Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. My mom always prepares the best meal and everything had it's place in her fancy dishes. We had Granny, Rusty, Rod, Brandon, Jeremy, John, Mindy, Ashley and Courtney along with Dad, Mom, Grandma and I. We had so much food but it was great!! We then finished the evening with games and just chatting. I love this time of year!

The next morning, my mom and I hit the black Friday sales, and we got some great things! I got a new TV, DVD, Scrapbooking stuff, and a new house for my Christmas Village. I also went and traded in my car. It was out of warrant, and the AC was acting up, so I traded it off. I went by myself and I did all the work, and got a great deal! It was a great day!

We then put up Christmas stuff, which is fun! I'm finally finishing up my house with the stuff, just have my Christmas village left to do. I love the holidays!

Blinds!

My mom and I installed my blinds this weekend. We did these 3 little ones in my living room and the gigantic one in my bedroom. The 3 little ones were a pain in our booties! There was no room to work, so it was crazy...but we did it. The next day we did my bedroom one, and this one was crazy, but not as bad. I'm so glad that my mom came and helped me...without having my dad to do a lot of things anymore (he's still on IV's) my mom has stepped up and helped me a lot with my house.

I'm so glad these blinds are up! In the living room when the sun came in, it actually gave me a sunburn when I was sitting in there. And in my bedroom, no more blankets covering the window! YEPPEE! THANKS MOM!

New Moon!

Yes, I'm a fanatic and I love the Twilight Saga. A group of friends from work and I bought tickets early to see New Moon. We were going to go to the Midnight Showing, but decided to catch it early Friday morning. Some of us had it off since it was our normal flex day, and the others took the day off. We thought it would be so busy, so we went 2 hours early (7:30 AM). We were the first ones there! It was a blast, I love this gals! They are great friends! I'm going to start reading the books again!

Me, April, Jessica, Julie, Allyson and Nancy...then Jessie came later in the other picture below.

My New Home!

Warning---Long Posts ahead---Don't forget to click on "older posts" at the bottom so you can see all the pictures!!

Can I tell you how much I'm loving having my new place!?!?!? I love it! It took us awhile to get it ready, but I'm sure glad we took the time. My mom helped me so much with painting, installing blinds, and just being a handy man since my dad had surgery and couldn't help much. I owe her so much for all her help! My Uncle Rusty also came and hung lights for me! My granny came and help paint too! We kind of ran out of time, so we had Home Depot install the wood floors and the carpet. The guy that installed the wood floors was awesome! He did a great job and was so nice. He put up some of the baseboards to help get me started. The carpet guys did a good job too!

I bought all new appliance too from Best Buy. They are awesome! I'm not a big fan of Best Buy installation right now because they lost my order and it took forever to get them installed, but the price was good, and I love it! I got an upgraded microwave since they were out of the one I wanted (it's awesome, it has 2 racks!). I got $100 off my new fridge because I ordered all 4 appliances (it's so big and spacious, and has ice and water and even a spot for frozen pizza!) The stove is great too, and was cheaper than anyone we have seen. And I love having a dishwasher. It takes me all week to fill it up, but I love not having to wash dishes!

My bedrooms and bathrooms are great too, I love having the space. I also love having a garage! Right now my car barely fits in, because 1/2 of it has stuff for a garage sale! But I have room for my car, and all my decorations!

All in all, I'm so glad I'm a homeowner. My money is going to my investment, and I'm not living in the house with mice (it was so disgusting) I was very scared the mice would follow in my stuff, but so far I've been lucky! I love it! I'm glad my parents helped me in the entire process, and I finally feel grown up! Bro Dutson was a great Realtor and I had a great mortgage guy. If you need help, I'll hook you up with them!

I'm also getting the tax credit (eventually) so that will pay for all the paint, flooring, and appliances. I'll have some left to hopefully put up sunshades and the huge blind in my bedroom!

Anyway, enough out of me...enjoy the pictures of my First New Home! :)

Outside :)

These are all pictures of the outside of my house. This is a work in progress as I want to eventually spruce it up with paint, and flowers and stuff. It's a little blah right now, but still cute! :) The blinds picture...this is where Lucky sticks his nose through the blinds to find me, he likes to look outside. My mom hung all the new blinds, and they look great!

Kitchen

I love my kitchen! I have so much space, and it turned out way better than I expected. I found the perfect mellow yellow! We also painted the bottom white, and put up a chair rail! I also love my new appliances! It took me awhile to decide what color, but I love it! I also got some new pictures! The track lighting is great, and my Uncle Rusty hung up my new light in there (the black one)....love it! I also have an island, which I need all the space!

Back Yard

My backyard is a work in progress too. Someday I'll have grass and flowers and make it pretty! Lucky is finally loving the yard, it took him awhile to get used to, and I don't think he went potty for the first 2 days! LOL But now, he loves his new home too!

Master Bedroom

I love my new bedroom! It's huge! The only thing is, I have this huge window in here, and we can't find blinds for it right now. So, I'm going to have to custom order them. Right now, I'm a redneck and we put blankets up, it gets really bright and really warm! I need those blinds! The valance shelf thing is awesome though, and have some blue and brown candles up there! I also got new carpet in the master bedroom and the guest room! I love the art I found for in here too, it totally matches!

Guest Room

Here is my guest room. I call this the Hawaiian room! I love it too! I also had all of this stuff in my previous place and I probably will always have it. I sponge painted halfway up the wall, and my mom and dad put the railing around it. I try to make it look like the beach (the sand). I think it turned out pretty darn cute! I also love all the little built in shelves in some of the rooms to put up the trinkets :)

Master Bathroom

This is my master bathroom. I'm finally falling in love with the color. It's brighter than what it looks like in the picture, but everything is matching and I like it. I also put together the shelf over the toilet all by myself! :) I love having all the space!

Other Random Pictures

This is in the Living Room, 3 little windows, and eventually a piano will go up against this wall.

Then we have some cute pumpkins I made last year, my cousin Holly posted directions on how to make them and they are super easy! :) The next pictures are just a few of my Fall decorations following by my new flooring in the hall! Isn't it gorgeous? Also, my front door and laundry room!