Reunited!! :)

Ok, I am gonna make this post short and sweet. It is basically just an update. I know I change my mind daily when it comes to houses: Buy or build? This house or this house? I just want everyone to know that me and the Northwyke are back together. I know we broke up for a while, but I have dated other house plans, and sometimes you just don't know what you have until it's gone. I thought I would get over it, but I haven't. I spoke with the hubby today, and the three of us are gonna try to make this thing work. I am in love with the Northwyke. Is it perfect? No, but it is perfect for me. I am gonna call the builder and see where we can cut cost.
Has anyone seen that elmers glue commercial where the dad is glueing everything in the house and he is singing: "Reunited and it feels so good!" and the kids walk in an catch him? Umm well that's how I feel about the Northwyke. I have been singing that song in my head all day today! :)

down in the dumps

I am feeling a little crummy today. This weekend is over. Josh will have to work next weekend. I went and looked at a house today. I want to buy it. Josh doesn't. Thursay I stuck myself with a dirty needle while cleaning up a treatment room. Supposedly my patient doesn't have anything, but I went to the doctor friday morning to get checked out just in case. They did some baseline tests and I will have to go back in a month and have a HIV and HEP C test. Sounds like fun huh? Yeah, you like how nonchalant I am about getting an HIV test right? I don't even have the energy to go into detail about it. Hopefully he isn't lying on his medical history, and if he is the chances of me contracting something are very small. Still sux though. This whole weekend just went down the crapper before it even got started. Our grass has not been cut yet so it is getting pretty tall, the only problem is that we don't have a lawn mower that works. We have POS that was given to us that doesn't run, so Josh thinks we need to buy a new riding lawn mower. We just bought a storage building that costed 2600 dollars so by all means lets find something else to spend our savings on that ISNT a HOUSE!!!! I have absolutely NO patience. Instant gratification is the name of my game. We need to get a new estimate with our new house plan, and our lower standards as far as flooring and cabinets, but I don't want our builder to feel like we are wasting his time. I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm running on a treadmill. Getting NOWHERE!!!! Save money, spend money, save money, spend money. Am I gonna die here in this crappy trailer? A little dramatic? Probably. Good news: I have lost 5 lbs. Bad news: I tend to eat more when I'm depressed so I could probally gain it back pretty fast at this rate. I could keep going, but this post is depressing enough.

Good Friday

Today really was a good friday! I didn't accomplish much, but it was a good day none the less. I slept late. Then I drank coffee and watched TV. I finally got a shower, and Josh got up around 2. (night shift) Then I went by the bank to put 100 dollars that my boss gave me as a bonus yesterday in my savings! Yay I love my boss. He really is great. It's nice to know you are appreciated. I told him that he was gonna build me a house he just didn't know it yet. lol. On the way home from the bank we got cherry limeades from sonic. Yum. Oh and I had some cheese sticks and Josh got popcorn chicken. Then we came home and he took a nap and I watched HGTV. After he left for work I went to the tanning bed and went to the gym. Then I came home and took a long bath, and then I decided to go through some pictures so I could take some to work and put in my operatory and on my desk. I had so much fun looking at old pictures. I basically just mentally relived my life from highschool to now, and I have to say that I have had a pretty fantastic life! I have wonderful friends, and I have had some pretty crazy times. I love all of my friends from hygiene school. Wow, reliving that was crazy. Looking back through my hygiene planner was something else. I had my work schedule written in it and it was nuts. I would go to Dr. Katies office and leave there and go to Belk and then I would have an exam at school the next morning! How did I do it? I have such good memories from that time though. I have some hilarious pics of me and my BFFs Cass and Nicole winding down before our graduation and it is pretty fantastic! Cass you know what I'm talking about. lol Anyways, my life and my friends, and my family are all pretty fantastic, and I have so much more to look forward to!

Spring!! and some of the same old stuff.

I am sooo loving this weather today! I wish I was outside soaking up the sun instead of sitting at my desk. At least I am getting paid! So I know everyone is probably sick and tired of hearing about my house building, but me and Josh picked out a new house plan! LOL I really thought I would be building the house I posted. We have been set on building that house for a long time now. Then when we got our estimate we thought that maybe we should reconsider and look for a house that would be a little cheaper to build. The funny thing is that I'm sure this house will cost just as much. It is the same size. This house is layed out perfectly though. With the other one there were a few things that we wanted to change, and a few things that we couldn't change. If I could transplant the floorplan of the new one inside the outside of the one I posted that would be my dream house!! I kinda feel like I just broke up with someone that I love, because I knew they weren't quite right for me. ha ha. I will forever love that house! "The Northwyke" It's name makes me have a little sad spot in my heart now. I guess I can post the name now that I'm not gonna build it. I felt protective of it before. lol Our new house doesn't have a name :( Just a number, so we decided that we will call it "The Piperwyke."
Me and Josh talked about babies again last night. Briefly. He said that we can start trying when we start building!! It makes me smile just thinking about it! I don't know how that will all play out, but I think I would be willing to just go for it and see how the chips fall. My brain says that a new house and a baby at the same time would be a disaster, and it probably would, but my brain also says that the chances of me getting pregnant right away are slim to none, so my heart says......"SHUT UP BRAIN, YOU THINK TOO MUCH!!" bahahaha no pun intended...or was it?

I found a before pic of the wallpaper!

HAHAHAHA! Sarah would kill me if she knew I posted this on my blog! Not the best pic of her, but you can see the hideous wallpaper!! Which is worse? Puke green or the wallpaper? Feel free to be brutally honest!

pictures

A few blogs ago I talked about my puke green kitchen and promised to post pictures. I have been putting it off for various reasons...dishes weren't washed, dishes were washed, but not put up, etc. If I don't do it now I will forget, so here they are! Here is the chairs I recovered too! I would post a pic of the whole table but it is messy and I have only done two chairs because I ran out of fabric! Please note that they match my awesome hand stitched curtains! lol You will also notice that my dishes are still not put away. Typical.


BEFORE AFTER

I guess it doesn't look so bad in the pictures? Or maybe I have gotten used to it. I wish I had before pictures on the kitchen, but I got too excited and started painting before I took any. If you look closely you will notice that there are only two eye covers on the stove. This is because I ALWAYS turn on the wrong eye and accidentally burn them up. Ha ha. I also did this to my buddy Nicole's eye cover on her stove in her apartment when we were in college. You'd think I would learn!!

Coming to my senses

Ok, so I have started to realize that I am being unrealistic about my house...Not the house itsself, but how fabulously decorated I think it should be! I want the most expensive floors, cabinets, and countertops and I am just being ridiculous! I have been looking at houses for sale lately because I want to be in a house soooo bad. I don't want to wait for 2 more years! I have been looking for a house that is within our budget, in Jasper (preferably not far from corridor x), has a basement, and a shop/workspace for Josh. Oh and it can't be outdated. Did I mention that I don't want neighbors that are right on top of me, and I need a big yard for Maynard (preferably fenced). While searching for this house I realized a few things: 1.) The only house that meets my standards is under contract. 2.) The only other house is slightly over our budget and doesn't have a fenced yard for Maynard. 3.) I LOVE where we live now and I don't want to move off of our land. 4.) If I am willing to "settle" with BUYING a house that may not have cherry wood cabinets and granite counter tops, (just because I want it sooner rather than later), then why would I not just build the house I want, on the land that I love, and maybe just be a little more reasonable with the cabinets and floors and countertops and still be able to be in it sooner rather than later! I have my whole life to decorate my house and make it what I want it to be. I don't need to have a house that is the talk of the town, I just want a basement, and to be happy with my wonderful husband. Sometimes I get ahead of myself. I think getting an estimate on the house really put some things into perspective for me. I know we can afford a nice house. We can afford the house I want. We can definitely afford it within two years. We can NOT however afford the house I want+granite countertops, cherry cabinets, and wood floors with a FINISHED basement in 2 years. It just isn't realistic. Just 2 more years of being terrified of tornadoes and I will be in my house. It will be worth waiting for. As for children, Josh just isn't ready yet, and I totally respect that. I want us both to be ready and want them. I don't even know if I am really ready. I just know that I am excited to meet the beautiful, sweet little babies that we will have someday. When the time is right.