p.s.

Just in case you forgot.

25 more days til' Christmas!

This December is shaping up to be a much different one than in years past.

It might be consumed with a move, trying to make a house a home, and squeezing Christmas in there somewhere.  I'm excited for these next few weeks, but I'm also stressed out and nervous.

I just need to keep in mind the reason for this season and know that He's got everything under control.

Have a wonderful last night of November friends.

dear..

Dear (perfect) house, I'm so sad that you weren't the one, but I know that there's going to be our perfect house out there...we just need to find it very soon!  Dear rude landlord, James and I really liked your house and were very interested in seeing it, but the way you handled that phone call was so unprofessional and awful that you lost our business. Too bad for you!  Dear Ripley, I love you even though you're big and people don't want a big dog in their house!  Dear Becca, I'm sorry you didn't win your contest.  Keep your chin up!  Dear blogging friends, Becca is trying to win another contest to meet one direction.  If you could just click this link and help her out that would be great!  Dear November, so long friend! I'll see you next year!  Dear December, you're going to be a difficult month...I can just tell.  Be gentle with us while we try and figure out how to make everything happen and fall into place.

oh christmas tree

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here.

I know Thanksgiving came a lot earlier this year, but we were itching to get decorating.  I think this is the second live tree I've ever had in my life.  I think it's pretty, don't you?  

Last night I went a little online shopping crazy for my husband.  I'm so excited for this Christmas and I hope that it's everything that I'm envisioning.  Does anyone out there have any tips on how to make your first Christmas together memorable? 

So it's Tuesday night, which means we will all be hunkered down watching Sons of Anarchy.  There's only two more episodes left in the season.  I hope that everyone has a great day!!

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I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!

These past couple days have been jam packed for us. We got another car, saw several houses, and celebrated my 24th birthday.  Sorry the blogging has been in short supply!  

We also got to decorate for Christmas and I'm super excited for this holiday season.

My wonderful parents bought me a new camera for my birthday so be prepared for more pictures on the blog!  Have an amazing Monday my friends!

Happy Thanksgiving.

I'm probably going to be too busy stuffing my face tomorrow to write a blog about Thanksgiving.

Last year I headed up and participated in a 30 Days of Thankfulness series.  This year I've hardly blogged about what I'm thankful for and that makes me a little sad.

I'm so looking forward to tomorrow, but at the same time homesickness has sunk in and I feel like crying.  I knew that the first holidays away from my family were going to be difficult and I thought I was going to be able to handle it better than I am.  I'm so thankful that for 23 years my whole family did the holidays up right.  We were all together, both sides, and our house was always full of love and laughter.  Someday I hope my kids will get to enjoy their holidays with their family just like I did!

I'm thankful that tomorrow I will get to spend Thanksgiving with new friends who I would do anything for.  I'm so thankful that we have a place to live right now because of them and that when I needed to borrow a car or get somewhere over the last few months they would help me out with no hesitation.  I hope one day we can help them out as much as they've helped us.

95 days ago I married my best friend and I'm so excited to start our own family traditions for the holidays!  I'm so thankful for these last 95 days and how wonderful James has been.  Everyone told me that being married is one of the best things in the world and I have to agree.  It hasn't all been perfect, but then again, nothing in this world is right?  I'm so excited to see where the next few years takes us!

I hope that where ever you are tomorrow and whoever you're with, your heart is full of thankfulness and that you enjoy your day to the fullest.

Happy Thanksgiving lovelies!

hang on a second!

Last night my sweet husband took me to see Breaking Dawn and while we were driving through town there were already so many houses that had Christmas lights up and even trees in their windows!! Hang on people, if I'm looking at my calendar correctly we still have Thanksgiving to get through before the Christmas season starts.  Don't get me wrong, I'm more than ready to get a tree and start decorating, but I really like my Fall holidays and would like to see them stay around for a long time.

So just hang in there a few more days!

Have a wonderful Sunday lovelies!

friday letters.

Dear November, I can't believe you're halfway over. At least Thanksgiving is still yet to come.  Dear NC fall, I'm in love. In love with your cold weather and your pretty leaves.  Dear Thanksgiving,  you're going to be different this year, but I'm still very excited for you.  Dear self, you're about to turn 24 in a week, be grateful someone thought you were in high school a couple days ago.  Dear husband, I think you're a champ for riding in the freezing temperatures. Thank you for doing that so I could have the truck during the day. I love you!  Dear Breaking Dawn part 2, I hope that you're as amazing as everyone is making you sound.  Dear house we found, I hope that you look as good on the inside as you do the outside. I'm excited to go look at you tomorrow!  Dear love of my life, you get two letters today. Thank you for surprising me with wine and cheesecake last night and for agreeing to take me to see the new Twilight movie. You are amazing.

Link up with Ashley over at Adventures of Newlyweds with your Friday letters!

Rain.

Happy Rainy Fall Day!

It was so nice to wake up rested and to the sound of rain this morning.

Then I got to eat some oatmeal, drink hot coffee, and watch "The Devil Wears Prada."

I thought I would share a few things I've found on the internet lately that also inspire me.

 + I really want to take pictures in a library with my baby someday.

+ This awesome holiday gift list for guys Ashley put together over at Adventures of Newlyweds.

+ This video. Did not expect that voice to come out of that kid.

+ This board on Pinterest. I scrolled through the entire thing.

+ I really want to visit this shop in South Carolina. Road trip?

What's out there that's inspired you lately?

Share with me!

running out of gas

I can't believe that just three days ago it was over 70 degrees and the past two days we haven't gotten above 55.  We even got some rain yesterday.  I went and met James for lunch, which is something that shouldn't really happen again for a long time.  Last time I hit a deer, this time we found out just how much our gas gauge doesn't work and I ran out of gas and my husband had to come rescue me.  I guess we have fun stories to tell to our kids later on in their lives.  At least while I was waiting I got enjoy some good music and my first red cup of the season.

How's everyone's week going so far?

Any fun stories to share?

some maybe

photo by Joni Llyod

Maybe...

Maybe we didn't really get out and do anything adventurous this weekend.

Maybe we went car shopping again.

Maybe I picked out a car that I really want and might be mine in the near future.

Maybe I tried some Apple Pie Moonshine.

Maybe husband and I only lost at beer pong cause he accidentally knocked over the last cup.

Maybe we went to church on Sunday and it made me really homesick.

Maybe we chose the church because we ran into the pastor and he said we had to.

Maybe I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving.

Maybe I still look at our wedding photos multiple times a week.

 

 

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Happy Veteran's Day everyone.

As a military wife it meant the world to me yesterday that I could love on my husband all day.

I have so many more veterans in my life whom I love and respect.

I hope everyone got a chance to say, "Thank you," in some way to the men and women who serve our country.

gearing up

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It's another fall four day this weekend.

I'm about to get my Google on and find some cool things happening in and around our new state.

Now that we have the truck I'm itching to get out and explore.  Sitting around and being lazy is great, but the crispness in the air makes me want to go adventuring in scarfs and sweaters.

I apologize in advance for my lack of posts and make a promise to myself that I will charge the camera and take it with us so I will have fun things to share!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Get out and do something!

happiness for today

A happy/thankful list on this 7th day of November

+ Getting to have lunch with my husband twice in one week!

It makes long work days more bearable for the both of us.

+ Everything is all nice and legal on our truck and we can drive it everywhere now!

+ Driving the truck down the back roads to the house.

+ Good music.

Just bought The Lumineers' CD and I love it.

+ Having my wake up call be two cold noses pressed into my face.

And lots of extra puppy love once I got up.

+ My birthday is in a few weeks!

+ Thanksgiving is in a few weeks!

+ NO MORE POLITICAL COMMERCIALS!

election

Can we please talk about this picture for a second? She's putting up that sign with a gun.  Hilarious.

Anyways, Happy Election Day!  Hope everyone got out there and voted and remember to play nice with others in the next couple of days.  I know tempers are bound to flare and fingers will be typing furiously on keyboards everywhere, but just be happy we live in a place where people can vote.

Have a wonderful Tuesday lovelies.

newlywed adventures

This weekend was great for many reasons.

Friday we just got to hang out and be lazy all day, plus, we got to eat some North Carolina BBQ which would make any day a good one.

Saturday we got to sleep in and then my husband made me breakfast.  It's really nice when I can sit on the couch and drink my coffee, while he's in the kitchen cooking and singing along with his oldies Pandora station.  It felt cozy and wonderful.

Then we started looking at cars and trucks and finally found one that James wanted to look at...that was 4 hours away.  We were in the car within 20 minutes and thought that it was going to be a long day trip.  Not.  We ended up staying overnight because we found more trucks he wanted to look at in the morning over in Winston Salem.  So a quick Target run and we were set to spend the night.

The next morning, after a glorious extra hour of sleep, the truck was a bust and we needed to regroup over some coffee...and omelets...and biscuits and gravy...and pancakes...boy, do I love me some IHop.

We finally decided that we would actually get the truck we had originally set out to look at.  It's a little blue Ford pickup.  Older, but still in great condition.  He's happy and I'm happy.  

 There was a second yesterday where we felt very gangster and very rich.  

Please don't find me and try to rob us because it's gone. We're poor again. The end.

We ended up getting home well over 24 hours after we had left.

It was unexpected but a lot of fun.  I like being a newlywed and getting to do fun things like this with my best friend.