Friiiiiday!!

Friday, so nice to see you are here! This week wasn't as bad as last week work wise, but I'm always happy when Friday rolls around and I can look forward to spending a couple of days at home.

We're ending the week on a good note, we did a walk through in our house last night and we love how it has turned out. A few small things will be completed today and then we will hopefully be closing next week. This process is something, I tell ya! I will be so glad when it is all taken care of, we have closed, and have our stuff moved in. I must say though, we have been blessed with the greatest realtor who has helped us in any way imaginable. The builder and his crew have worked so hard to get the house completed on time. While waiting is extremely difficult, especially with our builder leaving for 2 weeks and our storage unit rental running up, I am trying to remember that God has a plan and it will work out. I'm not posting interior pictures until we have closed and I've gotten to decorate some, but I will leave you with a picture of the exterior of our soon to be home. Have a great weekend!

Random thoughts

I've been wanting to blog... honestly, I have. I haven't really known what to write about though. Nothing really came to mind and I don't want to blog because I feel like I have to do it. There have been lots of thoughts floating around in my mind lately- here's what's been going on.

1. I am really looking forward to closing on our house so that all of this "stuff" will be taken care of and we will be past it.
2. By "stuff" I mean the emails and phone calls from the bank, building delays, stress...
3. Today is the first day of fall. I love Fall.. but all of my cardigans are still in storage until we move, hoping to hold out a little while longer!
4. We had a good weekend and ended it watching the movie "Endless Love" last night. By the title, we weren't sure if we were going to like it.... and I didn't like it, I loved it! If you haven't watched it, you should!
5. We are participating in trunk or treat at our church and can't decide what we want to dress up as... and I need to decide so I can get to making or ordering costumes!
6. God's timing is perfect, I keep reminding myself of that.
7. Student loans stink.
8. We're still trying to find a good routine for us since we have moved, and that hasn't really happened yet. I think we'll be more "in the groove" once we are in our house.
9. I'm trying to be ahead in work so that whenever I have to take off to close on the house it won't be a big deal, with that being said, I worked extra 4/5 days last week and will be doing it again today. Even if we don't close in the next week and a half, I think I may take a day off anyways. Still undecided.
10. I love my husband!

And there you have it, a re-cap of what's been going on with me in a 10 bullet point post.

Hello, Fall!

Friends, I've realized Summer is coming to an end- how is it already almost the middle of September? We've been pretty busy these days, and I'm sure that has passed time quickly, but wow, this year is moving! Think about it... only 106 days until Christmas!

Are you ready for fall? I can't say that I'm going to complain about cooler temperatures, beautiful leaves, and pumpkin everything, but I will hold out wearing flip flops as long as possible! Here are a few things I am hoping to do this Fall season...

1. Make another Fall wreath. I love making wreaths, and my Fall wreath that I currently have has been my favorite of all the ones that I have made, you can check it out here.

2. Carve a pumpkin with Preston and siblings- need I say more?

3. Decorate our new house with Fall Decor! We should be moving in sometime this month or very beginning of October, I love fall decorations, how perfect for the first season to decorate our new home?! Can't wait to scatter my pumpkins, leaves, scarecrows throughout the house.

4. Enjoy my first pumpkin spice cappuccino from Speedway ASAP. A friend introduced these to me in high school and I have loved them ever since.

5. Decorate my office w/ Fall decorations that have been in my filing cabinet since last year.

6. Hopefully have friends from NC and WV over for a Friday night.

7. Enjoy Thanksgiving with family.

8. Maybe take some family pictures outside when the leaves change... maybe.

9. Participate in Trunk-or-Treat at our church.

10. Relax a little- Summer is super busy!

Anything on your agenda for Fall?

100th post: House Update!

Friends, I've made it to my 100th post... based on the random blogging breaks I take, I didn't know that I would make it to 100. Thanks for hanging around!

Anyways, what this post is really about- a house update! We are still in the buying process, as we have not closed yet, but we are very excited with the progress that has been made so far. When we first saw the house, the exterior was almost complete, however the interior was only wood frames. We were able to see the lay out, but not much had been done inside. Since then, we have seen sheet rock installed, dry wall being finished, and now the workers are painting and getting ready to lay the flooring. We are so excited, as we are scheduled to close by the end of this month! Can.not.wait! I have really enjoyed picking out finishings such as paint colors, cabinets, counter tops, hardware, wood flooring, carpet, etc. It has truly been a blessing to have caught the house in the stage it was in the building process and be able to have so much say so in it- it makes the whole bank/loan process a little more enjoyable.

We took these pictures this week before the painting started... and silly me forgot to take a picture of the exterior- whoops!

Garage

Leading into kitchen from garage

Kitchen (not all pictured)

Laundry area

Dining room

Arch way from dining to living room

Living room

Hallway from front door, living room to the left, 1/2 bath, laundry, kitchen ahead

stairs

Master

Master

Master bath window/closet

Master bath

Garage

Not pictured was guest bath upstairs and 1/2 bath down stairs, also didn't post pictures of 2 extra bedrooms. 

Can't wait to stop in again and see progress since the walls have now been painted and they are working on floors! 

Anyone wanting to share inexpensive decorating tips, I'm all ears...

Have a great weekend!

Weekend Recap: Labor Day 2014

Ahhh, 3 day weekends are great! Here's what went down for our Labor Day weekend...

Friday after work, I was trying to make it to Bradley and Brice's (my brothers) football game without being late. Well, the game was actually delayed for heat because it was above 100* on the field. When I got there, it was about 15 minutes until kick off, perfect! The game was a good one- we ended up winning and it was a great time. Here are some pictures from the game...

Bradley

Brice

Brinley

Saturday morning we got ready and headed to another football game, however because of heat, they were only able to play 1 quarter. We had Brice, Brinley, and 2 friends and we headed to camp to visit at Teen Retreat. We enjoyed seeing friends there and even got to witness one of them propose to his girlfriend after camp fire. We got home pretty late and all crashed in bed as soon as we got there.

Sunday we went to church and then Preston and I stopped at our new house to see what progress had been made. I was so excited to see that the walls are ready for paint. Post this week coming with house progress and pictures! Preston and I stopped on the way home and had Chinese for lunch. The restaurant we went to has recently changed up their selections and it was quite possibly the best Chinese Preston and I have ever had, we will definitely go back! After lunch I enjoyed a Sunday nap with my Chloe girl and then headed back to church that evening. After we got home, we watched some Parenthood on Hulu to get caught up before the 6th (and final) season starts this month.

Monday morning we slept it (cue choir angels) and it was wonderful. After getting ready, I went to get the oil changed in my car. I had planned on walking over to the nail salon for a pedicure while waiting on my car, only to find that they were closed. After getting a couple things in Walmart and getting my car, I headed back home to get Preston and then we met my parents at the campground they were at. We grilled hotdogs and got our fishing poles and headed out on the lake for a couple of hours, it was great. After we got back from the water, we played a few rounds of cards, which is always fun for us. We then went home and called it a night... good, relaxing, day off if you ask me!
Now it's already Wednesday this week and Friday is just 2 days away. Stay tuned for the house post!