I hate glaze!

I'm not talking about the glaze on donuts, because well, I love that kind of glaze! I'm talking about the clear, satin sheen glaze that goes on top of the Venetian plaster I've worked so diligently on! Last night, I went to Husbands and my house to finish the glazing process of the dining room.... after 4 hours (dinner in between, which I will discuss later), I ran out of the stupid glaze! And of course at that time, Home Depot was out of the question. So I have to stop, with less then half a wall to go! I was soooooo mad! I just wanted to finish this, this, lunatic project of mine, but no, I ran out of stupid glaze because they only sell them in quarts and not gallons. Stupid glaze people! However, I will be completely finished with the Dining Room tonight.... I hope.

While in the fixing up the house project, the people at Albertson's now know my by a first name basis, because I"m in there ALL the time. It's interesting to look at my credit card statement, it goes live this: Home Depot, Albertsons, Home Depot, Albertson's, Home Depot, Albertson's... I think you get there picture. For ever purchase we make for home improvement, we make one to fill up our bellies.... The problem is, is that we don't get ingredients, we get microwavable or oven meals. Last night I went and got Stoffer's Chicken Enchiladas. it was HUGE, so I promptly called mom and asked if her and dad wanted to come over for dinner (we're close now, so I can actually do it, and it was pretty darn fun!) They came over, and being the wonderful parents that they are, they helped out with the house. Dad finished priming the master bedroom for me, while mom helped me in the dining room by cleaning the woodwork/ sanding it down so I can paint it tonight.

Oh I think I forgot to mention... Poor future husband hurt his back REALLY bad. He was attempting to put up crown molding, and he fell off the ladder and messed his back up. He can barely stand up and sit down the poor guy. but being the good sport that he is, he Cowboy'd up and taped off the chair railing so that we can paint. Gotta love a man that works through the pain! We need to get him better quickly though, because on Saturday, we have a bunch of big, strapping, burly men coming out to help us move stuff... ok, well maybe that was an over-exaggeration, but we have some guys coming out to help do the heavy lifting that I refuse to do because I want children someday! There's only 10 days left in both of our apartments until Future Husband moves into the house, and I go to my parents. So we really need to get on the ball.

Did I mention I have a cold now? The staying up late/working my butt off Routine that I've been doing for the past 2 weeks is REALLY starting to catch up with me... and let me tell you, it sucks. As I'm sitting here typing this, I'm sneezing, coughing and about to fall asleep.... Maybe moving back to my parents is a good thing, I might get more rest! Oh wait nevermind, I'm the idiot who changed her work hours to 7-4 so that I can miss traffic..... No rest for the weary I swear!

The joys of homeownership!

So Future Husband and myself bought a wonderful, beautiful, glorious house together exactly 1 1/2 weeks ago! We closed on Friday morning, and we haven't stopped working on it since! We've had a deadline because this Friday, hardwood floors are going in, so we have to get painting and crap done is certain areas of the house first. Well, being the brilliant person I am (that was dripping with sarcasm by the way), I decided HEY! let's make the dining room gorgeous and I'll spend the weekend putting Venetian Plaster on the walls and it will be OH so dramatic and beautiful! A week and a half later, and I'm still not finished! I really want to shoot myself! Oh sure it's pretty, but my arms, legs, calves, butt, head, fingers, toes, nose, eyes, and hair hurt! Between the putting up the plaster, moving things out of the apartment, unloading Husbands truck, working all day, going to class Tuesday/Thursday nights...(well ok I only go once a week but whatever!) and then priming the neon green room upstairs that will be husbands office, priming the master, painting the ceilings, painting the kitchen and the family room..... I'M EXHAUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It will be great though.... except for the fact that Future Husband get's to live there and reap the benefits of all my hard work while I go live back at my parents house for 5 months. Not that my parents are bad or anything, they're incredibly awesome people who have really helped us... it just generally sucks that I don't get to live in my home yet. But hey, it's only for 5 months right?!... yeah... who am I kidding. So that's generally been what's going on! Well that and I gained 3 pounds because when you're doing all this crap, you definitely don't eat healthy! I'm so sick of pizza! I never though I would EVER utter those words, but I did. Pizza is ugh to me right now, I've had pizza everyday for the past week and a half, and it's getting OLD! I now officially want SUSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bring on the soy sauce and fish! Yum-O!

Oh yeah, and at some point in time I have become addicted to The Pioneer Woman's blog. I think I've read everything on there.... and I totally want her cookbook! As soon as I do move into our glorious home, I'm totally going to be one kick-@$$ chef! that's all I have to say!!!!

Below are pictures of our wonderful home!

Happy Hump Day! Stay Strong!






Dining room PRE- Venetian Plaster!

Family room PRE-Paint

Wow, my blogging has been really bad!!!!

Well, I know everyone was stressing out with me about the whole church situation. But I can now say it's all over!!! yay!!!! We got our church! It's Christ Chapel Bible Church off of Montgomery in Fort Worth, and it is the most beautiful place I have ever been to!!!!



see!!! beautiful!!! and the reception is taken care of too!!! It's at The Fort Worth Club!!!



So the two biggest nightmares (well sorta) have been taken care of!!!

We've got the DJ, the Dress, the Florist, still working on bridesmaid dresses, and trying to find invitations! No rest for the weary on this 7 month mark!

The Church Nightmares Have Begun!

I have now been looking for a church for 5 months, that's right 5 whole months! Needless to say, it's getting pretty ridiculous! I am on waiting lists now for 3 churches!!!!! ugh! How annoying! Last night I was slumbering in a peaceful sleep, then all of the sudden *bam* I'm standing in the middle of a sanctuary that I love! It's gorgeous and dramatic, everything I ever dreamed of..... them walks in the wedding coordinator with another couple. They're looking for a church on the exact same day as me, and we both love the church! The mad dash to the office then began to be able to put down a deposit, and that's when I woke up!

Ok, seriously?!

This should not be happening! I should not be having nightmares over CHURCHES! But now, I am bound and determined to sign a contract on a church by the end of next week! Yep, it's official, I am throwing in the towel! It's down to 3 churches now. 1- Shady Grove Baptist Church (They're available, but they're a bit far away) 2- Christ Chapel Bible Church (You have to be a member, which we're not... I'm going to go talk to them today) 3- First Christian Church (They're available, but my sister got married there, and I'm really not a fan of it). So there ya go! By the end of next week (I hope) we will be having our wedding ceremony at one of these three places....

Hopefully Chris can survive me till the end of next week... here's hoping!

Bridal Show Experience

Being the amazing Fiance that Chris is, he went to the Fort Worth Bridal Show with me. I was so thrilled! I've been to the shows before with my sister and friends, but I've never gone as a "bride to be" before! We got in and I got to wear my button that says bride to be on it, and it was such an amazing feeling! He was so sweet (even though he was laughing at my giddiness). We talked to several photographers, tried some wedding cake, and some stuff at the chocolate fountain! We talked to limo drivers, and even he was getting pretty excited toward the end of the day.

The next day somehow I lost my button, we were at Micheal's looking for different ideas for wedding programs, and he snuck off and bought me another bride to be button because he knew how upset I was. He stuck it on my purse without me realizing, and I got such a surprise! Can you say AMAZING! He's so good to me! I can't wait to marry him, he makes me so incredibly happy!!! I can't wait for the amazing like we're going to share together! We are in the process of booking our honeymoon too! And I know it's still 271 days away, but I'm so excited for it!!!!! It's going to be absolutely amazing, and we are going to have such a great time together! At any rate, I love my future husband! YAY! I love saying that!! !HEHE!