One down... many to go.

Ok. I must say this. I am DONE with painting for now. I finished up our laundry room with minimal mistakes and I've decided that the purple bathroom and the butter yellow guest room can wait for now. My arms and back ache so much from painting that I need a rest in between rooms.

Here the first and only room I've painted: the Laundry Room.

Moving Week.

Moving is in full swing! While I am finishing up some things here in the office, my huband, his college roommate and my in-laws are moving furniture to our new home! When I get home from work, there will be furniture in our house, which is more than I could say yesterday. This weekend will be full of paint, boxes, sore muscles and a group of very tired movers! I hope to have the majority of our things moved by Sunday.

Painting is priority on my list this weekend, specifically the laundry room. Our washer and dryer are being delivered on Sunday, which means my laundry room must be painted by then. I am almost finished priming the room. I couldn't wait to see what the color would look like so I painted a section of the wall where the primer was already dry and I LOVE the color. I went with the color "drizzle" by Sherwin Williams. The are having a sale on their top of the line eco friendly paint so we stocked up!

This is the inspiration for our laundry room. My reasoning is- if I have to spend time doing chores, I might as well be in a room that is cute! I will post pictures of the process and of course of the finished room!

Catastrophe Strikes Once More

This weekend was suppossed to be filling with packing as this is our last weekend living in our condo, but instead "Captain Disaster" decided to pay us a little visit.

It all started with a little puddle... We have three animals so little puddles are not uncommon in our household but it's nothing that a little RESOLVE carpet cleaner can't fix. Well, this was NOT one of those RESOLVES moments. What looked like a little puddle quickly turned into a huge masive river flowing through our dining room. (I might be exaggerating a little.) Nonetheless, this was a job for Roto Rooters! After sawing a hole through our wall under our sink to find the leak, RR found the leak and fixed it in a few hours time and a few hundred dollars later. What a way to spend your Saturday night huh.

Sunday morning we woke up to take the next step: water mitigation. Fancy word, I know. Two days ago I had never heard that word, but in the last 24 hours I have become very familiar with water mitigation, insurance claims, and dehumidifiers. ServPro came and accessed the damaged, ripped up our carpet, removed the wet pad underneath, and left us with several heavy duty fans to dry up the walls and carpet.

So on our last weekend in the condo, this is what we did. Fate has a funny way of turning things around and slapping you in the face, doesn't it. But I am just thankful it wasn't any worse than it was... and it looks like we will be able to salvage the carpet!

On a happier note, we get the keys to our house tonight! I can't wait to walk through the house for the first time since we closed and know that it is all ours!!! :)

Here are pics from the weekend from unheaven...

We bought a house!

Woo hoo! We are excited to announce that we are now officially home owners! We closed on the house yesterday (Tax Day) at 1 pm. The closing only took about 30 or 40 minutes to sign all the papers, then we grabbed a quick bite to eat to celebrate. We will receive the keys to our new house on either Sunday or Monday. The former owners needed a little more time to get all of their belongings out of the house, which was fine with us since we still have SO much packing to do!

We had a PODS storage unit delivered last week and it's sitting in our condo parking lot, just waiting to be filled. Buie has done most of the muscle work in this department. Last night we tried to move our couch out the the PODS with no luck. It was waaay tooo heavy for me. I was able to move it about a foot or two before I started yelling, "Put it down! Put it down!" Thank goodness I didn't drop it on my big toe. So we decided it would be better to wait on a boy to help Buie. Boys are better at moving the heavy thing anyway. :) I'll stick to bubble wrapping all the dishes. That's my specialty.

Our PODS storage unit

the inside of the PODS unit. We have a LONG ways to go!

We filed our taxes yesterday too! Our first time to file as a married couple.

It's not as exciting as it sounds... :)

This is my Easter basket Buie surprised me with on Sunday afternoon. Super cute!

Mi Casa es Su Casa

Well, I might be jumping the gun, but I am so excited about this house that I can't wait til closing day to post pics! All we have left to do is close on April 15th. The inspection went well, loan went through... I am praying and hoping that we get this house. Here are a few pics to tempt you with... mainly this is just satisfying me because I cannot WAIT until this house is ours completely (Lord willing, of course!)

I need you in my life

I thought this was the cutest post so I am copying it on ours. This is just a simple reminder to rely on those closest to you.

We shouldn't go through life alone.

Found here

House Hunting

Two years ago I purchased a condo in Little Rock. Approximately 8 months ago, a boy moved in... that's when I knew things needed to change. haha. Our little condo was the perfect size for me and my two cats (Hazel and George), then I added a dog to the mix and it got a little crowded. But throw a man into the condo and it is literally hard to move from room to room. The barely 1,100 sq. foot house has provided all the love it has to give but we are about to smother each other. Between Buie's books and my collectables handed down from grandparents, soon after our July wedding, we knew we would have to move into a larger home.

Well, it's March now and we are officially HOUSE HUNTING! It's so exciting to actually say that. For so long Buie and I have been driving around neighborhoods pointing out houses that we liked (or didn't like). It's finally our turn to put our name on a house! :)

This past Saturday afternoon Buie and I looked at five different houses in person after having looked at literally HUNDREDS online! We have narrowed it down to one house and are looking to make an offer today! I keep reminding myself that it's not ours yet and that other people could be making an offer on the same house....I'm trying not to get my hopes up but it's not working too well.

I will keep you posted, but keep us in your thoughts as we go through this process. Thanks so much!

(Please note: the above house is NOT the house we are looking at. It's just a pretty house I found on the internet.)

Home is where your HEART is!

While in Eureka Springs, Buie and I bought this lovely little painting while we were in Eureka Springs. We saw it sitting out on the street in front the little shop on Spring Street. I immediately spotted it the first day we were there. The second day, we saw it again sitting out in front of their window display. I could hear it calling my name, so we went inside and asked about it. The original price was waaay more than we could have imgained paying for it, but all of her paintings were half price AND she worked a deal with us to get it even lower! This is our first original painting we have bought together! We immediately hung it right above our bed as soon as we got home from our trip. We love it and the colors go perfectly with our bedroom colors!

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler

This past weekend, my hubby and I went to Eureka Springs for the weekend. We had a hard time deciding if we were going to take Conner or not, but we did! The three of us had so much fun!

While we were there....

We stayed at the Crescent Hotel.

It was so much more manificent than we had imagined! We just love old haunted hotels. The Crescent Hotel was built in 1886 and it has been said that this hotel is one of the most haunted hotels in the WORLD! Buie and I were ready to but we didn't see any ghosts this trip.

We ate a lot!
This was one of the FREE breakfasts that we ate in the Crystal Dining Room at the Crescent Hotel. By far, THE best omelet I've ever put in my mouth!

We partied!

Buie and I wanted to go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans but decided we wanted something a little more TAME. Eureka Springs has an afternoon parade that is more family oriented so it was right up our alley! We had a great time! Well, maybe not Conner- he did NOT enjoy the sirens on the firetruck. Poor guy.

We shopped!

Conner and I hung out outside while Daddy went in his favorite store!

We relaxed! This is us hanging out on our balcony on the first night. It was so cold but such a pretty night!

10 Pet Dangers You Didn't Know About

Like any dog lover, we want to protect our pets. Right now, while we don't have children, our 2-year old Cocker Spaniel is our baby boy, so naturally we are cautious about what he eats, who he plays with and where he goes. While going through a box of recycling I found this article that I had torn out of a Good Housekeeping magazine, called 10 Pet Dangers You Didn't Know About. Well, obviously this caught my attention and hopefully if you own a dog, it will catch yours. Please take the time to read this article. Your little Fido will thank you too.