Signing the Contract Today!!!

Yes Yes...today it's happening. I told ya'll we were building one out at Antler Point...there has been slight change but not major. The builder already had one out there that was 85% completed that another guy backed out on. So me and Wes took a look and low and behold it was the same house plan and we still get to pick out the flooring, lighting, and appliances. We liked the brick color and the cabinets and countertops...we are going to have to change the cabinet hardware because it just does not look right. That's no biggie though. This just works out better because our lease with our apartment runs out June 11 and with this house we can close by the end of May and be out of the apt without having to pay extra. And it gives me a few extra days to get in there and paint...the color they have painted is nice...just neutral although not too light but we want some color so painting it is. So today at 4pm we are signing the contract....whooo hooo....the homeowner process has begun :) Have to admit slightly nervous....wow!!! Happy Wednesday!!

My Easter bunny cake

This is the pan I used. I was originally going to take two round cakes and cut one up for the ears but then Susan said she had this pan so I used it instead.


Here is Wes icing it for me.

And Finally.........

The Cake!!!
We used writing icing to do the decorations and next time I won't do that again...it was a lot harder than it looks and it kind of gives the cake a childlike look to it. It tasted pretty good though. I guess it's not bad for a first timer who has never taken a cake decorating class in her life. Maybe I should take the class? :) Happy Monday!

Happy Easter and Have a great weekend!

As for me my plans are family time this weekend. Think of me as I am freezing my tail off tonight oh in about an hour at my cousin Ashley's softball game. What is up with this weather....here we were enjoying nice warm weather and now it's like freezing out there....Alabama weather...you gotta love it. I am attempting my Easter bunny cake tomorrow, and I will post pictures of how it turns out...lol pretty or ugly :) Happy Easter and have a great weekend everyone!!

Ladies and Gents...We have a decision!!!

We are going to be building a house at Antler Point....let the fun times begin...by the end of the week we should have our lot picked out, our earnest money paid and the contract signed...with ground breaking ASAP :) YEAH!!!!! This is the craziest but most exciting decision I have ever made :) I'll keep you posted as we go along :) Happy Wednesday!!

Ten on Tuesday

1. I am trying to find a "summer" job to make a little extra cash for decorating our new house when we get it. Redstone Federal Credit Union is having a job fair for tellers this Thursday night. They pay $11 dollars an hour and that's the best part time pay I have ever seen. I definitely have the cashier experience it says it prefers seeing as how that is the only type of job I have ever had besides teaching. Wish me luck.

2. Today at 4:30 we meet with a builder that is building a new subdivision out in East Limestone called Antler's Point. We already know it's in our price range and if we like the layouts and the land then I think that might be what we are going to do. If not I think we are putting a bid on a house we looked at last Thursday. So hopefully we will have a decision within the week. I am sooo ready for this house!!

3. Me and Wes have decided what our 10 year anniversary trip is going to be. A 12 night Mediterranean Cruise. It's on Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas and it leaves from Barcelona, Spain and goes to Monte Carlo, France (the French Rivera), Florence/Pisa, Italy, Rome, Italy, Naples and Capri, Italy, Venice Italy, Split, Croatia, and Tunis, Tunisia. We saw a show on the Travel Channel, Samantha Brown's First Cruises, and she took this exact cruise so I checked it out online an it looks heavenly. Of course by the time 2016 gets here it may be a different ship but still the route is what we want to take.

4. We have progress in the Brown's Ferry job, but I can't say what it is yet. But so far it's going well.

5. This weekend I am going to try my hand at making an easter bunny cake for Easter dinner at my family's this weekend. This will be my first attempt but Susan gave me directions so I hope it works out. I will post a pic after I make it.

6. My mom and I have decided that in a little over 2 years when she retires we are going to open a business in Decatur that is a place where people can rent out the building to have receptions, bridal/baby showers, b'day parties and stuff like that. I am also wanting to do little girl tea parties as well. I would like for us to buy one of the houses in Old Decatur for this purpose. I believe Decatur needs a place like this because the only options thus far there is basically restaurants, the country clubs( but I think you have to have someone to sponsor you there), and hotel banquet rooms. I would like a cute little house fixed up really pretty with flowers and elegantly decorated and rent it out for reasonable prices. I have been wanting to do this for a very long time.

7. Did ya'll realize that JCPenny's has tons of Pottery Barn knockoffs....it's amazing.

8. My in laws neighbors recently got two boxer puppies, a boy named Kane and a girl named Casey. When they are old enough they are going to breed them. Me and Wes are super excited because we are going to get one or maybe two of their puppies. We have wanted a boxer for a while and this is our opportunity.

9. I am trying to find a hobby. I want to do something creative. I guess it's time to search the aisles at Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

10. I am so glad it is spring. This winter was sort of rough on me. I really had a bad case of winter blahs. I have been feeling better lately, and I am getting excited about all the upcoming events that are on the way.

Happy Tuesday!!

Indiana...Land of the Hoosiers

We are back from our weekend trip to Indiana. It was fun seeing my dad's family and the few left of my mom's who are still braving those cold winters up there. We got up and left by 5am Friday morning. The weather was in the 60's and kinda cloudy up there. We stayed at my Aunt Diana's house. She has this wonderful, fully restored 108 year old big white house that I love. We spent the afternoon showing Wes around Perrysville, which is the small town my dad grew up in and where my parents first lived when they got married. That night we took him over across the Illinois state line to a ice cream place called the Custard Cup that had the best chocolate milkshake I had ever tasted. Where my parents grew up in Indiana is right next to the Illinois state line. So Wes got to tackle two states he had never been to in one trip :) Saturday we went to Veedersburg, a town about 10 minutes away from Perrysville, and also the town where my mom grew up. There we saw my mom's two sisters who still live in Indiana. We also got to see my cousin Angela. She surprised me with a scrapbook she had made of my wedding. It was really neat. That evening we went back to Perrysville to go to a restaurant called the Beef House with my dad's side of the family. It was sooooo goood and I saw a lot of my cousins that I haven't seen in a while. Overall I think Wes enjoyed his first trip to Indiana. It is a nice place to visit....although I have to say I am super glad my parents decided to make the move to Alabama before I made my appearance into the world. I took a few random interesting shots from the trip.

This is the maximum security prison where Timothy McVay was executed. It is outside Terrahaute Indiana which is on our way to my family's places.


This interesting mural painting giraffe was outside the Beef House. I just thought it was odd that this was where it was.



These two pictures are of a squirrel that was outside at my aunt's house that was eating a corn cob. I just thought it was neat.



I just reread this post and decided it sounds like I am writing a "What I did this trip" paper for an elementary English paper. Oh well :) Happy Monday all!

Ten on Tuesday (ok maybe 5)

1. I don't like cleaning up kitty throw up! Enough said.

2. Bring on the house because I am sick of apartment living. It sounds like a herd of cattle from upstairs every time they so much as move. All through college I had an upstairs apartment and now I know why. I hope I didn't sound like they do.

3. Yeah for Target. I got my much much needed filing cabinet last night for less than 25 dollars. Now I just have to get all my important stuff into files and labeled and organized to put in there.

4. I get to hang out with this girl right here this weekend. She is my bestest cousin Angela and we don't get to see each other often. She lives in Indiana and that is where we are going this weekend.


5. We might have some good news to share...check back often :) (And no I am not pregnant!)