We're alive.
We're still married.
We're moving Friday and will update more after.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Freakout!
I was just trying to think of a title for this blog post and the very first thing that came to my mind is this:
And to answer your question, no, I'm not addicted to caffeine pills. I am, however, freaking out, and feel like I have been for about the last month or so. Anxiety is at an all time high and feel like my stressed out bubble is about to burst. Well, maybe it already has burst once or twice. On Friday, Ryan came home with flowers, chapstick, and stuffed bear, and a card that said "I don't know why you're mad at me, but I'm sorry". How adorable and how sad on my part at the same time (embarrassed face).
The chapstick and bear were, however, because Samson destroyed both. He's good at that.
What has changed since my last post about listing our house? Let's count the ways:
- Ryan started one job, then quit and started another
- New job = new 401k + new health plans + new paycheck dates = agh.
- Health plan evaluating and signing up and documentation and changing
- We had potential buyers looking at our house just about every day
- Potential buyers = constantly picking up after myself, my husband, and 2 dogs (Samson really could be equivalent to a baby with as much stuff as he gets into)
- Picking up after ourselves also means making the bed...something I don't do
- About 3 weeks into having the house listed, I get a call from our Realtor letting me know we had 2 offers on the house. Um, what?
- 2 offers turned into 1 accepted offer, contingent on being able to close on the house by Dec 15 and a few other things
- Negotiation, negotiation, negotiation
- House inspection....and we're told we need a new roof. Say what? When we bought our house a year ago, we heard none of this.
- More negotiations.. we don't want to pay for a new roof. We come to an agreement which includes them putting on a new roof on the house before we're officially moved out. This will be fun.
- Packing
- Finding a new place to live. Where should we live? Should we rent or buy? Oh wait, we can't buy because Ryan just started a new job and doesn't have 30 days of pay stubs. Ok, rent. Do we live in the territory I work? Do we live where Ryan's office is and I have a new commute? Do I just transfer to a new territory? Rent an apartment or house? Who will allow us to live in their house with a dachshund AND a 125 lb great dane? Who even has a house available for rent during the biggest holiday season of the year?
- Packing
- House hunting and talking to everyone I know about knowing about a house to rent. Chances of finding something for just 6 months is slim. Do we rent for a year and try to build a house? Or wait to see what happens next with Ryan's job?
- Busy busy busy bee with work. I'm in now what we call "selling season" where I'm talking with A LOT of people and going on A LOT of appointments for January starts. And selling for November & December. Working under high quotas isn't stressful at all.
- Holidays. Trying to figure out what we're doing and when. Trying to convince Ryan to come up with a plan to try to make it to TN is like talking to a brick wall.
- No Xmas decorating :/ We won't break out the tree until we're settled in wherever we'll end up. This isn't really a "To Do", but it upsets me, so it gets its own bullet point
- Hunukkah and Christmas shopping & planning
I realize a lot of this may sound like complaining, and it's really more like whining. We're lucky to sell our house so quickly and lucky to be able to be able to start better and more challenging jobs. However, the timing of all of this and how quickly a lot of this has come about has been a bit much.
Really, I'm writing a lot of this down because I feel that if I write it down somewhere, the thoughts and stresses get out of my brain and onto this computer. My hope is that things will pack themselves, the selling of our house just happens and we're magically in a new house with no unpacking/decorating/home making to do.
Wishful thinking, I know. :) Please say a little prayer that we make it out of this year alive and still married!
And to answer your question, no, I'm not addicted to caffeine pills. I am, however, freaking out, and feel like I have been for about the last month or so. Anxiety is at an all time high and feel like my stressed out bubble is about to burst. Well, maybe it already has burst once or twice. On Friday, Ryan came home with flowers, chapstick, and stuffed bear, and a card that said "I don't know why you're mad at me, but I'm sorry". How adorable and how sad on my part at the same time (embarrassed face).
The chapstick and bear were, however, because Samson destroyed both. He's good at that.
What has changed since my last post about listing our house? Let's count the ways:
- Ryan started one job, then quit and started another
- New job = new 401k + new health plans + new paycheck dates = agh.
- Health plan evaluating and signing up and documentation and changing
- We had potential buyers looking at our house just about every day
- Potential buyers = constantly picking up after myself, my husband, and 2 dogs (Samson really could be equivalent to a baby with as much stuff as he gets into)
- Picking up after ourselves also means making the bed...something I don't do
- About 3 weeks into having the house listed, I get a call from our Realtor letting me know we had 2 offers on the house. Um, what?
- 2 offers turned into 1 accepted offer, contingent on being able to close on the house by Dec 15 and a few other things
- Negotiation, negotiation, negotiation
- House inspection....and we're told we need a new roof. Say what? When we bought our house a year ago, we heard none of this.
- More negotiations.. we don't want to pay for a new roof. We come to an agreement which includes them putting on a new roof on the house before we're officially moved out. This will be fun.
- Packing
- Finding a new place to live. Where should we live? Should we rent or buy? Oh wait, we can't buy because Ryan just started a new job and doesn't have 30 days of pay stubs. Ok, rent. Do we live in the territory I work? Do we live where Ryan's office is and I have a new commute? Do I just transfer to a new territory? Rent an apartment or house? Who will allow us to live in their house with a dachshund AND a 125 lb great dane? Who even has a house available for rent during the biggest holiday season of the year?
- Packing
- House hunting and talking to everyone I know about knowing about a house to rent. Chances of finding something for just 6 months is slim. Do we rent for a year and try to build a house? Or wait to see what happens next with Ryan's job?
- Busy busy busy bee with work. I'm in now what we call "selling season" where I'm talking with A LOT of people and going on A LOT of appointments for January starts. And selling for November & December. Working under high quotas isn't stressful at all.
- Holidays. Trying to figure out what we're doing and when. Trying to convince Ryan to come up with a plan to try to make it to TN is like talking to a brick wall.
- No Xmas decorating :/ We won't break out the tree until we're settled in wherever we'll end up. This isn't really a "To Do", but it upsets me, so it gets its own bullet point
- Hunukkah and Christmas shopping & planning
I realize a lot of this may sound like complaining, and it's really more like whining. We're lucky to sell our house so quickly and lucky to be able to be able to start better and more challenging jobs. However, the timing of all of this and how quickly a lot of this has come about has been a bit much.
Really, I'm writing a lot of this down because I feel that if I write it down somewhere, the thoughts and stresses get out of my brain and onto this computer. My hope is that things will pack themselves, the selling of our house just happens and we're magically in a new house with no unpacking/decorating/home making to do.
Wishful thinking, I know. :) Please say a little prayer that we make it out of this year alive and still married!
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Sunday, November 10, 2013
MORE Changes
After a year of us buying our first house, it's officially on the market. We've had it listed for a couple of weeks now and I'm already sick of it.
We've had probably 12 different showings and we've received absolutely no feedback from any of the showings. I don't know why I'm like this, but I go into complete freak mode every morning before work trying to get the house ready in case we get a call about a time someone is coming by. I've read so many things online about tips on selling your house, so we try to keep it smelling nice (with 2 dogs running around), clutter free and keep as much "personal" stuff out of view as possible. It sucks!
Ryan keeps reminding me that there's no rush to sell the house and there's no need to freak out, but I just can't help it! I'm taking the selling process more personal than I should....I'm probably not the first woman to do that....
If anyone has any home-selling advice, please share!
On an even crazier "is this really your life?" note, Ryan quit his new job. Yes, the one he started 2 weeks ago. I won't go into details, but he had a fantastic job opportunity land in his lap that he couldn't pass up. So now instead of him working in Quantico, he has less of a commute and will be having to drive to Ft AP Hill for most days. This is still about an hour away from where we live, but it's much more manageable.
I'm incredibly proud of him for landing this job, because it sounds like he's going to be challenged and has a ton of opportunity for growth and for learning. If you're wondering what he'll be doing, I've been told I can say that he'll be a case matter expert in IEDs and will be the trainer of these types of things in a classroom setting. Don't ask me anything more than that because I have no clue!
He'll start his new new job on Tuesday. I really, really hope that this job is what's going to stick for a while!
I've come to accept that change is a part of life and our life together will probably never really feel "normal" or "settled". It keeps me on my toes, so all I can really say now is
HEEEEERRRREEEEEEE WEEEEEE GOOOOOOOOO AGAINNNNN!!
We've had probably 12 different showings and we've received absolutely no feedback from any of the showings. I don't know why I'm like this, but I go into complete freak mode every morning before work trying to get the house ready in case we get a call about a time someone is coming by. I've read so many things online about tips on selling your house, so we try to keep it smelling nice (with 2 dogs running around), clutter free and keep as much "personal" stuff out of view as possible. It sucks!
Ryan keeps reminding me that there's no rush to sell the house and there's no need to freak out, but I just can't help it! I'm taking the selling process more personal than I should....I'm probably not the first woman to do that....
If anyone has any home-selling advice, please share!
On an even crazier "is this really your life?" note, Ryan quit his new job. Yes, the one he started 2 weeks ago. I won't go into details, but he had a fantastic job opportunity land in his lap that he couldn't pass up. So now instead of him working in Quantico, he has less of a commute and will be having to drive to Ft AP Hill for most days. This is still about an hour away from where we live, but it's much more manageable.
I'm incredibly proud of him for landing this job, because it sounds like he's going to be challenged and has a ton of opportunity for growth and for learning. If you're wondering what he'll be doing, I've been told I can say that he'll be a case matter expert in IEDs and will be the trainer of these types of things in a classroom setting. Don't ask me anything more than that because I have no clue!
He'll start his new new job on Tuesday. I really, really hope that this job is what's going to stick for a while!
I've come to accept that change is a part of life and our life together will probably never really feel "normal" or "settled". It keeps me on my toes, so all I can really say now is
HEEEEERRRREEEEEEE WEEEEEE GOOOOOOOOO AGAINNNNN!!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
More cha - cha - changes
First of all, let me just say:
Now that I have that off of my chest, let me move on.
I finally uploaded some pictures of Audrey's baby naming ceremony from a couple of weekends ago. We made a (not so quick) drive up to Mt Airy, MD for a Friday night stay. If you aren't familiar with what a baby naming ceremony is, read this.
Audrey looked beautiful as ever, and Rena was sure to entertain us all, as always. :)
Here's a few pics:
We had to head home early the next day...I always hate having to leave because there's never enough time with the nieces. :/
What else has been going on with our life?
Well, Ryan finally started his new job and is making the 1 1/2 hr commute each way to Quantico. We think his schedule is going to be working 6-2:30 which is good for avoiding traffic, but this also means he's having to leave the house at around 4:15/4:30 to make it it work on time. 4-4 is a looooong day.
Which leads me to my next point.
We had a Realtor come by our house last week and we're officially putting our house on the market. :/ It's so incredibly bittersweet because we've been in the house for exactly one year. When we bought this house, I envisioned staying for the long haul and FINALLY being settled. However, with me commuting about 45 minutes to work and Ryan with his long distance, it doesn't make sense for us to stay here. I love our house and I don't want to leave.
When life throws you punches, you just gotta roll with them. So, here we go again....this time with much more on the line with a move. Although I don't have high hopes at all that we'll be able to sell our house quickly, I will be saying my prayers that this isn't a stressful & drawn out process. Having a 120 pound dog that we're going to have to remove from the house every time a prospective buyer wants to take a look will become tiresome very, VERY quickly.
Where will we end up? No clue. Will we buy another house or rent until we know for sure where we want to live? No clue. Will Zoe & Samson be excited to pack up? Absolutely not. Will this hopefully make our lives easier in the long run? It better.
Also, I just realized the last 6 paragraphs all started with a W word. Weird.
It's time for the Walking Dead (favorite show ever...something about survival mode really gets my heart pumping) so I will try my best to update more later.
Now that I have that off of my chest, let me move on.
I finally uploaded some pictures of Audrey's baby naming ceremony from a couple of weekends ago. We made a (not so quick) drive up to Mt Airy, MD for a Friday night stay. If you aren't familiar with what a baby naming ceremony is, read this.
Audrey looked beautiful as ever, and Rena was sure to entertain us all, as always. :)
Here's a few pics:
We had to head home early the next day...I always hate having to leave because there's never enough time with the nieces. :/
What else has been going on with our life?
Well, Ryan finally started his new job and is making the 1 1/2 hr commute each way to Quantico. We think his schedule is going to be working 6-2:30 which is good for avoiding traffic, but this also means he's having to leave the house at around 4:15/4:30 to make it it work on time. 4-4 is a looooong day.
Which leads me to my next point.
We had a Realtor come by our house last week and we're officially putting our house on the market. :/ It's so incredibly bittersweet because we've been in the house for exactly one year. When we bought this house, I envisioned staying for the long haul and FINALLY being settled. However, with me commuting about 45 minutes to work and Ryan with his long distance, it doesn't make sense for us to stay here. I love our house and I don't want to leave.
When life throws you punches, you just gotta roll with them. So, here we go again....this time with much more on the line with a move. Although I don't have high hopes at all that we'll be able to sell our house quickly, I will be saying my prayers that this isn't a stressful & drawn out process. Having a 120 pound dog that we're going to have to remove from the house every time a prospective buyer wants to take a look will become tiresome very, VERY quickly.
Where will we end up? No clue. Will we buy another house or rent until we know for sure where we want to live? No clue. Will Zoe & Samson be excited to pack up? Absolutely not. Will this hopefully make our lives easier in the long run? It better.
Also, I just realized the last 6 paragraphs all started with a W word. Weird.
It's time for the Walking Dead (favorite show ever...something about survival mode really gets my heart pumping) so I will try my best to update more later.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Fall & New Beginnings
This past weekend, we planned on going camping with 2 of our couples friend's because I've been dying to go camping all summer. We waited to book the place until the week of, and come to find out on Monday, all sites were completely booked. We took a couple of more days to find something, but finally reserved some sites at a place in Luray, VA where we'd be able to day-drink the day away and try out Paige's campfire grilled cheese maker.
Naturally, we check the weather on Thursday and see there's suddenly a 60% chance of rain. Friday it moves to 80%. Camping with tents in a thunderstorm is one of the most miserable things you can do (voluntarily), so we decide to forego the camping and just head to Kristin & Mikey's house in Reston, VA for the weekend. We had a lot of fun even though we didn't sleep under the stars and build a campfire.
Yesterday I spent a lot of the day prepping for fall. After all, it was the first official day of Autumn. I gave the mailbox a makeover and took out the annual summer flowers and replaced them with mums. Here's a peek:
We also decided a couple of weeks ago that we were going to go ahead and stain the back deck since it was looking a little old. As you can see in the picture above, imagine that being the color of our back deck, with a lot more green ugly stuff all over it.
I forgot to take a before picture, but here's an after:
Ignore the huge yellow spots...that would be where Samson pees and is destroying our backyard.
I think the color looks good and the deck is way more inviting now than before! In case you're wondering, we used Behr DeckOver. It isn't a stain, but more like a tough paint made for painting decks. I did help with the painting a bit, but can accredit most of this project to the hubs.
Speaking of the hubs, I'm pretty damn proud of him right now. It's been a pretty low kept secret, but Ryan has been waiting on a government contract to start with a company in Quantico for a year now. He FINALLY got the call with the go ahead for October. If you didn't know, Ryan enjoyed the company he was working for in Richmond, but it wasn't in his line of work and was basically working everyday to get a paycheck. I'm so excited he's going to start this great job opportunity and even more excited to have a hubby coming home from work feeling satisfied about the work he did that day. :) Have you ever heard the saying "happy wife, happy life"? Well, I can also attest to the saying "dissatisfied husband, unhappy wife". ;)
Is it possible we BOTH have jobs we enjoy????? I won't speak too soon...it hasn't happened yet!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Family of 4
If you haven't been on Facebook, you probably haven't seen the big news. We have a new addition to the family, and it might have 4 legs and paws.
Meet Samson. Ryan has been looking into fulfilling his dreams of having a big dog for a while now. I've been perfectly content with Zoe, but marriage is all about compromise, right?
I agreed to finally getting another dog IF we knew it could get along with Zoe (aka allow Zoe to pretend she rules the house) and if we adopted a foster dog. Puppies are adorable, but there are so many good dogs out there waiting for a good home and family, and knew the next dog I got would either be from a foster or animal shelter.
Ryan found Samson through the Great Dane Rescue of the Commonwealth. His family gave him up after having some health issues with their daughter and he stayed in foster for 6 weeks before we scooped him up out of Portsmouth and brought him home.
These pictures don't do him justice. Samson is 2 years old (still acts like a puppy for the most part) and weighs 120 pounds. Yes, a human. He also eats 12 cups a day....more than a human.
He's fit in perfectly and we'll be doing some obedience classes with him starting next week.
Quick facts: he's scared of the dark, typically sits with his legs crossed, does a grumbling talk when he has to do something he doesn't want to, looooooooves attention and loooooves people.
Ryan's heart is full, Zoe is content and I'm slowly adjusting to having to the clean the house EVERY day. Zoe will always be my #1, but he isn't so bad. :)
Meet Samson. Ryan has been looking into fulfilling his dreams of having a big dog for a while now. I've been perfectly content with Zoe, but marriage is all about compromise, right?
I agreed to finally getting another dog IF we knew it could get along with Zoe (aka allow Zoe to pretend she rules the house) and if we adopted a foster dog. Puppies are adorable, but there are so many good dogs out there waiting for a good home and family, and knew the next dog I got would either be from a foster or animal shelter.
Ryan found Samson through the Great Dane Rescue of the Commonwealth. His family gave him up after having some health issues with their daughter and he stayed in foster for 6 weeks before we scooped him up out of Portsmouth and brought him home.
These pictures don't do him justice. Samson is 2 years old (still acts like a puppy for the most part) and weighs 120 pounds. Yes, a human. He also eats 12 cups a day....more than a human.
He's fit in perfectly and we'll be doing some obedience classes with him starting next week.
Quick facts: he's scared of the dark, typically sits with his legs crossed, does a grumbling talk when he has to do something he doesn't want to, looooooooves attention and loooooves people.
Ryan's heart is full, Zoe is content and I'm slowly adjusting to having to the clean the house EVERY day. Zoe will always be my #1, but he isn't so bad. :)
Zoe made a mistake of sitting under him while he was eating one day. That would be drool all over her back, and please note the kibble stuck to the top of her head.
His cage is a tad bigger than hers.
Guarding the house.
Forgive the mess I call myself...but this gives you an idea of how big he is compared to Zoe!
His tongue droops to one side of his mouth because he was born with some teeth missing on one side of his mouth.
Again with the leg crossing.
Ryan picked up some 2 for $10 pillows from Costco and we hated them. We threw them on the floor until we figured out what to do with them, and today Ryan found Samson PASSED OUT on this. How adorable??
We're slowly adjusting and glad to take him into our home! He's a gentle giant and so lovable. :)
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Updates through Pictures
I can't even keep up anymore and can't even remember the last time I updated. So, I'm updating you through pictures. Deal with it. :)
Girls weekend in TN. Alysa, Anna and I went out in Nashville Saturday night and got a load of this for a bit. So much fun!
Kim, Lee Ann & Deborah....can you tell they're sisters??
Craft time with Grandma
Almost got all 3 of them to look!
Levi loved the pink scooter
Modeling @ Kim & Rons
My in laws new pup, Sam
Pretty rainbow driving back from Nashville
Some things never change
I attempted to mend to our jungle growing in the front yard...after 3 hours, a misquito bite to the cheek, and sweat dripping down my back, I got this
I know...sad...but progress is progress people, no matter how small
We've discovered Zoe loves to swim at a park close to us...who knew
Pretty flowers and a nice dinner at the Boat House for our 3 year anniversary!
Taking a walk at another local park...it's love
I will actually spend some time updating more about our summer soon! Getting so excited for scarves, pumpkin spice lattes, sweatshirts, and new tv shows!
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Summer Summer Summer Time
Does anyone else feel like this summer is FLYING by? I feel like it was snowing and the next day it's 100 degrees and weekend trips everywhere. I'm not complaining but damn, life moves fast!
A couple of weeks ago I went on our semi-annual girls weekend trip. It's typically a group of 10 women from high school/college and if there's a year of no weddings/baby showers/etc, we make it a point to take a long weekend to somewhere some of us have never been. This year we picked Asheville, NC and our huge group of girls came from all over to get together.
Thanks to Kelly we had an action packed weekend. The best thing about the weekend is that some of us don't talk for a year, get together for the girls weekend and pick right back up on where we left off.
I didn't bring my nice camera and my cell phone camera is crap, so this is about all I've got for ya:
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My favorite part of the trip was Whitewater Rafting...I had never been before and we all left wanting to do more! Our tour guides were AWESOME and they even let us pull over at one part to jump off of a big cliff.
I'm so glad I have such smart, hard working, and beautiful girlfriends in my life! Everyone brings such a mix to the group and I wouldn't have it any other way. <3 p="">
By the way, if you haven't seen this video, you should probably watch it because we sang this about every place we went (don't keep any little ones around):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRMmHbHxBY0
The following weekend Ryan and I went to Portsmouth to help Paige celebrate her 29th! We stayed at Ashley and Robbie's house and had so much fun! I can't believe we didn't really take any pictures, but believe me when I say I'm so glad we've stayed so close.
A couple of weeks ago I went on our semi-annual girls weekend trip. It's typically a group of 10 women from high school/college and if there's a year of no weddings/baby showers/etc, we make it a point to take a long weekend to somewhere some of us have never been. This year we picked Asheville, NC and our huge group of girls came from all over to get together.
Thanks to Kelly we had an action packed weekend. The best thing about the weekend is that some of us don't talk for a year, get together for the girls weekend and pick right back up on where we left off.
I didn't bring my nice camera and my cell phone camera is crap, so this is about all I've got for ya:
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My favorite part of the trip was Whitewater Rafting...I had never been before and we all left wanting to do more! Our tour guides were AWESOME and they even let us pull over at one part to jump off of a big cliff.
I'm so glad I have such smart, hard working, and beautiful girlfriends in my life! Everyone brings such a mix to the group and I wouldn't have it any other way. <3 p="">
By the way, if you haven't seen this video, you should probably watch it because we sang this about every place we went (don't keep any little ones around):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRMmHbHxBY0
The following weekend Ryan and I went to Portsmouth to help Paige celebrate her 29th! We stayed at Ashley and Robbie's house and had so much fun! I can't believe we didn't really take any pictures, but believe me when I say I'm so glad we've stayed so close.
The one pic that Paige got with me playing with Norah Mae. Love that girl.
We have a mini Dalton family reunion this week, so I'm off to prepare for that! I'll post again soon!
We have a mini Dalton family reunion this week, so I'm off to prepare for that! I'll post again soon!
Monday, June 24, 2013
Does this dirt make my yard look bald?
Our backyard isn't in terrible shape, but there's only parts that have grass. We still have a humongous spot full of rubber mulch and weird rubber curb thingies from where the previous owners had a play yard. We can't get rid of it until fall since pretty much everyone we talk to tells us it will just be consumed with weeds if we take it out now.
We've debated what to do with the other side of the yard where it's just a big ole bald spot full of clay, weeks, and little oak trees attempting to bust out. Something like this:
The look we get every. morning. So pathetic.
Pool day @ MAC with Nikki and the girls. She's getting so big it freaks me out.
My chunkermunk being all chunky.
They wanted to watch a movie on the iPad so they covered themselves with a towel to see.
Babysitting and taking a walk to the playground. So freaking adorable!
I got to see miss Norah Mae on my bday :)
We've debated what to do with the other side of the yard where it's just a big ole bald spot full of clay, weeks, and little oak trees attempting to bust out. Something like this:
Bleh.
We still have a lot to do, but here's what Ryan's done so far (and a little help by me carrying those heavy stones 4 at a time from the driveway to the backyard not so productively):
I think Ryan did a good job! I think eventually we'll try to cover the rest with some decorative stone or some wood planks or something to make it even better. I think a fire pit would a nice little addition.
By the way, I haven't noticed one bird using our bird bath. Guess they're too good for it. Hmph.
On another note, here are some cute pics I've taken on my phone lately:
Booger loves her bones
This is all I've got for now. We're leaving Friday morning for our girls weekend and I CAN'T WAIT!
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Mailbox Makeover
Ever since the iris' around our mailbox bloomed about a month ago, I was somewhat happy with how it looked. The problem was, only a few bloomed out of the 203482038438 iris stems around the mailbox. So, once the 5 blooms died (probably from lack of watering on my end) we have this awful display of a mailbox:
No numbers, dead flowers, stones all over the place.
I couldn't stand it any longer, so although I have/had NO idea what I'm doing, I took a trip to Lowe's this morning to try to fix this. I grabbed a few plants that said they needed little water and a lot of sun and went to town.
There were a LOT of bugs living in this small space. I got kicked out of the area for about 30 minutes for a wren that wanted to go to town and have a Thanksgiving feast. Since I don't think bugs are good to have around flowers, I let him (her?) go at it.
This little mailbox took up 2 1/2 hours of my day! There were SO MANY bulbs hidden in the soil and the stones were pretty settled. Hello, workout.
It was all worth it though, because here's how it's looking now:
I'm so happy with it! Stones are aligned, flowers are sweet and simple, and you can actually see the numbers to our house if you're trying to find us. Now I'm only hoping I can keep these suckers alive!
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Audrey Olivia Dalton
My little blog world, I'd like to introduce this beautiful little lady:
Audrey was born on Sunday, May 26th, at 8:45am, weighing 6 lbs and 10 oz. Everyone is doing great and Rena is slowly adjusting to having a baby sister!
I came to realize all of Ryan and I's brothers now have 2 kids - we're so lucky to have 5 beautiful nieces and a nephew! I'm lucky enough to see Audrey and Rena again tomorrow since I'll be in Maryland for a work meeting. :) :)
Audrey was born on Sunday, May 26th, at 8:45am, weighing 6 lbs and 10 oz. Everyone is doing great and Rena is slowly adjusting to having a baby sister!
I came to realize all of Ryan and I's brothers now have 2 kids - we're so lucky to have 5 beautiful nieces and a nephew! I'm lucky enough to see Audrey and Rena again tomorrow since I'll be in Maryland for a work meeting. :) :)
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