Everyone needs some laughter!

I know I updated yesterday but sometimes you just can't help when your mind has time to wonder and ponder about new things. Tonight on the way back from the gym, I was listening to the radio and a lady had called into the radio station and said she just wanted to thank them for making her laugh. And you know, you dont really hear that often. How many times have you told someone thank you for making me laugh? I know I haven't said it much. but why not? i mean, isn't laughter one of the best things you can do for yourself? It makes things seem easier and lighter. I love to laugh! It truly is the best medicine! So when someone does make us laugh, we should appreciate that. We should say thank you. I know it's something small, but its somethings we take for granted...expecting others to make us laugh. We should even thank ourselves when we get the chance to laugh at ourselves for something silly we did! You never know when a laugh will change a persons day!

A place to call your own

Owning a house has changed me in some ways. Not bad changes, good changes! More like growing up changes. Like, when you are excited to come home and cut YOUR grass, or spend Sunday cleaning YOUR house...something about the fact that it's yours makes it that much better! It definitely has allowed me to appreciate the fact that I do own my own house and even though I may not have tons of money to buy everything I want or live in a huge house, the fact that it's mine makes it all worthwhile :)

So about that whole changing me..that happened this weekend. I put my Christmas tree up. Now before you go saying it's not even Thanksgiving yet, I know I know. I was NEVER one of those people and always waited until after Turkey day, but because it's MY new house, I was just too excited to wait. I absolutely love my little tree and hope to post pictures soon.

So wedding planning is underway...more so than it has been up until now. Have the guest list just about done. Looking at about 250 people. Things just start adding up when you start listing names but I'm excited to have a big wedding! I want a lot of people there to celebrate in our special day! Hopefully getting a dj soon, kinda of got jipped on the first dj but thanks to my friends, may have another one :) Next is the cake to decide on. Jeremy said he definitely wants to help decide so hopefully we can do some tasting soon and get that planned. I just want to make sure I have the big things in place. I figure May is kind of a busy time of year, with weddings, graduations, and prom. I'm hoping to get things reserved soon! Still waiting to find out when my dress comes in, I'm so excited to go see it and try it on!

Well this is all for now, I'm getting a cable for my camera soon so I can post more pictures. Until next time.. :)

say yes to the dress!

So I can't even believe it...I bought my wedding dress today! It still seems so surreal to me, this whole wedding thing, but I could not be happier! I ordered my dress and accessories and am now on the hunt for shoes, but no hurry for them. I even picked out bridesmaid dresses too! Today has been a very accomplished day! I definitely could not have done it without my mom and dad, they've been so wonderful with this whole planning :)

So I'm pretty proud of my cute fiance. He is volunteering at Wintergreen this season to help children with disabilites ski/snowboard! He spent the day today training and then will have to complete a few more training sessions then it'll be time to hit the slopes with the kids! He will be working with children from physical to mental disabilites. I'm very excited that he is wanting to do this for them! He's such a great guy :)

I have definitely become one of those people obsessed with their dogs! I just can't stand how darn cute he is! He has ruined my rainbow flops and nine west leather boots, but because he's so cute, I can't be mad at him! I'm so happy we were given the chance to get a pup, I can't imagine our life without him :)


isn't he adorable?! alright until next time....

november?

I know I haven't updated in awhile...partly because my little mac is being fixed (thanks to tyson spilling drink on the keyboard) and partly because I need a cord for my digi cam to upload some pictures. I know that writing is good, but I like to share pictures too!

First off, I can't believe that it's already november. where did this year go? Everywhere you go there is tons of Christmas decorations already! Is it me or are they extra early this year? Now don't get me wrong, I'm beyond excited to decorate my first house for Christmas, but I can wait til the day after Thanksgiving!

My little pup got fixed a couple days ago. You could never tell he had surgery, he is still as hyper as ever! And of course they tell you not to let him run, play, jump, etc....yea...right. try enforcing that for 2 weeks! I am glad that we got that taken care of and got some of his shots! We will be making an offical vet appointment for him soon to get everything checked over. We are just so happy with our decision (mostly mine) to get him! Oh, besides the $150 in shoes he has chewed of mine....we are still happy..haha :)

So wedding planning is coming along! I'm going to purchase my wedding dress this weekend! It's so crazy thinking I'm purchasing my real wedding dress.. still so unreal! Think we have gotten a DJ and now working on a cake. Still debating about a photographer. Those are the most important things to me now so once I get those figured out, I'll feel a lot better about things!

Alright well quick update. Tyson is not leaving me alone long enough to write any more. So until next time!

thrifting!

So it's been awhile since I updated...a month to be exact. I knew with the last post that I would jinx myself about everything being so perfect. Went to the beach with the family, it was wonderful, dont get me wrong, but I was pretty miserable the whole week! I woke up with a swollen face and hives the first morning. So I was on prednisone and benadryl for the whole week. Not my idea of a great vacation, but I managed! It was great to be with the family though :)

Anyways, so today I went thrifting with my college roommate! She's an expert at finding great things for super cheap! I had wanted some things for the house so we set out looking. I found an entry way table (which I have wanted for forever) and a side table! We found them at the DAV for $39 for both! It was a steal! I went to wal-mart and got some paint (they have a "reject" paint shelf where you can buy paint that has already been mixed that people don't want.) So I found the perfect color there for $4.50 a gallon! Crazy I know! So I spent the afternoon painting my entry table and tada! It turned out exactly as I had wanted!

I was very happy about my purchase! $20 total for the table and paint. I absolutely love it! I love finding great things for the house!

Anyways, guess that's it for now, just a quick update. The fiance is on a fishing trip in VA beach so I'm hanging with the pup tonight watching chick flicks :)

Until next time :)

random thoughts

I am beyond thankful for everything I have in my life right now. Things have been (knock on wood) pretty close to perfect. I know by me saying that, I probably just jinxed myself but thats ok because I know that whatever happens tomorrow, I can handle it. I have an amazing family! They provide me with such great support, I really couldn't ask for anything better. I have a loving fiance, in which we have been through so much (maybe more than we should have) but I know that we can work with whatever comes our way. I have my cute pup to see and play with every day (and punish and correct and clean up after..) but who still loves me every single day.

I know I'm young and still learning. I know that life changes so quickly and no one can really predict how it's gonna turn out. But if you have the right people in your life, I know that everything will be just fine!

Ok enough emotional stuff! beach is 3 days away! I'm long overdue for a vacation! I'm so excited to have a whole week off from work and away from Lynchburg! Before we head to the beach Sunday, I won tickets on the radio (I never win anything!) for the beer and wine festival this weekend so we're gonna hit up that and get some good stuff to fill our wine cabinet up (it's looking pretty bare!) I'm always down for trying some good beer and wine!

well thats it for now, dinner with the boy then packing for the beach! So much to do before then!

home sweet home

ok so I know I kind of updated with a picture of the house, but I wanted to add a couple more. I'm so in love with our home, its my favorite! so here are some more pictures of the inside! It really does feel like home!

this is our kitchen, we didn't have to paint, we loved the color that was already in there! The homeowner before us did all the tile work as well!

quote in the living room I just put up! I love quotes and plus it puts some decorations on the wall :)

our living room, which I posted before.(notice the pup being so good, laying on the floor!)

so that is our home...well some of it. I just can't even express how much fun it is having our own place and being able to do whatever we want with it! I cut the grass today (yes I did all by myself!), which is my favorite, I absolutely love fresh cut grass! And with all the rain we had, its so green and pretty! It's just a good feeling to be home and have a place to call my own :)

so football season has officially begun so I will not see my fiance until February. He's a little obsessed with it, but I guess he could have worse addictions so I'm ok with it! Gives me free Sundays anyways :)

So, update on my hives (since I know everyone is just dying to know!) I've talked to some of the Doctors at work and have decided to change my course of action. I'm on antihistamines every 4-6 hours. I'm going to do that for about 6 weeks until my skin clears on it's own. I can't stand to be on Prednisone and I learned today that hives can actually last as long as 6 weeks just from one thing (I thought you took Benadryl when they came up and that was it). So I'm hoping it has nothing to do with my house or my pup. I have taken two doses of Benadryl since this afternoon and feel so much better. I couldn't take any antihistamines because of allergy testing so I've been downright miserable the past week. So I will hold on allergy testing until I get back from the beach and just concentrate on making myself feel better and not being so miserable!

alright well thats all for now! oh just want to throw in there, I have such an amazing Fiance. I really couldn't ask for a better guy! He has bought tons of cleaning supplies and cleaned the house yesterday in case I am allergic to anything in the house (I'm talking like spraying lysol on the door handles type of cleaning). He's been amazing trying to make me feel better about everything! I couldn't live without him!