Bidding on a house is one of the most stressful things I have ever done. I just want to advance 6 months and have this over with. I know that we will find a house so I can look to the future as it being a done thing but for now.... I fall in love with things too easy and start picturing myself there... Anyways, I am told that I will quickly get jaded and make offers on houses without any hope and then one day someone will accept one and we will just be shocked. Hmm. we'll see.

This house was on the news for being close to falling down. All the rains have washed away the hill. I can see this house from the freeway whenever I go that way. This weekend, Jamie and I drove to the street below it and got these pics. You can see the closest support post doesn't have any earth below it anymore! 

This is the house below that was evacuated and can't be lived in anymore 

 

YAY!!! The professional pics are done. You can see them if you want at www.pictage.com then look up Keeney. They turned out really great. I especially like the one where I am peeking around the corner right before the ceremony. :)

I am at work and listening to my mp3 player. I love the random shuffle thing, this has all of my cd's and plays any song it wants so I can hear Offsrping one minute and Bach the next. It just played Spiralling by Erasure. It's one of those songs that brings up a visual memory every time I hear it. The memory is of myself and Meghan VanHook (my best friend in high school) in Kenny Spain's little VW Rabbit. I can perfectly visualize this, we were driving up a street to Foothill and the song came on and Kenny stopped the car, jumped out and ran around it, then got back in as though nothing happened. I don't remember if it had anything to do with the song but it just sticks in my head. Strange how certain memories stick?

It's nice to get lost thinking about that sort of thing instead of the house searching! Ahhhh! How frustrating. You should see some of these places...

So this is my favorite pic so far (I'll post it in honor of our 1 month anniversary which was yesterday! 

So I had decided not to update the blog anymore since I was now a boring old married lady. It seems that a few of you are either quite bored or just needed someone to laugh at on occasion. I received the following letter:

PETITION

We the undersigned, do hereby request that the web log of one Diana Keeney (formerly Diana Bennett) be continued without further interruption. Many of us have seen it evolve through different stages (The Surreal Life, the Life and Times of Diana’s UK adventure, and Diana’s journal of life back in the US leading up to the wedding as requested by Ian… whew!) But regardless of the name, it has provided a vehicle by which we can live vicariously through Diana’s eyes. Therefore, we cannot accept it’s termination. Please revive it at once!

SIGNATURE
Mike Melville
Reed Edwards
Yasuhiro Nonomura
Mark Griffiths
Johnny Nomates aka Stephan Czapiewski
Suraj Subbarao
Simon Knapper
Phil Shin
Sean Ford
Wayne Chen
Katherine Dykes
Ian White
Mike Gilbert

SUGGESTED NEW NAME
Coo Coo Ca Choo, Mrs. Keeney
A Keeney Eye For Detail
Diana’s View Of Life Through The Eyes Of Her Beaver*
California Dreaming
Bridget Jones Diana Keeney’s Diary
Diana Renee Layla Got Married

*this is in reference to your blog entry dated Tuesday, January 18,2005:
Here is a picture out my window looking East, please notice the Canadian Beaver sitting on top of the monitor to remind me of GLOBE.

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If this blog gets taken away I will write to the London Times. It is just not on.
Life wouldn't be the same without it!

Since I actually had fun updating the blog and it seems a few of you read it on occasion, I will continue it!! Over the next few days or so, I will update it a bit (not sure how though, but it should be new!) I don't think I can stick to updating it daily so don't bother checking every day.

Here's a little update on where I stand now. Jamie and I have been searching for a house for the past 2 weeks and found the perfect one on Tuesday. We put in our bid (it was even $10k over the asking price), we wrote a sweet letter about ourselves and how much we loved it and included a wedding pic. All for nought, 20 other people bid and the winning bidder was $75k over the asking price. So don't get your potluck dish ready for our Housewarming BBQ quite yet.

So forgive me now for writing alot about this house search. You may regret getting what you asked for in me bringing back this blog!!!!

Well I am officially hitched up.
Here we are takign our vows:



And out first dance....



This now ends my blog.... thanks to all of you that took the time to read it and follow up with me! I am off to start a new chapter as Mrs. Keeney!!!!!