House Purchasing

We are a few steps closer to owning our own place. The seller accepted our offer on Friday along with some 'extras'.

Since then we have driven by the place and through the neighborhood oh at least 5x to make sure we're lovin the neighborhood and there are no crazy neighbors. So far so good. We even took Max on walk through the neighborhood and he gave quite a few yards/mailbox posts/trees his seal of approval.

This morning we had the home inspection and septic tank pumped and inspected. Nothing too crazy here. A few minor fixes such as some rotting siding, one of the sinks in the master bath not working and one of the ovens not heating up properly. Oh and some minor termite damage. We'll get it all worked out/fixed up in no time.

We'll close on the house June 25 if everything else goes smoothly.

Here are some of the highlights of the house: Downstairs has all hardwood floors- kitchen, breakfast area, family room, front office, foyer, dining room, butlers pantry, half bath, mudroom, laundry room. Basement is finished with the exception of one room. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths with a roomy roomy master closet. Still not sure where Justin's clothes will go, haha.

My favorite parts of the house: 1 acre of nicely landscaped, mature-treed lawn, super open and air-y downstairs and lots of nice windows symmetrically placed (equalling lots and lots of sunshine!). Please note that at this point both Justin and I claim to love mowing. We'll see how this changes over the next few summers.

Mostly though we're really looking forward to having the space in and out to have friends and family over.

We'll keep you posted- oh yeah and only 6 weeks until the wedding!

House Shopping

Today we put an offer on a beautiful 2-story in Overland Park, KS. Keep us in your prayers that everything will go through! It's just the perfect house.

How's the wedding planning coming, you ask?

1. Wedding Hair Consult (Curly Hair Specialist)- Check.
2. Flower Consultation (make decisions with soon-to-be spouse)- Check.
3. Get Groomsmen shoes- Check.
4. Order Bachelorette Party dress, Rehearsal Dinner Dress, Wedding clutch- Check.

Still to do:
1. PLAN HONEYMOON (and book!)
2. Buy shoes for bachelorette party and rehearsal dinner
3. Pick out songs for reception
4. Buy Justin's wedding ring

New Job

I start a new job in 2 weeks! Will be sales rep for an LA-based clothing company- working from home with lots of travel. Looking forward to it!! They say the three of the biggest life stressors are 1. wedding 2. moving 3. starting a new job. Sounds like I'm in for a doozy of a year:)

Pre-Marital Counseling #3

And we're done. Wedding ceremony is decided, vows have been chosen. Can't believe it's less than 2.5 months away!

This weekend

Justin and I are flying out to California this weekend to visit some friends. Can't wait to soak up some Cali sun!!

Hello there

So I am either registering for a camera as a wedding gift or just outright buying one here very soon. Then you can have some lovely pictures to look at as well. Quick update- invitations are going out in the mail next week, just as soon as Justin and I finish up lovingly assembling and addressing them. Yes, lovingly, as we've been through a few exacto knife blades and about 10 rolls of double stick tape - taking us about 2 weeks total. (Justin 75%, me 25% - thank you Justin!!)

Wedding week highlight: After a few caterer scares, we've locked one down. You can rest easy now, the food will be excellent.

Mild wedding panic of the week: My hairstylist cancelled on me for the day of. Wtf. I have went to her (and tipped her quite well!) for nearly 2 years now. She blocked her day out for me almost a year ago and this week I get a call that she's doing another wedding instead of mine. Yes, she'll probably make more money doing an entire wedding party instead of just my measley head of hair... but where's the professionalism, decency, loyalty, professionalism of that??!! We could have worked something out! Needless to say she will never have the opportunity to work with my hair again and I will be letting her know just as soon as I find a new stylist. Now please please please let me find someone else who knows how to tame curly frizzy dry not-very-thick red hair:)

Fun weekend ahead- Mom is out for the next three days!! Will be fun to finally do some girly wedding things w/ the M.O.B.