HERE SHE IS!!!!!!!! FIIIINALLLLYYYY:)

 This evening I FINALLY took some pictures of our house so I MADE time to share them with you all.

I seriously did not plan on taking THIS long, but we have been extremely busy (blah, blah, blah) Like I've said before, I know everyone in America is busy so I hate saying that but we really have been crazy busy.

Between getting this house SOMEWHAT together and getting my classroom together, I did not even think about blogging (Welll, I did make time to look at y'alls blog) BUT you know what I mean;)

Anyway, so HERE SHE IS!

With the bright yellow security system sign shining RIGHT in front of the house and all!!!haha

This is the sidewalk going from the driveway to our back porch/patio.

We decided to stamp our sidewalk and I LOVE them. Totally worth the $$$! :)

You can see we have part of our deck screened and part open (obviously) But we also have a patio under the deck. The stamped concrete continues to the patio as well. We plan to put a swing and maybe a small table.Also, we plan to paint the deck chocolate when the wood does........something!(Whatever Lee always says;)

Right side of our house. My pretty window is much prettier in person, oh yeah, maybe it's the green sheet hanging taking the shine away!!;)

Upclose pic of our pots. 

Ok, so we went like two weekends ago to get pots and flowers and needless to say we were a little late on everything. We went to 5 different places and finally came across these. I thought they turned out perfectly though. The plants aren't my first choice, but they turned out pretty good for what I had to choose from. 

We also stamped our front sidewalk. (We think the orange/red hose pipe adds a little character;)

You can not tell in person, but our lot is a corner lot, so our house sits at an angle on the lot. :)

I am still looking for window boxes to put under the two larger windows with shutters. 

Any suggestions on places to get them is welcome!!

Hope you like it!

I look forward to showing you all the inside!!! But we are waiting on the other half of our furniture! It is supposed to be in the end of August... so SOON! I will tell you all the furniture story in a later post.

I hope to get my sister over here to take some better pictures when the inside is complete. My 7 year old camera has GOT TO GO! Nikon D3020404 (whatever the # is) PLEASE;)

Like I said earlier, worked hard on my little classroom this summer. I have some before and after pictures I hope to share soon (HINT for my sister) By the way, I could not have done it without my sister's, mom's, and friend Ale's help this summer. THANKS SO MUCH!

We are going to the lake for the FIRST time this summer/year this weekend! 

Camping/ lake/ boat riding/ relaxing/ pigging out EATING  HERE I COME!

 Things have SOMEWHAT slowed down, so I hope to get back to blogging on a regular basis!

HAVE A BLESSED WEEK!!

House Update....

Things are FINALLY coming to an end! Well, kinda....

We laid sod this past Thursday. I have always heard people say they would rather be beat with a bat than lay sod, but I really didn't mind it. Don't get me wrong, it is not something I would want to do everyday but I felt pretty good when we were done. We also got our yard landscaped. It looks great!

Our granite counter tops are down and I couldn't be happier with the outcome.

The painters are touching up and repainting the next few days. Also my back splash in the kitchen is being put up today. 

We are planning on having everything moved out of our current house this weekend. We already moved a lot to the new house but we can only align the basement walls with it b/c insulation has to be put up tomorrow.

We have everything pretty much packed up in boxes and ready to move just waiting on insulation. We may have to stay with Lee's parents for a few nights, not positive though (his mom will love having a kitty in the house;). I have been motivated to get all of this moving DONE so we can go to the BEACH next Wednesday for a couple of days!! 

This was a 4th of July to remember filled with MORE moving, scraping stickers off windows (why you put stickers on windows blows my mind, but I won't get started on that!) and MORE electrical work (I know you're jealous;) Ugh.

BUT....

WE ARE ALMOST THERE!!

What's left?

• Painters are finishing painting and touching up
• Plumbing fixtures have to be installed (starting tomorrow)
• Carpet in upstairs rooms (tomorrow)
• Finish up insulation 
• Shelving in all closets (Friday)
• Finish moving
• and A LOT of cleaning (Which I can not wait to do, It's driving me CrAzYY)

Then it's time to furniture shop!!!

I know you are thinking, WHERE WILL Y'ALL SLEEP WITHOUT FURNITURE?! Well, we have our guest bedroom furniture, so we are going to sleep in the guest room until I find my furniture. I have promised to look and get EXACTLY what I want and not rush. :)

That's all I got for now.... be back soon!!

HAVE A BLESSED WEEK!!!

What we've been up to.....

PACKING, PACKING, PACKING!!

I am an organized person and it's still overwhelming!!

 (Notice Nosy Rosy, who is feeling better by the way;)

(This doesn't include the basement... WOW, that is another story)

We closed Friday and are shooting to be out by the 15th! 

Originally it was supposed to be the end of July, but things sped up quickly!  We will be laying sod this FRIDAY!! AHH... and yes, I will be helping (ugh!)

I met with the shelving man yesterday! I am very excited about our closet! I cannot wait to have more room... I am already organizing it in my mind!

I am not going to lie, things have gotten a little more stressful in these last few weeks, which was expected. Needless to say, I am ready to be DONE!

What has been completed??

• All tile work
• Cabinets are installed
• most lighting is up
• Rock on outside and inside fireplace is complete
• Hardwood floors are complete
• banisters inside
• painting has been done but they have to come back for ALOT OF touch ups!
• Back porch is built and screened in! Thanks to Lee's uncle (who is the builder;)
• Garage doors have been installed
• Sidewalk has been poured and stamped
• All outside is complete including cedar shakes
• All of the outside is now complete

What is left to complete?

• Gutters (being put up as I type this;)
• Driveway getting poured (delayed due to rain)
• Counter tops (Thursday)
• Plumbing fixtures (I think he is stating today. He had to wait on all the floors to be done)
• Carpet will be installed (The very last thing)
• Paint touch ups (Also at the very end)
• Surround sound/music being installed
• Finish up lighting
• Shelving installed (He is designing the closet now)
• Land scaping (starting this Thursday)

That's all I can think of right now! 

Furniture shopping will be starting very soon! Mom and I went shopping for vanity mirrors this past Saturday and of course we picked up a couple of dining room decor!

Since I have been this long without showing pictures, I am thinking I am going to wait until EVERYTHING is complete! :) Teasing ya a bit! :)

HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A BLESSED SUMMER!

Beach Trip 2011 w/ Lee's Parents

 Lee and I got a quick break to the beach. It was hard this year, leaving the house and everything, but we needed a break.

I did not take many pics so thought I would share the VERY few I did:)

 

 

We went deep sea fishing on the second day.

My BIG FISH is on the top third from the left:)

And it WORE ME OUT!!

The day before we left I noticed Camden not being himself. I took him to the vet and they gave him meds for a UTI. Mom and dad came to stay at our house so they could watch him. Mom ended up taking him back to the vet and they kept him over the weekend:( So I had that worry the entire beach trip. I thought I would get to take him home today, but he is still not tinkling like he should. I went to visit him and when I walked in the cried and hurried to the front of the cage. He rubbed and rubbed on my hand and purred. And talking about breaking your heart, he started reaching his little paw through the cage:( UGH, it makes me so sad! I PRAY he gets to come home tomorrow. I miss that little monkey sleeping on my head!

Anyway, the trip was great. I am usually sad about coming home but knowing we were coming home to house progress was exciting!

I hope to take pictures tomorrow and do a house update! SOOO much has been done! It's looking great.

Hopefully I will get my baby tomorrow and complete a house update!

Going to get caught up on y'alls blogs now:)

I'm Back....... with a brief house building update!

I have not forgotten about ya!!! 

Since my summer began, things have been CRAZY!

I'm staring to think I'm ready to go back to work already.... Maybe not! ;)

Going to share a quick list of things I have accomplished this week:

• Mantles have been chose. Two are built (they are perfect!) and at the house and one is currently being built. Of course, those were a challenge but I won't go into that.
• I have chosen my granite counter tops for the master bath, kitchen, and powder room. I also chose my counter tops for the upstairs bathrooms as well.
• Hardwood floors are finalized and ordered. Once again, it was a challenge to get them but in the end it worked out:) They are starting on them next week!
• I chose the tile for the master bath and shower, kitchen back splash, the two fireplaces that need tile, laundry room, and the two upstairs bathrooms. I am still not satisfied with the decorative tile that is going in the shower. Still up in the air! That was a 3 hour process!!
• Crown molding is all up!! 
• Paint colors have been chosen and painters are caulking at the moment!
• Shutters have been chosen and finalized.
• Stacked stone has been put ip on the front of the house! Can't wait to show y'all! 
• I chose and finalized the stacked stone for the inside fireplace. It should go up next week!
• Cedar shakes and eves have started going up as well! It has been crazy around the new house... so many different things going on at once!
• Most of our cabinets are complete! We had to store the kitchen in our basement until they are ready to be installed!
• Cabinetry hardware has been chose but still questioning!
• I chose all of our lighting last week, got the price yesterday, and calling to finalize that next week!
• Chose my stair railing and finalized them yesterday!
• They built our back deck today and finishing it tomorrow! It looks great!

That's all I can think of right now! It is coming along quickly, better than I ever imagined!

Hopefully have some pictures for you soon!

Sorry for the lack of posts... hopefully things will slow down soon! Hoping to get caught up on everyone's blog tomorrow!:)

HOPE YOU HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND!