My Life Lately

Recently, life has been pretty hectic! I feel like I always am running around in circles and never have enough time to do anything.  Work is crazy busy, but I am still making sure that I leave the office after 10 hours a day (don't think that I could handle much more, even though there is PLENTY of work to be completed!).  Between my crazy schedule at work, I have to fit in time to go to the gym, meeting with the builder, planning things for the house, and overall just maintaining my life.  Needless to say, there a few things that I definitely need to catch up on. Thankfully, this weekend Rusty and I don't have much going on so we are going to spend most of the weekend planning out things for the new house (this might be a surprise to Rusty!).  Planning out things for a new house means SHOPPING and lots of DIY projects.  I am sure Rusty will be thrilled with all of these ideas I have :) I am sure 5 minutes into shopping, he is going to want to kill me!

After this stressful, long week I am so happy that it is Friday and that the weekend is here! I hope y'all all have a great weekend too :)

Finally picked out everything for the house!

My sleepy little puppy on her 1st birthday!

Enjoy a beautiful Sunday in Downtown Greenville

Rusty and the dogs playing in the Reedy River

Falls Park in Downtown Greenville...absolutely gorgeous!

Alicia, Courtney, and I at the Clemson Sring Game

The boys with their cigars

Uncle Rus playing with Emma!

Just a few snapshots of what I have been up to lately!!

Is it June Yet?!

I am way too excited for June to get here now after meeting with the Builder and Developer last night! I feel like a little kid on Christmas Day being able to pick out the floors, cabinets, countertops, etc.  I think one of the big reasons that I wanted to build a house was because I had always wanted to be an Architect or Interior Designer growing up, but that dream was short lived after I went to a Design Camp (yes, I know it was super nerdy!) and realized that I am not so good at sketching, etc! So this is fun for me tthat I get to pretend and decorate and ENTIRE house :)

I feel so blessed that at 23, I can afford to buy my very OWN house all by myself.  That is a HUGE accomplishment and I am very, very happy!

They said that they are going to start grading the lot and clearing all the rocks out, which cross your fingers can happen or I don't know what I would do! Then as soon as construction starts the house will be up in no time, which scares me but is exciting at the same time. 

So far, Rusty and I have pretty much been in agreement on everything, but he really doesn't get a say in the matter :)  I think he is just happy that he gets a Man Cave all to himself.  He has already let me know that I am not welcome up there unless I am invited or he needs a beer! Ha, he can keep up on dreaming if he thinks that is how it will be!

Since we have pretty muched picked everything out that we want in the house, the next step is for me to sign the contract. I feel like such a grown up and it is so scary because once I sign on that line, any changes that I want to make on the house come straight from my pocket....EEK!! Scary right?!

This is a stressful and scary process, but I know that it will be SO worth it in the end.  And here is a little sample of a model of the house that we are going to build.  Of course our coloring on the outside will be different because I am not a fan of the red and it reminds me too much of Gamecocks :)  As soon as ours is started I'll upload weekly photos!

The outside of the house! It's a cute ranch with a Man Cave upstairs!

A preview of the inside living space!

Can't wait to share more of the progess and of course my decorating finds!

Life Lately

A lot in my life has changed in the last couple of weeks...it has been crazy!

I have officially moved in with my boyfriend in Greer while we are waiting on our house to be finished (or lets face it, be started!).  We did get good news the other day from our builder...he said that the house should be finished by early June! I cannot even start to explain how excited I am.  Tomorrow, Rusty and I get to meet with builder and pick out colors and all that other fun stuff.  This will be by far my favorite part of the process besides decorating the house when its finished! As the construction beings, I will upload pictures of the progress!

As if the house wasn't exciting enough, two of my very best friends had their babies in the last week and a half.  My friend from high school, Stephanie, had her daughter Riley Elizabeth on March 1st.  She is so adorable and I cannot wait for her to meet her "Aunt" Megan! As if Riley wasn't cute enough, my best friend and roommate from college, Megan, had her son Cash Jaxon on March 5th!  It is so crazy that now all of my friends are getting married and having babies (when did we become adults!?).  

This past Sunday I drove up to Fayetteville to meet Jordan and Leah at Megan's house to visit Baby Cash.  He is one of the cutest little babies that I have ever seen.  I could just love on him all day!

I love having weekends that are packed full of things to do.  I am not very good at relaxing or doing nothing all day, I guess my ADD gets to me too much! I spent this past weekend in Charlotte with my family.  It is always nice to have the family together. I got so much accomplished! I did some shopping, limited myself to just about an hour or I would have gone a little bit too crazy and I need to be saving for my house. I enjoyed a nice walk on the Greenway with my mom and little sister, Katherine.  I also treated myself to a much needed mani/pedi...which I must start doing more regularly! I finally had the time to bake these Skinny Funfetti Cupcakes, which were surprisingly delicious! And when I did get bored, I decided to sign Rusty and I up for the St. Patty's Day Dash and Bash this Saturday in Downtown Greenville.  We will be running a 5k, which should be interesting at 8am on a Saturday, but thought we could give it a shot and then reward ourselves with lots of Green Beer afterwards! I will let you know how this goes :) 

Gorgeous Greenway (old picture, but you get the idea!)

My Skinny Funfetti Cupcakes

Nails all ready for Spring!

Have a FABULOUS week! Tomorrow is Hump Day, woohoo!