THE HOUSE!

So..move in day- 5 days!

Holy jeez- that is soon.
And am I ready?
-As far as stuff is concerned, yes. Everything is pretty well packed in boxes. My uncle and a church friend are going to help me move plus my parents.
-As far as emotionally, no way Jose. I am terrified.

This move requires me to put on my big girl panties and grow up.
And I'm just starting to enjoy my childhood I think.
Which is freaking terrifying.

Any advice- how you grow up without losing the fun?

Anyway...I am excited. It will be lovely. I love house stuff. I love cooking. I can't wait to have a nook in my room. :)

Oh yes...and here's the house!!!!!

Home Renovation

So even though it's not the new house, it's still a house. My home home. Which has been painted and repainted, modeled and remodeled. Mostly by my mom- she loves redoing things in the house. However, each redo always looks gorgeous. Unfortunately I don't have a ton of before pictures...but there are lots of "here's what it looks like now" pics.

So first...my room.
Before


And after (a world better!)






Next...the bathroom. It used to be green and blue.






Mom's bedroom...it was a deep brown/pink for about a day, then it was light green and a tan for a while. Now, it is this. Much better!





And finally, the kitchen. Probably the biggest and best remodel yet!
Before


After



It's a great house to come home to!

Bittersweet Symphony

Yes...that is the name of a song but it is also the story of my day. Today is my last day living in a dorm at Millersville. And while there are a zillion reasons why I am thrilled about this, it also feels like a turning point in my life. In a month, I'll be renting a house with two of my closest friends. That's kind of a big deal. It means that I'll be kind of a grown up. And that scares me!

This room of mine has seen a lot of joy and a lot laughter along with some pain and tears. I'm so excited to see where the next two years take me. Because it has been a life-changing two years but still...it's scary.

Growing up is scary. But fun too.

Trace Adkin's song-You're going to miss this...that's where I'm at right now.

Moving Forward...

So we're moving forward with our house.

Yesterday...we turned in the lease. What a huge weight has been lifted. We have an actual address and we've seen the outside of our house..SO CUTE!

We all are moving in on June 5th and can't wait to start this chapter in our lives.

Tons of pictures and questions and ideas to come!

WADT and a Lease!

So yesterday, I got a whole crew of people together for Wear a Dress Tuesday. Sarah, over at The Strength of Faith, is the one who started this and who is now spreading it around the east coast. We didn't get any pictures because we were all super busy but 9 or 10 of us wore our dresses!

So bad to the actual home part of this blog...we got our lease!!! Which means that this is actually happening. So exciting!

Wear a Dress Tuesday

So my friend Sarah (who got me started blogging) over at The Strength of Faith started this thing called Wear a Dress Tuesday. Because sometimes you just need to dress up.

I've been meaning to wear a dress for several weeks and its been raining most of those weeks unfortunately. Having a job that sometimes requires me to run around campus and deliver things, I decided against a dress in the rain.

But today when I woke up, I knew it would be hot and lovely out. It started out hot but raining (surprise!) so I changed my dress option but still chose to wear it.

And gosh, it was such a great choice. I got a ton of complements including the mail guy at work. Who knew?!

All in all, I'd say it was the start of a happy month of WADT!

Here it is! Although this was at the end of the day when I wasn't feeling nearly as good and stress free. (Notice the shoes...they are my faves!)

Building Houses

Over Spring Break, I travelled with University Christian Fellowship from Millersville to Ramona CA to help rebuild homes lost in the 2007 wildfires. I was really nervous about what I was going to have to do because I don't love heights.

Well that went out the window on day two when I agreed to help build a 3 story scaffolding and then climbed up it to put nailers in the beams.



Yup, that's me up there. With Korbin, who kept me safe all week!

I also climbed up many other ladders, including an extension one. That was high too! I learned how to caulk, I painted a TON of the one side of the house, I used a skill saw, I nailed siding, I used a chalk line...I learned how to help build a house!

While it wasn't my house for next year, I poured my heart and soul into the house we helped to build. This experience also made me want to be more handy.

Here's more pictures:


The house before we started working on it...


And after we finished our week...




An absolutely amazing trip!