Yay!

So----- I get an email TODAY that tells me all of the sales staff can have MONDAY OFF! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I'm so excited! Yippeeee!

AND - I'm taking next Friday as vacation so I can go to the beach!

I LOVE MY JOB!

Please don't pay attention to number 1 of Thursday's 13 list. :)

xoxoxoxoxoxox-triple h

My First Thursday 13!

So, all my friends do this Thursday 13 list every week but I always figured I could never think of 13 random things to talk about. Well, it's Thursday and tomorrow is not my Friday cause one of our managers is out of town this week so I'm working Saturday morning again so I am taking a few minutes out of my BUSY day to get out some random thoughts that are rolling around in my head!

1) I love my job for a lot of reasons but I HATE my job in the fact that I don't get any holidays off. Labor day is on Monday and I will be at work this Saturday - AND on Monday. Not sure how much longer this restaurant business will be for me.

THIS IS WHAT MY FEET SHOULD BE LOOKING LIKE ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND!

2)But no worries cause next weekend I'm going to THE BEACH! And I am SO excited. A hurricane BETTER not come to Florida's coast anytime between now and next weekend or I will be EXTREMELY upset. Just realized I haven't asked my boss off for next Friday, I should do that today I guess.

3)I burned the HECK out of my neck this morning with my curling iron and so being the genius I am, I put hydrocortizone anti-itch cream on it. Well, what do you know, that made it hurt A LOT worse. After applying 5 layers of it to my extremely large hickey-looking neck, I read the label and realized it was NOT for burns, but for rashes. So, I then proceed to wipe it off with a wet wash cloth which hurts even more and makes it even more red! So I then very dramatically run into my bedroom and turn on the lights and explain my situation to my very asleep husband who tells me I'm an idiot and that I can't apply anything until the burns wears off or else whatever I put on it will make it burn worse. Well - I think he's an idiot cause I have never heard that before... so I go into the bathroom and find some Vaseline in our cabinet and proceed to wipe it ALL over my neck. So, now my perfectly curled hair is wet and greasy - not a good combination - so I throw it up in a clip. But it totally looks like I have a GREASY (literally) hickey on my neck that I'M TRYING to show off with my hair up. Whatever... just use this as a lesson and don't ever put anti-itch cream on a curling iron burn. Here's an awesome picture I took with my camera phone so that all of you could see the ugly that is my neck today.

4)I drove to Alpharetta at 7:15 this morning to see how the drive would be for me to get to work on a normal day if we moved to Alpharetta and it was a solid 45 minutes. Only 10-15 more minutes than I drive now.... which isn't so bad. You'd think that since I would know that every day I would be driving to my beautiful home that I OWN would make it not seem so bad, but who knows. It's all stop and go and I drive a STICK SHIFT mustang that has a gear shift pedal that is so hard to push down my left leg muscles are noticeably bigger and stronger than my right - so about 20 minutes into the drive, my leg was very easily going to sleep. Not sure if that can be good for my body to do 2x a day, 5 x a week... I just keep thinking - is this dream home worth it?

5)Tomorrow night, a whole bunch of couples friends from church are going to eat pizza then go bowl in Marietta. Well, my husband has class until 10:00 PM on Friday nights and it's his hardest class so he really can never miss it. So, I don't think I'm going to make it, BUT.... I am going to babysit the absolute CUTEST kids in the world so that their parents can go! I am super excited. I love babysitting - especially cute kids! :) Here is there picture I totally stole from Stephanie's facebook page :) Are they NOT the most PRECIOUS family EVER!

6)I got a waterproof iPod speaker thing for my birthday and it stays in our bathroom and I have grown to absolutely LOVE dancing in the shower.

7)Speaking of the shower - our dog, Buddie - LOVES getting showers and everytime one of us gets in the shower, he is RIGHT behind us. He's definitely the cleanest dog in Smyrna. He literally gets a shower several times a week. We cannot keep him out of it!

8)Some of the homes we are looking at have TERRIBLY small yards but that's just how so many homes are built now. So, anyway, we are struggling with the decision that if we do buy one of these homes one day, we may not be able to keep Harlee. She is a definite outside dog and she LOVES to run and roam and I would just NOT feel right keeping her in a tiny back yard all day. Everytime I think about this, I start to get so upset and cry. She has become such a sweet member of our family, but she deserves a big backyard and lots of room to run and roam.... OR a family isn't away at work for 9-10 hours a day and has time to take her for walks every day. I am praying that something will come along that will solve this problem. Or - that we could find a home in our price range that is in a good neighborhood AND has a big back yard... tough luck.

9)I love reality TV and let me just tell you that THE HILLS just started back up and I cannot stand Lo or Heidi and Spencer. I fast forward all the scenes with Heidi and Spencer in them and I cannot believe Lo can even watch these episodes and still look at herself in the mirror! She's AWFUL!

10) I am TOTALLY loving reading Hollie's blog about Hope's story. Hollie is my fellow Triple H-er and we have a bond that ONLY fellow triple H-es could understand.

11)Have A

12)SUPER

13)Day!
TOOTLES!

Weekend - Homes - Lunesta Trade Off

Hey friends! Chris and I had such a great weekend - we looked at homes ALL weekend long. It's exhausting! Friday after work, we went to look at some with our realtor and we found some that were OKAY... but we weren't super excited about them.

Saturday, we were SUPPOSED to go to our friends house - Christy and Jarret who basically live in Alabama .... I was going to lay out all day by the pool with the girlies and Chris was going to play golf. Well, thanks to this incredible hurricane coming through the Atl, it's be fabulous weather lately to do both. NOT! We cancelled our day time plans with them and drove around some houses in Alpharetta instead and we found some other AWESOME homes we really like and were hoping our realtor could take us to them on Sunday. More on that in a sec...

Saturday night we made the trek to nearly Alabama to Jarrett and Christy's house and had a great time! We love all our church friends! We felt so lost in Smyrna for so long - and this past January, we found VL and fell in love. And now that we are just getting to really know everyone... we're thinking of moving. GO FIGURE! Oh well - we plan to keep VL in our lives forever - somehow or another - even if we do move 30 miles away!

Jen and I being dorks... While we were doing this, Christy was making us into a Jib Jab video --- did you ever get that done, Christy? Meanwhile, the boys were playing Wii... endlessly.

The girls! Christy, Jen, me and Melanie.

THUMBS UP JEN!

Christy making her awesome puppy hold a hot dog on his nose and then throw it up and eat it!

Me and Ralph!

The VL guys! Chris, Brian, Jarrett, I can't remember the 4th guys name and then Jason. He's very tall and very single ladies... for anyone looking!

Sunday, I was super smart and set our alarm clock for 7:30 PM and so our sweet doggies woke us up around 8:45 a.m. and yes - we were planning to go to the 9:15 service at church. And guess what... WE MADE IT! Yes - in record time, too. I was basically "ready" in 5 minutes, but it took me about 20 minutes to find clothes to fit me right. I can't complain though! :)

After church, we went up to Roswell to meet my sister and brother in law for brunch at J Christophers YUM - I had an omelet with no cheese and it was great! I loaded it up with veggies and I was very pleasantly surprised!

After that, we went up to Alpharetta to meet our sweet realtor who took us to 7 or 8 more homes. Well, I fell in love with ONE home and Chris fell in love with ANOTHER. One neighborhood has great amenities - pool, tennis, volleyball, basketball, sidewalks, etc etc etc... but the home wasn't as nice as the home I loved. Oh - and this home he loved in the better neighborhood would need a lot of work before we even moved in. Whereas the home I love is in perfect move-in condition. They are the same exact price, by the way.

The home I love love love is in another neighborhood that has no amenities but the neighborhood is still really nice and we walked around and met 3 neighbors around the home and they are all SUPER nice and seemed very normal.

The front of the neighborhood has ONE HOME that has a window unit in it which I admit is very ugly but it's ONE HOME in a neighborhood of 100 homes that look completely normal! This neighborhood also has some townhomes to the right that I think are a part of the neighborhood but have their own little HOA... but we drove through and all the cars looked nice and normal and the yards were kept up... but there was ONE TOWNHOME that had broken blinds in the window and Chris thinks the neighborhood is going to be CRIMINAL-VILLE in 5 years and we will be stuck there in this terrible neighborhood with broken blinds and window units for the rest of our lives! THE HORROR!

But seriously - the neighborhood is FINE... Chris is just freaking out because of this decision. I don't think he's slept all week. I know that we will make the right decision no matter what and that with enough prayer and conversation with God... there is no way we can go wrong. We aren't even 100% sure we need to move right now - we just feel as if the right home comes along, then it's meant to be. If not, then we're fine staying in Smyrna - either in our current rental or another one if ours isn't available after December. We love our little neighborhood - downtown Smyrna, our landlords are awesome and we can't really ask for a better deal. We are totally blessed either way!

My favorite home.

The back.

The kitchen.

The front porch - where I plan to put a super cute rocking chair!

So, last night, we both get in bed and since we napped after our house hunt we couldn't go to sleep. Well, we decided to do a quick bible study devotion together since we were still wide awake and let me tell you - LUNESTA - LOOK OUT! Because we have found the perfect sleep aid - CAN YOU SAY LEVITICUS CHAPTER 11? Yes - it was the most boring chapter I have ever turned to in the Bible and I was seriously asleep by the last verse. Thanks for being boring Moses! :)

And as my sweet friend Melanie would say - PEACE OUT!

House Hunting

We're looking at some homes in Alpharetta tonight and I'm SO excited. We had put our house hunt on hold for awhile after Chris' job situation - but we have decided in the past few weeks that if we happen to find one WELL within our budget then we may look some more... and we have found some online that we LOVE.

It's more far north that we had orginally expected to look, but after experiencing the traffic on 400 several afternoons in the past few weeks we realized it's not bad at all!

All the homes we are looking at are pretty small and have tiny lots, but they are PERFECT for first time home buyers like US! And it also helps that it's really close to my sister and brother in laws home and not too much farther away from Chris' sister and brother in laws home. After looking tonight, we'll spend some time in prayer about it all and then make a decision sometime in the future. Here are some pictures of some of the homes we're looking at.. how adorable are they!


There's no front door really to this house, but I still think it has a lot of charm!

The back deck - you can't see it but to the left is a hot tub... it could get interesting!

The living room. I'm sure Chris would prefer this house because we would JUST HAVE to get a flat big screen t.v.... whatever! Our 21 inch flat screen would look GREAT above the fireplace... or like an ant.. which ever you prefer!

The adorable kitchen. I LOVE the black cabinets... I think it makes it look so classy and give it a modern touch as well!

The back yard - how cute and quaint!

The master bathroom - yes - the double sinks may play a HUGE role in our decision making process!

Another home on the same street. It's a little smaller than the other but has a better yard.

The adorable kitchen. I love the interesting finish on these cabinets. Very cool.

The back yard.

The balcony above goes to the master suite... a really neat thing I've never seen in a home before... I can already see Buddie running straight through the banister rails... Guess we'll have to position the couch accordingly.

More Pictures from this weekend...

My "K" for Kayley cupcakes! I was very proud of them!

We love Uncle Chris!

Getting kissies from Uncle Chris!

Jac and Whit and Doug's nephew, Daniel!

Jac was showing us all the flowers.

WALKING!

Jac and mama climbing steps! Nearly all by himself!

Up, up, up the steps!

Time to go to bed.....

A little grumpy...

Such a sweet momma and boy...

Sweet, sweet, sweet...

MY SWEET DOG, K.C. - who I got for my 13th birthday present from my parents...got to stay with me over the weekend! He is very spoiled at our house! :)

My sweet KC.

All the doggies we were dog sitting this weekend! Peggy Sue from our neighbors and of course, my sweet KC.

Jac likes to play the Wii!

If you are getting this post in your e-mail - you have to go to my actual blog site to see the video...

So, everytime we were all playing the Wii at Whit's house, baby Jac would come up by the TV and start grunting and swinging his arms like we were! It was hilairous. He, of course, stopped doing it right when I started filming, but I think I caught it for a second. Very cute!

Showering with Family!

This past weekend, we had baby showers up the WaZoo and boy was it fun!!! :) Okay, okay, I admit... baby showers are not really my forte, however it was REALLY great to be with my family all weekend long. My aunt and grandma from Florida came up which was super sweet of them... we don't get to see them very often so that was awesome!

The showers weren't so bad... I found some interesting magazines to bide my time at the baby shower on Saturday and on Sunday I was too super busy hosting it and holding and playing with my sweet niece, Campbell to be bored! Thanks for bringing her, Amy! :)

I'm trying to figure out a way that when I'm pregnant one day (a long time from now...) I can have a baby shower where I won't have to open all the gifts in front of everyone... I really don't like doing that. And maybe this will change when I'm pregnant, but I just don't get all gooey ooey inside when I see a sweet bonnet or a little frilly dress, or a soft bunny rabbit toy. Am I crazy for not going crazy for all that?! Surely it will be different when I'm actually the one the shower is for... hopefully... we'll see! Baby showers are fun in the fact that you get to see your friends and hang out... but the whole opening presents and saying over and over again "Awww... that's so cute.... oh how sweet....." for 45 minutes is just rediculous. We need to invent a new type of shower... a shower where you still GET all the gifts, but you don't have to open them in front of everyone! YES!! I am a genious!

When I got home on Saturday, I asked Chris to go to all my showers with me one day when we're pregnant so I won't be so bored at them and he said that was the most selfish thing I've ever asked him to do. Whatever...

ANYWAY - Playing with baby Jac non stop was probably the highlight of the weekend. Baby Jac is at the CUTEST age right now. He's nearly 15 months and he is so responsive and he is WALKING ALL over the place! I love it! However, it's GREAT birth control! I love being able to hand him to his mommy when he needs a diaper change or if he's screaming in my ear. Being an Aunt is the best!


My little niece and nephew have such a sweet place in my heart. I am so thankful that Chris and I are so close to our families and I love knowing that all of our kids will grow up together through life.

And our Wii was a huge hit of course... I swear those things are SUPER addictive. Everyone was playing all weekend. My grandparents and parents left asking where they could find one to buy! So funny!

Whit and her sweet basket! Awwww... how cute.... oh how sweet! :)

Poppy and me making Jac try on a GT shirt! Go Jackets! Unfortunatey, his daddy has gotten to him before we could... Jac pushed away the GT shirt as soon as we put it up to him.

Jac was so sweet with Aunt Whitney's pups!

Petting Tanner!

Jac loved all the ribbon!

Ash and baby Jac. Yes.... they match!

Whit and her high chair! Exciting huh?

My sweet sister in law, Amy and my precious niece, Campbell Anne.

HAIRBOWS!

More pool time!

Time to lather up, Jac!

Jac is driving!

MOHAWK!

Our spread on Sunday... pretty huh?

The cute bottle gift bags for everyone! Not my idea, but I liked it!

Me and Jac... the water was FREEZING... hence my strange position.

Me, baby Jac and Chris!

SPLASH TIME!

My adoreable husband and our sweet nephew!

Me, my mom, sister Ashley, Preggers sister Whitney, Grandma from Florida and Aunt Linda from Florida!

Whitney, the shower host and me! Stuffing our faces with food of course!

Baby Jac LOVES Uncle Chris!

SISTERS! Whit, Ash, baby Jac and me!

At Sunday's shower - Ash, baby Jac, me, Whit and Liz (she's preggers, too!)

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