Farwell 5317

So, I have to move out of my house this week on Wednesday. Don't get me wrong. I'm really excited about moving to a new one that is nicer and starting a new life there, but I'm also a little sad about leaving this one behind. For me this townhouse was mine. It represented everything I worked hard for and I've always been proud of that fact. I know that I will proud of the new house, but it will be "ours" and not mine. I'm an only child. I don't do "ours" very well ( haha) . I'm going to miss all the specail times I had here and the memories I made. I guess this is all part of growing up and trust me, I wouldn't want to stay here for anything in the world, but every now and then I know that this new house will never be just mine and I guess it's a little scary. Anyway, so this week I'm saying farewell to an old friend, thanks for being there for 5 years and helping me make happy and some sad memories. Now off to bigger and better things!!!!!

New Home owner

Sorry I haven't posted anything in along time but I have been really busy with bachlorette parties, I sold my house, and now we've bought a new one! One that is already built and we will move into the weekend before the wedding!!!!!!! I'm so excited! It's over in Fuquay at Lakestone Village! I'll be able to walk to Kohl's, chick-fil-a, applebees, and Dunkin donuts. I mean, what else do you need? ha ha! I can't believe we even found this house! It's exactly what we were looking for and now we don't have to live with Momma and Daddy! Not that I don't love my momma and daddy, but that was gonna weird to come back from a honeymoon and go to my parents house! We close on the house on September 4Th and we'll move in that weekend, but we have both decided that neither of us are going to stay there until the night after we get married. Were not going to leave for our honeymoon until Monday morning so we'll get to spend Sunday night there for the first time together! I'm really excited about it. I'll have more pictures up soon to show you guys!

For Sale By Owner

Okay, So I'm trying to sale my townhouse. I met with a realtor on Thursday to see about listing it with him. He came recommended by the guys at the new house. Well, all the info he gave me was great. The last four 2 bedrooms in my neighborhood all sold in like 37 days and just under $1000 of what they were asking for them! So it looks like maybe my house will go quick. Bad news: he wanted 6% to sale it for me. That's like $9000. There's my new furniture for the new house! So I said thank you but no thank you, and I am trying this on my own. I have a family friend who is a real estate agent and she said she would list it for me on the MLS for $500 and just let me do everything else. So, I am going to try that route. Especially since the information he gave was so good! So, if any of you know somebody who is looking to take advantage of the $8000 tax credit, please send them my way! And wish me luck!!!!!

Rain Rain go away!

So, today did not start great for me! I'm sure everyone noticed the monsoon that is currently taking place in our area right? Well, I'm watching the weather forecast(like I've been doing for a week now and it has has a sun on Wed. for a week) because my Bridal portrait is tomorrow! I have already went and got my manicure, my pedicure, my spray tan, lined up my hairdresser, the make-up lady, and a bouquet! I mean, this is like mini wedding day here!!! My portrait is going to be outside at the Old Well in Chapel Hill. I've wanted my picture there since I was like 5. It's where my grandma had hers and when I was little girl I decided right then and there I was going to do the same thing! But Noooooo, Mother nature decides to call for rain on Wednesday at the last second. So in tears I call my photographer to see what our plan is. I've already told myself mentally that if I have to do it inside at the studio I will just live with it and then on my wedding day maybe I could stop by the old well and take a quick picture! I talk to her and I'm in tears, and she's in tears. Her studio is flooded! So now taking my picture inside is also not an option! Well, the lord must have taken pity on me because the photographer had a cancellation on Friday for 3:00 and my hairdresser had one at 9:00 on Friday, the make-up girl can do Friday, and the flower lady told me"shug, don't worry about it. This has happened before and it will happen again. I'll just make you another one!" So, in the end it worked out but I really thought I was just not going to have a Bridal portrait and all you southern Ladies know that not having a big ass picture of you in your wedding gown over you mom's mantel is just not acceptable! So, think about me on Friday when it's 100 degrees outside. But hey, at least it won't be raining!

Blinded by the light

So, it's been a while but I'm just going to be honest. I've had too much on my plate to even think about what I am going to write on here. I finally have a spare second between trying to get my house ready to go on the market, wedding planning, vacations, and sickness to write about me bleaching my teeth. Or shall I say KK bleaching my teeth. We have this in house bleaching stuff at work and my portrait is in 3 weeks so I wanted to lighten my teeth a little. So I get in the chair and we cram this horrible thing in my mouth called cheek retractors. It's as bad as it sounds, trust me! Then she applies the bleach and we have to sit there for 15 minutes and let it do it's thing! In the mean time, everyone in the office is coming over and looking at me and making me laugh, and KK is trying to keep me from getting the solution on my tounge because it burns your skin when it touches it! Finally 15 minutes are up and I can't stand the cheek retractors anymore, KK sucks the stuff off and I jerk them out of my mouth.Miraculously there are no white burn spots on my gums! My girl KK knows what she is doing. My teeth look great! Whiter but not too bright so that it looks like I have a mouth full of chicklet gum! I'm happy with the way it looks, and then I get home and my teeth on the bottom start KILLING me! They hurt ALL NIGHT LONG! It was like one of those throbing dull kind of hurting that annoys you! Anyway, so I dealt with it and the next day all was better! It was def. worth all the retracting and throbbing! Now my teeth will be pearly white for my pictures! Oh, the things we do to be beautiful!

Big decisions all in the same year.

So, yesterday Bart and I went to sighn a contract and put some money down to buy a new house. We decided getting married, buying a house, and having kids are the three most important things you will ever do in your life, why not get two of them over with this year? Haha. So now, on top of weding stuff, we will be busy building a house. Well, were not actually building it, but you know what I mean! Were both really excited but yesterday we kind of got an idea of what the next four months have in store for us. 10:00 we went to Wake Forest to look at our engagement pictures,Then we drove to Garner to my Mom's bank to pick up some papers I needed for the loan, then it was off to North Raleigh to meet with the Mortgage lender, and after that it was down to Fuquay to meet with the realtor at the new house to sighn the contract. We did not go back home until 7:00. Then when we got home we sarted ripping out the carpet in the upstairs hallway to put down Hardwoods today, after we get back from mowing the grass at the church, and then we go eat dinner at my aunt's house. You get the picture! I brought all of this on my self, but by the time Sept. gets here I am going to be so ready for that honeymoon. Anyway, I hope everyone has a great Mother's day and give your mom's a hug and kiss from me!

M.I.A

Okay, So I know I've been M.I.A for a while, but I am back. I have been super busy with the relay, wedding planning, trying to get my house ready to go on the market, trying to decide on what new house we might like, all sorts of stuff! The Relay went great. We earned a total of $160,000 which is the most we have ever earned! The wedding is coming right along and I am so excited for our day to get here. I'm a little worried about what I'm going to be doing with my free time when it's over. Hopefully, I will have a new house to decorate. We have been putting new carpet down, painting, and cleaning trying to get this house ready to list on the market. So, blogging had kind of taken a back seat right now. I will be back with more stories soon though, I promise! Until then.......I'll be cleaning!