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!

rain rain go away!

so I promise not to make this whole post about my adorable pup! he's just so darn cute and I know that is his saving grace when it comes to him getting in trouble. I've learned a lot about him since I met him two weeks ago. A new thing I happened to learn today is, lucky for me, he doesn't like the rain. well, as you can imagine, it has been raining nonstop all day. so my attempts to walk him (which were numerous times since I knew he had to go) got me standing in the pouring rain in the backyard with him sitting on the porch. So needless to say, he is back to his puppy roots and using his potty pads. I guess it could be worse and he not use those at all. I'm just ready for him to go outside!

so beach is less than 2 weeks away! I am so looking forward to it, just getting away from Lynchburg and having a break. I really hope all these hurricanes take a break while we are there, we do not need that!

I have absolutely loved my house. I just love being home and enjoying it. It really does make me happy. BUT, there is one small downside. I don't know if it is because of the house or what, but I have had hives ever since we moved in. So, since I have just become extremely miserable, as you can imagine being all hive-y and itchy day in and day out, I saw an allergist today. He could only test for a few things due to the lack of clear skin to test. So today I found out I am allergic (mildly) to dogs...(sorry but I refuse to believe that one. A. I have always lived with a dog and B. I'm absolutely not getting rid of Tyson. end of story). The other thing I found out that I was allergic to is, get this....myself. yep. i'm allergic to me. is that just wonderful? And I'm being serious when I say that..they take some blood and then shake it and inject the serum from the blood into you and guess what? it reacted. so as of now, I will have blood work done to find out why my body is fighting my own self. Hopefully it's not serious but hopefully thats the answer. I'm all hived out. 3 weeks is long enough, they can go away now. So as of now, I am on Prednisone (yuck!) until I can finish getting tested next week. So we wait....

alright well thats all for now, I leave you with picture of the adorable pup and my fiance who loves him very much (most of the time!)

I spy...

his new hiding spot: under the bed. he thinks we can't find him..he also thinks he can fit under there, but not so easily :) oh i just love him so much!

beach=17 days! Was looking at some photos that the news had put up of damage that was done by Irene. It's terrible to see the damage that has been done and being able to recognize the places that used to be there or at least what they looked like before. It will be interesting to see in 2 weeks what kind of things have really happened at Duck. So far, we still have our house so thats good! Lets just hope the road is still intact to get us there!