Scattered Much?

I feel so scattered lately! I would consider myself an extremely organized person, in just about every area of my life. I relax best when things are in order, and neat. I guess some people would call this OCD- label what you want. (Actually, the women I work with call is CDO...I'm so OCD, I prefer it in alphabetical order...pretty funny, huh?!) Currently, our house is being torn apart- inside and out.

John's told me over the last few weeks that I'm handling it really well, and that he's 'proud of me'...

Our house has been in house wrap, windows torn out, HUGE tools all over the house, our normal living spaces disrupted, and to top it all off- my entire family is coming down in 4 days for a visit!

I feel like my time is spent cleaning up behind the construction workers, which is pretty pointless because they just make a mess again in about 7 seconds. It's easy for people to say, 'just let it go...' but it's hard for me to flesh it out.

I can't wait for the renovations and remodeling to be done, and our house to be back to normal...whatever that is.

On a really positive note- we are so excited for our family to come down. My whole side of the family is spending Easter here, and it'll be the first time in 5 years that everyone is down at the same time- so cool!

What are your plans for the holiday weekend??

Toller Family

Rae, Matt, and Katey

Rae...looking all grown up!

Our best friends, Matt & Katey Toller just had a family photo shoot done by a new photographer in VA Beach- and the pictures came out amazing! I love showing off how beautiful this family is!

Coming right along...

Back of the house. New windows, and a new back door to be installed soon! (This was taken early last week, most of the siding is up now.)

New windows!

Hard at work!

The guys have been working like crazy to put up more siding, and installing the new windows. The house is really coming along! I can't update new pictures from the weekend, because the desktop we normally upload pictures on has been put away to make more room for our guests. These pictures were taken early in the week (so imagine how much further along the progress is). I'll post more pics probably in a week or so.

Exterior Home Improvements

Our new siding going up. If you can't tell, it's a greenish-gray color: Irish Thistle.

New garage door.

The roof being repaired, and new chimney built.

Here's the leftovers of our roof, and broken chimney.

During the fall Nor'easter (sp??), a huge oak tree fell on part of out house, badly damaging the roof, pulling the chimney off, and damaging siding too. John stretched the money we received from the insurance company, and we were able to get a lot of improvements done! We have already had the roof fixed, a new chimney built, and a new garage door put on. We are in the process of the following renovations being done: new siding, new windows, and a front porch built onto the front of the house. In some ways, it's been a long drawn out process with the insurance company, but now that the improvements have started, we're well on our way to the house being complete! I'll post more pics along the way!

Almost March!

I don't really have anything exciting to post, and I'm okay with that. But I am glad that February is almost over, and March is on it's way! A short month means paychecks come more frequently! I only get paid once a month...the last Friday of the month no less, so it's nice that February is a short month! Things to look forward to in March...

* My dad's birthday
* John's birthday
* A friend from CG's bridal shower
* Spring is around the corner...
* My friend will be done with her teacher National Board Exams
* And I'm sure more that I just don't know about yet

Laid Back

We had a very laid back weekend spent with good friends, the Tollers and the Lancours.


LOVE THESE THREE GUYS!

Happy, Happy Leah

We had no school today, and we have no school tomorrow.

Short and sweet...this makes for a very, VERY happy Leah Dorr.