Instagram House

I know I said I was going to get better about this whole blogging thing, but life happens and ours has been pretty busy.  However, I do want to post about our life so that one day I can look back at what was going on, so I'm doing my best to carry on.

The house is moving along.  Our prospective move in date is just two short weeks away (but I'm not holding my breath).  Here's some of the things that have been happening around the house:

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The exterior was painted about a month ago.  I have to say I am very pleased with the colors I picked.

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The interior paint has been done as well.  There's still a lot of touch up to be done, as well as the trim.  This is our bedroom.

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Our cabinets went in a couple of weeks ago.  The have turned out to be my favorite thing in the house.  LOVE them!

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Our lighting has gone in as well.  These are the first lights I picked for the house.  They are from Pottery Barn, and I like them a lot.

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The wood floors were installed this past weekend.  This is a shot of them after one round of staining, so they should darken up a bit. (Notice the touch up paint going on with the walls).

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The driveway was poured this week, and I have to say it's amazing how much more it looks like a home with a driveway.  I guess it's all in the details.

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The shower was tiled yesterday.  I'm really excited to see how it turns out once the glass walls are added.

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So that's where we are.  A lot has been done, but a lot still has to be done.  And in just a short amount of time!  The granite is going in today and the hubby is making the final touches on his manroom.  This weekend the real fun begins- packing!  Let me know if you'd like to help (don't everyone volunteer at once).

Our House Blessing

As I mentioned in my previous post, we did a house blessing a few weeks ago.  If you recall, we did one of these for my mom's house a while back.  It was great to have some of our good friends come out and help us celebrate and bless our new house.  Here's some pictures I took (excuse the quality- I snatched them from my facebook)...

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It's Been Awhile

Seriously.  October?  What is up with that?  I guess that's what being busy will get 'ya.  One day it's October, the next it's February.  So, you may ask "what's been going on?"  Well, pretty much the same old stuff.  Work, weekend, work, weekend.  But in the midst of all that working and weekending, we have started building our new house.  I guess that's kinda a big deal, huh?  Here's a few panoramic pictures of it so far:

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This is the downstairs area looking around from the dining room.  To the left is a doorway to a guest bedrrom and bathroom.  Then, there are the stairs leading upstairs.  Next, you can see the doorway that leads into the master suite.  Straight ahead is the living room with a fireplace and entrance to the back porch.  On the far right is the breakfast area with two big windows.

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This is the downstairs area from the breakfast area.  On the left you have the kitchen.  Looking past that is the mudroom/laundry room and then the garage.  Straight ahead you can see the front doorway and the stairs again.  Then, you see the entrance to the master suite again.  On the far right you can see the back porch (creeper included with house).

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This is another view from downstairs looking upstairs.  It was taken from the same spot as the first picture (the dining room), but looking upward.  On the far left is another guest room and bathroom.  Then, if an office space.  Straight ahead is a catwalk that gos across the living room to the other side of the house.  On the far right of the house is Gavin's "man room" (or a large guest room).  I love how open the living room is with the vaulted ceilings looking up to the second story.

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These pictures were taken a few weeks ago after we did our house blessing.  I will post pictures from the house blessing later (hopefully sooner than later).  The house is now officially "dried in" and wired for electricity and heating/air.

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We are very excited about this new venture in our lives!  However, it can be stressful at times.  Mainly because I want Gavin's opinion, and his response usually is in some form of not caring.  Yet, when I pick something out, he questions my choice.  Talk about frustrating.  But I am super thankful to have the opportunity to do this!

Fall Break

It's been 5 years since I've had a fall break.  5 years people!  So to say I was excited was an understatement.  4 whole glorious days of no work was music to my ears.  The only thing that would have made it better is having no obligations.  Then, I could have been worthless at the beach.  But instead I stayed in town and was full of worth to a few people.  I wanted to stay on the plains Saurday for some Auburn football, but we had other things to do.  And seeing the results of the game made me feel a little better about missing out.  We headed to my mom's house Saturday morning so Gavin could mow her grass.  They have a little agreement- he mowes her grass bi-weekly and she washes, dries, and irons all of his work clothes.  While he mowed the grass, my mom and I headed out for a little shopping.  I scored some super cute and comfy heels.  Cute and comfy?  Yes, who knew they make that combination now!  That afternoon we headed to a wedding.  Gavin's friend Matt was getting hitched.  I have to say, we clean up pretty nice.

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We had a good time at the wedding and actually got home at a decent time.  Since we are rarely in town anymore, we headed to Beth and Brett's to hang out with them for a while.

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We spent Saturday night at my mom's.  Saturday we got up and went to breakfast.  Then we just hung around town shopping, and visiting as we went.  That night, before heading home we picked up my favorite little man.

The next morning he woke my up by crawling in my bed and saying "Don't worry.  I'm not a monster, I'm Deacon."  Cutest thing ever!  Gavin took him to breakfast while I showered.  When they got back, we headed out for the day.  First stop- the park.

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We had a blast and burned off some energy.  Next, we headed to Anders Book Store to pick up a new t-shirt for Maddie.  Her last one shrunk in the dryer and with fall in the air, she needed a new one.  We shopped around for a while and played with some of the stuff in the store.

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Next, we headed to campus.  School was in, so it was busy.  We went to the museum and then walked around the stadium.  While walking around the stadium, we noticed an open gate.  The clean-up crew was inside, so Gavin asked if we could go in.  They let us and we ended up getting to go on the field.  How cool is that?!  I'd say pretty cool if you're a 3 year old!

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After that, we headed to lunch and home for a nap.  Beth and Brett came up for dinner and we planned a trip to Disney World in December.  I can't wait!

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I spent yesterday running errands and getting stuff done for our new house.  I enjoyed my fall break tremendously, and hope to have more in the future.

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In other news, my computer is fixed so I hope to get this little blog updated with some pictures from my good camera soon.



Did I Mention We Moved?

August has been a busy month for us.  Not only did it mean back to work for me, but it also meant a big life change.  Someone put in an offer on our house in July and we accepted it, so we had to move.

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I was sad to say goodbye to our first home.  We have made so many memories there.  I remember the day we moved in.  We spent all night painting so that we were done before our furniture was delivered the next day.  Our friends Beth and Brett came over to hang out with us while we painted.  That seems like ages ago, but it was only 6 years ago.  We had a lot of good times there.  We grilled out with friends once a month there.  We had some awesome Halloween parties there, as well as a Tacky Christmas party or two.  We made that house "our" house.  We changed everything from the paint colors to the flooring to the counter tops, as well as everything in between.  I can't even begin to count the hours we spent working on that house.  It was definitely bittersweet to leave that house.

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It's also amazing the amount of stuff you accumulate in 6 years time.  It took forever to pack and move all of our stuff.  It seemed to be a never ending process.  Especially when someone like me is the one doing the packing.  To say I like everything organized is an understatement.

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So we've moved.  And soon we will move again.  We are renting a place right now while we wait on our house to be built.  We're trying to not get too comfy seeing as we'll be packing everything back up in less than a year.  So here we are...

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And if you could say a little prayer for me, it would be much appreciated.  You see, we've moved to a college town so we are surrounded by college students.  Oh to be that carefree again.  But instead of spending my nights having a good time and my days sleeping and dragging myself to class, I spend my nights trying to sleep while our neighbors party have a good time and my days teaching 4th graders.  Sleep deprived is an understatement.  So please pray for my sanity.  Otherwise it's only a matter of a time before I snap on one of the multiple 20 year olds that surrounds us.

Instagram Summer

Hello Friends!  I am alive and well!  Sorry for the lack of blogging, but I decided to step away from the computer and enjoy my summer.  Unfortunately, summer is over for me, so it's time to get back in the swing of things.  Along with stepping away from the computer this summer, I also seemed to step away from my camera.  Thank goodness for cell phones.  I did a decent job of keeping up with our summer using my iPhone and Instagram.  Let me fill you in...

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We headed down to Orange Beach for Memorial Day weekend with our friends Kim and Ward.  First stop- FloraBama!

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We also spent a lot of time in the water.

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Don't worry about the pups.  They came along and enjoyed the beach as well.

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We ate at some great restaurants.

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And met up with more friends at the Bama.

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I spent my first official days of summer with my favorite little man.

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And we put in a lot of pool time.

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I'm pretty sure I wore him out...

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We made many more trips down to the beach.

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We played a few serious games of putt-putt.

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And hit a few balls at the batting cages.

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We also celebrated our birthdays with family and friends (Side note: that 30 is not mine!).

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I threw Gavin a fabulous, suprise, 30th birthday party.

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We played some kickball.

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And some pranks...

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At the beach, we spent our time on the boat.

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We spent the 4th on Lake Martin with good friends.

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And their sweet babies.

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We celebrated a friend's wedding.

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And had a blast catching up with old friends.

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And we ended our summer with a trip to Boston.

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But more on that later.

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How was your summer friends?