Flowers waiting to be planted
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| Toby's Froggy pool |
Toby loves his froggy pool!
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| $2 Clearance Lilies. We got two-one for each side of our shed |
Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Monday, August 1
Manicured {Lawn and Flower beds}
Here are the 'finished' pictures I promised of our lawn and flower beds. My last post before I went MIA-I told you about planting flowers and being excited for spring. And since today is AUGUST 1-we should post those, eh?
Flowers waiting to be planted
Toby loves his froggy pool!
Flowers waiting to be planted Toby loves his froggy pool!
Thursday, February 3
Snowpocalpyse 2011
As I'm sure a ton of you know, many of the states got hit pretty hard with snow yesterday. Michigan got almost two feet in 24 hours. But, where we live, there were terrible drifts everywhere! Ry and I both got to stay home from our jobs and school and spend the entire day together! It was amazing. We were unable to drive anywhere, but we did take a walk with Tobers! Enjoy the photos....and I'm very jealous of anyone who's in weather above 10 degrees!
Yes, that is our house. If you look to the right of the bay window, you can see the top of our decorative tree. Shoot.
The drifts are up to our neighbors side door. And those Arborvitaes are four feet tall.
Toby loves the snow!
And cuddle time after playing in the snow! :)
P.S. What do you think of the new layout? I needed a change! :)
Love.
Sunday, April 11
Busy-ness
Hello blogging friends!
I have missed you so much these past two weeks...life has taken me by the hand and pulled me and hasn't let me stop yet. It has been a crazy! But really really good. I'll give you the updates and highlights otherwise this would be a huge long post!
First things first, We got the title for the house! We started painting and are already finished (almost, minus the touch ups that will be required after our new carpet is installed on tuesday!)! It looks phenomenal, but I'm waiting to post before and after photos until after the carpet is put in (but believe me, it's so worth the wait!) I cannot wait to move in with my soon-to-be hubsters! We're hopefully moving in not this week but next. So stay tuned for photo post! But here's the teaser:
I had my first bridal shower! It was so fun, and yet very intimidating. It's was for Ryan's side of the family, so even though Ry and I have been dating for almost 4 years, I had only met them 3-4 times. So when I was opening everything it was so strange having everyone's eyes on me. I really didn't like it one bit. But the after effects of all the presents was such a blessing. Everyone was waaaaay too generous!
I have missed you so much these past two weeks...life has taken me by the hand and pulled me and hasn't let me stop yet. It has been a crazy! But really really good. I'll give you the updates and highlights otherwise this would be a huge long post!
First things first, We got the title for the house! We started painting and are already finished (almost, minus the touch ups that will be required after our new carpet is installed on tuesday!)! It looks phenomenal, but I'm waiting to post before and after photos until after the carpet is put in (but believe me, it's so worth the wait!) I cannot wait to move in with my soon-to-be hubsters! We're hopefully moving in not this week but next. So stay tuned for photo post! But here's the teaser:
I had my first bridal shower! It was so fun, and yet very intimidating. It's was for Ryan's side of the family, so even though Ry and I have been dating for almost 4 years, I had only met them 3-4 times. So when I was opening everything it was so strange having everyone's eyes on me. I really didn't like it one bit. But the after effects of all the presents was such a blessing. Everyone was waaaaay too generous!
Emma, one of my flower girls
All of the gifts
My two moms
My best friend and I went to visit Taylor University to see our favorite set of twins! It was a really fun trip, and actually happened about a month ago...sorry I'm just blogging about it now!
I also was able to meet with our photographer and discuss all of our wedding shots. Our wedding photographer is one of my very close friends and is doing a GREAT job with her newer business. I love everything she's proposed and love the fact that she was willing to take a trip out to the wedding site to check out the place. Here are a few photos (they were taken in early spring, so everything looks very bland)
The far tree is where we'll be saying vows
Our rain shelter
Where all of the chairs will be set up
I have so much more to tell you like the finished invitations and the new job, but these are just the highlights. I can't wait to show you our new home!
Wednesday, March 24
Paint
We're in the process of buying this home for us to live in for 1 1/2 years (maybe more?) and we really want to be able to sell it when we're finished with it.
Well, my 'nesting' mind can't help but think about color combinations. I really want something that's going to look amazing, however, something that will be liked by everyone (so it sells!). Right now, all of the walls are off-white and the carpet is teal (believe me, it's the first thing that's going to go!!). It's not very big, so I don't want to get a TON of colors in the house, however, more than just your standard browns and tans.
I found this really interesting article on the psychology of color. Here's a general overview:
Red- increases blood pressure and respiration rate. Red also makes you loose track of time and increases appetite.
Orange- warm, welcoming and vital. Orange is cheerful and tends to improve appetite.
Yellow- increases metabolism and people tend to get more upset. Buttery yellows tend to be less aggravating.
Green- very natural and is considered a healing color. The popularity will last a long time, except for muddy greens and yellowy greens.
Blue- favored by all, it relaxes, soothes, and calms. Blue improves productivity and is considered to be clean.
Purple- the color or kings, it promotes mystery and spirituality.
Pink- decreases anger (it was even used in a prison to attempt to soothe prisoners!)
Browns- security, credibility and reassurance. It is also soothing and comforting.
Grey- enhances creativity. Grey is a favored executive color and works well as a neutral.
At this point, I really wanted to paint the kitchen yellow because I thought it was a happy, cheer-y color, but now I just don't know. We are planning on having beige carpet installed after we're finished with painting. I'm so excited about painting, I feel like everything else is being forgotten about (including some big even that happens in June!)...
If you wanted to read the whole article, here's a link!
Well, my 'nesting' mind can't help but think about color combinations. I really want something that's going to look amazing, however, something that will be liked by everyone (so it sells!). Right now, all of the walls are off-white and the carpet is teal (believe me, it's the first thing that's going to go!!). It's not very big, so I don't want to get a TON of colors in the house, however, more than just your standard browns and tans.
I found this really interesting article on the psychology of color. Here's a general overview:
Red- increases blood pressure and respiration rate. Red also makes you loose track of time and increases appetite.
Orange- warm, welcoming and vital. Orange is cheerful and tends to improve appetite.
Yellow- increases metabolism and people tend to get more upset. Buttery yellows tend to be less aggravating.
Green- very natural and is considered a healing color. The popularity will last a long time, except for muddy greens and yellowy greens.
Blue- favored by all, it relaxes, soothes, and calms. Blue improves productivity and is considered to be clean.
Purple- the color or kings, it promotes mystery and spirituality.
Pink- decreases anger (it was even used in a prison to attempt to soothe prisoners!)
Browns- security, credibility and reassurance. It is also soothing and comforting.
Grey- enhances creativity. Grey is a favored executive color and works well as a neutral.
At this point, I really wanted to paint the kitchen yellow because I thought it was a happy, cheer-y color, but now I just don't know. We are planning on having beige carpet installed after we're finished with painting. I'm so excited about painting, I feel like everything else is being forgotten about (including some big even that happens in June!)...
If you wanted to read the whole article, here's a link!
Monday, March 22
Blessings
Unless you know me personally, you would have no idea that I lost my job a little more than a month ago. It was just a series of unfortunate events, and I knew it was going to come one of these days. Well, after a huge hassle with everything wedding related and such, I came to the conclusion that I needed to find a job asap. So, this past week, I got not one, but TWO calls on job offers! HORAY!
Also, FH and I do not live together yet. We both still live at the parent's houses, it just saves money and works for us (both of our parent's are awesome and don't treat us like two year olds). Anyways, so on top of wedding and honeymoon planning (did any of you girls get lucky enough to have FH plan the honeymoon?) we had to figure out where we wanted to live. After looking at all the options, we decided to go with some apartments that we both liked. It was about 600 a month after all utility bills (which isn't bad...). Well, this last week, we were blessed once again with this very unique option. Ry's parent's own and run several mobile home parks around our area. When we were weighing our options, they advised us not to buy a mobile home because it would be difficult to sell it in this economy. But, it just so happens that in the park Ry's mom runs, the 'on-call' night manager could not do the job anymore, so they needed someone to step in. The perk about being an on-call night manager is free lot rent. And, it just so happens that one of Ry's dad's friends has a home that he bought super cheap (he just paid off what the people owned on it from the bank) and put a little bit of money into it to make it more sellable in the same park that needs an on call manager. Do you see where I'm going with this? Ry's dad's friend is selling us the home for what he bought it for and what he put into it, which is 50% off. And we're going to be getting free lot rent, since Ry would have no problem doing the on call position (it's more for just a show anyways, and if something does happen, he would have to call his dad to fix it since his dad owns the park). If we take the price of the home plus utilities plus insurance for the first year, it's going to cost us a grand total of 400 a month! After that first year, all we'll have to pay is the utilities and the insurance, less than 1,000 a year! And, we should be able to sell it again for whatever we put into it (it could just a fresh coat of paint and new carpet) when we are finished with it. So, it has the potential to have free rent (except utilities and insurance) our first few years of marriage. Are we BLESSED or what? :)
Also, FH and I do not live together yet. We both still live at the parent's houses, it just saves money and works for us (both of our parent's are awesome and don't treat us like two year olds). Anyways, so on top of wedding and honeymoon planning (did any of you girls get lucky enough to have FH plan the honeymoon?) we had to figure out where we wanted to live. After looking at all the options, we decided to go with some apartments that we both liked. It was about 600 a month after all utility bills (which isn't bad...). Well, this last week, we were blessed once again with this very unique option. Ry's parent's own and run several mobile home parks around our area. When we were weighing our options, they advised us not to buy a mobile home because it would be difficult to sell it in this economy. But, it just so happens that in the park Ry's mom runs, the 'on-call' night manager could not do the job anymore, so they needed someone to step in. The perk about being an on-call night manager is free lot rent. And, it just so happens that one of Ry's dad's friends has a home that he bought super cheap (he just paid off what the people owned on it from the bank) and put a little bit of money into it to make it more sellable in the same park that needs an on call manager. Do you see where I'm going with this? Ry's dad's friend is selling us the home for what he bought it for and what he put into it, which is 50% off. And we're going to be getting free lot rent, since Ry would have no problem doing the on call position (it's more for just a show anyways, and if something does happen, he would have to call his dad to fix it since his dad owns the park). If we take the price of the home plus utilities plus insurance for the first year, it's going to cost us a grand total of 400 a month! After that first year, all we'll have to pay is the utilities and the insurance, less than 1,000 a year! And, we should be able to sell it again for whatever we put into it (it could just a fresh coat of paint and new carpet) when we are finished with it. So, it has the potential to have free rent (except utilities and insurance) our first few years of marriage. Are we BLESSED or what? :)
All images from Kentland Home Sales (Source)
This situation just fits us so much better than an apartment. I'll be able to paint the walls and make it look so cute and new. It doesn't look that great now, but you just wait until I get a paint brush and a garden shovel in my hands! I'm so excited for this opportunity with Ryan. So look out for photos, I will be posting many before and afters coming soon (since we're allowed to start the process as soon as we would like to!)!!
