Category: Personal

The New House

Plugs, Puppy Sitters & Progress
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What’s this

you say? Well, it’s a very, VERY confusing electrical map of our first floor of the new house. While it looks like a hot mess, it’s really quite exciting. We walked through the whole house yesterday morning and added receptacles, scooted recessed lights and talked about switches. We’re so new to this and we’re so thankful for our site manager’s patience. The crazy thing is that we’re leaving for California for a week and so who knows what will change while we’re gone!! Pretty soon we’ll have siding and STONE (yes, stone:) and some brick! The windows are in, the plumbing is run and the electrical is a work in progress.

The CNU Chapel

& our "Impact" list
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There are

people in life that inspire us. Whether they are celebrities or a family member or even a peer…. almost everyone has someone they look up to. Michael and I are very thankful that we have an abundance of people in our life that we admire and look up to in so many different ways. I like to think of these people as being on our “Impact” list. In some way, shape or form, these individuals came into our lives and they had a profound impact on us. Maybe they made an impact on our marriage…. maybe their leadership was inspiring…. or maybe their public declaration of their faith was what made such a great impression.

Our 11th Valentines Day

A Thank You to my Best Friend
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It’s true,

This is our 11th Valentine’s day together. I’ll be honest, I don’t remember EVERY Valentines we’ve shared… but I remember a few. There was that year that I was a junior in high school and Michael was in college. I was having a tough time and he knew that. I missed him and high school just wasn’t the same without him. I remember walking through the halls that day and seeing everyone with flowers and bears and chocolate. Girls were talking to their boyfriends as classes would change and I just wanted the day to be over. I never understood how annoying Valentines day could be until my “Valentine” wasn’t around anymore.

The New House

We have a "House"!
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I said

that the next time I blogged about the new house project, we would actually have a HOUSE! …. and I wasn’t lying! It’s here!!! I can’t believe it but it’s all framed and the majority of the windows are in! If the rain holds out today, we’ll probably see shingles by tomorrow! It’s a CRAZY feeling to watch a house start to take shape…. it’s even crazier when it’s YOURS and you’ve never done this before. When they were framing it and the trusses were being set, It seemed so surreal. The pictures really don’t do it justice. We are so thankful that we’ve been around the last 3 weeks and have been able to take daily visits!! Everyday there is something NEW!

Wishing for Snow... Kinda.

& Bokeh Boy
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A lot of

people absolutely despise the snow. They say it’s gross and messy and just a pain for everyone. I tend to disagree…. I LOVE SNOW!!!!! I’ve always loved it. My whole FAMILY loves it. Our good friends, the Beales, used to have massive… and I mean MASSIVE snow parties when we were growing up! It was such a big deal to us. This year, snow is bitter sweet. It’s bittersweet because I know that if it snows again, they’ll stop progress on the new house… and you know I love my new house updates! So deep down in my heart I’m hoping for just ONE more little burst of snow before the end of winter… just one!

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