Crazy days and Crazy nights

The days are becoming increasingly crazy as we approach out move in day, and because of such craziness, I am currently blogging in my Fundamentals of Journalism class. I justify this with the fact that A) we talked about blogs today and B) I have taken most of the classes that come after this one and most of this is review for me. Also I have finished my given assignment and everyone else will take at least 30 more minutes. I have failed all my bloggy friends out there, I realize this. While I don't have many interesting things to say, I realize that I do have a few faithful who read whatever rantings or ideas that come into my head. I apologize for not sharing my life with you over the past week or so, but things have been busy. We have Daisy as I told you in my last blog, and we try to go see her so that she will love us just as much as she already loves my sweet Mamma (who by the way, may come dognap her once we move.) Another point of distraction has been the massive amount of reading I have to do for this class. I understand that I know most of this, but if I am paying $688 for a class I feel like I should do the homework, plus being the only one who feels the need to read, gives me an upperhand and for some reason that is satisfying. I am not generally the person at the top of the class, and this is a good feeling. When we are not spending time with Daisy and I am not reading my eyeballs out, we are working on the house. This is exciting, and I understand that we will be paying our apartment rent for the month of August, but when August 1 gets here, I want to be sleeping in a house and having any spot I want to park in. These are very liberating ideas, and thus we have been working tirelessly on getting to this point. If anyone has any boxes they would like to donate to the cause I would really be happy to take them. On a side note, I was really convicted in church Sunday night. Bro. Bryan Easley spoke, and as many of you know his wife has breast cancer and has basically been given no hope. In spite of all that, he gave a message about how blessed they are, and how they are still trusting and relying on God. So often I get upset about the little things, and they have this huge problem, but still face it with faith and thanksgiving. I realize I have a long way to go to get to this point. Another thing that got to me was when sweet Reagan DeVaughn looked at me and said "God heals people. God is going to heal Mrs. Beverly." Oh that I could have faith like that precious girl. These are crazy times, but I will try to share more than I have been.

Meet Daisy!

This is Daisy, our precious new puppy! We already love her to death, and can't wait until we finally move into our new house and she can join us officially instead of staying with my Mamma and Daddy. We picked her up yesterday, from my boss Marla who owns Daisy's mom. The whole way to Mamma & Daddy's she was wagging her tail and licking all over Drew. I think it is already clear she is going to love Drew the most. (I am kind of fond of him too, so I can't say I blame her.) Today, we are going to give her a bath, so I am sure there will be some pictures to share of that. My mom keeps laughing at me, saying if I am taking this many pictures of our puppy I am going to go crazy when we have kids!
Daisy is a great addition to our family...can't wait to share more soon.

Back to the books

Thursday I started my summer semester. I was really excited about getting back to school, because I love learning, and school = learning. I am taking a class on the Fundamentals of Journalism. I thought this class would be really useful, and I thought that it would be very writing centered. Day 2 of the class was today. We spent the entire class discussing the difference between "their", "there", and "they're". We also briefly discussed "its" and "it's". We were supposed to cover "too", "to" and "two"; but apparantly these concepts are a little difficult for some people. One might suppose that by the time someone is a sophomore or junior in college that at some point they would have needed to master these basic priniciples of grammar...not so. I suddenly felt like I was being transported to the 3rd grade. How can someone make it through high school much less a semester of college without knowing that "there" does not mean "their"? If a sentence says "They're are" then it is obviously wrong. Why is this difficult people? I began the class feeling really smart, and ended by feeling like a genius in a sea of idiots. I don't say this to be rude, but anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of grammar would have been annoyed by the end of today's class. I was appalled first of all that these people graduated high school, but I was further annoyed that they have gotten through college thus far. Hopefully, I did not pay $688 to discuss things I learned in elementary school. I love writing and I want my money to go towards hewning my skills, not discussing whether it is "two o'clock" or "too o'clock". I am sure future blogs will inform you further as to whether I am actually learning anything or not.

Our New House

As promised here are the pictures of our new house...

This is a front view of the house, I wish I could have gotten a better one, but hopefully I can do that later.


This is the porch swing in the front of the house, I would like to get some rocking chairs or some of those cute colorful ones for the front also. The house is in the country, so it will be nice to sit out there in the evenings.


There are lots of trees and bushes in the yard, but I have decided this one is my favorite.


Obviously this is the kitchen, we would eventually like to redo the cabinets and the counter...that is a ways down the road though.


This is where we are going to put the kitchen table and of course you can see the back door. Hopefully we can make this area a little bigger one day as well.


Here is the living room, yes it is tile. I am trying to find an area rug that isn't too expensive, and we are also going to paint in here also.


The hallway to the bedrooms and bathroom.


The bathroom, this will definitely be painted. We are also going to replace the wood fixtures with metal ones.


The garden tub...I am really excited about this.


More of the bathroom.


The laundry room.


This is the guest bedroom. This room is alot bigger than the one we have now. I plan on putting the regular bed and stuff in here, but also using this room for my craft room too.


This is going to be our bedroom. We are going to paint in here also, but I haven't decided on a color yet.

We are really excited about fixing this place up, and once we get everything painted and set up, I will post "After" pictures. Can't wait to move in!

These are a few of my favorite things...

This past weekend included some of my favorite things: Crafting, thrifting and family time. I love these things and when they can be combined I love it even better.

The weekend started with Drew's mom coming into town and while she was here we tried our hand at a craft we found on a blog. Calamity Anne is the site and it has lots and lots of crafty ideas. We made H's covered in our last name. I will have to share some pictures once this item is displayed in our new house. I made mine to be displayed on a black shelf, so I am going to wait until I have the shelf to reveal my creation. This way it is revealed with my original intent in mind and can be fully appreciated. ;) When we started, we thought it wouldn't take that long to do, but after about 6 hours we realized it was more intense than we thought. Even though it took quite a while, it was fun to just hang out with my MIL.

On Saturday Mrs. Michile, my mom, sister and I all went out for lunch and then to Eastbrook Flea Market. It was alot of fun and we saw lots of neat things. A random storm popped up as we were leaving, and I have never exerienced wind quite like that before...I kept imagining cows flying by in a Twisterlike manner...but no cows, just lots of branches in the road.

Sunday was full of family time. We had lunch with my dad and then Sunday afternoonish we hung out with Drew's family. It was good for Drew to just hang out with his dad and brother, enjoying boy time. Sunday night we went out to eat with my Grandaddy (my dad's dad). We had a great time...I am so thankful for this weekend. I needed that fun/restful time before school starts Thursday.

On a side note for those of you wondering about the new job...I LOVE IT! I feel less stressed and I enjoy getting up and going to work. I think I enjoy the fact that I don't have to be at work until 8 more than anything. (I do love my sleep.) I really hope that the job will continue being something I enjoy. As for the house we are still slated to move in August 1, but we now have a key so we can start cleaning, painting and making the house our own.

Thankful Thursday...on Friday

So I realize that this really isn't Thankful Thursday since it is actually Friday, but this is my blog, therefore those reading can choose to accept my reality or just not read...Your choice. Anywho, I am thankful for alot today. I feel like rather than focusing on just one thing today, I will share a few random things that I am thankful for.
First I am thankful for my new job. It is a great fit for me, and I get to work with a sweet friend. My boss is really nice and doesn't make me want to scratch my eyeballs out (I feel like this is a real plus.) I feel like more than anything this job will give me some real world experience that I can use should I choose to do something other than teach upon graduation.
Secondly, I am thankful for my second family. By this I mean the Hunts/Tullos'/Bonds.
They always make me feel like a real part of the family, and they genuinely care about us alot. Drew's mom and dad are here this weekend, and it is always fun to shop and talk about books with Mrs. Michile. On this note I have to give a special shoutout to Aunt Dede for the sweet card she sent us. (That was so sweet of you and we really appreciate it!)
I suppose that lastly I am thankful for yoga. I am addicted to this practice, and I think one day I dedicate a whole blog to my love for this newfound addiction. But for now I will just share that I absolutely love it, it makes me feel wonderful and if you haven't tried it you totally should...
I suppose I will wrap this up for now...time for some crafting with the MIL. I will try to blog more faithfully next week.

God's love never fails!

So for those of you out there in the blogosphere who haven't heard about my little ordeal here it is.

Yesterday after going into work...I was unexpectantly laid off. I had no idea and afterwards I was pretty upset and had no idea what I was going to do. I understand that I am supposed to trust God, but in the exact moment I was laid off, I felt helpless. So many things ran through my mind...what about our house? What about school? Why me? I have some amazing people in my life and I am confident that there were alot of those people out there praying for me. This morning I woke up and decided to settle into my life as an unemployed wife. I did some laundry, cleaned the kitchen...but I still felt pretty lousy. Around lunch time my good friend Michelle called me and told me that there was a possible opening where she works. I was immediately excited, but for some reason I was like "There is no way this is going to be that easy." Boy, was I wrong. Not only did God answer my prayers about a job, but He has provided me with a job that is less than ten minutes from our new house, close to the interstate, and a job that will work around my school schedule. Plus I get to work with one of my good friends, every day. God has blessed me above and beyond what I even imagined.

Sure I am going to miss being in and around the church and I will definitely miss Mrs. Angie and Mrs. D'Aun. But I feel like this is exactly what God would have for me right now. Just when I think God can't bless me anymore, He goes and does it again.

Deuteronomy 7:9 says: "Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands."