Entry way
Our bedroom
Our house from the street
Living room
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Good Company
John and Dan
John and Stew
The boys
'Dollers' = Dorrs + Tollers
My love
My second love
Me, Katey, and Danielle
Wonderful Wednesday
I had a great Wednesday! First, I was offered a job as a 3rd grade classroom teacher...hooray!!!!! And second, we went to the most awesome concert of all time...Coldplay!!!
I had two interviews on Monday with Newport News Public Schools. I had interviewed with York County (the division I just left in November b/c we moved out of state), but even in the interviews they said that if any opening came available, they likely wouldn't even know until the end of August. If you know me...YIKES! Waiting to find out that I have a job the week of school is terrifying! I started thinking, and praying, and decided that I didn't want to pass up opportunities in Newport News (with the intention of getting back into York County), just to find out that I don't get hired. Anyway, I decided to apply to Newport News, and after interviewing, I was offered a position at Palmer Elementary. I am really excited! The school is really close to my house, about 10 min. away right on Oyster Point. I really feel as though this is an awesome gift from God, and I'm going to embrace it!
We went to Coldplay last night in Virginia Beach with a group of about 5 couples, and it was so much fun! Again, I'll post pictures as soon as I get the desk top running.
Yesterday was a great day! I love when you can say that with confidence, and nothing hidden behind the statement. 'How was your day?' 'Oh, it was great!'
I had two interviews on Monday with Newport News Public Schools. I had interviewed with York County (the division I just left in November b/c we moved out of state), but even in the interviews they said that if any opening came available, they likely wouldn't even know until the end of August. If you know me...YIKES! Waiting to find out that I have a job the week of school is terrifying! I started thinking, and praying, and decided that I didn't want to pass up opportunities in Newport News (with the intention of getting back into York County), just to find out that I don't get hired. Anyway, I decided to apply to Newport News, and after interviewing, I was offered a position at Palmer Elementary. I am really excited! The school is really close to my house, about 10 min. away right on Oyster Point. I really feel as though this is an awesome gift from God, and I'm going to embrace it!
We went to Coldplay last night in Virginia Beach with a group of about 5 couples, and it was so much fun! Again, I'll post pictures as soon as I get the desk top running.
Yesterday was a great day! I love when you can say that with confidence, and nothing hidden behind the statement. 'How was your day?' 'Oh, it was great!'
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Home Sweet Home
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!
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!
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...
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