Thursday blues...

Oh my gosh, is it the weekend yet? Thursday sucks, my cold is getting better though. Still not 100%, ready for my bed right now. Fingers crossed I can kick this colds ass because I'm ready for this 3 day Holiday weekend to start...

Friday: Date night with Dana and Patrick to

Saturday: We're hosting a family cook out!

Sunday: Church and hopefully fireworks in Rock Hill

Monday: Celebrating the 4th with our pseudo family- I.E. Jake, Stacey, Chris and Todd and hopefully a bunch of others :)

PS not my feet/or pool the only one Google rendered in my search for 'Pool Time'

In other news... my husband is amazing! Our yard looks fantastic :) and since I didn't feel good last night he made me tomato soup and grilled cheese.



You would think

You would think that with the vast knowledge we have for technology that the Internet here at my office could have been fixed before 3 when they've known about it since 9:50 but no, that's completely not the case. Can we say frustrating??! Fourth of July can't come soon enough, 3 day weekend--- loooovvveee them!

J bought me flowers and a card yesterday, still keeping our romance alive! I love him! I also love our wedding pictures! I figured I would share some of my favorites :)

My parents are hilarious, I never thought they'd actually dance into my reception like I wanted :)

NGU peeps and the majority of my blogger friends, love them :)

Yodle lay he who...?

Friday I was offered a job at Yodle as a Marketing Consultant and today I will be accepting the position! J and I have been praying for a long time about where I needed to be career wise, I haven't been happy at The Herald in very long time--- sadly, print advertising in rapidly falling by the wayside. This job fell straight from Jesus and into my lap, and we couldn't be more excited for a new hapter in my career. It's kind of bittersweet to leave The Herald, after all they did give me a start right out of college and for that I'll be forever grateful.

The wedding pictures came in on Saturday and I literally ran out to meet the mailman as he put them in our box, J thought I was nuts! They are better than I could have ever dreamed they would be, Brett Seay is fabulous! I'll be posting them online soon so keep a look out :)

J bought me a kayak this weekend!! Another Craigslist purchase I might add. It's hot pink, ha. We've decided we want to become more active and get outside more. We're trying to find J a kayak now, fingers crossed we will soon. He's the best husband ever, just throwing that out there!

So last night even though I realize now I shouldn't have, I watched Marley & Me. Worst Decision, ever. The first time I watched it I was not a pet owner. And obviously if you've read this blog EVER you know I'm now a dog mom and I cried like you wouldn't believe throughout the whole movie. Even though it was more of a sobfest than anything else, I really love the story that shows how couples go through a lot, nothing turns out as we planned-- it turns out better and how a dog is so loving throughout everything that happens...

"A dog has no use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes. Status symbol means nothing to him. A waterlogged stick will do just fine. A dog judges others not by their color or creed or class but by who they are inside. A dog doesn't care if you are rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his." -John Grogan

We love our mutt :) he makes our family whole

Summer Highlight

Summer is officially here and my hair dresser is back from vacation, soooooo I got some highlights for the summer :) Man it's been a while since I've had lighter hair, remember in February when I did this....?

Not much to report this week on the house front, there's been a lull in decorating. J took me a hot date last night to Red Bowl, we realized that they have a very limited Sushi menu so we opted for Spicy Tangerine Beef and Bourbon Chicken. J was not impressed with the Bourbon chicken and says we won't be going back there for date night anymore.

We've also decided, well J more than I, that we're going to buy kayak's. We went and explored down at RiverWalk after dinner and this affirmed J's desire for kayak's even more. So, I hit up Craigslist and we found some great deals. Fingers crossed they'll come through like most of our purchases from there do. The only one we've had a problem with so far is a guy selling a glass door that we LOVE will not call us back to go and pick it up this week. Sighhhhh....

We Red Boxed after RiverWalk with Battle of Los Angeles. I was really impressed with the movie honestly, not a ton of computer graphics done so things looked legit. I would recommend watching this with your guy if he's into war, Call of Duty, shooting guns, etc. It'll probably score you some points :) I liked it, but then again I'm into 'boy' movies about 95% of the time.  

You know you love me

J and I had a fun, relaxing weekend working on the house.

Saturday we went shopping and got some fabulous curtains for the living room, a tooth brush holder and some new clothes. Pictures to come later! Oh and J bought me a really neat vase for our fireplace :) J hung up my wall clock and made our yard look incredible!

Later on that day I went through my entire bell collection that's been packed up since 2008. We counted 82, yes I am an old lady who used to collect bells. I sorted them and am only keeping 5 or 6, I'm thinking of keeping the rest in the attic for now.

Yesterday J and I cleaned up the house A LOT. Buddy was bored and wanted to play. We're having company this weekend and want the house to be in tip top shape!

Once we settled down, (please no judgements) we put in Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. The movie was really interesting, he's like a white mini version of Usher honestly. It was neat to see how YouTube played such a huge role in his success. Also, I know for sure after watching that movie that I only want to have little boys when we decide to have babies. I don't think I can handle crazy little girls!

 J said he had a promo code  for it so we got it for free SCORE! Buddy was uninterested in the Biebs, he only wanted to play with his new toy-a Poweraide Bottle.

Bless you!

I'm trying to get over a cold and today I can't stop sneezing.

Because of said cold, nothing got done yesterday at the house.

J and I watched Gnomeo & Juliet, it was cute and J was bored.

Have a happy Wednesday!

It happened again...

Friday we went to see The Hangover Part Two, it was pretty good although I didn't like it as much as I liked the second one. It did however live up to the hype. My favorite part was probably the beginning when Phil called Doug's wife Tracy...

Phil: “Tracy I’m sorry.”
Tracy: “Where the hell are you?”
Phil: [sigh] “It happened again.”
Tracy: “Don’t say that.”
Phil: “No, this time we really fucked up.”
...Tracy: “What the hell is wrong with you three?”
Phil: “So much Trace, I don’t even know where to begin.”
 
We had a long and glorious Memorial Day weekend, thanks to the troops who make it all possible! Wouldn't it be nice if everyone worked four 10 hour days and always had three day weekends? I vote yes.
 
Saturday we had a cook out at my in laws house and had a lot of fun eating, hanging out and playing corn hole. I made Balsamic Bacon Deviled Eggs and J made our homemade Peach Ice Cream! I was thrilled with how they came out :) If you're interested in the recipe just let me know! PS Unfortunately Blogger won't let me post pictures today, booo hisss.
 
My sister spent the night on Saturday, she's the first person to stay in our guest room! She came with us to church on Sunday too. The service was great, we had a guest pastor who preached on the story of Hosea and Gomer to wrap up the series Mr. & Mrs. Better Half. After church, my brother in law rallied the troops or so to speak and brought over Jeremy's family to help us get some stuff accomplished at the House! Praise the Lord we are finally getting some work done in the house :)

• New Fan in Living Room
• Hang old Living Room Fan in the Master
• Hang Microwave
• Purchase rug for Living Room
• Hang pictures in Living Room
• Re stain New Sofa Table & Dinning Room Table
• Paint railing for stairs
• Recover Dinning Room Chairs ( I did buy fabric for the charis this weekend, recovering story to come soon! $16 for 4 yards at Hancock Fabrics, heck yes Memorial Day Sale )
• Hang up Hanging Baskets on Porch (We found the hangers for them at my Mother in Laws, yes! These will be hung this week!)
• New door knobs and deadbolts for front and back door
• Trim painted up staircase and in 1/4 of the livingroom
• Curtain Rods hung in Living room
• J organized his closet and our room!

Yesterday we headed over to Jake and Stacey's pool and we grilled out for dinner. We aren't 100% certain but J thinks he broke his toe, no idea how either... maybe too many beers? It was a great end to a wonderfully long weekend that was much needed!

How did your Memorial Day Weekend turn out?

7 layers

The guest room now has furniture in it! No more friends sleeping on the floor or couches, ladies and gentlemen we have a guest room :) Just doing one little thing at a time each night is really helping make our house a home!

Tonight is the farewell party for my Ad Director who is leaving us and heading to a bigger newspaper in FL to manage, it's kind of bittersweet honestly since she gave me my start into the working world. We're allowed to bring our spouses which I am thrilled about since I a.) no one at work has ever meet J and b.) I get to show off my new husband.

I signed up to bring a bean dip tonight since I fell in love with my friend Ashley's bean dip at a Jewelry party back in March. I made it last night when I got home from work, I tweaked the recipe to please the guest of honor since she's a Vegetarian, so there's no meat just extra beans. Stephanie I bet you're proud!?

7 Layer Dip

1 lb. ground beef

1 16 oz. can refried beans

4 cups grated cheese

1 cup sour cream

1 cup guacamole

1 cup salsa

½ cup chopped tomatoes

½ cup chopped green onion

Brown hamburger meat and set aside to cool. Layer refried beans, 2 cups cheese, ground beef, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, and remaining 2 cups cheese. Sprinkle with chopped tomatoes and onions.

Trifling Tuesday

Tuesday has not turned out as planned.

I woke up at 4am WIDE awake and while I should have gotten up then, I decided to try to sleep til my alarm went off. Bad idea. I'm in grumpy mood, I even yelled at J on the phone this morning at 7 when the garage wouldn't go down. I'm not the type of person who likes to figure things out, hence the reason for my aggravation as to why the garage wasn't working was beyond me this morning. So, being the heroic husband he is, J called Brian who apparently has magic hands because all he did was hit the button and it closed completely no stopping or anything. We are so blessed with wonderful friends!

I love my husband. He keeps me grounded, how he puts up with me I'll never know. He always says he's the lucky one but I know that 'real talk' as Stephanie says I really am.

Gosh, he's so cute.

Anyways, weekend recap:

• Friday was drop in night at our house between my mom, brother, Stephanie and Rachel.
• Saturday did not go as planned for J and I. I got all of my clothes put away and the guest room cleared out for the most part otherwise we didn't really do much since the day got away from us.
• Buddy got his nails cut/buffed, praise the Lord for this.
• Stacey's Bachlorette party was a success, I think! Ha, I drank too much. I hope she had fun I know I did!
• Sunday was a complete bust, so sick from the night before all I could do was sleep til about dinner time. J took care of me and laughed at me :) My brother in law Josh called on Sunday and told me I was too old to drink so much, I guess I should know better by now... Oh Josh, I can't wait to see you this weekend!

Down Time, Amen.

Yesterday J reminded me how excited he was for us to have a 'down' weekend with not much to do. We literally have been going non stop since the weekend we moved him into the house two and a half months ago. Whether it was it was  bachlor/bachlorette party, bridal shower, work, a wedding, etc. we've been constantly going-going-going!

While we have a down weekend we have a lot to do, I made a list yesterday and now I need to add onto it :)  Hang up the ferns and flower baskets, buy light bulbs for the flood lights, buy J a weed eater and a hedge trimmer, pick up rocking chair from Grandma Jo's and the possible night stands, vacuum and mop the downstairs and bathroom, clean the bathrooms, I'm sure the list could go on and on... I just have to know we won't get it all done this weekend!

Saturday night is my friend Stacey's bachlorette party! She and Jake are getting married in less than a month, Jake was in our wedding and is one of J's best friends and J will be in their wedding as well. We are so excited for them!