Today Brandon and I are truly celebrating! We aren't celebrating that fact that we made it through the first year of marriage; that was never an issue. What we are celebrating is each other, our accomplishments together, our triumphs this past year, and the many plans we have made together that are still underway. We are celebrating the fact that through all of our real estate nightmares, we still have a beautiful home completely filled with love and peace. We are celebrating our good jobs, our adorable children, our sweet animals, and the fact that the combination of these things has made us truly happy and blessed. We are thankful to our friends and family for being a part of our memories this past year and for supporting us in our endeavors.
Since the first anniversary is the paper anniversary, I had my pictures made in my wedding dress during a creative session in downtown Decatur. Jamie Waldrep with Your Story Captured did a wonderful job! You can see one of the photos on her blog at http://yourstorycaptured.blogspot.com. Brandon loved the pictures, and I have to say, I look pretty dang good. Brandon wrote me a love letter and sent the letter with a bouquet of flowers to my work. After we had lunch together today, I cam back to see the beautiful flowers on my desk. Of course, I teared up when I read the letter. I have it VERY good, ladies and gentlemen, and it does not go unnoticed. He feels for me what I feel for him and that's a very good thing. There is no room for guessing or games......just love. Sounds hokey, but it's true.
Thank you, Brandon. You mean the world to me, and I am yours forever. Happy Anniversary.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Not so much
Moving? Not so much!!!!!
The buyers for out current house coud not come through with financing, so we couldn't move forward with the purchase of our dream home. Stinks, but we're making the most of it. We took alot of the already packed boxes to storage and now we have begun staging the house before we put it back on the market. I have been doing a lot of rearranging of things to make all the rooms seem bigger. If you'll reserach staging your home on the internet, you'll find out what I mean. Living in a staged house is not so bad.....not so much. Things are easier to find, more organized, less cluttered, and cleaner. Everyone should take some time to stage your house....it will make you appreciate it more and it feels good to disengage yourself from your stuff and just live.
Brandon and I both are off this week to do some minor repairs: new gutters, a little paint, some cleaning, new light fixtures, etc. We plan to put the house back on the market after Christmas and hopefully have it sold sometime in the Spring.
The boys are happy to still be at the same school, and all three kids are grateful for the changes at home. I rearranged their rooms for better functionality and more space and they love it. I even put all the new bedding on the beds to make their rooms feel new. They couldn't be happier.
Lily started her first day of pre-school today! My BABY is growing up. She was so excited. She got up this morning and ate her breakfast with the boys, got herself dressed, and slung on her new backpack like a big kid! I was lucky enough to be off so I could take her in this morning. She is in the same preschool and same class with the same teacher as Jackson had......she's with her two boy cousins, too: Hayden and Austin. They all looked a little shell-shocked this morning, but I'm sure she'll be fine.
I am on Brandon's lap top since I don't have connection to my PC right now so I can't post pictures until later this week when the phone co gets out here to fix the jack in the boys' room. I've moved my PC in there for them.
It's not so bad to still be here.....not so much.
The buyers for out current house coud not come through with financing, so we couldn't move forward with the purchase of our dream home. Stinks, but we're making the most of it. We took alot of the already packed boxes to storage and now we have begun staging the house before we put it back on the market. I have been doing a lot of rearranging of things to make all the rooms seem bigger. If you'll reserach staging your home on the internet, you'll find out what I mean. Living in a staged house is not so bad.....not so much. Things are easier to find, more organized, less cluttered, and cleaner. Everyone should take some time to stage your house....it will make you appreciate it more and it feels good to disengage yourself from your stuff and just live.
Brandon and I both are off this week to do some minor repairs: new gutters, a little paint, some cleaning, new light fixtures, etc. We plan to put the house back on the market after Christmas and hopefully have it sold sometime in the Spring.
The boys are happy to still be at the same school, and all three kids are grateful for the changes at home. I rearranged their rooms for better functionality and more space and they love it. I even put all the new bedding on the beds to make their rooms feel new. They couldn't be happier.
Lily started her first day of pre-school today! My BABY is growing up. She was so excited. She got up this morning and ate her breakfast with the boys, got herself dressed, and slung on her new backpack like a big kid! I was lucky enough to be off so I could take her in this morning. She is in the same preschool and same class with the same teacher as Jackson had......she's with her two boy cousins, too: Hayden and Austin. They all looked a little shell-shocked this morning, but I'm sure she'll be fine.
I am on Brandon's lap top since I don't have connection to my PC right now so I can't post pictures until later this week when the phone co gets out here to fix the jack in the boys' room. I've moved my PC in there for them.
It's not so bad to still be here.....not so much.
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