A Brief Update...

It has been about five months since we moved into our house, so I thought I'd give an update on how everything is going.

We moved in on August 3rd, and because the holidays were soon to follow we decided not to worry about decorating the house with 'everyday decorations.' Instead, we waited a few weeks and then put out all of the fall decor, and after Thanksgiving we swapped it out for the Christmas stuff. Now that it is January 5 though, and all our holiday decorations have been packed away, we are back to blank walls with nothing but beige paint on them.

What to do...what to do...

Honestly I don't want to rush into decorating this house. Our old house was completely painted and decorated within just a few months of us living there, and then I got bored and began regretting some of the choices that I had made. This house is too much of an investment for me to rush into buying things and painting walls, even though I do realize I need to get the ball rolling.

So, what room is first? I don't think I can handle taking on the family room/dining area/kitchen - because that is just too large of a space for me to start with. The half bath is 'fine' just the way it is for now...although considering all I plan on doing is a couple coats of paint, it may end up being the easiest. Then of course there is the front 'flex' room, that is small, but has super high ceilings, so we may not be able to paint it on our own. The foyer is another space that won't be painted by us, because neither of us are going to climb scaffolding. We won't be painting the two spare bedrooms any time soon because there is just no point. Although I do plan on painting our next nursery (which is literally years away) when we find out the gender of the baby. Brooklyn's room is a strong contender, because it is a simple rectangular shape that would look adorable in a cozy pink. Our bedroom is gigantic - which I am not complaining about, BUT...it would be a pain in the arse to paint since it also has high ceilings (10 feet). Then there is our master bath, which is also a strong condender to be the first room to get painted, but again...what color?!

If you can't tell, I am beginning to feel the need to paint. Mostly because I am a firm believer that paint makes a world of a difference when it comes to making a house a home. After looking at several model homes when building I have an idea of what color scheme i'd like to go with, but I am a bit hesitant to do anything dramatic. The main area of our house that is the family room, dining area and kitchen, all have a current theme of taupe, with chocolate brown and burnt orange as accent colors. I really like the colors that we've chosen and would definitely consider doing an accent wall in the burnt orange/pumpkin kind of color, but then the question becomes "what wall?"

As for the remainder of the main floor, which is the hallway, half bathroom, front flex room, and foyer, I'm wanting to stick with the same taupe, chocolate brown and orange, but it will have to be in a bit different way than I have the main area. Perhaps I will paint all four walls of the half bath in the orange, or maybe we'll buy an orange chair for the front room, something along those lines - but for this exact reason of uncertainty, I am not rushing into doing anything.

I am beginning to get the itch to paint Brooklyn's room, even though I initially thought i'd wait for her to be a few years older so she could pick the color. After thinking about it though, I could paint it now, and then when she's 7 or 8 and wants to pick a color, it would be time to re-paint anyway.

It's MOVING week!

For the past six months I have been dreaming of my new house. Six months ago we drove by our lot of land and said "in six months a house will be standing here - our house will be standing here." Then for the next five months we watched our home be built, from being a hole in the ground to a wooden frame, to being full finished. Now, six months after we looked at a blank piece of land, we are finally looking at a beautiful new home - our beautiful new home.

In two days we will be handed the keys we've been waiting for for six months, and although I am so ready to move in, it will be be bittersweet. Not only did we build our home, but we built a lot of great memories - memories that I will cherish forever. With the memories in our hearts, it's now time to pack up our things and move into our beautiful new home.

Here's to a busy  and exciting week - I can't wait!

Laundry and Packing!

Scott and I were up bright and early at 7am today, thanks to our sweet little miracle. Although neither of us were too excited about being up so early, we took advantage of the time awake. I made a pot of coffee while Scott walked down the drive and got the newspaper. 

I clipped my coupons while he read the sports section of the paper, and then we both showered and got ready. At this point (which was an hour after we woke up), Brooklyn was already down for the count. Since it was so early we decided to run to Target (yes, again), and then go to brunch. 

Brunch was fabulous, we both had chicken and waffles with mimosas, and all I can say is yumm-o!

We swung by the house just to drool for a bit, and when we got home I pretty much immediately began doing laundry and packing. So far i've got two loads of laundry done and a full box of Brooklyns bedroom "stuff" packed away. Just putting her stuff in boxes for our new place put a huge smile on my face. I absolutely cannot wait anymore - I am just so happy! We've finally arrived to moving week!!!!

Just thought i'd give an update...now back to more laundry, and more packing!

A Saturday update!

This morning I woke up a tad on the early side, mostly due to my sweet princess being wide awake at 7am.  So although I would have gladly slept another couple hours I woke up with her and had my cup of coffee prior to heading to the bank.

I had to go to the bank to get a screen shot of our balance in our bank account, that showed our account number and our names. Well....I was able to get the screen shot showing our balance, account number, and names - but, my name on their is my maiden name! Oh my gosh. This is like the most unreal thing ever. I know that the lender is going to request our marriage license. Which is in the very back of our storage unit. So I'm not really sure what the heck I am going to do, but I have a couple of ideas in my head that *may* work.

I know for a fact that I have a copy of my social security card with my old name on it, and I also have a copy of that same SSN # showing my married name. Hopefully they'll accept that. If they don't, well then I work right across the street from the building where you apply for a marriage license, so hopefully they can print a copy of it for me.

What a mess, and it really is my fault. We've been married for over three years and I still haven't changed my name on anything finance related.

Today Scott is busy with another corporate challenge event, this time it is volleyball. I really don't want to go, but I also don't want to be stuck sitting at "home" all day, either. What to do, what to do...

I also have some Kohls cash that I expires today and if nothing else I can pick up a couple candles or bath towels with it. I just hate when it goes to waste.

Other than that, nothing is planned and I am not complaining!

My rug arrives today!

My new area rug was loaded on the FedEx truck this morning, and should arrive sometime this afternoon! I am so excited to meet my steal of a deal, and am crossing my fingers that it really is the most perfect shade of raw pumkin that I need.

No word yet on when our wall-mount for our TV ships, but I am assuming it shipped either yesterday or today. I personally don't give two cents if they never let me know when it shipped or when it should arrive - I am just so happy to have gotten it for such a great price.

Today is just another day of waiting as far as i'm concerned, and I am using the time to get my plan of action in place for Wednesdays bold bust out of here. That's right - I plan on booking it out of here faster than the last launch to space. Get me the heck out of here!!!

In other news, I am hoping my little pea is a good girl at dinner tonight, and maybe if Scott and I are lucky we'll get to stay out "late!" LOL, right.

I'm bored.

Today is day #3 of Scott not being home until late, and since it is a Thursday night that means my MIL is not home yet, and my SIL and FIL are working tonight. So I am home with my sleeping baby and am bored out of my mind.

If I were in my house at this point I'd be able to knock out some cleaning or something like that, but since I am still here I am pretty much forced to just sit and watch TV. I am however getting some laundry done - which is always a plus no matter where we are living.

I went to BJ's today to pick up some stuff I had coupons for, and I've gotta admit I am pretty hooked to shopping there - at least for personal items. I bought 3 big bottles of Dove bodywash, 4 sticks of Dove deoderant, 2 bottles of Oil of Olay facewash, 3 boxes of Q-tips, 2 big bottles of shea butter body lotion and 1 bottle of shea butter body oil for the small price of $40, and I was blown away. No way could you buy the same items at Target for that price - no way.

We also had a lot of "closing stuff" to get done this afternoon, but most of it will have to wait until tomorrow morning. The only thing we could get done today was providing the lender with our insurance agents information. The things that have to wait til tomorrow are: faxing them the HUD statement from our last house showing it is paid-off, and Scott needs to email two paystubs. Apparently when we faxed them over the fax was a bit hazy so they need clearer copies.

And now, to jump to yet another topic...I am wondering what dinner will be tonight. I didn't feel like cooking since it's just the three of us eating dinner together, and everyone but me isn't going to be home until 7-ish. Ugh...I'm not even hungry, I just have that horrible problem of eating when bored.

How many more days?! ;)

Who knew this process would be so emotional?!

We are so close to getting the keys to our beautiful new home, yet instead of being happy and excited like I was the first time we bought a house, I am feeling stressed and frustrated.

The process of buying an existing home was so easy, (comparatively), so straight-forward. You go house-hunting, see a zillion houses, eventually find the house that fits your wants and needs, put an offer in, negotiate, close, and move in. The process of building a house is anything but easy. Don't get me wrong, it's fun, and definitely well worth it, but it is so emotional. Both Scott and I are beginning to have nervous breakdowns, and are starting to get emotional over things that aren't even related to the house!

For example, yesterday I went to Target just to get out of the house. We didn't really need anything aside from a new bottle brush and a couple jars of baby food, but I needed a break from being at home. So while I was at Target I decided to look at their bath towels. Our current towels are from when we first moved into our old house, so they are four years old. We also still have towels from our apartments, which are obviously even older. So I decided to do some towel shopping. Anyway, I like the Fieldcrest line, as that is what our current towels are, and they hold up extremely well.

So I'm at Target, shopping for new towels when all of a sudden I felt like I could cry. CRY over towels?!?! Yes. Why, well I don't know the answer to that. I got over it relatively quickly, and decided not to add more stress to my life so I didn't buy them. I do however know that I will be going back next week and buying them. Hopefully they will be on sale next week (crossing fingers), because each bath towel is $12.59! Yikes! The color is perfect though, as it is just the right shade of orange. I believe the actual color of the towel is 'nutmeg,' and so not only is the color perfect, but I even like the name!

Then, later in the evening I began getting all emotional about my daughter already being eight months old. How has the time gone so fast?! It honestly doesn't seem like it's possible for her to already be that old. I'm pretty sure I know what triggered this emotion though...

You see, friends of ours just had their baby (boy) two nights ago, and whenever someone has a baby I am instantly jealous of that experience. To be in the hospital with your hubby and newborn child is one of the greatest experiences in life. I miss the days of having such a tiny newborn and it makes me feel all sad that my baby is getting so big! Anyway, I was able to calm myself down from that ridiculous emotion as well, and at the end of the night asked Scott if we can just not limit ourselves to two children.

Probably knowing that I was just feeling tired and stressed, he agreed that we don't need to say we are only having two children, and hearing him say that made me feel a lot better about things. Afterall, we do have a four-bedroom house! ;)

I won't drag on anymore about all the tension and emotion, I just have to keep my chin up and realize that we are officially less than a week away from being in our new home! WHEW! :)