Well, we have been living in our new home for about two weeks, and really loving it! Although there are a million big and little projects that we're working on, we've settled in nicely. It's been really fun decorating the new house, and decided what color scheme we're going to do for each room. Sometimes I get overwhelmed, and a little stressed out, but overall I try to stay chill.
My family is coming in this weekend, and we are so excited. My brother and his family, and my sister are coming in on Friday. None of them have ever visited us in VA, so there will be lots to do. I haven't seen my siblings since Christmas, and I haven't seen my niece and nephew since then either. (They grow so fast!)
Everyone has been wanting to see pictures, and we're wanting to post them. We are waiting until we have out desktop set up, which should be any day now. We have a bunch if before and after pictures, which is always fun to look at.
John and I are going to see Coldplay in concert tonight, which we are SO excited about. We're actually going with a group of five couples, so it'll make the concert even more fun! The VA Beach Amphitheatre had a special last week of $10 lawn seat tickets for select concerts!!! We jumped right on that! We'll be going to No Doubt, Nickelback, The Fray, and a few others. Every summer we complain that we'd like to go to more concerts, but that it's just not affordable...but not this summer, we'll be going to concerts alllll summer long!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
At laaaaaaaaaaaaast!
We have officially moved in to our new house! YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
It's been a long process, but we're finally in. (I'll post pictures soon!)
We closed on the house April 10th, and immediately started working on it. The house was foreclosed, and had been vacant for a year and a half, which means no owners to take care of it. It was in pretty rough shape, but in a GREAT neighborhood, for a GREAT price! Of course, John saw a diamond in the rough, and wanted to buy it b/c of it being a good financial investment. There were a ton of houses that we looked at that were in much better shape, already had been worked on and improved (which of course I loved) but John wanted to take advantage of the 'buyer's market', so we did!
We've done SO much to the house with a lot of help from our friends! We hired people for some things, and did other things ourselves.
Here's the list...
* We tore out the flooring in the kitchen and both bathrooms, and put in nice new tile.
* We gutted the upstairs bathroom completely, and started from scratch with electrical, and
plumbing.
* Added a fully tiled shower, and a new his/her vanity with granite to the upstairs bathroom.
* We sanded and refinished the floors
* Put down hand-scraped laminate hardwood in our master bedroom
* Painted EVERY INCH of the house, and oh....I feel like there's more!
There were definitely times when I'd walk around the house while working on it, and thought to myself...and outloud, 'What did we get ourselves into?!' I'm not as much of a 'big picture' person as John is. He's really good at seeing the end product far before it's done, or even started for that matter. I on the other hand, am extremely step-by-step minded, and structured. Watching the floors get ripped out before having the flooring ready almost gave me a heart attack. Seeing our upstairs bathroom as a gaping hole was pretty scary too! (John thrives on things like this...opposites attract.)
John's mom was down for two weeks, and she was an incredible help! She painted about 80% of the house! I had painted three rooms before she got in, and then she took over the rest. And the best part...she did it all with a servant's heart!
There are still a lot of things left to be done. John and I both decided that we wanted to take a little bit of a break though with the renovations, for two reasons: lack of time, lack of money. We think those are two decent reasons. So, we are waiting to carpet the downstairs office and upstairs foyer until we sell one of the cars, and we're waiting to put flooring in the three upstairs guest rooms probably until June or so.
I will post pictures once our desktop is set up. Until then, I'll leave it all to your imagination...
It's been a long process, but we're finally in. (I'll post pictures soon!)
We closed on the house April 10th, and immediately started working on it. The house was foreclosed, and had been vacant for a year and a half, which means no owners to take care of it. It was in pretty rough shape, but in a GREAT neighborhood, for a GREAT price! Of course, John saw a diamond in the rough, and wanted to buy it b/c of it being a good financial investment. There were a ton of houses that we looked at that were in much better shape, already had been worked on and improved (which of course I loved) but John wanted to take advantage of the 'buyer's market', so we did!
We've done SO much to the house with a lot of help from our friends! We hired people for some things, and did other things ourselves.
Here's the list...
* We tore out the flooring in the kitchen and both bathrooms, and put in nice new tile.
* We gutted the upstairs bathroom completely, and started from scratch with electrical, and
plumbing.
* Added a fully tiled shower, and a new his/her vanity with granite to the upstairs bathroom.
* We sanded and refinished the floors
* Put down hand-scraped laminate hardwood in our master bedroom
* Painted EVERY INCH of the house, and oh....I feel like there's more!
There were definitely times when I'd walk around the house while working on it, and thought to myself...and outloud, 'What did we get ourselves into?!' I'm not as much of a 'big picture' person as John is. He's really good at seeing the end product far before it's done, or even started for that matter. I on the other hand, am extremely step-by-step minded, and structured. Watching the floors get ripped out before having the flooring ready almost gave me a heart attack. Seeing our upstairs bathroom as a gaping hole was pretty scary too! (John thrives on things like this...opposites attract.)
John's mom was down for two weeks, and she was an incredible help! She painted about 80% of the house! I had painted three rooms before she got in, and then she took over the rest. And the best part...she did it all with a servant's heart!
There are still a lot of things left to be done. John and I both decided that we wanted to take a little bit of a break though with the renovations, for two reasons: lack of time, lack of money. We think those are two decent reasons. So, we are waiting to carpet the downstairs office and upstairs foyer until we sell one of the cars, and we're waiting to put flooring in the three upstairs guest rooms probably until June or so.
I will post pictures once our desktop is set up. Until then, I'll leave it all to your imagination...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
New song
We all go through times in life when we need a pick me up. I'm there.
There are a few things going on in life right now that are making my joy cloudy, and I hate that...
I started writing down the things that are robbing me of joy, and then decided to STOP. Instead of complaining, being bitter, feeling cheated, feeling envious, worried, competitive, and the list goes on...I decided I want to sing a new tune...I want to sing a new song.
I want my song to be one of thankfulness, joy, anticipation, excitement, and most of all...PRAISE!
Lord, I am thankful for the following people, things, and circumstances...
* The relationship I have with you. I know the highs are high, and the lows are low, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the whole world.
* The marriage John and I have. Never perfect, or without flaw, but always full of love, and fun!
* The friends you've put in my life that keep me strong, encouraged, and laughing.
* The new job you've provided for John.
* The new job you will provide for me.
* Music
* Sushi
* Ice cream
* Our new house (it is a blessing, it is a blessing, it is a blessing...)
* Darleen (my mother-in-law who is a fierce painter)
* Completed home improvement projects
* DVDs
* Jack Johnson
* WEC
* The baby you're going to bless John and I with someday
* Pedicures
* Flip-flops
Some of you may be reading this thinking I am stupid, and childish. You may not need to write/type the things, people, and circumstances that you're thankful for. Maybe your life is going well, and your song is not in need of repair, but mine was.
There are a few things going on in life right now that are making my joy cloudy, and I hate that...
I started writing down the things that are robbing me of joy, and then decided to STOP. Instead of complaining, being bitter, feeling cheated, feeling envious, worried, competitive, and the list goes on...I decided I want to sing a new tune...I want to sing a new song.
I want my song to be one of thankfulness, joy, anticipation, excitement, and most of all...PRAISE!
Lord, I am thankful for the following people, things, and circumstances...
* The relationship I have with you. I know the highs are high, and the lows are low, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the whole world.
* The marriage John and I have. Never perfect, or without flaw, but always full of love, and fun!
* The friends you've put in my life that keep me strong, encouraged, and laughing.
* The new job you've provided for John.
* The new job you will provide for me.
* Music
* Sushi
* Ice cream
* Our new house (it is a blessing, it is a blessing, it is a blessing...)
* Darleen (my mother-in-law who is a fierce painter)
* Completed home improvement projects
* DVDs
* Jack Johnson
* WEC
* The baby you're going to bless John and I with someday
* Pedicures
* Flip-flops
Some of you may be reading this thinking I am stupid, and childish. You may not need to write/type the things, people, and circumstances that you're thankful for. Maybe your life is going well, and your song is not in need of repair, but mine was.
Sing a Song
~Third Day~
A song of Your faithfulness
A song of Your grace
And of Your loving kindness
To the glory of Your name
With everything that's in me,
Lord listen to me say
I want to sing a song for You
I want to sing a song...
Friday, April 17, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Beach games on Easter
So official with our cell phone timer, and blow horn!
Matt rolling the stone away.
Stew carrying the cross.
Jon and John preparing for the competition with a healthy stretch.
The boys were a little cold!We had a great Easter weekend! We started the weekend off with closing on our new house in York County- yah! On Saturday, we spent a few hours working on some home improvements (I'll post pictures later), and on Sunday we celebrated Easter at Waters Edge Church! After the service, we went to Matt and Katey's house in VA Beach, and ate a huge meal with about 15 other people, and then played Jesus themed games on the beach. This may sound a little weird to you, so let me explain...
Katey and I came up with the theme of an 'Ironman Easter'. All the guys competed in three different games, two of which had a Jesus theme. The first competition was called 'Carry the Cross'. The guys had a huge piece of wood that they had to carry from cone to cone as fast as they could. The next competition was called 'Roll the Stone Away'. In this competition, the guys had to roll a pilates ball filled with water to the cone, and then carry it back. Since it was filled with water, it was extremely heavy!
The guys were such great sports! It was really clod on the beach, especially with the wind blowing. To top it all off, we made T-shirts for everyone to wear and sport their Easter pride.
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