Officially Ours...

Ohio was great. J and I drove straight through on the 16th and made it to Ohio around 3am on Saturday. We got 5 hours of sleep and then headed to the bank to put our wedding bands in the safe deposit box and then to the house! We unlocked our home and it was amazing!!! We bought an air mattress and slept there the whole week. I even got to use my jacuzzi tub before we started deconstructing the bathroom!

House Progress:

Living Room- We started taking the border down in the living room. I thought this would be a good place to start because it is small, and only around the top of the wall. WRONG!!!! In the process I learned that there is new wallpaper (border in living room) and old wallpaper (ugly bathroom wallpaper). The border is not down, and we are going to end up having someone come in and finish the mess that I started!

Master Bathroom- Once I learned about old wallpaper and how easy (yet time consuming) it is to take down, we switched tasks. The master bathroom was stripped of wallpaper, stripped of adhesive, patched, primed and painted. Seems like a lot, but we still need to put on one more coat of paint. Color chosen? Soft Duckling.

Wedding Progress:

Cupcakes! The Freeman wedding will be different because it will have cupcakes instead of cake. We will still cut the cupcake, it will just be smaller and easier to shove in J's mouth...I can't wait! The bakery that we are going with is called Blake's Cafe & Cupcakery. Please read about the bakery on the website http://www.basketfanfare.com/option/home.asp The family that owns the cupcakery has an autistic son, and they donate proceeds from their business to help children with autism!

Dress! Bought, mine, paid for, so excited! I got my veil and my shoes as well.(Thanks Mom!) The dress is perfect and I can't WAIT to wear it on my wedding day! I have to reschedule my fitting because it conflicts with my Praxis tests that I have to take, but that's ok- it will all get done!!!!

That's all for now, I'm going to go eat some lunch.

One More Day...

One day of school stands between me and my house! I can't wait, we are leaving tomorrow as soon as I get out of work. The buses better be on time!!!! One of my co-workers is getting married on Saturday so we all put in some money to get him a card and a gift certificate. We have been the engaged people at work since he got here and I am going to miss having that in common with someone. Maybe Caroline will get engaged soon!! A bunch of students won't be in the building tomorrow. Hopefully it will be a smooth, quiet day. I'm hoping to put up a bunch of pictures of the trip to Ohio in the next week! Stay tuned...

Update!

I'm bad at blogging! I read my blog more than I write in it. Let's get an update as to what's going on.

Wedding:
I have my first fitting scheduled for the 24th of April. I am very excited, and very nervous! I haven't seen my dress since November, and I am looking forward to seeing it again! Invitations came in the mail last week. They are beautiful- not a single thing wrong with them! I was so relieved and excited. I sent one to my mom, she is working on something secret, but I was glad that she got to see an invitation now. I also brought one to work to show one of my co-workers. More about her later!

House:
The countdown is on! Friday afternoon we leave for Ohio and I can't wait!!!!! I still don't feel like a true homeowner because I've never actually been to my house. We want to move stuff, paint walls and buy furniture next week- I think it will be a blast! We packed a lot of breakables and decorations last night. I hope they all make it!

School:
The students are being testy, and the closer we get to the end of the school year the closer we get to me having to tell them that I'm leaving. Most of my co-workers don't even know yet. I think there is a meeting tomorrow where the list of staff (I'm told there is a list) not returning next year will be revealed. I'm interested to see how the meeting goes.

I have been talking a lot with one of the girls that I work with. She is really sweet and I've opened up to her about a lot of wedding stuff and house stuff. She has been so supportive and positive that it makes it hard for me to think of leaving her. I have even wrestled with sending her a wedding invitation. I know she probably won't come, but I want her to know that I really value her friendship and that I am thankful for everything she has done!

Time to pack up the cats! We are going on a trip. They need to get used to being in the car.