Making Preparations

This upcoming week, my life will revolve around:

Yep, I will be packing my life away preparing for the big move on Saturday!! The day has finally come and I am very anxious to move into my very first house. The movers will be here bright and early on Saturday morning. YAY!

Only 3 weeks left!!!!

Have I mentioned how excited I am about my house? It has been such an amazing process watching my very first house go up. Between picking out all of my colors, making my "own" decisions, and visiting my lot every single day, I am finally almost there! Just 3 short weeks left until everything is complete and I could not be more excited (obviously).  

My beautiful kitchen backsplash. The little pieces are from my parent's kitchen in the house that they just built. It is such a neat thing to have a piece of them in my new house!! 

The den is coming along quite nicely. The first coat of paint is up and I love the color! 

The landscaping has started! We are down to the final finishing touches. I can't wait for the final product!

House Progress

My house is progressing so quickly and it is making me so excited!!! I went out to look at it yesterday and took a new picture...

The roof is completed!! The brick is laid out, ready to go as well. Hopefully we will see lots of progress as we end the month. YAY!!! 

Snow Day!

I have always loved snow days! This was our first big snow at my parents new house. We went out walking and took some pics throughout the neighborhood. We did not get very far considering everything was completely ICED over.

My parent's house! Beautiful!

My feet in the snow! We had a couple of inches.

The main road in our neighborhood

My mom and dad walking through the neighborhood. Of course Pati was dressed to the nines!

The Longmeadow sign at the front of our neighborhood!

We attempted to spell out 2011, but it was pretty tough to carve through the ice! 

I hope everyone has enjoyed their snow day!! Word on the street is that we are out of school again tomorrow! Woo Hoo!! 

More Progress!

My house is steadily coming along! Woo Hoo!! I went out there again today and the framing has begun. It is so strange to see your house go up in stages so quickly. It just makes me even more excited. Here are the latest pictures!

New House

I am currently in the process of building my first house!! I am so excited about it. It has been a long process, but construction has finally begun. I moved back home after I graduated from Alabama to begin working on my masters degree at UAB, so living at home (with my parents!!) was the best option for me. It has definitely been interesting, but thankfully I have FUN parents! :)

After graduating from UAB last December, I began teaching in January at Clay Elementary. I worked there all spring semester doing a maternity leave and then taking over a retirement. This past summer I was offered a job at Irondale Middle teaching 6th grade and I absolutely love it! I have been patiently waiting,saving money, looking at houses with my realtor, and finally an opportunity presented itself!

I am building a house in Alden Glen in Moody! It is a cute, newer neighborhood and I absolutely love it. It just seemed like the best place for my first home. I am very close to work (just an 8 minute drive down I-20) and very close to my parents in Trussville (I couldn't move too far from them!).

Here are a few pictures of the (small) progress!

Looking forward to..

THANKSGIVING!!!

I absolutely love Thanksgiving. I feel like it gets overlooked every year because Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier! Don't get me wrong, I adore Christmas and everything that comes along with it, but give Thanksgiving a chance. You get to spend time with your family and friends, eat yummy food, and sit back as you reflect on how thankful you are for everything in your life. Sounds like a good holiday to me. 

Another reason to look forward to Thanksgiving....9 days off of work! Granted, I love my job more than anything in the world, but some time off to re-energize and gear up for teaching/giving final exams sounds lovely to me. My students need a break, too. Sooo, in conclusion...SAVE THANKSGIVING!!!

HOWEVER,

I will be putting my tree up on Friday after Thanksgiving because I do love me some Christmas!! :)