...and we're IN!

6 Full car loads.
130 miles on my car.
1 U-Haul truck.
4 Extra Helpers.
1000 Trips up and down a flight of stairs...
And we're finally all moved into our house!

Below is the layout of our house that I did on Floorplanner.com.

David may be the architect in the family but someone else may have some skills...

Before pictures of the inside to come with many more projects on the way!



1 Week and Counting...

We get the house one week from today.

There still is much to be done. Being a self-proclaimed Type A personality, I would like to share with you my "To-Do" list for our moving/packing/cleaning (color coded and everything). Enjoy

January 14th-16th:

• Take down decorations on shelves and box them up
• Go through clothes and sort pile for Goodwill
• Pack up M things in office
• Throw away old food in cabinet

January 17th-22nd:

• Take decor off walls
• Take down TV and door off wall
• Spackle holes in walls
• Pack up unused kitchen items
• Shampoo Carpet

January 23rd:

• Mindy's Bridal Shower (drive home and back)
• Hyatt Awards Banquet at 5pm
• D to take down desks and box things in office
• D to take down shelves in office closet and spackle holes

January 24th-27th:

• Box up entire office
• Start priming wall back to white

January 28th-30th:

• Finish priming walls back to white
• Davids Bday Party

January 31st:

• Box up purses and accessories
• Box up bathroom items, set aside daily used items
• Box up kitchen items, set aside daily used items

February 1st: HOUSE IS OURS!
February 1st-4th:

• Bring small (house items) boxes over to House every night after work
• Feb 2nd-Box up clothing/shoes (Sarah wardrobe boxes)
• Pack suitcase for the wk
• Clean house and apt as necessary

February 4th:

• Schedule move-out inspection at 4pm with the Breyley Apt

February 5th:

• MOVE IN DAY
• Pickup box truck
• Pack bedding and pillows
• Parents come up to help
• Load all big furniture into box truck and smaller things into back of parents truck
• UNPACK!

Still pretty much on track and looking forward to just being in the house already!

Happy Birthday David!

Today is my most favorite persons 26th Birthday.

Happy Birthday Papa Bear.

I cannot wait for our many adventures together. ilu.

It has been 632 days since my last post (being completely honest, when I started this post this number was at 629...so I need to get my act together). It definitely doesn't do anything for my trustworthy factor that in said last post I stated that was going to "better myself through the blog".

But here we are.

A lot has changed since April 2009. I now live in Clearwater (soon to be South Tampa in the next few weeks), I work for Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa as a Sales Systems Admin, David and I are about to celebrate 3 yrs together, David is in his second semester of his Masters of Architecture program at USF (and doing AMAZING, so proud of him!), and my new year's resolution (as this seems to be the perfect place to proclaim such things) are as follows:

• Always have a project on the side. When someone asks you waht you are doing, no one wants to answer, 'oh,...umm, I'm working at......and that's about it....', NO THANK YOU! I am a creative person and have always had little projects going on and have lost touch with that side in this past year. I have designed and sewn my own clothes, created little pieces of art for friends as well as my own walls, and have always seen things as 'i could make that.' I have an admitted obsession with all things interior design and am about to turn up the heat in that department. David and I are moving into a house in South Tampa in less than 2 wks and I am beyond excited. Though we are renting, I just can't wait to get my hands on this place and make it our own. David will be the landscaper as we have a huge backyard and the house could use a little curb appeal. I get the inside and have BIG plans for it. I plan to use this blog as my outlet of expression for all of my little DIY projects.
• Take more pictures. I think the absence of Jocelyn in my daily life has left me picture- less over the last year. I try. I really do. But she's always the one to have the camera out all the time and capturing every little moment. She turns every photo into something interesting and fun, even if it was only a picture of you legs. David recently acquired a few nice cameras and is a pro at Photoshop and I need to get on the ball. He's taught me a few things in there but when I grab the mouse things don't seem to work the same way, hmmm. Documenting my little projects and our fun outings together will be my first goal. Besides, I can't keep anyone's interest just with my writing, even if it is close to brilliant (joke).
• Get in the best shape of my life. I know a lot of people have the typical "Lose Weight" on the New Year's resolutions, but this is different (ok maybe not). I just want to tone up and perhaps (I might be a little too ambitious with this one....) run a half marathon. I want to feel great all the time and have loads of energy. By cutting out the junk and working out 4-5 times a wk, I think I can get there.
• Small Adventures. With David being in school about 80 hrs a wkm things tend to be a little quiet at home. I think that going out on small adventures (paddle boarding, discovering a new coffe shop, etc.) alone or with a friend is a great way to discover new things about the world as well as myself.

Ach Liebe is the best outlet for most of the things on my resoltions list and hopefully by writing them down and putting them out in the world it will make me stick to them.

A few updates

Since I've failed to blog in the last 3 months, here is what you've been missing:

1) I moved back home.

I loved my time in San Francisco, I loved the people I met, and my internship was probably the most amazing thing I could ever have hoped for. There was just something missing. So, I moved home, temporarily, be with my family and to save some money.

2) I have a job.

I work at the new Hyatt Place, located at the Coconut Point shopping mall. I am a "Gallery Host," meaning I am to host our guests as if they were guests in my own home. Otherwise meaning that I cook for them, serve them drinks, clean up after them, and pretty much get them anything they would like. I love the people I work with, but have figured out that I really need to be in the event business. I have realized that I need to be creative in my career, as well as have the ability to something different everyday.

3) David and I celebrated our 1 yr.

I am making a promise to better myself through the blog.

Blame it on the Rain

I have failed again. Bottom of the list. I blame this mishap due to the fact that I do not own a functional computer. I think it is time for a new one. A mac perhaps?

I GRADUATED

I graduated from the University of Florida a few weeks ago, specifically on December 20th, 2008 at 10:42 am. I will be sending out announcements as well as grad party invites soon! This is the best picture I have and will get some from the sister.