In 9 hours

Our movers will be here in about 9 hours, and while I am very excited to be in our new home I am dreading the move process. At least we have people to move our big stuff. Last weekend we spent painting - the WHOLE house, 18 hours and about 9 gallons of paint later we were done. Well the bathrooms are not done, but I am not losing any sleep over it. The house looks completely different now, it is crazy to see what a little paint can do.

We also ordered our blinds and got a great recommendation: selectblinds.com. If you are looking for new blinds, this is a great place to get them from. They tell you how to measure, install, etc. We ordered 2 1/2 inch faux wood blinds for the all the windows, and it comes with the crown molding. Oh and also they are very cost friendly! From what I heard they are easy to install as well, we shall see!

I will definitely update after the process is over, and will post pics of the transformation. We won't have cable or internet until May 1st so it will be after that. I have already scheduled appointments at some friends houses to keep up to date with some TV shows = )

Here are the keys to your new house

Yes you read right, we FINALLY closed on our house about 2 hours ago! I have never been so happy to be in debt, is that ok? Most of you know that we hit bumps in the road and I swear we would never get to this day but it finally came! Thanks to everyone who listened to me for the past 2 months, you are brave, but we love you all. We have picked out paint, so we will tackle that this weekend, this is almost as exciting as our wedding day, it is definitely a close second.

And here is our new home: All 2,000sq ft is ours

We should know something tomorrow...

Seems to be what I have been hearing for the nearly the last 2 months. After going through this whole "home buying" process, I would almost want to plan our whole wedding over again instead. Seriously. I understood that the loan process, and just whole home buying process in general is taking a lot longer now, but geez! I honestly feel like the house is so within our reach and we just can't quite grab on, its like dangling candy in front of a toddler - and it's not fair! Our original close date was March 17th, then it was April 7th, now it is April 17th. I am so ready to move, well we aren't packed yet but you know what I mean. I want to finally be able to unpack our wedding gifts and use them all. I am not a patient person, but I have waited long enough, it is time to move already!!!

On a brighter note we came across an amazing deal on some new furniture. We ended up finding a new queen set, with 2 nightstands, a chest, dresser, and mirror for nearly $700 cheaper than what we orignally found. We love it, it is dark cherry wood, and it going to great in our new master bedroom! Of course I had to go buy new sheets to go with our new duvet and down comforter to match the new furniture. Also with our savings on the furniture we are able to get our new dining room set that we fel in love with! I can't wait to decorate, thank god my husband will allow me to bascially do what I want = )

Also, my beautiful nephew whom I don't get to see near enough took some adorable pictures so now I will be the bragging Aunt:

Oh and congrats to my wonderful friend Sarah and hubby Tony for having their first little one Austin. Sarah is one brave woman, I don't know if I could have been in labor for nearly 36 hours! Here he is:

Felt like an Alumni

This past weekend I headed to San Angelo for our 1st Annual College Alumni soccer game, and of course to see my best friend Ang. The trip did not get off to a great start considering I was supposed to leave Friday, and did not get to leave until 6AM Saturday morning, thank you bad weather in Dallas! Finally got to San Angelo, and since we couldn't check into our ratty hotel (more about that later) we headed to our fav place to eat, and then off to campus. We thought since we were there might as well head on over to the UC, and to the bookstore. Out of all weekends, it just happened to be "Discover ASU" weekend and there were hundreds of high schoolers checking out the college, along with every college organization ASU has. We felt old. We went to the bookstore to check out what they had to offer, and we ended up buying stuff and the conversation went:

Checkout girl: "do you have your coupon?"
Us: "what coupon?"
Checkout girl: "your discover ASU coupon."
Ang: "ummm no, I am 28, Alumni, pregnant, and married..." After saying she was preggo, of course she said she was married at least twice. I love you Ang!

I guess we can take it as a compliment, apparently we still look like we could pass as high school seniors. Ang the way I see it, at least you were a pregnant married high school student wanting to continue her education! = )

Of course we had to take pictures around campus, which I am sure passerbys found amusing. Then we got to the La Quinta (which means High Speed Internet) and it has not been updated. We got to our room, and it was a nightmare. The non smoking room was obviously not one, lights barely worked, and just smelled horrible. Not to mention the girl working the front desk was less than friendly. We high tailed it outta there and headed to the Marriott. Much better!

We were able to have dinner with all of the girls from college, and even went to a smoke free bar for the preggo girls. Which by the way congrats to our fellow teammates! Can't wait to see all the babies next year! The game on Sunday against the current team, went better than expected, I mean we lost but hey we did well. It was really good to see some girls that I had not seen in a few years, and I am looking forward to the next one.

Framework

Funny story: About 4:30AM last night Brad, Bentley, and I were sleeping comfortably when the loudest crash woke us up. Poor Bentley tried to run off the bed but got tangled in his blanket he sleeps on, and Brad was wildly flailing his arms yelling "What's going on??!!" "What Happened?!?!" Turns out a frame on my nightstand slipped and fell, and slipped into the other frame and they both knocked over creating the most ridiculous noise. I thought someone was breaking in ha, thank god it was only a frame

And now as I sit here, staring at boxes I am getting more and more antsy to move. I am on the hunt for a pub style table and chairs, and another storage cabinet for our china. I am so ready to decorate our new place, not necessarily move, but paint and decorate. I have to restrain myself from buying things right now, since we don't really have a spot for anything else right now, but I will continue to check Hobby Lobby's website every Monday to see what is on sale. I have got to finish my scrapbooks that I started pre-wedding! So the sooner we move the sooner I get back to my scrapbooking.

Shopaholic? No!

This past weekend a friend and I headed to catch the matinee Confessions of a Shopaholic, I think everyone had the same idea, a movie in the crappy weather is a great idea. The movie was funny and cute and I want all of "The Girl in the Green Scarf's" shoes, and wardrobe - minus the hideous bridesmaid dress. Watch the movie to see for yourself, its classic. You would think that seeing the movie would deter one from shopping, not the case, a friend from work so kindly gave me a coupon, now I am one of those people that feels the need to go shopping when I get said coupons, they should get used, they should not be wasted! 30% off total purchase called my name! Thank you Banana Republic for fulfilling my shopping needs, my wardrobe has been enhanced by 3 very cute shirts - at 30% off. Now if I could just find the perfect pair of brown shoes to wear to work, that would be great, or any new shoe would work = )

Packing = Nightmare

So Brad and I are in the process of buying our first house, will post pictures soon for you picture whores. I have finally started the packing process and it makes me want to rip my hair out, going from an apartment to a town home was no problem, but going from the town home to a house is ridiculous, I couldn't imagine packing something bigger than this. I don't think it would be as bad, had we not had ALL of this wedding stuff, don't get me wrong I am grateful for all the wonderful gifts, but to add that on top of all the stuff we have here already is making me want to have a coronary. I have moved every year since 2002, yep that's right I am a pro at moving apartments! I think I am just so ready to move into our house that I keep thinking this stuff will pack itself! The stuff that Brad and I have accumulated in 1 year is unreal, and I come home dreading packing it. It is funny though, the past few mornings I have woken up saying to myself "I am going to come home and pack" but by the time I get home I see all this crap and I shut down ha! Bentley does love to run around all the packing stuff though which is entertaining...If anyone wants to come pack for me I will welcome you with open arms! I know it will be worth it when it is all done, but why can't that be here already?!?!?!