I HEART the Guitar!

SPOILED

The title is in reference to myself. I've really been fighting hard to believe that things will just go according to the schedule that I have in my head for our home improvement projects. However, that schedule is already one week behind because of our lender, and it's becoming very obvious that my schedule is unrealistic. It would be realistic if I were willing to pay someone else lots of money to come and do the labor for me, but I just can't justify it. We will save so much money if we just do it ourselves. So now I'm trying to let go of my hopes and expectations. I'm not so good at this. I feel like it has to be my way or the world just might end... yes, this is behavior of a spoiled child. The whole point of finding a home before we went off gallivanting in Europe was so my mind would be at ease and I wouldn't be preoccupied with the stresses and awaiting projects of home. It's time to adapt. Europe should be distracting enough to keep my mind off of the fact that all my stuff is sitting in a garage and that the only piece of furniture in the house is a mattress. Wish I could just relax and not put myself through this stress.

"The Office" is back Party

I really think it's funny I called a group of friends coming over for sandwiches and the new office episode a party. It was actually really nice to just have friends over and enjoy laughing together. After the show we finished the jazz game, what a roller coaster ride. Alas we lost by a split second three pointer...grrr. I hate Dirk Nowitzki! So, things died down a bit then we watched some stuff on you tube, and I have a couple of new favorite thanks to Kaleena.

I just love it when he starts to tip and tumble backwards! What a pick me up!
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It's been a few days so just a quick update. We probably wont close on the house tomorrow like we were suppose to, so we'll have to wait until Monday. I know that things happen for a reason, but apparently I'm not learning my lesson, because this thing just keeps getting postponed. I guess our lender is swamped because they've had the lowest rates the last two weeks...sigh. The time line is really stressing me out, but I'm having lots of fun picking flooring and putting things together.

I'm a Little Giddy

My Goodest (she'll appreciate that) friend Jesi helped me tweak the color scheme for our house, tonight. I really am so excited and in love with these colors. Front to back: 1) Main Natural Color Through Out the Home 2) Ceiling and Trim Color with different finishes of course 3) Our Accent Color which I absolutely Love! We'll use this in the office with a high chair rail, and I'm thinking about some accent walls in the front formal living room. I'm so thrilled with how they turned out, and how well they all blend together! THANKS JESI!!!

Home Improvement Blog

We're apparently closing on our house this upcoming Tuesday!!! Seriously, it's freaking me out that it's really going to happen... way nervous. I'm not sure why, maybe it's all the excitement. Anyways, our place is nice (at least I think so) but in need of a makeover, and we're going to give it one. Aaron and I talked about how we want to document the process on our blog. We talked about starting a whole new blog for it, but this will only be like a 8 week process, so you get to enjoy our house renovation documentation. We're really doing this so we can look back and say, "Look at what we did?!" Aaron is so excited to get to work. I didn't realize I married a Do It Yourself Joe, he's awesome!

I took some picture of the place when it seemed like we would probably get the house, because I wanted them for reference when planning colors and different design elements. They aren't great but you can kind of get the feel for the home, and the junk all over the place. The previous owners were evicted and were kind enough to leave us some presents!
It has this cute front porch. We want to put up a swing and some hanging flower pots.

My very own kitchen with a gas range! I'm overly excited about that.

This is the first bedroom and it looks just like the second bedroom. I can tell them apart by the chocolate milk chug in the window sill of bedroom #2. Yummy...

The Master Bedroom. Shoes anyone?


This is the master bath. I couldn't really capture it's grodiness. When Aaron convinced me to clean this place up ourselves, I said, "As long you clean around that toilet!" Gross!If you click on this one, you might be able to see the dirty whity tighties overflowing from that bag in the front room. My favorite is all the dust on the ledge, that's going to be a stinker to clean.


Really, we went for this place for the free vacuum. Aaron's soon to be sanctuary.

We're organizing a big cleaning party for April 12th so we can start painting the next week. I really don't think it will be that bad because we don't have to worry about destroying carpets, etc, because we're replacing everything. Wish us luck in our endeavors. Please, we need it.

Puppy Plans

You read correctly...we've got puppy fever. Aaron and I have always wanted doggies, but since we're renters we haven't been able to have pets. Well, except for our bunny Simon that we hide from the Land Lord, shhh...don't tell. Well now that we are going to have our very own home we can finally start to make this dream come true.

My Dog will be a West Highland Terrier. They aren't the cutest puppies but look how cute they are when they grow up. I really had a hard time deciding between a Westie or a Yorkie. I went with a Westie because they are suppose to be more patient with small children, and easier to potty train.

Aaron's dog will be a Pug. I never thought that I would let him have one, but then I decided that was selfish. So, yeah he's actually starting to make me kinda' fond of the wrinkly things.

We're super excited!

Your Shoe Is Untied

APRIL FOOLS!!! This is the first thing I heard this morning...I can't wait to see what else they come up with.

Continued:

"Mrs. Gelter you aren't wearing blue! April Fool's!"

"There's a spider on the Wall!!! April Fools!"

"One of my students just passed out!" I wasn't believing anything at this point, but no for reals one of Mr. Vincent's kid's had passed out! Kinda' scary...he's okay.

Then my favorite so far, "Mrs. Gelter, I hate School! April Fool's!" Ahh... I love it, even if she is just sucking up, I still love it!

Ending Note:

"Rockies Rock and Red Socks Suck!!!! April Fools!!!" C (One of my red heads... so cute! Don't tell him that) loudly announces at the top of his lungs. We had a small dispute back during the world series. Later today C was being checked out and as he walked out the door I quietly said, "Red Socks Rock. April Fools!" Bad idea! He turned on his heal and looked right at me and started yelling at me like that crazy fan at every sporting event. I just had to smile at him and say, "Your mother is waiting for you in the hall." He got this "OH NO, NOT MOM!" look on his face, and mild child returned. "Bye, Mrs. Gelter." As he dashed out the door. The kid makes me smile, but I will never disagree with him again when it comes to sports. Good thing he's an Aggie and BYU fan!