Goals for Today

I'm going to have a lot of daily, weekly, and monthly goals because of everything that's going on but there's so much fun feeling a bit more accomplished!

Today:

Continue stripping wallpaper, ugh, I haven't been able to paint my nails for a while because I know they'll just get destroyed by this project. I don't remember the last time I didn't have some type of nail polish on.

Get the bathroom mats into the master bath and start setting up my vanity area. I would really just love some type of pink flower arrangement in that area too! There's such great storage space throughout the whole house so I have to do it justice my keeping it organized. Maybe I could do something like this to the drawer:

Remodeling

Everyday is so exhausting with the house but we finally have TV and internet! It took the AT&T rep. four long hours to get it all hooked up, which I felt really bad about since it was so hot yesterday and he had to jump between the attic and garage all afternoon. During that time though, I was able to get some more wallpaper off and line the pantry shelves.

Before

After

First Home

So we did it; we got the keys to our first home! It's got great curb appeal and an even luckier street number to go with it (which is very important to my mom). We moved in on Friday night and began tearing down wallpaper and prepping around the fridge area. This was our first time doing something like this so we ended up messing up and digging all the way through what was a layer of sheetrock. Alex had to get joint compost the next day to smooth it all out - how is he so good at that?!

Luckily, we had Kevin help us on Saturday morning with all the heavy lifting. Jeez, U-Hauls can add up so fast! Now that we have some of the furniture in the house, it's really coming together. I can't wait to get some color and bath mats up in this place though. Here's some before pictures of the kitchen:

Closed

It's official - we closed on our house this past Wednesday and are now homeowners! We get to move into the place tonight so this weekend will consist of TONS of unpacking, painting, and getting situated but we're so excited. We loved our mortgage broker and realtor; they really worked great as a team and made the whole process pretty smooth for us. 

Alexis and Heather gave us congratulations/thank you cards along with gifts at our closing meeting <3

Celebrating our closing with street tacos! 

 

We're thinking about using Dolphin Fin by Behr in the kitchen and maybe Silver Drop in the living room and bedroom

Einstein

We finally brought this little guy to live with us once again. He used to be the whiniest, most hyper and stubborn puppy but now he's calmed down and has been much easier to crate train. We keep him on a leash while he hangs out with us so he doesn't get a chance to wander around the house and leave marks. Hopefully in just a couple days, he will have his new home and amazing yard to run around in.

Wedding Festivities

My sister and her fiance are getting married less than a year from now. We went wedding dress shopping this past weekend and she looked fantastic in all of the dresses. My mom came along with us and my sister finally decided on the one.

Obviously this is not the dress she chose, but I'm loving all the tulle! 

Oops

So you would think that since my job revolves around making students accountable and responsible for their college business, my financial aid business with my graduate program should be flawless. Think again; today was apparently the last day to pay for summer courses (what? you can pay after you take classes?) and apparently my financial aid disbursement never kicked in. What a shock to me! After having to listen to the bursar's office lady give me a lecture of being irresponsible, I just wanted to tell her to cool it on her attitude because there's actual students who don't know what the heck they're doing. I know and I even told her I'm fully aware of any consequences that come along with my careless mind this summer. Anyways, the moral of all of this is that as a higher education professional, I'm always going to try to be gentle with my approach with students. It's a stressful and crazy time, you don't need everyone else badgering you!

We made it back from Houston this weekend! I got my fair share of peking duck and dim sum, delicious! We also went with my mom to pick out the laminate color and even brought back several packages of the flooring so we can cut our next trip by a bit. We can't wait to get laminate flooring in our dining room and living rooms. Tomorrow we'll be going with the Realtor for our walkthrough before we close on Wednesday. I'm always so excited to be able to see our house. We're also meeting our mortgage broker face-to-face for the first time at closing, she's been tremendously helpful, I'd recommend her to anyone!