The countdown is ON!!

So our house is officially SOLD!!! YAY!! We are so excited...and a little nervous now!! We went from having all the time in the world to get the farm house ready, to having less than a month!! The people buying our house want to close April 19th! Um...as in 25 days from now??? Holy cow we have a lot to do!!! Here is what we have going on right now!

-sheet rock being finished this week and next

-electricians coming next week to install the lights so we can work at night! haha

-buying and installing the potties so we don't waste time leaving to go pee..hahahaha

-priming and painting our fresh new sheetrock!

-finishing trim work and hanging doors

-having the kitchen cabinets torn out and new ones built

-building the island

-buying and installing the most beautiful granite countertops I have ever seen!!!! :)

hmmmmm...what am I forgetting??? A LOT probably!!! Wish us luck!!

Strangling her kitty Fancy

Enough hair for piggy tails!!!
She is getting used to always being at Lowes!

And apparently TIRED of always being at Lowes!! :)

The House That Built Me

I am absolutely OBSESSED with Miranda Lambert's new song, "The House That Built Me." Have you heard it? It gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to it...which is a lot. I didn't really have 1 house that "built me." The house I lived in the longest was from the time I was 9 until I was 18. That house holds all my memories of being a kid. Running after the ice cream truck, playing countless hours of freeze tag, and jumping on trampolines with a popsickle in each hand in 100 degree weather. It's weird though because we didn't move there until I was 9. Before that we were in Hilton Head, but I really don't have many memories about those houses.

I am writing about this today because we just got an offer on our house last night!!! (THANK YOU GOD!!!) We are trying not to get too excited just yet, because since my mom is a real estate agent, I know how quickly these things can fall apart. However, this is really the first and only interest we have had on our house in 7 months, so we are really praying it all works out.

Ben and I were driving out to the new (old) house when we first heard the song. It is exactly the kind of home we are trying to create for our family. We don't want to move anymore!! I want this new house to be the place my kids come back to when they bring their babies to stay with Grandma!(sniff!) This process of remodeling has been crazy and beyond stressful, but it will all be worth it some day when we can call it home. Even though I'm 24 and have lived in 5 or 6 different houses over the course of my life, I feel like this is the house that's building me. I'm learning so much about myself and my husband and our marriage. I know what's important to me and it's been fun to watch it all go from a sketch to the real thing. I think a lot about the fact that the house is 150 years old, and wonder about the other families who lived there and who else this house "built."

I know they say you can’t go home again
I just had to come back one last time
Ma’am I know you don’t know me from Adam
But these handprints on the front steps are mine

Up those stairs in that little back bedroom
Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar
I bet you didn’t know under that live oak
My favorite dog is buried in the yard

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
Out here it’s like I’m someone else
I thought that maybe I could find myself
If I could just come in I swear I’ll leave
Won’t take nothing but a memory
From the house that built me

Mama cut out pictures of houses for years
From Better Homes and Gardens magazine
Plans were drawn and concrete poured
Nail by nail and board by board
Daddy gave life to mama’s dream

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
Out here it’s like I’m someone else
I thought that maybe I could find myself
If I could just come in I swear I’ll leave
Won’t take nothing but a memory
From the house that built me

You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can
I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
Out here it’s like I’m someone else
I thought that maybe I could find myself
If I could just come in I swear I’ll leave
Won’t take nothing but a memory
From the house that built me

A new project!

Well, It's hard for me to admit, but I no longer have a baby. I have a toddler!!! A beautiful, smart, outgoing, energetic, precious little 1 year old!! Audrey Grace had a wonderful birthday and even got 8 inches of snow for her winter wonderland party!! We were so blessed to have such a beautiful surprise on our sweet girl's birthday, and so thankful that all our friends and family were able to be here to watch her celebrate!!! We had a great time!!

I have also taken on a new project to try to earn some extra money for the house renovation!! I am now an independent distributor of Premier Designs jewelry!! They have some really cute, high fashion jewelry at great prices, and I'm excited to see how this goes!! Contact me if you are interested in getting FREEEEEEE jewelry!!!

The house is really coming along now!! Our current house is still for sale...but we are trying to remain hopeful!! The new house is half sheetrocked and work has begun upstairs!! The next step is the exterior insulation and then we can get the rest of the sheetrock finished!! Before we know it we will be painting!! My favorite part!! Yahoo!! Here are a few pictures you can enjoy!!