, I decided it was time to just go ahead and post it!

I love you all! Thanks for reading!

~Stephanie~  


  

We bought a...not a zoo...

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!!!

It went under contract on Monday and if all goes as planned, we will close May 1st.

We are soooo excited! I can't believe we actually did it!  We bought a freakin' house!!!!

So without further ado...here are some pics!!!

 AMAZING KITCHEN! Brand new appliances and wood floors and back splash. (We added our fridge to it and converted that coat closet at the end into a pantry! not much change in here! Just a little more crowded!)

 

This is the guest room in the basement! (We didn't paint this room but it is now a play/guest room, with a queen size bed and a million toys! LOL!)

Our HUGE yard!!!  Kyle was so happy because he finally got his riding lawn mower! LOL!

Downstairs family room fire place. The insert actually has fans in it to circulate the hot air! Then is you lose power in the winter you can keep the house fairly evenly heated!

The whole downstairs living room!

Upstairs living room with firplace! (we painted the far wall with the window on it, a mossy green color that matches the curtains! It is a BEAUTIFUL color and I wish I could paint the whole house in it! LOL!)

Master bedroom! (We painted the far wall, the same green as the living room...just because we loved it so much!)

Patio...no idea why it is so small...also for some reason it is refusing to upload the photo of the dining room!!!


So, clearly I started making this post a while ago (since we did close on May 1st but we put in the offer at the beg. of April! LOL!)  We have made a LOT of changes since this and I plan on posting pictures of the improvement soon! As well as a pick of the dining room which REFUSED to upload! LOL!  I know I have been MIA for a while, with moving, Kyle going on SEVERAL TDY's and preparing for an upcoming deployment, plus the inlaw came to visit for a week, followed by my parents!  Things have been slightly crazy around here!  I will be posting a blog about everything that is going on after I finish all my half done ones! LOL! 

I love you all! Thanks for reading!
~Stephanie~ 

(upon proof reading, I realized there are LOTS of pics missing! Stupid blogspot...not sure why they won't post! But the dining room, both kids rooms and all 3 bathrooms are not posted :-(  I will try to post them soon!)