Waiting on our Happily Ever After, Baby...

Monday, May 14, 2012

Beautiful wood beams!

I was so excited to go to the house today and see the wood beams in our great room stained! Everything is coming together do beautifully! Sneak peak...

Sunday, May 13, 2012

To all my friends and family, happy Mother's Day to all of you who dedicate your time, energy, and love each day to your children. It truly makes them better people because of the mom's in their lives who love them unconditionally and set the example of what a mom should be like. I hope, one day, I will have the opportunity to be the kind of mom my mom has been to my brother and I. I love you mom! Happy Mother's Day!!

Monday, May 7, 2012

Exterior Color CORRECTION!

OMG...I almost had a meltdown when I saw the color I was in love with finally up on the siding of my house. I tried and tried to like it for 2 days, but it was WAY too dark! Especially since the porch has a pretty good sized overhang, it was just way to shaded under there which made the color look even darker.

So, we talked it over and finally decided it had to be lighter. Luckily, we were planning to paint the trim in a lighter shade, SO that shade became the actual house color. I'm so glad we made the change. Here's a picture of the new and improved color choice. The rock pops much more now and it doesn't look like a dark hole!

It's not drastic, but just enough to be a perfect match with the rock and cedar shakes! No more freak outs! PLEASE!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Getting Closer...

Well, we finally got some paint on the house this week. I was thrilled to see that happen since I had been anticipating it for the past 2 weeks. We have our guys doing the trim work inside but they are having to split their time between jobs which means it's taking longer to finish at our home. Here's some pics as of late.

Chair rail going up and you can see the hardwoods are down

Master closet

Master bedroom

Outside with the first coat of paint--they ran out in a few places...

The builder has told us our original hopes for being done the first of June are not realistic anymore and that it will most likely be July..I was not a happy person to be around when he told me this. Let's get this thing DONE!!!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Never to old to go to the PROM!

The hubs and I went to the SHS prom last night. I love seeing my students all dressed up and having a good time! I also love getting dolled up and back to my high school roots! It was so much fun and I had to share a few photos of the night!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Happy Easter! Christ is RISEN!

Hi friends! I wanted to stop on what seems like a very busy day with family and friends and wish all of you a very Happy Easter, and to remind us of what Easter is all about. Yes, Jesus died, but He rose again and is now seated on the right hand of His Father and OUR Father. He is preparing a place for us in Heaven so that when our time comes to join Him, it will be ready for us. God is so faithful and loves you and me more than you or I will ever know or understand. Today, won't you unload your burdens on Him and let him carry the load? He promised you He would. After all, that is why He died a grueling death on a hillside on a cross--to take on the sin of the world, including yours and mine, so that we can be justified in God's sight and live with Him for eternity!

If you haven't stopped to remember that day He died for us and the 3 days later that He rose again, please do. I would like to leave you with some verses from John 20: 1-18

¹ Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. ² So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

³ So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. ⁴ Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵ He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, ⁷as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. ⁸ Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. ⁹ (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) ¹⁰ Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb ¹² and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

¹³ They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” ¹⁴ At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

¹⁵ He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

¹⁷ Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Over the hump!!

Well, we are ALMOST done with the exterior of the house, and our SUPER fast sheet rocking guys started today (and were working when we stopped by tonight at 7:30pm). Our siding guys finally finished up all their work today and the rock guys are getting close to being done. Here are some pics since last time I wrote: